How has your month of March been going? The crazy train showed up at my doorstep filled with circuses and flying monkeys, which told me...the March Full Moon energy is doing some heavy spring cleaning in prep for the Spring Equinox and the New Moon. I even had a non-spiritual friend call me and ask "What is going on with this full moon? My significant other yelled at me for replacing the empty toilet roll paper will a full one and all of my friends are acting bat sh*t crazy!!!" My response... Take a Deep Refreshing Breathe Take a Deep Nourishing Breathe Take a Deep Restorative Breathe Be the Calm in the Middle of The Chaos...As This Too Shall Pass! Invitations of the March Spring Equinox and New Moon Invite balance into the parts of your life that feel out of alignment. Look at where things feel out of balance in your life. Where do things feel off-kilter? Where do you feel out of alignment? Are there ways you can bring more balance into those parts of your life? Wake up. Time to “Rise & Shine”. After months of hibernating and focusing inward, it is time to wake up and become alive again. Embrace this new beginning. Ask yourself “What excites me right now? What inspires me? What do I feel drawn toward?” Open yourself to new beginnings. You’re moving into a season of phenomenal & monumental growth. And you have the power to grow deeply and profoundly, this season. You do not need to know the what & how! You don’t have to know what’s going to grow for you, you don’t need to know what it looks like or how it’s going to happen. You only need to trust that spring is the beginning of the growth season. Open yourself up to the potential of new beginnings in the weeks ahead. Tend your soil. The gardener knows – before any seeds can be planted, the soil must be rich enough to support new life. What groundwork do you need to do before you can support new growth in your life? What do your body & spirit need, in order to provide the rich, fertile soil required for new seeds to take root? Ready to find a little more balance? Check out my guided March Shamanic Experience. If you are unable to attend, no worries, the session will be recorded. MAGICAL THINGS TO CHECK OUT
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Today is the March Full Moon. I can tell because my sleep has been restless since Saturday due to a mix of toss/turning and crazy dreams. I've been feeling scattered and ungrounded. This AM I awoke from the craziest dream that I will title: SUITCASE STORIES In this dream I'm waiting in front of a hotel for a bus to take me to the airport with other people (friends/family). As I wait, I realize that I don't have my suitcase, so I return to the hotel and get my suitcase. When I return to the front of the hotel, I realize that everyone had left for the airport and left me behind with their suitcases. I was angry and upset. And then the questions entered my mind:
I ordered a taxi. As I waited in the crowded street, panicking that I would miss the flight, I spoke to a traffic cop. After we spoke, I noticed one of the pieces of luggage was missing. I then realized that everyone was eyeing all of the baggage I had around me as if they wanted it. I realized that I couldn't fight them off, so I decided... This isn't my baggage...feel free to take it! By the time the taxi arrived, the only suitcase that was left was mine. The lesson of this dream (as I've coached clients around this subject), is that people will intentionally create drama in your life with the expectation that you will drop everything and cater to their drama. As a result, your needs are pushed to the back burner. When you put your needs first or express frustration about the drama, these drama people don't want to hear about it and will make you feel guilty for even considering putting yourself first. After all - it's all about them! The intention of this March Full Moon is to bring old wounds to the surface that need to be dealt with. These old wounds can magnify where we have not been taking care of ourselves. My dream is fully lined up with this March Full Moon. Looks like I need to remove some baggage! So, in summary, the purpose of this full moon energy is to point out.... Where in your life have you been putting your needs second in order to maintain a relationship (personal or professional)? What baggage (old story) do you need to lose in order to take better care of yourself and put your needs first? Link to learn more about the March Full Moon: Forever Conscious MAGICAL THINGS TO CHECK OUTBook are a portable kind of magic. Sit back relax and let the book give you the answer. ~Robin Rosenstiel This week I purged my bookcase of books that no longer spoke to me. 13 books to be exact (mix of coaching and self-help books) which will be donated to the local bookstore called Voices Book Nook. To me, books have a portable magic to them. The right book always seems to appear with the answers I'm looking for before I even ask the question. Some of my personal favorites:
So, imagine my surprise when 2 books appeared to me this week via Facebook ads and News Programs: The Botanist murder mystery reminded me of the creative project I want to start this Spring - create a Nature/Plant Sound Essence CD based on local Poison Plants. As far the McMasters Gide to Homicide, I read the first few pages via Amazon (for free) and the book just made me giggle. Imagine a Harry Potter Style University for Homicide Training At lunch on Saturday, I was telling a friend (who likes mystery books) about the two books that magically appeared this week. I then asked her the question...I wonder what my expertise would be. And her response "Poison Plants". Go figure!!! Needless to say, I ordered the books as these two books have really sparked my curiosity. As for the title of this blog, Rupert Holmes (the man who wrote/sang Pina Colloda song) wrote the Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide book. So obviously, I will have to drink Pina Collada's while I read this book. What books have inspired you over the years? WEEKLY MINI-SOUND BATHMAGICAL THINGS TO CHECK OUTThe Tibetan New Year is on February 21st this year. You might be asking yourself... What does the Tibetan New Year have to do with me and my life? As part of my Shamanic Reiki training last year, I learned that between January 1st (the start of the Gregorian calendar New Year) and the Tibetan New Year, there is "Dön Season". During the Dön Season, old karma of the previous year intensifies and flushes through for cleansing. “Karmic debris” can be floating around (some see it energetically), so Dön is a time when people may experience depression, accidents, etc. As you move forward with your 2023 New Year Resolutions, Goals, and/or Dreams, the Dön Season shows you where you will have challenges in manifesting your dreams this year. If you are struggling to move forward, that means that the Karmic cleansing is working. This Karmic cleansing can help you see the revisions that you need to make as you gain greater clarity about your resolutions, goals, and dreams. Dön Season is a profound time to see old habits and belief systems that surface and need to be shifted. What old habits and belief systems have you been struggling with personally and/or professionally with during this season? If you need some assistance and guidance, check out my one-on-one offering: Shamanic Reiki 1-on-1 Session WEEKLY MINI-SOUND BATHMAGICAL THINGS TO CHECK OUTHappy Valentines everyone! Today I thought I would share my top-secret magical valentine potion. Guaranteed to even make the grumpiest people smile. 1/2 cup of Hugs 4 tsp of Kisses 4 cups of Love 1 cup of Special Holiday Cheer 1/2 cup of Sweetheart Hearts 3 tsp of Cinnamon Hearts 2 cups of Love and Kindness 1 bag of Valentines 1 medium sized bag of great big red hearts (because the regular kind won't do) Blend all together and sprinkle with lots of love Wishing you a Valentines Day filled with Kindness! WEEKLY MINI-SOUND BATHMAGICAL THINGS TO CHECK OUTA friend asked me recently .... How do I lead from the heart?
We all have the ability to change our individual experience daily. If you would like to learn more ways to connect to your heart. please check out HeartMath Institute. WEEKLY MINI-SOUND BATHMAGIAL THINGS TO CHECK OUTI have started a new practice this year. Every Sunday morning, as I do yoga and meditate, I listen to my body and my heart and select a word or a phrase for the week and see how this quality can assist me. This week I selected the phrase... Magical Support This is how my week went... Monday: I went to Home Depot and ordered 7 windows. The window expert assisted me in saving as much money as possible. 15% + $6.59. He didn't have to do this (as it really isn't part of his job), however he decided that this was a service he was going to offer to everyone that asked for his assistance. He used to be a general contractor and knows that every penny saved on a current project means that the next project will be started sooner rather than later. Got to love that... I'm here to save you money!!! Tuesday: I felt overwhelmed with my work schedule/focus for the year. Out of the blue, a friend sent me a text stating... "Hope ur day is going well. You just popped into my head so I thought I would send you a message." Wednesday: I was feeling frustrated with my to-do list and my calendar, as it wasn't allowing me the space, I wanted in order to meet the new Art Director at the local Coffee Shop. I expressed my disappointment to a friend via text and she sent me a meme that made me laugh.... "Super woman coming through! Move out of the way!" Thursday: Another friend sent me a text and told me... You are my hero! Friday: I sat in awe looking back at how the week unfolded simply by asking for Magical Support. Who knew asking for magical support would be so easy!!! Isn't it interesting how living with a word or a phrase for a week, can provide such insight. What word or phrase would you like to invite into your life this week? If you are looking for some magical support this week, check out my Tuesday Night Shamanic Reiki Community Circle (via ZOOM - will be recorded). And if you are ready to go deeper, check out my newest 6-week on-line (Zoom) Shamanic Reiki Program. WEEKLY MINI-SOUND BATHMAGICAL THINGS TO CHECK OUTI started the year with a new exercise routine. By the end of week 2, I had to stop due to my knee not particularity liking knee lunges. My knee was telling me... If I don't stop going in this direction, I'm going to cause some real damage! I was frustrated and upset. I had a goal. I had a plan. I was off to a great start. I was making progress and now, due to circumstances out of my control, I have to stop. As I rested my knee, I started questioning myself... How am I going to meet my goals for the year? Time is ticking away! As I sat on the sofa relaxing, I remembered how I have mentored many clients through "plot twists" (unplanned outside circumstances) that threw them off course. Clients that came to me panicking, grasping for solutions, and feeling like failures. I guess it is time for me to start taking some of my own medicine. So, I...
After taking a step back, re-connecting to the energy of the season, and re-evaluating my plan, I realized that I didn't make any space for fun this year. No wonder why my knee was telling me to STOP!!! So, while I sat on the sofa this past week, I spent the time reviewing my list of commitments, my list of goals, and aligning everything with my phrase for the year "Luxurious Simplicity". The result... The creation of a Spacious Calendar for 2023 that aligns my goals with lots of time and space for creative fun! How are you doing this January? Are you taking time to nurture yourself or are you "running with scissors" to the finish line? Is your body telling you something is off? If so, ask your body what it really needs. You might be surprised by the answer. MAGICAL THINGS TO CHECK OUTHow do you dream 2023 into Being? Clients ask me this question a lot. So, with the start of the new year, I thought I would share my simple "boots on the ground" Shamanic approach with everyone. Below is my simple 3 steps:
Dreaming your new life into being is that simple! There is no overly complicated formula. For example.... last year I selected the word SPACIOUS for the year. Every day I would take one step towards making my life more spacious. Every day I would ask myself a simple question "Does this action make me feel spacious?" As a result, I decluttered my space of items that didn't make me feel spacious. I decluttered my over booked calendar and made space for spontaneous events. I decluttered my old stories and beliefs around time and money and made space for fun and creativity. By the end of 12/2022, my life felt spacious. For 2023, I decided to select the phrase: LUXURIOUS SIMPLICITY. This phrase popped into my head while doing yoga during the holiday season and made me feel soft and fluffy, so I selected it. So how do I move forward dreaming this phase into being? I simply live with the phase daily. How? By asking myself the simple question "Does this action bring luxurious simplicity to my life? If the action doesn't align with my phrase, I make a note of it and take action to minimize and/or stop the action from re-appearing in the future. Recently my Shamanic Mentor reached out to me and asked me: How am I connecting deeper to nature this winter? As I live in Northern Illinois, I tend to hibernate during the winter, so spending a lot of time outside in nature, tends to be a struggle with me. So, I asked myself the question, does connecting deeper to nature this winter bring luxurious simplicity to my life? YES!!! So how can I connect deeper to nature this winter and bring more luxurious simplicity to my life (without freezing my @ss off?). Are you ready for the answer..... Connect to Rocks and Crystals and Create a Crystal Sound Essence Series Yup, that's right. A client asked me if my plant device would work on crystals. So, I tested it out and the answer is yes/no. For some rocks and crystals, it works and for others it does not. So, my action to connect deeper with nature during the winter and feel luxurious simplicity is to go through my giant pile of crystals and rocks find which ones will sing for me. How are you connecting to Nature this Winter? If you are ready to connect deeper with Nature, check out my upcoming Shamanic Reiki 1 & 2 program (below). WEEKLY MINI-SOUND BATHMAGICAL THINGS TO CHECK OUTChocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it:
A special thanks to David Abel, the Kent Chocolatier, for dazzling us with his chocolate magic:
Also, a special thanks to Mike (the bartender) and everyone that attended to support the Kent Emporium Community Event on Saturday. Thanks to you, we collected $120 for the Friends Forever Humane Society. Interested in trying David's Decadent Chocolate? David will be donating chocolates to support the Freeport Art Museum Wine, Cheese, and Chocolate Tasting on Feb 3rd. Click here for the details. |
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