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Creative Magic in Action -Masculine & Feminine Energies

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 18:58:45 GMT

A Download from Courtney

" Masculine energy is about what you put out into the world, and feminine energy is about what you receive from the experience. "

The balance of the masculine and feminine is just one part of us, but each energy resides with every human.

In this channeled message, I explore the dynamic relationship between masculine and feminine energies, discussing how they interact in our lives in order for us dive deeper into how these energies manifest in their unique, synergistic ways~

Masculine energy is about what you put out into the world.
Feminine energy is about what you receive from the experience.

The masculine is the creative energy, and the feminine is the magic. What we are putting into the space we take up is the feminine, but the space we choose to take up is the masculine. How much we choose to show up, the form, and the role, are all aspects of masculine energy.

The feeling that we cannot take up space confidently comes from our masculine energy. How we show up once we decide to take up space—how we bring our presence—is our feminine energy: our magic, our essence. It is what breathes life into the form. Searching for definition (purpose, identity) reflects masculine energy imbalance, while searching for fulfillment (passion, a certain feeling) shows an imbalance in feminine energy.

In many ways, the feminine is like the breath within the body; it brings life to a space. It is the heart, the passion infused into a creation, which is formed by the mind (or our masculine power).

I see a blank space where the masculine comes as the outline of a coloring page, and the feminine being any colors, glitter, floofs, cloths—whatever you can imagine— to use to take up this space and create the full picture.

Creative vision and boundaries are part of masculine energy, shaping what something can become.
This is the masculine's superpower.

The feminine energy fills this structure up with creativity, freedom, and flow—anything goes within this space! Knowing the space we take up in the world and having the support, safety, and confidence to claim that space is our masculine energy.

Our feminine is the creativity to show up in that space however the heck we want—EXPRESSION! That’s where the flow is!

Think of a river, which follows the borders and is held in place by the earth, changing form over time, teeming with life and ecosystems. The feminine is like that—flowing and full of life. But a river cannot flow without the guidance of the earth, just as the feminine needs the masculine structure to channel that flow. For example, a lake enclosed cannot flow, but the river ends in the ocean, the Source of it's being. This supportive structure, this natural path, is the masculine energy that holds space for all these ecosystems and creations to come to life, to thrive.

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Helping Animals Heal

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:02:15 GMT

Energy Healing for Animals

" Clearing trapped emotions and other imbalances can significantly reduce physical symptoms and behavioral issues . "

Once imbalances are released and the animal's body kicks back into self-healing mode, changes can be seen very quickly,

Energy healing for animals?

Just like humans, animals trap emotional energies in their bodies. And just like humans, these can lead to both behavioral issues and physical symptoms. The good news is that most energy healing techniques are just as effective (if not more so) with animals as they are with humans.

Why would it be more effective for animals?

Due to the craziness of our western society, many of us are in survival mode, constantly thinking, analyzing, criticizing, judging, and reacting to the world around us. We often don’t slow down enough to recognize changes when they occur or register the impact changes have on our lives and bodies. But animals live a simpler existence. They don’t have ulterior motives. They don’t have to convince themselves that they are ok. They don’t have to break down walls of emotional protection to learn who they truly are. When an animal responds to healing, it is quickly noticeable.

Why would I choose this over my veternarian’s care?

There are many valid approaches to a pet’s healing, the most common being medical treatment and medications to manage physical issues, and a trainer for behavioral issues. However, there are also a variety of alternative options. All of these have their place in a pet’s healing journey and one is not better than the next. The path to treatment certainly depends on the situation and a combination might be very beneficial. Energy healing is a great option as an alternative approach.

Clearing of trapped emotions and other imbalances from a pet’s body can significantly reduce or resolve physical symptoms and behavioral issues, without additional interventions needed. Animals’ bodies are designed to heal themselves, just as humans’ are, so releasing the energies causing the problems usually allows the pet’s body to kick itself back into its self-healing mode.

Sessions are often conducted remotely, there is usually no discomfort, and results of energy clearing are fast.

Is it safe?

There is nothing safer than healing with energy. Additionally, our pet’s higher self (like our own) is not just along for the ride, but when called upon will usually help to facilitate the healing. There are sometimes mild “processing” effects, which are indications of how the body is becoming accustomed to the change, such as tiredness. You can expect your pet to sleep a little more than usual for a day or so. But that should be the extent of it.

There have been amazing stories told by practitioners. I myself have seen animals who were very fearful or full of anxiety become more confident and loving, and animals who had run away returned home, and more. Many practitioners (including myself) have reported seeing changes beginning the same day as the session. However in some more extreme cases, it can take time and additional sessions could be required. But once the underlying energies are released, it doesn’t take long for the body to right itself. There is no doubt that clearing of energy imbalances can bring big results. Sounds almost too good to be true, doesn’t it? The good news is… it is!

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Reminders of Your Higher Self

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:45:24 GMT

THE PART OF YOU THAT KNOWS IT IS MANIFESTING EVERYTHING – IS IT.

" Separation is just something that our Higher Self has chosen to manifest, to play the game of life."

Here is your reminder to connect with your Higher Self regularly to remember the most important message of all.

Your Higher Self is the most unique connection to the Divine. It has complete and total sovereignty over you.

Your Higher Self is in fact your own unique connection, and oneness with the divine. It has complete and total sovereignty. That means it is the part of you which you connect with, in meditation, in channeling, in conversation - has total sovereignty over you, your body and your energy. It has all powers it has ever needed and will ever need. It is the part of you that is totally aware that it is manifesting.

There is a veil of confusion (to our human form) in the appearance of separation, but in reality there is no actual separation. The separation is just something that it has chosen to manifest, to play the game of life.

If you have underlying, subconscious beliefs that there is in fact separation - like most of us do, then you run into issues that come with believing in that separation. Having such a belief helps you to see things as good or evil, positive or negative. If you see the world like that, the world shows you that reality. You are literally manifesting proof of your belief. This is just one core belief, imagine all the smaller beliefs you hold - and look for ways that they prove themselves to you.

Coming into this human world, we dive into an environment where we have to learn 'new' ways of thinking to survive. One of those new ways of understanding the world is believing in separation from your Highest Self.

However, the ultimate plight of human life is to remember, you are not separate.

Yet, as we become more mature the call is for us to recognize that in fact, we are not separate from the part of us which is creating. We are both human, and the man behind the curtain so to speak. Going inward, you become more intimate and familiar with your human relationship with your higher self. In doing so, you learn what the energy of the Higher Self is. You learn what it feels like, what it sounds like, how it presents to you in the physical world etc. If you can get so close as to identify with it, you can fairly easily identify what it is not.

This higher self is doesn't need to believe in separation. The higher self is timeless, formless and easily survives without a human body. More importantly, it is not an energy that intends harm to itself (you), unless that harm would bring you closer to it. This, I posit, is the easiest and fastest way to recognize if an energy you're sensing is from your higher self or not.

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Connecting the Subconscious to the Conscious

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 23:43:56 GMT

HOW SUBCONSCIOUS PATTERNS PLAY OUT IN OUR DAILY LIFE

"We can always rely on the universe to provide the perfect cocktail of experiences to create the most growth. "

I was blessed in so many ways as a child. I had a good family, a warm and loving home - yet somehow we never seem to escape childhood without some sort of trauma. Although it feels horrible, they are always gifts if you are open to understanding their purpose in your life.

On this everlasting journey of uncovering the layers of the subconscious part of us, I finally put a finger on what unresolved trauma looks like in someone, even the small traumas. I can now see the outward manifestation of what stuck energy looks like in someone’s life. Each energy session I give, receive and observe shares more insight to how the energies shift, what they feel like and how to manipulate them for the better. I’m continually intrigued and mesmerized by the depth and complexity of the multi-dimensionality of the human condition. So, let’s just dive right in and see some examples of unresolved trauma and/or stuck energies. We'll start off easy and get into more intense examples.

Seemingly Insignificant, but by Definition, a Trauma

I recently got married for the second time. As we began living together, my husband gave a simple request to always unplug the hot water kettle after each use. Granted, he is much more consistent about a lot of things than I am, but about this he was particularly persistent. I couldn’t really grasp why it was such a big deal to him, but I did notice he would NEVER forget to unplug it. After a few months it was clear to me that it was a non-negotiable request. Later, I noticed myself following up after anyone who had used it and not unplugged it. I wasn’t actually thinking about why I needed to unplug it, I wasn’t even thinking at all (a subconscious behavior). Then, my next thought was, “Why didn’t [this child] remember to unplug it?” as if it was a general rule of thumb for it to be unplugged. Then I remembered why I had taken on the habit of unplugging it.

Eventually, I decided to ask him why it was so important? He told me a story of leaving a similar appliance plugged in while he went out for the evening in his early adulthood. When he returned home, he found a pile of melted plastic and hot metal on the counter. Where there once was a pitcher, there was now a mass of material far too hot to touch. A horrible odor filled the air, and he realized that one action nearly started a fire and could have caused a major disruption in his life.

This example is simple and it’s not necessarily something we would consider traumatic. However, it changed his behavior in regards to that appliance from that day forward. Trauma by definition is something that causes emotional upset - and by that definition, what he experienced with the electric kettle was in fact trauma. It is also a perfect example of how an emotional upset (trauma) gets stuck. He can remember not only the situation 30+ years later, but also the feelings it brought up in him.

Glimpsing the Subconscious: Hypnotic States of Mind

Day by day, I’m getting a clearer grasp of what subconscious patterns look like in our waking life.

For the most part, you can easily identify with brushing your teeth, but not really remembering if in fact you did it this morning. Another easy example: driving the same route home over and over and having someone ask you some specific detail about the route home on a specific day - to find you honestly have no clue about the answer to their question. We are in a hypnotic state when we operate without thinking.

We all easily go into a hypnotic state where we are partially alert and our alert mind is elsewhere. Sometimes we call this daydreaming. Whatever you want to call it, the unique thing about this state of mind is that we are particularly susceptible to influences around us anytime we are there. Before the age of 8, we live mostly in this type of hypnotic state. This is where most of our ingrained habits that last a lifetime start. This why our childhood affects the rest of our lives so profoundly.

As we transition into adulthood we are in this state less and less, until we find ourselves only reaching this brain wave state before and right after sleeping. It is only through deliberate (conscious) practice of putting yourself in the hypnotic state, and working to create more positive memories here that we can reprogram our minds. This is the foundation of why hypnosis is so effective for changing ingrained (subconscious) behaviors.

Bigger Influences = Bigger Nuts to Crack

Taking into account the influence our childhood experiences in a mostly hypnotic state, let’s look at how stuck energies manifest in adult life.

Let's take an argument among young siblings. It's easy turn and experience with an older sibling into what later feels like a natural inclination (longstanding belief) to assume others will behave and think the same as your sibling. My older sister took on the role of leader easily. She liked to be in charge and would often tell me what I needed to do. One thing was sure, if I was in an unfamiliar situation and there were new people around, she would be the one I turned to to make sure I was safe. In that way, she always had my back. This is a positive experience of a sibling taking on a leadership role. Throughout my life, I have had a fairly positive experience with many people who have led me in life, and therefore I respect most leaders.

Yet, the roles we play, even as children, are not one-dimensional. At this point in my life, I honestly don’t remember exactly how else she took the leadership role, but what I do fervently recall is that I felt compelled, even as a child, to say, “She’s not the boss of me!” Later, it easily transitioned into “You’re not the boss of me!” This then morphed into, “I don’t like you telling me what to do.” As an adult this manifests into me having an inexplicable desire to change jobs and then later into starting my own business so I don’t have to experience someone telling me what to do all the time.

I wouldn’t initially describe this experience with my sister as a trauma, but the fact that I have emotional responses to situations like these over and over throughout my lifetime is confirming some experiences with her were in fact a trauma. I don't even consciously remember anything except a few incidences. I honestly don't even want to remember them - as they were not pleasant.

It’s easy to transform a dislike for being told what to do by my older sister into a sense of independence - which is wholly accepted by our society. Again, this is another example of a traumatic experience affecting life for the good.

Digging Deep: How Non-Flowing Energy Manifests as Blocks

If I took my experience of being bossed around as a child as a temporary experience, feeling the emotions it brought up in me, expressing them and finding my own true balance again the energy would resume flowing and it would not be a trauma. It would not change how I respond to the world.

However, when experiences like this happen repeatedly, especially when emotions are not allowed or acknowledged this becomes the beginning of what some like to call energy blocks. The term, block, is a little more forceful than I think it really is - at least at first. When it continues over and over, and the energy body repeats the same (non) response, more and more energy stops flowing - an energetic block is a very appropriate term.

Imagine the stifled emotion as a small pebble in a stream the first time. You don’t notice it affecting the flow of the stream. With each incidence, the same denial of emotion turns that pebble into a bigger rock. On repeat, the rock can grow into a boulder, completely rerouting the stream, changing the banks and cutting new paths into the surrounding land. As the energy continues its congestion, we change our behavior, avoid situations and people. With each practice, each experience - we either reinforce the pattern of stifling emotions or we establish new neural pathways for allowing the emotions (energy) to flow.

Younger Influences = Bigger, Well-Disguised Energetic Congestion

Given we start our lives off living almost entirely in this highly influential, relaxed state, our childhood experiences affect our subconscious patterns more than most could ever imagine. Take a moment to really think about it.

Babies are this unique combination of the most sophisticated receiver and also severely handicapped independent beings. Babies are incredibly smart and experts at reading energy. They do not speak any language, they can’t walk or feed themselves but they have been fully aware of their mother’s presence and her feelings even within the womb since day one. They hear verbal responses to her emotional upset. They also physically experience the chemical shifts with her emotions, the physical jostling of her movements as a result of those experiences.

Babies and parents communicate in this most basic form with cries in the early weeks. The baby is learning to use their vocal cords, and manipulate them so that you, the parent, can better understand their needs. Each cry is different, and one cry means “I’m hungry,” another means, “That makes me mad!” or “I’m scared!”

You may not remember it, but you too were born incredibly receptive and energetically intelligent. We learn to forget our energetic awareness as we learn to survive in the world, but we do not lose the ability. Think of it like riding a bike - once you've done it, you will always remember the feeling of balance, action and flow. It's much easier to get back on and regain your balance once you know how it works and you've felt riding.

Although we do not consciously associate the problem with a co-worker, our spouses or our our children with what happened in our childhoods –– what happened to you in your childhood is most certainly affecting your life today.

Subconscious Patterns Affecting Our Everyday Life

As babies, we innately know a need to be cared for, loved and appreciated. This need never really dissipates. We seek interaction and connection constantly. Too much disruption in this turns into a formal medical term: Failure to Thrive. Although this is more often associated with babies who aren’t growing as they should, it is also used to describe elderly people at risk of an earlier death for the same type of deficit.

As functioning adults who have also forgotten and even repressed difficult emotions, it's hard for us to consciously uncover what’s really going on in our subconscious. Hypnosis can help, but another effective way to help is looking at your dreams closely. The unique thing about dream analysis is that any influence of another person during the creation of your dream is completely absent. We could pick literally any image, story or feeling from anything imagined or real and yet we pick specific dreams, with clear characters and storylines.

Let’s see how this plays out in part of a dream I recently had:

A holiday celebration had occurred before I arrived. Lots of toys had been opened, including a hot wheels track. After I arrived, they included me in the festivities and we talked about what all they had done before I got there. This was lighthearted and happy. The children seemed to be joyful and pleased to be interacting with us. After all the gifts were opened, we went into another room to put away the toys. I was holding a stuffed animal and looked more closely at this stuffed animal, flipping it around to see it from all angles. Then I hung it by the curled up tail on the clothing rack.

This is a dream about my own reception at birth. I was late to the party, so there is a feeling of missing the celebration. Most interesting to me was the role of the stuffed animal. I was inspecting all the parts and angles of this stuffed animal, and represented my experience at birth. I was genuinely confused and could not figure out what kind of animal it was supposed to be. I (the stuffed animal) was inspected with inquisitive eyes and hands, yet not loved or cuddled. I had arrived late to the celebration. This was just a dream, but I was in fact born via cesarean section. Throughout my life I was told my parents were certain I was a boy due to the extra activity (compared to my older sister) in the womb.

Consciously, I had no idea these silly stories, and more importantly my birth experience was still affecting my life. My response was, "That’s all nice and dandy that it clearly shows in this dream, but what do I really do with that information? I certainly haven’t thought about feeling unwelcome and don’t remember a time when my parents didn’t care for me." There was more to this dream, and it showed me exactly what areas in my life this birth story was affecting me, but that's not important for to understand what I'm trying to get across here.

The effects of my birth are coming up from my subconscious in my late 40s. There is no way to deny I had that dream - and therefore it is ridiculous to deny any affect on my life today.

Steadfastly on the Path of Self-Awarness

Fast forward many weeks later as I continue to go on the path of self-healing and understanding the subconscious better. It will suffice to say I got significantly emotionally triggered on a recent family trip. It was so profound, my emotional reaction was easily stronger than it has been to anything in the last 10 years of my life. I experienced a situation where I was put in the exact same kind of situation where I was repeatedly traumatized as a child - physically, mentally and emotionally, while on a family vacation. In the past, I would not have described anything related to a vacation as a trauma. That’s nothing short of ridiculous. After this trigger occurred though, I could not deny it any longer.

As silly as this sounds, it this was a clear reminder that trauma is always individually defined . I know this from my work as a healer. I see it all the time in other people’s lives. It comes up in healing sessions, and people are always trying to push aside the effect something has on their life because it's not rational. It doesn't fit their understanding of the word, trauma. In fact, in my practice, I’ve been confident in saying there is no objective example of trauma for many years now. Somehow this didn't apply universally in my mind - it couldn't be for something silly in my life. However, listen to a child for a few minutes and you'll remember that trauma can be being told by something as simple as a parent saying its bedtime. The importance of trauma is only about how the person feels about or experiences the situation, not the situation itself.

This time, recognizing the intense feelings as a trigger from something in my subconscious, I chose to honor the experience.

The dominant emotion triggered for me this time was anger, even to the point of rage. Again, this was one of the strongest emotional reactions I’ve had in a long, long time. I also noticed in response to the whole situation and the subsequent happenings that I felt a visceral urge to just leave. I remembered other times in my life like this when the pull to just leave could not be ignored. I’ve even stated aloud before, “There is no faster way to get rid of me than for me to feel unwanted.” This time, a rational, conscious mind was not part of my response. My children and husband were pleading with me to be reasonable, disagreeing when I stated how I felt they didn’t want me around. On some level, even my own conscious mind knew I was overreacting. Yet, that did not change my emotions.

Being triggered is not an easy re-learning experience for anyone and always involves emotions. If you’ve experienced this, you know exactly what I mean.

The magnitude of this trigger’s impact was huge, and it took me over a week of hard-core self-reflection to start recovery. Bit by bit I was able to let the emotions dissipate. I cried, slept, did self-healing, exercised, played music, meditated, had conversations with friends and anything else I thought would help allow that emotional energy to flow. Gradually I saw glimpses of a more emotionally balanced version of myself and I came back to being me. After many days, I finally got to a point where I was settled just enough to ask, “Why did I want to leave so badly?”

This brief conversation within myself reveals the keys to healing.

Why do I feel unwanted? Why do I feel this pull to leave?

Wait, I know this feeling, I remember it with my high school boyfriend. I remember it with my sister. I felt this after my husband died. I remember it…. (and the list goes on).

Where else do I remember that feeling?

Oh my! That weird alligator/dinosaur stuffed animal dream gave me the same feeling. Is this a feeling from my actual birth? That’s crazy. That’s what subconscious patterns feel like when they’re brought to life. I’ve been asking to understand this for a long time, and here is my answer!

My answer there was the key. Simply put, I hated the feeling of being unwanted.

Although it wasn't as simple as remembering to unplug the electric kettle, I too adjusted how I approach my life as a result of the traumas in childhood. Through my life I’ve experienced that it is pretty easy in life to just ditch whoever and whatever was [causing] me to feel this way. I can remember being about seven, and deciding my older sister would no longer be able to control me. I quit caring what she said, as best as a seven year old can. Through the years, I’d become so expert at this pattern that I rarely feel any remorse about changes I make due to this feeling. The act of leaving was my own way to stuff down the feelings that come as a result of feeling unwanted. Being truthful, this pattern is no different than someone choosing to drink or do drugs to push feelings away, this was just my chosen form of coping. Sometimes it served me well, and sometimes it's been a huge flaw in my existence.

I know consciously, rationally, that I was and still am wanted and loved. But, this event reminded me just how much I hate that feeling.

That is the disconnect. That is the difference between the conscious and the subconscious.

As one who has worked to heal themselves (and others), I also know to deny feelings or push them aside is doing you and those around you a huge disservice. It just makes life much harder.

Self-Awareness Brings Us Closer to Total Self-Realization

We are here on earth as humans to experience life in all its ups and downs. We are here ultimately to remember that nobody outside of ourselves makes us feel anything. They are not at fault - it is us. We draw the experiences we need to us to remember that in fact, not only do we create the life we experience, but we can change the experiences we have at a moment's notice. We are the creators of our own world, and everyone's world is unique to them.

Now I look for patterns not only for this feeling, but for the other more subtle feelings that are so deep (or hidden) that they are begging to be unearthed. As a healer, this is what I need to see. I now clearly see this specific situation in my subconscious, and I’m open to seeing more like it. This experience not only unveiled the impact of those repeated traumas I experienced as a child, but helped me to be more finely attuned to how I suppress other emotions. This has brought to life how these suppressed emotions impact my life today.

Understanding Non-Duality/Duality Makes it Easier

It's very hard to put into words how some subconscious patterns cause rifts in our being, but they do. Nobody is exempt from this experience. It's much easier to understand when you closely look at your feelings without judgment. And there is no better teacher than to experience the feelings and watch yourself respond. The key is to observe them from an energetic distance while still experiencing them at the same time.

Doing this allows you to experience the concept of duality/non-duality in the most personal sense.

The most helpful concept in thinning the veil is to realize that we are the observer, and the one living life at the same time. The great thing is, from the observer’s perspective we can choose to step back into the roll of experiencer with our broadened awareness at any time. You can use either part of you to respond to life - your conscious mind, your subconscious or any combination of both. It is always your choice, anytime, anywhere. This is where self-realization becomes a totally interactive experience, and the real adventure of life begins!

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Painful Soul Contracts are the Keys to Liberation

Sat, 24 Feb 2024 01:59:04 GMT

TWO MEN WHO PLAYED PROFOUND ROLES.

"Had our reactions been any weaker, I would not be the person I am today. "

One of my favorite pictures of my first husband and our two children, and a perfect visual of what a loving caring father and husband he was.

Some soul contracts are beautiful.

I was married to my first husband for a little over eleven years. I was blessed to be around him from ages 23-35. We had two wonderful children, and we had a great life. Not a perfect life, not a perfect marriage but a really good one. I didn't even know how good it was until he died in 2013. Largely I was oblivious because I was so self-absorbed in my own life and was too busy living life to judge it in comparison to others' experiences of marriage. Upon his passing, like many, I quickly understood the magnitude of importance this marriage played in my life even more keenly.

I definitely had a soul-contract with my husband, but I've since rediscovered we also have important soul-contracts with people in our lives who don't necessarily play the biggest starring roles. I knew this by my experiences with seemingly insignificant (and significant) people throughout my childhood, but this lesson was really driven home after the loss of my husband.

Sometimes the most important soul contracts are simply painful.

I always held my father-in-law in very high regard, and appreciated all that he ever did for both our families. Indirectly, I learned through my husband and his mother what made this old man tick. They knew his motivations, they knew what he was really about. They also knew the way he often came across to others was counter to their understanding of him. They had an unending love for this man and could easily explain why. This love transferred to me easily given my alignment with my husband and close relationship with his mother.

I personally had never experienced anything contrary to these loving beliefs - with a few minor exceptions. Any negative interaction was miniscule compared to the loving expressions of his normal way of being around me. However, after the stress of grief I would come to quickly realize the other side of him - the one many people outside of the family saw was very memorable, pungent and pointed.

The most intense memory I experienced involved me directly on August 1, 2014 just 4 months and 9 days after his son passed away. That evening, about 8:15 PM, all of his anger was directed straight to me. I had made some decisions which were counter to his desires - he was angry and he was using every bit of his energy to let me know he was upset, disappointed and how I needed to make changes. Looking back, I do not blame him for being upset, and I really understand the kind of pressure he was under at the time. After all, I was the widow. However, my compassion for him didn’t negate his behavior towards me. His words were beyond hurtful, selfish, closed-off and manipulative. This was no different than those odd times I had observed his behavior to be in the past on rare occasion - except now it was directed at me.

Whatever I chose my response to be, this was the reality of the situation.

I was so taken aback by this change in character towards me, that my instinctual reaction was to retreat. I needed time to process what it meant for me to be treated as one of the “others” - someone outside of his loving circle. It was abundantly clear that I was now one of the “others” with whom he vehemently forbade forgiveness. It was highly unlikely I could ever redeem myself in his eyes, and it didn’t really matter how much I did as he asked. My father-in-law had been hurt by my choices, and I knew forgiveness wasn't likely to happen.

At that point I hadn't even considered if forgiveness was even within me.

This interaction was nothing short of traumatic for me. I promptly called his only remaining son to share what had happened. I had been diligent in keeping up communications with my brother-in-law, and this was clearly a big deal for his father. I felt it was important to let him know how angry his father was, and what he had said to me in front of the children. My brother-in-law was receptive and understanding. He knew what his father was like when he got angry. He also was aware enough about how his father could affect people, and how those other people responded to such a presence. I believe my brother-in-law to be empathetic towards the others who had experienced my father-in-law’s rage likely because had experienced it himself in some form. What child hasn't seen their parent upset? The last thing my brother-in-law stated to me was, “I wouldn’t blame you if you left without telling anyone and never came back.”

I didn’t know right then what I would do, but I knew I would be doing something different than being treated like garbage.

First, I had to deal with my emotional responses. I went totally inward. I chose to quit talking and communicating with him until I had processed what had happened and what it meant for myself and my children. I spent much time in contemplation and meditation asking myself important and very difficult questions. Adding this to the numerous stresses of becoming a widow at 35, it very quickly became clear I needed to separate myself from all the reminders of what my life with my husband was supposed to be. Our home had become like a physical knife stabbing my heart every time I thought about the future. Every time someone asked me what my plans were, I start with, “Well, we were planning ... ”

Even my response behavior became triggering for me.

I’ve been the child of a widow, a fatherless child since the age of 11. I heard the many, many phrases that come from the mouths of widows’ in an effort to cope with such a life changing experience. My mother's words on repeat were, “Well, ever since John died...,” As a child when I heard this, I always saw immediate tears and the other party in the conversation would change their energy to cope with the emotional upset that was always oozing from these moments. I saw those comments stop conversations that were seemingly going smoothly, time and time again.

I doggedly did not want to be this person. My loss was mine and I didn't want it to leach out onto others. Yes, I knew my life would be different. Yes, I would have to make my own decisions. Yes, life would go on without him, but I did not want it to be the biggest defining event of my life. I did not want my children to think their life was over. My mother was amazing, and I didn’t fully understand just how amazing she was until I had to make many of the same tough decisions like she had to make when I was young. Now, I understand situations like these are NEVER easy for anyone.

However, from day one of widowhood, I refused to use the loss of him as an excuse for anything. He was far too wonderful for me to have a negative cloud looming over what our relationship meant to me. What this meant unfolded over many years, and continues to do so.

I had no idea where my life would lead; however, this horrifically emotional experience with my father-in-law forced me to make some tough decisions right then. It led me to realize that my personal health, treating one another with respect and love, messages that were sent to my children about coping with the loss of a loved one, were far more important to me than it was to continue wallowing in my own self-pity, on any level. My father-in-law showed me it was time to pick myself up by the bootstraps so to speak, and take care of business - NOW.

Undoubtedly, the call was to get serious about my own healing.

Within six weeks I had made the decision and made the arrangements for us to leave our home and all the people that were there to start out on a new life adventure. I did this not because I didn't love any of the people there. I did this because I needed a change and it was no longer a good environment for myself, my children and my mother. I knew his reaction was ultimately temporary, and I know what he conveyed with his anger was not who he really was. But, because I too was having to heal from this loss - I knew I needed space, and a space in which I could feel safe, heard, loved and where I could grow. With his anger over just one of my decisions it became clear this would never be a space like that again. Being the patriarch, he heavily influenced and lead my entire in-law family, plus those in the community around me. I would forever be the outsider, never truly welcomed again.

This interaction with my father-in-law ignited me into action that would eventually lead me into helping others deal with similar traumas. It was a long road to a place of real healing but, had our reactions to one another been weaker I would not be the person I am today.

Even if he is still angry with me for my decisions, I know without a doubt that my soul-contract with him was not shallow. I know that we have much deeper connection that just that of one father-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship. I've done the work to heal, but maybe I wouldn't have if he didn't play this role so well? As often happens in human relationships - I will likely never know in this lifetime if he also healed, but it is my belief that the part that is really him - the part that agreed to play this role for me, has a true sense of honor and completion. And for that, I am more grateful than I could ever express.

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Energy Healing Techniques

Mon, 19 Feb 2024 16:11:41 GMT

Energy Clearing Techniques

" Clearing is quick and painless, and involves just a few simple steps "

Clearing imbalances from the body often helps to reduce symptoms and cares, giving clients a new found sense of peace and joy,

What exactly is Energy Clearing?

The term “energy clearing” is thrown around a lot and there are many practitioners practicing all kinds of modalities that do similar things, but in slightly different ways. In this blog, I will cover the energy clearing modalities offered here at the Happy Lyon Center.

Over the course of our lives, we accumulate negative energies in our bodies. These energies become imbalances which can lead to physical symptoms, emotional states, and which can hold us back from living our best lives. Clearing them is quick and painless, and involves just a few simple steps: focused intention to be rid of the imbalance, positive reinforcement such as feelings of gratitude and love, and sometimes a magnet. Our bodies are electro-magnetic, so a magnet can bring energetic balance back to the body, allowing the body’s natural self-healing abilities to kick back in.

The Emotion Code®

What is this about?

Emotions get trapped in our bodies when we don’t fully process them. This is most often due to us distracting ourselves away from the emotion, or lingering for too long in that emotional state. As you can imagine, we can collect a significant amount of these trapped emotions through our lifetime. This modality is all about ridding ourselves of this emotional baggage.

How is the energy cleared?

Emotions are stored like memories: we felt a specific emotion at a specific date and time, for a specific reason or due to a specific event. So, in order to clear trapped emotions, the practitioner uses muscle testing to identify each trapped emotion (one by one), and permanently releases them. More information about each emotion can be obtained if the client wishes to know.

A Story

For some months, I was smelling something bad in my house but I could not locate the source of it. A musty, moldy kind of smell. I eventually became accustomed to it and then only smelled it upon returning home from a trip, as soon as I entered the house. But no-one else in my family could smell it. While learning the Emotion Code, I performed a session on myself and found a trapped emotion that related to when we first moved into our house. It was a feeling of being unsupported. A recent change in my life had triggered the original emotion. Once it was cleared, I have never again spelled that bad smell.

Heart Wall Release

What is this about?

This is basically Emotion Code, but it focuses on the heart. Many people have a layer of trapped emotions surrounding their heart, which is known as a Heart Wall. We subconsciously place trapped emotions around our hearts as a means of emotional protection. However, this heart wall also prevents us from fully experiencing even positive emotions, therefore limiting our ability to live our best lives.

How is the energy cleared?

The clearing process is the same as for Emotion Code, but the practitioner focuses on finding and clearing the emotions in the Heart Wall. It can take several sessions to clear the Heart Wall because they are often strong due to the needed protection at the time they were put in place.

A Story

During my certification process, I was required to remove my own Heart Wall. So, I diligently performed several sessions until it was released. A number of different emotions came up covering the span of my lifetime. I am someone who has struggled in adulthood with emotional numbness, which I believe was a protection I created during childhood. I definitely felt emotions, I just didn’t have the same level of emotional reactions to situations as those around me. But not long after I cleared my Heart Wall, I started noticing that I would have emotional reactions to things when I wouldn’t previously have had. It is not dramatic, but what I believe is warranted based on the situation. Removing my heart wall allowed me to strip off that protection and feel again!

Pet Healing

What is this about?

Emotion Code is not just for humans, it works on animals too. Animals have emotional baggage of their own but they can also absorb our emotional energy, which becomes their baggage too. Clearing trapped emotions from animals is just as quick and easy and can have dramatic results.

A Story

A friend of mine got a new puppy, however her cat had a difficult time adjusting to the puppy. Prior to the puppy arriving, the cat would leave for a day or so but always returned after only a short time away. After the puppy joined the family, the cat disappeared for several days. The family was concerned that something had happened to their beloved pet. I connected to the cat’s higher self, determined that he was ok, and cleared a variety of trapped emotions that related to the puppy, such as panic, vulnerability, shock, as well as several others. That same day the cat returned home and has stayed home since.

The Body Code™

What is this about?

Just as our energy bodies store emotional baggage, they can also store a host of other imbalances such as energies related to allergies or intolerances, toxicity, entities, pathogens, organs or systems, misalignments, or nutrition and lifestyle. Clearing these imbalances can significantly help with physical symptoms. It can also help the client understand where to make changes to their lifestyle in order to prevent the imbalances from recurring.

How is the energy cleared?

The method of clearing is the same as for Emotion Code, but in addition to finding trapped emotions, the practitioner may find other types of imbalances related to the client’s issue. These also get permanently released.

A Story

A Body Code practitioner reported a case where a friend had gotten vaccinated before a trip to Costa Rica. During the trip, the friend started experiencing pain throughout her body. After returning home, the friend visited several doctors who finally diagnosed her with fibromyalgia, a condition with no known cause and no treatment. The practitioner performed several sessions on her friend releasing a number of energy imbalances associated with the symptoms and also with toxicity. After each session there was improvement, and eventually the friend reached a pain free state, and with improved energy, and remained there.

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How do I select a modality?

If you have a specific approach in mine, great! But if not, don’t worry about having to choose. Based on the issue you bring to your session, the practitioner will suggest the best approach to reach the optimal results.

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Preventing Stuck Emotions

Sat, 03 Feb 2024 00:21:53 GMT

Release Emotions & Prevent them from Sticking

" Those who practice both of these techniques are trapping fewer emotions in their bodies . "

Releasing trapped emotions can help us to feel lighter and more joyful, allowing us a greater opportunity to live our best life.Being present and applying these practices can help you to release emotions as soon as they arrive.

How Emotions Get Trapped

As we all know from experience, there are a broad range of emotions available to us in these human bodies: those that feel good, many that don’t, and some to be avoided at all costs. But as spiritual beings having a human experience, it’s important for our spiritual growth to experience and learn from not only the good feelings, but also the not-so-good feeling ones. It would be harder to appreciate joy if we did not know what it felt like to have sorrow.

As discussed in a previous blog, Emotions Stuck in Our Bodies , when we experience an unpleasant emotion we often neglect to appropriately “process” it. This can get trapped in our body where it can create an imbalance that can have significant impacts on us in a variety of ways. We can also unknowingly absorb trapped emotions from others, and others can absorb our emotions, including our pets! Releasing these trapped emotions can have significant benefits, such as reduced physical ailments, improved mental outlook, and many more.

Am I stuck with these trapped emotions?

Absolutely not! To get rid of trapped emotions, Emotion Code sessions are extremely valuable but you can do some of this work on your own. Here are 2 techniques that you can master on your own that can significantly help the energies of uncomfortable emotions to flow and protect yourself from trapping emotions which are not actually yours.

Preventing emotions from getting trapped

The key is to recognize when you are feeling a low-vibe emotion, and then to be present enough to stay in the moment. Resist the urge to suppress the emotion no matter how uncomfortable. Once you are there, following the steps below can release the related emotion (energy).

Identify the Cause of the Feeling

It’s always good advice for us to understand what caused a feeling before we decide to take action on it. And we want to be as truthful with ourselves as we can. No-one is reading your mind and judging you for these thoughts, so give this a good think.

Why am I feeling this way? I am feeling this way because…

Determine a Path Forward

Now that we understand what caused the feeling, we can make the decision to stay in this feeling or let it go. Obviously, if the emotion is tied to a significant situation, like the grief of loss, we know we don’t want to continue feeling this way but recognize that we will likely stay in this feeling for a time as part of the grieving or healing process. But when it comes time to let it go, we’ll know. Lastly, it’s important to justify this decision to release the emotion to help cement it in your mind.

Do I want to continue feeling this way? No, I don’t like how this feels. I no longer want to feel this way. I no longer need to feel this way because...

Release with Intention

Making an intention to release the feeling will greatly assist the process of releasing it. Take a deep breath, then make one or both of the statement(s) below as you slowly breathe out.

I choose to release this emotion from my body.

This emotion has been released from my body.

Feel Gratitude

Gratitude has been shown to have very positive effects on the mind and body. Being thankful or grateful puts us into a higher vibrational state (where the good-feeling emotions reside). Now, spend a minute feeling the emotion of gratitude, and say one or more of the following statements:

I am so grateful to be able to free myself of this low vibrational energy

It is gone from my body and I’m so thankful

I am grateful to ……. for love and support in this release process

Feel Love

Love is the highest vibration emotion, and is what makes up our spiritual self. Feeling love brings us closer to who we truly are. If you struggle with feeling love for yourself, bear in mind this truth: you are a beautiful, perfect, immortal spiritual being who is made of love, and even in this human vessel, you are worthy of love and of feeling the best way you can.

Spend a minute actively feeling some love for yourself, and optionally for others who might be involved in the situation. To add focus to this step, you can close your eyes and place a hand over your heart.

I am love

I love my whole being, human and higher self

I love this human body and honor its journey through this incarnation

I love… (allow yourself to free flow about what you love)

That’s it! Easy peasy, right? This may seem like a lot of work, but it quickly becomes second nature, and over time it can be implemented in seconds, not minutes.

Protecting yourself from other people’s emotions

We all have an energy body (our life force) that resides within and around the physical body. This energy can extend beyond our physical body up to 6 feet in all directions, and is also referred to as our aura. Emotional energy is also contained within the aura, and as we come in contact with others (as our aura’s overlap) we can unknowingly absorb their emotions into our body (and vice versa).

A quick and easy way to protect ourselves from both absorbing emotions from others, and sending out our own emotions for others to absorb, is to place a “shield” around our body. It is especially important to place a shield around yourself if you are sensitive to others’ emotions. Be cognizant and diligent about this protection if you will be in a place where there are many people, especially in places like hospitals, where patients and staff may be experiencing difficult emotions.

Visualize the Shield

For those who are able to visualize, picture a spinning platform of energy below your feet. Then visualize a cylinder of energy coming up from the platform and encasing your whole body. There is another spinning platform above your head that seals up the cylinder. You don’t have to make it snug or very large, just a comfortable space surrounding your body. This cylinder is your personal energy shield.

For those who struggle to visualize, have no fear. Make an intentional statement describing the shield. You can also see a visual for this practice in the Elevate, Me. Now! Guided Meditation Video .

I have an energy shield surrounding my body, that entirely encloses my body.

Set goals for the shield

Make any statements that describe how the shield is going to work.

This shield protects me from the emotional energies belonging to others.

Only energy that is for my highest good can enter this shield.

My shield will hold my own emotional energies so they cannot be absorbed by others.

My shield will remain around my body until … (you decide).

Create a reminder

It might be useful to create some kind of reminder to put up your shield that you will see each morning, such as a sticky note on your bathroom mirror, or a piece of jewelry that you’ll wear everyday. If you choose to wear something as a reminder, you can tie the visualization of the shield to that object.

While I am wearing [ this clothing/jewelry ] my shield will remain intact.

With each reminder, you strengthen the protection.

Does this really work?

Many who have received Emotion Code healing over a number of sessions have reported that they are much more present when experiencing emotions they do not want to trap in their bodies, and are able to process the emotions and move on much quicker. As a practitioner, I have seen that clients who practice both of the techniques described above are trapping fewer emotions in their bodies, going forward.

As humans on this planet, we cannot escape unpleasant experiences or emotions. But now we have the tools to help us get past these experiences with much less energetic impact to our bodies, and a chance to live our best lives.

If you think this is a little too complex, here is a short version: skip steps 1 & 2, then take a deep breath and say to yourself “I release this feeling of … ”, say a quick prayer of thanks, and think of a memory that brings to mind a feeling of love.

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Emotions Stuck in Our Bodies?

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 22:03:44 GMT

What are Trapped Emotions?

" When we don't process an emotion, it becomes trapped in our body. "

Sometimes the energies of our emotions stop moving - by choices we make, by ancestral predispositions or something else. Stagnant energy is not helpful to the body.

What's the deal with emotion?

We are all beautiful, immortal, perfect beings of light currently experiencing what it feels like to be in a physical vessel, our human bodies. However these bodies come pre-packaged with a huge range of emotions that we have to learn to navigate from very early on. And we are not always successful at dealing with the ones that don’t feel so good.

When we find ourselves in a situation that causes us to feel an unpleasant emotion, most people usually do one of two things: we either remain in that state until some other emotion comes along to replace it, or we push it away so we don’t have to continue experiencing it. Regardless of which choice we make, that emotion is going to remain in our bodies because we have not appropriately dealt with it.

Where does emotion originate?

Now for a little theory…

Everything in our world is made of energy. It doesn’t seem like it since we don’t walk through walls, but down to the smallest part of us, there is light energy (this has been proven). So, emotions must also be energy.
All energy has frequency or vibration, so emotions do also.
Every organ in our body also has its own vibration or frequency (also been proven).

Putting 2 + 2 Together

When we experience a feeling, the frequency of that feeling ignites energy motion in our brain. This often results in a change in the chemicals & processes in the brain. The brain then sends that frequency through the body to find its match in an organ or other body part that matches that frequency. This is where the actual emotion is generated and experienced by us. For example: the emotion of grief is felt in the lungs, and anger is stored in the liver. These understandings exist in many healing modalities and cultures around the world.

How do emotions cause symptoms?

If the emotion in question is not processed correctly (we chose not to deal with it), it will become trapped in our body, and it will become a blockage or imbalance in a specific spot. These imbalances exist in our meridians, the rivers of energy that flow through our bodies and keep us vitalized. Just like an obstruction in an actual river can divert the flow of the water, a blockage in our meridians can affect the flow of energy to other areas of the body. A significant number of blockages will eventually cause noticeable physical symptoms in the body.

How bad can it possibly be?

Most people (depending on their age) have hundreds, possibly thousands, of trapped emotions. We have been collecting them our whole lives, including in the womb. We can also absorb trapped emotions from others we come in contact with without even knowing it. We are constantly sharing our own emotional energy with others, unknowingly. We also have trapped emotions that were inherited genetically or culturally. With the ease of collecting such imbalances, it should be no surprise that we often have energy imbalances in our bodies.

So what can I do about it?

Thanks to effective healing modalities, like Emotion Code, these emotional energies can be released relatively easily. Once the blockages are removed, and energy is flowing more freely once again, our body’s natural healing ability can kick back in, leaving you feeling better emotionally and physically.

The Emotion Code was developed by Dr Bradley Nelson, a chiropractor.

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Dreams, Dreams, Dreams

Fri, 10 Nov 2023 17:18:53 GMT

OUR FIRST LANGUAGE: DREAMS

" Every character, every situation in your dreams is all about YOU. "

We all know that sleeping is vital to the restoration of our physical body, but our dreams provide us with valuable insights into the steps we need to take in our waking life.

What if you could have a direct line of communication to the ultimate creator?

You do! Every single time we go to sleep, our physical body rests, but our spirit essence is still busy, busy, busy! There is a growing school of thought that says that the part of us that never dies - the spirit/soul/essence - explores as our physical bodies are resting. If you've EVER paid attention to your dreams, and know just how WEIRD they can get you're likely to agree.

It is the stance of long time dream interpreter, Michael Sheridan - that your dreams are a message to you. That means each one of our dreams is as unique as we are, and as tailored to our experiences as possible. He says, "dreams our our first language."

In utero we dream, as babies we dream, as children and adults - we still dream. This human experience helps us to forget the nuances of that language, but it's still accessible to you.

How do you make sense of it?

The great thing about dream interpretation is that it's a language your soul really does understand - even if your mind has forgotten the words. Once you start trying to relearn the language - it will come back quickly. The first step into deciphering your dreams is to make an intention to remember the details of your dreams. Even by just stating (in your head or out loud), I want to remember my dream tonight. Or, I want to know more about how to approach X part of my life right before you go to sleep - you'll be surprised how easy it is to remember.

Step 1:
Set your intention for remembering and understanding your dreams. Do this however you see fit, but do not skip this.

Step 2:
Writing your dreams down as soon as you wake is critical. We all know that if you don't make an effort to recall the details - they disappear. So, put a pad of paper, and something to write with (or use a phone if you don't get distracted) and jot down anything that comes to mind when you wake.

I personally find that if I jot down the key phrases that's enough. Then, after I've fully waked, I can go back in and make comprehensible statements. Also, I find that I tend to jot down the dream, almost in reverse chronology, but that's ok. When I go back and fix the sleep writing I remember the correct order and fix it easily.

The last tip I have is extremely important. As you write down what you recall, especially when you're still half asleep or groggy... ask yourself, "Is this the right word?" and "Did I get that right?" - wait for an answer. You are particularly open because you're still sleepy and that crafty, sharp mind won't get in the way as much. So, whatever answer you get - heed it. If it says change a word, change it. If it says, "Yes, it's right." then leave it alone.

Step 3:

Reflect on the dream. From a different standpoint - with no pressure on yourself - ask, "What was this dream telling me?' and again, listen to your first response. If you get very heady, argumentative or find yourself bantering in your mind, reset. RELAX, ASK, LISTEN.

There are some rules.

There are a few rules to dream interpretation - and the most important one is often the toughest.

Every character, every situation is all about YOU. It's not telling you someone else will or won't do something. It's not forecasting the future (most often). Your dreams present to you: your beliefs, where you need to grow and what are the next steps to move forward.

Start there.

If you're interested in learning more about what your dreams are telling you - talk to Blaire about dream interpretation.

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Manifesting through the Lens of Astrology

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 22:56:44 GMT

MY HORIZON EXPANDS!

" I didn't know exactly how we would wind up connecting, but that was my intent - to surround myself with people like this. "

Recognizing at what you manifest with your intentions is one of the best things this life has to offer. Noticing, "I DID THAT & I LIKE IT!" is all it takes to get the momentum rolling. I can't wait to uncover what all is in store for me through this, plus what a fun experience along the way:)

Gung-ho is my modus operandi.

Diving into Astrology for the first time is daunting to say the least.

However, I love challenges, and when the astrology bug bit me I was eager. As usual, my initial burst of energy eventually waned. It's not realistic to to sustain the highest level of interest all the time with no breaks, but that's my nature. Gung ho and ka-put, my two drives. Thank you to my Ashwini moon. Bring it on anyway, I have energy right now.

And so, I dove in, and pretty much didn't take a break for a solid eighteen months.

Then, I needed a break. At 24 months I got a glimpse of what it is to 'feel' astrology - how to intuitively read charts, and what they really mean. I don't mean I finally started 'reading' charts - I mean I looked at charts and FELT what they meant. I could paint an image that represented the chart using colors to express the intricacies of the human it represented. I didn't need to do that, feeling it was enough for me.

Astrology for me, had become a 3D, human language that helps us to map someone's energies - mapping the energies we can all sense intuitively, but putting it into language for more easily communicable expression. My goal initially was to understand it, to resolve for myself - either it's really just hogwash, or its some seriously amazing legit stuff. The latter won, and at 24 months in I realized if I couldn't see something in someone's chart, it was because I didn't know how to read it, not because it wasn't right there in front of my face.

Its legit. It's amazing and only limited by those who read the charts - and their multilayered human skills.

What I found most interesting as my intensity softened and as soon as I caught my breath after recouping my energy after those first 2 years, my deep seated interest was still there. Seven years later and I’m just as interested as I was the day I started. I'm not as hyper. I have learned to quite my assessment of the signs in any real-time situation (although they still occur in my internal dialogue). I’ve relaxed a little in the understanding of it all. I’ve opened up to a more balanced approach to both astrology, and to life's waves. My more mature approach involves more planning, clarity of mind and luckily a lot more interaction with others who are also interested in astrology.

Beyond mere excitement, my intentions create

And thus, today I write to share some more astrology nerd joy. Yesterday I personally interviewed my first veteran astrologer, April Elliott Kent from Big Sky Astrology.

Like most people who essentially feel like they have to remain in hiding about their love of learning astrology, I had quietly made various connections via social media with other astrologers and astrology groups. Somewhere along the way I stopped for a moment to read a post about some complex topic in astrology, and her post stood out among the sea of social media posts.

Beautifully written, easy to understand ways of explaining complex relationships in the web of astrology. Wow, so well said! Who is this?! I'm a sucker for beautiful writing, and I'm not ashamed to admit that.

Add to that eye-catching, bold, cute, old, new, almost adorable images that don't apologize for being what they are - she had me hooked. Yes, please & thank you!

I commented and couldn't contain my delight. She replied and we eventually connected. I didn't know exactly how we would wind up connecting, but that was my intent - to surround myself with people like this. People who speak the language of astrology in a way that makes it tangible, comprehensible and expresses the beauty I see that I have difficulty putting into words.

Manifesting my heart's desire

Just like all of you, I too am working on myself to create the life I want. I am trying to stay more conscious of my intentions - seeding them, nurturing them and staying the course as things come about in my life. From the moment that spark of delight, amazement and pure stimulation began when I watched my first Modern Cosmic Astrology video in early 2016 - I knew this was something with which I wanted to be involved, heavily. It's taken me quite a while, but I'm here. I can see my ideas manifesting in the concrete world and I'm excited! Who better to start my first public interaction with, than April!?!

April's podcast interview will air on October 24, 2023. Learn a little more about her here . During the interview she even shares a free offering for those of you who are intrigued.

Be sure to subscribe to our podcast, Mystical & Infamous - download, listen, and follow us. Don't hesitate to reach out to us here or there (listen at the end) for topic submissions and more. If you're interested in learning astrology, but not sure where to start, give the show a listen and consider joining our online Astrology Study Group.

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Messages from the Other Side: Dear Ones

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 02:42:30 GMT

Be in the positive flow of the love energy.

"A transformation of your frequencies to a Higher Level is taking place right now."

Transform your thought patterns and release yourself from the duality you have been stuck in.

Channeled for the meeting at Wild Wisdom Resorative Om Room, September 28, 2023

You are beginning to remember who you are, dear ones.

You have had amnesia until now so you have only related to who you have been told you are since birth . But now, you are awakening to Truth. This contracted form of energy you call your body is only a mere fragment of your true self, and your boundless power.

Pause each day and remember this. A transformation of your frequencies to a Higher Level is taking place right now.

Stay out of judging yourself as well as others and the situations in your life. Keep being aware of the positive flow of the Love Energy and be in it . The positive energies will help to transform your thought patterns and release you from the duality you have been stuck in. It is true freedom.

You are blessed to be on this path of awakening. Rejoice and be grateful.

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Janele LOVES this kind of discussion and is looking to connect with others who have insight they want to share too!

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Messages from the other side

Mon, 11 Sep 2023 02:19:25 GMT

It's time. Use your tools.

"Lift yourself up from this dream spell and know you are pure LOVE from Source."

As the energies collide, and changes come to everyone it is imperative for those who are looking for a more balanced and grounded experience that they utilize the tools that are being explained.

You all want peace. Peace of mind and from the rest of the stresses of life.

Do you know what you're really seeking is your conscious connection with your Higher Self and Source? Deep down you feel disconnected but you are NEVER truly disconnected. You have just been sidetracked (SQUIRREL!) with hectic life experiences. These distractions keep us from knowing the truth fully.

If you want that peace of and joy, the feeling of oneness, all you have to do is ask for it.

Want it with all your heart. Cry out for it. Know you are more and ask to realize it. Ask to be shown.

You are a wondrous entity but you are asleep in this fact.

Seek and you shall find.

Lift yourself up from this dream spell and know you are pure LOVE from Source.

When you do this, all of life is brighter, more joyful, easier and flow in the beauty of the Love Vibration.

You can then truly have peace of mind and truly know DEVINE LOVE for the ones in your life and all of your creation.

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Practical Applications for Using Astrology in Life

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:21:33 GMT

A doorway to understanding.

" Astrology appeals to our mental curiosities and opens us up to learning more about ourselves and other people. "

Blaire Stanislao has been studying astrology since 2016, when the astrology bug bit her - clearly seen in her own personal charts.

It's so hard to narrow down what I like most about the study of astrology. I never really thought much except, "Gee, that's oddly correct." as I grew up and was exposed to sun-only-astrology.

Little did I know that after 11 years of marriage I would go through some really tough days as a new widow - which would "incidentally" lead me to look more closely at this ancient art. As a typical Virgo, I approached things skeptically, diligently looking for holes for nearly 2 years. At that point, I realized that if I could not see it in a chart it was because I did not know how to read it, not because it wasn't plainly in the chart itself. With each day, I learn more and become more proficient at reading charts.

The things I love most about the study is the great potential it has for helping us love ourselves and others more, the assistance it can give us in making decisions that help us accomplish the best possible personal growth and the keys it holds to understand others more. I have always felt we could always benefit from learning more about ourselves and others in this world. Astrology brings an objective way at looking at things, people and places and is not based on any one person's opinion. It is a method by which people can appeal to their mental curiosities and open themselves up to learning more.

Over the years since I first really began studying astrology in 2016, I have leaned towards studying Vedic Astrology with sidereal calculations. I chose this avenue because I found there was more information readily available, there was far less arguing over its true validity and eventually I have learned for myself and those closest to me, and the charts I've studied, it is more precise. That being said, I know that all forms have truth to them as well and enjoy exploring those, albiet on a less frequent basis.

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Sacred Energy

Thu, 31 Aug 2023 19:48:24 GMT

LIFE'S FORCE

“With the assistance of ENERGY’s grace, a direction for the journey is willingly chosen. Taking on the honored name ~ Earth Child” -Kathie Malby

As Energy ~ a lifeforce ~

God is a word describing an Entity whose creativity exceeds anything understood by humanity ~

humans who, to this date in TIME, collectively believe in SOMETHING beyond the individual and personal sense of identity

BEING is present before we enter Earth, through the womb.

It is the developing encounter with the LIFE PATH in which we participate,

With the assistance of ENERGY’s grace,

a direction for the journey is willingly chosen

Taking on the honored name ~ EARTH CHILD.

BEING enters earthen life, quickening the prepared womb,

Ready to embrace the development of another presence,

merging its direction with the Animal Kingdom.

Born in the likeness of humans, the process yields a baby looking like its own kind, welcomed or not.

Raising up a child, on earth, requires the responsibility of the ones who claim the being ~ human.

For good or for ill, the races of peoples continue the challenge of populating creation with humanity

Continuing generation after generation.

Purpose for regenerations is varied, but simple and requiring little to no thought.

Era after era accepts human children into its histories and awaits

PAX DOMINI

Hints of the grandeur of grace echo throughout TIME,

Granting hope to the Energetic Entity flowing, fulfilling, finding humanity’s earthen face;

A face that reflects and reflexes the FACE of its own LIFE FORCE.

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Reiki Soul Sisters

Wed, 28 Jun 2023 23:40:54 GMT

Connected across the worlds.

“Reiki blessed two women from opposite ends of the world, from different faith traditions, living two different lifestyles...there are times I sense her close to me, even now. "

-Kathie Malby

In October 2013 I traveled to Israel. Ben Gurion International Airport was the destination for beginning my “bucket list” trip. Road Scholar , formerly Elderhostel, was the host for this tour. For two glorious weeks I basked in the educational tour entitled “The Land of Israel: Past, Present, and Future: A Journey of Discovery.”

2013 was the year I retired from teaching at Great Falls Central Catholic High School, in Great Falls, Montana, as the Religion teacher. My only regret, after I completed the trip to Israel, was not teaching one more year. A favorite of my classes (I taught all the students), was Scripture. Returning from the country of origin for Jesus, the Jewish Rabbi from the first millennia, it would have been fun to share the personal experiences I gained from the multiple tours I took.

If my memory serves me right, there were 25 of us on the bus that began in Tel Aviv on October 6 and ended in Tel Aviv on October 20. My fellow travelers were American, and the majority of them, were of eclectic Jewish backgrounds. I was the only Roman Catholic. We were people with all manner of educational experience and training. I wanted a historical understanding of the country Israel; a history that spread over the two thousand plus years.

The sights and sounds of Jerusalem were fantastic. I saw and experienced the ancient city that is world renowned. I delighted in international foods and peoples who were the movers and shakers of the political clime present there. I heard the modern history of this powerful hub that is the center for all three Abrahamic faith traditions. I stood outside the Oil Press Art Gallery , 33 Jewish Quarter Road, Jerusalem, Israel 97500. It was there in 2004, that William Lee Rand of The International Center for Reiki Training, in Southfield, Michigan placed a Peace Grid . Time did not allow for me to go in and see it for myself. By the time I realized where I was standing, in its doorway, we were on the move.

Whenever or wherever I travel I like to know what amenities I get to sample. When we left Jerusalem on October 8, we drove to the Dead Sea. Known for its healing salt waters, people from all over Europe and Russia take part in the clinics there that assist people suffering from all manner of ills. I could not get my nose past the smell of the Sea, so I chose a powerful reflexology session with a sturdy Russian practitioner. She did not speak English and I did not speak Russian, but she knew her work and as a fellow reflexology practitioner, I knew she was worth more money that they charged. We explored Masada, the Qumran Caves and we lunched at Ein Gedi, kibbutz.

Modern Israel was established through the Zionist movement who recruited Jews to go to Israel and found the kibbutz system. A kibbutz is a communal settlement in Israel, typically a farm. The first kibbutz, Degania, was founded in 1910. These cooperative, agricultural farms sustained families of Jews who literally started from scratch, “picking rock” and tilling the soil by hand or with simple tools. The kibbutzim have changed over time, but they still outline the country of Israel.

Day 9 of our tour we traveled to the Galilee in the north. For three nights we stayed at Lavi Kibbutz Hotel. I was so excited they offered Reiki as one of their amenities. I asked Cheryl, our Tour Leader, to make an appointment for me while we were still on route. I was scheduled for the second night. That is where I met Essie.

How is it two people from across the world, meet at a kibbutz in Israel, and share their thoughts & hearts so quickly and so passionately? There are times I sense her close to me, even now, especially when I am doing a Reiki session. Esther lives on Lavi Kibbutz . I have no way of knowing and certainly no way of proving that she comes in spirit. But, I believe she is there, supporting the Energy of Reiki, giving a compassionate gaze, and assisting me in sustaining the beautiful gift of Reiki for whoever I am serving. Essie, wife, mother, and grandmother, trained nurses in Israel, so they could give healing touch to their patients. I wonder about those nurses trained in Reiki. Do they know if it helped them in the awful and strained days and months of the pandemic?

Reiki is a way of life, more than any other healing modality. It is a way to assist the practitioner as well as the client/patient. It never drains the practitioner, and it is always respectful of the client/patient. It goes where it needs to go. Furthermore, it gives and gives without giving out. It is as tiny as the smallest issue in the body and as huge as all of the universes. Reiki waits patiently to be invited in and when it comes its Energy flows peaceful, strong, and for one’s highest good.

Reiki also blessed two women from opposite ends of the world, from different faith traditions, living two different life styles. There is not a week that goes by that I am not grateful for the incredible gift of my Israeli trip. I had no way of knowing I would meet such a wonderful soul. I will not see her again on this side. I have no doubt, when my body leaves me, I will see and be seen by my Reiki practitioner and friend from Lavi Kibbutz.

When we left Lavi Kibbutz we had three more nights and we spent them in Tel Aviv, a beautiful city along the eastern edge of the equally beautiful Mediterranean Sea. Everywhere I went I met the friendliest and kindest of people. At the end of the trip, I was full to overflowing from the multiple experiences. A trip of a lifetime was everything I wanted and then some.

It is easy to judge the news we hear from this side of the world. It’s quite another thing to live that news within the context of a young country. Reiki heals. A peace grid is present in Jerusalem to amplify the prayer Energy. And people, like Essie, are there to hold the line and heal her world. I am challenged to do the same.

"Peace grids have been placed at the North and South Poles of the earth as well as in old Jerusalem and Japan. Their design allow Reiki to be sent to them and stored like a battery which is then made available to promote peace on earth. Their placement at the magnetic poles of the earth takes advantage of this tremendous energy source that also functions like the crown and root chakras of the planet. The Reiki energy emanating from the Peace grids is carried by the magnetic field around the planet to heal and balance the earth’s aura. The reservoir of healing energy it holds is available to empower all those working toward world healing and peace."

International Center for Reiki Training , Right: William Rand in Jerusalem

Photo of William Rand in Jerusalem .

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Mindfulness José Hobday

Thu, 15 Jun 2023 16:45:58 GMT

a gift from Sister José

"On that summer day, about 50 years ago, in a retreat I did not understand, over cottage cheese with French dressing, I would eventually bring forward..."

-Kathie Malby

In 1910, T. W. Rhys Davids, a well-known Buddhist scholar first coined the term “Mindfulness.” The term was chosen for the focused attention it manifests. Living in the PRESENT is a concept found within many faith traditions. There are different names for the gentle, quiet, remembrance that was given to humans centuries ago. I first learned about it in my twenties when I went on a simple retreat in Brockton, Montana.

As a young wife and a stay-at-home Mom to four small kids, I was busy. We lived a couple of miles out of Poplar, Montana, the headquarters for the Sioux and Assiniboine tribes on the Fort Peck Reservation. There were few opportunities for retreats or conferences. I had a chance to drive to the small town of Brockton about 15 miles east of Poplar. There I spent a morning and had a lunch with Sister Jose Hobday (1929-2009).

Sister Jose, a sister of the Franciscan order was comfortable living with a couple of other nuns in a simple, little ram-shackled house. Her place as a Catholic Church presence on the reservation was a testament to vows she took and the lifestyle she was willing to bear. It was important that Sister and her community of Sisters live among the people, helping them with whatever would meet their needs. It is the Franciscan way.

I did not know Sister Jose Hobday was an internationally known writer and speaker. I did not know she was Native American. And I didn’t know anything about living simply. Unbeknownst to me, my journey into the world of maturity was beginning. My LIFE PATH took many twists and turns before I was able to find me and begin an authentic WAY. Sister Jose is a small part of assisting me in a direction.

Since I didn’t drive much it was a brave thing for me to leave my little family on a summer morning and go to Brockton. It must have been a Saturday because I left the kids home with their Dad. I would never have hired a babysitter for something that seemed so frivolous. In my middle 20’s to middle 30’s I did deep searching not only for the “who I am” piece but for the “blues” I lived with. There was a new diagnosis for what I was living with, but I wasn’t told I had post-partum depression. I figured that out years later.

I do not remember what Sister Jose and I talked about. In fact, the conversations we had are just blurs in my mind. What does stand out to me are three things: 1. Sitting in the little bedroom that had been changed into a chapel with the presence of the Holy Eucharist; 2. Sister Jose coming to join me, in silence, after she prepared our lunch; and, 3. Eating cottage cheese with French dressing on it for lunch.

At that time my only frame of reference for retreats was from my High School years at Saint Joseph Academy, in Sprague, Washington. Those 3-day retreats consisted of a priest coming to talk to teenagers about various topics. When we weren’t at Mass, a talk by Father, or praying in Chapel, we could go on walks around the school grounds and up the hill from the Academy. It felt like true freedom. The only thing that the two retreats had in common was the silence.

It was at lunch, where I actually enjoyed the cottage cheese because of the French dressing and I still eat it that way, that Sister Jose shared some thoughts about forgiveness. She said that “washing dishes” could be a catalyst for releasing anger, fear, and sorrow. She talked about the steps that could lead me to spiritual freedom. After all these years I summarize the teaching this way:

Filling the sink with hot water is the INTENTION set for healing. By filling the mind with the hurt feelings, I carried, I needed to become willing to begin to “let go.”
Adding soap to the hot water was an opportunity to ask for help with my issue(s).
Placing each dish or piece of silverware into the soapy water gave me a chance to identify and touch the different sores in my memories. In some ways I could take the issue and hug it one more time, feel where it is in the body, or find its hiding place within my mind.
Unplugging the sink is key to letting go. The focus I set with the INTENTION for healing, assisted the intention by way of review for purposes of clarity. And the focus created an inner space to allow the intention to accomplish its original purpose~to heal my soul.

Each one of those actions were individual and each one provided an opportunity to allow a memory of whatever healing needed to take place to happen. The growth into becoming purposely intentional takes time. When we are sincere about change, we can begin with small steps. As we grow in being comfortable with the process, we get better and better at it. It is always a practice.

On that summer day, about 50 years ago, in a retreat I did not understand, over cottage cheese with French dressing, I would eventually bring forward out of my inner storehouse, a gift from Sister Jose. I would come to know it as Mindfulness.

References: Jose Hobday Loves the Church, Tiptoes Around

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How I discovered breathwork

Fri, 19 May 2023 22:16:24 GMT

"Believe you have a God-given right to Dolce-Vita! You deserve it!

Venice, Day 4 for Natalia Volenberg reminds her its ok to sit down and rest - without the guilt.

Saying "Si!" to myself and to life.

The retrograde season is upon us. For me, it's a meow-purrrrrrrfect time to stop, revise and allow myself a deep dive into my inner landscape through journaling and simply slowing down and allowing life to happen.

I have to say that it's not that easy for me to just rest and it has been a part of my childhood conditioning to feel guilty when doing nothing.

I started music school at the age of 4 - piano and violin (Yes, both at the same time!)

The mantra of those years (from 4 to 14) was, "If you are not practicing - you are wasting your time." So this is deeply ingrained in my psyche - a deep crease in granite. I have been working on this pattern with breathwork and other modalities, but some of it is still there. It's like I have to get an 'official' permission from my mom to sit down and rest.

I have been full-on and non-stop since April when I completed my Clarity Breathwork Practitioner Training Level 4.

Immediately I went to Sweden for Vipassana. As soon as I came out, I started exchanging sessions with practitioners from the breathwork community trying to learn as much as I could and practice, practice, practice.

I was lucky to trade sessions and energy/experience with 6 amazing Clarity Breathwork practitioners from my training, thus giving and receiving at least 40 sessions in total! (Integration time is NOW!).

On top of that, I continuously participated in Breath the World and other workshops organized by Alchemy of Breath. I also have been taking a course on Human Design and a creativity course called Alchemy + Essence. And completed the Client Attraction Code Course hosted by the Shift Network and taught by Sharla Jacobs.

I feel I deserve a break:)

Italy and Italians are such good teachers in this regard. They give themselves permission to take their time and just enjoy. They sit down to take an aperitivo (Spritz or a glass of prosecco around 4 o'clock). They start their mornings with beautiful pastries and the most flavourful coffee in the world. Mature women wear red lipstick with no reservations and cruise around on cute little Vespas in designer sunglasses.

And Italians simply believe that they have a God-given right to Dolce Vita - to going slow and enjoying life!

Give yourself a break! Slow down! You deserve it:)

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Transform Your Dark Moment

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 22:44:15 GMT

"Transform darkness into light. You always have a choice!"

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Natalia Volanberg tells a personal story of transformation. .

Dental Drama in Puerto Vallarta

From Dental Emergency to Embracing My New Passion!

Be present! Sit with discomfort. Breathe and be willing to welcome something beautiful even when it feels totally impossible.

I know that many Canadian and American expats come to Mexico to do dental work because it is not that expensive here.

However, it is always stressful when something happens unexpectedly that is health related and when you are in a foreign country where you don't speak the language. It is extra stressful.

NB! Put on a seat belt in a taxi/Uber even when going short-distance! Stand very firm on buses - it's like getting your 'Mexican bus legs:)

There is a lot of traffic now in Puerto Vallarta and taxis sometimes stop really abruptly! (Sorry if it sounds too obvious, but sometimes people get too relaxed in Mexico and forget to take normal precautions.)

I was on my way home on Saint Patrick's Day. I bumped my face on the front seat as a result of a sudden stop and arrived home with my front veneer missing and a broken tooth that was underneath.

It looked horrible!

And I felt awful.

And I had to teach our on-line Future Self workshop with 2 other amazing women practitioners Blaire Hall and Jennifer Gonzales the next day! We put a lot of work into the creation and marketing of this workshop.

I put my hand on my heart and felt all the negative emotions passing through me like a hurricane.

My chest was heavy and tight. I had to breathe through this difficult moment and acknowledge my feelings.

The bottom line was: "There was no way I could cancel my participation and let everyone down at the last moment. "

I felt very upset, vulnerable, super stressed and scared.

Long story short, I made an appointment at the dental clinic that was recommended by a trusted friend.

I taught our workshop while wearing a mask. Thank God that because of Covid it did not seem too weird for everybody, but, of course, it felt very uncomfortable. It was not ideal by any means.

My mantra was : "Grace under pressure!"

It was Monday. The appointment with the dentist was on Wednesday. I had to cancel multiple Breathwork and Coaching sessions. I did not feel like going outside in a mask in 30 degrees heat. I just wanted to curl under the blanket and hide!

I felt like a prisoner at my own house with lots of negative thoughts and feelings trying to overtake me.

I did some gentle breathwork for myself and put on theta waves that I always find very soothing.

I knew in my heart that I did not want to waste these 2 days on negativity and fear. I felt called to love what was happening because it was my life at that moment.

Was there something I could do to transform the negative into something more positive?

I had to do something.

I started creating.

Traveling back in time

It was my great desire to be an artist when I was a kid, but my mother pushed me into doing music. My mother was on a mission to realize her dream though me - she was the one who wanted to play piano as a kid, but it was not available to her when she was growing up.

She was not prepared to listen to what I had to say. She believed that it was a great honour and privilege to be able to study classical music.

Have you ever been pushed into doing something by your parents or your loved ones? Living a kind of life someone else wanted for you?

I am sure everyone can relate to this on some level.

On the ground floor of the music school there was an art school. I used to linger outside their door trying to see what was happening inside. It felt like something magical was emanating from that space. People were busy creating amazing and colourful things…

However, I had to drag myself upstairs to the 3rd floor for my piano class.

I loved music, but from early on I knew that I did not have the talent to play it myself. My hands were too small. I didn't really have a good ear for music.

I felt totally inadequate at every lesson except for the history of music and that went on for 8 years until I managed to graduate.

Out Future Self workshop was on Spring Equinox and I truly felt that something different was in the air - a time for change and personal breakthrough. During the theta healing hypnosis meditation I met my Future Self. She said to me: You can create your own fabulous reality and live it one day at a time.

I nspired by Nature and Dragonflies

Why dragonflies?

It turns out that almost in every culture dragonflies symbolize transformation, change, adaptability and self-realization. No wonder I was always so drawn to these amazing creatures!

I started creating dragonflies using water colours and gold leaf.

I did it for 2 days and 2 nights with almost no sleep. This immense creative energy just overtook me.

I felt that I was possessed by a power that was much larger than my ego and its limited concerns.

I forgot about my dental drama completely!

I forgot about my Wednesday's appointment.

I stopped turning negative thoughts in my mind. I stopped blaming myself. I stopped dreading the future.

How strange and curious it is that sometimes something horrible and scary can lead to something amazing when you are willing to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

You don't have to see the light - you just have to be WILLING to try!

Wednesday's appointment was not pleasant, but I felt that I was treated really well and got exactly the type of gentle and compassionate care I needed.

So I am back in business.

I am a Renaissance Woman and I offer:

Relax and release ( My Unique Fusion of Gentle Breathwork and Client-Centered Counseling)
Tackle Urgent Issue TODAY (Laser Mental Health Coaching)
Discover Your Superpowers (Human Design Reading)

And! If you are in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico you can meet me and my creations in person at the River Cuale Artisan Market on Fridays and Saturdays from 11 to 2 pm. (right next to the Cultural Center)

You can come and talk to me about breathwork/human design and mental health coaching. I know that many people are tired of sitting in front of their computers and want to come out and connect in person.

Today is Magic!

And if it does not feel like it - what can you do to transform darkness into light?

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Your Future Self : Create Your Reality

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 23:17:27 GMT

"Consciousness is more fundamental than physical reality. It is the Super-set and the physical reality is the subset." from Quantum Physics

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Natalia Volanberg outlines how you can create and manifest your perfect reality.

Your Future Self

What do you believe?

Do you believe that you can create exactly the type of life you want to live?

Or do you believe in a set destiny and that every step you take is taking you closer and closer towards the outcome that is written in the stars?

Let me share something with you.

Currently I am in one of my most favourite places on Earth - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico! And I am here because of my VISION BOARD and the intentions I set in 2022!

Unbelievable, right?

A couple of weeks ago I took part in a vision board-creating workshop specifically for business growth and client attraction. I was going through my stuff in preparation and I fished out my old vision board for 2022 from the bottom of my suitcase. I usually keep my vision boards for at least a year after making them.

Lots of Blue on these two pages: Ocean. Swimming Pool, Luxurious Turquoise Fur, Sea Foam Flower of Life. And here I am in Mexico - I am surrounded by blue and I am by the Pacific Ocean in the city I love.

NOTE: when I made my vision board I was thinking that there is no way in hell I could be surrounded by BLUE and living in a tropical paradise.

February 2022

Big, wet chunks of snow were falling down out of the dark sky and hitting the ground in order to join others that just melted into a horrible dirty slush. Everything looked miserable and grey outside. The mood was gray too.

I am the kind of person who is affected by the weather and the colours around me. I was not feeling good!

So I made a choice. Instead of feeding this miserable energy - I decided to use my imagination to focus on the future I actually wanted for myself. The first that came to me was the colours and the feeling. I wanted to see lots of BLUE . I wanted to be on the beach somewhere…

I did not have a clear idea in terms of what kind of activities I would be doing there. I was actually kind of blocked in that department…

Just take me to some tropical beach Universe! Please!!!

Step 1. Creating New Future Vision

So last week for the first time in my life I have been called to create a very detailed Vision Board Book both for My Life and Business.

Why not, right?

Creating this particular vision board was more of a challenge for me because it had to be more specific and business-related. I am very right-brain, so it's kind of difficult for me to be specific.

I started in my zone of genius and went with the FEELING I want to experience. And I chose the new dominant colour GREEN.

I didn't analyze, I just went with the flow at first.

As part of my personal future vision, in 2023 I am determined to reach more people with my message and attract more soulful, creative clients who want specifically to work with me. Thus, this vision board must include people .

I also want to call in beautifully designed spaces here in Mexico and Europe to hold my live workshops, retreats and breathwork ceremonies. This year I feel like being closer to the trees.

I prefer to create vision boards from real magazines and other physical materials. I find that such vision boards create a much more powerful impact and work way faster compared to those created with digital tools.

Plus, in any case, you can take a picture of your vision board and have it as wallpaper on your phone and a screen saver on your computer.

The more you look at it - the better! You have to make sure to look at it all the time!

Some images that I used from a Mexican Architecture magazine seem to be quite out of reach when I selected them. I was thinking of running exclusive luxury retreats in Mexico and Italy this year and beyond. It is essential to call in beautiful spaces for this.

Can I really manifest one of a kind, custom-designed space for my breathwork ceremonies/retreats and workshops? Private, cozy, hidden in the woods somewhere, but yet very accessible ?

( This is my mind trying to interfere. You will experience it too. Just keep going. Say "Thank You! I hear you!" )

Step 2. Energize Your Vision with Collective Energy in a Safe, Supportive Container

The process of creating your reality goes beyond your vision board. It's important to energize your vision board or the written description of YOUR FUTURE. You can do it every day as a daily practice and you can give it a huge energy infusion by setting intentions on a special day like the Spring Equinox, New Moon or a favourable planetary conjunction. This works especially well when done together with other like-minded people.

For this reason, Happy Lyon Center decided to create The Future Self Workshop right on the Spring Equinox (March 20th)

We have not seen anything of this kind offered by anyone. So we created it!

Come and join us on the 20th of March! And let's energize our beautiful visions to the max and see what happens!

The Future Self is designed to support the process of reality creation from 3 different angles: Breathwork, Holy Fire Reiki and Theta Healing Meditation.

You will be guided and supported by 3 expert practitioners (Natalia Volanberg, Jennifer Martinez and Blaire Hall) in a safe and welcoming space.

Breathwork: Release this negative imprint from your nervous system, come home to yourself and relax into a new more divine way of being in the world. Drop deep into your body where your inner critic, who wants to sabotage your Future Self Vision, cannot reach you.

Holy Fire Reiki: Receive divine guidance and energy assistance through Holy Fire Reiki and the Akashic Records. Directly feel what it is like to be fully supported by your Higher Self.

Theta Healing/Meditation Practice: Open yourself to really listening to what your soul has been trying to tell you. Connect with what it feels like to more authentically respond to your soul’s highest desire and find divine balance again. Learn what it takes to maintain that balance and connection in your everyday life.

So let's use this powerful time to create and energize our visions as we burst into the New Astrological Year while being supported by the New Moon, the energy of Spring blossoms and the sign of Aries which is number one in the Zodiac Cycle.

Your Time IS NOW!

Saying "Si!" to myself and to life.

I have to say that it's not that easy for me to just rest and it has been a part of my childhood conditioning to feel guilty when doing nothing.

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What is an Energy Healing anyway?

Mon, 20 Feb 2023 23:13:31 GMT

ENERGY IS ELUSIVE & SOMETIMES CONFUSING, BUT NOT INEXPLICABLE.

" You don't have to fake feeling good, but you can ACTUALLY feel great. "

Where energy goes, it grows - so put the energy you have towards what you want to have manifested in your own life.

What is energy work?

Changing energy for the betterment of you or anyone else, makes you an energy worker. If you find that a friend or family member comes to chat with you anytime they are feeling down or sub par, you lifting their spirits is in fact energy work. You are raising their vibrations or healing them through energy work. Most people are familiar with knowing some ways to make another person feel good - sometimes it is just by smiling, listening or helping them refocus on something better. If their spirits are lifted, you did the work. If you are feeling down in the dumps and you do something similar for yourself, this is still energy work.

This kind of work is just as valid, and I'd be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn't support that answer. This kind of work is completely natural, and part of our very essence of being. We want to make ourselves and others feel good and enjoy life more.

Your favorite brother, sister, parent or friend is doing energy work. But, Jesus is & was also an energy worker.

Everyone is capable and doing it already.

Think back to your childhood. Can you remember a time when you were the one either asked to, or you felt you were put in a situation and the expectation was that you would do or say something to help another person feel better? Maybe your friend needed a hug? Maybe your mom needed a distraction? You provided what was needed and they felt better. We do it innately.

Intention is key.

One of the biggest aspects of energy work is the intent from which the 'giver' of the energy comes. Simply put, if the intention of your efforts to work with someone are well meaning it is usually received. However, if the opposite is true - often the 'receiver' of the energy exchange has an uneasy feeling. This is best described when you interact with someone and often we say something like:

"Something is just off about them. I don't know what it is, but something about them doesn't sit well with me."

There are a myriad of different circumstances to consider but the most important and dominant energy that impedes good intentions from the 'giver' is whether or not their intentions are clouded by one's personal preferences? Are you helping your mom so that she will in turn give you something you want? Are you there for a friend because having them open up to you makes YOU feel good? Nearly everyone is guilty at some point of having misaligned or tainted intentions - we are all here primarily for ourselves on many levels. If you are not, then you are being careless with your energies and you will become drained, tired and eventually sick from giving out your energy anytime there is a recipient.

If we're all doing it, how is energy work with a 'healer' different than with my best friend or mother?

The experience of healing/raising your vibration is actually more alike your experiences with those who love you than it is different. All of the people who love you see the best in you even when you don't. That's the most important intention that can ever be set.

However, the biggest difference with a healer who isn't part of your personal circle is that the healers are able to see outside of your situation. Healers are familiar with common blocks people put up even without realizing it. Often the healers have a gentle way of showing you the blocks you've put up to the detriment of your own personal growth. Often, as soon as someone sees they are the ones getting in their own way, they gladly step away and allow all the goodness to flow in like a flood!

All healers have had to heal themselves and often they become enamored with the whole process and they're able to see the energy work they do more clearly than those who do not focus on what exactly energy work is. Healers, speak about it, they play with energies, they practice changing energies in different situations - in short, they become not only more experienced, but more experienced on a conscious plane with manipulating energy for healing. They are self-aware, and they can help you to become more self aware so you can more easily heal yourself - if that's your heart's desire.

In short, healers are simply more experienced with a conscious manipulation of energy. Doing healing work with an experienced healer can make the difficult process much easier.

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How to find LOVE in 2023?

Wed, 15 Feb 2023 17:29:26 GMT

"To find LOVE in 2023 you must be in love with LIFE!"

Natalia Volanberg who lives and practices psychotherapy and breathwork n Puerto Vallarta gives her best advice on finding love without dating apps.

I am a psychotherapist, mental health coach and a breathwork practitioner who is currently living in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Many of my current therapy/coaching/breathwork clients keep asking me questions related to love and dating:

“How do I find love in this crazy world? What is the best strategy to use? When is it going to finally happen?”

I am not a dating coach: I know nothing about dating apps and I don’t coach on dating games/manipulation tactics. Here is my best advice.

#1. To be able to find love you must be in love with life itself.

You must have hobbies, passions, something that drives you, ignites your curiosity, makes you wonder, gives you food for thought - makes you ALIVE basically! When you are radiating ALIVENESS - people will stop you on the street especially in friendly and relaxed Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. You will meet people everywhere in REAL LIFE. ( Many of my clients are my age and older and do not want to use dating apps. )

#2. There is an element of destiny.

Recently I’ve been listening to the interviews with the Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky . I find his teachings on PsychoMagic and creativity to be especially inspiring, especially since I am here in Mexico where his cult classics such as El Topo and the Holy Mountain were filmed.

Alejandro met the love of his life only at 76! He was searching all of his life… And he was very much enchanted by life and always in the thick of it. Not a person who was hiding under the rock exactly.

When he met Pascale Montandon at the age of 76 he recognized her instantly as the Love of his Life:)

In 2011 I was in Thailand and had my first Vedic astrology reading.

It was the most accurate reading EVER! At that time I was in my early 30s and kind of obsessed with finding the one, so the reading was pretty much relationship-focused. I discovered that I had some really heavy relationship karma. This confirmed the suspicions that I already had. I was told that I kept on meeting men who had no real purpose in life, no career and that was true.

The astrologer gave me approximate dates for all my past and future significant (karmic) relationships, described the dominant quality of each relationship and how long it would last. He was reading my chart as if he had tapped into Akashic Records. It was almost scary! Now looking back - all of his predictions came true.

#3. Slow down and be open/approachable.

Last Saturday I was at the Marina Vallarta for the workshop called “Getting Ahead through the Heart”.

On the way there I was in a rush. I also got a bit anxious when I realized it was going to be held at a private residence. I was walking very quickly, my energy was closed - not at all approachable. On the way back I was walking slowly. My heart was open because I met wonderful new people and the content of the workshop was beautiful and nourishing.

Guess what? 3 people stopped to talk to me as I was walking towards my destination (it was a short walk!) They were attracted to my energy!

#4. Release past relationships.

Each relationship leaves an energetic imprint on one’s body, mind and energetic system independently of why or how it ended. We might think consciously that we are ready for a new relationship, but energetically we could be transmitting a different signal to the outside world because we are still holding on to some emotions related to the previous relationship.

Are you willing to feel your feelings in order to release them?

Sometimes the feelings of grief, resentment, regret or disappointment are so strong that we would rather not feel them at all - so we repress, numb out, disassociate, distract ourselves. However, the better we can lean into the emotional states we fear the most ( in a safe, controlled, supportive environment ) - the easier it is to release and move on.

To release old energetic imprints and trapped emotions I recommend breathwork. Conscious, connected breath is a safe and effective way to let go of stuck emotions and energetic imprints. I would advise to have at least one 1-on-1 session with a qualified practitioner.

A typical breathwork session usually consists of 2 parts. The first part is a counseling/therapy session during which you identify the core intentions for the session, express your thoughts/emotions and give the history of the situation.

The second part is the breathwork itself which lasts for about 45 minutes. During this part you will be gently guided on how to breathe, provided with compassionate support so that you can express your feelings without judgment. Ideally, as a result of conscious connected breath, you will be able to drop in deeper into your body and your subconscious mind,

P.S. Friendship as a source of Love.

Which is the best kind of Love?

Modern society conditions us to believe that there is a hi e rarchy of love and that romantic love is at the very top of this hierarchy. We are told that when we don’t have romantic love in our lives we are not fulfilled - we are missing something and our overall experience of life is somehow diminished!

But Love is Love!

Every time I travel to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - I make wonderful new friends. It is just so easy to make friends here unlike in other places and this very fact brings me back to Puerto Vallarta again and again.

So cherish your current friends and make new ones. In some cases you will walk much longer on the path of life together. To add to this, long-term friendships are a proven source of longevity and psychological well-being.

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Mindfulness

Fri, 13 Jan 2023 18:20:18 GMT

Mindfulness can be experienced in many different ways

“In between walking and singing we focused our attention on the act of walking.”

Mindfulness can be experienced in many ways. I associate it with “body” prayer. In 2007 Great Falls Central Catholic High School moved from the temporary location at the University of Great Falls (It is now the University of Providence) to their newly built school on 18 ^th Avenue South. I was hired in 2000 to be the theology teacher for the new school in Great Falls, Montana.

My responsibilities were not limited to the classroom. I hosted a retreat each year for every class, trained the students in the various liturgies including Mass, provided opportunities for them to do mission work in Great Falls and in the summers to go on mission in Yakima, Washington including Toppenish, Washington, and Eugene Oregon.

From 2000 to 2007 and before we moved to the permanent location, the youth developed a school retreat called a Prayer Day in which they hosted a day-long fair. In those first years of establishing the school, the kids did not have very many things to join. So, the idea of this Prayer Day grew because they needed to do something together as a community. The students divided into teams. The teams came up with a theme, developed the idea for the workshop and created a venue in which to present it. They taught the theology around the theme they would present. Some workshops were as simple as “Hangman” with Christian concepts and Catholic thought through word associations, and as complicated as creating a “Labyrinth” to learn body prayer.

When we moved from the University of Great Falls to the newly built Great Falls Central Catholic High School, the project was no longer done because it took too much of my curriculum time to do and because the number of students had increased making the project unwieldly. Clubs and athletics were finally in place and our students were very busy being involved at multiple levels.

I continued teaching and our educational programs matured as our students, faculty, and staff grew and matured into an institution. Bibles and Catechisms of the Catholic Church were mainstays of my teaching. Textbooks were added and all manner of cooperative teaching was taking place. I worked alongside a phenomenal music teacher in preparing Mass and other liturgies as well as some retreats. I was also able to do a lovely curriculum on Icons dovetailing with the art teacher. And the history teacher and I had a wonderful curriculum we hosted a couple of times on the Holocaust. When the Mel Gibson movie, “The Passion of Christ,” came out, the incredible English teacher and I led the students in a teaching in which they developed their own story summations based in the movie and putting them alongside the Christian Scriptures. There were many opportunities to creatively teach students the religious subject matter, bringing the ancient and fully developed thought into their lives and their histories.

The classroom often buzzed with many different activities from the four different grade levels. When I was hired my skill set was working with youth in youth ministry. So, I was geared toward a hands-on form of teaching which included a great deal of “doing.” However, the “being” was equally important for developing a spiritual life that would include caring for themselves as well as others. That meant that meditation needed to be utilized in its myriad forms. We had several meditations: written journals, guided meditation, Bible readings, and formal prayer which was not limited to but included the Rosary, Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Litanies to various Saints, and growing in understanding and awareness of the rituals within the Mass. We also used Mindful Walking.

Thich Nhat Hanh and Sister Jose Hobday were my influences for this form of “body” prayer. The instructions were: bring sensible shoes for walking the neighborhood, bring some money to buy something at the coffee bar at the hospital, be very quiet and respectful when walking so anyone who drives by or sees us knows your good manners and will not be frightened by you. Last but not least: be prepared to stop and sing a blessing over different clinics, nursing homes, juvenile jail, hospitals and neighborhoods. I allowed them to visit quietly with the caveat that no one make a partner visit in case that person wanted to be more meditative (be mindful of their walking).

As we walked along, I would stop and talk about the different places that were in the neighborhood of our school building. Different points were made about the people who lived there or the workers who worked there and what needs each had. Sometimes we would stop and just raise our hands in blessing and sing: “May the blessings of the Lord be upon you~We bless you in the name of the Lord~May the Spirit of the Lord be upon you~We bless you in the name of the Lord.

Arriving at the hospital we would stop and the ones who brought money would buy coffees or Italian sodas for themselves and some even bought for their friends. Then, we would go back to the school by another route but continuing to walk quietly and to talk about the neighborhood and to sing a blessing now and again. In between the talking and singing, we focused our attention on the act of walking.

Back in the classroom, the students would take out their journals and write about their experience. It never failed. Every time we returned to the school, they were quieter, gentler and easier with each other and with their journaling. Some wrote about their actual walk and what they learned. Others shared the song of a bird or the nice weather. Some others were thrilled to just get out and go get an Italian soda. The whole of it, was the change of pace, being in nature and not sitting at a desk. Mindfulness can be experienced in many ways. It was a joy for me to learn to do mindful walking and to introduce that “body” prayer form to the students.

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Who you really are!

Sat, 24 Dec 2022 00:49:11 GMT

ESSENCE OF SELF

"This connection in the oneness we have with source - the creator - is in each and every one of us."

Are we victims or masters of our own worlds? Janele discusses the basics of what it means to have true spiritual awakening and the biggest outcome for everyone who gets to experience this bliss.

We are all aware of living a 3D illusionary life but not sure what that means or what else there is. We know it is temporary and are told different concepts of what comes next. Many of us have had experiences that have not seemed to "fit" into what we have believed is real or go along with these concepts. We have been programed since birth of what "reality" is. When we meet people from other parts of the world and even our own country, there seems to be many differences in their sense of reality and ours, yet deep down there is a connection that one can not explain. This connection in the oneness we have with source - the creator - in each and every one of us.

As we grow spiritually, we are able to tap into these experiences that do not fit in to the norm and little by little realize those are a way to open up and feel this divine connection grow. As this happens our vibrations and frequencies elevate and we think of ourselves not as separate but as one with all of creation. With that "knowing" we are also one with all others and an amazing thing happens.

We find out who we really are, the source light that shines within us. We love more, we enjoy more, we inherently know more and can live a more peaceful life. We stay centered, can observe life instead of getting thrown by it and this higher vibration and frequency radiates out to others.

Then our understanding of the "reality" we have been living with is just that, a construct of the programing/beliefs we possess. We have been led to believe is 'real,' but it is only as real as our programing allows us to believe. We can change our programming and change any conclusory 'image of reality' for the better. Knowing this, we then have control over our lives! We discover we are truly free, and all the illusionary images of restriction are fortified by our beliefs. This is a huge part of what people describe as a spiritual awakening. The beauty of it all, is the more we work on ourselves, the further along we get on our own spiritual path the more we can help others do the same.

It is a beautiful time to experience being human and we are here to help raise the consciousness of all.

The frequencies of Mother Gaia are rising. If you're looking to find evidence of the higher vibrations, you will find more each time you look. With the vibration and frequencies getting higher we will be moving out of 3D to the higher dimensions where duality does not exist.

We live in a vibrational world first, and a physical world secondly. This is where the essence of us truly is, a beautiful entity of the vibration of love light. As the veil of illusion is getting thinner, more and more signs will appear. Open yourselves to the whispers of your higher true self. You will learn very personally who you really are.

Your energetic self is glorious, and your physical self is a manifestation of your energy body! Look for evidence and share it with us:)

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YOU HAVE THE POWER!

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 21:30:31 GMT

ESSENCE OF SELF

"Speaking your intentions into the physical world is the first step."

Learning to begin to intentionally. manifest is one of the most desired skills and everyone has it. Janele & Blaire share a quick, easy, practical method for getting the energetic ball rolling.

We are always manifesting our reality, but not often aware of it.

We fix breakfast, make a phone call or give someone a hug without a second thought; but creating the best job, a wonderful spouse or financial abundance often feels like it's out of reach. It isn't. 95% of our brain's activities occur in the sub/unconscious. It is only the new tasks, future and past thinking which occur in the truly conscious part of our minds.

However, when it comes to manifesting, energy is just energy. The universe does not care if the focus is unconscious or conscious, just merely that it is present. Wherever the energy goes, is where/what manifests.To illustrate this in a personal way consider the following:

Think about a time when you were afraid of some event happening in your life, and you were constantly thinking thoughts which brought your focus to this experience. How long did it take to manifest? Was your answer to that question, "Well, it hasn't happened... YET." If so, that's proof your mind is somehow still on creating this experience for you.

The great news is that just like the universe does not care on which side of your desire your energy is directed. However, there is no line between good/bad, desired/undesired, safe/unsafe in the energetic realm. Just as much as you thought about that negative event occurring, you can also think about the positive outcomes occurring. We simply manifest. We manifest whatever, whenever and however our energies are directed.

If you have manifested anything in your life that doesn't seem to be in line with what your desires are, you must question how your energy has been focused on your outcome. The key is to manifest from a conscious point of view, with intention. How do we do that? Janele shares a quick, easy and applicable way to get the energetic ball rolling in the direction you desire.

A simple and good exercise to get familiar with your own conscious manifestation powers:

From a relaxed meditative state, voice with clarity your intentions for what you would like to manifest. Speak it! Doing this raises the vibrations of your intentions and will literally start to show you the power within. You have always had this amazing power, but not realized it.

Mean and say it with conviction and do it, everyday.

We have been told life is just life so deal with it as best you can. Nope! That's not truth, yet we often accept this without question.

We can live in the Love Vibration and change what we do not like. Yes, you do have the power!

Also, get in touch with the elements of Mother Gaia to renew your energy and clarity of these intentions. Sit with her, breath in the air, listen to the sounds, touch the earth. She will renew you and support your intentions.

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REIKI LIFE PATH

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 02:06:51 GMT

Reiki is a way of life.

“All shall be well; and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well…for there is a force of love moving through the universe that holds us fast and will never let us go.” -Julian of Norwich

Reiki is a way of life… It never drains the practitioner, and it is always respectful of the client. It goes where it needs to go. Furthermore, it gives and gives without giving out. Wherever the body is in need, Reiki will attend to it. Reiki waits patiently to be invited in. That happens when an INTENTION is set either for oneself or for the client. When it comes its Energy flows peacefully, gently and simply.

Intentional awareness is a powerful understanding creating a focus for working within Reiki or prayer. When an intention is set, the request goes out into the Universe. The Universe sets in motion the people, places, and things to provide the response needed for the intention. It is important, when setting the intention that it be clearly stated and in agreement between the practitioner and the client.

For those who are trained in the art and science of Reiki, the gift of holding the Energy for another, moves through the practitioner first. Over time, as a person develops the skills and uses the Energy, it becomes part of the language, thinking, interests, and awareness within the practitioner. The joy of working with the Energy makes its way throughout the practitioner’s days, and Reiki becomes both the compassionate action of doing, and a softening for centering the soul.

Long time clients who come for Reiki treatments also begin to develop the awareness that Reiki influences the sense of direction they are living. When clients connect with the memory of a Reiki session, their focus on Reiki develops. It becomes a pathway for them and they look forward to strengthening their relationship with the Energy when they come for another treatment.

Reiki first moves through the one who gives the treatment. The intention is set with the client, and the focus of the treatment time is for the client’s highest good. As the gentleness of the Reiki flows through the practitioner’s hands, the beneficiary might see color in their mind’s eye, they might fade in and out of a sleep, they might cry from a release of built-up stressors or they might just “feel good” when the session is over. The Reiki continues to work as long as it is welcomed by the client.

When the practitioner deliberately sets out to learn Reiki, a reversal happens and the practice for others becomes a need to practice on oneself. The Usui Reiki practitioner begins the day with Gassho (praying hands) and committing the five principles to the “heart.” As the mantra is prayed each day, both morning and night, it begins to seep into the cracks and crevices of the mind and soul. As a result of the intention to commit to the Energy, the physical body responds to the Energy and becomes healthier.

We have one Path in this life. On this Life Path, many people, places, and things happen. Opening up to life’s possibilities becomes anchored within the practitioner. The Walk becomes clearer, and a sense of direction offers new ways of responding to the Energy within. There are those who have received Reiki training who love to develop the spiritual side of their walk. There are others who love to work in their treatment rooms bringing relief to those whose bodies hurt. And there are Reiki masters who love to do training. Love is the heartbeat of Reiki. Love is the intention the Reiki practitioner or client finds in the search for meaningfulness along their LIFE’s PATH.

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How can I heal? Depression during Covid.

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 18:36:07 GMT

"You can Heal from Depression one breath at a time. You are not allowed to disconnect from yourself, your body or other people."

Natalia Volanberg recounts her experience with depression during the first lock down in Montreal and how she was able to bounce back.

You are not Alone - Angels are Here! You can Heal!

Depression can happen to anyone and it happened to me during Covid.

I know that I am not the only one who experienced depression at that time and for this reason I am sharing this with you. Maybe you are someone who needs help? This post is for YOU!

What is depression?

The model for depression is death itself. Depression is an inability to see the Future and I could not see my Future during that time of the lockdowns in Montreal, Canada.

Where was it all going? And how long would this situation last?

Phil Stutz on Depression during Covid

"Listen very carefully. It's not just a problem that one person has. This is a problem with the whole universe, the whole world.

We are not accustomed to that. It scares the shit out of us. The things we have habitually relied on to give us some sense of security are taken away from us all together. Any sense of certainty has been taken away. Any idea of what's going on has been taken away."

Yeah, this is exactly how I felt.

The world sort of collapsed on itself.

From Connection to Isolation.

A month and a half ago before the first lockdown I started a French Immersion Program. Immediately I made a whole bunch of friends from Iran, Syria, Brazil, Columbia and Lebanon. They just arrived in Quebec and were filled with hope for the future.

We were all part of an amazing well-established language program and got to speak French to each other 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. I was finally making progress with my French. I had my first dream in French! At last, I started believing that I was capable of becoming fluent!

On March 17th the administration sent us all home to study on-line, but there was no on-line program. So we were just told to review what we had covered so far.

Later on daily Zoom meetings were set up, but it was a tough transition. People were not familiar with Zoom yet and there was a lot of sound distortion and multiple technical issues.

I developed a severe migraine headache that would not go away.

I was sitting in my room staring out of the window at a children's playground that was closed off by a yellow police tape.

It was depressing as HELL!

Phil Stutz about depression. "You are not allowed to withdraw from the World."

But in the time of social distancing it felt as if the world withdrew from me.

There used to be multiple currents of life flowing towards me from everywhere (my French Immersion, my yoga studio, my meditation group,local Starbucks, all the restaurants, theatres and cinemas etc) - they brought me love, friendship, support, joy, positivity, connection. And now these currents receded to their source.

This was unheard of.

It was like going on Vipassana, but totally on your own - without any schedule, staff support or infrastructure.

Thank God my cat Gnocchi was doing Vipassana with me. She was the only one happy during the lock down because I was home!

Paradox of Engagement.

The more we engage with the World - the more energy we have. And when we stop engaging - we start losing energy. The hallmark of depression is a lack of energy. Even a little thing like brushing your teeth turns into an insurmountable task. And when you don't have to go anywhere - why bother putting on make-up or getting dressed? Thus, the less we do - the less energy we have.

I did not have to do anything, but it did not translate into being well-rested and having a surplus of energy.

I felt my life force leaving my body. It became hard to get up in the morning. I used to jump out of bed, took a cold shower, ran to get coffee from Starbucks before class and ended up at my desk always 5 minutes before the start.

Stutz was unrelentless. "Yes, we are in a time of social distancing, but you have to shut the fuck up and do as I say!

Treat it as a challenge . Don't think about it - it will make you more depressed. Just pick up the phone and connect with people".

I listened to Phil.

I had to construct my own social matrix. It was my responsibility to find communities on-line and get support.

Phil Stutz and his colleague Barry Michels organized FREE bi-weekly seminars called "Connecting at the Time of Social Distancing." It was great to see Phil and other people I met at that seminar in LA in September of 2019. I felt immediately uplifted by the group energy.

Phil was right. You should not give yourself permission to withdraw no matter what.

To treat depression, Stutz uses the following pyramid model.

1. Level (the base)

It's your relationship to your physical body. By doing exercises every day you can create an immediate change in how you feel. Anyone can walk around the block. And it gives you HOPE and a sense of accomplishment. You are capable of doing something small like that even in your depressed state.

Of course, I kept on walking around the block - there was nothing else to do in a cold Montreal. Even skating was canceled. And parks are filled with dirty slash during this time of the year.

I re-established my relationship with my body by discovering Clarity Breathwork.

The beauty of this practice is that you do not require any external equipment and you don't need to go anywhere. All you need is your Breath and proper loving guidance.

When I came across Ashana Solaris and Dana Dharma Devi on Pacha Mama's website I felt that those women had something special for me. I felt a sort of spark in my heart.

At the time of Covid, they started doing Full Moon/New Moon group breathwork ceremonies on-line and I began to join those ceremonies. Clarity Breathwork proved to be gentle, yet powerful. I loved the fact that I could go at my own pace - I was in control!

Every time I participated, I felt more energy flowing through my body. I was re-connecting to my life force. And it gave me hope that I could come out of that depressed state - one breath at a time.

2. Level. Your relationship with other people.

Following Phil's advice, I made an effort to stay connected. I called my mother on a regular basis and friends with whom I have not spoken in years.

You just have to do it - don't allow yourself to sit in a corner all alone when you are depressed. The more you retreat and isolate, the harder it will be to come out of a depressed state.

During this time I discovered 4 different communities on-line.

The Tools Community (seminars led by Phil Stutz, Marry Michels, Jamie Rose and Kristan Sargeant) In this community we studied and practiced the Tools, supported each other, did Shadow and Inner Child Work. It was very productive for me. After each seminar I felt deeply fulfilled.

The Clarity Breathwork Community. After many years, these on-line breathwork ceremonies brought me back to singing mantras and reconnected me to Hindu gods like Ganesha and Saraswati.

I met amazing women filled with light and desire to support one another. My soul was so nourished and so was my body. I tried breathwork years before and it was such a perfect time to come back to it.

I also began to participate in The Brave New Life Community meetings and a Psychodrama Group.

In the summer, I participated in a Playback Theatre performance on my friend's loan:)

3. Your relationship with yourself.

Writing is a great tool here that allows you to connect to your inner world. What is happening there? I did daily journaling by hand. Just writing things down random ideas and dreams.

You can also do a daily review every night where you detail your progress during the day - the promises you made to yourself the night before and the promises you kept. This is the time to set goals for the next day and commit 100%

Commitment -action, commitment-action, commitment -action.

If you are familiar with shadow/inner child work, you can converse with your shadow in writing. Put down the messages you get from your Shadow (s),

Listen to what they say, turn them into characters, write a play.

Be creative!

4. Faith.

You have to have Faith. There is no downside to having faith that the Universe cares about you and your recovery. Faith that you are not alone on a rock in space and everything is random. Faith in the Higher Forces whatever they are for you: your unconscious, the forces of nature, the Universal Intelligence.

5. Confidence.

Phil placed confidence right at the tip of the pyramid.

According to Phil, confidence comes from the commitment you make to yourself and the small, doable action steps you take every day. Confidence comes from constant movement along the Plane of Will, as Phil calls it.

This never-ending commitment -action, commitment -action, commitment-action chain generates trust and confidence in yourself.

You are capable.

You are on the right path.

You are responsible for your own well-being and you can generate energy and heal from depression.

You can also ask for help - you don't have to do it alone.

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Time is Sacred. Why procrastinate?

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 20:48:38 GMT

"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working."Pablo Picasso

Thanks to the famous Hollywood therapist Phil Stutz, Natalia learnt how to treat time as sacred. and stopped procrastinating for good.

Time is Sacred. Why are you Procrastinating?

Time is a great gift. Time is Scared. Yet, we live as if we are immortal . We put things off for days, weeks and months…

We did not create time. We have a finite amount of it. Life is Precious. We have to Co-Create together with the Universe in Time & on Time.

The Muses are Looking for YOU! Just sit your ass down!

"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working", said Pablo Picasso. Basically, you can't wait until you feel like it.

You have to make a commitment. And commitment, according to my life-long Guru Phil Stutz, is a state of mind.

Living on the Plane of Will (The Land of Commitment)

You decide what you are going to do the night before and you keep the promises you made to yourself. Each time you make a promise and you keep this promise, you develop a better relationship with yourself. You see yourself as someone you can trust.

We can't control the outside world. We can't control other people. The only thing we can control is our own actions.

2010. Hong Kong. The time before I discovered Phil Stutz.

I just graduated from my Masters Program and completed 350 client hours required to get my degree. I decided to start my own practice.

Another day in the life of an entrepreneur.

So many things on my to-do list, but I am feeling that I just can not concentrate, can not get started on any of the things that require my immediate attention.

Running my own business I have a luxury of not going to work every day as I set my own schedule. I am my own boss and no one tells me what to do. This is what I always wanted. FREEDOM!

However, this luxury has certain conditions: I need to be disciplined and this is something that does not come easy with all the multiple distractions.

It's a beautiful sunny day outside and from my window I can see people going up the hill for a hike. It would not be such a bad idea to join those people and get some exercise, but I don't because I have so much on my list.

Yet I was procrastinating.

Social Media Distraction. Are we really connected?

I just keep on staring at the computer screen clicking on profiles of different friends on Facebook, reading their status updates – basically wasting time.

Before leaving Facebook forever, one of my friends recently posted that all this facebooking was just an illusion of keeping in touch with people.

I think he was right – when was the last time I spoke with any of my friends on the phone? Heard their voices?

Tony Robins` tweet last week :

" Somebody is in the hospital begging God for the opportunity u have right now. Step into your moment.”

“It is true", I thought, "there are people , thousands of people right now or at any given moment -young and old -who are in different hospitals diagnosed with terminal cancers and other life-threatening diseases with no chance of recovery."

How can we honour time? Three concepts I learnt from Phil Stutz.

Submission.

"All I need is MORE!" Submission basically has to do with your Ego. Ego wants what it wants, when it wants it. The Ego is insatiable. "The Ego always wants one more thing you can't afford to miss", says Stutz.

Most people have difficulty staying on one thing. The human attention span has gotten insanely short. The technology that we use is fantastically convenient, yet demonically addictive, according to Stutz.

You have to submit to not getting what you want at this moment. Immediate gratification creates Chaos. Your future is at stake here.

You have to practice self-restraint. There is no other way.

Commitment.

You have to make a commitment. And commitment, according to Phil Stutz, is a state of mind - not a decision.

We can't control the outside world. We can't control other people. The only thing we can control is our own actions.

Patience.

We are so impatient these days. We want everything fast and on our terms.

Immediate Success on Our Terms.

Someone who just graduated from a Coaching Program immediately wants to have 20 high-paying clients and a 6-figure business! (And this is considered NORMAL!) There are marketing 'gurus' who are selling their magic formulas to new graduates.

In contrast, an individual who has been working patiently and diligently to build a business for many years is seen as a loser.

A client who comes into therapy does not want to commit to working long-term and is asking for a magic solution for a chronic problem.

Ancient World.

In the ancient world, people had a lot more patience and understanding that we co-create together with the Universe, the flow of seasons, nature at large, astrological patterns and other people in society.

Living on the land, people understood that their creation took time. You plant a seed - you have to wait for it to sprout and grow.

Sun does not come back immediately after sunset just because you want it to. There are natural cycles and rhythms and it's impossible to skip steps.

A touch of Magic is Dangerous!

A dozen young people in tech were able to make millions, even billions very fast. Or some book became an unexpected and instant bestseller and sold 500 000 copies.

These people experienced a touch of magic, which is dangerous both for them and society. They never had to practice submission, commitment or patience, yet they became a model of success in their community.

Often, they blow their money very quickly and what follows is a crushing depression and inability to repeat what happened only once.

REALITY

As human beings, we need to exist in REALITY and this means understanding that Everything WE CREATE gets created Holistically in harmony with other forces.

We cannot skip steps. We must be patient, disciplined and committed.

We must honour Our Time on this Planet.

This post was inspired by my personal struggle with procrastination and a conversation between Phil Stutz and Jamie Rose.

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Breathwork healed my Adult Acne

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 17:10:02 GMT

"Several studies have shown that stress and emotional turmoil are positively correlated with severity of acne in adults."

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Natalia Volanberg recounts here emotional healing journey with acne. .

I forgave my mother during my Clarity Breathwork Training and Healed Adult Acne!

I had acne all my life.

The nightmare started at the age of 13 and my face became covered by volcanic eruptions - it turned into a pepperoni pizza OVERNIGHT! Yikes!!!

It was painful and ugly - I became unrecognizable to myself and others. I used to look forward to waking up for school every morning. I began dreading it.

My mother.

My teenage years were also painful mostly because of my mother. She was smothering me, constantly violating my boundaries. She read my diary, opened letters from my friends that I received by snail mail - just did not respect my privacy at all.

She did not listen to how disrespected or violated I was feeling. She justified her actions by telling me how worried she was about me. I tried to convey to her that she was ruining our relationship, she was destroying trust.

I felt helpless and I felt rage every day. My mother blamed me for having anger management issues and played her favourite victim card. I had huge acne breakouts after every fight - especially on my chin and along my jawline.

Trust your intuition about the cause.

I sensed that my acne had to do with my mother somehow and decided that the only solution was to run all the way to Canada. I wanted the conflict to stop. It was obvious to me that I could not change her. I was exhausted by constant crying and screaming to protect my boundaries. I just wanted to go on with my life.

Canada.

I moved to Toronto from Moscow in 1996, but my acne did not disappear.

Right after my move, I began working as a film extra. Many Hollywood movies were filmed in Toronto.

Superstar! (1999 Film) Saturday Night Live Comedy

One time while I was on the set of Supersta that was starring Molly Shannon and Will Ferrel I was offered a tiny role.

I was supposed to bump into Molly Shannon as she was walking out of the hall. I was so self-conscious and disconnected from my body that I rammed into her like a bull.

My giant Zits on a Giant Hollywood Screen!

I was thinking: "All my zits would be on a huge movie screen FOREVER." Needless to say, the scene was not used and I got fired from the role.

Doctor! Can you heal my Acne?

I was at the end of my rope - no over the counter Acne products helped even one bit. I went to see several doctors. "Hormonal imbalance!," each one of them proclaimed. "We will put you on contraceptive pills."

Hmmm. It did not sit right with me - how did they know that without even running any tests? I felt that they were set to put me on some kind of medication or hormones for life. Only one suggested quitting smoking or that maybe it was diet- related.

LifeStyle Changes I made.

So I quit smoking and went raw vegan for 3 years.

I started going to yoga and meditation classes at least 2 times per week.

No change!

Long-story short. I had acne well into my 40s. I tried everything. But no…Do you remember Proactive Solution Acne Treatment System? No, it did not help me either…

Can my acne be Psychosomatic?

Only when I was doing my Masters in Psychotherapy did I discover psychosomatic stuff.

What does ' psychosomatic ' mean?

According to the Oxford Dictionary, 'psychosomatic' refers to a physical illness or other condition caused or aggravated by a mental factor such as internal conflict or stress.

According to one book, acne is an indicator of an issue that is close to the surface, but is constantly suppressed. This issue is usually related to anger.

Several studies have shown that stress and emotional turmoil positively correlate with severity of acne and psoriasis and the frequency of outbreaks.

But now what?! I have to heal my relationship with my mother? Impossible!

A year ago I embarked on my journey with Clarity Breathwork. Levels 1&2 had a lot to do with our birth story and our parents. It was perfect timing - I just came to my home town for a couple of months. My mother was due to have an operation and I wanted to be there for her. My father passed away in 2016 - so it was my mother and I from now on.

Forgiveness. Healing. Releasing.

I did some really intense work around forgiveness and learning about my birth. I asked about the circumstances of my birth, about the state she was in - all the details.

My mother's trauma and grief.

It turned out that she had multiple miscarriages before getting pregnant with me. She was scared to get attached to me as I was growing inside of her. She was scared to believe in me in case she was going to lose me. She was afraid to fail as a woman.

I understood and forgave my mother. I wrote her multiple letters of forgiveness. I understood the pain she was in and how alone she felt in her fear.

Multiple breathwork sessions that I received in my training allowed me to gently, but systematically release my rage, anger, resentment and all the negativity I accumulated over the years.

Breathing and forgiveness work healed my ACNE.

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A Real HeartMath® Introduction

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 02:22:11 GMT

HOW HEARTMATH® REALLY WORKS

In true COVID-19 fashion, extremes recorded on a HeartMath® session show just how much feelings make a difference in our health.

Heart-brain coherence is hugely affected by our emotions. Blaire shares her very special first encounter with just how much emotions do matter in the heart-mind coherence techniques - and what that tells us about how important it is that we pay attention to our thoughts AND feelings.

I often find myself repeating some of the same stories over and over to clients, friends and anyone who seems interested. I want to share my personal experience with Heartmath® with you, because it is one of those stories. I accidentally recorded this brief session on the Heartmath® device I was trying to show my daughter, and it turned out to be the best explanation of how important our feelings and thoughts are.

Setting the scene

Time: June 12, 2020 approximately a 2-minute interaction with my daughter as she walks in the door after spending a little time outside

Mom: Me, working at home all day. Received the HeartMath® order I had placed for the software and Heart Rate Variability (HRV) device used in Heartmath® Techniques just about an hour before my children came home from school. I had opened the packages, installed the software and hooked it up to myself. I had listened to one of the training sessions, but hadn't gone any further. This first training session included some practice while using the device to see real time results.

Daughter: Ten years old, end of 5th grade year, COVID-19 had shut down regular school and she had been home for the last three months learning to manage at-home school, avoid going out, and experiencing pandemic for the first time in her life.

Brand new puppy: Tally, the schnoddle puppy,~9 months old.

Other Important information: I reiterate, ten years old, 5th grade pre-teen girl.

A little background

At this point, I was convinced (and still am) that essentially, everyone would benefit from knowing how this works, especially anyone dealing with any sort of feelings which seem to get in the way of your pleasure in life (aka - literally everyone). I was still riding high on the new information I was learning from the Scientists, Mystics and Sages conference in 2019.

Some of the first people we think about helping are those closest to us - so of course, my daughter popped into my head when thinking of who I could share this with to help. As her mother, of course I want her to have the best experience possible and I'm ready to share what I know.

If you've had a daughter who is past the middle school age, you understand the importance of referencing this age. For those of you who don't have daughters, or daughters of that age yet - this is a particular time of development. Common behaviors and modes of thought include being completely tired of listening to parents, and sometimes any adult because they've already heard many of the things which adults say - over and over. I mean, they're already so smart - do all these adults really have that much to teach us anymore?!

I say that candidly with a little drama, but it is a truthful explanation. I have some education and professional experience with adolescents. I have a Masters in Education, have taught over nine years in public schools - ALL of those years including middle school students to some degree. Additionally, my mother was a teacher for 41 years. She was patient, steady and wise beyond belief. Pre-teen girls are not much different than toddlers, a handful - but amazing in their own rights. One minute they're sassy beyond belief and tired of sharing air with you, the next minute they're acting like they did when they were five, giggling, laughing and sharing simple joys with trusty 'ole mom (or dad).

<< Front door opens suddenly. Daughter slips inside and slams shut the door quickly. >>

Daughter: Hi Tally! Did you miss me?! Oh, Tally, did you have a good day? Oh, I missed you too!

Mom: Hi, How was playing outside? Did you have fun?

Daughter: I'm going to die. I'm so thirsty, I have to get a drink, right now!

Mom: I've got something to show you, its soooo cool.

<< Mom clips the device to her ear, signs in to the software and starts a session to get ready to show her daughter. Daughter drops her bag. Takes off shoes right at the door and goes to get a drink from the kitchen.>>

Mom: Look! [squeak, giggle in excitement] I got this HeartMath® thing I was telling you about! It's so cool. I want you to try it!

<< Daughter chugs water, then 3-4 gasps for air to catch her breath. Gets a snack. Puts the snack on the table next to her drink after a few bites. She lies down on the floor. Tally is right in her face, ready to play, with her very favorite, alive toy! The very best 10-year old mom. >>

Daughter: I'm don't want to do anything right now. I'm tired.

Mom: But its so cool, and it will be quick. Pleeeese! Let me just get you set up. We don't have to do a lot. I've already got it pulled up. Pleeeese!

<< Cue rolling eyes, glare at mom from a tolerant pre-teen. >>

Mom: Look, all you have to do is put this on. Let me show you what it does. This will help with school, sleeping and so much more! It will be really good and really easy, I promise! It's going to be so good!

<< No comment from daughter, "Maybe if I ignore her, she won't make me do this?">>

Daughter: I'm tired. I don't want to do it.

<< Mom waits some time to let her relax. Mom moves chair next to her chair at the computer table.>>

Mom: Come on, it'll only take a second, its really cool!. It won't be long.

<< Daughter begrudingly gets up off the floor with Tally and creeps over to mom near the computer desk. Slouched shoulders, attention diverted elsewhere. Daughter sits slumped at the chair pulled to the side of mom.>>

Daughter: Oh-kayee. If I have to.

Mom: So, so this is how it works...

<< Mom starts to explain how the device works, and shows daughter what the lines on the graph mean. Daughter gets super sassy, and is trying to communicate she does NOT want to do this right now. Mom doesn't listen in all her excitement. Mom has forgotten she had the device already hooked up to herself, and was running a session right then. Mom shifts to show the software to daughter. >>

Mom: See, look, this is my HRV graph here.

<< Mom goes into explaining what is involved in doing one of the techniques. Daughter gets sassier, more demonstrative of her annoyance and disinterest in doing this right now. >>

Mom: I'm just trying to show this to you because it will HELP you and its EASY. Can you please give it a shot?

<<More sass - Mom translates this into "I don't care!" Mom gets really frustrated and tries to communicate more about the topic. Daughter isn't having it.>>

Mom: Just forget it! I don't know why you can't listen and at least TRY! Just go away from me.

<< Daughter quickly goes away into her room to retreat and recover from being social all day and cool off.>>

Mom (internally) : "Damnit, I have other stuff to work on. I don't understand why she won't even TRY. What a turd! She doesn't even know how good this stuff is, and she's not listening. She's really being rude, and crossing the line. I didn't teach her talking to me this way was OK - I thought I taught her it WASN'T OK! She wouldn't talk like that to others. She better not talk to other people like that! Screw this, I'll just go back to doing my other work. I don't love this stage of development, it's like she's three all over again. Man that was an annoying age. This wasn't supposed to happen for two more years!" Mom clicks back to the other program to go back to other work.

<<Insert other habitual thoughts about all people who cause her frustration like this. Irritation goes into full swing. A few moments pass, and she gets distracted with work and lets the frustration and anger go. Finally, mom can feel the those emotions leave her body as her shoulders, back and arms relax. SQUEEEEEAK, click, Daughter's bedroom door opens and closes behind her. Daughter walks out to mom on the computer still. Mom is busy working, not really excited about more sass.>>

Daughter: I'm sorry, Mom, I wasn't trying to be disrespectful or mean. I was just tired and wanted a break. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I shouldn't have talked to you that way. I'm sorry.

Mom: I know. It still doesn't change that you were that way.

Daughter: I will try it if you want me to.

Mom: Yes, I want you to try it, but I'm not going to put up with that. There is no point if you're going to act like that.

Daughter: I understand. I won't. I'm really sorry. I do want to do it, I really do.

Mom: Really? Are you going to listen?

Daughter: yes, I will do it.

<<Mom really feels her apology is real. Mom is so proud of daughter for standing up for what she wants even if she was a turd and disrespectful. She is so proud her daughter is acknowledging her own behavior. On top of all that, she even genuinely apologized of her own accord.>>

Mom (internally) : "She IS learning what I'm trying teach her! This is the kid I know she is! This human is truly amazing, and she's my offspring!! I think she will give it an honest shot, Ok, let's do this.

Mom: Ok, and thank you for apologizing.

<<Mom clicks back to the Heartmath® program, which is still running. Mom catches a glimpse of the session still running. This just recorded this whole interaction. Mom is shocked at what she sees.>>

What I got in that split second of switching back to the HeartMath® software
was concrete evidence that feelings really do make a huge difference.

Stage 1: Excited, not doing breathing techniques, not thinking about my feelings.just excited to show daughter

Stage 2: Feeling deflated, angry and frustrated.

Turning Point: "Got Over" being mad - let the irritation go, and focused on doing my work instead of an insolent little pre-teen

Stage 3: Shortly after releasing the anger I started to get into coherence again. When my daughter came out and apologized, I was feeling incredibly appreciative of my daughter, no special breathing techniques were being employed but I just talking about what I love - this work, with one of my favorite people! Pretty awesome experience.

What does all this mean? See the conclusions I've drawn and get a little more exposure to my full introduction to HeartMath® Techniques by reading this articl e.

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Proof of Alignment

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 20:49:47 GMT

WHAT ALIGNMENT FEELS LIKE

"To be clear, it's your feelings in the moment matter the absolute most."

Blaire, her traveling companion and friend Marnie at Scientists, Mystics & Sages Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico November 2019. Blaire shares her personal introduction to the Heartmath® techniques.

I often find myself repeating some of the same stories over and over to clients, friends and anyone who seems interested. I want to share my personal introduction to Heartmath® with you, because it is one of those stories that keeps getting repeated.

That all familiar feeling.

In November 2019 I attended the Scientists, Mystics & Sages Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico with about 1200 other attendees. Dr. Gregg Braden was leading a quick HeartMath® technique for all of us, and as he described the experience, for me, it brought back memories of prior (and current) sensations I experience(d) while doing Reiki. The whole seminar felt so familiar on so many levels. I felt this entire trip was a true confirmation of many of my lifelong thoughts, feelings and inclinations.

My traveling companion had a fresh, new perspective on the information presented at the seminar. As she shared her new experience with me, I was reminded of the utter awe and fascination this type of information has on people who are ready to hear it. She was having an entirely new experience, and although had many years with the content, new ah-ha moments abounded for me too. I was (and am) still amazed at many metaphysical, physics, science concepts, but I relished to seeing her experience it for the first time. It's so much fun to experience the comprehension of new concepts that are talked about at these types of events.

As healing facilitators, we had our radars out for is anything that is of practical use for our clients. The Heartmath® Experience/device/technique is a very practical application of many of the concepts we help others implement though services at The Happy Lyon Center.

Physical Proof of Alignment

Dr. Braden introduced us to the Heartmath® Techniques, and frankly the Heartmath® organization as a whole. HeartMath® Technique is a well-researched practice of aligning the electromagnetic waves between your heart and brain. The technique uses a small portable device to measure your heart rate variability (HRV) - how your heart rate changes in real time. This creates a measurement of your heart and brain's coherence.

To understand what heart-brain coherence is, think about a time when you were feeling fine and then an experience happened that caused your heart to 'drop' or begin racing unexpectedly. This device measures such changes, and provides real-time data to show what happening to your heart as you experience such things.

Through decades of research, it has been confirmed that when our heart and brain waves are aligned we do better over all. We heal better, we have better resilience, we are happier, more successful and life is more joyful.

Essentially, using Heartmath® Techiques can help you get to a better life.

I know it sounds like a crazy claim, but it's true. It's all quite simple and follows suit to many of metaphysical concepts.

To write more precisely, it's not really so much about the actual device, or strictly adhering to the specific techniques itself which produces a better life - but finding better alignment within your body makes life better . Plenty of people learn to get in heart-brain coherence without any device. However, what I personally find helpful about using the device is that you learn what it feels like to be in alignment, and in the process of learning what an optimum state feels like - by practicing over and over - you learn to put yourself in coherence quite easily. If you like that sensation, and are committed to feeling better and having a better life - the device can help you get there faster.

It's as natural as learning to walk.

I liken an experience with Heartmath® Techniques to my experiences learning to play sports. I never seemed to benefit too much from watching myself in the mirror or watching a video of myself playing the sport. Sure, seeing myself do something helped a little, but not as much as connecting my thoughts, physical actions and how I felt (physically and mentally) when I did the action. We learn best by being IN our bodies fully, instead of getting cues from outside stimuli only.

I learned how to hit a softball by remembering what a solid contact felt like - when the ball and bat made contact, but also what state-of-mind I was in when I waiting for the pitch. We all learn at some point, our mental and feeling states impact our ability to perform physically - and I personally learned those lessons really well though playing sports. Although its been years since I've played, I still remember what it feels like in my body to intentionally hit the ball to the right side of the field vs. the left and I think I could do that with relative ease even today.

This is similar to how we learn to ride a bike. We get on, and try. We have emotions, we listen for directions - but mostly we are learning how it FEELS to ride the bike - and specifically connected to what we are doing with our physical bodies when we can get the feeling of 'riding' a bike. As easy as it feels to walk today, it was once a skill we learned through feeling our body, mind and emotions. All of this, as a person who most likely hadn't even yet mastered twenty-five spoken words. Learning to find coherence is completely natural , everyone can do it and anyone who does, benefits from the mastery of it.

The key here is that the device doesn't actually do anything except help you train yourself into learning what a good-feeling state (coherence) feels like. This is especially helpful to people who have gotten out of the habit of feeling good. If there is anything I've learned in the last 45 years, it's that being in the good-feeling state is simply the best ** cue Tina Turner please!. EVERYONE wants to and can be there. So, if doing some techniques with that device helps you remember how to get back there, then I say it's a good tool to have!

Learn through interacting

I'm one of those weirdos who likes to test the waters in nearly every subject. I push the boundaries and look to see what happens at the extremes. So, with the Heartmath® equipment, there was no exception.

Through the time I've owned my device I have been known to run it at the most awkward times. So much so, that - "Yep, I just want to see what happens if I try to do the Heartmath® stuff while we do this." has become my quick explanation for anyone questioning why I'm clipping the device on at any given time. Some of the times I've used the device are: watching fireworks, watching a movie, interacting with others, arguing with someone, group & private meditation etc. Some of these times I am intentionally attempting to use it, and some of those times I simply forgot to remove it! Regardless of why and when I've had the device on, I've reaped a lot of good information about how to align my heart and brain .

Feelings matter most

What I've learned most importantly, is our feelings in the moment matter the absolute most. We've heard that over and over. Moms teach us that how we feel in any situation is the most important - is it really any wonder women live longer than men as a whole? Since our feelings have the most impact on how we get into this physical state of coherence it stands to reason:

Learning to let your feelings guide you is one of the healthiest things you can do.

The trouble with this idea lies in our unconscious programming. Part of growing up is developing skill sets, ways of thinking and physical practices which allow us to utilize our brains for processing power for newer, more complex ideas. We don't need to relearn how to brush our teeth or walk everyday like we are toddlers again. We need to solve that problem at work or home and spend much less energy on brushing our teeth.

The downfall of these unconscious patterns come to light when when those unconscious patterns get mixed up with our true feelings and intuitions. The line between what we've heard so many times we start to truly think it ourselves (a belief) - and what we ourselves think, feel and believe becomes very cloudy.

To be clear, it is OUR FEELINGS that make the difference the most.

It's not that we think we can't do something that is the deepest problem, but how we feel about not being able to do something which is at the core of the issue. Thoughts very much matter, but its mostly because thoughts are often a result of feelings we have.

The key to lasting change is to intercept and be aware of what the feeling is, before it turns to thoughts, and thoughts into actions. Essentially all of the work I've done in my life has lead me to this conclusion, but each time I learn something new, it points to the same result. Feelings are the first, fastest, most effective line of communication. Repressing or denying those feelings is nothing short of detrimental to forward movement. HeartMath® techniques are just a very clinical, western method of creating data to confirm this - but its pretty awesome if I do say so myself!

To give you a very personal example of how I began to come to these conclusions, read about my first experience using the HeartMath® devices.

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Refeeding Day 1 After a WATER ONLY FAST

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 15:50:09 GMT

"Feeling amazing!Not bloated, no stomach ache, no weird sensations!"

Refeeding Day 1 after Water Only Fast. Natalia describes 3 refeeding steps and how she feels after her fist meal.

Refeeding After a 7 Day Water Fast.

Today is Day 8 of my fast and I made a decision to start eating in the afternoon. I was feeling fabulous in the morning and like I could on for another couple of days, but I am going to be on the move again and it's essential to start re-feeding gentle.

Step 1. Water + 1 teaspoon of Apple Cider Vinegar to activate the digestive system. Then you have to wait for about an hour or so.

Step 2 . Repopulate your gut with healthy bacteria. You could use kimchi, kombucha or sauerkraut for this. You can pair it with an avocado because healthy fat is also very good at this stage.

Wow! Such intense flavours! I feel full just after eating a little bit. It feels like I lost the habit of eating. Totally satisfied after one spoonful.

I waited for about 2 hours to start with step 3.

Step 3. Leafy veg or carrots, but not raw - steamed or boiled. I chose broccoli and baby carrots. So tasty! Never thought that I would enjoy eating broccoli so much!

Feeling amazing! Not bloated, no stomach ache, no weird sensations!

I think I've done a good job this time! And 7 days just flew by - only day 6 was really hard:)

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Water Fast, Day 7!

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 21:28:20 GMT

"Fasting really ups my vibration. I feel lighter and more open to creativity."

Fasting Day 7.JUST WATER! Natalia Volanberg talks about water fasting, and its benefits and challenges

Fasting Day 7. JUST WATER!

I am doing my annual water fast and this means water, herbal tea and black coffee in the morning.

I have done this kind of fast multiple times before and I am happy to be doing it again. My first water fast was more than 10 years ago. I did it in Thailand and I went for 40 days. It was in a fasting center and was medically supervised. The changes I was able to make in my lifestyle post fast were incredible. My life had changed on all levels - changed for the better!

Why do I fast? To give my body a break, to reset my metabolism and to access more mental clarity and creative juice. I find that fasting really ups my vibration - I feel lighter and more open to the Creative Muses:)

I also fast to reduce stubborn belly fat. I am turning 45 this year and at this age this belly fat becomes an issue for many women. It's not so easy to get rid of it!

Today I woke up after having a super vivid dream. It was like being inside a 3D movie. In this dream I was being interviewed on one of my favourite podcasts. When I opened my eyes I felt rejuvenated, full of energy and inspiration. The dream interview felt so REAL!

At 7 am I was ready to rock my Monday and day 7 of this water fast! I totally did it! I went Live on FB/Insta and Vimeo talking about my fasting experience. It made me feel very satisfied - I was a content creator, rather than a content consumer. Yes!

Yesterday was tough though. My energy was kind of low. I was not hungry, but I was having absolutely wild mental food cravings.

I kept on fantasizing about all the delicious food I've eaten on my recent Italian trip. All the pastas, all the flavourful sauces, different types of breads and pastries came to mind, not to mention beautiful Italian beverages! Wine! Campari Spritz! Negroni!

I started doing research on food in Perugia - this is where I am going next! I came across a food blog on YouTube about 3 Italian guys eating their way through the most amazing places like Rome, Perugia, Bologna and Milan! It was a total S&M trip for me watching those guys!

My whole being started to cry out for some kind of flavour in my mouth and my stomach started to ramble. It became unbearable - so I cheated! I had a teaspoon of tahini (it only has salt and sesame paste. It's very fatty, no carbs, so in theory it cannot break your fast)

The taste felt so rich - almost overwhelming. I took my time to enjoy it. Amazing how much satisfaction I got just from one spoon! I felt better and stopped researching food in Italy. (No need to torture yourself, right?)

I am intending to go for nine days or maybe even eleven if I am feeling good.

Have you fasted before? If yes, what was your biggest challenge? Send me a message if you are curious.

Lots of Love and Abundance to you my friends!

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You are an Avatar

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 17:38:30 GMT

ESSENCE OF SELF

Avatar \ ˈa-və-ˌtär\:

bodily form of the soul

The suits we wear help us to identify with our environment, but are we really what our bodies are, or are we something more?

Previously we spoke of the Higher Self, that which directs our bodily functions and connects us to Maya. Who we THINK we are is in fact an Avatar of our soul. So what is the body?

Maya \ ˈmī-ə\: the sense-world of manifold phenomena held in Vedanta to conceal the unity of absolute being; broadly : illusion

Avatar is also defined as "the decent of the divine into the realm of material existence."

It seems we have forgotten our true selves. Through various forms of getting in touch with our true selves we can experience that joyful connection. The different means of doing this puts us in a "quantum state" where all intuition and knowing exists.

In this state you will discover you are and have amazing capabilities. Your ability just to know things gets stronger, your connections with others as intuition is better, some "see" things on another level. In this state, some have even discovered what they used to call "talking in tongues" which is now referred to as "Light Language". All of these are natural and awakens the individual to ask, seek and discover what this life really is all about.

It is prophesized that Mother Earth is now going through some major vibrational changes and more and more people are feeling these changes so are seeking answers from within.

Whatever you are feeling or going through is guiding you forward to these changes.

It is a wonderful time to be alive and experience this!

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What is our command center?

Sat, 13 Aug 2022 00:06:33 GMT

ESSENCE OF SELF

"Who is running YOUR show? The energy of a thought can manifest things in your life."

Acknowledging something negative and then letting it go, replacing it with a positive one, is not an easy task nowadays but you will benefit greatly.

Thoughts are energy - something scientists have proven by developing brain scans. EVERYTHING in this creation is some form of vibrational energy. Hence the energy of a thought can manifest things in your life. When thoughts are verbalized they become even more powerful because they carry even more emotion - which is energy - with it. You have the power to make your life what you want and are doing so right now without realizing it.

We are NOT taught this but are made to believe we are victims of outside circumstances. Our true nature of self has been kept from us for a very long time. We are taught that we need others to heal us, we need others to do this or that for us.

A lot of people are waking up to this and starting to question life as have been only dictated to us. People who go to QHHT are certainly opening up to the spark inside knowing there is far more to this life and we are truly are.

We can help this awakening by watching our thoughts and asking if it is a negative one or a positive one. Are we in the positive flow of life or getting caught up in gossip and dwelling on the world events? Acknowledging something negative and then letting it go, replacing it with a positive one, is not an easy task nowadays but you will benefit greatly.

Doing this positive thought energy we feel more relaxed and connected to our Higher Self. Getting into some form of meditation, breathing exercises, certain music such as 432Hz or 741Hz and some form of Yoga or QiGong (spiritual forms of exercises) all help the process by giong within finding peace and clarity. Also, breathing properly has a profound effect. Slow/controlled mindful breathing affects the whole nervous system in a positive way.

When we are more "grounded" from these efforrts, we find it easier to feel a oneness with our Higher Self and divine knowledge comes through a lot easier. Once this connection to Higher Self is stronger, joy, creativity, etc. become more natural and we are less affected by outside influences.

We are more in the flow of the Love Vibration and Source.

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You Deserve a Break!

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 12:43:31 GMT

"Believe you have a God-given right to Dolce-Vita! You deserve it!

Venice, Day 4 for Natalia Volenberg reminds her its ok to sit down and rest - without the guilt.

Saying "Si!" to myself and to life.

I have to say that it's not that easy for me to just rest and it has been a part of my childhood conditioning to feel guilty when doing nothing.

I started music school at the age of 4 - piano and violin (yes! Both at the same time!)

The mantra of those years ( from 4 to 14) was: "If you are not practicing - you are wasting your time." So this is deeply ingrained in my psyche - a deep crease in granite. I have been working on this pattern with breathwork and other modalities, but some of it is still there. It's like I have to get an 'official' permission from my mom to sit down and rest.

I have been full-on and non-stop since April when I completed my Clarity Breathwork Practitioner Training Level 4.

I feel I deserve a break:)

Italy and Italians are such good teacher in this regard. They give themselves permission to take their time and just enjoy. They sit down to take an aperitivo (Spritz or a glass of prosecco around 4 o'clock). They start their mornings with beautiful pastries and the most flavourful coffee in the world. Mature women wear red lipstick with no reservations and cruise around on cute little Vespas in designer sunglasses.

And Italians simply believe that they have a God-given right to Dolce Vita - to going slow and enjoying life!

Give yourself a break! Slow down! You deserve it:)

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Our Innate Capabilities

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 23:34:22 GMT

ESSENCE OF SELF

"Learn to embrace your natural abilities and open yourself up to the magic within us all."

Its time to connect the dots and become more accepting of who we really are. Its time to acknowledge the unexplainable for what it truly is - a connection to source.

Everyone has experiences, on a daily basis with what the mainstream calls miraculous or magical.

Telepathy is a perfect example. Whether we recognize it or not, "Oh, I was just going to call you", or "I had this funny feeling I should check that," or, "I just knew it was going to do that." are everyday well-accepted examples . These experiences of deep connection to something other than our physical reality are perfectly normal and even commonplace. Yet, these everyday experiences barely scratch the surface of our true intuitive/psychic capacity.

If we can learn to embrace these natural abilities, we open ourselves up to being truly magical.

Another common experience of this "magic" can be found in a state of inspiration and/or creativity. Great musicians, artists, writers, etc. all report feeling an overwhelming urge to create whatever it is they do and it just seems to flow. This experience of " being tuned-in," "in-the-zone" or "channeling our Higher Self." is when we are letting this connection come through into our conscious mind. It is in this state where we find true "flow." Creativity does not happen in a vacuum, and it requires being open to such a connection. If you really think about it, this type of experience is very different than us trying to figure something out with our mental capacities. This urge itself is the connection, and it is the magic we are talking about.

As magical as the connections are, we humans also have God given "powers" to do amazing things. We can heal our bodies. We can predict things in the future. We can see things without eyes, and hear things which are not audible. Those inspirations of creativity are the same as what we see in our dreams or in sci-fi movies. Why do they feel so right in a sense? It is because these connections are just the tip of the iceberg. Others' experiences with such as such have dribbled out into the mainstream often to be met with little real acknowledgement. But, let's face it - all of us have incredible capabilities.

It is time we truly acknowledge these connections for what they are - a connection to a different dimension/frequencies.

Why can a dog hear things which we cannot? Not only do they have a more fine tuned body for such reception, but also do not put up emotional and mental blocks to the unknown. Humans have a tendency to create resistance, and stop the flow of information - especially when they are uncomfortable. It has been proven there are realms of different frequencies, We can open up to these connections with higher dimensions and discover much more of who we really are and our origin.

Methods, as we discussed previously, meditating is a good start. Anything that may come through while in that beautiful relaxing state of the Higher Love Vibration you can believe in, trust and follow it. Again, your abilities are natural. As you develop them you begin to fully know you are not alone, nor are you crazy. You are just waking up to who you really are - and that's a beautiful thing.

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Everything Begins Energetically

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 22:50:02 GMT

ESSENCE OF SELF

"You are far more than you think or have been told."

Are we victims or masters of our own worlds? Janele discusses the basics of how we create our own lives - and the first steps to to shed what we are taught before we can come into the true awareness & experience of this.

A lot of people are waking up to this and stating to question life as have been only dictated to us. People who go to QHHT are certainly opening up to the spark inside knowing there is far more to this life and we are truly are.

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Intuition: The art of Strategic Self-Balancing

Sun, 10 Apr 2022 17:45:03 GMT

Intuition is a whisper to the body from the soul.

"Intuition is a completely natural awareness. All of a sudden you know exactly what the answer is."

Intuition often seems elusive, yet it is the most accessible, best form of personal direction & advice you could ever find. We all have access to it, and we are connected more often than we think. What does intuition feel like? What does it mean to respond to your intuition?

Inutition means to know without fully using the five senses, Sometimes you "just know" things. We all get this on some level, but let's take a deeper look to see what that really means. Let's take a quick look at the etymology of the word to see from whence it stems:

Intuitive Hits Guide Us with Love

You are experiencing an "intuitive hit" when you have a knowing from something other than what the five senses and your logical mind are telling you. These are whispers for your highest good. The moment of listening to that knowing and responding as if it is truth is the state of being intuitive. Its a safe bet to say that you cannot really go wrong following your intuition. Why? Its guiding you every step of the way, fully aware of all the predicaments you face, knowing your strengths and weaknesses, passions and fears. Intuition totally lacks judgement and is always looking out for what is in your best interest. Intuition comes from your soul which loves you completely. It sees you for who you are inside, not the mistakes, flaws or misgivings you see so readily and notice with your mental & emotional awareness.

I've had a personal relationship with intuition my whole life, and frankly didn't even notice it until others pointed it out. Being intuitive is the most natural thing we can experience. Phrases like, "How did you know to do that at the very moment?" or, "She always knows what to do." are blanket statements that seem much more an exaggeration than a truth. However, if I genuinely ask my heart, there are definitely things in life I just know somehow, without input from others. I think of an intuitive hit, as a natural awareness. Sometimes you might experience a hit while playing a sport or doing something physical, and you know just when to make which body movement. In relationships, sometimes you just know when to talk to someone to make them feel better. Sometimes when you've lost something, you finally get a moment away from the worry, and all of a sudden you know exactly where to look - and boom! there it is.

Having confidence in your intuition feels like complete faith in simply knowing , despite what many in the surrounding environment think and say. For me, it feels like I'm reading something beneath the surface, and seeing that as truth instead of the literal meaning of the words or images placed in front of me. It can be as simple as hearing a child say, "I'm fine! Just leave me alone!" and knowing they really need a hug and for you to express interest. It's looking for the deeper meaning in things, and taking that as truth over what appears on the surface. Intuition feels more automatic, more subconscious.

The most interesting part about recognizing and interacting with your intuition is the deep sense of calm it provides. I have found perceiving things like this honestly takes the fear out of many things in life. I'm willing to bet you've experienced this at least once. Think about a time someone told you something about a coworker or friend, and your response (internally) was, "Yeah, I think I knew that, didn't you? It's no surprise to me. " Connecting to that feeling of familiarity, often gives us the inner strength to know we are able to face any obstacle and situation. Developing this intuitive muscle gives you strength emotionally, physically and mentally. The more we use our intuitive senses, the more we know when and how to trust ourselves.

Being intuitive doesn't mean you'll avoid hard lessons in life. It doesn't mean you won't experience loss and difficult times. It simply means your heart will have a sense of knowing what kind of lessons are on their way, and embracing them with the same type of love you embrace the most amazing parts of your life. Strong intuition brings more joy to our lives.

Our Most Beloved Crutch: Mental Agility

On the other hand, we have our mental capacity, which is also valuable. This mental capacity is clear, rational, logical lines of thought. Our mental agility allows us as humans to create airplanes, bridges, Teslas, space rockets, solve environmental and societal dilemmas, use quantum physics and so much more. Our mental agility is a very conscious part our our being. We create and develop technology while in strong mental states. Smart phones and computers come from intense mental clarity. Our mental faculties help us to pay attention to immediate threats, solve math problems, and even figure out next logical steps and construct sentences to communicate with others and survive a threatening environment. Mental clarity is vital for our survival, but it is not at all the same beast as intuition. Astrologically speaking, this energy is best represented by the planet Mercury. Some of us have stronger mental capacities, but all of us experience some level of the energy that so dutifully keeps us alive and functioning in this world.

The Automatic Crutch: Emotional Reponses

When the analysis by our mental capacities become overwhelming, we tend to lean back on something else which never seems to fail us, We have been using it since infancy to communicate with others: our emotions.

Emotions don't have the limitations of language. We can understand someone from a different culture completely if we take in their emotional state. We can see a child or elder in a picture and immediately get a sense of what they are feeling. That is the act of using your emotional awareness. High levels of emotional awareness help us to interact with one another and ourselves more successfully. Everyone experiences similar emotions and we develop compassion for others as a result. It is something all humans share and it brings us closer to one another if it is in balance.

Remember the last time you saw a toddler who is just fine for an hour, and then all of a sudden their ability to cope with the surrounding events dissolves in a swarm of tears, confusion and fatigue? The toddler's emotions simply got out of balance. We all experience this, and navigate our way to maintaining the best overall balance we can - through healthy habits like eating and sleeping well. We all get emotional when we lack the full capacity to interact on a mental plane.

Any of these facets within us can go into overdrive.

When any one of these areas go into overdrive they often completely block our view of the "magic" knowledge of intuition. If we use too much emotion or logic, its almost as if that part of is out-yelling the soft whispers of our loving intuition. When we go too far towards logical thinking, or emotional responses we lack true clarity within our lives. Things get cloudy. We have difficulty responding to others appropriately and deeply.

Just think of a time when you looked at a situation logically and yet became utterly surprised when the situation didn't go as predicted. Think of a time when you let your emotions overwhelm you, and your mental mind was so far in the background you made idiotic choices. Maybe you pushed people away, maybe you invited others who had mal-intent. If you had taken some time to get yourself grounded before dealing with the situation at hand, would you have made better choices?

Over using intuition can also cause problems. If you ever leaned on your intuition so much, that people in your presence legitimately thought you were crazy and made your life much more difficult as a result of it - that is intuition in overdrive. Just like we exist on both the conscious and subconscious planes simultaneously, we utilize mental, emotional and physical faculties to manage our everyday life. If any area is out of balance, we get wonky results.

Finding true balance

We use the mental, emotional and intuitive minds to navigate this world and your life synchronistically. When you use these areas of input fluidly, almost imperceptibly, you're experiencing a truly balanced state.There will be times you lean to one area more than the others to help you avoid disaster or walk right into it. Learning to navigate these areas of awareness is no small feat, and we can always improve. Imagine it as three instruments knowing when to come in louder, softer, faster or slower - creating a beautiful harmony.

Finding this balance is truly a life lesson, and often takes one's entire life to master. The greatest part about it is that each improvement in your mastery of navigating these areas provides profound, visible, often tangible improvements in your overall life - and who doesn't want to be like a fine wine, deepening and expanding quality and joy with each passing season?!

Interested in learning how to navigate your mental, physical and intuitive sides with more fluidity and better outcomes? Join us today in our online group Elevate, Me. Now! to learn practical steps to improving your overall balance with a community of supportive growth oriented peers.

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Grief is a Life Saver

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 21:46:16 GMT

"All of a sudden you realize you can still breathe life, you take a deep breath and the self-healing journey begins."

Dealing with grief is one of the most painful experiences you can imagine. Once fully understood, the journey of grief, is both the poison and the antidote. It is through terrible grief that we find ourselves being saved by the best savior of all. We learn to access a part of ourselves that is deep, never ending and all knowing - the part of ourselves that simply loves. We meet divinity, and it looks a lot like ourselves.

DEEP PAIN TEACHES THE MOST BASIC ENERGETIC PRINCIPLES

Karen, a friend of 26+ years succumbed to a seizure, VFib and a heart attack within a few minutes and was simply gone.

Jennifer lost her shit last week. She ran off planning to starve herself to death. Her mental state had reached a breaking point.

Denise suffers eye diseases and an abusive husband, while still trying to raise three children.

Robyn deals with a spouse who is more than wiling to be a bump on a log, whilst she runs two businesses and raises three children. She feels trapped. Her spouse uses hurtful emotional manipulation tactics to use her weaknesses to control any situation.

These are not just random stories. These are real people. All of these scenarios were happening at the same time, I'm positive some planets were aligned to create all this tension. These are people who have influenced who I am as a person. I love them all, and it pains me greatly to learn of their strife. Playing the role of a friend and hearing all of this at once brought me down very deep in just a matter of weeks.

I’m not a stranger to grief or struggle. I lost my father when I was eleven. I lost my husband when I was thirty-five. I lost a dear friend to a senseless murder by a man who claimed to be a loving partner and friend at thirty-nine. To say losing people changes a person, is an understatement. It can changes your physical & literal circumstances but more profoundly, it changes how you approach the world. As we accumulate more loss in life, the losing of someone becomes a familiar pattern. The roller coaster of emotions becomes a familiar ride, and maybe not quite as scary as the first loss. One benefit of having experienced loss more than once is that you begin to recognize your limits. You learn to identify more what feeling good feels like, you learn to take that seriously and take steps to ensure you have enough of it and the grief doesn't overwhelm your life.

Grief brings a knowing of the "Feeling Good State"

It’s only possible to be so clear about this feeling good state, because you’ve had such a stark contrast to feeling good through the grief. Without darkness there is no light. Grief knocks you down, takes over your entire mind and being, every piece of you is drowns in sadness. Sadness for them, sadness for you, sadness for what was once and will never be again, sadness for anything. It kicks you down and holds you there until you can’t breathe, constantly pressing down on your chest. I can attest that grief is stored in the lungs - largely because you are likely to quit taking deep breaths, for long periods of time. You’re left gasping in shallow breaths, desperate to get relief yet being restricted by every wave of feeling that seems to slam onto you, and roll you around like a ragdoll.

But, every so often you catch a deeper breath, life sneaks back in like a flood of light expanding through your entire body. Your brain wakes back up in an instant. You remember the alive and vibrant version of you, and you miss it. Slowly, you begin to breathe again, deeper with every opening in the pain. You start to see what’s been happening - how all those shallow breaths have been taking even more of your life away. All of a sudden, you realize you’ve been living a substandard life and the you that once was isn't ok with that choice. This is not the life you wanted. You make some changes and get more glimpses of that feeling good state. You have become very intimate with both the pain of grief, and the love of life - all in an instant.

At that moment, the lesson takes hold. You realize, you are all of it: sadness, happiness, despair, joy, anger, excitement, literally all feelings, all at once.

Grief is hell, but it’s one of the best teachers in life you’ll ever get. It teaches patience, compassion, awareness, love and perseverance. Most of all, it teaches you to recognize yourself as just as worthy as anyone else to receive life’s blessings. It demands that you give of yourself to yourself with conviction. You learn to skip the apologies and explanations, accepting yourself and others for just who they are. Grief shows us it is imperative to respect all layers of yourself, and defend the sacred space within. It demands this for a healthier, deeper, more compassionate version of you. It shows you when, where and how you’ll break because you can feel the break coming on - and you know that’s not a space you want to be in anymore. Over time, you learn what you need to build yourself back up and gives you the confidence to make it happen and take it.

Grief lights up our "Biological Energy Sonar"

Grief teaches you to feel the energy in a room, between people, and most importantly inside of yourself. This is a refining of an innate biological energy sonar we all carry. Learning to respond to energetic shifts allows you to keep the energy where you need it. You learn to notice when someone’s tone changes the ambiance of the room. You notice when your thoughts do the same inside your body. You are keenly aware of topics of discussion which are negative and hurtful. You learn to realize there is nobody truly forcing you to stay within the space of guilt and obligation - except you. You get the guts to turn away from that which brings your energy down and not feel bad about it. You learn to change the topic sooner. You realize that you are in total control of what energy leaves your body and what energies invade your space. It feels good to feel good, and now you know its vital to your health. You realize focus on the good energies is more than half the battle.

This time, with my friends I felt the wave of bad energy coming on, slowly. One bit of bad news after another. I felt the stabbing pangs of grief in the loss of Karen. Then, as I connected with those who I love, I felt the pain even more. I could feel my body contracting, restricting my breathing and holding it all in. I was disappointed in so many I had held in high regard. Then, as I noticed my biological energy sonar picking up drastic changes, my mind started remembering the feeling of being completely lost in the sea of grief and I started to panic.

My heart was erratic. I was frantic and awake all night. I remembered how much work it was and how hard it was to pull myself out of that in the past.

I did not miss the physical pains of grief. Pains that literally came from taking too long to respond to that bad energy. I had escaped all that grief for a while, and it felt really good. So, at this juncture, I asked urgently, "How do I get back to a space without pain? I want to be there, right now! Damnit Janet!

Grief pushes us to develop better, healthy personal boundaries

I learned to recognize that place where if I heard/saw/thought/felt anymore, I was going to go off the edge into the abyss of misery. I learned to protect my space, and love myself back to life again. How? I said no to whatever or whomever was pulling me down.

“This isn’t working for me. I’ve got to go.”

“I understand if you don’t get this, but it is my truth. I still love you, but I can’t be around this right now.”

"I love you, but I just can't do this right now. I need a break."

You learn to say this with compassion and conviction. You also learn to read people, and know when they can’t deal with such directness. For those people, you distract them with anything to change the focus, and give yourself an out.

“Man that is hard to deal with, what do you think of [insert something about a topic they love]?”

“I'm so glad you told me, that's a huge burden. What can I do to help you feel better?”

"Geeze, that's a lot. That sucks. Let's go do something fun, what do you say?"

Its a constant battle, staying in that good feeling state, but it is a battle well worth winning.

This time, as soon as I saw that energetic shift within me, I took a stand. I let them know I couldn't talk for a little while, but it wasn't because I didn't love them. I saw them breaking, and it was breaking me. I needed some time to myself to rejuvenate. This time, I got my energy back much quicker than ever before. All of my friends gave my requests for space such beautiful respect. It seemed they knew how painful this was and they didn't want to put that on me themselves. They've been to the depths before and know what it is to need to shut people, things, places out to recover. They know I'm usually more upbeat, and they didn't want to bring me down. These are true friends. They love me enough to understand my needs and support me even through times that are hard for them.

This time I didn't lose myself in the pain. This time I recovered so much faster. After a few months, I was able to go back to my friends and be that kind ear and shoulder to lean on. I shared my love with them in a new, fresher way and they took note from my requests and were able to take time for themselves even more.

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Get a massage! It'll fix that.

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 23:53:19 GMT

GET A MASSAGE, THEY SAID.

" You don't have to fake feeling good, but you can ACTUALLY feel great. "

Massage can be a gentle, pleasurable way of diving deeper into the root of what is really going on with you. It helps you develop a better mind-body awareness and it can gently help you to uncover deeper issues which can be loved into a healed state.

You hear others constantly tell you, "Go get a massage! It'll fix that."

I am just as guilty of being skeptical as the next person, and probably. moreso than many. Yet, for some reason I was drawn into Massage Therapy later in life. I tend to hold out, and really analyze any situation before making a final conclusion that sticks. Some people call that stubborn, I prefer to call it thorough. With massage, I took my time in really evaluating what my experience (and research) told me with what exactly can massage can help someone?

Don't get me wrong, I knew that I felt great after massage. However, I also knew that if I didn't feel comfortable on the table it could be a totally miserable experience. If I didn't like the person giving the massage it was horrible. If I was in pain and nervous, I couldn't relax. If I had had a bad day, that usually stuck with me, through the whole session. If I was getting a massage, hoping it would fix something, but knowing deep within that it wasn't a miracle cure, it wouldn't be.

I've learned many things in the last several years as a student and professional massage therapist.

Massage DOES make you feel better, if you're ready.

The biggest thing about massage is that getting one is an act of receiving. If you're not open, you're not ready or you have some hesitation, you're going to get a sub par massage, no matter the therapist. What does that mean, be ready? We'll discuss that in a different blog. For now, just know that it takes a willing recipient to get the most out of a massage - and literally ANYTHING can block that receptivity.

Undeniably, massage increases blood flow to tissues that may not have had optimal blood flow to them. Increased blood flow and reactivation of nerves and muscles that have somehow gotten out of sync does wonders for the perception of pain we feel. Most people feel like they've had a great workout, sans effort - and that is a great feeling.

Massage is NOT for everyone.

Sometimes someone isn't in the mental or emotional state to receive (a massage). Think about a time you approached your partner in a loving way and they were totally disinterested in anything of the sort. Fighting that resistence aggressively makes things worse. This closely parallels how the body innately responds to a threatened pain signal. We jump away. We startle, pull our limbs inward and tighten our muscles around that potentially painful experience/area. Our heart rate increases.

Being comfortable during a massage is vital. If the client is unable to relax and let the therapist work, there will be no relief of tense muscles, period. If the client isn't able to lie down for very long for medical reasons, receiving a traditional massage may be difficult to impossible.

Luckily you need not lie on a table to receive a massage, and generally speaking massage is a possibility for most.

Regular massages can be a game changer

Learning to care for yourself is a skill we as American's don't often learn to do is a skill worth learning.

Suck it up buttercup,

Tough through it,

It'll go away,

Its not happening if I don't think about it,

Work hard and you can do anything.

These are all phrases at the core of the projected American values. Schools, parents, friends, sports all teach us these values. These things often go unsaid directly , but are well understood. I believe this to possibly be the worst detriment our culture has inflicted upon us. L earning to ignore your body and distrust your instincts keeps us all in doctor's offices asking OTHERS what is wrong with our bodies.

I am an American, raised in the south. I fall right into this category and h ave learned this through personal experience. I played sports, even in college at a competitive level. I kept playing/living/working on a torn posterior tibias tendon for 7 months. I asked for help, but didn't know I needed to be a better advocate for myself. Later, I ignored things which bothered me in the effort of maintaining the best possible life I could provide for my children. I have said all of those phrases many times in my life. However, I've learned in my adult life that our intuition, our immediate responses are qu ite possibly more accurate then anyone else could ever tell us. We know instinctively something is off. If we respond to that stimulus quickly, we keep bigger ailments at bay. If we don't, we run into long term, chronic, excessively painful experiences.

If you listen to your body, not only do you NOT have to fake feeling good, but you can ACTUALLY feel great. Sometimes you just need a massage, and nothing else will do. A regular practice of self-care is vital to learning to listen closely to your body, but also. to your overall sense of wellness.

If you are someone who has ascribed to the traditional American story and have found yourself in a great deal of pain, book a massage. Frankly, I suggest you book 4, and give yourself time to rest in between. Spend time thinking about how your body feels when the massage therapist works on your hamstrings or your feet. Take note of anything which feels loud, and speak up to your therapist at that moment. It doesn't have to be a big deal, but even just acknowledging your sensations gives you more personal power and control of what's going on and how you can direct your life to help you feel good.

Massage is a give and take relationship that helps you to learn to listen and respond to you body.

Massage can uncover more issues

When you get a massage you usually find at least some relief from pain and discomfort, immediately. When we have well adapted to this habit of ignoring our bodies - we become more and more like an onion. Often the gentle peeling back of the layers of discomfort happens when one pain was masks another. Once you relaxed & connected enough with yourself and your body you can pull back the older, dryer layers on the outside. Underneath you may find fresh, healthy layers or you may find more that needs tender care.

Feeling immediate relief is a wonderful feeling, but sometimes you also find that you have more underlying tensions and concerns you hadn't noticed before. experienced this myself and still find myself learning more each time. The most vivid example of this in my life was once when I first started receiving massages, I noticed the sensation was different on the right side. Eventually, as I progressed with the therapies, I realized that change in sensation is pain.It wasn't a loud screaming pain, it was a reminder of the deep inner aches that I had learned to ignore over the years. I later discovered that I had a torn labrum, which I had been ignoring for years. Often one pain was masks another, but we don't notice it if we're accustomed to discomfort. Once you pull back the older, dryer layers of discomfort what lies beneath is always closer to the root problem. This is when it is even more important to stick with a therapy if you're finding the most effective relief.

Peeling the onion can be refreshing and relaxing or it can be suprising at just how deep those layers go.

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What kind of people get QHHT?

Thu, 27 May 2021 23:53:19 GMT

WHAT I'VE OBSERVED ABOUT ALL MY QHHT CLIENTS.

"QHHT clients are like sleeping lions, ready to tackle whatever is necessary to reach new heights in their lives."

QHHT clients are some of the most determined souls out there. Determined to get answers that align with something deep inside,. They are determined to reach the life goals set deep within their souls. They are the strongest people in the most quiet & unassuming way. They are sleeping lions.

There are some similarities I have found that most clients of mine who come in for a QHHT session share. Of course not all QHHT clients share these traits, but most of these traits & skills will be present in the client on the day of their session. Sometimes QHHT clients will come in, not believing they have these skills, but through the session, they come to realize they really have already made great strides in inching towards true healing and are already on the path.

They're familiar with internal struggles (man vs. self theme)

QHHT clients usually come to try and find resolution to some internal struggles they have with life situations, relationships and/or health diseases they have developed or maintained over years time. You may think that this is common for everyone, however its different for a QHHT client.

QHHT clients generally are truly focused on finding solutions, learning lessons and trying to grow past their everyday struggles. Its not that other people don't focus on solving such issues, but QHHT clients tend to look at things a little differently. QHHT clients generally have moved past blame, projecting and the overall strife with lack of personal responsibility in life. On the contrary, QHHT clients are generally eager to accept responsibility for the things which have happened in their lives, for most if not all situations. Often they are the opposite, accepting blame that isn't theirs. QHHT clients are usually empathetic on some level.

Even though they have tried many things, and have evolved to take responsibility, they still have similar struggles to everyone else. They are heartbroken by relationships gone sour. They are still sad for things missing, or bad experiences in childhood. They have lost loves, and present joys in life. However, when a client comes for a QHHT session, they are ready to make peace with the difficult situations and find true forgiveness.

They've tried a lot of other things to heal - and are still trying.

Riddled with the struggles in life, QHHT clients often have tried many other methods for healing. Like most everyone else, they have tried the traditional solutions. They've gone to doctors, therapists, tried being patient and even used traditional western medicine. The difference with QHHT clients is that even if they've not had real success with any of these methods they have haven't given up.

QHHT clients are ready to learn whatever it is that they need to, in order to find healing for themselves.

QHHT clients are often (not always) well versed in traditional and alternative methods for healing, by experience alone.

They have learned to identify energies which don't suit them well.

Learning how to identify when someone's actions, energies and feelings not only conflict with yours, but rub you the wrong way is a skill. Not everyone learns how to separate one person's feelings from the others in the room. This isn't always learned regular daily life. This skill requires a well developed sense of empathy AND self awareness.

QHHT clients generally have learned some way of identifying if emotions are theirs, or someone else's who has come into their space. They've learned to see when friends are emotionally manipulating them, and found ways to gently detract the friend from further negativity. They've learned to walk away when they can't redirect the focus. They've learned that mainstream news and media is really feeding on very basic needs and fears and they don't like it. They have learned to turn the channel, turn off social media or simply walk away from whatever isn't working for them, often without regret.

QHHT clients have learned how to identify, by any method that suits them, how to identify when an energy does not jive with their way of being.

They know, all the world isn't their concern

QHHT clients have evolved to learn that others' actions, even if it is affecting the client's life, is not always worthy of the deep level of concern they have for many things. QHHT clients have learned in life that not everyone is your cup of tea, nor you theirs. They've learned you can love someone, and keep your distance. They've likely quit or significantly reduced interaction with main stream media and anything else that sucks the life out of them.This is very similar to identifying energies that don't align with you, but it is taking it one step further. This is being in total alignment with allowing things to be dropped, when appropriate.

QHHT clients have found allowing that misaligned energy to flow right on out of their lives is more beneficial than harboring depleting emotions that comes with focusing on energies that don't align with them.

They are still processing their emotions, daily.

Generally speaking, QHHT clients know how to experience their emotions with some degree of warmth and compassion for themselves. Its not that they don't get angry, sad or depressed, they do! They have simply learned remaining in those negative emotions is a choice in a way. Often through trial and error they've learned the moment they release their own emotions and allow them to exist without judgement a true sense of undeniable freedom blossoms. Freedom from negative energies which also suck the life from them. Freedom from pressure, judgement, oppression - all inflicted by their own negative self-talk.

They have intimately learned to let go of uncomfortable, depleting emotions. This is not an easy lesson, but QHHT clients have either fully learned this, or they are on their way to learning this so fully it drastically changes their lives for the better.

This quality takes quite a bit of personal work, and even more practice. Understanding it intellectually is a lot different that executing it. Even if QHHT clients are aware of their emotions, and have let the past be in the past, they still very much have the emotions everyday. QHHT clients have learned this is an ongoing lesson in life.

This simply means they allow themselves to be in the emotion for however long they feel they need to be there. They then work to find ways to let it all go instead of harboring resentment, anger, fear, aggression etc. Usually a QHHT session addresses the most stubborn feelings which have been difficult if not impossible for the client to process fully.

They know they are a work-in-progress.

Probably the most important thing I've noticed is that QHHT clients know they are a masterpiece-in-progress. They know they have so much potential for greatness, and they expect they will achieve it. QHHT clients are people who are not giving up. They have significant aspirations and they are ready to learn what is necessary to reach new heights in their lives They own the role they play in their own lives and they are ready to take full responsibility for the impact they have on it. They definitely struggle just like anyone else, but they refuse to give in to the pressures of society (read: mom, dad, church, friends, school etc.), to the bad experiences in their lives (read: X horrible thing happened to me), to the sense of lack (read: I still want X.).

They are looking for fulfillment, and when they get a QHHT session, they find it. It may be a different version of what they want, but its always a version that provides them an opportunity for much needed personal growth.

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QHHT is the Sh!znit

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 23:53:19 GMT

QHHT IS THE COOLEST.

"QHHT provides a safe space for you to go deep within yourself for the answers."

People say al the answers are within, but knowing that makes for a very a different experience in life. We all have an inkling of what that really means. QHHT allows people to access this connection gently and more clearly, with assistance from a compassionate practitioner. How better to (re)learn the feeling of this vital connection & how easy it is to tap into it?

Although hypnosis has been around for many years and has shown positive results in health management (1) , QHHT is a little different than other hypnosis techniques. QHHT stands for Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique, a method used to help clients find 100% personalized, profound healing and understanding. QHHT has no connection to the "squawk like a duck" or "dance like a chicken" suggestions with which other methods are associated. QHHT sessions do not use the practitioner to suggest anything to you for improved behaviors. QHHT allows the client to go deeper (than clinical hypnosis) into the hypnotic state to access what Dolores Cannon (the creator of QHHT) calls the "SC" or subconscious. Once the SC has been accessed, the practitioner asks the questions you’ve brought to the session to get answers you've been searching to find. The client answers all the questions of their own accord. The hypnosis portion of your session is recorded, and delivered to you very soon afterwards. Listening to your recorded QHHT session continues to bring more healing and understanding to you over time.

How is QHHT different from other healing methods?

QHHT is very unique in its approach and execution, yet it is the most natural experience you can have. QHHT feels very comfortable and easy to do, yet it will get to the root cause of your problems faster than other methods. How? A QHHT session provides a warm and welcoming space and interaction for you to find the healing you need within yourself. We all do our best when we feel safe, loved, heard and are alert and aware. This is the environment of a QHHT session. Your practitioner will give you the space and time you need to really look at the topics, questions and situations that are important and/or creating frustration in your life. Just think of a time when you were happy, in tune with yourself, aware and responsive, that’s how a QHHT session will feel.

Who should I try QHHT?

QHHT can be for anyone who is interested in healing, literally anything. There are records of nearly every kind of dis-ease being healed in QHHT sessions. If you’ve tried traditional, or even alternative medicine, and still had no relief from your symptoms or conditions, give QHHT a try. QHHT is not physically invasive, requires no pill to be taken and is available to any and all people who are genuinely interested in healing. You are in charge of exactly how good of an outcome comes from a QHHT session, so your degree of healing is determined by your personal motivation. If you like the idea of being in total control of your healing, without relying on someone outside of yourself, QHHT is definitely for you.

Heal yourself all on your own? Yes, you can!

To find healing for yourself is the most satisfying thing in the world! Yet figuring out what it is that will heal you can sometimes be elusive. Your QHHT practitioner has the knowledge and experience to bring you to a state where you can discover what it is that will heal you and create a life with more abundance, health and satisfaction.

How can this be true?

Your practitioner is not only trained in the effective and practical QHHT method, but they have spent many years on learning what tends to bring healing. QHHT practitioners are NOT doctors. They don't have miracle cures or procedures that will physically change your life. Yet, if you are truly open, interested and willing the information gained in a QHHT session can give you the most effective actions steps to take to ignite change for the betterment of you!

QHHT practitioners have spent considerable energy focusing on healing and guiding others to finding their own version of healing. All QHHT practitioners are people who have been drawn to this type of healing, and it is something they are truly called to do. Additionally, all QHHT practitioners have personally experienced at least one session (often many more). They will share information which will help you to feel comfortable with the experience.

Many QHHT practitioners combine QHHT methods with other modalities. At The Happy Lyon Center, I combine QHHT with massage therapy, Holy Fire ReikiTM and HeartMath™ training. Other practitioners may combine their services with other modalities like psychotherapy, counseling, energy healing and more. Our one goal as practitioners is to help YOU HEAL! Read the background on your selected practitioner, and if those modalities which can supplement a QHHT session appeal to you, reach out to the practitioner to see if it feels like it's a fit for you.

How can QHHT heal all people, and all ailments?

Your most harmonic state of being is one of homeostasis. Homeostasis is a balanced, steady state of health. Humans continually reach for homeostasis.

"Homeostasis is an internal feedback system that stabilizes and balances our body's chemistry, so that our organs work smoothly and efficiently with each other." The BMJ Awards: celebrating excellence, 2016

We all go out of balance as a result of various experiences in life, yet finding that balance again is the most natural and easy thing you can experience.

Yes, I said EASY. Finding your balance is what QHHT is best at doing.

As you learn to listen to your SC and your body, you learn to notice when things feel off kilter. You learn to respond to the feeling of being out of balance and discover ways which help to bring you back to homeostasis. QHHT sessions and practitioners are focused on helping you return to being comfortable in the balanced state which promotes steady health. This is natural for you, the client, and for them, the practitioners.

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A Brief Background on QHHT

This is a technique developed by Dolores Cannon (1931-2014). In the 1960s she and her husband were using hypnosis to help people with quitting smoking and losing weight. Delores devoted most of her life to helping others heal, and eventually spent most of her time in QHHT sessions and teaching new practitioners to continue the healing for generations to come. Learn more and find local practitioners from the official QHHT site .

Harvard Health Gazette. Hypnosis helps healing: Surgical wounds mend faster. May 8, 2003: Cromie, William. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2003/05/hypnosis-helps-healing-2
Health & Homeostasis. BMJ 2016;355:i5643 https://www.bmj.com/content/355/bmj.i5643/rr

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Reiki, Ray-kee, Ray-whut?

Sat, 17 Apr 2021 00:46:02 GMT

A GRAND INTRODUCTION TO ENERGY WOO-WOO.

"Within a few hours, I knew that something was really different. I wanted to know what it was and to say thank you."

Blaire was as clueless as anyone when it came to "energy" work. She had a soft reveal of sorts encased in a profound, unexpected healing experience in 1999. This experience laid the foundation for her learning more about reiki, and ultimately energy work as a whole. Simply put, Reiki is a practice used to direct healing energy just where it needs to go. It requires no belief, only openness to the life-force energies that abound.

From Clueless to Staunch Supporter & Reiki Master

Many people have no idea what Reiki is, and how it could potentially help. As humans, its totally normal for us to get uncomfortable with new methods they're not familiar with. Admittedly, growing up, I had zero clue and had never even heard the word.

Unexpectedly, I came across a situation, and a person...who lovingly gave me some Reiki in college. Within a few hours, I knew that something was different and I wanted to know what it was.

As a senior at the W, I had been a little lazy at work this one day. I worked at a screen printing shop and regularly did all of the production work to create custom made shirts. One thing we must do for new jobs is clean the emulsion off used screens for them to reused. On a typical day, I would do anywhere from 0-10 screens. This was the beginning of the reunion season, and the shop was backlogged. I cleaned approximately 75 screens that day, all day.

Young, dumb and stupid I didn't think it was a big deal. I was dead wrong.

That evening I noticed my hands were red, swollen, hot and sore from the chemicals used to remove the emulsion. My skin was burning - but I wasn't in the practice of seeing my health as an issue with whatever the job entailed. I put them in cool water, but otherwise I had no idea what to do to make it better. Admittedly, I was a little frustrated, but had no answer for myself. It wasn't killing me, mostly uncomfortable. Something else to endure.

I made it through the night, and the next day woke to hands that were even more swollen and red than the day before. They felt like they were about to crack, if I bent the fingers or used them too much. Alas, I had class and the show must go on. Suck it up, buttercup. As I walked into my watercolor class with Mr. Gibson, many of my classmates and friends noticed my red, swollen hands. People asked, and I answered what had happened. I didn't want to dwell on it, nor did I see any point in feeling sorry for me. It was my fault. I was sure they would heal, eventually.

We had a demonstration in class by the teacher. We all gathered round, as art students do. An older classmate, MaryAnn Frank, in her late 50s, sat next to me as we watched the teacher. She had been in the room while people were making a big deal of the state of my hands and she too had asked a few questions. Just before he began the demonstration, she made eye contact with me, and smiled. I smiled back. That was a little bit weird, but she was just smiling. Then, she reached over to my hands, and gently placed her hands on mine. I sat through the demonstration, probably less than 15 minutes total with her hands cupping mine. It didn't hurt. It felt warm, but didn't make the burn worse. I noticed nothing else, and frankly while it was a little strange for her to hold my hands - nothing about it was bothersome. It wasn't worth the energy or disruption to ask her to stop. If it made her happy to hold my hands, I could do that for a few minutes. She was actually the wife of another professor at the school, and I enjoyed both of them immensely. After the demonstration ended, we returned to our regular seats across the room and started working.

I continued through the day, and noticed that my hands weren't really getting better. They felt like they were burning even more bit by bit, and things were truly getting more difficult to do as the day wore on. Again, being young, I just ignored it as best I could. By the end of the day, I could tell my hands truly needed to finish burning before they would begin to heal. I sarcastically shared this with my friends, bemoaning the predicament in which I found myself. By the end of the day, I decided that it would likely take about 3 total weeks to heal. GRRRREEEEAAAAT. Another 3 weeks of this royal pain in my hands. Oh well, what's a girl to do?

Tight friends all through college at MUW, Kim Harris, Blaire Hall & Julie Bouchillon just before graduating in the spring of 1999.

I went off to bed, and woke the next morning to my hands in a significantly better state. I didn't know what she had done, but I knew she did SOMETHING. I didn't see her the next day, but I did see her the next class period, a day later. I was truly astounded at how fast they were healing. Friends and classmates had forgotten their astonishment at my red, swollen hands, but I had spent many many hours thinking about them. My hands truly felt better that morning, and only continued to heal more and more over the next few days. Truly amazed - I was just had to ask Ann about this as soon as I saw her again.

The second class of the week occurred, and I eagerly awaited Ann's arrival to the classroom. She came in and I tried not to pounce her, but boy did I ask as soon as she had a moment to sit down and get settled.

"What did you do to my hands? They are so much better! Look at them. I know you did something, what was it?"

MaryAnn smiled, and said, "Reiki." At this point, 20 years later, I honestly don't recall the details of what exactly she said, but I do remember the word and the feelings she conveyed about this "Reiki". Reiki was worth remembering, and I did remember it.

Like many people, I was interested and pleased but it didn't change a whole lot about how I lived life at that point. I was a college senior, and ready to move on in life. I had big plans, and needed to focus. I graduated shortly thereafter, and moved back to my hometown. Later I met my to-be husband and went on with a typical life. We eventually had children and life was just what you expect... a whirlwind of things happening so fast you might not notice if you didn't take the time. Fast forward to me experiencing some physical discomfort I thought everyone had. My legs were hurting, I wasn't sleeping great and I was trying to do way too much. Stress was a regular, long lasting scenario. I had one child, my mother had almost died of septic shock and I was trying to finish my Masters in Education while teaching at a school that was a 49 mile drive each way. It was then, that I thought of MaryAnn.

What was that word? Ray-key? I decided to look up what she mentioned. I had to learn the spelling, and I had to find info by randomly typing in words associated with what had happened to me. That’s when I learned what Reiki truly is – intellectually. It wouldn’t be until about 10 years later that I found an opportunity to actually take the class and learn from experience what Reiki is.

Over the years, one thing I’ve loved immensely about the practice of Reiki is its unassuming nature. Reiki requires no belief (I had none). Reiki only works for the good of the client (I could have said no to MaryAnn). Maybe I had a clue, deep down what she was doing was helping me. Reiki is not demanding of anything. It allows, and actually needs you to relax and just let things be. This is where Reiki works best. What could be better than a no-pressure, no-worries experience with healing? Nothing! Nothing rivals the power of Reiki and I will forever be a staunch supporter of Reiki Practitioners and instructors.

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Happy Lyon Center Blog

Creative Magic in Action -Masculine & Feminine Energies

A Download from Courtney

Masculine energy is about what you put out into the world. Feminine energy is about what you receive from the experience.

Creative vision and boundaries are part of masculine energy, shaping what something can become. This is the masculine's superpower.

Our feminine is the creativity to show up in that space however the heck we want—EXPRESSION! That’s where the flow is!

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Helping Animals Heal

Energy Healing for Animals

Energy healing for animals?

Why would it be more effective for animals?

Why would I choose this over my veternarian’s care?

Is it safe?

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Reminders of Your Higher Self

THE PART OF YOU THAT KNOWS IT IS MANIFESTING EVERYTHING – IS IT.

Your Higher Self is the most unique connection to the Divine. It has complete and total sovereignty over you.

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Connecting the Subconscious to the Conscious

HOW SUBCONSCIOUS PATTERNS PLAY OUT IN OUR DAILY LIFE

Seemingly Insignificant, but by Definition, a Trauma

Glimpsing the Subconscious: Hypnotic States of Mind

Bigger Influences = Bigger Nuts to Crack

Digging Deep: How Non-Flowing Energy Manifests as Blocks

Younger Influences = Bigger, Well-Disguised Energetic Congestion

Subconscious Patterns Affecting Our Everyday Life

Steadfastly on the Path of Self-Awarness

Understanding Non-Duality/Duality Makes it Easier

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Painful Soul Contracts are the Keys to Liberation

TWO MEN WHO PLAYED PROFOUND ROLES.

Some soul contracts are beautiful.

Sometimes the most important soul contracts are simply painful.

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Energy Healing Techniques

Energy Clearing Techniques

What exactly is Energy Clearing?

The Emotion Code®

What is this about?

How is the energy cleared?

A Story

Heart Wall Release

What is this about?

How is the energy cleared?

A Story

Pet Healing

What is this about?

A Story

The Body Code™

What is this about?

How is the energy cleared?

A Story

How do I select a modality?

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Preventing Stuck Emotions

Release Emotions & Prevent them from Sticking

How Emotions Get Trapped

Am I stuck with these trapped emotions?

Preventing emotions from getting trapped

Protecting yourself from other people’s emotions

Does this really work?

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Emotions Stuck in Our Bodies?

What are Trapped Emotions?

What's the deal with emotion?

Where does emotion originate?

How do emotions cause symptoms?

How bad can it possibly be?

So what can I do about it?

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Dreams, Dreams, Dreams

OUR FIRST LANGUAGE: DREAMS

What if you could have a direct line of communication to the ultimate creator?

How do you make sense of it?

There are some rules.

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Manifesting through the Lens of Astrology

MY HORIZON EXPANDS!

Gung-ho is my modus operandi.

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Masculine energy is about what you put out into the world.
Feminine energy is about what you receive from the experience.

Creative vision and boundaries are part of masculine energy, shaping what something can become.
This is the masculine's superpower.