April 2007, Issue 52 ~ Remodeling Your Mind Body and Spirit

Since construction of our kitchen expansion/renovation project will begin this month, I asked our feng shui instructor Deborah Redfern for a 'remodeling blessing' with the hopes this might help quell the typical problems and disruptions such a project can cause to one's life. She responded with the below article which I really like.

What kind of inner remodeling are you up for this month? See if one of the below articles or one of our healing courses might inspire or support you on your journey.

Breathe,



June Cook
Self-Healing Expressions (S-HE)

Remodel Your Home: Grounding and Purification Ceremony By Deborah Redfern This is the time of year when many people begin (or begin to contemplate) doing work around the home. Whether it is a spring-spruce up with new paint/wallpaper, or full scale renovations you are thinking of, one thing is for certain: it will change the energy in your home. Areas of your home that are being worked on may feel ungrounded or even unconnected to the rest of your home. While we look forward to the new energy and envision the finished project, there is always a period of upheaval while the work is being done. Here are some suggestions you can implement to ensure the work goes smoothly, is completed on schedule, within budget, and with as little disruption as possible... Read on. Deborah is the creator and instructor of these feng shui courses: Healing with Feng Shui and Color and Dancing with Energy: 9 Steps to Manifesting Your Soul's Desires with Feng Shui

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New S-HE Course Dancing with Energy: 9 Steps to Manifesting Your Soul's Desires with Feng Shui By Deborah Redfern This Feng Shui course guides you on a journey to consciously create an environment that attracts more of what you want in life - with ease. Learn to interweave feng shui with the "Law of Attraction" theory to create a powerful tool for manifestation. The bagua map is an energetic grid consisting of nine templates for life. Activate the nine areas of the energy grid in your home and see what you begin to manifest in your life. Learn the symbols, images, tools, rituals, mindset, and meditations to do this. Learn more and enroll here.

How Reiki Heals the Practitioner and Guides One to Live the Reiki Precepts By Shaman Elder Maggie Wahls, RMT When Dr. Usui rediscovered Reiki in the early 1900s and began teaching it, he was teaching a way to use this miraculous healing energy on a personal basis. Dr Usui taught his students how to heal themselves. It was and remains a system of self healing and self growth; a releasing of negative emotions and thoughts. A system that balancing one's physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies through the universal healing energy called Usui Reiki. If we look at the personal daily practice of Usui Reiki, we can see what Dr. Usui was telling us through the five Reiki precepts. The Reiki precepts make us aware... 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 her courses listed here.

Goals: Setting A Structure for Our Creative Lives   By Sandra Lee Schubert

In my last column, I talked about giving up goal setting for at least a month. How did it go? If you were like me it may have been a little difficult to put aside goals. After all we look to them to guide us. Goals provide a structure to our life. You may have discovered that the goals you had coveted the most lost their appeal when the spotlight was taken off them. We can hang onto a cherished goal long past its time. All our hopes and dreams go into this goal, once achieved it will change our lives, make us money and finally we can be happy. Did the time away from your goals give you some clarity about which ones are important to keep and which ones can be tossed? Read on. Sandra Schubert is the instructor for the course Writing for Life: Creating a Story of Your Own.

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Things That Make You Go Ommm. . .

Terrific Manifestation Tool! A Message from June Cook
I think a bunch of you are going to love this one! It's easy, affordable, and AMAZING. It's called the Dream Wizard. In about 3 minutes, I purchased, downloaded and typed in a goal, added a photo to represent that goal and recorded my own voice claiming my dream. Now it pops up on my computer screen every 2 hours to remind me of what I am manifesting. No kidding! It makes me so happy every time it pops up! Check it out here.



A Message from our Friend Meg North Taylor, Founder of Lending Promise
At Lending Promise, we envision a world in which mothers in every village can adequately feed their children - both their mouths and minds - so young people can dream of possibility rather than limits, of beauty instead of squalor; of dignity and not shame. We give small loans known as microcredit to mothers in some of the world's poorest villages, in regions where human assistance has been insufficient for making a lasting impact. Could you help by making a small donation to help these women? Visit www.lendingpromise.org today and learn more.



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Finding Your Spiritual Soul Mate The Romantic Résumé Questionnaire: Values and Personal Beliefs by Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway As you travel this unique pathway towards love, intimacy and partnership, it's important to continue to evaluate and clarify what you are really seeking in a relationship. Today we'll focus your values and beliefs as you journey towards your spiritual soul mate. In addition to religious and cultural background and training, humans are made up of a complex array of aspects and particles. Fragments of the past, bits and pieces from parents, snippets from media, movies, education, past loves formulate our belief systems and... Read on. Author Rev. Laurie Sue is creator and instructor of these S-HE courses: Discovering the Goddess: A Path to Healing, Spirituality and Joy and Finding Your Spiritual Soul Mate: Transforming Your Romantic Destiny with A Romantic Resumé

Support for Families Grieving the Death of a Pet TV Interview with Marty Tousley Marty Tousley discusses how to talk to child about the death of pet. View now. (Length: under 2 minutes)

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

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7 Easy Steps for Dream Recall By Laura V. Hyde How many dreams per night are you able to recall? Are you willing to learn how and to practice remembering your dreams in more detail? Dreams help us in countless ways and represent every area of our life. Dreams are powerful vehicles we can us to solve your daily issues for they provide ideas, solutions and insights. Literally, they are jackpots of information, especially when you ask for answers to specific concerns. Today, you will learn effective techniques for recalling dreams. Read on. Laura Hyde is creator/instructor of Dreams for Healing: Using Dreams as a Pathway to the Soul.

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Closing Thoughts
"As you progress on the healing path, you may experience discomfort. It is like moving to a new land without knowing the language or the customs. You may feel strange. Nevertheless remain determined to learn a new way of living. It's okay to feel both scared and excited."
~ Arthur Soissons-Segal, creator and instructor for The Joy of Coping course

This Month's Holistic Prayer

God/Goddess/All that is,
Bless the corners of this house,
And be the lentil blest;
And bless the hearth and bless the board
And bless each place of rest;
And bless each door that opens wide
To stranger as to kin;
And bless each crystal window pane
That lets the starlight in;

And bless the rooftree overhead,
And every sturdy wall,
The peace of man/woman, the peace of God/Goddess
The peace of love on all.

~ Author Unknown (adapted)


   

Peace, Love and Light,

Your Friends at Self-Healing Expressions



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