Taking the Time....

It’s early in the morning and I am listening to the sounds in the house…..all are very familiar to me, yet I am hearing them for the first time all over again. I think I am having a ‘moment’.

It’s about time.

Most of the time my life is in a constant state of rush. I motor through my day trying to get as much done as possible, only half listening, sort of hearing, kind of paying attention. Then I hurry off to bed when I can do no more and my mind needs a rest.

Thankfully, our entire body is able to take in and capture all the events of the day, so even when we are not fully conscious of all that is taking place within us, around us and for us; our cells are tuned in allowing our minds to accomplish other things.

This is a busy season for many and a weird one – the energy shifts and changes constantly from one of great hope to lows of bad news and strange happenings in the world, emotional triggers that can leave us exhausted.

As a result, I am doing a couple things differently this year…..well, probably not that different but maybe I’m just more aware of doing them. This year I am taking time out to breathe, stop and look around me.

You may have heard me referring to this as ‘taking in the day’ or going outside first thing in the morning to ‘smell the day’. Believe it or not, doing this always gives me the greatest sense of what is going on in my life.

The second thing I am finding myself drawn to is taking more time for me.

One of the most difficult things to do at any time of the year is to spend time with my own well-being in mind. Usually all my time is taken up with caring for others, thinking about how to help, heal or feed everyone around me and generally loving every part of that J

And none of that has changed.

These two aspects of my thinking are quite different from each other as well. Taking time to notice more of the natural world is always incorporated into what I am doing, as I am doing it. My work and life are focused on nature and what it can do for us.

Perhaps it is because I am paying more attention I am taking better care of myself.

I feel as if I have finally incorporated more of ‘me’ into the care part of my life and it feels great. My down time this Solstice & Christmas will involve even more activity that soothes the soul – walks in the woods, digging in the tunnel, exercise and long seaweed baths.

As we move from the darkest time of the year and into the light, where will it find us and what will be illuminated? We create our world, we are the designers of our destiny and we choose the path with each decision we make.

Take some time to be with who you really are and the light will find you.

So….for the coming weeks…..

Happy Solstice, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays – Blessed Be

Energy Vampires Surface at this Time of Year…

There are so many ways we can discuss negative energy and I have mentioned several of them over the years on my blogs. Of course whenever we start talking about the economy or banks and money – these days, our thoughts turn to negativity.

I have been exploring some of the ways that all of this negativity from news sources, poor food choices, damaging relationships, dead end jobs and whatever it is that we have taken on board, ultimately affects us.

For the most part, we feel drained by it all. So what does that mean exactly? For me it means feeling heavy, lacking energy, my mind seems dulled down, I might hurt physically, and feel so very tired.

How would this look to an Intuitive doing a reading on your energy field? And what exactly has taken place within and around our bodies to cause this situation? What part of us is being drained?

Usually I can pinpoint the place, source and nature of the drain. However that is only half the story because the most important aspects of feeling and being drained would be to uncover the deeper underlying energy pattern.

For instance, when and why did this start, how deep does it go and what damage has been done (physically especially). Next on the agenda is to formulate a plan to start to heal up the leaks in the energy field as well as to reverse the physical, mental, spiritual and emotional fallout from this serious breach in the energy field. 

Those are the mechanics of the energy field, it’s function and the way it operates. So now we can look more closely at how it (being drained) plays out in our every day lives and affects our outlook.

When you feel drained, it’s as if someone has a hold on you and you can’t release it no matter what you do. This is more often than not, a close family member or someone to whom you felt responsible or beholden to. I have seen pity do an incredible number on a person’s energy field as well – it’s such a negative fear based emotion.

But, symptoms of being drained don’t stop there – you can overeat, make poor food choices, you are attempting to fill an emptiness inside (that never goes away), feel depressed because you are filling up with someone else’s energy (there is always an energy exchange) and try as you might, just can’t seem to get yourself moving some days.

Thankfully our energy field being what it is, this tends to be cyclical – most patterns are, they surface at specific times of the year, during times of stress or fear and when our buttons are pushed for one reason or another. Which means, you usually don’t feel like this ALL the time or even most of the time…just enough of the time, to know that something is pulling your energy.

This is the time of the year when negativity seems to culminate – and I think it has something to do with some of the pressure we might place on ourselves, but also there are people who want to hold back those who truly enjoy this season.

However, the main reason the energy vampires come out at this time of the year is because it is the season of love (family, good feelings, warmth). Everything in the Universe comes down to something very simple and this situation is no different.

Love is a force, which very few of us have found or experience (fully) and we should consider ourselves fortunate when we feel love from the special people in our lives. Love is an energy all of it’s own, far more then an emotion, it is a form of power that some people have and others want to possess.

Or at least soak up at special times of the year. Neither of which (using other’s energy) is right in terms of the way energy works. You can only use, work with, heal, change or fix what belongs to you.

And that extends to making it a point to find your own source of love inside of you…isn’t that what this journey home is all about? 

April

Sunflower starting to open.....

Summer Solstice

Today is the longest day of the year, mid summer, the summer solstice and a new moon - quite a powerful line-up as usual for this season. Traditionally fires would be lit, parties and festivals (in Scandinavia they still celebrate with a national holiday) held and general festivities all around. Being in touch with the changing seasons is actually quite important and unfortunately nearly forgotten.

The inside of your body, especially the gut and digestive tract undergoes similar or the same yearly alterations as the seasons move on. It can grow thinner during the fall and winter and thicker with higher levels of organisms during spring and summer. All of nature is and should be reflected back from the inside out.

When this is not the case, we run into a host of problems not only with our digestion, but with health and life overall. To lose touch with nature and her wonders is to distance ourselves from our essence and indeed does lead to illness and depression.

There are many ways to take steps towards getting back in touch with your body, mind and spirit - some of the most basic ones being removing sugar, alcohol, caffeine and other drugs that over stimulate the adrenal glands and deplete the body's nutrient resources. Other ways might be to get outside and walk with purpose - listen, smell, watch and allow nature to surround your senses taking her into you. 

You are not the separate being that you feel to be - you are one with the earth. Isn't it time to get back into your wonderful body, find yourself and take back your inner wisdom and power?

Yesterday in the herb garden my daughter was giving me a lesson on talking to the plants - she  informed me that if I wanted to talk to them, I had to lean over, close my eyes and listen. It was that simple. 

And all of life is that simple. Happy Mid Summer!

April

Rocket and salad leaves in pots outside my door - ready to party!

** Introduction to Top Bar Bee Keeping this Sunday afternoon 24 June in Leap, West Cork

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