be gentle on yourself.

This Post is laced with a message that I so desperately want to get out to you all as these shifts in energy (internally and on earth) continue to occur more often and more intensely.

Over the past few weeks, those who I share beautiful relationships with have reflected to me some of the challenges that they have been moving through. Similarly, perhaps you, too, have come to a point in your life where those thoughts, beliefs, and desires of the life that you had wanted to create for yourself are being challenged, and the time has come for you to strip back your old thought patterns and make way for this beautiful new journey (which, evidentially – whether you are consciously aware of it or not – you yourself have created and moulded this new path from past experiences and lessons learned).

We need to begin to acknowledge and nurture our spiritual and emotional growth as they are shaped from each and every experience we have. Sometimes, however, it initially appears much easier to suppress the new thoughts and desires that blossom within our self, especially when it means that we can prevent someone else from getting hurt. Essentially, it is your choice to either follow the natural progression of your beautiful, perfect, inspiring growth, or to create limitations for yourself by suppressing this growth instead, to remain in that safe, known life that has carried you thus far.

It is such a blessing for me to say, though, that following one’s heart and desires, and nurturing one’s own growth is becoming a more regular phenomenon for those who choose to share their stories with me. Just last night, I was re-connecting with an inspiring friend who – when I asked what they chose to meditate on each morning – reflected to me,

“I meditate on what happens to me in general. I like to be conscious of what is happening (in my life), figure out some practical plan-B, then I try letting it go and trust it’s gonna end up well, anyway…”

It is. It is going to end up well. Everything is perfect; trust.

Which leads me to the lacing of which this message is wrapped in…

Be gentle on yourself, my beloved readers. You have chosen this journey of yours, and you are travelling it with such grace, inspiring others along the way. Your journey is yours and it is you. Please stop comparing your love, light, and good deeds to those around you, please stop feeling as though you could do more; you are doing enough, and it is perfect. You are teaching others more than you are aware of and inspiring them to live their most beautiful life, too.

So my request to you just now is, ‘be gentle on yourself and nurture this beautiful growth that you have chosen to embrace’.

How naïve it would be for us to think that our internal happiness did not affect the happiness of those around us… xx

time to blossom

This has been something that I have been wanting to reflect on and share with you all for a while now; it is time for us to come out of our head and move back into reconnecting with our heart…

To be honest, I have found it a little difficult to find the right combination of words that are needed to make this reflection as clear and insightful and motivating as I possible. I thought about simply writing,

“MOVE OUT OF THOSE THOUGHTS IN YOUR HEAD, RECONNECT WITH THOSE TRUE DESIRES IN YOUR HEART; TRUST THAT EVERTHING WILL BE OKAY.”

… but surely I can delve into this thought a little more deeply… ;-)

I have always believed that it is so very important for our well-being to follow our heart’s true desires, rather than the rationalisation of thoughts and ideas that we manifest in our minds; however, how can we do this when we are so regularly and easily influenced by the thoughts and ideas that society wants us to embed within our make-up. We tend to stay in jobs, in relationships, in the city, in our hometown, in our house, in our life that we know because the idea of doing something different (something that is seeded as a desire somewhere within us) is quickly swept away by this rational way of thinking, which takes us back to comfortable, known square one.

I guess the idea to share this thought with you all came about not-so-long ago when I was blessed to reconnect with a beautiful childhood friend of mine. Speaking with her, I could feel her love and compassion radiate from her with such an inspiring glow. However, I could also feel a sadness, which I learned was because she was faced with a situation where she had to choose between following her heart or following those thoughts – that can so easily be rationalised – in her mind. If I were to put these thoughts simply (which can I add, no thoughts are ever so simple…), they travelled along the pattern of,

I know what it is in my heart that I need to do for myself; this is what I am longing for so deeply. However, I don’t want to hurt anyone, which is inevitably what will happen if I follow my heart…

At this point, let me share with you all a beautiful, beautiful quote that I shared with this very special friend at this time: “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” – Anais Nim

Once again, I feel as though I am stuck for words because I simply want to shout, “MOVE OUT OF THOSE THOUGHTS IN YOUR HEAD, RECONNECT WITH THOSE TRUE DESIRES IN YOUR HEART; TRUST THAT EVERTHING WILL BE OKAY.”

Everything and everyone will be okay, including that beautiful self of yours. Take the risk, because I can promise that if you follow your heart’s true desires your life’s journey will pave itself so beautifully for you at your feet – it has no other choice if you are connecting and listening to your true self…

Break down those barriers, strip yourself bare, and embrace that state of vulnerability; the universe with shower you with its gifts of love, light, joy, and excitement.

~ for e. ~

nurture yourself.

Aaah (deep breath out)... The time has finally, finally, finally come to reconnect with all of your beautiful selves once more; and it feels good.

In a nice handful of my most recent Posts, I delved into the idea that there are some big, big shifts going on in the world just now, and I am sure that a lot of you are still experiencing these shifts just now. It may be that you have made some big changes in your life with work, or home, or travel, or relationships, or it may be that you're simply at the stage of sitting comfortably with a change that you know you need to make in order to follow that beautiful, big heart of yours (the rest will follow in time, I promise), or it may even be that you're feeling a little overwhelmed or a little more tired than usual, which it absolutely perfect; sit in this space, and give yourself some time to connect into your heart's true desires and treat yourself to some well-deserved joy (even if it is that short, afternoon nap that you've been holding out for for a while now). 


It is in these times that we really need to acknowledge the importance of nurturing our selves, and this is something that can so easily slip by the wayside and be quickly buried by that life that society has made us to believe is essential in order to survive; work, study, time, or lack thereof, money, commitments... 


There is a place for these aspects of  'life', but we need to start finding a balance between them and the life in which we experience joy, love, light, laughter, happiness, and a space in which we can nurture those beautiful ideas and thoughts within and encourage them to grow and manifest into inspiration; inspiring relationships, inspiring journeys, inspiring situations, and eventually the acknowledgement of inspiration each and every day; it is there right before us, we just need to connect to that part of ourselves that allows us to see through such lenses... ;-) 


And so I reconnect back to the main message of this Post; what is it that you can do to nurture that beautiful self of yours? 


I was blessed to be able to share this last weekend with amazing, inspiring women from all over Australia at a nurturing Nia retreat, which gave us all the opportunity to connect and reconnect with inspirations of exploring joy and encouraging love to flow into our lives; meditation, yoga, dance, massage, connecting with nature, connecting with similar-minded people who radiate positivity and light, and also believing that - for example - you deserve a weekend away participating in a retreat that encourages that beautiful, warm, nurturing love of self. 

So I hope that I have planted a seed for you all just now. And I hope that this seed will give you the inspiration to begin 'seeing' and 'feeling' and 'acknowledging' what it is out there that truly brings joy into your life. And once you have seen and felt and acknowledged this, that you then allow yourself the well-deserved time that is needed to fully immerse in this joy. 

Feel that love and light pour back into your life once more, and let it sit there with you to then share with those around you. Love, love, love, and light xx 

 

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(March 1, 2011: Not having too much luck with this guys - will have to come back to it another time... xx)

love, love, love, and light



sunset >> sunrise

It seems that it is one disaster after the next as of late...

Be it a natural disaster or simply a close friend struggling with making sense of life; I feel as though I have constantly had someone in particular on my mind, reflecting on the challenges that they are currently facing, and sending them my thoughts, energy, and the hope that they will soon have the chance to look back on these current barriers in their life, acknowledging the beauty and perfect timing of each event (challenging, or not) in their journey.

Needless to say, when we are faced with challenges, it is never so simple to reflect on that particular moment in our life in the way I have just mentioned, but I think that if we plant the seed of this notion within our self, it will make our journey a little more uplifting, embedding a sense of faith within our thought patterns.

Carrying a heavy heart - currently aching for those affected by the recent Christchurch, NZ earthquake - as I drove to take my Gramps to morning tea with me this morning, I layered my heart and mind with joyous, loving, light thoughts, which are always mirrored perfectly by Gramps. And a simple conversation took place between us both that shifted my thoughts from worry and concern to faith and confidence that, 'everything is going to be O.K'. It went a little something like this...

Me:
"If you're not going to finish the last half of your baguette, you can now take it home and have something tasty for lunch...!"

Gramps:
"True, true, Sass; I can't complain."

Me:
"And why would you; it's a waste of negativity (sharing a wink)..."

Gramps (eyes lit up, alert, and once again part of the conversation):
"Oh - I like that! Say it for me again... I'll remember that, Sass."

I'm smiling now just reflecting on this moment we shared... ;-)

Everything is going to be O.K., I promise. And while it may be difficult to view things this way now, I thought I would share with you all a message that I have recently shared over Facebook; acknowledge the beauty of each 'sunset' in your life and know that, just like the cycles of nature, the sun will rise again the next day; the two go hand-in-hand...

Being a Post inspired by the recent earthquake in New Zealand, I have added a couple of spaces you can explore to contribute whatever you like - be that love and light - and see how everyone is coming together, spreading the love and light that glows so beautifully and naturally from within each of us:

Red Cross

Fat Freddy's Drop - Collection at Maranui for earthquake victims

Arohanui xx

may your heart be light and full

This Valentine's Day, may your heart be light and full.

Your primary relationship is with yourself...

love, love, love, light, and the reddest of red roses xx 

bubble, bubble; release from trouble...

Earlier, I promised that I would share another simple meditation with you all - a technique that I use when I feel that the energy around me is, or has the potential to, make me feel ungrounded, anxious, or disconnected from myself.

I find that I am quite sensitive to feeling these sensitivities, particularly when I am surrounded by many, many people - usually in a public situation - but also in small gatherings with close family and friends. An amazing friend of mine once shared with me the idea that the more spiritually-connected we become with our self, the more sensitive we become to the energy that those around us carry within them self, which results in us becoming more susceptible to taking on board so much more energy, leading to a feeling of overwhelming-ness and the desire to spend more time in our own space and being more selective in our choice of friends and social groups.

It is important for you to understand that by choosing to be selective with who you spend your time with and give your energy to, you are by no means choosing to be a nasty, unsociable person. We must all learn the power of saying, 'Let me see how things go', when it comes to committing to plans and get-togethers, rather than saying, 'Yes'. There's nothing more discontenting than knowing that on your one day off, you will be spending your time moving from place-to-place, re-connecting with those who love your energy, leaving little or no time for your self; be that a sleep-in, or a long, hot bath, or a refreshingly-cool swim at the beach...

Think about those in your life who encourage you to come into your heart, who nurture your thoughts and ideas, and who create a space for you to grow in the direction that feels right for you...

This meditation can be used in two situations; first of all, you can use this to 'bubble' yourself from social situations where you may feel vulnerable and open to taking on the energy of others, and the second is an extension of the first, allowing you to release yourself from any situation or person, who may block you from following your heart, growing into the person you wish to be, and following your Divinely-created path.

To begin with, bubble yourself; imagine a blue-ish, silver, semi-transparent bubble surround your self. Visualise this bubble (it may, of course, be different in colour for you) and see it surrounding your whole body. You are now in this bubble, and while you may be able to see the world around you, you're safe and on your own, in your own space, surrounded by beautiful love and light in bubble-form... ;-)

This space will keep you clear-minded and safe from taking on any other's energy; stay here for as long as you need, to ground yourself, white-light yourself, until you feel the environment around you has evolved in to the nurturing environment that deserves your energy and beautiful light.

Now you know how to bubble yourself, you can use this technique to remove yourself from any situations that are harmful to your growth, or perhaps even people who you find yourself referring to negatively...

First of all, bubble yourself and see yourself inside this beautiful space. Next, visualise the person or situation that you wish to detach yourself from and bubble them, too. See yourself in your bubble, and visualise the other bubble, too, surrounding whatever it is you wish to remove yourself from.

Then visualise a bright-white umbilical-like cord connect your bubble with the other bubble; you're now both connected, and you're acknowledging the situation that you're about to be removed from. Bring your guardian angel down (for me, I use Archangel Michael) to the cord and see them cleanly cut this cord with their sword.

See both ends of the cord direct themselves up toward the clouds and send white-light to both. Complete disconnection. Absolute love.

love, love, love, and light xx

new posts coming very soon; you have to 'be' before you can 'do' xx

Namaste, beautiful readers. xx

Be A Dreamer...

Be A Dreamer

Dare to dream,

for dreamers see tomorrow. 

Dare to make a wish,

for wishing makes way for hope,

and hope is what keeps us all alive. 

Dare to reach out

for the things no one else can see. 

Be unafraid to see what 

others cannot. 

Believe in your heart

and in your own goodness,

for in doing so others will believe in them, too. 

Believe in magic,

because life is full of it. 

Bur most of all,

believe in yourself...

because within you lies all of the magic,

the hope, the love,

and the dreams of tomorrow.

- Ron Cristian

singing in the shower

First of all, 'Happy 2011, everyone!'

I am very excited for 2011... 2010 was a big year for us all, and I was only just sharing with a friend earlier today that 2010 has been quite exhausting. This past year has felt like we have been slowly ripping off a plaster, uncertain of whether it is the right time to come off or not, which has been a slow and tiring process. I have a good feeling, though, that the year ahead of us is going to be the year of significant shifts, change, and decision-making. Unlike 2010, we're going to know exactly when it is time to rip off this plaster and we're going to do it quickly! Lots of changes and plenty of beautifully glorious growth; stay positive... :-)

And now something to share...

I was blessed to be able to share festive celebrations this year with some amazingly generous friends and their three, beautiful young children. The youngest of the three allowed me to share her bathroom with her during my stay, and my first morning, I moved through my daily shower routine, which includes plenty of singing at the top of my lungs...

Walking into the bathroom for me is somewhat parallel to Pavlov's classical conditioning theory; the 'tick of the metronome' is my 'closing-of-the-bathroom-door' equivalent, and where Pavlov's dogs salivate, I sing.

I have always sung in the shower, and magicmaree has once reflected to me - reminding me, as I was moving through a bit of a 'lull', to begin singing in the shower again - that my angels enjoy listening to me sing, too. The sound of me radiating my joy and love to whoever can hear.

Needless to say, my first morning in (Lily's) bathroom was filled with song, and as I opened the door to leave, Lily was sitting in her chair, opposite the doorway, having participated as my 'audience' for the entire duration of my bathroom routine.

From then on, each morning, I would be followed to the bathroom, and if I were to ever stop singing for a moment in time, I would be prompted with some light, sweet humming outside the bathroom door, reminding me that my 'audience' was waiting...

I loved our little ritual, and I took this as a beautifully illustrated reminder from my angels of how much the joy of one person can so simply inspire and touch another.

 

... sing as though no one is listening
(even though we'd all love to hear you) ...