I am sitting here drinking a berry smoothie. Sounds yummy, right? Unless you read the words under the title: Readi-Cat 2 Barium Sulfate Suspension. I'm sure it's not organic. It doesn't taste that bad, just sort of blecchhy once you swallow. I have to go get a CT Scan cause I have a stupid stomach pain that refuses to go away. And it's at that stupid place that makes doctors and husbands think you need to take care of it in case it might be appendicitis. Which, as I keep telling them, I am way too old for. But then the doc starts mentioning all kinds of other itis's that seem extremely unpleasant. So fine. I'll go. But I think it's probably a waste of time. And I'm not overly thrilled with the side effects of this "smoothie". I think I'm beginning to actually understand the words my churning stomach is screaming at me. Like, "what the heck are you sending down here? that stuff is NASTY! let's see if we can get it out of here real quick!" If you know what I mean.
The worst is that I am worrying my friends and family. I'm the healer, the one who loves to take care of everyone else. I HATE being sick and having people worry about me. And then I realize how ridiculous that is. And I feel bad for even complaining at all. Other folks have this as their daily life. I have this isolated incident and become grumpy and petulant. And in denial. And irritated. Sorry, sorry, sorry!
Anyways, I have finished my second bottle of berry smoothie and can now get ready to go relax in a large metal drum. And be thankful that this is just a blip in my life and that soon it will pass.
No 10 year old jokes please.
And don't worry!
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Monteat, NC...errr.... sike.
August 22nd:
I'm sitting in the Grand Lobby at the Assembly Inn in Montreat. We got here Saturday. It has been a very different trip than all the other ones. We're here bringing my daughter and her stuff for her 3rd year of college. We're here on time, early even. All the arrangements have been worked out... far in advance. She is happy, smiling, even went out with her friends the first night we were here, leaving us to our own room and what not.
Today:
Whoops! Never got back to that post. Quick Recap: Rhia is back at school... little sadness when we were leaving but basically overjoyed to be back. What a difference 2 years make~ who da thunk it?
There has been so much going on I feel like I will never have the time to blog it all. Plus, so much of it is un-bloggable, too private and certainly not uplifting like I try and make it sound. Have had some incredible Reiki experiences lately, had a marvelous time being a gypsy wench on the streets of Rock Hall, have some very intriguing irons in my fire and have some very tough issues circling...
So, here's my questions for the day:
Why is it so hard sometimes to speak gently and kindly and make people understand?
In other words, must I pound you in the head with a lead balloon?
Why are we all so overwhelmed and tired?
Did I really need a new washer or is it just the Mercury Retrograde?
Is there something occurring in the Universe or is it just the September 11th thing... again?
And will that always be the case?
If you have a pain on your right side that is tender to the touch, does it have to be appendicitis?
Why is hummingbird nectar so expensive when you can make it so easily with sugar?
Is it really so hard to get good help these days?
Does anyone read all the info I am sending or is this a supreme time waster?
Why does the weather continually suck? Well, cept the last couple days... but now it's back to suckitude.
Can you tell I need yoga?
Why can't my son let me know when he's gonna be later than 2am so I don't worry? And why do I worry anyway? I mean, just for today people! Honestly, practice what you preach Linda!
Will this post ever end?
I'm sitting in the Grand Lobby at the Assembly Inn in Montreat. We got here Saturday. It has been a very different trip than all the other ones. We're here bringing my daughter and her stuff for her 3rd year of college. We're here on time, early even. All the arrangements have been worked out... far in advance. She is happy, smiling, even went out with her friends the first night we were here, leaving us to our own room and what not.
Today:
Whoops! Never got back to that post. Quick Recap: Rhia is back at school... little sadness when we were leaving but basically overjoyed to be back. What a difference 2 years make~ who da thunk it?
There has been so much going on I feel like I will never have the time to blog it all. Plus, so much of it is un-bloggable, too private and certainly not uplifting like I try and make it sound. Have had some incredible Reiki experiences lately, had a marvelous time being a gypsy wench on the streets of Rock Hall, have some very intriguing irons in my fire and have some very tough issues circling...
So, here's my questions for the day:
Why is it so hard sometimes to speak gently and kindly and make people understand?
In other words, must I pound you in the head with a lead balloon?
Why are we all so overwhelmed and tired?
Did I really need a new washer or is it just the Mercury Retrograde?
Is there something occurring in the Universe or is it just the September 11th thing... again?
And will that always be the case?
If you have a pain on your right side that is tender to the touch, does it have to be appendicitis?
Why is hummingbird nectar so expensive when you can make it so easily with sugar?
Is it really so hard to get good help these days?
Does anyone read all the info I am sending or is this a supreme time waster?
Why does the weather continually suck? Well, cept the last couple days... but now it's back to suckitude.
Can you tell I need yoga?
Why can't my son let me know when he's gonna be later than 2am so I don't worry? And why do I worry anyway? I mean, just for today people! Honestly, practice what you preach Linda!
Will this post ever end?
Friday, August 27, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Feng Shui Again
Got 5 minutes before a client gets here for Reiki... just thought I'd share something very interesting. (to me, anyway) I don't know if you believe in Feng Shui or that I do but I have slowly been working with the basics and re-doing my house. Most of it is just common sense... get rid of clutter... don't put blocks in your path.. yada yada.
I think I blogged about this before, will go back and catch the link when I get time. So the far left side of any room as you enter it is your power corner. When the kids were young, I had their pictures in the power corner and felt like they were controlling the roost so one day in a fit, I removed them. Put a picture of my husband and I. Felt like the house rebalanced.
Over the years, I have put different things in that corner, not really worrying too much about it until recently. I had a fountain in the career section of my home that a friend needed to borrow the other day. When I got it back, I wasn't sure I wanted to keep it in the same place-- there was a much better spot aesthetically, which just so happened to be in my power corner (which had a vase of dried flowers there). I couldn't remember whether water was auspicious there so I went to my trusty manual.
Best thing for your power corner: running water.
Worst thing for your power corner: dried (dead) flowers.
Ohhhh! So that's why my appointments and yoga classes have dried up! Put the fountain there and turned it on.... you guessed it-- my phone has been ringing off the hook and my email is full! Coincidence? I think not.
What's in your power corner?
I think I blogged about this before, will go back and catch the link when I get time. So the far left side of any room as you enter it is your power corner. When the kids were young, I had their pictures in the power corner and felt like they were controlling the roost so one day in a fit, I removed them. Put a picture of my husband and I. Felt like the house rebalanced.
Over the years, I have put different things in that corner, not really worrying too much about it until recently. I had a fountain in the career section of my home that a friend needed to borrow the other day. When I got it back, I wasn't sure I wanted to keep it in the same place-- there was a much better spot aesthetically, which just so happened to be in my power corner (which had a vase of dried flowers there). I couldn't remember whether water was auspicious there so I went to my trusty manual.
Best thing for your power corner: running water.
Worst thing for your power corner: dried (dead) flowers.
Ohhhh! So that's why my appointments and yoga classes have dried up! Put the fountain there and turned it on.... you guessed it-- my phone has been ringing off the hook and my email is full! Coincidence? I think not.
What's in your power corner?
Monday, August 09, 2010
Reiki Attunements
When I first became a Reiki Master/Teacher, I had a backlog of people waiting to become Reiki Healers, waiting for me to get my final certification so I could train them. Within the space of a couple months I had attuned everyone waiting, a couple more months I attuned a bunch more and then after a few more, brought some of them to level two, held quite a few Reiki Practioner's Shares, it was heavenly. I was so busy teaching new Healers I began to miss just doing Reiki on them... and the paradox was that most of the people I attuned were my Reiki clients so my beautiful private sessions with them sort of ended too. (Big lesson to Reiki Master Teachers: make it clear to your students that they can still come to you for Reiki healing, just because you are attuned doesn't mean you don't need to get Reiki yourselves sometime...)
I hadn't held a workshop since April, until last Thursday. However, my Reiki appointments have picked back up. But I can't seem to find a "class" full of souls that want to become Healers. I had a woman waiting... and waiting... until I finally decided to just do her workshop with just her. It was heavenly! I realized how much I missed sharing the gift of Reiki and watching someone feel the energy in their hands for the very first time.
It was so relaxing to just sit quietly, teaching the story of Dr. Usui, the founder of Reiki. The Attunement was very powerful, I felt so connected to my new student, she had an amazing experience. We brought my daughter in for the actual hands on teaching-- watching my students face light up when she realized that she could feel the heat and changes in the energy field was beautiful! "I can feel it!!! Already!!!", she said. I chuckled, "yep, once you got it, you got it... there's no building up to it necessary!" I might just do some more one on one workshops-- it was that relaxing.
I guess this is all just a lesson in balance. (Isn't everything?) I need an equal amount of private Reiki appointments, private & group Reiki workshops and group Reiki shares to feel completely fulfilled LOL... Oh yeah, and an equal amount of self Reiki meditation to round it all out. Sometimes I get so busy with yoga and SoulCollage that I feel like I don't spend enough time with Reiki, and I can tell when I do it, how much I miss it.
Wanna be a Healer? Want Reiki? Let me know-- I'd love to help you out :)
I hadn't held a workshop since April, until last Thursday. However, my Reiki appointments have picked back up. But I can't seem to find a "class" full of souls that want to become Healers. I had a woman waiting... and waiting... until I finally decided to just do her workshop with just her. It was heavenly! I realized how much I missed sharing the gift of Reiki and watching someone feel the energy in their hands for the very first time.
It was so relaxing to just sit quietly, teaching the story of Dr. Usui, the founder of Reiki. The Attunement was very powerful, I felt so connected to my new student, she had an amazing experience. We brought my daughter in for the actual hands on teaching-- watching my students face light up when she realized that she could feel the heat and changes in the energy field was beautiful! "I can feel it!!! Already!!!", she said. I chuckled, "yep, once you got it, you got it... there's no building up to it necessary!" I might just do some more one on one workshops-- it was that relaxing.
I guess this is all just a lesson in balance. (Isn't everything?) I need an equal amount of private Reiki appointments, private & group Reiki workshops and group Reiki shares to feel completely fulfilled LOL... Oh yeah, and an equal amount of self Reiki meditation to round it all out. Sometimes I get so busy with yoga and SoulCollage that I feel like I don't spend enough time with Reiki, and I can tell when I do it, how much I miss it.
Wanna be a Healer? Want Reiki? Let me know-- I'd love to help you out :)
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