Category: Chakras
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Soft-Spoken: No Apologies (Part 3)
Embrace your soft-spoken nature and stop apologizing for the unique strength and gentle tone that define your voice. There are certain things in life that we shouldn’t have to apologize for, things that are simply part of who we are. Being a night owl, being an introvert, and being soft-spoken are three things I refuse to…
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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 Be true to myself; Remember to speak up and speak out rather than swallowing my anger, hurt, or confusion; and Assess why I feel I cannot speak out. What I’ve Wished I Could Say Before:The…
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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 athttp://www.runehealing.org/mentalalchemy.htm Every light center within the body can be thought of as having its own consciousness. Think of this as every part of…
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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 new techniques and tools when the opportunity arises. Sometimes, I’ve done them before. Sometimes, it’s something new I’ve heard of…
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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 turned from spirituality to Law of Attraction to … shhhhhh… urinary incontinence in women and occasionally in children. I…
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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 where I am a student rather than a teacher and where I am challenged to see things in a new…
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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 I wish I could say but, for whatever reason, can’t. Maybe because the other person is dead. Maybe because it…
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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, Florida Some cultures believe (or did initially) that a photographer could steal your soul if he took pictures…
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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 you’re not an open-minded person, just go ahead and click away from here now because there’s nothing in what I…
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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 the spinal column as well as a specific meaning and color. Several years ago, I was dating a young physician…