Been thinking so much about time and consciousness lately.
I have all these memories of my parents, childhood, being a young parent.
Memories are specific. You let most of them fall away. Only the ones that are somehow meaningful to you rise to the surface.
They are sensory, like a candy you roll around in your mouth, tasting each subtle flavor, making it last.
Others cause pain and regret, "coming back to haunt you."
But I realize, when I am gone, these will be gone, too.
These incidents in consciousness that I think have a huge solidity, a life of their own, will simply no longer be. There will be no one to return to them.
The only way to pass them on is to tell someone who more or less cares and might then share them with someone else and even then, it is only an approximation.
Or to write, paint, sculpt, write a song about what that moment in time was for you.
Several months before he died, a friend of mine described lying in a hotel room in Hawaii, quite a few floors up, the tradewinds blowing over him through both of the windows.
He said it was so beautiful, that he was so peaceful.
I put myself in his place for a moment and knew, by his tone of voice, that he was experiencing bliss and no-time, wonder and joy, the sweetness of existence.
I think of this often. It comforts me, and I share a little of his existence again, the sweet part, and I am so glad he felt this way and shared it with me.
I have no conclusion to this piece, just the ephemeral nature of life and memory-
sweet, painful, grateful and sad all at once.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Healing colds and viruses
Once in a awhile, we catch a virus or cold. I have been working on curing mine. Before you go to sleep, or while lying around, try this visualization-
Close your eyes and begin to breathe. Notice the symptoms of your illness. Now, go into your body and push the symptoms and the virus out of your body and into your aura.
Picture it leaving your body and going into the 2 or 3 feet around your body. Do this with the front of your body, the sides, the back, above your head to below your feet.
This can be pretty instantaneous or take some time. Next push the symptoms and virus out of your aura in the same way. Visualize the membrane of your aura and push the virus out of your aura with a pop! Do this at the back of your body, sides, front and above your head and below your feet. Do both processes a few times.
Now, bring in golden healing from above your head and begin to fill your body with it. Let it fill your feet, your legs, your lower body. Bring in more light and fill your lungs, picturing them clean and clear, the area around your heart, your bronchial area, clean and clear. Move on up and fill your throat, your glands, your nose and sinuses with the golden, honey- colored light. Let every cell absorb the light, every cell becoming full with perfect health.
Then let the light fill your aura with health and strengthen the membrane around you so it is impervious to any other imbalance out there.
You can do this numerous times. You might fall asleep while doing it- that's good.
Of course, take your various remedies or doctor- prescribed antidotes, too.
If you have a fever, become one with the fever and visualize it burning out the imbalance. But don't let it get too high.
So, this will hopefully speed up the process of getting well and returning to good health.
Til next time, Lia
Close your eyes and begin to breathe. Notice the symptoms of your illness. Now, go into your body and push the symptoms and the virus out of your body and into your aura.
Picture it leaving your body and going into the 2 or 3 feet around your body. Do this with the front of your body, the sides, the back, above your head to below your feet.
This can be pretty instantaneous or take some time. Next push the symptoms and virus out of your aura in the same way. Visualize the membrane of your aura and push the virus out of your aura with a pop! Do this at the back of your body, sides, front and above your head and below your feet. Do both processes a few times.
Now, bring in golden healing from above your head and begin to fill your body with it. Let it fill your feet, your legs, your lower body. Bring in more light and fill your lungs, picturing them clean and clear, the area around your heart, your bronchial area, clean and clear. Move on up and fill your throat, your glands, your nose and sinuses with the golden, honey- colored light. Let every cell absorb the light, every cell becoming full with perfect health.
Then let the light fill your aura with health and strengthen the membrane around you so it is impervious to any other imbalance out there.
You can do this numerous times. You might fall asleep while doing it- that's good.
Of course, take your various remedies or doctor- prescribed antidotes, too.
If you have a fever, become one with the fever and visualize it burning out the imbalance. But don't let it get too high.
So, this will hopefully speed up the process of getting well and returning to good health.
Til next time, Lia
Friday, February 20, 2015
Free Meditations to Stream
I am pleased to announce there are two meditations up on my website, http://www.meditatewithfriends.com. They are free to stream.
The first one, Journey to Healing, is 25 minutes of deep body healing, co-written by yoga instructor Paul Vasquez.
The second one, The Temple, is 18 minutes, allowing you to release fear, further enhancing your healing.
Feel free to comment on them! Wishing you peace- Lia
Streaming now, I will figure out the download Monday-
Oops! Cannot get the download feature on the hosting site. The college student meditation is available for download on the products page. I had to hire an expert to get that on, so for now, the streaming is it-
The first one, Journey to Healing, is 25 minutes of deep body healing, co-written by yoga instructor Paul Vasquez.
The second one, The Temple, is 18 minutes, allowing you to release fear, further enhancing your healing.
Feel free to comment on them! Wishing you peace- Lia
Streaming now, I will figure out the download Monday-
Oops! Cannot get the download feature on the hosting site. The college student meditation is available for download on the products page. I had to hire an expert to get that on, so for now, the streaming is it-
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Cave of the Goddess
I have tried to create these blogs so they are easy to do at work, or anywhere. Every once in awhile I like to take you deeper, going on a longer meditative journey as we do in our circle. So, fair warning- here we go.
Do you ever feel, at the end of the day, like you are stuck full of little pins and needles of other people's energy? We are going to go through the chakras and release all of these.
So, breathe and release, starting with your feet and legs, pulling out all these darts of energy. Moving up to your first chakra at the base of your spine, breathe, and on the outflow, blow away these points of energy. Go to your belly and release. Be sure to get to the front and sides of your chakras, too. Solar plexus, heart chakra and throat chakra, release. Pull out other people's thoughts, ideas, words thrown at you. Sixth chakra at your forehead, release.
Yawn, stretch your shoulders, arms and hands, blow it all away until you are free of all these mostly unintentional hurts, all these attentions directed towards you, all these judgments. Relax your face, your eyes, your jaw. Breathe, releasing on the outflow, until you are clean and clear in your own energy. Take a deep cleansing breath and fill with your own light. Ahhhh, breath flowing easily now, like clear water running through you. Relax..
***
And now, you hear a bird calling, a clear, sweet voice, calling to you. Follow the sound along a stream. Rising up, the bird is flying ahead of you, urging you on. You climb higher. You can hear the bird, the water flowing in the stream. You feel the sunlight on your skin, you see the light, green and gold.
Climbing further, you see a waterfall now, coming down in a sheet of water, over the rocks and moss.
You climb to the side and step behind the waterfall.
It is dimmer here. Looking back to where you came from, you can see the world through the sheet of water, but removed from you.
It is not your concern now, you can let go of your world- it will wait for your return.
You turn and follow the passage deeper into the hill.
It is a long journey. The path curves around and around, going deeper into the mountain.
It is not too dark; the walls seem to be changing to a soft gold and red material like sandstone. On you trek and finally you come to a widening of the passage.
There is a room with the sunlight coming from above, high in the rock. And there is a lady, who greets you. She offers you a place to rest and hands you a gourd hollowed out for drinking.
You see the golden, shimmering liquid and you drink.
It flows into your body, healing all your cells,
flowing into each molecule, healing, calming, soothing,
and magically, you feel you can release any pattern that doesn't serve you,
any old habits you would like to let go of, patterns of behaviour, relationship patterns, unease, anything-
you release from your body and aura.
Feel the old patterns being lifted out of your body-
any imbalance is lifted out and taken away to be dissipated into nothing, the structure collapsing into itself, like brittle toothpicks in your hands, turned to dust.
Do this again, and again, until you feel clear-
***
In their place you set a new grid of energy- into your body and mind- flexible, flowing, full of light and health-
all flowing easily, creatively, powerfully. Sit with this feeling for awhile.
***
And now your guide takes you to a ledge. You sit together, looking out over a landscape of energy.
You see the flow of energy moving, like muscles, below you- shifting, changing color.
You see the sky above with stars in an orange and rose-colored sky-
Earth and sky communicating.
You see that all is energy
and that you can learn from this energy, work with it, perceive it-
***
you are full of gratitude for this insight.
Standing up now, you embrace your guide,thanking her. She leads you to the passageway, where you journey once again, turning this way and that, til you hear the sound of the waterfall.
Slipping through the veil, you come back
to this green earth, following the stream now, back to this life.
Becoming grounded in your body, gently slipping back into your regular waking consciousness and into this room.
Namaste, Lia
Do you ever feel, at the end of the day, like you are stuck full of little pins and needles of other people's energy? We are going to go through the chakras and release all of these.
So, breathe and release, starting with your feet and legs, pulling out all these darts of energy. Moving up to your first chakra at the base of your spine, breathe, and on the outflow, blow away these points of energy. Go to your belly and release. Be sure to get to the front and sides of your chakras, too. Solar plexus, heart chakra and throat chakra, release. Pull out other people's thoughts, ideas, words thrown at you. Sixth chakra at your forehead, release.
Yawn, stretch your shoulders, arms and hands, blow it all away until you are free of all these mostly unintentional hurts, all these attentions directed towards you, all these judgments. Relax your face, your eyes, your jaw. Breathe, releasing on the outflow, until you are clean and clear in your own energy. Take a deep cleansing breath and fill with your own light. Ahhhh, breath flowing easily now, like clear water running through you. Relax..
***
And now, you hear a bird calling, a clear, sweet voice, calling to you. Follow the sound along a stream. Rising up, the bird is flying ahead of you, urging you on. You climb higher. You can hear the bird, the water flowing in the stream. You feel the sunlight on your skin, you see the light, green and gold.
Climbing further, you see a waterfall now, coming down in a sheet of water, over the rocks and moss.
You climb to the side and step behind the waterfall.
It is dimmer here. Looking back to where you came from, you can see the world through the sheet of water, but removed from you.
It is not your concern now, you can let go of your world- it will wait for your return.
You turn and follow the passage deeper into the hill.
It is a long journey. The path curves around and around, going deeper into the mountain.
It is not too dark; the walls seem to be changing to a soft gold and red material like sandstone. On you trek and finally you come to a widening of the passage.
There is a room with the sunlight coming from above, high in the rock. And there is a lady, who greets you. She offers you a place to rest and hands you a gourd hollowed out for drinking.
You see the golden, shimmering liquid and you drink.
It flows into your body, healing all your cells,
flowing into each molecule, healing, calming, soothing,
and magically, you feel you can release any pattern that doesn't serve you,
any old habits you would like to let go of, patterns of behaviour, relationship patterns, unease, anything-
you release from your body and aura.
Feel the old patterns being lifted out of your body-
any imbalance is lifted out and taken away to be dissipated into nothing, the structure collapsing into itself, like brittle toothpicks in your hands, turned to dust.
Do this again, and again, until you feel clear-
***
In their place you set a new grid of energy- into your body and mind- flexible, flowing, full of light and health-
all flowing easily, creatively, powerfully. Sit with this feeling for awhile.
***
And now your guide takes you to a ledge. You sit together, looking out over a landscape of energy.
You see the flow of energy moving, like muscles, below you- shifting, changing color.
You see the sky above with stars in an orange and rose-colored sky-
Earth and sky communicating.
You see that all is energy
and that you can learn from this energy, work with it, perceive it-
***
you are full of gratitude for this insight.
Standing up now, you embrace your guide,thanking her. She leads you to the passageway, where you journey once again, turning this way and that, til you hear the sound of the waterfall.
Slipping through the veil, you come back
to this green earth, following the stream now, back to this life.
Becoming grounded in your body, gently slipping back into your regular waking consciousness and into this room.
Namaste, Lia
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
The Void
Sometimes your creativity seems to come to a halt. You feel you don't have any ideas, or at least, nothing worth working on. During these times it is important to realize you are in the void.
No reason to panic. It is a resting phase, a dormancy.
Like plants that seem to die off in the winter, it is actually good for them to get a good frost. They come back even healthier in the Spring.
So, relax, leave your mind blank. Allow yourself to leave your materials alone. You are free! To achieve nothing!
Read, lie around, take naps.
In the void, you are seeding yourself in ways you are not aware of. You are paying attention to other things - other people's work, nature, your own emotions- that you will use later.
If you want to, after awhile, cross- pollinate during this time. Write, if you are a sculptor, draw if you are a writer, with no care for the outcome. Just goof around.
One thing you can do, is this. Visualize a huge golden sun of your own energy above your head. Start to bring it into your body, beginning with the top of your head. Slowly bring the golden light all the way through to your feet, breaking off at your heart chakra to fan out to the ends of your fingertips, until you are like a huge star.
Do this a few times a day with a clearing and healing intent- it feels good.
Soon, when you least expect it, your creativity will rebound, perhaps in a whole new way, leading you into a new phase.
It always does. The energy of the universe is limitless, as are your ideas and your imagination.
Namaste, Lia
No reason to panic. It is a resting phase, a dormancy.
Like plants that seem to die off in the winter, it is actually good for them to get a good frost. They come back even healthier in the Spring.
So, relax, leave your mind blank. Allow yourself to leave your materials alone. You are free! To achieve nothing!
Read, lie around, take naps.
In the void, you are seeding yourself in ways you are not aware of. You are paying attention to other things - other people's work, nature, your own emotions- that you will use later.
If you want to, after awhile, cross- pollinate during this time. Write, if you are a sculptor, draw if you are a writer, with no care for the outcome. Just goof around.
One thing you can do, is this. Visualize a huge golden sun of your own energy above your head. Start to bring it into your body, beginning with the top of your head. Slowly bring the golden light all the way through to your feet, breaking off at your heart chakra to fan out to the ends of your fingertips, until you are like a huge star.
Do this a few times a day with a clearing and healing intent- it feels good.
Soon, when you least expect it, your creativity will rebound, perhaps in a whole new way, leading you into a new phase.
It always does. The energy of the universe is limitless, as are your ideas and your imagination.
Namaste, Lia
Monday, December 22, 2014
Take a break
There is alot of anxiety and fear around lately. Try this one to help yourself feel better.
Imagine yourself tip to toe as a huge sponge. You know how people say we are like sponges- especially those of us who are sensitive. We do pick up on other people's energy and on the general mood of the world.
So, as a sponge, wring yourself out- lengthwise, sideways, all ways.
Do it again, and then again. Do this until you feel empty of thought forms. You might even cry or laugh it is such a relief. Empty, empty, empty, get it all out of there.
***
Rest awhile. Take a few deep breaths. Start to feel your own body again, sitting there. Empty, Light, Breathing.
Gently spin your chakras.
***
Feeling quiet, peaceful now, bring in a color of light from above, one you like. It can be anything. Let the color come to you- don't try to resist or change what comes to you.
This color is the one you feel most comfortable in, the color that is most you.
Let the color come in, filling every cell with healing. Feel your body soak it up, like a needed nutrient.
Ah, that feels good, to be in your own healing color, in your own energy.
***
The color begins to glow brighter, then brighter, burning off any residue you don't need or want.
Now let your color merge with white light, becoming radiant, powerful, confident. Shining out in all directions from your aura.
May you be protected through the rest of your day and may your presence be a blessing to those you come in contact with.
Namaste, Lia
P.S. Go to "Winter Meditation" for a deeper experience honoring this holiday season-that would be December 17, 2013 blog
Imagine yourself tip to toe as a huge sponge. You know how people say we are like sponges- especially those of us who are sensitive. We do pick up on other people's energy and on the general mood of the world.
So, as a sponge, wring yourself out- lengthwise, sideways, all ways.
Do it again, and then again. Do this until you feel empty of thought forms. You might even cry or laugh it is such a relief. Empty, empty, empty, get it all out of there.
***
Rest awhile. Take a few deep breaths. Start to feel your own body again, sitting there. Empty, Light, Breathing.
Gently spin your chakras.
***
Feeling quiet, peaceful now, bring in a color of light from above, one you like. It can be anything. Let the color come to you- don't try to resist or change what comes to you.
This color is the one you feel most comfortable in, the color that is most you.
Let the color come in, filling every cell with healing. Feel your body soak it up, like a needed nutrient.
Ah, that feels good, to be in your own healing color, in your own energy.
***
The color begins to glow brighter, then brighter, burning off any residue you don't need or want.
Now let your color merge with white light, becoming radiant, powerful, confident. Shining out in all directions from your aura.
May you be protected through the rest of your day and may your presence be a blessing to those you come in contact with.
Namaste, Lia
P.S. Go to "Winter Meditation" for a deeper experience honoring this holiday season-that would be December 17, 2013 blog
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Gift yourself for the holidays
I almost forgot, if you want to get away from holiday stress, go to meditatewithfriends.com and download my newest meditations. I think there are six or eight to choose from including The River, The Castle, and Mountain Lake ( one of my favorites).
For those of you using the blog, this is your chance to hear my voice, and experience what we do in meditation class for a guided journey.
There is also a free meditation for college and/or high school students.
May your holidays be filled with love and magic- Lia
For those of you using the blog, this is your chance to hear my voice, and experience what we do in meditation class for a guided journey.
There is also a free meditation for college and/or high school students.
May your holidays be filled with love and magic- Lia
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