Card Building Night

Friday night will be the first casual card building night in the new room. Sheree & I decided that SoulCollage should not be an uptight fussy thing, card building is social and fun so we think it should be done on a Friday night. And we think the refreshments could be, well, more end of long week type refreshments. So, wine! Even if it's just the two of us we'll have a great time :)

So here's what's been going on in between renovations:

SoulCollage Retreat at the church last Saturday was so much fun. Had a friend I used to work with at the nursery school years ago sign up. I hadn't realized how much I missed this friend! We picked right up where we left off (I am so lucky to be blessed with quite a few friends like this, no matter how much time goes by whenever we see each other, it's like no time has passed and we settle right back into our warm mutual admiration society. I suppose that's the mark of a great friend.) We were singing our silly nursery school songs and giggling-- it was great. Another friend who is a student of mine at World Gym came up to me on Monday the minute I walked in and gave me a huge hug "Linda, I had so much fun at the workshop!!! It was great!" She's a beautiful, really interesting lady, will have to do a blog entry just on her sometime. So, anyway, in spite of the usual getting booted from one room to another and the frigid temps we had a really great day. SoulCollage is like magic. No matter what, it's fun. Can't wait to do the first one in the spirit room! It's gonna be so cool to have everything we need right at our fingertips and for it to be warm!

Reiki Monday night was really nice too. Had a powerful "coincidence" happen. Sheree & I were working on 2 people who have been grieving for a lost loved one-- a beautiful Southern lady who's impact will be felt for a long time, probably forever. Her widower has been taking it particularly hard and it has been very difficult for the rest of the family since they are really suffering with their own grief while dealing with his and his failing health. Tough situation all around. So, Sheree was working on the gentleman and I was working on his primary care giver, his daughter in law. It was a very quiet session, both of us focused, I was praying the whole time for my client, who happens to be a very good friend of mine. At one point, I felt the presence and light of Christ, who often comes to me while I'm doing Reiki. Sometimes I feel His hands on mine, helping me with His powerful healing. I had my hands on her back, just holding them there, sending her soothing energy and I felt another warm presence. I didn't think anything of it.

When the session was over, my friend confides that for the first time she felt the presence of the lost loved one. It was very strong. While I was praying for her, I just kept repeating, "Lord, this is a good woman, give her strength and comfort to help all those she is helping." Sheree, who was across the room, comes over and says, "The whole time I was working, I was praying to J (the lost loved one), telling her what a good man she had and asking her to help him with his grief over losing her." Isn't it amazing that my friend felt J's presence too? My Reiki Master wrote me this morning saying she was sending us good energy that night, I think maybe the stars just aligned. At any rate, the widower seemed much more chipper than I have seen him in a very long time-- for that I am devoutly grateful.

Okay, like I am really running out of time here so I'll have to tell you the rest later.

I know I've been really self absorbed lately with the room and what not-- I am sorry if I haven't commented you or returned your call or anything! Please forgive me, we are almost done!!! Big, big things a brewin', wait til you hear what is planned for the restorative yoga day....