On this last day of September in the Midwest, we are stepping into the next adventure of the changing seasons in colorful October... with the Sun now in Libra, all about partnership and relationship.

Blueprint Astrology describes this shift, "Libra, being an intellectual sign of the air element, brings clarity of mind. It's the sign of initiating communication - it's not going to sit around and wait to start an important conversation or act on a new idea. So there's an urgency to this season, which we all feel each autumn: it's time to get some forward momentum going again. And how does that happen? Through our relationships. Always through relationships."

Yes! Always.

As I write this, I'm sitting at the kitchen table with my daughter (one of my favorite relationships!) and she just finished playing Upside Down by Jack Johnson in her music shuffle. The lyrics sum up the way I'm feeling in the moment, so I share them with you here, too. This change in the seasons and movement of the planets feels like a wide-open shift in possibilities for all of us. Life is SO FULL of magic and delight! Let's "turn the whole thing upside down... find the things they say just can't be found... and share the love with everyone." Perhaps take a quick pause, click the song link to listen in, and feel the beauty of music dancing in your soul!
 
"Who's to say
What's impossible
Well they forgot 
This world keeps spinning
And with each new day
I can feel a change in everything
And as the surface breaks, reflections fade
But in some ways they remain the same
And as my mind begins to spread its wings
There's no stopping curiosity
I want to turn the whole thing upside down
I'll find the things they say just can't be found
I'll share this love I find with everyone
We'll sing and dance to Mother Nature's songs
I don't want this feeling to go away
Who's to say I can't do everything
Well I can try
This world keeps spinning and there's no time to waste
Well it all keeps spinning spinning round and round and Upside down" 

Sending you much love today!

Vivienne Gerard - Healer / Guide / Lover of Souls and Humanity 
Clearing Past Patterns to Co-Create an Empowered NOW
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Fall is arriving here in the Midwest as leaves drop from the trees and days gets shorter. As I write this, we are honoring the Fall Equinox, a day of perfect balance of sunlight and moonlight. Since I am a sunshine girl, this is not always a fun time of the year for me - I prefer summer days to winter cold any time! And yet I love the changing of the seasons, the chance to cocoon into our home, and cuddle up with my family.

My body felt the shift this week and for the first time in a long time, I was sick. Which is a frustrating thing since it doesn't happen often - I want to know why and how to manage it or prevent it from happening again! This time, I was curled up in bed for a couple days, holding my tender stomach, surrendering to the releasing and healing that my body apparently needed. I changed plans, napped, made tea, put on my favorite calming music, and slowed down the pace dramatically. Physically and emotionally preparing for fall and the arrival of winter.. letting go of the summer as I reflected on all that happened in such a short amount of time.

It's interesting to note that I just made a video on muscle-testing last weekend, teaching through example how to trust what your body is telling you. No coincidence, I am sure, that my body asked me to trust at a deeper level this week as I used muscle-testing to guide me in what to eat or drink in each moment! 

This morning, I learned more about the changing of the seasons and its impact on our health from Andrea Henkels, our guest on the Healing Our Souls for this week. She has great wisdom for us!

I am feeling steadier today, open to whatever new adventures are arriving as I let go of the ones from this summer. Feeling grateful for all of the beautiful lessons along the way in my journey!

Vivienne Gerard - Healer / Guide / Lover of Souls and Humanity 
Clearing Past Patterns to Co-Create an Empowered NOW
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Today I am sitting on the deck of a gorgeous vacation home in Michigan, looking out at the lake, feeling the changing of seasons in the Midwest, listening to the wind blow through the trees...and sharing this peaceful moment energetically with you.

We are gathering to celebrate the 30th birthday of my friend, Leslie, with a houseful of wise, kind, super loving Souls who deeply enjoy being in community. What a weekend! I am sharing the talented Leslie with you in this week's Healing Our Souls conversation, so check out the details below.

To honor the pause I'm taking from "work" (it's still funny to call this business I run "work" because it always feels like such pleasure!), I will keep this post short and sweet!

I am happy in this moment ... filled up with love, conversation, the beauty of nature, LIFE in all of its magic. Today, may you also fill yourself up in the ways that nourish your Soul.

Vivienne Gerard - Healer / Guide / Lover of Souls and Humanity 
Clearing Past Patterns to Co-Create an Empowered NOW
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I am writing to you on the 9-9-9 Portal, as I have heard it described this week - September 9th of 2016 (2+0+1+6= 9). A day of magic and mystery, offering an opportunity to shift the direction of your path. Gostica offered this numerological insight yesterday:

"In the symbolism of numbers there is no difference between the 1, the beginning of the cycle, and the 9, the end of the cycle, as both are represented by a circle with a dot at its centre. Energetically though the difference is substantial, as they convey a completely different intent and aim. 

The difference between the 1 and the 9 is that after having experienced all the different numerological cycles, we have cleared the original idea from all the personality attachments and in the 9 we may become our true Soul. It is by going back to the potential, the 0, that we find the new beginning: as we become ourselves, our soul, the personality (thinking, feeling behaviour) passes away.

(The number) 9 is the one that ought to be acting from Soul. Soul contains all the memories of the previous experiences, everything that has happened so far, so that it can be understood, digested and brought to a new level of consciousness in the next stage of our life. When we experience the 9 energy, we have to let go of our personality needs and act in the new direction emerging from within."

What a beautiful invitation to let go of old patterns that are feeling complete and open up to the new. I am playing with this today as I open up a new portal for the Healing Our Souls community.

​It is time to step forward into new and greater adventures in our lives... let's have MORE fun!! 

Vivienne Gerard - Healer / Guide / Lover of Souls and Humanity 
Clearing Past Patterns to Co-Create an Empowered NOW
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What a week! It feels like a roller coaster ride / whirlwind that has just ended, but we're not sure which way is up in the moment! Does that resonate with you?

Speaking from my own experience, the week started off with expansion. On Monday and Tuesday I had amazing conversations with clients and friends, time with my gorgeous husband, yoga with my daughter and girlfriends, sweet chats with my son... and then a flowing of love that poured out in this video that I titled "Feeling the Love." SO GOOD!

And then the planets moved just slightly on Wednesday, Mercury went into retrograde, the sun and the moon had an eclipse of some sort (again?!), and a new moon brought in a rush of emotion. Contraction, tears, feelings of not being understood, deep sadness - What Happened?! I was feeling so good and then in a moment it all just flipped around!

That seems to be the pace of life ... humanity ... this planet ... at this time. Things are moving so quickly and it can knock us off kilter.

Each of us have our own tools, tricks, ways, practices to come back into balance. For me it's running, listening to music, stillness in the sunshine, my Kundalini yoga class that helps me manage my energy and bliss out as I chant within community, hugs from my family, deep conversations with my closest supporters... Love. In all forms.

Today, I offer you Love through the beautiful song that has brought me such sweet peace over the past few days. May it guide you inward to a still, quiet point inside your heart.

Carry Me by Snatam Kaur and Peter Kater

Community is another gift that just keeps giving. If you're feeling weary and needing a little carrying, bring your Soul to Sunday's Soul Shine call. I'll guide you through grounding and filling back up inside with your own Knowing and Love. There is always "Sweet Peace" when you create space for it.

Vivienne Gerard - Healer / Guide / Lover of Souls and Humanity 
Clearing Past Patterns to Co-Create an Empowered NOW
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Have you ever paused to sit on the beach early in the morning to wait for the sunrise?

​You know that feeling of anticipation as the darkness starts to lighten up, the sky gets little touches of yellows and pinks that move out in all directions, the tip of the sun peeks out from the ocean waters... it's so exciting to wait and know that the sun is going to rise yet again - right in front of your eyes.

I took this photo at the beach a few weeks ago and can feel the magic of that moment again just by looking at it now. What a beautiful moment! But trying to hold onto or recapture that sense of joy and anticipation doesn't feel quite as satisfying today when I'm here in Ohio, miles from the ocean!

For much of my life, I would turn that dissatisfaction of the fun being over into more positive energy and start talking about the next vacation, the next trip to the beach, the next fun adventure. Going out ahead of myself, daydreaming, talking about what I was going to create or do NEXT.

Sound familiar?

For much of our lives, it feels like the good is always just a tiny bit ahead or slightly out of reach. If we could just put the tips of our fingers on it, surely we could pull it right towards us and grab on tightly so we can finally have it - and then not lose it! 

This morning I was feeling that sense of restlessness and also anticipation for the next level of expansion in my coaching business and the word I heard in my head was "imminent."

Imminent is defined by a Google search (such a great resource!) as - "about to happen," "overhanging," "likely to occur at any moment," "projecting or leaning forward."

Imminent could appear to be a positive-thinking word, except that I heard it differently today. This time it felt like a perpetual limitation - if it's always going to be imminent, then when would it ever be an actuality? If it continues to feel like it's "going to arrive" then how can it possibly ever fully arrive?

Seriously?! Could that one small word be an energy block that's holding me back from achieving my clear vision of what's next?

All of this process was unfolding while I was laying on my yoga mat, looking up at the studio ceiling, quietly in shavasana (or corpse position). Yes, that could seem like a risky time to use a word like "imminent"!

When better to get clarity, though, than in the traditional completion pose for yoga that represents the ultimate relaxation of body, mind and spirit - the doorway to death. I have heard that shavasana originated with monks who were invited to pause in stillness each day and ask "If I died today, would my life feel complete? If not, what is there yet to do?" 

We could learn much from that practice.

Today, I consciously relaxed my body while my head unraveled this use of "imminent." It had seemed like a motivational thing to do as I talked about my business plans - "the good is right around the corner!" "Keep visualizing it, watch it coming." "It's almost here!" 

Yet my practice in every area of my life is Presence. Totality. Being fully IN the moment, living life and enjoying the NOW. Listening actively in conversations. Tuning in energetically to what currents are running under the surface - which requires FULL participation and attention.

Hmmm... it would appear that "imminent" contradicts Presence.

As I laid on my yoga mat, listening to the beauty of Snatam Kaur chanting Ong Namo, a new, deeper mantra of trusting life presented itself. New to me, but perhaps one you already practice.

"It's Happening NOW!"

Not later, not tomorrow, not next month, not "imminently" - NOW!

​All of those programs and retreats I want to host and videos and articles I feel bubbling inside - they're already happening now. I can FEEL the vibration in THIS moment. How excited I am to share what I am understanding about life and how deeply my perspective is resonating with those in the same vibrational space! 

This is what I practice in my client sessions, on Soul Shine meditation calls, in my family's daily activities... all of us bringing our full selves into the now moment that never existed before and something entirely new being created from that collective energy!

Consciousness expanding. "It's happening NOW!" 

Every single thought, action, feeling, conversation... they are all already creating my life. Now.

And this moment is perfect exactly as it is because it is the only real moment to be experienced. Just like when we sit in front of the sunrise. Each breath we take into our physical bodies, each shade of color we see with our eyes moving out across the sky, each wave we hear with our ears crashing on the beach in front of us - it's all happening NOW in this physical reality. Not imminently in my imagination as I'm "leaning forward" into the future. It's Now. Here.  

Each moment, perfectly unfolding as we breathe it all in, already creating the life we know we are here to enjoy.

And Presence allows me to feel it and trust that there is always yet another sunrise coming.

What a beautiful Life we are living!
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​So much love to each of you reading this in your own NOW moment...
xoxo

Vivienne Gerard - Healer / Guide / Lover of Souls and Humanity 
Clearing Past Patterns to Co-Create an Empowered NOW
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