A friend of mine once did me a great favor when she said to me," Don't ever doubt yourself."- meaning when I am doing this kind of work. I am still working on her advice.
But of course, we all doubt ourselves, at times. Have you ever had a person close to you express doubt in your abilities just as you are about to start a new venture or try something new?
It is hard for people to see the authentic self revealed and to realize you do not always fit into the compartment they have you in.
So today, let's release those sticky doubts and get on with creating our lives.
Open your seventh chakra at the top of your head and let light pour in, grounding you and taking you deeper. Breathe.
If there is any energy blocking this light, pull it out like an old weed and toss it aside.
Breathe into your sixth chakra at the forehead and release old concepts that are telling you what you can't do.
Breathe again into your throat, releasing any restriction you may have felt that prevents you from speaking what you truly believe.
Breathe into your heart, releasing fear and opening to more light.
Breathe into your third chakra at the solar plexus, releasing any voices or opinions of others leftover from your childhood that you don't need.
Move to your second chakra. Release doubt about the decisions you made in the past - all that happened was on your path.
Focus on your first chakra. Let go of any uncertainty here. You are meant to be on earth now. Open this chakra to the life energy of Mother Earth. Push any residual doubt out your hands and feet.
And now let golden llight come flowing in to each chakra, replacing the space that held doubt with certainty and clear awareness.
Relax into the certainty that you do know what you are doing, that you can trust your own judgement
Let peace flow through your whole energy system, running through all your bodies, mental, emotional, physical and spiritual.
At your core, God's soul and yours are one. Be certain you can create the life you want, that is for the highest good.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Spring Cleaning
Breath is everything. It is how the life force comes into the body.
I invite you to do a little spring cleaning using your breath.
Take a deep replenishing breath now. Drink in the air and let it go on the exhale. Take another breath and this time bring it all the way to your toes. Breathe again into the arches of your feet. Breathe into your ankles, your lower legs, your knees, then thighs. On each exhale, let go of any tension, or blocks in energy you are holding.
Breathe into your belly, and release. Your solar plexus, your heart. Breathe into the shoulders, lightening this heavy area, Let the breath come bubbling and flowing into your body, activating the cells with movement, freedom and release. Breath into your arms, wrists and hands. Unclench your jaw, relax the area around the eyes and the forehead.
And finally, open the chakras at the bottom of your feet and pull earth energy up with the inhale through your whole body, bringing it up your legs, to the base of your spine, all the way up through the hip area, the waist, up between the shoulder blades, the neck and out the top of your head. And again, quickly breathe light all the way up your spine until your energy spills out the top of your head in a shower of light.
As you see, your body and aura are made up of particles of light that flow along in lines of energy. Some of these lines of energy also connect you to loved ones and others in your life.
Imagine you can see the cords and filaments that connect you.
Occasionally, these lines can become very dense, very constricting.
Take a look at the lines of light connecting you. Pick one or two important people in your life. Can each of you move? or are some of your cords so thickly wrapped around each other that you look like mummys?
Postulate that you will begin to loosen these bindings a little.
Can you breathe better now? Loosen them a little more. Can you see the people more clearly now that you have some distance?
Do you sense that they feel a sense of relief, too?
Continue to loosen these filaments so that they only connect, not bind. Know that loosening these cords will not hurt those you love or yourself.
Now take a deep breath. Make the quality of light in your cords finer and of a higher light. Perhaps change their color to something that feels healthier.
Lighten their density and begin to make them more elastic, more like beautiful ribbons. See them begin to undulate and move in the air.
Notice that your exchange of energy with these people can actually flow better and with more joy if you give each other some space and flexibilty.
Let the wind begin to blow between yourself and the other people. Widen the space between you until you have enough room to turn, to twirl, to do cartwheels. Feel the freedom and joy as you move through space with the wind blowing all around you.
Extend the space further until it is like a cosmic dance floor. You are connected through time and space to many people. See the filaments connecting you, expanding like a web in a filagree of light.
Say hello to friends as you pass by. Know that each of you has your own dance, your own pattern to create, sometimes coming together, sometimes moving apart, but always moving in the beauty of relatedness to each other, the Universe and God/Goddess.
Coming back now, breath the fresh Spring air into your beautiful body, your beautiful mind and be full of the Spirit that guides you.
I invite you to do a little spring cleaning using your breath.
Take a deep replenishing breath now. Drink in the air and let it go on the exhale. Take another breath and this time bring it all the way to your toes. Breathe again into the arches of your feet. Breathe into your ankles, your lower legs, your knees, then thighs. On each exhale, let go of any tension, or blocks in energy you are holding.
Breathe into your belly, and release. Your solar plexus, your heart. Breathe into the shoulders, lightening this heavy area, Let the breath come bubbling and flowing into your body, activating the cells with movement, freedom and release. Breath into your arms, wrists and hands. Unclench your jaw, relax the area around the eyes and the forehead.
And finally, open the chakras at the bottom of your feet and pull earth energy up with the inhale through your whole body, bringing it up your legs, to the base of your spine, all the way up through the hip area, the waist, up between the shoulder blades, the neck and out the top of your head. And again, quickly breathe light all the way up your spine until your energy spills out the top of your head in a shower of light.
As you see, your body and aura are made up of particles of light that flow along in lines of energy. Some of these lines of energy also connect you to loved ones and others in your life.
Imagine you can see the cords and filaments that connect you.
Occasionally, these lines can become very dense, very constricting.
Take a look at the lines of light connecting you. Pick one or two important people in your life. Can each of you move? or are some of your cords so thickly wrapped around each other that you look like mummys?
Postulate that you will begin to loosen these bindings a little.
Can you breathe better now? Loosen them a little more. Can you see the people more clearly now that you have some distance?
Do you sense that they feel a sense of relief, too?
Continue to loosen these filaments so that they only connect, not bind. Know that loosening these cords will not hurt those you love or yourself.
Now take a deep breath. Make the quality of light in your cords finer and of a higher light. Perhaps change their color to something that feels healthier.
Lighten their density and begin to make them more elastic, more like beautiful ribbons. See them begin to undulate and move in the air.
Notice that your exchange of energy with these people can actually flow better and with more joy if you give each other some space and flexibilty.
Let the wind begin to blow between yourself and the other people. Widen the space between you until you have enough room to turn, to twirl, to do cartwheels. Feel the freedom and joy as you move through space with the wind blowing all around you.
Extend the space further until it is like a cosmic dance floor. You are connected through time and space to many people. See the filaments connecting you, expanding like a web in a filagree of light.
Say hello to friends as you pass by. Know that each of you has your own dance, your own pattern to create, sometimes coming together, sometimes moving apart, but always moving in the beauty of relatedness to each other, the Universe and God/Goddess.
Coming back now, breath the fresh Spring air into your beautiful body, your beautiful mind and be full of the Spirit that guides you.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Expanded Heart Chakra
Lately, I have felt my heart kind of cramping up. Often, as we get older, we do start to close up and are not as open as we were when we were younger.
I started to exercise my heart in this way-
Begin to breathe from your heart- take a few deep breaths. Then let your breathing settle into a nice rhythm, taking in oxygen through your heart and letting it go naturally- freshening the heart area til it flows easily-
As you do this, picture a light emanating from your heart expanding and contracting with your breathing.
As you continue to breathe, expand the light.
Let it encompass, from your heart, up to your throat and down to your solar plexus-
Then expand on the next breaths up to your forehead and down to your belly.
Let the light include all sides of your body, in a spherical or oval shape.
As you do this, any "slings and arrows" will fall out of your aura- the light will push them out.
Now expand on the inhale to the top of your head and down to the base of your spine.
Breath again and expand the light from your knees to above your head, then from below your feet to above our head.
Notice any colors or the texture of your aura now.
As you feel this expanded heart chakra, you may , if you are inclined, join your heart's light to the heart of any religious figure you feel an affinity for-
Rest here-
Does this Being have a message for you?
You may get a word, a feeling, or a whole treatise, you never know
Listen- and rest-
When you are complete, thank this Being for His/Her presence-
Now breathe your aura in slightly, feeling your feet and hands, the top of your head. Then let the light settle once again naturally into your heart, breathing easily, relaxed and ready to continue with your day.
In using the expanded heart energy, I find myself sending energy and love to those in my past. Maybe they can feel it and it can help heal. And of course to those in my present day life.
If I am outside, I send it to a bird, a tree, the wind- it is surprising how often you get some kind of a response. Blessings to you-
I started to exercise my heart in this way-
Begin to breathe from your heart- take a few deep breaths. Then let your breathing settle into a nice rhythm, taking in oxygen through your heart and letting it go naturally- freshening the heart area til it flows easily-
As you do this, picture a light emanating from your heart expanding and contracting with your breathing.
As you continue to breathe, expand the light.
Let it encompass, from your heart, up to your throat and down to your solar plexus-
Then expand on the next breaths up to your forehead and down to your belly.
Let the light include all sides of your body, in a spherical or oval shape.
As you do this, any "slings and arrows" will fall out of your aura- the light will push them out.
Now expand on the inhale to the top of your head and down to the base of your spine.
Breath again and expand the light from your knees to above your head, then from below your feet to above our head.
Notice any colors or the texture of your aura now.
As you feel this expanded heart chakra, you may , if you are inclined, join your heart's light to the heart of any religious figure you feel an affinity for-
Rest here-
Does this Being have a message for you?
You may get a word, a feeling, or a whole treatise, you never know
Listen- and rest-
When you are complete, thank this Being for His/Her presence-
Now breathe your aura in slightly, feeling your feet and hands, the top of your head. Then let the light settle once again naturally into your heart, breathing easily, relaxed and ready to continue with your day.
In using the expanded heart energy, I find myself sending energy and love to those in my past. Maybe they can feel it and it can help heal. And of course to those in my present day life.
If I am outside, I send it to a bird, a tree, the wind- it is surprising how often you get some kind of a response. Blessings to you-
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
From your heart to the stars
Do you feel burdened? It is a physical and mental sensation. Begin to breathe and see your burdens contained in brown boxes. Lift these boxes out of your immediate area.
This takes alot of work---there are so many!-----Keep on workin'-------------------------
There. Now picture these boxes on the edge of a cliff and begin to kick them over
(Don't worry- they will biodegrade!) Kick and kick and kick some more until they have tumbled over the precipice into nothing.
Now come back and relax after all your effort. Begin to breathe, let your heart rate slow,
Slower now, quieter, til you can feel your heart beat as slow and regular.
Visualize your heart and the liquid- filled sac around your heart that cushions it. Notice any dark spots. Release these darker areas and fill the pericardium and your heart with the purest, finest light you can imagine.
Feel your heart as strong with all the arteries flowing clear, sending the sparkling light throughout your body like a million tiny stars running through your bloodstream-
Rest here awhile, feeling lighter, feeling healed. Just for right now, no one wants anything from you. For right now, you don't want anything from anyone else. You are just here, floating, resting, relaxing, the light running through your body.
Focusing once again on your heart area, feel your heart join with a heart of higher consciousness, the heart of all that is.
Begin to spiral out now into the stars, into the solar systems and farther still into the space between the galaxies. Observe the movement of energy on this level, wonder at the vastness of the patterns, be aware of the consciousness within all of life. Be here awhile.
*******
And now begin to spiral back, slowly rotating with the stars, back to this galaxy, this system, spiralling back to your own heart that holds all within it, aligned with the greater pattern. Back to the being that is you right now, grateful to be part of it all.
Awake, refreshed and at peace for this moment in your day.
This takes alot of work---there are so many!-----Keep on workin'-------------------------
There. Now picture these boxes on the edge of a cliff and begin to kick them over
(Don't worry- they will biodegrade!) Kick and kick and kick some more until they have tumbled over the precipice into nothing.
Now come back and relax after all your effort. Begin to breathe, let your heart rate slow,
Slower now, quieter, til you can feel your heart beat as slow and regular.
Visualize your heart and the liquid- filled sac around your heart that cushions it. Notice any dark spots. Release these darker areas and fill the pericardium and your heart with the purest, finest light you can imagine.
Feel your heart as strong with all the arteries flowing clear, sending the sparkling light throughout your body like a million tiny stars running through your bloodstream-
Rest here awhile, feeling lighter, feeling healed. Just for right now, no one wants anything from you. For right now, you don't want anything from anyone else. You are just here, floating, resting, relaxing, the light running through your body.
Focusing once again on your heart area, feel your heart join with a heart of higher consciousness, the heart of all that is.
Begin to spiral out now into the stars, into the solar systems and farther still into the space between the galaxies. Observe the movement of energy on this level, wonder at the vastness of the patterns, be aware of the consciousness within all of life. Be here awhile.
*******
And now begin to spiral back, slowly rotating with the stars, back to this galaxy, this system, spiralling back to your own heart that holds all within it, aligned with the greater pattern. Back to the being that is you right now, grateful to be part of it all.
Awake, refreshed and at peace for this moment in your day.
Friday, February 1, 2013
Violet flame
Feeling kind of funky? Try this meditation-
Sit or lie down comfortably. Breathe. As you do, realize you haven't been breathing very deeply.
Sometimes we get so caught up in our heads we don't inhabit our bodies- we are unaware of how much tension we are holding.
Breathe again very deeply and let go of some of your tension. Breathe again and slow down, in your body, in your mind. Take a few moments to check in with yourself.
Stay with this awhile, just breathing.
***
Some of what we have stored in our body and aura is stuck energy- our own and energy that other people have thrown our way. Sometimes, in order to feel good again, we need to clear this energy.
I use a violet flame for this kind of clearing.
Starting below your feet, begin to imagine a huge violet flame. Change your aura's light to violet and visualize yourself as a violet flame from below your feet to above your head.
This flame is not hot, it is cool. It flickers and crackles in energy waves.
Let the flame consume and transmute any negative energy that has gotten stuck in your aura.
Feel it purifying your energy field. Let it work for as long as it needs- no effort. You will know when you start to feel better.
***
The violet changes to white-violet. The air around you begins to change. It is like the air
after a lightening storm--
Cleansed, refreshed and charged with positive energy.
You can breathe more freely now. You have space.
The air is exciting, clean and new. You have given yourself a healthy new start in body,mind and Spirit.
If you wish, expand the violet flame to include the space you are in right now- home, office , where ever. Any energy leftover from old disagreements, etc, will be dissipated. You will have a "clean" house or workspace, too.
Whew! What a relief!
More extensive meditations available for download at http://www.meditatewithfriends.com.
For cds go to http://www.meditatewithfamily.com.
Sit or lie down comfortably. Breathe. As you do, realize you haven't been breathing very deeply.
Sometimes we get so caught up in our heads we don't inhabit our bodies- we are unaware of how much tension we are holding.
Breathe again very deeply and let go of some of your tension. Breathe again and slow down, in your body, in your mind. Take a few moments to check in with yourself.
Stay with this awhile, just breathing.
***
Some of what we have stored in our body and aura is stuck energy- our own and energy that other people have thrown our way. Sometimes, in order to feel good again, we need to clear this energy.
I use a violet flame for this kind of clearing.
Starting below your feet, begin to imagine a huge violet flame. Change your aura's light to violet and visualize yourself as a violet flame from below your feet to above your head.
This flame is not hot, it is cool. It flickers and crackles in energy waves.
Let the flame consume and transmute any negative energy that has gotten stuck in your aura.
Feel it purifying your energy field. Let it work for as long as it needs- no effort. You will know when you start to feel better.
***
The violet changes to white-violet. The air around you begins to change. It is like the air
after a lightening storm--
Cleansed, refreshed and charged with positive energy.
You can breathe more freely now. You have space.
The air is exciting, clean and new. You have given yourself a healthy new start in body,mind and Spirit.
If you wish, expand the violet flame to include the space you are in right now- home, office , where ever. Any energy leftover from old disagreements, etc, will be dissipated. You will have a "clean" house or workspace, too.
Whew! What a relief!
More extensive meditations available for download at http://www.meditatewithfriends.com.
For cds go to http://www.meditatewithfamily.com.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
A New Year
This is an example of what happens in our meditation circle. We start with a personal perspective in the first part and then it often changes into something more universal. A prayer for those who need it- so if you are not fond of prayer - this one is not for you-
Breathe, and begin to let go of your day. Breathe again and let go of all it took to get here tonight.
This year has not been an easy one for alot of us. Changes, health worries, unexpected occurrences, sometimes dragging energy.
But now you are on the other side of all this. Think for a moment of how you have been made stronger by living through all of these challenges.
Just for a moment, cradle these challenges, hold them close to you, and thank them for their presence.
***
Now, loosen your hold on these dramas, breathe, and let them go- see them go flying into the atmosphere- shooting up and zipping away, let go of their energy- last year is over!
Feel the atmosphere of higher space, thinner air come rushing into you- scouring you out with a fine wind. Loosening any debris- anything you don't need.
Feel the energy of the universe and ground up to meet it.
Feel it cleansing you, every atom, every cell , hollowing you out, then bringing in new light into your core.
You sense you will be able to sound new notes now, notes you have not made before.
Bring in the Light of promise, of connection-- to friends, to God and Goddess, to Hope.
Let this light settle within you, calming you.
***
Let the light settle further, into your heart. Make a heart connection to the people in this circle.
Bring in more light and let it pour into the center of the circle.
***
You begin to see something forming in the center of the circle.
It is a huge cup or chalice.
It is filled with Light from our heart chakras and Light from above.
Allow the light to fill to the brim and begin to spill over-
Let it fill the hearts of all people affected by recent tragedy- Mothers, fathers, siblings, rescue workers. Continue to pour light from your heart chakra into the cup.
***
Now bring in more Light from above. Let the cup dissolve and see in its place a Goddess-
the Goddess of Compassion.
She is golden, welcoming and full of love.
See her open her arms and let the people who have passed over this year enter her arms and receive Her Light, Her love, and Her peace.
See the Goddess and her angels guiding these souls out of confusion and into the Greater Light.
***
And now as we begin to close our circle, thank all the helpers, seen and unseen.
Open your seventh chakra and let the light of compassion flood your body. flowing through your bloodstream, filling your aura, until it is strong and elastic and whole. Until you feel you are a warrior for the Light.
***
Know that the Light of Healing will be passed on to those who need it.
Thank you for your help and openness in this process tonight- God Bless-
Breathe, and begin to let go of your day. Breathe again and let go of all it took to get here tonight.
This year has not been an easy one for alot of us. Changes, health worries, unexpected occurrences, sometimes dragging energy.
But now you are on the other side of all this. Think for a moment of how you have been made stronger by living through all of these challenges.
Just for a moment, cradle these challenges, hold them close to you, and thank them for their presence.
***
Now, loosen your hold on these dramas, breathe, and let them go- see them go flying into the atmosphere- shooting up and zipping away, let go of their energy- last year is over!
Feel the atmosphere of higher space, thinner air come rushing into you- scouring you out with a fine wind. Loosening any debris- anything you don't need.
Feel the energy of the universe and ground up to meet it.
Feel it cleansing you, every atom, every cell , hollowing you out, then bringing in new light into your core.
You sense you will be able to sound new notes now, notes you have not made before.
Bring in the Light of promise, of connection-- to friends, to God and Goddess, to Hope.
Let this light settle within you, calming you.
***
Let the light settle further, into your heart. Make a heart connection to the people in this circle.
Bring in more light and let it pour into the center of the circle.
***
You begin to see something forming in the center of the circle.
It is a huge cup or chalice.
It is filled with Light from our heart chakras and Light from above.
Allow the light to fill to the brim and begin to spill over-
Let it fill the hearts of all people affected by recent tragedy- Mothers, fathers, siblings, rescue workers. Continue to pour light from your heart chakra into the cup.
***
Now bring in more Light from above. Let the cup dissolve and see in its place a Goddess-
the Goddess of Compassion.
She is golden, welcoming and full of love.
See her open her arms and let the people who have passed over this year enter her arms and receive Her Light, Her love, and Her peace.
See the Goddess and her angels guiding these souls out of confusion and into the Greater Light.
***
And now as we begin to close our circle, thank all the helpers, seen and unseen.
Open your seventh chakra and let the light of compassion flood your body. flowing through your bloodstream, filling your aura, until it is strong and elastic and whole. Until you feel you are a warrior for the Light.
***
Know that the Light of Healing will be passed on to those who need it.
Thank you for your help and openness in this process tonight- God Bless-
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
We are all wounded
I thought not to write a post, since the terrible shootings. But then I found a meditation I wrote it in 2003 probably after the death of my mom or dad and I am directed to place it here.
Go into your body- find a tender place, a place that hurts from something that has happened in this life. Feel how like a wound that place is- tender to the touch, sore.
It may be from a long time ago. It may be from some time recently. We tend to clench up as things hurt us. We get tighter and tighter until we really can't remember why we are so defended against life. Tense in certain parts of our body and our mind.
Tonight, if you would like , I invite you to go into that hardness and begin to soften your stance, as you will, towards your wound.
We are all wounded. We are all also strong. Sometimes the strongest thing we can do is feel the pain.
So, slowly, approach one particular hard spot. Find it in your body or your mind. Do you know where it came from? Start to remember the incident or circumstance that caused that tightening.
Be very compassionate with yourself. Just soften it a little. Open just a bit. Breathe. Stay with that a while.
Begin to see how that sorrow has formed you as a person. Instead of clenching your body, open slowly, gently.
Open your wound and let in love. There are great lessons in sorrow, great growth can come from it.
Open to the light of God. Flood your sorrow with light. Open, expand your sorrow with light.
Feel it transform into love. Love is the reason behind all that is. Your pain transforms into the light, until it is sending love out to all the world. Until it creates more light, more light to transform into the glory of creation.
Let go. Let go of the pain. Let go of the Love.
And Love will be returned to you a thousandfold.
We are all children of the love that forms the universe. The love that holds the universe together.
Nothing is ever lost. Everything is transformed into love.
Surrender into God and Goddess's love.
Namaste.
Go into your body- find a tender place, a place that hurts from something that has happened in this life. Feel how like a wound that place is- tender to the touch, sore.
It may be from a long time ago. It may be from some time recently. We tend to clench up as things hurt us. We get tighter and tighter until we really can't remember why we are so defended against life. Tense in certain parts of our body and our mind.
Tonight, if you would like , I invite you to go into that hardness and begin to soften your stance, as you will, towards your wound.
We are all wounded. We are all also strong. Sometimes the strongest thing we can do is feel the pain.
So, slowly, approach one particular hard spot. Find it in your body or your mind. Do you know where it came from? Start to remember the incident or circumstance that caused that tightening.
Be very compassionate with yourself. Just soften it a little. Open just a bit. Breathe. Stay with that a while.
Begin to see how that sorrow has formed you as a person. Instead of clenching your body, open slowly, gently.
Open your wound and let in love. There are great lessons in sorrow, great growth can come from it.
Open to the light of God. Flood your sorrow with light. Open, expand your sorrow with light.
Feel it transform into love. Love is the reason behind all that is. Your pain transforms into the light, until it is sending love out to all the world. Until it creates more light, more light to transform into the glory of creation.
Let go. Let go of the pain. Let go of the Love.
And Love will be returned to you a thousandfold.
We are all children of the love that forms the universe. The love that holds the universe together.
Nothing is ever lost. Everything is transformed into love.
Surrender into God and Goddess's love.
Namaste.
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