Insightful Inspirations

I was getting a massage the other day with the intention of releasing some energy that I felt stuck in for awhile. I started to feel the therapist work on me and feel the places that were tense and tender and that they related to this stuckness I feel. Recently I have been looking at moving out matches with things I feel are no longer serving me. However, I was struggling to do so. I was having trouble seeing why. I can move other people’s energy around so easily, yet I am struggling with my own. “Healer be healed!” I was saying to myself.

Then it came to me as I tensed under the pressure of the massage. Like the body clenching under the pressure of a sore spot, my energy was clenching. But why? One reason is that like a massage it hurts to let it go or at least somewhere I perceive it to hurt. But as the therapist worked on me I realize it is sore and tender and then it releases and feels light and wonderful. It helped me to see I want to push through the sore and tender to allow it to release. I can’t just continue to avoid the spot. Touch it with the intention to release, observe the struggle and then just by observing it lets go. Just by continuing to observe. Doing nothing else but that very thing.

This is so true with everything. Just by observing it you change it. Sometimes we avoid facing something head on because we are afraid of it, but once we do, it releases and no longer controls our thoughts.  It is instinctive for our energy to clench up and protect what we think is ours. It won’t just let it go, it much first have a gentle reminder of what is a balanced state, then it will return there willingly while releasing what it thought it needed.

Insightful Inspiration of the week

What sore spot are you guarding and not releasing? Why are you guarding it? What are you telling yourself about that thing you don’t want to face? It hurts only for a moment to face it and then it softens. You can see why you are where you are. Notice any resistance in your body and mind about letting this go. Just notice, without judgement, this resistance.

by Freeman Mester

As you observe this resistance you can begin to see the wisdom in it, with love and trust. Once you see that, you can let it go and make room for whatever you need next. You can open yourself up to the light and the possibilites now available to you. You may not have been ready to open up to it before, which is why the guard was there to begin with. But now it is there for you to open to and be nourished by.

If all else fails, go get a massage and see what you learn about yourself from the experience.  Have a releasing week!

Everyone has had a song stuck in their head at one point or another. These songs even seem contagious. Someone mentioned a line from a catchy tune or sings it under their breath and the next think you know it, it is stuck in your head. It is referred to as an earworm, here is where urban dictionary defines it. There are all kinds of interesting studies about this and the brain. Dartmouth University found out that our brain will even fill in the gaps, energetically, even when the song stops playing. There are all kinds of things you can read about this topic. Here is a New York Times article about it.

But if our brain will fill in the gaps on songs, where else is it filling in the blanks. My observation is that our energy systems will try and predict things in order to save energy in creating a new response. So if you get triggered in this behavior, even if it is different than the last time you experienced it, your body and mind will go to the path it has already traveled first, unless it is required to change course. This means that if you normally are defensive when receiving feedback about something, you will tend to always turn there first, before hearing the feedback.

Have you ever stressed about something you have experienced as bad in the past, expecting it to be bad again as this similar experience approaches? Then you stress, prepare and try and control your response to the upcoming badness, only to find out that there was nothing to worry about?

Awareness to these stuck energies is key to changing your experiences with the world. Just because it was bad once, doesn’t always make it bad. That bad song is just stuck in your head. See if you can attract different experiences, just by becoming aware of that stuck song.

Insightful Inspirations of the week

Do you have a mantra stuck in your head about something or someone? “This always happens to me.” or “I can never get paid what I am worth.” or ‘Men or Women are always so ____.” That song is stuck in your head and you will fill in the blanks by attracting those experiences that validate that tape. See if you can replace that tape with something else. That is what Louise Hay of Hay House always tries to do, give you new mantras to say over and over. Replacing those tapes.  See if you can identify a tape that you want to replace. Put a new mantra on a sticky note where you can see it and use it in place of the old one. Then see what shifts.

We play with our energy so unconsciously sometimes we don’t even know what we are doing until it’s done. It is like eating half a pint of ice cream before noticing! Now think what that would do to your hips (or thighs, or where ever you prefer to put on weight). Same goes for not taking in enough food. If you are too busy to eat all of the time, you will get too thin to be healthy.

The same thing is happening to your energy field. Without proper exercise, maintenance, and awareness we all get energetically out of whack. Putting too much burden on our energy systems or too little.

Like you body type, the amount of energy you actually need is different for everyone. Some people are naturally heavy and some naturally light and where you store that energy differs too. But the point is that you can manage a healthy energetic weight by bring awareness to it.

Insightful Inspirations for the week

Get yourself on a healthy energy plan. Find time to connect with yourself, play with your energy or exercise it and pay attention to when you are unconsciously taking on too much or too little. Think of it like a meal and plan for it. Work with it, move it, become friends with it. You can get involved in the more complicated techniques to balance your chakras and aura, if you have the time and energy. But you would be better off spending a little time with yourself every day than trying to cram in a completely new way of living all at once and then quit all together. Just like a diet.

So often our differences with other people stems from communication issues. Someone said something they didn’t mean, we thought someone said something mean, we don’t mean what we say. So many issues arise in that fifth chakra and relationships! We all know this already.

What we don’t look into as often is the communication with ourselves. Our thoughts, our bodies, our emotions are all forms of self communication. However, normally we do these things without thinking there may be a miscommunication . We just assume we can communicate well with ourselves, but the fact is, sometimes we don’t.

We either ignore our own bodies, emotions, thoughts, etc. We try and change them or we misinterpret them. For example, do I really want to go out to dinner with that person or do I just feel obligated to? Another example would be when we try and change our physical body and it back fires. Let’s say we try and fix a problem by getting really healthy, which seems to cause more health issues. Well, maybe out body just got the communication that the only way you would listen is if it was causing problems. Sometimes we have to take ourselves off of automatic pilot and work on our communication issues.

Insightful Inspiration for the week

Stop and listen to yourself. Really listen. What are you trying to tell yourself that you are trying to dismiss or deny? Maybe it is that aching thought that keeps coming up about something. You think it is just a silly thought and you keep putting it off, but pull it out and talk to it. Sit with that thought and feel it with complete awareness. There might be a better communication method there if you just stop long enough to give it a try.

Check in with any miscommunications you might be having with yourself. Are you pushing too hard on changing something about yourself that is causing other parts to dig it’s heels in on? Are you expecting too much? Are you limiting yourself, by expecting too little. This week, just work on communication with yourself in all aspects and see if it shifts your perspective.

Let me know how it goes.

When people come for a session with me they get an energy bath.  I clean off patterns that are not supportive, foreign energy, other people in your space. Etc. This give people the sense of lightness, ease, and peace that helps them stand in their own power.

But it is even more important for everyone to learn good energetic hygiene for themselves. It is like taking a shower or brushing your teeth. You wouldn’t go years without doing that! Yet many of us neglect our energy fields and don’t acknowledge the power it has over how we feel and what we can accomplish.

The problem is none of us were trained to wash our energy. So you might need a little guidance, just to get your conscious mind around what it means to “clean” your energy field. There are books out there that you can get about these topics. There are classes you can take online and in person. The resources are out there and I highly encourage you to use them.

Insightful Inspiration for the week

Establish a daily energetic cleansing technique for yourself and commit to doing it for at least a week. Notice what shifts as you do this. Here are some ideas on what you could do (it doesn’t have to take long). I always encourage you to explore what works for you and come up with your own technique.

Phase one: Grounding

• Visualize a grounding cord from your tail bone, dropping down to the center of the earth and connecting. Then open up as wide as your hips, making it hollow for full release.
• Go outside and site in the grass with your socks off.
• Visualize growing roots out of your butt and your feet, into the earth, feel the roots bringing nourishment back into your body from the earth.

Phase two: Cleansing

• Visualize a silver shower, rinsing away any energy that is not supporting you.
• Sit in the sun and take in the warmth allowing it to release any energy that is not supporting you.
• Rub your hands together and then pull them apart just an inch. Feel the energy surging between them, then use your hands to wipe off any energetic debris.

Phase three: Filling in

• Imagine a huge, golden sun above your head, calling all your energy from all directions in time back into it and then draining the golden energy into the top of your head, into your entire body and space around you.
• Feel the spark of divine light in your belly button and allow it to expand and fill in your body and space around you.
• Notice a source of light above your head, allow that light to shine into your body and the space around you.

Phase four: Shielding

• Imagine a rose in front of you, representing your energy, just outside your space. Ground it to the center of the earth and let it collect up all the energy of the world and process it for you.
• Surround yourself with white light.
• Use hematite jewelry or some other material that represents protection for you and allow it to shield your energy throughout the day.

Share you techniques with us on Facebook. If you have had an energy bath with me, share with us how that helped you in your daily life and give your insights on how your attention to this fact can help you going forward.

Normally I try to stay a little more high level on life issues and not get too time specific. Today though, I want to send out some reassurance, as a lot of us are experiencing major upheavals in our bodies and lives. There are some major shifts going on right now. I am not an astrologer, so I can only tell you what I am experiencing and what my other intuitive friends are sharing. This is intense energy and we are ALL feeling it.

Right now is a time of ends. Ending of past patterns and beliefs that are no longer serving us. There is more job loss, divorce, death, etc. going on right now as a result. But even if it is not a major life altering end on the outside, it is still going on. You may be experiencing fatigue, dizziness, fogginess, random illnesses, etc. There is a lot of unconscious clearing going on for all of us right now and it is going to be a great thing in the end. We just have to make it to the other side, without resisting. We have to clear the garden to grow even more beautiful plants.  

Share your experiences with each other, so you know we are not alone. Post in the comments what is happening with you. If any of you are not experiencing this, please comment. I would love to hear too.

Insightful Inspirations for the week

If you need a nap, take a nap. If you need to take a day or week off, do it. Take care of yourself right now. Nothing is WRONG with you, you are just having to let go of old patterns that you have been using for so long. It feels like a death of sorts, which obviously can be uncomfortable. Notice what you are going through and try and keep yourself grounded. If you are not able to feel grounded, call a friend, get involved with a group. I garuntee you are  not the only one and it will help you work through it.

Give yourself permission to go inward and listen to what you really want right now. Honor that and know you are doing the best you can right now.

Email me or post if you have questions. I am off to take a nap!

by Freeman Mester

Your body is a chatter box! It is constantly talking to you. I was in an accupunture appointment the other day and my stomach was growling and gurgling and the practitioner said “wouldn’t it be nice if we could speak that language and understand what our body is saying.” I thought to myself…”Wait a minute! I do speak this language. It is just energy!” So I laid there and I listened. My grumbling tummy told me I ate too fast (which I did, always seem to be running around) and that it wanted me to be more mindful about what I put in my body.

Your body is telling you a lot. Aches and pains are telling you something, what is it? Another thing to notice is that what is on your mind often manifest in your body. This is why we have all of these sayings like “she is a pain in the neck” or “that gets under my skin”. Literally our body is affected by our mind and our environment and when something goes amiss, you can figure out what it is just by listening to yourself. If you ignore yourself, you could be up for a long hall back to wellness, so listen early and often! Also notice your thoughts, they are powerful things and can eventually end up somewhere in your body.

You don’t have to be an energy healer to listen to yourself. I am currently developing a class on this very topic with a wellness coach. It should be a great experience. But I wanted to get you thinking about this on your own.  Also ready my article this week on Mind, Body, Spirit alignment – why the heck do we care?

Insightful Inspiration for the week

Pay attention to your body. Notice what is coming up for you. What ailments do you have? Write them down and just see if you can relate them to what is going on in your life. Also notice, what thought patterns are playing out with this? What body phrases do you use a lot? Do you refer to things as being a “pain in the neck” or something similar. How is this manifesting in your body? Notice how talkative your body is through out the day. Give thanks to the communication it is giving you, thank goodness it does talk to you! There is a little girl in the news who doesn’t feel pain and because she can’t hear her body she is always getting hurt and in danger. Click here to read about her.  This is a good thing that you hear your body. Don’t take it for granted. Listen closely and take note. You might start to notice you have more control over how you feel than you ever realized.

Good luck! I am wishing you a week full of wellness and good converstations with your body.