Are You Paying Attention to the Signs?

(A post by Natalie Lawton M.Ed, Health Coach, appearing originally on her blog, May 2011)

Do you believe in signs? 

Are you really paying attention to them?  How about fate?

Today I found out that an opportunity that I thought would have been just perfect for me is no longer available.  I went through the normal thought process of what I could have done differently to make this happen, why was I too late to act on it?  After dumping on myself and thinking of all the actions I should’ve taken. 

The words were written right in front of me “You are exactly where you are supposed to be”. 

For some reason, as we live this life, we lose sight of our instincts and our inner voice.  We can’t hear the whispers or even sometimes the brick walls falling down in front of us to lead us to our certain path.  I truly believe our path is there and if we could just turn up our whispers and actually carefully listen, we will be free to accept our mistakes, our downfalls and trust that if we have missed an opportunity, it was never an opportunity at all and if it is what we were meant to do, it will come back two fold. 

I watched an Oprah show last night called Master Class, I’m guessing it was in honor of her last show after 25 years.  I have wondered so many times, how did she get so lucky, how was she always in the right place at the right time?  Wow, she has the world in the palm of her hands!

After listening, really listening to her speak, I understand what has made her so special to so many people in this world.  Even if you are not a fan of hers, just see if you find anything useful in her words below.  I couldn’t help but write down what I learned from her master class. 

I hope that you too can learn to not be so hard on yourself when you feel lost or that you missed an opportunity.  Maybe you too will see that luck has nothing to do with life, it is listening, trusting yourself, remembering the connection we have to eachother and respecting it always. 

Here is a brief list of key pieces of inspiration that I picked up and found useful. 

Here’s to a new day!

Natalie Lawton

“Luck is preparation meeting the moment of opportunity.”

 "Where do you feel most yourself?  Where do you feel at home?"

 “Find your purpose.”

 “A whisper in your life, feels like a “hmmm”?”

 “If you don’t pay attention to the whisper, it gets louder and louder until a brick wall falls down on us.”

 “What is whispering to you now?  Can you catch it in the whisper?”

 “The essence of who I am has nothing to do with how I look.”

 “All of life is about growing to your own personal best, growing to greatness.”

 “Every life has a story, there is something to be learned from every experience.”

 “Instinct guides us.”

 “Use your life as a class.”

 “Grow to greatness.”

 “Life is about growth and change, when you are no longer doing that…that is your whisper.”

 “You will never reach your personal potential if you are pretending to be someone you are not.”

 “People doubt that your thoughts create reality, there is a space that you create that allows your reality to take shape.”

 “When you have done all that you can do, surrender and give it up to the power that is greater than you.”

 “God has a bigger dream for you.”

 “We are all interconnected in this thing called a human experience.”

 “You cannot control the other guy, it’s about what can you do, you need to give it everything you got all the time for yourself.”

 “You become what you believe.”

 “Ultimately we all want the same thing, we want to know that we matter.”

 “People are the same all over the world.”

 “Stay true to your calling.”

 “There is a great mystery that none of us will truly get until we take our last breath and it will all become very clear.”

 “You have to take responsibility for the space you hold here.”

 “There is a flow, an energy field with all humans.”

 “How far you are from the connection of source energy of what created you is how far out of sync you are with your life.”

 “What is real and lasting and what you were meant to bring, what is your gift, no one can take that away.”

28 Days and Three Things to Change!

Keeping along with out January Intentions, here is a post by Sheila McCabe, our CranioSacral therapist.

It takes 28 days to create a habit. 

So I am going to challenge you in this soap box to take the next 28 days to create three good habits for your health and well being. 

Take 10. Yes,  take ten minutes each day to do something for you. Take a walk, read a book, listen to music or just sit quietly.  It is only ten minutes. You can do it.  This is you time.  Taking ten has been known to have some good health benefits. 

Read the label.  Read the label on all the products you purchase for the next 28 days.  Being aware of what you are eating and feeding your family is half the battle. 

Eliminating things like High Fructose Corn Syrup, red and blue dyes and Partially Hydrogenated or Hydrogenated items from your diet can do you and your family a world of good.    

Even if you do not stop buying the items that contain these things being aware of how much you do eat of them will be somewhat of an eye opener.  There is no such thing as moderation when you are purchasing and eating processed foods.

Get moving.  You heard me - get moving!  Taking time three to four days a week to exercise will only do you good.  The more you sit around the more you will notice your aches and pains. 

Get moving and keep moving.  Walking may be an easy way to ease yourself into an exercise routine.   All you need is a good pair of shoes, a few good stretches and off you go.  When the weather is nice there is nothing like getting a work out in the yard planting and weeding.  Not only does the yard look nice but your body gets a good work out as well.  Make it a family affair.  

In order for me to keep track of the habit I am creating I do one of two things. I mark the calendar or I post 28 small sticky notes on my mirror or a place that I look at each day.  If I accomplish the task at hand I take down a sticky.   

Good luck and let me know how it goes.



The Gift of a Blessing

(Okay, so I (Gina) have been lollygagging a bit during the holidays (and unapologetically so.. it's been great!) but I didn't get this intention post up in a timely way. It's still relevant, in my opinion, and I think you'll enjoy it.)

From Cindy: "As I sit and ponder what my intentions for this new year will be for my clients and family, one thing comes to mind! It was sent to me by Jill and Joey Korn and I decided there is nothing more I would love to pass along than "The Gift of a Blessing".

Even though Jill and I are Jewish, Christmas Day has become a special day in our lives.  For one, we Jews get a *real* day off, with nothing special to do, unless we choose.  Also, special things have happened to me on Christmas Day.  Jill and I have a reverence for the day.

On this very special day, we want to share with you a very special gift.  This is a gift we have shared before; I share it every day, sometimes many times a day.  It’s the gift of a blessing.  It’s actually more a gift of helping you to recognize the power of “the blessing process” that each of you has in your life.  Although we each have this gift, so few of us use it.  I encourage you to use it. To integrate it into your throughout-each-day life.

Your life will change—and for the better.

 

Many people ask me, “What is it that you do?  What is this dowsing?  What does finding a place to drill a water well have to do with being spiritual?”

 

For me, dowsing, or “divining”, is not just about finding a place to drill or dig a well or about finding anything in the physical world.  It’s about detecting energy. 

It’s about tapping into our own God-given ability to explore the world of subtle energies that are everywhere within and around us.  It’s about drawing ever closer to the Divine in our lives. 

Dowsing for me has become a way to demonstrate that the blessing process works.  Not only does it work, but I consider it the most powerful Force in the universe.  And again, everyone has this Force at their disposal.  At their beckoned call.

But we must call.  We must initiate the process to use this Force.  It’s not enough just to recognize the blessings we have in life and to express gratitude for them, though this is important.  We must call on whatever we consider the Divine to bless us if we want, purposefully, to use this Force that is ever present in our lives.

 

I consider us, as human beings, to be “blessing beings.”  You see, whether we know it or not, we are always changing the energies within and around us, with every thought, action and emotion.  But most of us are doing more negative blessings than positive blessings.  With our negative thoughts, actions and emotions, we’re actually changing the energies within and around us to be detrimental, without even realizing that we are doing it!   

When we get angry, fearful, or vengeful, those very energies fill and surround us, reflecting us back to us.  This is what I call “negative blessings.”   Not only do we do it, but we indulge in it, we dwell on it, and we tell others about it.  Understand that under Universal Law, our Creator has it set up that the energies around us and within us are always reflecting us back to us.  This gives us a better understanding of expressions like, “What you put out comes back to you,” or “What you sow, so shall you reap.”

 

What I help people do is understand what is going on energetically, behind the scenes in life.  With negative thoughts, actions and emotions, we fill and surround ourselves with detrimental, weakening energies. 

With positive thoughts, actions and emotions, we fill and surround ourselves with beneficial, healing blessings.  And you can find and experience all these energies with dowsing!  By understanding that this is taking place, day in and day out, we can take charge of the process with blessing, especially with what I call “the Simple Blessing Process.” 

 

The Simple Blessing Process is broken down into five components parts. 

The first three activate the blessing; they make it work.  The next two are for us.  It is important for us to feel gratitude, but God, whatever God Is, does not need our gratitude.  God needs nothing.  

But our Creator desires us to activate the Forces--to create.  And closing the blessing with something like “Amen” is an act of faith.  You are turning your blessing request over to a Higher Power, and you acknowledge that by closing the blessing. 

So here are the five components of the Simple Blessing Process.

 

1)     Address the Divine in whatever way you’re comfortable with.

2)     Ask to be blessed and/or charged with energy

3)     Define a purpose, which can be general or specific.  I suggest both.

4)     Express gratitude.

5)     Close your blessing.

 

 

Below is an example of the Simple Blessing Process.  You can say it over yourself, over others, over objects you wear, or over substances you eat and drink.  You can even say it over empty space, such as where you might spend a lot of time, or over your entire home, and you’ll change the energies there.  When you say this blessing, you are charging yourself or whatever or whomever you bless with beneficial energy at exactly the frequency defined in your intent.  It really works! 

 

Dear God (or however you address the Divine)

Please bless me and charge me with Your loving energy

To bring healing and balance to my complete being,

Physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.

* (Optional. See below)

Thank you.

Amen.

 

*This is where you can add something specific, such as:

 

“Especially to help me…”

So this is our gift to you, the gift of the Blessing Process.  Learn it.  Understand it.  Use it.  Say it often, with feeling.  Integrate it into your throughout-each-day life.  I suggest you say it routinely, at least twice a day, such as when you wake up and when you go to bed.  Then say it again whenever you catch yourself stressing about anything, or angry, or sad.  Bless yourself and whoever or whatever your stressing about.  

 

To those of you who celebrate Christmas, we wish you a very Merry one.  To those who don’t, may you have a wonder-full day. 

 

And have a safe, happy, healthy New Year ahead to all.  May 2010 be your best year ever…so far.

Joey and Jill Korn

New Year's Intentions

I (Gina) found myself nodding my head in agreement when reading a recent email from Grace Judson, of Svaha Concepts, in which she prefers to set intentions for the new year, rather than resolutions.

Intentions, as she describes, "...grab you by the throat, that give you goosebumps, that speak from what’s deepest within you. Intentions that impact every aspect of your life, from your business to your family, from your finances to your exercise routine.

When you’re willing to go deep and allow an intention to come from that wordless, instinctive, inspired place within you, then you’ll have something powerful. You’ll have something that will ring through your being, naturally informing everything that you do — and more importantly, everything that you are."

Can you feel the power of that?

The difference being that mindfully-set intentions, come through the heart. They resonate with Who You Are, carry a positive vibration (rather than the guilty "shoulds" that resolutions often hold), and as such, bring a momentum of their own that carries you, instead of presenting an obstacle to push against.

Intentions bring your desired way of being into your center, rather than holding it outside of yourself as a goal to be reached.

I'll be posting some more items about intentions as 2009 wraps up. I invite you to meditate on your own for 2010, and if you like, share them in the comments section below.