My Fun Dog Story

Yesterday I was walking Daisy, when I saw a neighbor, Maria, with her dog Happy. She warned me that Happy has been fighting with other dogs lately. When Daisy approached, she snarled at her-not typically how Happy responds to my dog. I looked at her dog and noticed the stomach area. I said, Maria, I don't know if you know what I do, but I see energy fields? Your dog has a sour tummy. What have you been feeding her?" Maria said, "I changed her food…to a cheaper dog food.". I explained how in humans, we have neurological (brain) tissue in our intestines, and that's why digestive issues can make us crabby. I'm not sure if it's the same with dogs, but I guessed it so. She has a crabby dog because she has a sour tummy! Happy looked at me, then Maria, and then pathetically down at the ground. I said, "OH Puppy!" and Maria said, "I'm so sorry Happy-I didn't know." It was so gut wrenchingly sad. Poor dog. I'm eager to see if Happy improves

the near future. :-)

(I changed the names of my neighbor and the dog for privacy)

Angels and a Baby

This is a fun story…
Every day when I come into work, I check out all of the rooms in the Birth Center and common space. On Tuesday when I was there, I noticed that birth suite looked very beautiful and fuzzy. I noticed the room was full of angels. I hadn't seen this before. I sensed that the overdue baby was to arrive very soon... on Thursday.

I shared this with Coral-the owner of the birth center. She is Reiki trained and very intuitive and receptive to what I say and sense. As I was texting her, (Tuesday), she walked in-which was weird and wonderful! (She and I never see each other there).

This morning (Thursday) I received a phone call that indeed, the mother is in labor. How exciting!!! The energy at the birth center is SO electric when their is a birth!

I will be in session with intuitive massage treatments all day. My prediction is that the baby arrives at 4pm-when I am not there. I'm excited because if the angels tell me when a baby is coming from now one, that would be really helpful/convenient for all involved. :-)

Wishing the Mother, Baby and Midwives love, light and success!

Relax before impact

Today in Karate class, a fellow student told me how the drunk driver often isn't injured in the accident because they are "relaxed" upon impact. I had never heard it put that way before-please forgive the disturbing topic, but it really made sense to me.  I know many people that have gotten hurt because they tensed up when they fell, or they were super tense and then lifted something heavy, and then injured their back. Being relaxed before receiving any injury certainly helps with the impact of it. This is why meditation, good sleep, and balance are so very important for our well being.

My leg was hurt holding the sparring shield this morning, because I was tensing before the impact of my sparring partner's kicks. My fellow student suggested breathing in and out with the kicks I received. Wow. SO... If you are relaxed in mind and body (I am NOT saying under the influence of any chemicals here) you are less likely to get hurt-in mind, body, or spirit. BIG insight for me this morning. I can apply this to so many areas of my life. Staying relaxed, breathing, and not tensing up before impact-no matter what kind-physical or emotional, will ultimately keep me safer in every way.

Conquering a child hood fear

I just earned my Orange belt in Karate. I had a ridiculous amount of anxiety about testing-to the point of tears. After meditating on this a bit, I realized that I have never felt particularly athletic or strong because I was the heaviest kid in my class, all the way through 8th grade. I was terrible in Gym class. I remember having to perform physical challenges in front of others and failing miserably. I was teased viciously for my weight. A particularly cruel kid nick-named me "The Goodyear Blimp" and successfully brought me to tears every day in 2nd grade. The nick-name stuck all the way through 5th grade. I was always last picked in Gym class, and recess for anything sports related. By 5th grade I had developed a pretty poor self image. I actually hid in the bathroom at recess to avoid being teased! BIG sigh. That isn't me anymore. I'm all grown up now, and little Lisa is safe and strong. No one teases me for my weight or athletic ability anymore.  It is time to let go of an out-dated self image.

Joining Karate America has given me hope. I don't feel un-athletic and incompetent anymore-I feel like I could actually be pretty good one day. This place isn't ego-based, and the instructors communicate in a compassionate and empowering manner. It's really broken some beliefs I had about martial arts being all about pride and ego. This place isn't about that at all. It's about putting my best foot forward and sharing my successes with the world. The environment is very inclusive-like a family. I should clarify, I get absolutely nothing for endorsing them-they have just really been fundamental in changing my self esteem. In writing this blog, and sharing some of my vulnerable past history, I truly hope that it inspires you to push past some of your own limitations. Whatever your fears are, I believe they are there to be conquered. Just imagine what you might do without them there. Who might you become?

New dreamboard

We are reorganizing our home, changing bedrooms and spaces. While doing this, I really studied my dream board-I need to hang it in a new place. To my amazement, 1/2 of it has manifested! Not only has it manifested, but what has come into my life is bigger and better than what I had up there. My very first dream board we manifested nearly everything on there, and what we received in every case was better than the image up there. It's amazing, but dream boards REALLY DO WORK!

I met with my financial advisor this morning and she suggested it was time for both of us to make a new dream board. I never mentioned the above-it just came up randomly. Of course, there are no coincidences-only directional markers to validate our steps on our journey. This last Law of Attraction class I instructed, I also stated it would be fun to do this. I think the best way to organize it would be to choose the categories from the Chinese Bagua (Image above). This involves an 8 sided wheel-each representing a different aspect of life. The center being spiritual focus. After collecting images and then adding affirmations, I would like to create a meditation to "seal the deal" in my subconscious mind as well as conscious. Maybe in March? For now, I am going to start collecting images and phrases from magazines and online. Join me in this endeavor. Most of you know what you don't want, but do you know what you DO want? I do-and I am ready to model it to the world. :-)

Just one sentence...

Sometimes I am amazed at how a simple word or sentence can be completely transformative for someone. The difference between seeing a challenging situation as a complication vs. a gift for example. So often we are hung up on the process of life vs. the grand design. Occasionally, I have the opportunity to be part of a life changing discussion or healing session with someone. I always know that magic and healing has occurred when the entire room is humming with frequency after our session. When a person's soul reaches it's optimal pitch, it creates a master frequency. A baseline. And then other people (like myself) resonate with that frequency. It literally feels like coming home. A deep sense of inner awareness, acceptance, and the deepest kind of peace humanly possible. I had the opportunity to be part of such a healing today. Although I am not privy to share the details, I will say that sessions like today's are the very reason that I am in the field that I am. I wish that I could bottle it, and give it to each person in the world. I wonder what our Earth would be like if each person experienced that very sensation of wholeness for just one minute, simultaneously? The commanding frequency that we would create would heal so many, in every kind of way.

Leaving my comfort zone...
Today in Karate it came to my attention that I need to be at the next graduation ceremony to receive my next belt (orange). Last time, I didn't have to do this because I was out of town. I had thought that I would NEVER actually have to do this. After all, I'm an adult, and the big scary belt ceremony is for the kids to endure, right? ;-)

I think it's funny how I have absolutely NO problem getting up in front of 50 people to talk about insight or The Law of Attraction, or Reiki, but if I have to get up in front of an audience and perform my Journey (a Karate routine involving punching and kicking), I'm terrified. TERRIFIED! Wow, that's kind of ridiculous, isn't it?

When I asked my instructor why it was so important that I actually be there vs. testing privately, she said, "Because I just feel it's important for you to be there. Because it's uncomfortable for you to do it. And once you do it, and see how easy it was, you will feel that much better afterward." I said, "Life begins when I leave my comfort zone-I say that daily..Ma'am."

So, with that, I am practicing my Journey (without a mirror in front of me) a bunch this week. And I am challenging myself, on multiple levels, to expand past what is familiar and comfortable. I really don't like it-at all. But I know that it's good for me, so I will. I hope that my vulnerability inspires my reader to do something that he/she is terrified to do or try? Maybe an act of bravery will ripple forward into some kind of magical, miraculous change in our world. Be it yours or mine.