Connecting to my yoga practice today was a process of ease and grace. My meditation practice is gaining depth and becoming more effortless as well. I am growing slowly but surely and my life is taking form right along with my practice. I'm finding my groove and it feels great!
Today's yoga practice was all about stretching not only the capacities of the body but of the mind. Living in a moment of fearlessness and acceptance and in that space, making the room to grow by leaps and bounds! I could really feel the expansiveness inside my body in a way that went deeper than the increased ease and grace with which I could feel myself moving today. I've grown not just in flexibility, but in the way that I approach my practice. I do a lot more just letting the movement happen and grow out of my intentions and spirit than I do trying to achieve a certain pose or state of mind. My meditation practice has deepened as well -- not only from the yoga but from my new-found practice of journaling.
Franklin D. Roosevelt said that "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Apparently this what the card I pulled from Toni Carmine Salerno's "Crystal Oracle" deck is saying. The card that choose me today is "Labradorite". Labradorite is a crystal of psychic power, divination and spiritual protection. It is telling me that I will so lose the mantle of fear that has dominated so much of my first chakra. I was raised in a cult religion that was dominated by fear on so many levels. It's taken me years to drop away that mantle, but I finally am. I'm living life on my own terms and nobody else's' with love, strength and courage. It's a beautiful feeling!
I find that I often have anxiety over things and I am definitely sinking deeper into my practice of mindfulness in order to deal with it. I'm using Reiki, EFT and Crystal Therapies as well. Using all the toools in my toolbox is going to be how I make it through.
The card today from Toni Carmine Salerno's deck "Crystal Oracle Deck" is "Sodalite". The energies of this beautiful blue gemstone reminds us to keep calmly creating our dreams without stress -- with a certainty that they will come true. "Dreams really do come true", is the message that "Sodalite" has to deliver. And I can feel them manifesting. This is so happening! I can feel it!
This is going to my third month of not missing a day of yoga since I started, and I've got to say that I am feeling pretty unstoppable! On my 100th day I'll have to treat myself because I'll be nearly a third of the way through! Through what? Will I stop just because I've reached the end of the year? At some obligatory number? I don't think so! Yoga is a part of me my life now -- a part of me... This is just one of the many accomplishments that I plan to have soaring under my wings as the year goes on. I can't wait to see what more 2018 has in store for me! Yay!
Toni Carmine Salerno's "Crystal Oracle Deck" card for the day is "Moonstone" I am going introduced to the moodiness of moon energies which are deep, tidal, changeable and emotionally intuitive. I and all who resonate with the message of the moon are being invited to dive deep into our emotions and not be afraid of the turmoil swirling in the tempestuous currents of that ocean, but to greet it with courage, acceptance and compassion. I just have to let whatever process needs to happen, happen right now. Just let it be whatever it is for my highest good right now.
Today I feel oddly free. The last day of my second 30 day yoga challenge, I'm just doing my own thing -- letting whatever flows to me determine my course of action in the day. This free-form approach seems to be working well for me. I'm letting the Universe direct my course of action, like a boat on the sea directed by a sure and steady wind. I don't know exactly what the future holds, but as long as I keep my heart invested in the things I'm manifesting, I'm sure it will be for my highest good and the highest good of all those concerned!
This is a truly lucky card that I have picked at least three times in readings in the last week from the Toni Carmine Salerno "Crystal Oracle" card deck. It is reminding me that I have a life of abundance and magical treasures waiting for me to discover them. All I have to do is visualize and know that great things -- love, joy, and financial freedom are coming my way. I am coloring in the columns and outside of the lines on the coloring book that is my life! I am living a life of artistry and passion! I am not merely existing. I am living!
I can feel the energies of action starting to build up and filter into my reality. There is a get-up-and-go usually characterized by the beginning of a new school semester, coupled with an uncertainty and generous dose of hope mixed in for good measure. I'm excited to see where this year is going to take me, while working to release some left-over anxiety and apprehension. There is some lighthearted exploration to be found in the letting go and allowing in as well.
My "Crystal Oracle" tarot card today was
"Pyrite", reminding me not to be emotionally manipulated when I comes to dealing with my current conundrum. Also the "Turquoise" card came up again as well. I guess the Universe is knocking on my door again. I hear you loud and clear. ☺
So It's day 28 or if you count my whole daily yoga journey thus far it's day 58! I approached todays practice feeling very moody because I knew that there was an issue simmering on the emotional back burner for me. This playful practice was just what I needed to turn ideas around in my mind, on their head, upside down and consider the issue. To make a very long story short, I have had a business with a dear friend and mentor of mine that due to my financial state, I haven't not been able to pay on. The situation has filled me with a lot of grief, shame and anxiety. This practice as well as the advice in Gail Thackray's "30 Days To Prosperity" have let me know that I can either cry 'poor me' or I can address the situation the best that I can where I am in this place in my life and do so with a spirit of gratitude and joy for the lessons I am about to learn (though they may not be pleasant). I can focus on the abundance that is showing up in my life right at this moment and trust the Universe and Divinity to handle all the things that are out of my control.
Today's "Crystal Oracle" card "Turquoise", with insights by Toni Carmine Salerno is letting me know that the only solution is loving and clear communication. That means healing some of my throat chakra blockages by speaking up. I don't want to let old habits of bottling up what I'm feeling to hold me hostage emotionally. The energies of turquoise are gentle and yet powerful, firm and yet loving. All the things I need to be right now. I choose to meditate on the healing energies that embody the turquoise blue ray, and call upon Archangel Gabriel to help guide me through my fears and communication challenges.
