Friday, September 7, 2012

What kind of meditation do I teach?

I am often asked this question before people come to my classes: "What kind of meditation do you teach?" My response is often, "Many types of meditation." So I felt it would be good to explain my answer more in-depth. Around 2000-2001, my first meditations learned came from Buddhist (Tibetan) teachings. I began with very simple meditations, mantras, and breathwork. Next, I learned Kripalu Yoga, learning mantras, breathwork and an evolving silent, seated meditation, simply focused at the 3rd eye and on the breath. You can call many of these breath-awareness meditations and chakra meditations. Somewhere during this time, I learned Shamanic trance and journeying, healing with the drum and using this focus as a meditation. Then I learned Vipassana Meditations, learning to cultivate love during meditation, directing that love at myself and my emotions with more breath-awareness and heart-centered focus. After that, I learned Metta Meditation, a Buddhist practice of Loving-Kindness. I spent a long time with four phrases (very similar in some ways to Ho'oponopono) offering love, compassion and kindness first to oneself and then sending it to others. At around that time, I learned Reiki, which uses various types of Tibetan Buddhist meditations, mantras, and also Violet Flame meditations. Here is where my clairvoyance really evolved. After learning Reiki, I re-discovered a deep foundational connection to the Archangels, speaking with them and letting them speak through me as a medium. At that point, the Angels would then guide meditations through me. Since that time I have used Ho'oponopono as a meditation, using Sikh mantras and scripture as meditations, dance and yoga as meditation, walking meditations, silence and nature, and others. Meditation is known as listening. Whatever we can do to quiet the mind so we can hear God, or our Guides, or our own inner voice, is a meditation. The route to meditation and peace is individual. Everyone needs a different tool from the toolbox. Having learned and practiced many of these tools, I tend to empty myself of expectations before I teach a group. Therefore, the words I speak or the space I hold is a mix of words, breath, chant, and silence, designed for the group that is present at that time. Each meditation is unique, each class is unique. My only intention is to get out of the way and allow Spirit to use me to benefit those present. With love,

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Just eat Kale (getting your greens)

Pink is so much better! Today, I'm reminded (actually daily) that our light bodies need to remain light and indeed become lighter and lighter. The Angels are speaking of detoxification and purification and as such there are many aspects and topics here within to discuss. Today we will discuss food cravings. Food cravings often come from either a lack of nutrition in the diet or stress. In either case, eating nutrients will most certainly help you in both areas. Raw foods and supplements are a typical way to get the best nutrients. Ingesting super-foods is also beneficial. To know which foods or super-foods you need, ask your dream guides to show you during dreamtime. For me, this never fails, I'm almost nightly shown what to eat the next day, and what to avoid if I happen to be eating something that is not working for me. I love food, used to be a food addict, and I still work through cravings. The main thing that helps me, is micro-greens. I have found lately that when I take AFA Blue Green Algae, Spirulina and other greens, my cravings drop tremendously. Our body will often crave because it is trying to get a certain ingredient. Most people are not eating enough greens. For example, a chimpanzee's diet is 95% dark leafy green's, and their DNA is closest to ours. We need to eat two whole bunches of greens a day to get the right nutrients in our bodies. This could be one bunch of kale and one head of romaine lettuce. Sometimes it's difficult to consume that much roughage, which is why I will juice greens at times. Juicing greens is a very quick way to get a lot of nutrients into the body. Also, if you are coming down with a cold, juicing greens and alkalizing the body is the quickest way to get your body back to health. Juicing a diet of greens alone is a cancer cure. My juicer has been dormant in lieu of enjoying kale salads. Here's my kale salad recipe, which is very easy: 1 bunch of kale raw sesame seeds raw pumpkin seeds olive oil Bragg's amino liquids and toss! You can add raw onion and seaweed that has been soaked if you wish. Make sure you buy organic as organic foods have at least twice as many nutrients in them, plus organic tastes better. I don't measure, but go easy on the Bragg's because it's quite salty. Enjoy and we'll come back with more recipes soon! Love,