Sunday, May 8, 2016

crystals for a common cold...


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all one...

This book is always so timely... Last week my friend added a post to this page about being alone, the acceptance of being alone, and then I read this!
I am an introvert anyway, so being alone is always going to be something I love, but after having kids it has become THE biggest luxury!
We have had so much sickness these past weeks I toyed with the idea of running away to a hotel somewhere just to get some alone time... There has been very little meditation, almost no exercise, it has been a real struggle... And the minute I get that time to be all one, everything seems infinitely brighter!
Women Who Run With The Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estes

release...

All of this great talk about looking after ourselves, lately I have really sucked at this... And on top of that, some crazy family stuff, plus work, and running the Mother's Day stall at school... Overwhelmed tonight...
Just finished chanting and meditating on this card from my Mudras deck... I really didn't love this deck when I got it, but it is fast becoming my favourite thing!
Release... This hand position while chanting ommmmm... Now I'm ready for bed ☺️

crystals for headcold...


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mercury in retrograde...

Just going to go slow and steady through this one, checking everything twice! Until May 22...

home...

It's so important that we take time to ourselves, it can be so very hard, especially if you have a family, busy job, lots of commitments, but these past few weeks of having a sick family has really driven it home for me...
My 'home' at this stage in my life is just shutting our bedroom door... Taking a minute to read, heal or play with my cards, going to a yoga class, in summer it can be as little as watering my garden... But I think that as my children grow, my needs will be more fully realised... I would love to go to a yoga retreat every year, and that's definitely something I will work towards when my husbands work is more secure and the children grow... But for now, moments alone will have to do!
Women Who Run With The Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estes

healers...

A couple of years ago I read a book called Your Souls Plan, it was a game changer... Like every thought I ever had about reincarnation was all in one place...
When I read this quote, it makes me think about who I would have been had my Dad made the choice to live...
His death totally formed who I am, and pointed me on this path... I always wanted to help people, when I was little I wanted to be a psychologist, but without this trauma, and working through it, I wouldn't have this wealth of experience to draw from when seeing clients, at my day job or in my reiki practice... So I have him to thank for that... It also proves that there are different ways to deal with trauma... I always suggest going deep into your feelings about it, feel them, confront them, challenge them, learn from them... The worst thing to ever happen might just be the best thing that ever happened to your soul...

kids yoga

My kids love yoga, this is a great poster...

forgive?

A story has broken about Nicki Minaj whose brother has just been done on child rape charges... I don't believe in the death penalty, but anyone who messes with children don't deserve life... It's not curable, I just can't understand why we would want child predators on our streets... Anyway, I digress... The thing is that Nicki is supporting her brother through this... And I have really mixed feelings about it...
I understand that we are supposed to support our family and friends through everything, but where is that line?
I never really had to think about it until this past year when a friend did something that goes against everything I believe in... I have had to really search my soul as to whether I could get past it and continue our friendship... Whether I can forgive someone who I loves actions, whether I can explain it away... So far it doesn't seem that I can... I can't let go of my convictions...
How about you? Can you forgive things that go against what you believe in?
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This photo warms my heart, my son contemplating life while observing this piece of art...

sealskin, soulskin...

I swear this book has moments where it is do in tune with what is going on for me at that moment...
We have been sick on and off since Easter, this past week I have been really ill with a chest infection and laryngitis... I wouldn't normally take 3 days off work, but the dr suggested it and I ran with it, in my mind it would be 3 days while the kids were at school and Mark was at work and I could rest, selfishly just rest, no work calls, no cleaning... As luck would have it,both kids were off school this week on opposite days, so rest was minimal, obviously you have to take care of your family, and I always prioritise everyone else's needs over my own, despite being really sick...
Whenever life gets really human, I have that need... I need solitude, to read a book, do a healing or a reading, get back to my soul/spiritual self... So this was right on point to me after last week...
Women Who Run With The Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estes

elixirs of light aromatherapy

Aromatherapy has always been something that I believe in, as a complimentary therapy... I have been following @elixersoflight for ages, and her products look beautiful... I finally made a purchase, thinking about my Piscean babies, and whether these Pisces blends could help ground them... Mark suffers blinding migraines, so I bought him the migraine blend too... And Jordan added in a delicious smelling lavender-lime lip balm! Good mail day today!

new chakra cards...

Ooooooh yeah... Just got these and am already in love! My teacher did a chakra reading for me and it was exactly what I needed at the time... Subsequently it has changed my life... Gave me the confidence to start this page for instance!
Looking forward to doing some chakra readings once I'm feeling 100%...

surrender...

I have been pretty unwell this past few days... I was given three sick days to recover, which I would never usually take, but I have had nothing... So I have been mostly in bed, outside of parental responsibilities (how much easier is parenting when you don't have to fit in work as well!?!), and my son has been home with a cold, so we have been resting together... I thought I should get out one of my Mudras cards to use during my wellness meditation.. Have been giving myself reiki every night too... Anything to be well again!
This is Surrender, and I have to say, mediating on it, I felt really free... Free of my sickly body, responsibilities... Like I was flying... It was only a ten minutes meditation, but it felt like a holiday! Definitely need to use these cards more!

Day of innocents...

I have never celebrated or heard of The Day of The Innocents, but I think this sort of rite would be useful in today's society... The idea of time to spend with other women where they don't have to keep it together about losses of babies or children... It feels like now is a time that we don't talk about these things, we don't discuss miscarriages, and lost children and babies are grieved only for a short while and then it's put away... Like women are out of practise about how to grieve with their sisters, don't know what to say, so feel it is better to say nothing... I don't feel like that's the answer, I think support for these great losses should be ongoing, as the thoughts about them are...

children...

This rings true to me... While my kids are given many things from family members, and they do save up their pocket money for toys, I want to give them lessons, and experiences... I want them to know about other cultures, and learn what they can do to leave the world in better state than they found it... I want them to learn self acceptance, to be gentle on themselves, and learn to love themselves for all of their strengths while working on their weaknesses... I want them to accept others for who they are, not what they can give them, and help raise others up in life...
All of this is why I was worried about ever having children... It feels like such a big undertaking... Especially with afternoons filled with homework, swimming, guitar practice, always trying to fit in meditation and visualisations before bed... I want them to be successful at the chosen career, but mostly I want them to be happy humans who are good to others...

famine...

Speaking about women who have endured famine... Without freedom to create, be fed spiritually, move through the world at her own pace, and finally being free, everything is so new and exciting, you get carried away! You see it in women who get out of bad relationships, or who have been told repeatedly that they aren't good enough, so they stay, but once they get a taste of freedom, things can get a bit crazy... Which can very easily lead back into bad situations...
Harder but more rewarding is to look at the reasons for the famine, the what's and the whys, to ensure that you never repeat the experience...
Women Who Run With The Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estes

empaths...

Definitely worth a read...
I want to tell you about them, because if you’re reading this, chances are you’re an empath too:
She doesn’t identify (put herself in their place and go through it as if she’s them); instead, she does something pretty incredible. This is advanced stuff!
ELEPHANTJOURNAL.COM

body image

I don't remember when the ideals of what 'type' of body is beautiful were pushed upon me, but I remember when I was a teenager, all of those models in Girlfriend and Dolly magazine were so thin, and questioning whether at a size ten, I needed to lose weight... There was a lot of talk about weight and size, looking back it was such a waste of time, we were so young, and tiny! But it felt like we had to be talking about it... Our parents didn't talk to us about it, or notice the infatuation with thinness... I know now our kids have Instagram to provide us with thigh gaps, and unrealistic expectations of bodies, we already talk about our bodies, health and fitness, sometimes foods and that our bodies are about function rather than aesthetics... I wonder if it will make a difference...
Women Who Run With The Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Reiki 2

Although I have my Reiki 2 (practitioner), I was never sure when the right time would be to start practising beyond family and close friends... The universe has been pulling me towards it, sending me clients, so I wanted to get a better table (was using my husbands tattoo table!), so I did! Now taking appointments, working out of my home in Glen Waverley, am happy to travel locally...
Please message me if you are interested...

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Mudras...

Yesterday I went back to yoga after 3 long weeks off... Despite having full on muscle pain from body pump Monday, I persevered... Was rewarded when our yogi started with a chakra meditation, and the class felt less intense than usual which my muscles were thankful for...
I also received these cards yesterday, they aren't quite what I expected... They are yoga/Hindu hand positions to be used alongside meditation... I thought they were going to be chakra cards, more guided meditation, but they intrigue me! Marley and I were doing some poses last night, it was fun, but I definitely need to spend more time with them...

Work with what you got...

Last Thursday night we were invited to see Hot Brown Honey and there were a lot of take aways (seriously, you have time, go see it!) but one was about body image... All beautiful, talented women of colour on stage and all different shapes and sizes... Working and owning it... It made me think about my own attitude to my body which is mostly quite healthy, I honour my body and want it to be strong so I can have good mobility and a great human experience as long as I am on earth... But I definitely have days where I look down and think ugh... I think that working with what you got is a great motto... Be good to yourself, eat food that your body will thank you for, run, jump, lift heavy things, do yoga, Pilates, go for a swim, dance! Do whatever makes you feel good! Do something though, for your present and your future!
Women Who Run With The Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Crystals for motivation

I got this from a crystal page I follow, if anyone wants some help with motivation, these might help...

Compliments...

Haha, this is so true for me... Today a client told me how beautiful my skin is, I literally laughed it off and then thought she must need new glasses ðŸ˜‚😂😂
Might have to work on that one... 😅
Women Who Run With The Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Love... Relationships...

I saved this one for today, it's my tenth wedding anniversary, and it felt fitting... 12 years ago my husband and I got together, 2 years later we were married... The first time we spent together I knew he was my one... As much as there can be a one...
One thing that being married has taught me, is about the life/death/life cycle of relationships... It's not just about having times when you both make each other laugh all the time, show tenderness and intimacy, it is also about times you are so tired that neither of you can barely manage a word once the kids are in bed... I don't fight the times that we are both caught up in being humans with a lot on, because it always comes back to the touch, hours of talking and laughter... At either time I feel at peace within our relationship because I know it's ride or die, on a luxurious kid free overseas holiday or when the whole family has passed around a cold for three weeks and we would both rather be in bed on codeine...
It's very easy to hear about your friends new relationships, and it's all so on, it's all sex and dates outside of your postcode and so much time finding out all of that new information about someone... The thing about old relationships is, you have had that, and you still get moments of it, my husband still surprises me, we are still growing and changing together... Life doesn't just stop when you enter into a long relationship, you still have to hold that space to learn about who you love...
Women Who Run With The Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Trying to find your scent...

This is so true! I love this description, and I understand the feeling... Trying to find the clues and listen to the messages to send us in the right direction... We all have this spark, this access to messages, and if we miss them, we have to find them, if we lose our spark, we have to find it! We have to keep on looking until we have the right clues...
It reminds me about parenting, in those first years, you give up almost everything to do you best to give your child everything... Work, social life, your breasts in some cases, your freedom, but the older my kids get, the closer I get to being my self again... Not that I wasn't myself before, but it's impossible to give that much of your self to someone else, and have anything left for you at the end, I would say this of relationships in general... But with kids, eventually they need you less, you start daydreaming more, to remember what your personal goals were, and have a little more time to attain them, looking for those clues! All I can say is sniff around, see where it leads you... Listen to the messages you are shown... Follow your path...
Women Who Run With The Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Monday, April 4, 2016

Worthless?

Worthless?
I saw something on Instagram the other day, talking about how we raise our children, it said something along the lines of:
You raisin Drug addicts
Drug dealers
With felonies
I won't raise a child like that
‪#‎worthless‬
Aside from it being a pretty judgemental post, it feels like it defeats the purpose of life to suggest that someone can't come back from any of those things... I have seen so many success stories of people who have been any or all of those labels? Who have come back and become awesome contributing members of society... I know no one hopes to have a child that faces adversity, sometimes you can't help it... And definitely shouldn't be judged for it! People who triumph over hard times are some of the strongest, and to write them off before giving them a chance feels like a disservice to humanity...
We should try to remember that even the people that make you the most uncomfortable are still people... Anything is possible...
Pic from mentalfloss.com

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Ice queen...

I have had sooooo many conversations over the years with women about closing down, being an ice queen, not entertaining feelings... And the further along the journey I have come, the clearer I see how damaging that can be...
What is the point of the human experience if not to experience it, feel it, move with it... If you are an ice queen and you value that in yourself, you have to question why? Why don't you want to feel? What is the source of that? Fear? Loss of control? The answers are going to set you on the path to freedom...

Angels...

The last few reiki healings I have done, there have been Angels popping up... I had never really thought too much about them before my last trip to NYC when I felt compelled to get this book, which I put at the bottom of my reading pile when I returned home.. Just fished it out, hoping to make some time to learn more about them... In the very least, to identify them...

Do any of you have any Angel connections?


Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Destructive parents

When I hear about someone who has had a destructive experience, from a mother, or indeed a father, it breaks my heart... I recognise the amount of work it takes to heal yourself, you will very rarely get healing from the parent in question...
For me the answer was support, and so much talking... I felt like I was at the bottom of a well and I couldn't get out, but with every conversation, every bit of processing, I got up another centimetre... It takes years to undo a whole life of damage... It's about building trust with yourself to make good choices, maybe building bridges with the idea of the role of people that the person that wronged you played in your life (ie I didn't trust men, after the damage my dad did), and once you do a great deal of work on yourself, it's about welcoming love into your life... Welcoming friends and family who can contribute to what is missing, filling gaps with positive people...
Personally trusting that any man could be a good father was my biggest one... Trusting that a man could play a father like role in my life and not mess it up, trusting that I could pick someone who wouldn't mess up my kids lives, there was a lot to consider... But I did the work, made peace, gained trust and have been blessed with an abundance of good men...

Ugly duckling

Man, I have never fit in, I always made my own groups, in pre made groups I felt like I had to clip my wings to fit... I agree with this point that we should be kind to other groups of people, but we shouldn't have to try hard to fit in...
I remember the sheer dread of having to meet new people at kinder and then school... I know I look different, my ideas are very left, I get excited and shy and then get awkward... So I would cover up my tattoos and put on my generic cloak to not be seen, I didn't mind if I didn't fit in, but I didn't want it to affect how people treated my kids... And much to my surprise, at both kinder and school, I have been welcomed, no not everyone is my best friend, but there are smiles, so many smiles... Being different doesn't have to be isolating, and I didn't have to try so hard to blend, as it turns out, I found some amazing humans at both places and it's been great!
Women Who Run With The Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Human Experience

Human experiences... This freak shake from the Hello Kitty diner is a delightful human experience...
And this cold I have had these past few days is a crappy one... No one likes to be sick... I feel like lately everything has been coming together spiritually... I did an amazing reiki healing that really validated reiki as a life choice for me... A lovely energy cleansing on a business, things have been going swimmingly, like I have been riding a wave, and this cold has really brought me crashing down into my human self...
Looking forward to getting back to good health, reading my books, meditating, yoga, healing... I feel quite useless without energy or a pulsating connection to my higher self...

Poor choices

To all my sisters out there making the same choices over and over with the same wretched results, this one goes out to you...
It is soooooo hard to be honest with yourself about things that need to be fixed, it's always easier to blame other people... But we have the keys to giving ourselves absolute joy, if we do the work... Breaking patterns is hard work... So hard that often we need a professional to help us, or a really honest, upfront yet nurturing person to go on that journey with you...
So many women out there choose men that don't deserve them... Whether it's being insecure, feeling like better to be with anyone than to face the world alone, needing validation through partnership, whatever it is, there are roots to what becomes poor choices, and the roots are what needs to be pulled out, not just what they grow into...
One thing I promise you, we can all have a life that makes us happy, it's a choice, commit to it... We don't ever have to be in an unhappy relationship... No one has the right to hurt us, try and make us feel bad about ourselves, or try to break our spirit... Remind yourself of this! You have a right to happiness!
Women Who Run With The Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Many mothers

This idea of having many mothers is just so beautiful...
One of my favourite things when I was young was Mother's Day, we would have a big celebration with all of the women in our family, my mum, her sisters, my great aunts, my cousins and second cousins, and my nanna was there in spirit too... It was so wonderful to have all of the stories of our family there on one space, there were always stories, advice, and amazing food! Whenever it was Mother's Day, there was always a sense of excitement to connect to our family history, but also to the women, women who had so much knowledge, and shared it... Truly special...
Now it isn't that, for me, for the past 8 years it has been the Mother's Day classic, and this year I am going out with my little family for lunch... But I want that for my kids, I want them to gain knowledge from the women of my family, I want us all to sit around the table and tell stories, pass down what we have learned...
We can have this without a blood family, when I sit around with my girlfriends, I do hope that one day we will have a table we can share with our children to afford them knowledge and feel a part of something special that spans years... I want my kids that there are other women who they can draw from, that they can trust if they feel that they can't come to me or my husband first...
Women Who Run With The Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estes