The Fifth Chakra Exercise: What I Wish I Could Say (the 2014 edition)
Every year, I do the “What I Wish I Could Say” Fifth Chakra (throat) exercise because it helps me to 1. Be true to myself; 2. Remember to speak up and speak out rather than…
Heart Consciousness and Emotional Programming
In Lorna Tedder’s absence, today’s Guest Blogger is Marc Rice. The following is an excerpt from the eBook Mental Alchemy & The Emotional Network by Marc Rice which is available for purchase at http://www.runehealing.org/mentalalchemy.htm …
Chakra Clearing: the Spiritual Continuing Education
Chasing rainbows with my mom and daughter. The view from the backseat of my car. I had my first shaman-led chakra clearing last week! As part of my spiritual “continuing education,” I like to try…
First Chakra Secrets: Stress Relief, Stress Incontinence, and Squatting like a Little Kid
Yoga pose, Prayer Squat, with legs together. Photo copyright by myyogaonline; creative commons license. Don’t you love how an unlikely conversation can be enlightening? While chatting with 4 acquaintances outside a bookstore—a happenstance meeting—the conversation…
Awaiting the Platypus Dawn
Photo credit by Cha222; creative commons license Two months ago, I participated in some “spiritual work” with some trusted spiritual leaders who always have an interesting point of view. I very much enjoy these sessions…
Fifth Chakra Exercise: What I Wish I Could Say (2010 Version)
Photo copyright by addictedImage; Creative Commons License Every year around this time, I do a little life coaching exercise that’s featured in Give Your Life Direction. The idea is to make a list of things…
Capturing Souls in Photographs
The eyes are the windows of the soul, indeed! Yes, her eyes really are that color and those are lichens on the ground in this beautiful natural setting. Photo copyright by Aislinn Bailey, AisPortraits.com, Niceville,…
Negotiating the Miscarriage: Energetic Abortions and Untimely or Unwanted Pregnancies
Brace yourself. This is going to be controversial. It may make you cry, or it may make you angry, or–if you don’t believe in anything you can’t see–you may roll your eyes. In fact, if…
The Seven Chakra Energy Centers
Photo credit by heraclit; creative commons license. The seven Chakra Energy Centers embody the life force of the human body from root to third eye to crown. Each correlates to specific energy centers vertically along…
Starving the Energy Vampire (aka Deflating the Drama Queen Effect)
NASA photo: Supermassive black hole at center of Milky Way Galaxy, known as Sagittarius A* Not long ago but long enough ago, in a serene little home I call my own, I fell head over…
