When thinking back on my childhood, I can vividly recall the joy of Christmas Day with my family, where the excitement of opening presents, coupled with the inevitable long lunch was heavenly.
Soon enough, the afternoon sun would beckon and we’d be drawn outside: running under the sprinkler shrieking with delight while feeling the hot summer sun on our skin; and afterwards, when we were tired, laying on the grass watching the clouds drift slowly by.
Those childhood days of pure bliss and pure joy, those days where nothing else mattered, these are the moments I think of, when I need to bring myself back into a state of joy and gratitude for the life around me.
With age came wisdom and self-reflection, allowing me to see when those joyous moments started to dwindle, becoming less and less. Life got in the way and took them, like a thief in the dark hours of the night, and the worrying thing is: I didn’t even notice.
Let’s fast forward a few years, well, quite a few. I was in my early forties and those who have passed over were openly visiting me, so I decide to visit a medium. Here’s the thing: I thought, I was just going for a reading, but no, it turns out to be a lesson in living life and more importantly, living it with love and gratitude.
Naturally, my grandmothers came through first and then, my father. Looking back they all had the same thing to say to me about their life, and how they wanted me to understand the importance of living my own life, to its fullest. No regrets, no should haves. Just live it and live it well. So here’s a few snippets:
Grandmother: I love you and I’m sorry I couldn’t show it. Don’t wait to show those around you how much you love them.
Grandmother: I’m sorry I couldn’t be there for you. I wanted to be, but it just wasn’t the done thing. Know that I’m with you now, guiding you to a better way of doing thing.
Father: I’m really sorry I behaved how I did. It wasn’t right and I’m truly sorry. I missed out on holidays and birthdays and I wasn’t nice. I didn’t know how to be a father, I can see that now. I wasted a lot of time and pushed people away.
Friend: You’ve got to start living. Find that thing you love to do. Find your passion and you’ll find your life. Think of the things you used to do that made you feel alive. And, do them.
I understand now, that when one passes over, they see the whole picture and quite simply, they bring through these messages to help us to make a better life for ourselves. To learn from them. To be inspired by them.
So, from that reading, I listened and understood what they were saying, and I found my passion and surprise, surprise, I’m now a reader doing the same thing for other people. Bringing them messages to remind them they are never alone; they are certainly not forgotten; and they are to live their life as it should be lived: moment by moment and predominantly in the present, the here and now. Not in the past, nor the future and most certainly, here on Earth with family, friends and Nature by their side and love in their Heart.
As we come up to the Christmas holiday season, remember to seek out the joy of Christmas, it’s meaning and let it take you where you need to be. Take heart and remember you are not alone. We all have our Angels, Guides and loved ones who now with us in spirit, prompting us remember and share the joyous moments in our life, and most importantly, to remember those moments with gratitude.
Melissa Matthews is known for her skills as a Medium and Healer. During her readings and healings, she guides you through your natural Clair abilities and style of meditation to help you understand your personal method of connection. Melissa’s abilities are now coming to the forefront as she is attracting and connecting with Star Seeds, Universal beings who are incarnating in physical form on Earth. Their sole purpose is to bring in the Light and Love of the Universe and to assist Earth through this time.
Melissa offers her own perspective on the subject of Star Seeds, her personal journey and the profound sense of grounding, belonging and purpose she felt on realising who she Is. To find out more, please visit her website.
With the holidays and new years approaching there are plenty of people already starting with their new years resolutions to hit the gym, lose 5kgs or drop a dress size.
This can be great! I’m all for self improvement and physical fitness, but often we set goals like this based more on fear and external influence rather than in alignment with what our body and soul really need.
Here is my rule of thumb when it comes to goal chasing especially when it comes to physical fitness.
If what it takes to get there doesn’t feel good, neither will the end goal.
As Danielle Laporte says best in her book/program The Desire Map ‘You’re not chasing the goal itself — you’re chasing how you think you’re gonna feel when you get there’.
So the question you need to ask yourself is; How do you want to feel in your body and what can you do to start feeling that way right now?
Figuring out how you want to feel is a game changing exercise that can simplify your life, but the process itself is not so simple. Why? Because you have to go digging around inside your heart and gut and past, to break through a lot of our programmed and influenced desires to our actual true hearts desire (which can take some time and even some support).
But let’s just try this practice on for size and start to explore how you want to feel when it comes to your body.
Here’s what we’re going to do:
- Get a piece of paper (or go big and do a whole vision board)
- Write down or add images of your goal (i.e. the 5kgs, the new training class)
- Write down 3 things that you can or plan to do to achieve that goal.
- Now close your eyes and see yourself there, really step into that finish line, that new bikini, whatever it is that you see as achievement, and then ask yourself? How does it feel?
- Spend some time exploring here, do a full body scan while thinking of achieving your goal, allow all kinds of sensations and write down any and all the words that come up.
- Then I want you to close your eyes and think about the 3 actions you wrote down. How do you feel when you think of doing them? Are they in alignment with how you want to feel when you achieve your goal?
Maybe like me, when you think about your goal words like Light, Strong, Energised come up.
Originally, you might have set your self a strict diet, and harsh fitness regime to get there and when you solely focus on the goal rather than the feeling, if you mess up, get sick or skip a day you end up feeling defeated and it’s often the reason why we pull out, give up or end up undoing all our hard work once we’ve achieved our goal.
This doesn’t mean you never do things that are hard or challenging (just be gentle with yourself) and you can still use action points as guideposts, but make sure that they are ones that align with your desired feelings! Also instead of setting those action points in stone, start tapping into your inner wisdom and try simply asking yourself: What can I do today to feel Light, Strong, Energised (insert your own feelings)?
Some days it can mean you go for a light stroll, others you might do a full body workout class, and maybe it can even mean spending a night in with your girlfriends sharing laughter over a bottle of wine (yes please!).
Make 2017 your best year yet by letting your desire guide the way!
Veronica is a on a mission of spreading Love, Light and Gratitude around the world.
What started as a physical wellness journey after a health scare in 2012 has lead to a passionate and in-depth adventure into spirituality, holistic health and the mind body connections.
A preacher and teacher of self love, she strives to empower others on their own paths to mind and body wellness.
She has a drive for guiding others through their own exploration to finding their core desired feelings and creating a life they love through her Desire Map Workshops as well helping to reduce their physical toxic load by teaching and sharing her love for essential oils and DIY natural solutions for your home and body.
You can connect with Veronica via her website, Instagram and Facebook.
Celebrating gratitude is what we are all about here, and having the reminders, opportunities and creative ideas in how to express, explore and practice our own gratitude has been the biggest blessing for me!
Once you start truly and authentically living from the space of gratitude and abundance, it is hard to be ungrateful when we know how much we are blessed to be surrounded by at any given moment.
I am sure many of us have some kind of practice around gratitude, whether we are committed to a daily diary or journaling of our thoughts and all we are grateful for that in that particular moment, or that we are just mindful of acknowledging them as often as we can.
It’s this time of year when we start to reflect and check in on all that has happened, and so often all that may not have happened, or at least the way you had wanted.
Last year I made a list (as part of a workbook I had started using) of 100 things I wanted to do, experience, have and become throughout this year. If you haven’t tried it before, it is a great dreaming and manifesting tool and highly satisfying to cross off when they are done.
Sometimes the most interesting things happen and it is only when you look back and reflect that you realise something really did come true, even if it wasn’t quite as you had expected….like No. 47 on my list for example “Experience Morocco”….I didn’t get back to Europe this year, however in August we went to the US for a family holiday and whilst in Palm Springs I decided to take advantage of all the location was famous for and enjoy a spa day…at none other than ‘El Morocco’ a beautifully exotic spa that literally transported me to ‘experience Morocco’ without even being there…and it was probably about 47 degrees too!
It is a lot of fun to do this for yourself and your family and being a list you can pop it up somewhere you can see it often and visualise it all into reality…something to do now for the year ahead!
As a twist on this, and to really take this gratitude game up a notch, I have decided to reflect upon this year by creating another list and celebrating all that I am grateful for over the past year.
This is everything big and small, the everyday and the extraordinary, people, events, experiences, learnings, a big long list of acknowledgement for all the blessings that came your way this year.
This might take you a little while to really dig deep and get into the head space, but I think you’ll find once you start that you’ll get in flow and have waves of things you are excited to write down. It took less than an hour for me to get mine together and it is so worth the time! The key is to not only write down what or who it is, but think about why it came up, what it/they mean to you, and how it/they made you feel. It’s those thoughts and feelings that we want to ‘be’ within as often as possible in order to welcome in and attract more of the same!
The best part of this list isn’t just the writing down part, but being able to refer back to it on the days you aren’t feeling so sparkly and abundant (and of course, we all have them!), and may be needing a gentle reminder of how full your cup really is!
Don’t overthink it, just get stuck into it…I promise you, it feels sooooooo good!!! I’ve had a few interesting days of late that have really challenged my mindset. Sometimes we just have to honour and accept that we need to experience the not so nice times to learn what we must for the next chapter, other times, we just need a short sharp reality check and having this pinned up around your house could be just that!
To get the ball rolling I thought I’d share a few ideas of things that may prompt you for your 2016 Gratitude List so that you can get stuck into it straight away!….
Partner
Family member
Where you live – The country/area/house/space
Friends
Support
Groups
Interests
Products
Services
Nourishment
Nature
Clothing
Technology
Feelings
Learnings
Courses
Sharings
Volunteering
Charity
Experiences
Beliefs
Practices
And here’s a few of mine as an example…
1. My husband, for providing so much for us and being the dedicated hard worker that he is
2. My son for testing and challenging me daily, making me laugh and cry, go gooey with pride and awe that I was a big part of his being here and that we get to share so many moments together
3. The place we call home right now
4. How peaceful it is yet so close to all we need
5. How we are only a short walk from the lake and a few minutes from many quiet and beaches
6. How the beaches are constantly changing so each visit is familiar yet new all at once
7. The sunsets over the lake, the colours and tranquility
8. Living in Australia when I come from the middle of England…not a beach in sight!
9. Planes and the ease of travel
10. Meeting so many incredible people from all over the world
11. Embrace Life, Deborah and all the incredible blessings that have come into my life thanks to the space that she holds for us all to shine
12. Live events and the opportunity to share and celebrate all that I do with others
13. The confidence I have when I am surrounded by my tribe
14. Laying down on our lush green grass and watching the clouds (if there are any!) drift by
15. My car that allows me to get around with ease…(there were a few bus trips this year that highlighted this when I was stranded phone-less and far from home…)
16. Buses, public transport and Uber! for when driving isn’t an option or you don’t have a car!
17. My phone…how incredible is it that we can talk/message/see each other all over the world whenever we choose!?
18. Being able to run my business from my phone!
19. Having the courage to start my own business
20. Being able to share my message
21. The inspiration I get from others to be more, do more and give more!
22. The little things…like playing tunnels and tents with my son when we are meant to be making the bed
23. The big things….like when he tell me he loves me sooooooo much!
And the list goes on and on….
Have lots of fun with this and please pass it on for others to create their own too.
At a time when we may be shopping for gifts and food and all that comes with such a big celebration as Christmas, it is great to remember that the best present of all is being grateful for what we already have!
Love, Gratitude and many blessings for a wonderful Christmas and the most abundant year ahead!
Lucy shares her passion for helping women to best understand themselves through live workshops and personalised sessions. You can find more information via her website, Facebook Page or call her directly on 0450 717 474.
This month we celebrate happiness, fun and laughter – welcoming the warm, whispers of Summer. Taking time out to visit our farmers market, eating fresh salads, enjoying quick dips or walks on the beach, turning on the BBQs and inviting friends on a Sunday afternoon, and enjoying all that life offers us in whatever way lights us up!
We invite you to take the opportunity for one last time this year to join us at our Embracing Northern Beaches, you may also want to consider as a gift to yourself or a loved one, the different ways outlined below you can tap into our Gratitude Online community and enjoy the many benefits to your total wellbeing.
Enjoy this month of November, here are a few ways:
1. Embracing Northern Beaches
Our last 2016 festival is scheduled for Saturday 26 November on the Northern Beaches, it will be an incredible day for you
The venue is Dee Why RSL, ad we have brought together an amazing program of yoga classes, meditations, sound baths, organic gardening, igniting our creative spark, living on purpose….my god! there is so much, you just need to head across to check out the workshop program.
There will also be our auditorium of over 50+ exhibitors, musical and stage performances, access to wellness treatments, massage and intuitive readings. Our festivals are always a perfect way to connect with us face/face and immerse in the many aspects of wellbeing. Don’t forget to subscribe as part of our Gratitude community and join us as a Gratitude guest!
2. Online Courses
Before the festive season officially begins, you may like to take some time for inward reflection or contemplation. This is also a good time to take inventory or think about what you would like to manifest and create for next year.
Several of our Gratitude Online authors have launched their new online course recently, and we would like to share with you some of the great courses that are available now.
If you enjoy the article about Oxytocin: The Happiness Hormone, or if you are thinking about starting a family next year, you may like to check out Jan Roberts’s 5 Points Better Babies Program. This program helps you and your partner both physically and emotionally to conceive and have a healthy pregnancy. Jan has been supporting couples for decades and people who have followed the program had experienced amazing results.
You may not be ready to start a family yet but perhaps relationship is your main focus right now. So you may be drawn to read Myola Wood’s Moving Your Relationship To More Happiness and Fun article. She has an online course called Sensuality for Sophisticated Women to guide you step-by-step to master the art of connection and feminine sensuality.
Naomi Carling, who is known as a spiritual channeller shares with us how Happiness Is Found In The Present Moment, she also launched her program Opening to Channel with videos and a manual to assist you to start your journey on Channelling.
Many of us in this community are what we lovingly known as “Earth Angels”, people who have a life purpose to help others and serve the world. Very often they are sensitive and tend to be over-giving and burnt out healers, care-takers or big hearted people. Alison Filihia is offering the The Essential Guide for Earth Angels and Empaths online course to help us to better look after ourselves while staying on our purpose. She is also the author of the article Your Precious Life: Messages From Joy, My Guardian Angel for this month.
You may be thinking about “cleaning your house”, getting rid of the old to welcome the new and hence read Shan Withnell’s article on Spring Cleaning And Inner Healing. If you want to take the Inner Healing a step further, her online course Inner Healing for Outer Health will give you a great start and fun experience.
You can find all the information about these online courses here.
3. Upgrade Package
Over the Christmas break ( or as a gift or someone you love) why not consider our Lighten Up Summit?
You will receive access to our 51 Inspirational Interviews for a 12 month period, revisit the interviews at your own pace and receive an incredible Bonus Bundle, including video classes, webinar, ebooks, meditations, free Yoga pass and discounted offers!
Here is a list of our Bonus teachers:
You can purchase our Upgrade Package at $49.50 here.
Many options for you to connect with the Gratitude Online community, we will continue creating a variety of ways to assist you on your own health and wellbeing journey and as always, with much gratitude!
“Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.” – Barbara de Angelis
There are a so many ways we can impact the world. With one simple act you can tap into a overflowing source that we all have access to, and that is – Kindness. When you are a kind person, you’re not only helping others, you also helping yourself.
There is much available evidence that has shown that being kind makes you and others around you – happy. Often said, “a warm smile is the universal language of kindness” so this Christmas the ‘Kindness Crew’ are putting KINDNESS well and truly back on the agenda of both kids and adults alike all around the nation through the development and distribution of a fun, colourful and inspiring ‘Kindness Advent Calendar’.
The Kindness Advent Calendar was initially the brainchild of one Illawarra based Mother, Jodie Cooper, who created an advent calendar for her children last year after becoming disheartened at the attitude her children were adopting in the lead up to Christmas.
Wanting to shift their focus from what they would be ‘receiving’ or ‘expecting’ from others at Christmas time to an attitude of ‘giving’, ‘sharing joy’ and ‘gratitude’,
Jodie designed a unique advent calendar outlining 24 random and fun acts of kindness her children could perform each day in the lead up to Christmas, thereby spreading love and joy within the local community at such a wonderful time of year.
Inspired by the positive changes this calendar created in the attitude of not only her own children but also those in the local community who were lucky enough to be on the receiving end of these random acts of kindness, Jodie felt the need to share this calendar with as many people as she could in the lead up to Christmas this year and hence the Kindness Crew was formed to assist her achieve this mission.
The Kindness Crew is a team of passionate, like-minded, kind-hearted individuals who’s joint vision is to create and inspire as many random acts of kindness across the globe as possible this Christmas season. Together the Crew have created and distributed thousands of joyous, colourful Kindness Advent Calendar to be utilised within schools, homes and workplaces to evoke a kindness movement, and you too can be part of this movement. There are now three unique versions of the calendar. One for use within our primary schools, one for families and one for use within the workplace. So no matter who you are, or what stage of life you are at, there is a calendar for you.
And the best part, it’s completely free for everyone to use.
If you would like your own version of the calendar to use in your workplace, school or home simply visit http://www.kindnesscrew.com.au/ and download your own Kindness Advent Calendar for free from the website. There are no catches, no sign up requirements, just pure kindness from the Kindness Crew this Christmas.
The only thing we ask is that you share this great concept with all your friends and family to inspire more random acts of kindness so we can create a global shift in consciousness this Christmas.
Be sure to share your random acts of kindness on social media #kindnesscrew so we can reach even further across the planet. So go on, be part of the kindness movement that is taking hold this Christmas to make this Christmas this kindest one yet.
Stephanie Meades is a Kindness Advocate and Kindness Crew Member, as well as a Holistic Health Coach, Founder of Life Wellness Co., Published Writer, Speaker, Mother, Wife, and Daughter.
Stephanie’s vision is to be a catalyst for positive change in people’s lives through educating, empowering and inspiring both individuals and families to regain control of their health and wellness through simple, effective lifestyle modification focusing on nutrition, movement and mindset. She provides individual and family health coaching services within the community and corporate setting, as well as running a series of REAL FOOD inspired workshops and online programs to assist people on their unique health journey.
A woman may have many roles throughout her life, a daughter, sister, career woman, wife, mother, leader, etc. With each role or life stage, a woman faces different dynamics within her as well as outside of her. When we fully embrace our feminine power, we have the power to transform our life.
Feminine Power is about being creative, receptive, nurturing, intuitive, collaborative and fluid. It is a power that is vivid within all of us. Very often we are out of balance with heavy reliance on the masculine energy. The energy of being assertive, rational or the go-getter attitude in order to get things done or getting ahead. Now if you feel you are out of balance or longing to express your feminine self more fully, it is time to embrace your feminine power, a very powerful force active within you and create a life that you truly desire.
In this podcast, Coach SzeWing will talk to us about feminine power and how to harness this powerful energy center. She will also give you an overview on Goddess Archetypes and how to identify the active ones in you and hence liberate your feminine power.
https://soundcloud.com/szewingvetault/gratitudeonline-nov-podcast-on-feminine-power-and-goddess-archetypes
If you enjoy this podcast, you may like to consider joining the full day workshop with Sze Wing Vetault and Myola Woods. These 2 coaches will guide you to a transformative journey to further explore your feminine power and goddess archetypes, you will also learn how to establish a deeper connection with your physical and emotional body. Workshop date is 3rd December (Saturday) from 10 am – 4 pm in Newtown. Early Bird and Bring-A-Friend Discounted tickets are available now. Please click here to see further details.
Another opportunity to meet Sze Wing Vetault in person is at the Embrace Northern Beaches Festival on the 26th November 2016. She will be giving a 45 mins workshop at 12 pm (Jackson Room) on “Connecting with you Feminine Power and Goddess Archetypes”. It is free to attend the workshop when you visit this festival. You can find more information and purchase your festival ticket here.
Are you experiencing a lot of endings: relationships, careers, losing your home, old beliefs? When times are in midst of changing, we often feel overwhelm, disoriented, frustrated, angry or withdrawn and depressed, so how does that relate to happiness and fun, you ask?
Let’s start by exploring what possibly could be going on based on the relevance of a numerological 9 year, how this can initate change and one way you can support yourself through the potential turmoil.
So what does a “9 year” mean in numerology?
A 9-year is all about ending of a cycle. It means that it is an opportune time to complete unfinished business, reach conclusions and tie up loose ends. It’s a great time to get rid of clutter in your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies. It’s a time to let go, shed beliefs that no longer serve you, habits that no longer support your growth and move on from all forms of relationships which have become toxic.
This can be a time of intense change on all levels but for some people, it can be a walk in the park. In my case, it’s a hurricane. And that too shall pass….as every season demonstrate and as Heraclitus said, “the only thing that is constant is change”
There’s always two sides to an experience
Sounds ominous, no, it’s a time of expansion and transformation – Some of us have had a roller-coaster of a ride emotionally and so many of my clients are experiencing changes in careers, relationships and their own way of living. This can be a confusing time and may make you feel unbalanced yet it can also be liberating, self-empowering and healing, it’s how you look at it.
And it is in the choice we make and within the perception filter we decide to see the changes through, will be if we are also able to see the many gifts of understanding, gratitude, happiness and even, joy! For for each ending, there is a new beginning, a time of renewal and planting of seeds – for a life that we truly desire and deserve.
This doesnt mean that change can be experienced easily, so I often use essential ols to support this process. The oils work on many levels: physical, emotional and energetic and a beautiful “self-care” tool I can easily bring into my day, while navigating through times of change.
My approach has been:
Step 1 – Keeping your aura clean is like having a shower
First step EVER – make sure your aura is clean every day, add it to your hygiene routine. One of the oils I use is called Purify. This is a Cleansing Blend (DoTerra Essential Oil) and is my go-to Aura cleaner.
It supports the body to release any emotional or negative attachments. Purify helps shift feelings of being stuck or trapped. Spray this in your home as a room spray and to clear your aura or just put a couple of drops neat on your hands and rub together and massage your aura like having a shower.
It is also great to diffuse whilst meditating to facilitate emotional breakthroughs.
Step 2 – Essential oils which support life’s challenges?
As essential oils support all our layers of being, the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies. I have so much fun experimenting with all the different essential oils. These are my favourites when any challenges and changes happened.
They could be used aromatically (diffuser), in water and/or topically depending on oil.
- Basil – oil of renewal – its okay to change, to move forward
- Cypress – oil of motion and flow
- Intune – Focus blend – oil of presence – living and speaking from the heart and body
- Tea Tree (Melaleuca) – oil of energetic
- Wild Orange – oil of abundance and gratitude
Step 3 – Supporting yourself energetically through transformation
Some of the challenges may be deeply rooted, emotional traumas and old patterns which go back generations. This is when we get out the big guns and the above blend may not be as supportive as I need.
A powerful blend I have created to support specifically what I was going through on every level and facilitate healing at the same time, is as follows. Take 30 drops of each and place into a roll-on:
- Arborvitae – oil of divine grace – trust in the flow, flexibility
- Frankincense – oil of truth – unmasks the lies we tell ourselves, our deceptions and negativity
- White Fir – oil of generational healing
- Geranium – oil of love and trust – heals the heart
Every situation is different, change can be experienced on many levels and layers and can feel earth shattering, so by no means do I want to appear dismissive of anyone’s experience.
I have always felt a great deal of support through times of change when I bring in a level of self care.
Being kind to myself with a belief that with the endings (and change) there also lies an invitation to bring more happiness, fun and joy into my life, and it is ultimately my choice on how I want to navigate through it….as for every season there is a time to shed, plant, grow and blossom, and every aspect of the cycle has its important role to play.
Tania Sloan, owner of Stepping into Self is totally passionate about meditation, working with essential oils (nature’s pharmacy), essences (spirit’s pharmacy) and incorporating them into all aspects of life and business, constantly creating unique blends to represent people’s businesses and lives.
If you would like to know more about how DoTerra essential oils can support changes and challenges in your life or to obtain your own personal blend please contact tania@steppingintoself.com.au or visit her website.
References:
Emotions & Essential Oils – A Modern Resource for Healing; Emotional Reference Guide, Fourth Edition
How is it that a number of people can experience exactly the same event and all share a different perspective or story of exactly what took place and how it affected them? And what exactly does this have to do with fun and joy? Well let’s explore it!
Perhaps the simplest explanation is that we all observe life through different lenses, many of which we are completely unaware of. Metaphysically, the frequency of our energy field at any given moment colours and determines the perspective (or vantage point) we have available to us at that point in time. For example, there are times when we may find ourselves walking through thick dense forest unable to find the right track or wadding through muddy patches.
At other times, we may experience ourselves swinging from tree to tree not exactly sure of our direction, but with some momentum. Yet at other times, we may be soaring right over the top in a hot air balloon, going with the breeze, able to see the tracks and muddy spots from afar, even appreciating them as beautiful from this vantage point.
Every state of being serves a purpose and has a role to play in our expansion and evolution. So if fun and joy are what you are after, let’s look at how you can use wherever you are as a stepping stone towards this lighter state of being.
Firstly, identify the heaviness or stagnant emotion you would like to shift.
Then ask yourself a few questions. What does it feel like to be the most expanded, infinite, limitless, loving version of myself? Take a few moments to feel that energy in your body and breathe it in.
Now check in and ask yourself what happens to that heaviness or emotion from this space?
You may find it transforms into something else, you may find it transforms a few times getting lighter each time or you may find it disappears and that you can’t even connect to it anymore.
I recently had a client whose shame transformed into self-acceptance and then into rejoicing! What a change!
For me, powerlessness has turned into trust which transformed into surrender.
So by looking at life through the lens of limitlessness and expansion rather than restriction or fear, we are able to access a very different view – perhaps even connecting to what is truly going on. This is in no way about denying what you’re feeling and experiencing which is incredibly important, but it is about not identifying yourself with your emotions and habitual thought patterns, instead allowing consciousness to dance through you unravelling layers to provide a deeper insight.
Let’s try another example: something ridiculously inconvenient happens that throws out your day. When connecting to limitlessness and expansion, the inconvenience turns into adventure and then into possibility and then perhaps even into Divine synchronicity. Wow!
You may even like to experiment with humour! Through a purely joyful and humourous lens, what does the emotion or situation look like? If I embodied the energy of fun for just one minute, what would change? If I was jump into the hot air balloon of gratitude, what might I see that wasn’t evident before? If I look through the eyes of my inner child, what is he/she seeing?
Peek through all the different frames that appear for you when you have the awareness that a different perspective is available and the courage to expand yourself beyond what you originally thought was possible. Have fun! Explore, adventure and get creative!
Jeannine is a holistic practioner who specialises in restoring fractal patterns in a persons energy field. Just as you have a unique finger print, you also have a unique flow of energy that makes you who you are. This can be imbalanced for many different reasons such as trauma, stress, loss, relationship issues etc.
Through a balancing process, Jeannine brings greater balance to your energy field which translates into greater balance in your life. She is a holistic counsellor, works with balancing businesses energetically and also uses the Forensic Healing Protocol.
Please feel free to browse her website or email her directly on: essencepower@live.com.au
Many of us have done the big spring clean, emptying our living spaces, offices and even cars of accumulated, unwanted stuff. Doesn’t it make you feel great?
Cleaning up our external environment is a great way to shift energy internally. It helps in dissolving physical and energetic clutter, allowing fresh growth. It’s one way to do some significant self-healing. When we feel great, we are happier and have so much more energy to have fun!
In the same way as decluttering the environment makes space for growth, so too does clearing our energetic bodies.
It can be easy to get caught up in the rituals of energy healing. The main thing is to have a clear intention for what you want to achieve.
Here are some simple things to support your self-healing and continued wellbeing:
Breathe
Most people breathe very shallowly, just in the upper parts of the chest. This sends a signal to your body that you are under attack, starting a cascade of stress reactions throughout your body.
At least three times every day, take a few really deep breaths. This will expand your chest, help to relax your shoulders, help your body to relax and reconnect you to your body. It will also clear your mind.
To extend that exercise, consciously breathe in through your nose, drawing in energy from the Universe. Feel the breath filling your body, gathering up all the disharmony of the day. As you breathe out, feel your body being cleansed and renewed, ready to fill up with fresh new energy as you breathe in again.
Drink Water
Drink more clean water. Dehydration is one of the biggest factors affecting our health and can lead to many problems, including sleep deficit, obesity, depression and low energy.
You can boost the water you drink by infusing it with positive energy! Write beautiful words to place under your glass, play music or talk to it! Place your hand around your glass and put the intention of cleansing and recharging into the water before drinking.
Eat Clean Food
Think your eating. Clear out the heavier foods and consider a detox. Cut out alcohol (for a few weeks anyway). Eat lighter, cleaner food. Rest and reset your system before summer kicks in. Before you put something in your mouth, think about where it came from and who has grown, harvested, packaged and sold it to you and give thanks to them for the wonderful food you can eat.
Move
Get moving. Go walking or cycling. Start a exercise class. Swim. Dance around your house. Go outside. Play with your chidren. Take up a new sport or re-join the gym. While exercising, practise gratitude for your amazing body. Consciously reconnect with your body and feel your muscles moving, your breathing, your sweat. Being in your body is amazingly grounding.
Meditate
This is one of the very best ways to clear your mind and open space for more intuition and guidance from your guru self. There are so many ways to meditate. Try several before choosing one that is your favourite or mix them up.
Join a Circle
A women’s circle is a wonderful way to connect with others and to feel the power of group work. You will be supported and safe in a space where you can meet like-minded women and connect on a deep level. This is so nurturing and healing for yourself and everyone in the group.
Sleep
Getting regular, solid nights’ sleep makes such a difference to how you feel, how you look, how much energy you have and how connected you are to your inner guidance.
Be Grateful
One of the simplest things you can do to increase your happiness is to be grateful. Be grateful for everything you can think of. Make gratitude a habit. You can journal about it, create affirmations or simply think about and acknowledge thanks for everything.
Do a Course!
To enhance your connection with the Universe, heal yourself and develop your intuition, dedicating time and energy into learning something new, or refreshing your knowledge can work wonders!
Shan works with others to help them reconnect with their intuition and take control of their health. As a remedial massage therapist and intuitive healer for over 23 years, Shan has knowledge, experience and skills to share to make your own healing faster, more effective and more fun.
Why not consider signing up for Shan’s new four-part course: Inner Healing for Outer Health.
This short course is an introduction to your intuition. You will learn why you can rely on your intuition for the best guidance available and how to access it on demand.
The journey to truly understand, embrace and honour self-love and self-care has taken me through many layers of healing and awakening. It never ceases to amaze me how many messages and lessons the Angels and my spirit team have for me and the beautiful clients that walk through my door.
As a self-described Earth Angel and empath, it’s taken me years to relearn how to live in this world, with healthy balance, boundaries, self-worth, confidence and assertiveness. You see as an Earth Angel and empath, I have always been highly sensitive to people’s emotions, energy around me and sensing someone is sad or struggling is my kryptonite!!
It’s taken me years of practice to not jump in and try to fix and rescue people all the time or resist taking on everyone’s stress. I often feel like I am in constant recovery from the “disease to please”, self-sacrifice, feeling selfish, guilty or fear of letting people down.
But a few weeks ago, in my daily morning meditation, where I call on the Angels and Spirit for wisdom and guidance, I heard the words very clearly “Your precious”. It was followed by a huge down load of Angel/goose bumps all over my body and straight into my heart. I then saw the most beautiful rose quartz coloured diamond, shining brightly behind my eyes.
My Guardian Angel, who’s name is Joy, started to lovingly lecture me about how I truly must start feeling like “My Life is Precious Too”! But not only my life, but my….feelings, emotions, body, dreams, needs, time, energy, money, skills and knowledge.
It was time to really start stepping up my act!
Joy, who is my amazingly high spirited, bubbly positive and go getting Guardian Angel, was lovingly kicking my butt and wanting me to seriously start getting real about this self love and self care message, I have been spruiking for the last 10 years.
I had never heard her be this direct and assertive before! Her usual style is, my never ending, unconditionally loving cheer squad, who cheers and praises from behind, all the time.
She told me, “Your often going through the motions, but not always letting the true essence, energy and vibration sink in. It’s time to truly start to realise HOW precious your life truly is!” She then rattled off the list of affirmations she wanted me to start using and share with others too.
Over the last 2 weeks, she has been lovingly standing behind many of my clients too, urging me to share this message with them.
Joy then tells me to pass on the message….
“Can you imagine, if energy is everything and you truly started to see, feel and acknowledge your life daily as precious, how differently would you act? What choices would you make differently?”
So for all you beautiful Earth Angels and Empaths, who also struggle to honour YOURSELF, your life, self care and are feeling the call to shift in to the next level of awakening and vibration, I lovingly gift you these affirmations.
Make a commitment to write them and speak them everyday, even a few times a day for the next month and start observing what happens.
“My life is precious”
“I am precious”
“My dreams are precious”
“The things I like and enjoy are precious”
“My emotions and feelings are precious”
“My time is precious”
“My energy is precious”
“My health and wellbeing is precious”
“My money is precious”
“My knowledge and skills are precious”
Then always end it with a huge “thank you, thank you, thank you!”
This instantly helps shift your thoughts and energy to gratitude, love and appreciation and receptivity. Allowing Source energy and infinite possibilities, wisdom, guidance and love to flow. Embrace and let that pure loving energy flow for me for as long as possible. It’s truly a Devine experience, where you can start to feel the warm embrace of Devine unconditional love and the Angels.
There may be a lot of resistance or uncomfortable feelings going on at first, but that is just an indication of how far out of alignment you are! Just allow, receive, breathe and believe.
For further help, guidance and support Alison will be co-hosting a beautiful 2 hour workshop with Carrera Jones, from Yoga with CJ, “Receive, Breathe, Believe” on Sunday 13th November, 11am – 1 pm at Wise Food Café, Avoca Beach.
You can also book an intuitive reading with Alison at our upcoming Northern Beaches Embrace Life festival on Sunday 26th November and delve deeper in her 4 week, online course, Essential Guide for Earth Angels and Empaths.