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Friday, June 21, 2019

The Power Of A Love Note To Yourself



Photo by Viktor Hanacek.

"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance" said playwright, poet and novelist, Oscar Wilde. Today one of my massage therapy clients introduced me to a revolutionary concept. They had just shared with me their courageous story about how they overcame unimaginable trauma. One of the things among many that they did to regain their sense of self-worth was that they began writing them self a love letter every day. The letter could be as simple as them describing all the amazing things they did that day or as detailed as writing a letter to a part of their body that they were insecure about and describing how much that part of their body benefited them in everyday life. For instance they remarked upon how they used to be ashamed of the size of their arms and they would write how their arms helped them to carry their children or were attached to hands that allowed them to create beautiful art. I was very inspired by this idea of writing a love letter to yourself -- of giving yourself this act of unconditional love and showing gratitude for the person you are and the gifts that you give to the world. So I decided to write one for myself.

Dear Adina,

How did you make it so far in your life? I am amazed by your strength and your endurance! You could haven't given up so many times, when you went through the hell of being raised in a cult throughout your abusive, dysfunctional childhood,  when you fought chronic fatigue for 2 years, when you spiraled into a crippled depression for years and struggled with thoughts of suicide, when several of your family members and best friends passed away, or even on the day your ten-year relationship ended and you didn't know if you were going to face homelessness. But you didn't. You persevered. And now you've accomplished so much! You are pursuing your creative pursuits such as singing and writing, you are healing people through massage and energy work daily, you have manifested a wonderful life partner and you are healing the spaces that still ache within you along the way. God you are so damn beautiful! I am so lucky to have you and to be able to love you for a lifetime! I am so happy that you decided to come into being in this time and space of the universe so that I am able to learn and grow with you.


With All My Heart,


xoxo


Your Home Girl A.P.



I would like to extend the suggestion to whoever is reading this blog, that they right themselves a love letter -- the one that they would wish someone to send them. Write it for yourself. Take a few minutes in the morning upon waking or in the evening before bed or on that 30 minute coffee break in your favorite cafe and sit down and write yourself a love letter on your tablet, laptop, cellphone, or in a notebook if you're kickin' it old school. Better yet go out and buy some pretty paper and seal your letter up in a envelope the mail it to yourself. Or get a lovely moleskin or fancy notebook simply to write yourself love letters on a regular basis and jot down all of the things you are grateful for each day, starting with the beauty of your unique self.



Whitney Houston's "The Greatest Love of All"

Monday, June 10, 2019

Reflections On The New Moon In Gemini



For those who have the astrological sign of Gemini either as their sun, moon, rising, or a combo of those within their natal chart, the energies that launched with the new Moon that occurred on June 3rd will will have far reaching effects that span throughout the remainder of the year. Now this is not to say that other signs won't be affected but Gemini's will definitely affected most. I have a Gemini rising sign. For those who don't know what all that means. My rising sign is how I present to the world or how others see me, my moon sign is how I respond emotionally to the world and my sun sign is who I am.

That being said the energies that I'm talking about have to do with those associated with the Gemini, which is ruled by the planet Mercury, and relates to all things that have to do with well... relating. Communicating through speech, the written word, emails, relationship dynamics, and all things that have to do with travel, transportation and that bring you from point A to point B -- i.e. closer together.

Chances to manifest your soul mate, twin flame, a new relationship, a newer way of relating to your existing relationships are high right now. Gemini energies are all about duality, light and dark, bitter and sweet, the earthly and the non-physical realms and on the mental plane, your conscious (the thinking processes your are aware of ) and subconscious mind  (the hidden side of your mind or shadow side). But Gemini brings enough light-heartedness to the party to offer a positive spin to even the deepest, darkest revelations. So if you do decide to do shadow work, (in other words dealing with the parts of yourself you fear or emotions that are heavy) now is a good time to do so.

What the new moon brings to the Gemini energy is a chance to set new intentions in our life. This could be about anything, but it is a particularly auspicious time set the intention to finally write that novel, heal a broken relationship, start a new one or fortify an existing one. It's a wonderful time to make travel plans, set an intention to finish that list of books you've been meaning to read, flourish on social media platforms or start a new social media presence (like I plan to do :-)), create new art, vision boards, or anything else that involves communication or expression.

So today has me reflecting on my creative goals, many of which involve communication. On June 3rd, I had my own new moon ritual around my intentions for what I want to create into my life. My new intentions actually started about a week before when I retook a test found in an old standby textbook I used for manifestation work called "The Passion Test".  "The Passion Test" by Chris Attwood and Janet Bray Attwood is a book I've mentioned in this blog before. I've manifested so much with this book, and have been recently retaking the test at least once per year. They recommend you take the test once every 6 months. I plan on retaking it again in January 2020. According to the test you choose five passions.

My passions involve pursuing my creative outlets such as music, becoming a social media presence for healing and creativity, traveling, and relationship goals. It seems tailor made for  the new moon in Gemini vibes. Curiously  one hour before I even began the ritual, a musician and composer that I know called me to ask if I wanted to start singing his original material again. I was so excited that it seemed that the ritual was starting itself based off of my intentions and universal manifestation before I even lit a candle. That same week four people said they would subscribe to my social media outlet on Facebook and on this blog for That Healing Girl. I felt so inspired that I have begun to establish a plan for launching a social media presence. This past weekend I spent an awesome time with my partner and his friends just having fun and doing the thing that Gemini's do best - talking and laughing. I have a really good feeling about how this will all turn out for me based on my positive intentions in tandem with working with the universal energies available to me around this new moon to provide that extra punch to help me make things happen! I must say that things have really felt magical for me this week.

For those curious about the ritual I did, I simply used my intuition. I am a crystal healer and enthusiast, and so I selected crystals that vibrate with the frequency of communication and colors that correspond to the sign of Gemini and the planet Mercury and the moon, lots of blue and white. I took a bath to cleanse my energies with two cups of sea salt, and a few drops of lemon essential oil (really helpful to cleanse  your aura so that you can have a fresh space to manifest from).  I used the ideas in this new moon intention ritual as a guideline:

https://foreverconscious.com/intuitive-astrology-june-new-moon-2019

I also used this meditation off Youtube instead of the the one at foreverconscious.com.

https://youtu.be/ebtyffR6GR4


Of course as with anything else follow your own intuition and only use what feels right to you. Your ritual could be as simple as lighting a white candle, writing  down your intentions on a piece of paper  and either burning the paper to release the intentions or folding the paper and placing it under the candle holder as the candle burns down throughout the day. Sidenote: Please don't leave a candle unattended or blow out a candle. Use a snuffer or put out the flame between two moistened fingers so as not to burn yourself. When all is said and done, holding the intention that what you want is on it's way to you and then releasing that intention to the universe or whoever you pray to is all that is needed. If you don't want to use a candle you can write down you intentions on a piece of paper, meditate on them and seem them happening in your minds eye as you hold the paper and then place that paper under a crystal or in your wallet or pocket and take it out each day and remember your intentions. As you can see there are countless ways to do this. I like to meditation with crystals while my ritual candles are burning. The picture above is my actual alter and the candles and crystals I used in my ritual. I even practiced yoga before my cleansing bath to calm my busy mind so that I could fully focus on what I wanted to bring into my world.