KNOW limits versus NO LIMITS!

When we were a child we understood anything was possible and yet were not desperate for anything to happen.

We went to bed to rest not to worry.

We got up filled with peace and certainty that  a new magical day was unfolding. 

We understood that we would take each moment as it came.  

We understood that each moment could change drastically and yet we would go with the flow. 

We controlled nothing (we still don’t) and yet we spend so much of our time trying to or being frustrated because we can’t. 

When things go wonderfully we congratulate ourselves for working hard and orchestrating our success.

When things go poorly we berate our selves and wonder where we went wrong and spend much time trying to understand what we could have done better.

When things go wonderfully for us a child we are happy and grateful and when things go poorly we are disappointed … and then that moment passes and we move on to the next moment and the next - there is no blame or self recrimination... just a 'getting on with things'.  

What changed?  (Here's 'THE WHY')

As we grew older, we were blamed for certain situations and so we grew to know blame.

We saw blame shifted, we saw guilt and as we witnessed it - we also grew a sense of it, we grew to know it. We grew to experience it. 

When disappointments happened or hurtful situations,  we decided that we were going to do whatever it takes to make sure that this situation doesn’t happen again.  In a massive effort to try to control things… we placed a limit there.  We KNEW LIMITS.

"I won’t be in this type of relationship again because it hurts when I do"

"I won’t speak in public anymore because someone might make fun of me"

"I won’t go to university because I did poorly in a subject in high school and it made me feel so badly about my scholastics, I just don’t have what it takes, I am stupid."

Our inner child always stays strong because the inner child knows NO LIMITS. 

Anything is possible.

There is no such thing as control for any situation.  

Simply going along the flow of life while acting with the best of intentions and staying IN THE MOMENT, open to opportunities;  ensures all the best comes our way!

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What does an Angel Light message and Taylor Swift have in common? SHAKE IT OFF!

I am a very big fan of Taylor Swift - actually, to be more accurate I am a very big fan of MUSIC and the healing and inspiring qualities of music.
Simply listening to music can be healing and strengthening in so many ways....ANY music! My playlists include  Taylor Swift,    ACDC,    Tchaikovsky,   Brian Adams,   Imagine Dragons,   Mozart,   One Republic ...among others. When you are choosing your music....be varied! There are as many artists and genres in music as there are different sides of your Self, your Soul and your moods. Enjoy them all!

However, this particular piece ~ SHAKE IT OFF ~  is standing out to me as the message in the lyrics is particularly strong AND the message is one that (those that KNOW ME, know this) I tend to 'dwell on'.

Also, those that know me know that I love to dance....and sing (even though my teenage boys have begged me not to!).   Every now and then I get an email/phone call/text message from someone saying "Hey, I saw you in your car at corner of blank and blank and you were dancing!! and it looked like you were singing!"  and I message back with "oh no, I have bluetooth in the car and I was more than likely talking animatedly on the phone"  and I receive "....er, no - definitely dancing, I couldn't mistake those finger snaps and 'shoulder shuffles' at the red light and as I drove past....I think you may have had your sunroof open...was that Taylor Swift's SHAKE IT OFF I heard?"

and I answer, 'Yes, it more than likely was :) I listen to it all the time!  In fact, I share it with my clients as my most recent Energy tip.  Dancing, 'moving without purpose'! most definitely increases energy in our Sacral chakra which in turn increases our EMOTIONAL FREEDOM!  Why wouldn't everyone dance every time they had the chance?

This reduces the effect of other people's opinions and (possibly unwanted/negative) energies on us....and INCREASES OUR OWN SENSE OF FREEDOM AND  PERSONAL ENERGY.

Increasing our energy doesn't have to be difficult or complicated.  Just dance!

HOWEVER, THIS PARTICULAR SONG..... has an Angel translation...so when the song is playing (and the link is at the end of the post if you want to bring these messages to life within you...maybe do a few finger snaps or shoulder shuffles...maybe go for a drive with the sunroof open?!!  :)
This is how the Angels interpret the lyrics of 'Shake it off'.

I stay up too late

Got nothing in my brain

That's what people say

That's what people say

Angels: people underestimate me...but I believe in me - and my Angels believe in me

I go on too many dates

But I can't make them stay

At least that's what people say

That's what people say

Angels: other people's opinions don't matter to me, I do the right thing for my Self & others 

But I keep cruising

Can't stop, won't stop moving

It's like I got this music

In my mind, saying it's gonna be alright

Angels: Life goes on, I keep moving forward and my Angels tell me I am on the RIGHT path -  'All is well'

Cause the players gonna play,play,play

and the haters gonna hate, hate, hate

Baby I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake

Shake it off 

Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break

and the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake

Baby I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake

Shake it off, Shake it off

Angels: Other people will do as they are meant to.  If I disagree, then I will note that -however I  will continue to do what I NEED TO DO and are MEANT TO DO.  I will not let their energies drag me down....I am MOVING FORWARD. I will 'shake it off'

I never miss a beat

I'm lighting up my feet

and that's what they don't see

That's what they don't see

Angels: Even if I am not receiving appreciation for my efforts, I know I am doing well.

I'm dancing on my own

I make the moves up as I go

And that's what they don't know

That's what they don't know

Angels: Even though sometimes I feel I don't have much support in the physical world,  I listen to my own intuition.  I 'forget the plan and stay in the moment'. This is bringing me forward. 

.......

......

hey, hey, hey

Just thing while you been getting down and out about the liars 

and the dirty dirty cheats of the world

you could have been getting down to this sick beat

Angels: You can CHOOSE to listen to negativity or positivity.  Only ONE of those choices will BRING YOU FORWARD. 

Angel messages come in so many different ways.  Our Angels need to REACH US ALL and so they find all different types of venues for us to be able to connect with them....and more importantly for them to be able to connect with us!  

LISTEN to your Angel messages happening around you every moment in every day and feel their gentle, nurturing messages that will comfort you when you are in need.  Also, feel their powerful messages designed to invite you to action in the areas of your life action is needed.  

Most importantly, feel your Angels around you always.   To listen to this powerful (and FUN!) song ... CLICK HERE AND RECEIVE YOUR ANGEL MESSAGE....(but you know you need to dance to receive it, right?!  :)  

Sending Angel Light your way!  

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Why should I meditate?

Why should I meditate?
Well, many days I used to find myself thinking about how 'crazy' my day is, about how the days (weeks/months/YEARS!) are slipping by so quickly and yes, even how I DON'T HAVE TIME to do anything.  So when people used to suggest that I meditate a little piece of my mind internally would do a little explosion as I stared at them incredulously....Are they not listening? Are they not hearing me??!   I DON'T HAVE TIME and they want to FIND MORE TIME..... to SIT?

So, let's say I do find this time (I remember thinking in my mind). So, I light some candles and put on some soft music, close my eyes, take some deep breaths ..... and then watch my mind whir away ticking off all of the things I have yet to do today (tomorrow, next week) and feel my frustration level rising as I know that at this moment...I am wasting time....THAT I DON'T HAVE.

Yes, very helpful.

OK SO I GET IT .....YES....it takes a bit of a leap of faith to begin HOWEVER (were you waiting for this?) once you get on to a regular practise of meditating....your time windows begin to open up.  Your perceptions shift and you realize that some of the things that you were doing could be delegated or dropped from your schedule altogether. How does this happen?  Through the practise of meditation....it is MAGICAL!

First, unfortunately you may have to get to where I was at.  I described my first thoughts of meditation and THEN I got to the point where life was whirring away so quickly and my energy and emotions were lower than low and there just didn't seem to be enough energy to even get through today - let alone tomorrow....I had nothing to lose and potentially everything to gain by trying!
*and I know that when you are meant to try something, you are not meant to try it once or twice and then expect to see results - you must commit for at least a month and then you can truly see and FEEL RESULTS!

So, I did.  I tried guided meditations on Youtube and then added in some walking meditations where I repeated some affirmations while walking outside and even tried some group meditations.

The results were fantastic....albeit gradual.  The change within me was so incremental that I didn't really notice it for the first few weeks and even after a couple of months, I thought the change had been minimal ... although I kept at it because - I liked it.  I liked the actual process of making a conscious decision that for the next 15 mins (30mins, 60mins whatever I felt I could give to it that day) I was going to simply breathe and NOT WORRY about future or FRET about past events...in this moment all that existed was this moment.  FREEING!

The people around me certainly noticed a change however AND I noticed a change in the people around me.  I  found that interesting as well.  I was 'throwing out' some peaceful and powerful energy to the people around me and they were reflecting it back to me!

After I finished my meditation, my mind was clearer and I felt more peaceful and calm.....STRONGER and more able to move forward in a steady motion (unlike the frenetic and harried mindset I had been in before I began my meditation practice)

This was years and years ago and today I host guided meditations and love the energy that surrounds when a group gets together to increase their energy, become stronger on all levels and ....de-stress!

So, I guess the real question is...
Why SHOULDN'T you meditate!

Treat yourSelf to an energy BOOST and start meditating today!

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September Message - POWER FORWARD!

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....and have a lovely day!  

:)

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Angels bring us our Silver Linings!

  Just before I took this picture,  I had been inside preparing a late(ish) dinner when all of a sudden my head snapped up and I was drawn to go to the back window.  My eyes must have been like saucers as I was drawn into the evening sky and the miraculous show the Angels were putting on for anyone who was drawn to gaze into the sunset as I was doing.  I quickly grabbed my camera and ran down to the dock to capture the moment.

One of my dear friends tends to call me 'silver lining woman' from time to time and so therefore it was in particular the cloud on the right that held my attention.  Just a moment before, the sun had been behind this cloud and the sky had been rather dark for a time.  HOWEVER, as the sun continued to shift, this very dark cloud held a beautiful silver lining and you can still see it along the upper edges at the right.  THAT IS, IF YOU FELT INCLINED TO LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING...you could see it.

Sometimes we get so focused on the big dark cloud that we have a kind of 'tunnel vision' here and are not seeing the whole picture.   Dark clouds have silver linings and in time as the sun continues to shift...we feel the sunshine again as the sun manages to come out from behind the cloud.

Life can be like that.  When your day seems overshadowed by a 'dark cloud' take a step back and FULLY LOOK at the whole situation (this may take some time to get beyond the emotions here) but there just may be a silver lining that you can consider here as you anticipate the 'sky clearing' and the sun shining again on you as you make your way forward on your Life path.

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Build your ENERGY SCHEDULE!

Your own personal energy level is WORTHY of receiving a place on your calendar!

Before we go any further, take a quick peak at your calendar right now.  You probably have your work schedule, kids activities, doctors appointments, bank meetings, teacher meetings, birthday parties (probably not your own), family get togethers etc all scribbled down there decorating your month with an eclectic array of obligations which is ... WONDERFUL! Not to mention necessary HOWEVER when the month is done you can 'chalk one up for Well done' as far as accomplishing everything you set out to do however NOW you have to DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN NEXT MONTH!

The difference between this month and last month is because your own PERSONAL ENERGY LEVEL never made it to a spot(s) on your calendar ~ you now have LESS energy to begin this month's series of obstacle courses.

*And this is NOT  a case of 'Less is more'....

this is MOST DEFINITELY a case of 'Less is LESS' 

and what we NEED is MORE!

We need more time and attention placed on our own personal Energy needs.  

Those that are familiar with my Energy focus know that when we are talking about personal Energy we are talking about your;

1.  Physical energy -strength and vitality

2.  Emotional/Mental energy - clarity, joy, focus
3.  Spiritual energy - inner peace, serenity, connected with Higher Self and Source

Make it your PRIORITY this month to sit down and put your ENERGY NEEDS first on the calendar.
When I am building my Energy Schedule for the month, I first pop in all of the events that are 'fixed'. (my work schedule, family obligations etc)  I am VERY CAREFUL with how I discern what is 'fixed' and what is (if I look at things objectively) 'flux'.   For example, teacher's meeting and work schedule is 'fixed' however lunch with mom or paint my son's bedroom may be 'flux'.  (Yes, EVEN THOUGH I have been promising to do it for weeks!)

After all of the 'fixed' events have been placed on the calendar, I then pop in all of the Energy points that really appeal to me on the calendar.  See the list below for some of the Energy points that might appeal to you.  Some will and some won't so be sure to pick the ones that interest you.  Note also that some of the Energy points take up more time and some less so you may pick a 10min Energy point rather than the 45min Energy point for Wednesdays because that is your particularly busy (frenzied!) day of the week. 

 You can still work in a Quick Energy point into every day

 whether you have 10mins or 60mins ~

Your personal energy will continue to improve and increase with your daily focus! 

Some Energy points for you to consider are;

1. Meditation (30 mins or 10 mins - whatever time you have available is helpful.  See my Youtube channel for some meditation links  )

2. Be outside (30 mins or 10 mins  -same as above)

3. Breathe deeply (30/10/2 - even TWO minutes of this is an Energy RESET!)

4. Sea Salt baths - detox and refresh

5. LOSE yourself in beautiful music (my personal favourites by Dan Gibson Solitudes  click here and also here)

6.  Yoga!

7.  Rest and sleep (go to bed early!)

8.  Massage

9.  Reiki/Energy healing

10. Physical exercise (bike riding, walking, gym workouts, exercise class)

11. Positive affirmations

There are so many ways in which to improve and increase your PERSONAL ENERGY.  Some of these might appeal to you and you may have other ways that 'call to you'.  

Note you can also 'double down' on these Energy points! 

You may choose to listen to some beautiful  music or guided meditation as you repeat your favourite positive affirmation(s) to yourself while walking through the park outside or on a nature trail.  POWERFUL STUFF!

This month, put your own PERSONAL ENERGY first and build your Energy Schedule!

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Time for CHANGE

We all ask our Angels, our Guides, the Universe, Divine Source....for help and assistance.  

And we SHOULD do- in fact our Angels count on us to do just that!  Our Angels are always around us to help, to support and protect us and when we ask for their help with specific areas in our life then they can help us even more strongly. 

However, sometimes our Angels way of helping us is to INSIST on us helping ourselves.  Let me put this another way, when we ask and ask and ask for help, change or an increase in a certain area of our life and yet we don't see or feel that any help is being given to us ~ sometimes this is our 'Angel cue' that we can take a moment here to pause and reflect.  

We take this moment to not only have an objective look at the area in which we are asking for help but we can take a moment to also look at other areas in our life.  We may not have 'control' over this particular area in our life however there may be another area in our life where we have 'full control' over and THIS area may be where our Angels are asking us to 'make a change', CLEAN IT UP and then they will have an opportunity to bring positive change to us in the area we were asking about to begin with. 

By CLEANING UP certain areas of our life (the areas that we know DEEP DOWN are not helping us and may be inhibiting us) we are MAKING ROOM for our Angels to DOWNLOAD new areas of opportunity, success, happiness, joy, peace, financial abundance, perfect health.......(D - ALL OF THE ABOVE!) 

This week, make a change.  At least take one small step towards a bigger change....and ALLOW YOUR ANGELS  to help you by helping yourself through positive change. 

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