SELF CARE DURING SOLAR CYCLES WHICH EFFECT PERSONAL CYCLES

Auroras over Utah, July 2012

From Cayelin Castell's Blog on Shamanic Astrology, I found the information about what's happening in the earth's atmosphere interesting and helpful. So I'm passing it along. If you'd like more information, log onto her blog: http://cayelincastell.com/the-upcoming-solar-maximum-of-2013. 

The Sun has an eleven year Solar Cycle that is rapidly building toward another Solar Maximum expected to peak in 2013. 

This activates Auroras – as all wavelengths increase, including radio waves and gamma rays. The radiation Earth receives from these Solar Flares has been known to disrupt radio communications as well as radar and other types of equipment operating in these frequency ranges. 

The increased light activity affects, not only the Earth’s electro-magnetic fields but our personal electro-magnetic or auric fields as well.

During times of increased Solar Activity it helps to take time to get extra rest and to meditate, do yoga, eat raw, organic, living, high vibrational foods, focus on happy thoughts, exercise and other healthy activities such as soaking in epsom salts or a mineral bath. These are some of the things that will help to strengthen your personal energy field and raise your vibration or frequency.

Be sure to remember that even with all of these practices – there may be times when you feel exhausted, anxious and frustrated because whatever lower energies we are still dealing with – will surface in our awareness so we can transform them. That is actually a gift because it is providing an opportunity, meaning it is not a failure on our part but rather what we have agreed to transmute within ourselves – for our personal benefit of course – and for the benefit of the planet as we are the co-creators of the New Earth.

Shamanic Journey Workshop - (Spiritual Healing)

I've taken several workshops over the past few years that have involved Shamanic Journeys. A Shamanic Journey is where one consciously  tries to connect with spiritual support. It's kind of like praying and dreaming combined. I've never quite been able to get the hang of it according to how I interpreted  the experiences of others.

My last trip to LA, I discovered a Basic Shamanic Workshop that was going to take place in Phoenix, AZ, which I quickly signed up for. I wanted to get it right!

What I know about these intensives as they're called, is they are about one's personal journey/personal growth. The last little pieces of one's soul that are still in need of healing, emerge at these intensives. And being that I am on a journey to become real and authentic, I was honest with the feelings that were arising in me. 

The friend I attended with suggested to me, "Just change your language and stop acknowledging places of lack." I disagree with this philosophy. I believe that I have to take a look at the little places that still need to have a voice, be acknowledged, love them and then they can be set free. Otherwise what happens is they just continue to stay dormant, unaddressed and eventually these undressed areas can cause dis-ease.

While working at the Catholic Church, a priest friend said to me, "Pati, Jesus only condemned one people, the Pharisee's, people's whose insides didn't match their outsides." I spent years with my insides and outsides not matching, smiling and saying everything is OK.

I no longer do that, which can make others uncomfortable or perceive my being real as whining or looking for attention. But for me, it's simply sharing the real me, with my ups and downs and my coasting along status quo.

I don't need to be fixed, just a safe place to be real....so that when I find pieces of my soul that are still in need of being loved and accepted, I am free to do the personal work. I thank all of you who let me be real.....I love you.

Aquatic Massage from the 1st and 2nd Half of LIfe Perspective

Energy moves 5-7 times faster in water. 

I recently took the class series to become a Certified Aquatic Massage Therapist. I love that it is about Embracing the Heart. I spent many hours in the pool which earned me the honor of emerging with green hair! REALLY GREEN HAIR! I spent the next period of time doing 40 practice sessions so that I could pass my certification test. 

I had been away for a month and hadn't been in the water for the entire time. When I came back it was time to test out. I had to use a new water facility and when I took the test I flunked! What? I knew I hadn't done my best performance and the excuses quickly came to mind. The bottom line, I wasn't fully prepared (which wouldn't have made a huge difference as there were other issues involved, but I would have flunked knowing that I had given it my best attempt.) I picked up my poor little (obviously not so little) bruised ego and quickly started back meeting other therapists and working with them. 

It was such a blessing to meet other people doing the work and hearing their similar stories. I'm grateful for the set back as I've learned a lot more, and had experiences that I wouldn't have had if I had passed. 

I've given many aquatic massages to date and some of the things that people have reported experiencing has left me in awe! (Spirit can use anything) I'm reminded of what I talk about in my work, 1st Half of Life: The Certification Paper vs  2nd Half of LIfe: The Experience.

Sometimes it's not about the paper!