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A Clearing and Blessing Ceremony has two parts – like two sides of a coin. Clearing releases negative energy and sends it back to its source. The Blessing calls in positive energy in the form of prayers, wishes and intentions. The Clearing expels any negative energy that’s left over in the atmosphere and sends it back…

Managing Stress

We are in challenging times with so much uncertainty facing us every day.Regardless of whether we are worried about COVID19, losing a job, potentially having to close a small business, what’s ahead after a national and local elections, if it’s safe to have schools open, when we will able to see loved ones live in retir…

Self-referral speaks to having our spirit as our internal reference point for how we live in the world.  The opposite of this would be object referral whereby we are looking outside ourselves for guidance and approval regarding how to live our lives. The reason this struck me is that we are facing some difficult, unpre…

Coping with Stress is a two part audio guide that Marsha Smith has provided to help us navigate our daily life in this difficult time when coping with normal stressors is intensified by the new realities we all face today. Stress can produce many ill effects on our health and our mental health so having good coping mec…

Distance Healing verifies three things I’ve learned in my time on this planet: we are all connected, where you end, I begin, and vice versa No matter how hard we try to control it, nothing is exactly as it appears to be. Distance Healing really works.

Human civilization has recognized the healing power of sound since the Aborigines began using the didgeridoo – some say 4,000 years ago. They used it to heal broken bones, muscle tears and illnesses of all kinds. And we now know that the sounds emitted from the didgeridoo are in alignment with modern sound healing tech…

While we’re in this very stressful time and even though you can’t leave the house, there are ways to start or continue therapy and have someone to talk to right where you are.  Some are even free. We’re all dealing with the challenges of fatigue and fear, uncertainty and physical isolation, sometimes faring well, other…

It absolutely doesn’t work to try  to stuff our feelings and impose calm. “Get  over it.” “Think lovely thoughts.” All those positive thinking methods share the same problem: they ignore what is so. What is ignored remains the same. This practice is simply a way to be present to yourself: Turn toward what troubles you…

A Little Bit of Hope

A bit of hope written by Fr. Richard Hendrick, OFM Ireland March 13th 2020”   “Lockdown Yes there is fear. Yes there is isolation. Yes there is panic buying. Yes there is sickness. Yes there is even death. But, They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noise You can hear the birds again. They say that after just a…

Give mindfulness a try. Not knowing what the future holds is one of the reasons why people feel anxious right now. That’s why it’s effective to try to be in the present moment, practicing meditation and mindfulness and focusing, which encourages you to notice what’s happening with your feelings in the moment in a compa…