Category: Love & Life

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Asking for Help?

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Do you ever ask for help?

Do you over ask for help?

An interesting question which keeps coming up with me, do we ask when we need help?

If not, why not?

Or, do we ask for help to often, i.e. before we’ve even sat down to try and work things out for ourselves?

Hopefully you’re the balanced sort, but personally I’m coming out of the place of never asking for help but still always giving it a lot when asked.  I LOVE helping people, it’s in my nature (funny that considering my occupation.. lol); so I meet a lot of people who either seem to ask too much or too little to assist in their optimal growth.

My main conclusion on this is that is comes down to trust – either not trusting ourselves enough or not trusting in others enough.  This has given me much space for reflection on my own trust ‘issues’ and it feels nice to see where I may be able to grow as a person by having more trust..

Much love xxx

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Happy Easter? Pascha? Passover? Chocolate Egg Day?. Holidays!!

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Personally, I was bought up as a Catholic.  Thus Easter was boring with lots of church visits but balanced out by chocolate bribes.

As I’ve grown through life I’ve learnt I’m not much a fan of organised religion, and although I believe that like Mohammed, Buddha, Krishna and such, Jesus was a real man who left parables in an attempt to point at something divine.  I don’t however believe in heaven and hell, except that which we create for ourselves in our own minds; but I do respect that everyone believes in what they feel is right, organised religion may feel good to you and I respect that too.

Easter for me now, is a great time when I can spend some more time with the people I love and choose to be around.  Thus, I wish all people, (whatever it is you celebrate, love, family, suffering, God, chocolate, bunnies, the Sun) a VERY exciting Easter Holiday time.

We’re also between a lunar (moon 14/04/14) and solar (sun 29/04/14) eclipses right now, a powerful time of year for all!

LOVE and more LOVE xx

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Create Space in Your Life, Let Opportunities Happen..

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Nature abhors a vacuum, that is, an empty space.  Therefore if you have space in your life, new things will flood into it.

However, nature also tends towards balance and equilibrium, thus if there is already too much in your life nothing new can flow in.

TRUST in yourself and trust in nature.  Let go of what no longer serves you, and create space for more amazing things to come..

Or, if you don’t trust my word, Terence McKenna of course had a beautiful expression relating to this:

“Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick. This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering it’s a feather bed.”

Live, like you only have this moment..

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Ajna Chakra

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Moving our way up from Vishudda Chakra..

Ajna, meaning to perceive and command.  Located between the eyebrows and is associated to the pineal and pituitary glands.  It is represented as a 2 petaled lotus, each petal of which can be use to signify the unity of dualities, namely, sun and moon, feminine and masculine, yin and yang..  The colour most associated with this chakra are indigo and purple.

Now we’ve moved on beyond the more tangible elements of earth, water, fire, air and ether as we’ve moved up the chakras, Ajna contains all of those but thus it’s gross element is light.  The purpose for working through this chakra is to help break through illusions and recognise patterning which may be present within us so we can see more clearly; enabling greater intuition and self-reflection.

A person who is balanced in this chakra exhibits characteristics such as:

  • Astutely intuitive
  • Good memory as well as dream recalling
  • Perceptive
  • Good imagination and is able to visualise

A person who may be deficient in this chakra may be:

  • Have poor memory or dream recalling
  • Insensitive or in denial
  • Lacking in imagination and ability to see the future
  • Problems when visualising, physically poor eye sight and/or poor projection

Remembering, life isn’t straight forwards and thus one can be deficient or excessive in any or all chakras (and thus helping us to highlight where our path is for this particular embodiment); so someone who may be excessive in this chakra may have:

  • Delusions
  • Obsessions
  • Hallucinations or nightmares
  • Difficulty concentrating

Good practices for balancing Ajna are to explore visual arts (by creating or observing however feels best), meditation, dream work, visualisations and working with memory.

 ..And next we’re going to infinity and beyond with, Sahasrara Chakra..

Namaste x

 

References

(1) Eastern Body Western Mind, Anodea Judith (Available at the Book Depository!)

(2) The Subtle Body: An encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy, Cyndi Dale (Available at the Book Depository!)

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Suppressing Expressing

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I can’t stand to look at their faces,

Avoid absorbing all the pain out in these places.

 

Why do they have to look like that?

I wonder why that guy is so fat?

That girl is well skinny, more like a rake.

O yes and she’s another covered in fake.

Why’s that guy’s face so red, and her eyes all black?

I’m not sure what their doing to make themselves look like that..

 

What are they eating?  What are they wearing?

What on Earth is it that they’re hearing?

 

Why everyday do I go out of my way

To suppress what I feel someone must say?

Why are you unhappy?  Why are you so sad?

There’s not an ounce in you that can be all that bad..

 

Your body may be heavy but your eyes still seem bright;

Please now reconsider this ridiculous fight.

The fight with yourself and the fight with your heart;

Do you not realise that you can’t live apart?

Your heart knows the truth, it’s easy you’ll see;

Let down your guard to who it’s urging you to be.

 

What we give we get back,

It is as easy as that.

Dominate, control,  and selfish greed;

Lusting after unnecessary ‘need’;

Give out sh*t, and that’s all we see.

Completely missing how amazing life can be..

 

 

Peace, Love, Shine

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Vishudda Chakra

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Moving up 1 step from Anahata chakra..

Vishudda is translated to, pure or purification; it is the name for the throat chakra and it’s associated colour is blue.  It’s element is Ether or sound and the main aspect or purpose of Vishudda chakra is communication and creativity, it’s located at the throat area; it’s related organs are the vocal chords, mouth, throat, ears (very essential in some communications) and the thyroid/parathyroid glands.

The basic right developed with Vishudda chakra is the right to speak or be heard; I feel we’re undergoing massive transition in this with our current changing times – this and our abilities to express our creativity.  Expression requires freedom of speech and self in space and time; thus working with this chakra can be massively liberating.

Characteristics displayed in Vishudda chakra when it is balanced are:

  • Clear communication
  • Good listening and receiving skills
  • Freely creative and expressive
  • Sense of timing and rhythm

 Excess in Vishudda chakra can manifest in signs relating to the following:

  • Poor auditory comprehension, or simply an inability to listen
  • Gossiping or too much talking (talking as a defense)
  • Often interrupting, a dominating voice

Insufficiency in Vishudda chakra sometimes manifests as:

  • Introversion or shyness, a fear of speaking, often a weak voice
  • Difficulty expressing ones feelings
  • Poor rhythm, or tone deaf

If one is interested in healing at this chakra then practices which help to support the balanced characteristics all help, these could be things such as singing, chanting, story telling (if deficient), free and open-ended creativity, releasing shoulder tension, writing a journal or if in excess then practicing silence..

 

..Next, Ajna Chakra..

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Anahata Chakra

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Moving up from Manipura Chakra..

Anahata chakra, also known as the heart chakra; is located just below the sternum/breast bone.  The heart is considered to be at the centre of the body and puts out thousands of times more electromagnetic activity than the brain; you really have got to live in a cave these days to not have awareness of the heart’s connection to love and relationships (both with ourselves and others).  Anahata is associated to the element of air and thus also is related to the respiratory as well as the cardiac system; it’s representative colour is green.

The basic right of this chakra is to love and to be loved.

Some of the characteristics displayed if one is balanced in this chakra are:

  • To be loving and compassionate (to self and others)
  • Have a good immune system
  • Being peaceful and balanced
  • Empathic and altruistic

If one is working with issues in this chakra they may either have excessive of deficient energy, or both, and thus will potentially display:

Excessive energy

  • Demanding and clingy
  • Codependent and poor boundaries
  • Jealous
  • Unduly sacrificing

Deficient energy

  • Lacking empathy or excessively self-interested
  • Self-isolation, loneliness or depression
  • Withdrawn and fearing relationships
  • Judgmental, critical and/or intolerant

Due to it’s association with air and physical location in the body, good balancing activities for anahata chakra are breathing exercises or pranayama, journaling and potentially work on self-acceptance, emotional release and relationships.  Helping us to comprehend and thus open our hearts from a place which feels right, rather than feeling we “should” or “shouldn’t” love; loving where we feel works best for our journey and those we influence/are influenced by.

..Next to Vishudda Chakra..

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What a weekend…. New Moon Happy Mothers Day too!

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Spring has it’s way of getting things to freshen up, move along and get the party starting..

With the New Moon in Aries today, Mothers day in the UK, rounding up to my last week of full-time ‘in the system’ working, expanding my family (a brother rather than a baby, not quite ready for motherhood yet!), meeting some fabulous, intelligent and spiritual lovers, and feeling all star-struck by being in the same space as the beautiful Johnny Depp; it really is time to lay down those intentions for the next month..

What do I want to create from here?.

How can I best fulfill my life for the good and love of our universal, global consciousness?

 

Time to meditate as there’s no time to hesitate..  How best to let go, remembering you just gotta go with the flow..

 

Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.  Much love  xx

 

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Manipura Chakra

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Moving up from Swadisthana Chakra to..

Manipura (mani = jewel, pura = dwelling place), also known as the solar plexus chakra.  It is depicted by the colour yellow and associated to the fire element; it’s located just above the belly button where it has it works with the digestive system.  Manipura is also thought to have governance over our muscles too, thus potentially a link to why it has a relation to power.

In terms of developmental work, manipura is associated with our power and transformation; power funnily enough coming back to the ‘power house’ of the core-muscles and the digestive fire, hence it is also stimulated when we use uddiyana bhanda (core lock) during our physical yoga practice.

Balanced characteristics of this chakra exhibit in a person as:

  • Having good self-esteem and confidence, being balanced through the ego
  • Being responsible and reliable
  • Having a good yet warm sense of humor
  • Possessing good self-discipline

Or perhaps if you feeling the fire or power struggles in life one may be exhibit excess, deficiency, or both, in this chakra; manifesting in things such as..

Deficient characteristics:

  • Low-energy and self-esteem
  • Poor digestion
  • Passive and unreliable
  • Victim mentality

Excessive characteristics:

  • Hyperactive
  • Overly aggressive, manipulative and controlling
  • Stubborn and competitive
  • Need to be right and have the last word

Of course, like anything, if you feel you could do with some help with some points listed above, that’s the biggest step towards achieving your own balance in life.  Yoga is simply one mechanism which can help you to get in tune with yourself and any issues you may be presenting; it’s about seeing the choice between being victim, perpetrator and empower-er of the life you love.

..Next is Anahata Chakra, at the heart..

x

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Building life a new

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Nutrition, movement, fitness and food have been fastidious points in my life since I can remember.  How exciting it feels for me to be working with them in a more organised and structured manner!  As well as having the potential to not only further optimise my own condition, but the general health of others too!

By working with my TRUE passions and my husband and community; I am finally able to let go of my financial safety blanket (which I am very grateful to have had); checking out of the full-time office role and into following my excitement!  I feel very blessed and grateful for this opportunity I’ve created along with much support from my husband, you and everyone else in this community, and believe strongly that when following ones TRUE PASSION, with FOCUS, DEDICATION and FULL ATTENTION; we can literally achieve ANYTHING..

Much love & thanks

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