Wellness is a topic which we are all fairly interested in and there are many ways to achieve it. I have been exploring getting well since I was 22 when I began to study yoga. From there, I learned meditation, reiki, ayurveda, angel therapy, home birthing, pranic healing, raw vegan food preparation, marathon running, and so much more in between. The past 10 years have been filled with self-healing. After having two kids and losing one hundred pounds, moving from NY to CA and getting divorced, life looks nothing like it did 10 years ago. Wellness for me has been a complete personal overhaul. I was unwell much of my life. From being abused to self-abuse, as I journeyed to many teachers and "healers," I learned to become more well. Wellness is not an end, it's a path. The more well we become, the more we do to keep it. It's like when you plateau as an athlete. The more you purify your body, the more you keep purifying your body. You go from eliminating cheese to drinking green juice. There's a progression and a process.
There have been many miracles on my journey, special people, my children...divine interventions and grace seem to always step in when I need it. Archangel Ariel always said that my vibration will affect my manifesting or creative abilities. So for example, when I am dull, heavy and depressed, I don't manifest much. When I lighten up with some green juice, running and yoga, I attract so much more into my life. In between those poles of depression and joy, are moments of intense emotions which are part of my personality as well as part of the cleansing process. Truthful emotional release is hard for many people. I'm lucky that this has been something I do with great ease, probably to a fault. That said, as I share this personal information, and I do so that more of us can get "real" with what is UNWELL in our lives, going into these emotions can be done more easily than you think. Most are afraid of it, it's an uncomfortable place. Thank God we have books and meditation classes to get us through it all.
As we journey towards wellness, at our own pace, I will share this tip: Do pace yourselves. This life is a marathon. Focus on feeling good, not being an addict, but feeling good doing what makes you well-er and well-er.
More wellness to come....
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
What is the DEER about anyway?
On my run/walk/meander this afternoon, I saw deer after deer and finally saw 6 deer together in one area. I come across them often on this trail, and aside from their obvious charm and beauty I am compelled to write about deer energy and medicine, from a different perspective than just observing that they're pretty animals.
Many of us dabble with animal medicine and we note that deer medicine is about sweetness and gentleness.
There was much behavior to observe today: Eating and grazing on greens, twitching ears and tails, walking and lying down, stopping and staring, nibbling and resting, etc. Deer must be one of the most peaceful animals if you stop to watch them. The only animal I could think of that would be as harmless is a mouse. But isn't it amazing to see a larger animal that is so peaceful? And then I think of dolphins too. The deer is serene, they give nothing but peaceful and calm energy, perhaps even timid when threatened, but mostly, they are just gentle creatures who do little but graze on greens and walk through the forest. What an example to follow?
The deer doesn't think or have too many concerns. Perhaps their habitat is lessening, and yet they may not of course "think" about this and the dangers of being so close to the freeway. The deer look unaffected and they are. They are unaffected by what is going on around them, they are able to walk, graze and rest with no disruption.
What if we all could do that? What if we could all co-exist with this much disarmingly peaceful behavior of quiet meandering and grazing? What if we stopped to stare at each other, without thinking, but just acknowledging the other's presence? What if we weren't too busy to move so slowly throughout the day? Simple, effortless, being, and nothing more. It's funny how much we can learn from animals, if we could take the time to walk outside more frequently.
Anyway, I wish us all a deer-like easy day of peace.
With love,
Many of us dabble with animal medicine and we note that deer medicine is about sweetness and gentleness.
There was much behavior to observe today: Eating and grazing on greens, twitching ears and tails, walking and lying down, stopping and staring, nibbling and resting, etc. Deer must be one of the most peaceful animals if you stop to watch them. The only animal I could think of that would be as harmless is a mouse. But isn't it amazing to see a larger animal that is so peaceful? And then I think of dolphins too. The deer is serene, they give nothing but peaceful and calm energy, perhaps even timid when threatened, but mostly, they are just gentle creatures who do little but graze on greens and walk through the forest. What an example to follow?
The deer doesn't think or have too many concerns. Perhaps their habitat is lessening, and yet they may not of course "think" about this and the dangers of being so close to the freeway. The deer look unaffected and they are. They are unaffected by what is going on around them, they are able to walk, graze and rest with no disruption.
What if we all could do that? What if we could all co-exist with this much disarmingly peaceful behavior of quiet meandering and grazing? What if we stopped to stare at each other, without thinking, but just acknowledging the other's presence? What if we weren't too busy to move so slowly throughout the day? Simple, effortless, being, and nothing more. It's funny how much we can learn from animals, if we could take the time to walk outside more frequently.
Anyway, I wish us all a deer-like easy day of peace.
With love,
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