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I hope that your week is already a good one and you have fun plans for the weekend ahead! We are feeling the heat of summer here in the Midwest, as we roll past the Summer Solstice and into July. My favorite season of the year - lots of sunshine, warm days to play in the pool, star-filled nights to sit with friends and talk about the cosmos... life... life after life... so many mysteries to explore in conversation! This week I have been feeling the contrast of individuality versus community. It has also been a topic that has come up in sessions with clients, so it's obviously a vibration that is attracting others in similar inquiry! Perhaps for you also? I have a quick story to share that illustrates the contrast. A couple months ago, a friend recommended trying a Kundalini yoga chant to help with breathing and moving energy. This 12-minute practice daily is recommended by the Alzheimer's Association to prevent memory loss, along with many other health benefits. I loved it because the site offered it as a "portal to transformation!" Yes, please!  The specific chant Dr. Brogan's site recommended is called Kirtan Kriya by Nirinjin Kaur. The basic steps are to close your eyes in meditation for 12 minutes, follow the music's guidance as the chimes signal when to change your chanting, and include mudras (pressing on points with your fingers). What happens each time is magic! My mind moves quickly through all the stories and pieces it tries to hold on to typically when I meditate, and I drop into a deeply peaceful space within the 12 minutes (or there's a 30 minute version!). Which then allows me to flow right into my longer meditation without the music. Individuality at its finest - me, my meditation pillow, my mind - all settling into a familiar place of alignment. I have been loving this Kundalini chant, practicing it every day on my own for the past two months now. Until today, when I showed up for my second group yoga class and the teacher ended our session with - yes, the exact same Kundalini chant! I was so excited to already be familiar with it that I settled right in and started following the steps I use each morning. And then the beauty of everyone else's voices chanting started to surround me. It was the magic I feel on my own, but multiplied, echoing around the room, weaving in and out of all of our energy spaces, expanding and contracting, volume increasing and softening - it was incredible! This was individuality WITHIN community and I could just fall into the peaceful heart-opening joy of the moment. Such a gift. I left the class filled up to overflowing, energy moving through my body with such power, wanting to share it with everyone! I have spent the day reflecting on all of the lessons from this one simple chant, rippling out in so many places in my life. Beautiful! Which brings me to now as I write this email, sharing the parallel to Soul Shine. Yes, we should all do our own "work" to clear our blocks and allow peace to flow through our lives. And yet sometimes, falling into a community with others who are also "working" on their stuff - it can be even more magical. The ability to explore your individuality within a community and expand your awareness to even greater levels. It is exactly what I hold for each of us every Sunday. Sighhhh... so good! And we all co-create it together. See you in community! xoxo  "Divine Teacher, Beloved Friend, I bow to you Again and Again Lotus sitting on the water, beyond all time and space, this is your way, this is your grace." ~ Ong Namo Vivienne Gerard - Healer / Guide / Lover of Souls and Humanity Clearing Past Patterns to Co-Create an Empowered NOW Join me on My Soul Journey on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter.
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We are midway through 2016 and almost at the Summer Solstice.. time is a flyin'! How are you feeling about where you are so far in this year of the Red Fire Monkey?! I love astrology and the wisdom shared by those who study astrology, so here's what Susan Levitt had to say about 2016. "The year of the Monkey is ideal for a Quantum Leap in your life. Now is the time to shake things up, create change, and innovate a new path. Join Monkey’s enthusiast energy when risks are rewarded and anything can happen. Even the most ambitious plans can succeed." I don't know about you, but I am feeling every powerful, crazy fun drop of this Red Fire Monkey year! More has been flowing through me than ever before and it is making life a fun adventure! Topsy turvy at times, very unknown most of the time, but expanding and delighting my Soul daily. As we arrive at this "longest day of the year" (a.k.a. more sunshine than any other day of the year!), I invite you to create a pause in your schedule to check in with yourself. How's 2106 going? What would you like to shift that you haven't yet? What needs to move in you to allow that shift to happen? Take a seat on your meditation pillow, by a tree, in your bed, in your bathtub... and check in with yourself on a deeper level. No time like now to see what you are ready to create next in your life. And if you get stuck, feel inspired, or just want to be in community as we all keep moving through this journey of life together - come play in Soul Shine on Sunday! For this beautiful, sunny Summer Solstice / Full Moon day of magic, it felt like fun to create a guided meditation about Light. Lots of Light! I have just shared it on my You Tube channel, and wanted to send you a note to look for it if you are interested in creating space for reflection and illumination today. In the 35 minute recording, I guide you through a process of exploring a stuck place... and releasing it. And then we fill up with Light and feel into the possibilities from there. So good! The link to listen is here. Enjoy! Wishing you continued illumination and expansion in your journey always...  "Divine Teacher, Beloved Friend, I bow to you Again and Again Lotus sitting on the water, beyond all time and space, this is your way, this is your grace." ~ Ong Namo Vivienne Gerard - Healer / Guide / Lover of Souls and Humanity Clearing Past Patterns to Co-Create an Empowered NOW Join me on My Soul Journey on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter. I hope that you are well and enjoying the same sunshine and blue skies that we have here as summer arrives! As we continue our Soul Journeys together, my heart is calling you to come play in our weekly Soul Shine gatherings. It is such a delight each week to hear the shifts my clients and friends are sharing from their time in community on Sundays. It's always amazing to me how the experience is so unique to each person - from the same exact guided process! Confirmation again and again that we are all here with our own filters in this journey of Life, being pulled vibrationally towards like-minded individuals to grow and heal. There is a grounded depth to this Soul Shine container that allows all playing here to dive in and/or soar at their own pace - it is remarkable! And an absolute gift for me as the space holder. This life I am living is delicious... and of course, I just want to keep sharing all of it with you! So yes, I invite you to feel into any pull you might have to join us on a Sunday this month. Perhaps consider blocking a date off on your calendar now and then trust that there might be some magic waiting for you to discover here! Here are a few details to support your easy arrival. And perhaps consider inviting a friend to join you, so that you can integrate the new information together in a conversation next week. Wishing you a beautiful weekend, filled with play and laughter! Revel in the joy unfolding always around you.  "Divine Teacher, Beloved Friend, I bow to you Again and Again Lotus sitting on the water, beyond all time and space, this is your way, this is your grace." ~ Ong Namo Vivienne Gerard - Healer / Guide / Lover of Souls and Humanity Clearing Past Patterns to Co-Create an Empowered NOW Join me on My Soul Journey on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter. |
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