Mercury Retrograde

Boy is this retrograde pulling up some past mental/emotional issues with people. I have spoken to a fair few people over the last couple of days and all conversations were almost identical.

Lucky for us it begins to go foward again on Sunday. Yippeee!

So lets have a brief look at what the benefits are when a wonderful planet like mercury are when it is retrograde.

Mercury is about thoughts, attitudes and our decisions, but there are further influences depending on which house in your sign it is going through at the time, for me it was in my 12th house so it was influencing that particular area more than any other.

A mercury retrograde offers us opportunities, despite that is going backwards and going back over "old ground" of course it has negative aspects to it if that is how you perceive it.

But as I mentioned it offers huge opportunities like making mental adjustments t any decisions we have re our goals, so it helps us to take a different pathway this time around, and take new couragous steps onto a new pathway for the future.

Throughout 2009 Mercury retrograde takes place four times, it begins in the air signs and then flows back into the earth signs.

A shift in mental attitudes, perceptions and information, which is about changing and adjusting out thinking and a reorganisation in an important area of our life - this is the part that is dependent upon which house in your chart it is travelling through.

So make the most of this opporunity it could change your life in dramatic ways if you are bold enough to step out of your comfort zone and into the new.

Go on try it you have nothing to loose and everything to gain.

You still have a couple of days to embrace this powerful aspect. Research it on the net and see how you can best utlise this situation.

So have a good one.

Smile

Today when I was out I wanted to test out smiling at other people not that I do not do this anyway naturally, but today I wanted to do it consciously firstly to see the response of others and to monitor how it made feel.

So there I was sitting in a little coffee shop and I decided to smile at everyone who came in and looked over, I noticed that I began to feel really uplifted in some way, I was able to watch the body language of others in particular the frustrated lady with her new born child and the lady who was sitting looking quite low when I first got there.

Perfect I thought, so in a gentle manner when they looked at me as people do often just glance even when they do not realise they have I took the opportunity to give them a smile from my heart obviously it came through my face, but immediately they appeared to become calmer and the lady who looked like she had the whole world on her shoulders sat upright and her body language clearly shifted into something much more positive.

What was quite amazing was that with her when she got up and left she looked back at me and caught my attention again, and smiled and to me it read "thankyou" that smile was perfect timing.

So go on give it go, smile go on just humour me and try it no reason other than just because you can, and hey it is free which is even better don't you think!

Just think you could change someones life, or even just lift their spirits just a tad but either way it is worth it.

Go out tomorrow and smile whenever you have the opportunity just have fun, go on its free.

Oh and the coffee and chocolate cake wasn't bad either!!

Inspirational Quotes

Inspirational quotes have always been something which have eased my journey, when the going may have appeared a little tough I always turn to inspirational or motivational quotes to lighten my spirit and remember my journey.

We bog ourselves down with hum drum crap from life when really it does not have to be that way, I live a beautiful life, I support myself with things that I am passionate about and release the things which bog me down.

What is the point of not being inspired by life when all the answers are given to us through various signposts set out by the universe. And uplifting words and messages everywhere.

Heighten your awareness and open your perception and the answers to your questions may appear on the side of a truck, or in the words of a conversation with another person, or through an animal but unless you are aware that the signposts are being given to you then you will miss them completely.

I love this messaging service from the Universe it is great and never ever wrong it is so accurate it is quite astounding.

So give it a go open your perception and awareness a little more, start by asking the universe a simple question and ask for the answer to come in the form of say a poster - then open your mind and be patient, the universe will answer.

But trust me the answer may not come in the form or way in which your linear mind works so be open, enjoy and have fun.

Say something inspirational to someone today, just a few words, or send them a card with some words on to uplift their day you do not even have to say on the card who it has come from.

Go on get inspirational - give your inspiration to someone else pay it forward it will uplift you, you could even forward them this post.

Enjoy and be inspired today.

So who is Dragonfly-Lightening-Woman?

Glad you asked - I am Dragonfly-Lightening-Woman, this is my shamanic name given to me in a blessing with a shamen I had the honour of working with.

And I can assure you that it really is apt of my energy.

I work really quickly with people when doing development or therapy, like a dragonfly which leaps from place to place not settling for any given amount of time. The lightening represents the amount of energy which I am also able to work with at any given time, making the therapy work immensley powerful, I am able to hold or transmit an incredible amount through me to assist God and the universe with their work and that is mostly noticed in therapy work. Then the woman part well because I am in this lifetime a woman, well I was the last time I checked!

So now I guess you know who I am well the shamanic part of me anyhow.

Hope that clears any confusion up that may have been created by the use of another name.


Dragonfly-Lightening-Woman (aka ~Reikimia)

Forgiveness

Not sure if I have written on forgiveness before but I am going to write about it again either way.



So first the video above gives some affirmations which will get you in the right vibration there is also and understanding to be had when working with forgiveness.



Most of the time I have found when working with others, that they are not always wanting to forgive the person or situtation.





But this is the whole purpose of forgiveness, as you apply the techniques that feeling or not wanting to or feeling that you are able to goes away leaving only room for love.

So you could work with your angels if you are open to that - invite your angels in and think of a hurt you have personally experienced that seems to plague you. Ask your angels to assit you to release your attachment to being right, and to help you forgive this person or persons and move on. If you do not feel immediately forgiving as I mentioned earlier do not worry, just trust and let go, let your angels have this on their to do list.



The forgiveness process has to start with you wanting a resolution more than you want the stress and grievance. As I mentioned before a strong unforgiving part of you will not want to find the peace and put up a massive protest.



But that is okay just invite the thoughts in and tell them that despite what they are doing or saying or how they are making you feel you are going to continue to work toward peace.



Forgiveness moves through you, but is not of you, do not concern yourself with how forgiveness and healing will take place but just be willing for it to do so.




Think of the person or situation you would like to forgive, and when you have clearly got it in your mind or in your feeling centres - ask God or your angels or the universe or if you are not okay with those words just say " I surrender these thoughts and emotions" and keep saying that statement over and over, it may take a couple of days or weeks, it may happen instantly but do it until you naturally feel that you no longer have to do it.





Don't look for an outcome, just keep releasing it and especially when you hit the resistance gang who will come back and visit you, just keep surrendering the old pains, judgements etc.




Ask spirit "help me to receive the abundant blessings you have in store for me as I forgive and let go today"






This process does bring about change and be warned miracles will follow!

Love

This is a really odd subject as all people have so many different perceptions and understandings of what the word love really means.


Well for me I believe that love is a vibration that is boundless and is the ultimate universal truth.



Love shines unchanged at the core of all things it is like the sun which continues to shine behind dark clouds, love shines behind pain, problems and suffering.



Love is inherent in every individual on the planet, and nothing in this world can break it, harm it, or damage it in any way.

So to assist us on our journey, I have put together some affirmations to remind us of that divine boundless energy which not only heals anything and everything, but is so pure it is to profound for words.

So here is another video for you:

Stress release

Yep you guessed it, now that I have found out that I can put my videos up on my blog I am now uploading them one by one.

So for the "Stress release" video remember that we are all affected by stress in one way shape or form, and there is a lot more to it than what I am writing here in this blog.

What I do know from personal experience and fom my Stress Management training is that you cannot eliminate stress but you can manage it.

And using such tools as the short video below can and will keep your stress levels lower than perhaps they are currently on a day to day basis.

Now I am not saying that this video is going to release all your stress today, but if you watch it every day it will act as a minimiser and your stress will not build.

Stress is a chemical which is released into the body, and it is how we react to that chemical that is the key. Stress builds without us even realising that we are being affected by stress until we are through the other side and then it hits us.

Stress is useful and assists us to get deadlines completed, or do something which is way out of our comfort zone, but it will take its toll if the excess is not "drained" away.

So if you wish to understand the ins and outs of "stress" then book a workshop or have some coaching with me and get to understand it for what it truly is and how it works in your life.

Go to http://www.reikimia.co.uk/

So I hope that you enjoy the video and once again your feedback is appreciated.

Soul Connection

Well I know I have probably been a bit blonde to say the least about adding my videos to my blog, but hey I get there eventually - oh and thanks for your assistance!

So I finally asked my spirit guide to show me how to achieve this and guess what well yes here I am doing it so I must have paid attention on this occassion.

It may be that I am still going around the houses to get next door, so if you have any feedback that is going to assist me then I would gratefully receive your words of wisdom.

So just for you I have uploaded the video for today which is Soul Connection, which is a short video to open you up to a higher vibration.

If you follow this video every day and say the words outloud you will notice over a short period of time that your vibrational frequency stays connected to source much better, an gets stronger each time you do the video.

Now this video is only short but enough for beginners as well as the more advanced person to work with. I hope that you enjoy the journey, and please post me your comments.

So sit somewhere comfortable and preferably where you will not be disturbed for a couple of minutes. Switch off all phones etc.

Angel Blessings

Gratitude

Gratitude, something which many take for granted.

So I ask you a question "What are you grateful for today"?

I guess you never even gave it a thought, and you would not be on your own with that.

It can be really helpful to keep a gratitude journal, to remind us of the things which we often take for granted in our daily lives.

Believe you me the list is endless when you begin to look at what you are grateful for in your life, start with at least five things every day and even stick affirmation cards up around the home.

Make it fun, get the children involved and make a gratitude story board together, putting up at least two gratitudes every day.

Watch the video below to get you started:

Every morning when I am in the beginning stages of waking up the first thing I say is "thankyou for a wonderful day" even if it is grey and tippling down with rain.

I have learnt over the years to appreciate even the weather, and it never dictates how I should feel for the day, I make my own decisions and choices in life.

The weather is just the weather doing what it does.

I decide on a daily basis that despite what the weather is doing I am going to be happy and grateful for the all that is.

Try it out you may be surprised with how uplifted you feel, and get yourself into creating that gratitude journal for yourself.

So thank you for taking the time to read this post I am truly grateful.

Thank you

Youtube launch

Today, I finally got around to getting the you tube site launched.

Here I am going to be posting inspirational quotes, prayers and meditations for you to use.

I have used my shamanic name of Dragonfly-Lightening-Woman in case you are confused with who that is.

As I have only just launched this please be patient as I have a lot of work to do over the next couple of weeks, getting the information up there for you.

The posts are under reikimia so that part is simple, if you are searching for my site.