November 2006 Issue 47 ~ Connecting with Spirit and Each Other

While editing Linda's new 'Angel course' last month, I was reminded of an energy healing course I took while living in NYC in the 1990s. It was facilitated by a graduate of Barbara Brennan's School of Healing. We learned to open/balance our energy centers and to tap into our 'guidance' or intuition. Once, our little group sat in a circle in a darkened room with a candle in the center. The facilitator asked our respective Spirit Guides to stand behind each of us. After a couple minutes she asked them to move behind the next person in the circle. As they moved (according to her prompts) the candle would flicker and we could feel a breeze from the movement - each time they were asked to move. We could also sense a difference in the energies that stood behind us (e.g., heavier, taller, or lighter than our own Spirit Guide). It made a profound impression on me. We encourage you to enroll in one of our wholistic courses this season and see what profound experiences unfold for you.

Blessings for Healing & Health, June Cook Self-Healing Expressions (S-HE)

Living with Purpose: We Are All Connected By Melanie Votaw With so much pain and tumult around the globe, it's hard to feel safe, and it's certainly hard to feel our connection to all things. It feels safer to isolate and separate ourselves energetically from the negative forces that we read about on a daily basis. But if you remain isolated in fear, it's virtually impossible to connect with your life purpose. Living your life's purpose not only brings you joy but... Read on. Melanie Votaw is the instructor for the course Discovering Your Life Purpose: Living the Life You Were Born to Live.

Share your Angel Stories ~ New Bulletin Board! By Linda Pendleton You are invited to share your real life angel stories with others on this NEW message board. Perhaps one of these questions will help get you started... Did you have a guardian angel as a child? Have you ever encountered an angel in disguise? Has a spiritual being appeared to you? If so, how? Learn more: www.selfhealingexpressions.com/real_life_angel_stories/ Linda Pendleton, medium and author, is the creator and instructor of the courses Healing Whispers: Communication with Your Spirit Guides & Angels and Journey to the Heart: Exploring the World of Spirit.

Things That Make You Go Ommm. . .

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A Thoughtful Gift Giving Idea! A Gift of Healing

Consider a Self-Healing Expressions course as a thoughtful holiday gift giving idea for friends and loved ones. Set up a course today to start in December or January 2007. Full catalog of course offerings here.


Inspiration Line Meaningful Life Magazine
See why people around the world treasure their weekly Inspiration Line, a (no fee) online magazine with uplifting quotes, articles, music, artwork and more. Visit our friend Chelle's site today!


Holistic Prayers: Healing the Mind, Body and Spirit Through Prayer
Subscribe to this (no fee) uplifting Self-Healing Expressions e-course and get a sense of how our self-paced delivery system works while being inspired by interfaith prayers. Enroll now.

Embracing the Foods You Need By Julianne Koritz, registered, licensed dietitian Did you know that foods offer about fifty different nutrients that our bodies require for normal growth and development? We require some foods daily, others every other day - or weekly. The important foods in your diet are ones that improve your immune system, increase your energy level, repair your tissue and maintain your metabolism. These are essential foods... Read on. Julianne Koritz is the creator of The Healing Power of Food: Conscious Eating.

Here's What You're Saying About Our Courses...

This course made me cry each week, but somehow it made my dog (Jack) and I closer in spirit. I think everyone who has or had an ill companion pet should take this course, as it gets you though a lot of the tough times. ~ Marie Lotoski, Canada ( Pet Loss couse)


"I really liked the encouraging quotes and prayers provided within the lessons. They are extremely thought-provoking and uplifting, as they shed light on things I haven't thought of before." ~ Danielle Cloakey, Washington ( Holistic Prayers couse)


"This course is quite in depth, taking the person into many ways to rediscover forgotten memories, and helps one to put these ideas, memories into an order. This has been helpful for me as I tend to get swamped and don't quite know how to put it all down. Many thanks for this highly beneficial course." ~ Sue Coulston, Australia ( Journaling couse)


Thanks for Writing!   Find our full course catalog here.

Journaling: The Healing Power of Words By Ruth Folit James W. Pennebaker, Ph.D. is a pioneer in the research of the power of words. The University of Texas psychology professor has studied the healing effects of journal writing and he has observed that those who write consistently about emotionally meaningful topics enjoy improved health. In one study, healthy people who wrote about personally meaningful topics went to the doctor less frequently than... Read on.

Ruth Folit has kept a journal for 35 years. LifeJournal, her company's journal software, won the McGraw-Hill sponsored Technology Design Competition for Computers and Writing. Download load a demo from www.lifejournal.com.

Amen: From Which Your Future Actions will Grow By Rev. Elizabeth A. Reed, Ph.D. Thanksgiving prayers are said in homes across America in November, followed by various types of holiday prayers throughout December spoken around the world. Consider the power behind the little word that concludes prayers for many, if not most, of us: Amen. In the first century Middle East and in the well-known "Lord's Prayer" of Jesus, the Aramaic word for Amen was "Ameyn". The Hewbrew/Aramaic "ameyn" is a word of... Read on. Elizabeth A. Reed is the instructor of A Healing Journey with the Aramaic Lord's Prayer: Reclaiming the Mysticism of Jesus through His Native Language, co-created with Neil Douglas-Klotz.

Dear Marty ~ Finding Help for Suicide Thoughts Question: I've met with a hospice bereavement counselor five or six times since my mother passed away two months ago. When I saw her this past Friday, I finally told her that I was fighting with suicidal thoughts. She really said nothing in response, except to tell me that "they are not equipped to deal with this." She did not ask me if I had a plan or anything. I did tell her that the only reason I am still here is because of a dear, very shy dog I have, that my dog would not have anywhere to go where she would be happy, and that I could not do in my own dog . This lady also told me that "our time is up because they are so busy." Is this lady safe for me? Read Marty's response.

Marty Tousley is the instructor of The First Year of Grief: Help for the Journey and A Different Grief: Coping with Pet Loss.

The Shaman Way: Discovering Wholeness with Balance and Awareness By Shaman Elder Maggie Wahls

Scientists who study the brain tell us that we only use 5% of our actual brain in our daily lives. Ever wonder what the other 95% is for? Shamans know that what we see in this physical world is only 5% of everything that is here. What of the 95% that is not manifested on the physical plane? Is it possible that the other 95% of our brain is for living in the other 95% of everything that is here? The Shaman says, Yes! The medicine wheel is an ancient and sacred form of prayer among... Read on. Shaman Elder Maggie Wahls is the creator and instructor of Discovering the Shaman Healer Within: Apprentice Course, as well as Reiki for Healing: Level I and Reiki for Healing: Level II. Find courses listed here.

ANNOUNCEMENTS


New Goddess Course Coming!
Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway, author of the book A Goddess Is A Girl's Best Friend: A Divine Guide to Finding Love, Success and Happiness, is now developing another course with Self-Healing Expressions. Discovering the Goddess: Find Healing, Inspiration and Joy on the Path of the Divine Feminine is scheduled to launch this December.

Congratulation to Laura Hyde on her new endeavor!
Laura Hyde, our Dreams for Healing: Using Dreams as a Pathway to the Soul instructor, is now Spiritual Leader and Co-Founder of the Circle of Spiritual Enlightenment in San Luis Obispo, CA. If you live nearby, join them for Sunday meetings starting December 3 at 10:30 AM. Visit their new site at www.spiritualcircle.org.

This Month's Holistic Prayer

Dear God, Goddess, Divine Spirit of all there is,
Thank you for the opportunity
to gather together in one another's company.

We thank you for the light
you bring to this family gathering.

Please grant us the vision to see the highest in one another,
and grant us the opportunity to continue to be there for each other
In good times, as well as not-so-great-times.

Give us strength and fortitude to ride the tides of change,
and empower us always to be nurturing and loving with one another.
Open our spiritual eyes that we may see one another for who we truly are...
and love one other in the same spirit.

May sadness, disappointment and anger be minimal;
May happiness, positive thoughts and good experiences together be bountiful.
May we always cope, and hope, with each other... with grace.

~ Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway, from A Goddess Is A Girl's Best Friend: A Divine Guide to Finding Love, Success and Happiness


   

Peace, Love and Light,

Your Friends at Self-Healing Expressions



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