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I am turning slowly out of the midwinter spiral that took me deep into my heart. I am clutching a small tile close to my heart chakra, and on the tile is engraved one word, SMILE.
It is too easy to get caught up in seriousness and forget how to smile. Everytime I catch my reflection in a window, I hope to see a smile on my face because smiling feels good all over, and because it is acting in accordance with my desire to bring more joy into my life.
I do have a joyful streak in me, the same part of my personality that loves wearing striped socks.
I respond to simple and beautiful things, like the sound and sight of a cheeping bush, stuffed with contented sparrows chattering about their own joy. The gentle purrs of my cat, and especially her soft snuggles and whisker kisses, send me into bliss.
I am also approaching a brief retreat in January with much anticipation and joy. I will be making good on a promise to myself from this year that has slipped a few weeks into the coming year. I am finally going to receive my Reiki I training and attunement. Twice I have postponed this, because of various uncertainties, like the location of the class or the experience of the master teacher. This time, I will be going to a well-established yoga and meditation retreat center, and the master teacher is the author of a book that has received good reviews.
I have practiced energy work in various forms over the years, and have learned to transmit the life force that is all around us in our Mother Earth. In Reiki, the attunement will intensify the energy that flows through me, and the training will give me a more informed and structured approach to my energy practice.
In the setting of a three-day retreat, I will have time to experience this at my leisure, to take some yoga classes, and live in simplicity. This really makes me smile.
It is too easy to get caught up in seriousness and forget how to smile. Everytime I catch my reflection in a window, I hope to see a smile on my face because smiling feels good all over, and because it is acting in accordance with my desire to bring more joy into my life.
I do have a joyful streak in me, the same part of my personality that loves wearing striped socks.
I respond to simple and beautiful things, like the sound and sight of a cheeping bush, stuffed with contented sparrows chattering about their own joy. The gentle purrs of my cat, and especially her soft snuggles and whisker kisses, send me into bliss.
I am also approaching a brief retreat in January with much anticipation and joy. I will be making good on a promise to myself from this year that has slipped a few weeks into the coming year. I am finally going to receive my Reiki I training and attunement. Twice I have postponed this, because of various uncertainties, like the location of the class or the experience of the master teacher. This time, I will be going to a well-established yoga and meditation retreat center, and the master teacher is the author of a book that has received good reviews.
I have practiced energy work in various forms over the years, and have learned to transmit the life force that is all around us in our Mother Earth. In Reiki, the attunement will intensify the energy that flows through me, and the training will give me a more informed and structured approach to my energy practice.
In the setting of a three-day retreat, I will have time to experience this at my leisure, to take some yoga classes, and live in simplicity. This really makes me smile.
