For millennia, winter solstice celebrations have heralded the return of the light and are a time of quiet reflection. In many Native American cultures, tribes and families would gather to start up a new year at the solstice. At this special celebration, they would make a request to the Great Spirit to eliminate certain things that they no longer wanted in their lives. As a way of representing this, they would craft six arrows: three to represent the things they did not want and three for the things they did want. They called them "death" arrows and "life" arrows because they held respectfully, the things they wanted to be out of their lives … [Read more...]
Expressing Love Beyond Conditions
When every human being continuously expresses love beyond conditions, our world will transform itself. In the meantime, we can consciously chose to move through every moment with an open heart, with no expectations and operating as stress free as possible. It is important that we celebrate each day no matter if the shopping lines are long, the traffic congested, and/or our interactions with people more challenging. All of these conditions can be handled well by sustaining love, humor, flexibility, and a sense of adventure. Many of us who are deeply sensitive are dealing with compassion fatigue which can create feelings of spiritual … [Read more...]
Transitions: Powerful Times of Transformation
We are constantly moving through transitions-predictable times of self-discovery, healing, and change. At this time we are experiencing a particularly intense period of transition regarding global and personal transformation. We must recognize that we are in a time of tremendous shift, trust ourselves and what's in store for our future, and move through these tumultuous times with lightness, love and a knowing that we are prepared. It is essential that we love continuously now and let go of more in our lives then ever before.We may experience transitions as chaotic, discombobulating, or disorientating such as misplacing our keys, getting lost … [Read more...]
Sustaining Light in Your Life
This is a time of unprecedented transformation so we must sustain lightness in life. We are all being challenged to let go of anything that doesn't serve or support the love, joy, peace and abundance we want in our lives. Transformation at this level feels turbulent, unsteady and sometimes like the ground is shifting under our feet. Like a surfer, it requires us to remain balanced, grounded, and steady as we move through these shifting waves. Sustaining lightness gives us the ability to move beyond any circumstance with complete trust in ourselves and the source of light through us. But, how do we sustain lightness without falling off our … [Read more...]
Choices That Invite in Miracles
Five years after having been diagnosed with breast cancer, I am reminded daily that we can make discerning choices that invite a series of unspeakably perfect miracles. Choices that invite miracles are those that dramatically alter our perspective, open us to transformation, and manifest something beyond what we ever thought possible. When we consciously declare our intention and direct our energy positively, we are likely to make such choices, which can transform our thoughts, bodies and ultimately, our lives.Choices that invite miracles are initiated by our cocreation with source-light energy. These choices take us outside our bodies, … [Read more...]
Autumn a Time of Transformation
"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts...There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter." - Rachel CarsonAutumn is a time of personal transformation. It is a season of permanence and change where we find the inner reserves of strength to change as well. To do this, we have to take the time to go within, release energy blocks and move through this regenerative clearing process as a part of our spiritual development.As we were admiring the brilliant scarlet leaves of my Japanese … [Read more...]
Confronting Our Deepest Vulnerabilities
Facing our deepest vulnerabilities is the path to healing ourselves and expressing our fullest potential. So many of us hide behind a wall of resistance, afraid that if we let our guard down, let someone in, or let our feelings emerge, we will spiral out of control. However, when we lean into our deepest fears and insecurities, we are more open to transformation than at any other time. In these moments of spiritual crisis, we can peel away the hard shell of our humanity revealing the light of our being.We start by taking time alone to make ourselves available to our emotional pain. Confronting our vulnerabilities can make us feel anxious, … [Read more...]
Listening to Your Heart
Most of us have been raised in cultures that value the head over the heart, logic over intuition and thought over inner knowing. As a result, we have lost touch with the inner voice that lets us know us who we are. We often listen to our mental dictates and beliefs instead of tuning in to the whisper of spirit through our heart. This physical habit can feel as ingrained as the way we breathe or walk. However, with effort and conscious awareness, we can shift our energy to our hearts, listening and responding from this much deeper, more resonant place.Our analytical brain gives us a limited perspective-from the past. Like a computer, it can … [Read more...]
Disengaging From Negative People
Many people who we come into contact with everyday have difficulty being accountable for own lives. Rather than taking responsibility for their choices, they often become defensive, blame others, and/or play mind games trying to protect their own ego. People stuck in these toxic patterns can be depleting to our energies and highly destructive. When we interact or are in relationship with them, we think we have to play the same games to defend ourselves, but this only leads to deeper confusion, more conflict, and erodes our true sense of ourselves.The best way to detach from people who engage in such negative patterns is to disengage from the … [Read more...]
Opening Our Heart Links Us to Our Being
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched. They must be felt with the heart." - Hellen KellerOpening our heart links us to our true being. When we open our hearts, light flows through us as pure love, allowing us to receive and transmit energy that is divinely sourced. With an open heart, we can channel spiritual information, bypassing the incessant chatter of the brain and experience new possibilities. We can tap into this energy to create inspired choices in our lives.In this state of open-heartedness, we feel relaxed and compassionate toward everyone and everything around us and experience a state of … [Read more...]
