Feeling Expansive...

Feeling Expansive...

Yes. I am feeling like if I stretch my vision far enough, then I can create anything that I wish to achieve! That's how I'm feeling after my yoga practice. Before I started, when I was journaling, I felt hesitant about the blessings that are coming my way -- not sure how to grab onto them. Now I realize that I don't have to grab anything. I can just let the abundance and bounties flow right to me "easily and effortlessly" to quote "30 Days To Prosperity". "Easily and effortlessly" is my motto today. What can I experience if I remember to love my entire being and just well... be?

In today's "Ritual For Transformation", I did a meditation where I reflected on every part of my body inside and out, hands, legs, nose, feet, eyes, butt, arms, heart, lungs, body systems, and energy body anatomy (aura etc.) and told it that I loved it. It was incredibly freeing. It's powerful when you own that fact that you can be responsible for giving yourself the love that you need and not feel the need to have approval or love from outside of yourself. I am learning to love myself that way and it's a beautiful thing. I left my meditation refreshed and feeling beautiful both inside and out. I am grateful.

Today's Crystal Card is Molybdenite, which give us a "message from the stars." I reminds us that all of the choices that we have made thus far in life, "good" and "bad" are valid and have led us to where we are right now. If we trust that this is the exact place we need to be and that this too is part of our "Divine Life Plan", to quote "30 Days To Prosperity", then we can never go wrong no matter how terrible things seem. I am reminded that the choices I have made and am making are all for my highest good. I can release my inner critic and let the story of life be amazing and full of twist and turns like all the best novels are! I am writing the pages and as a writer, what would my life be without the painful past, loves lost, drama, betrayal and hurts as well as the romance, love, joy, hope, peace, gorgeous moments and abundance? Boring. I am living a full and well-rounded life and I am thankful for every moment of it!

"That's Life" by James Brown

Let Love In...

Let Love In...

In today's dancing warrior yoga practice, I explored the space of simply allowing for what is.
In my "Rituals For Transformation" diary, today I committed to the affirmation "I forgive my body". I discovered that I have held grudges against my body for all the times it didn't look or perform the way I wanted it to. I forgave my heart for all the times I've experienced emotional pain or hurt, heartbreak or grief. I forgave my low back and my left foot for giving me chronic pains from old injuries that are healing. I forgave the parts of my body that are aging. I forgave. And in that space I found hope and an willingness to make room for all the imperfections that a strict childhood and disapproving religion wouldn't allow. It was ok for me to f**k up and not have it all together. Now my heart has released a lot of things it doesn't need any longer to let it bright new joys and experiences.

Now for the tarot cards of the day. "The Crystal Oracle" by Tone Carmine Salerno.

1. Rose Quartz: Unconditional love, peace, joy, loving thoughts.

A stone I've worked with intensely for the past three years, has a message for me. And that is that love is all around me. The beautiful compassionate energy of rose quartz welcomes me with it's soft pink glow.  Deep heart healing is available to me now. The following prayer is excerpted from the deck's accompanying booklet.

"We pray for love to heal and guide us
to illuminate our hearts and minds
so that we may all come to see and fell
the sacred flame of light we each hold within,
for then we shall truly know,
beyond all doubt, that only love is real -
only love is eternal."

2. Clear Quartz: Harmony, meditation, protection, infinite possibilities

This card is telling me that all I have to do is visualize the life that I would like to have and it will crystalize for me out of the ether of my imagination as my actions towards those dreams bring it to fruition. If I see it in my mind's eye, and I truly wish it to be so, I can manifest that life into reality. But that I shouldn't get so caught up in pursuing the goal that I forget to enjoy the process.

"Life is a journey, not a destination."

3. Selenite Green: Healing, tranquil pleasures, day dreams, imaginings

"Life is a river of dreams. Simply relax and enjoy the journey" Amazing right?! This is another card to back up clear quartz. It's reminding to me get clear with my dreams. Believe in everything that I am dreaming up now, because it will soon be a reality. Just like Walt Disney says, (yes I'm a Sagittarius) "A dream is wish your heart makes."

"Life Could Be A Dream" by The Coasters

Yummy Yoga

Yummy Yoga

Today's yoga practice was a gentle yummy yin energy sequence that I needed to just be with my body for a while and go deeper into the thoughts and sensations that arise. I find that I am able to bring a calmer energy to my body and mind and go deeper into my journaling and reflections. I feel as if I can bring these positively rejuvenating vibrations to my new school year and to all my endeavors thus far. 

Today's tarot card pulled from Sandra Anne Taylor's deck is "Door To Romance". I have to admit to being both excited and intrigued by this card. January is a lucky in love month for all three of my signs aspects; sun in Sagittarius🌞, moon in Capricorn 🌙 and Gemini 💎 Ascendant 🌠. This card is letting me know that not only am I healing my heart chakra and opening it to expressing and receiving unconditional love to and from others, but that I am learning to give myself an abundance of unconditional love as well. 

*Posting this late after a fun night out. LOL. Getting back at a totally unrespectable hour. *

Living Through Play

Living Through Play

Today as I was going through the exercise in day four of "30 Days To Prosperity" by Gail Thackray, I was reading about how every being in the universe has a 'Divine Life Plan". The idea is that each of us came to this lifetime with a purpose - a way we wanted to experience our lives. I though about it. Say the Universe, Spirit, God, Goddess, Higher Self or whatever you want to label it teamed up with you and together you mapped out how you wanted to live you live in this reality. The more I thought about it. The more I thought that this boils down to the your soul and a Higher Power creating a dream life for you. Essentially this is the life of your dreams and you just have to follow your heart until you are on a path where you can start experiencing it. Then I thought, what if the getting to the goal didn't have to be a chore until we reached our "dream". What if finding that path could be fun. What if I chose to be present in each moment and approach it with the innocence, exploration and exuberance of a child. Remember when you were a child and your brothers and sisters turned washing the dishes into a game. Suddenly, it wasn't a chore. I'm going to examine the ways where I can make all the responsibilities I have to do each day into a source of joy and abandon -- knowing that in accomplishing them, I'm getting closer to achieving the items on my passion list!

"Energy Oracle Cards" by Sandra Anne Taylor

1. Walking Away:
This is a card I've been pulling a lot lately. In this placement, it means that I'm letting go of the things that no longer serve me - feelings of shame, anger guilt, rage, pain and fear using Reiki, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), aromatherapy, crystal healing, affirmations and all the tools in my healing toolbox to help me do that. I am committed to letting go any habits such as procrastination, eating poorly, and not getting proper rest.

2. Angel Of Love:
Unconditional love and compassionate heart-based living is available to me at this time. I have the courage to feel what needs to be felt and to accept all that is with a spirit of love and hope. This will bring my heart peace. It's been a long journey towards healing, and now I can release into the power of Divine love that is always there to light my way.

3. Community:
This card just keeps popping up. It's letting me know that I have the support around me to do all that I envision and wish to achieve. Friends, created family and the spirit world is rallying around me now and wishing me well in all of my endeavors.

Basia

A New Day For You

 

Hello again it's me
Your shoulder's where I sit
The half, nobody sees, of a silent partnership
I am here your help at hand
I'm never far away
A clear view from where I stand
I'll be there if you need me
I am your helping hand
My words you've heard them all before
It's only for the sake of love
It's gonna be a new day for you
A new day for you
The stars have played their part
The past is gone and done
Have more faith in love
The best is yet to come

So what is this I here
You deserve a break
Take time to think it out
Don't make a new mistake
I am here your help at hand
It's gonna be a new day for you
A new day for you, new day for you, new day for you
The stars have played their part
The past is gone and done
Have more faith in love
The best is yet to come
My words you've heard them all before
It's only for the sake of love
The stars have played their part
The past is gone and done
Have more faith in love
The best is

It's gonna be a new day for you
A new day for you, new day for you, new day for you
It's gonna be a new day for you
A new day for you, new day for you, new day for you
Hello again it's me

Written by Basia Trzetrzelewska, Danny White, Peter Ross • Copyright © Universal Music Publishing Group

Clarifying My Life Path

Clarifying My Life Path

So today's "Full Body Awareness" practice is just what. I need. I'm feeling a general sense of confusion as to where to go next in my life and I need to get clear! I pulled three cards from Sandra Anne Taylor's "Energy Oracle Cards" deck, and here's what I got.

Oh Whoa Nelly! Reversed Cards! O.K. Now two of these cards were just in upright manifestations of their energy. What gives? Once I got over that revelation, I looked deeper and realized that these cards represent challenges that I still have to face in these areas.

1. First Chakra Archangel Michael (Reversed):
I need to face issues about stability and grounding that are sill up for review and healing within my root chakra. This makes sense because one of my journaling exercises in the "Chakra Wisdom Oracle Toolkit" by Tori Hartman, was about examining sayings that I live by and involved me writing down all of the values I was raised with. I was raised in a cult religion as a Jehovah's Witness with a rigid, narrow belief system that I set aside nearly 15 years ago. But it left me with a lot of traumas from my childhood that I am still addressing. I'm getting the message to let Archangel  Michael help me heal those wounds.

2. Adjacent Possibilities (Reversed):
It's time for me to examine all my options and let go of the shame, worry, anxiety, self-doubt and deeply rooted habits that are no longer serving me. I am in the process of doing that, but this card is reminding me to re-double my efforts and dig the ones that still remain lodged far in my subconscious for cleansing and renewal. It's telling me to consistently make choices in my life that go in line with my new life intentions.

3. Archangel Metatron (Reversed):
This is a message from Metatron, who I've called on this week. He's asking me to let him help me get clear, and to wipe away the energies of confusion from my life. Coincidently, this is one of the intentions I set for the New Year, to release confusion and clouded thinking and to break out of all that isn't serving me. Again this card is admonishing me to release anything toxic such as bad habits and thought processes from my life. Reversed cards are not only a good thing, they're a great thing. They let you know where the problem areas are in your life so that you can go about fixing or at least greatly improving things so that your life can run smoother and more happily adjusted. I'm ready!

Only 9 Days Left...

Only 9 Day's Left...

Everything about my life lately has felt synchronistically connected. Take for instance the fact that the last day of my first 30 day challenge, ended on my birthday.  And now just yesterday I was mulling over whether or not I wanted to continue my next 30 day challenge with Yoga With Adriene or go on to a Brett Larkin challenge. Adriene has a "Yoga Revolution" challenge but I wasn't feeling the energy of that in the new year for some reason. Low and behold, today I discover she has a new 30 day challenge for the New Year called "True"! I got so excited that I all of a sudden, I can't wait to finish this challenge so that I can start the next one! But I have to remember to be consistent and focused in my life (stop shadow Gemini/Sagittarius energies). LOL. So on 1/11 of this month (how synchronistic numerologically) I will be ending this current challenge and on the 12th day of the month (exactly one month to the day after my birthday) I will be starting the "True" yoga challenge. O.K. so there's gotta be something meaningful in that. It's all lining up so nicely! Meanwhile, I'll still be working on all of the books I mentioned in yesterday's post.

Speaking of books, today I was all caught up trying to make a list of my passions for "The Passion Test" by Janet Bray and Chris Attwood.  For some reason, I can't really decide, but I've decided to just go with what's calling to my heart right now. "The Passion Test" is all about finding your true life's passions and then going all out for them pedal-to-the-metal style. That style suits me just fine. First you think about how you would want your life to look if there were no barriers to your dreams. Then you make a list of 10 or more ways you'd be living your life if there was nothing stopping you (because there really isn't) and then you allow the universe to bring your dreams to you. I love to use this book when about every 3 to 6 months, or whenever I feel like I've strayed off the path of my life's purpose. So curious about my "impossible dreams"? Here's what my list looks like right now. The book allows that your dreams might change and morph the closer you get to them. This is a natural part of the process of finding out how to live your truth, no ego's allowed!

My Top Five Passions:
1. I am reaching thousands of people and healing them (hint, hint hope this blog helps ;-])
2. I am a best selling author of Science Fiction and Fantasy novels
3. I am a world-famous singer/songwriter
4. I am a world traveler
5. I am a talented and graceful dancer

So the on the last one, I was struggling over whether to put "accomplished actress" or "talented and graceful dancer" and dance won out. In my experience though, I've found that even writing something down on the list is powerful. I've revisited my lists from previous years and found that some of the things I'd written on the list that hadn't made it to the top five had came true.

In my "Rituals for Transformation" by Briana and Dr. Peter Borten, I examined the concept that we are not our physical bodies and realized that even though I've long accepted this concept, revisited in through the affirmation I created "I Transcend My Body", and meditating on the idea shook up my mind in interesting and positive, albeit somewhat uncomfortable ways. I had to look at ways in which I was shaming my body, and over identifying with it as if it was the core me, rather than my indomitable spirit -- that light that lives within all of us that lights our way home to our higher selves. I am aware that in this area, there is still room to grow and understand exactly what it means to transcend my physical body.

So Today, the universe wanted me to pull three cards instead of one. Sometimes it be like that. LOL.

1. Community: Reminding me of my network of support, friends, family, spirit guides and angels all rallying around me for my highest good. There want to celebrate with and congratulate me for all my accomplishments thus far and cheer on all my current endeavors. This might take the form of a real-world party or just them making contact with me to tell me that love me and wish me well. I also feel like it's telling me that I am going to create a new community and meet new alliances so that we can help each other realize our dreams.

2. Rest and Rejuvenation: This heralds a time of repose and peaceful relaxation. I am also being reminded to make R & R a regular part of my routine so that I can recharge my energy reserves in what promises to be a month of activity and working diligently towards my goals.

3. Action: This card is letting me know that I need to take concerted action if I'm going to accomplish all the things that I want -- all of my life's passions! Yes they are already here, but I need to take the required steps to make that quantum state a reality in this dimension! Any steps, even small steps in the direction of my goals are wonderful, but this card is telling me that if my life is a canvas, I need to make broad, bold, colorful strokes at this time and move ahead at a sure and steady pace. I can dig it!

 

With the nostalgia from The Super Moon in Cancer still in full effect, I decided to include a remix of the song "Nothing's Impossible" by Depeche Mode, a group that has remained among my favorite top 10 list of artists since I was about seven years old. They have maintained their careers as musicians for the past 37 years and counting and are still just as relevant as artists and as a band. They are my inspiration today. They have opened my eyes to so many revelations with their ground-breaking music and sound. Today they remind me that my dreams are going to happen. They've made a life from their creativity and ingenuity and so can I. So can you.

A New Year, A New Me!

A New Year, A New Me!

Maybe it's the effects of today's super moon or the fact that my astrological influences are transition, or a combination of both or several factors, but I feel super-charged to go full-steam ahead with all of my goals and intentions. I started not one, not two but several exercise-based books of change growth today. The first I embarked on is a journaling book of meditations called "Rituals For Transformation: 108 Day Journey To Your Sacred Life", by Briana and Dr. Peter Borten. It is a unique book that combines reflection and free-writing to examine all the areas in your life. The amount of days was chosen for the metaphysical significance of the number 108 which in numerology reduces to the number 9 and signifies completion. I just read information on a webpage about numerology that made me aware that this year is an 8 year - a year of infinite possibilities, meaning that whatever I choose to focus on, positivity or negativity, that is what I will create. I have decided to choose abundance, peace, love, prosperity, hope, joy and to make this year, the year that I put into motion the foundations for all of my hopes and dreams.

With those ideals at the forefront of my mind I am choosing some other volumes as well. Some I have discussed in length on this blog before, and others such as "Rituals For Transformation" are new. The second book up is Gail Thackray's "30 Days To Prosperity", a book I have gone through at least three times before. It's phenomenal at setting up an abundance mindset. The third book is "Chakra Wisdom Oracle Toolkit: A 52-Week Journey of Self-Discovery With The Lost Fables" by Tori Hartman, with a book and an accompanying set of tarot cards illustrated by Gretchen Raisch-Baskin. I have only completed a very small section of this book in the past before and I am making it my resolve to finish the entire workbook, which will take the entire year to complete.  I mentioned these first because they are daily commitments which will require me to set aside about 30 minutes of each of my mornings. the first two will be completed much quicker of course, with "Rituals For Transformation" taking a little over 3 months to complete. The other books are "The Passion Test" by Janet Bray and Chris Attwood, "The Miracle Morning" by Hal Elrod and another Gail Thackray book, "What's Up With My Life?" These books will more than likely only take up a few sessions out of the week for me, and I can complete them in a more leisurely fashion than the first three books. I will go into more detail about them in subsequent blog posts. If it seems like a lot, it probably is. But it takes determination and dedication to pull off an amazing life, and I don't want to settle for ordinary. I want nothing short of a spectacular life filled with purpose and meaning! If any of these books spark your interest, I invite you to take them for a test drive. Read them. Commit to going through the exercises within them. Allow them to transform your life. I know I plan to do just that!

"Rituals For Transformation: 108 Day Journey To Your Sacred Life", by Briana and Dr. Peter Borten. I have a really good feeling about the places that this book and all the aforementioned books will lead me in my quest towards a better existence!

 

 

The Card that I pulled from Sandra Anne Taylor's "Energy Oracle Cards" deck was Man Holding A Coin. This card is in line with everything that I have been feeling and reading today and through out the past week, that this coming year will be one of financial prosperity -- turning the tides of the energies of last year, in which I experiences a lot of financial loss and upheaval. I  was aware that last year had a lot to teach me and a lot of trials by fire that I had to go through. But I feel as if I am coming out on the other side, stronger and a better person for it. Now it's time to plan for the future, heal, pick up the pieces and rebuild a life that is the best I can possibly imagine -- or even better!

 

Amel Larrieux - Infinite Possibilities