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Another new year

February 3, 2014 By Alana

photo(70)This time last year I was struggling. My head and heart were doing battle and my inner landscape was littered with the carcasses of discarded ideas, abandoned dreams and bloodied hopes.

My intuition kept telling me to turn inward, to get quiet, to give myself time and space to rest and regroup after the rough road of the previous three years. My head, steeped in our western culture of constantly doing, was shouting, “Launch projects! Make money! Figure it out soldier!”

A half hour on the phone with a woman named Limitless Megan changed my life.

She told me about my elemental make up and the year I was moving into. I cried as everything she said validated my intuitive knowing.

I’ve spent the last year studying with her and learning this system known as the 9 Star Ki. It has given me insight into my own nature and that of everyone else in my life. Arguably the most powerful piece for me is knowing what elemental year I’m moving into this month. The energetic tide change begins in the fall but tomorrow is officially the new year. Having a month of buffer time between January 1st and February 4th has allowed me to see the new year (and myself) with kinder, gentler eyes.

I’m coming out of a year of rest, renewal and dreaming into a year of building foundations and strong connections. Knowing this (and feeling it in my bones) is keeping me grounded when my mind wants to run wild with should’s and must’s and have to’s.

I’m going to be integrating the 9 Star Ki into a new offering that will be beta-testing in the next few months. If you’re curious about what’s coming, make sure you’re on my newsletter list – they’re always the first to know.

With a deep bow to where ever you find yourself today, I wish you a happy elemental new year. May you meet yourself and this new year with kindness.

P.S. Registration for Shine is now open! Join me February 21-March 20: Embrace where you are. Become who you want to be.

Softening

January 22, 2014 By Alana

Tonight's thought

I spent three days this week at a retreat run by a very successful business coach I know. The first evening I taught a class and led a group meditation. The rest of the time I was part of the group, visioning and planning for the new year. As wonderful as it was, my head hasn’t stopped spinning since I left.

As I lay with Ada tonight, listening to her breathing deepen and slow, I caught myself in a thought loop that wasn’t particularly helpful.

I softened. I dropped into my heart.

In the space of two breaths, life felt better, easier, more relaxed.

Sometimes it really is that simple. One foot in front of the other. Breathing. Trusting. Softening. Watching for the play of light and shadow. Staying open to moments of joy.

 

Practicing

January 17, 2014 By Alana

breathe. it's going to be ok.
As the waves of overwhelm rise and fall today, I’m practicing what I preach.

Brewing a batch of my favorite homemade Yogi Tea.

Stepping outside and breathing in the sun’s warmth.

Watching the voices in my head. Acknowledging the fearful panicky ones but listening to the one that says “Just keep moving. It’s going to be okay”.

Setting my alarm so I step away from the computer once an hour.

Letting the tears come if they need to. And the laughter.

Moving my body, even for one minute at a time.

How are you taking care of yourself today? I’d love to know.

Mantra (or what it’s like in my head right now)

January 14, 2014 By Alana

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Taking baby steps
Choosing peace
Zoning on Facebook
Choosing peace
Lying next to her overheated body
Choosing peace
Kissing her flushed cheek
Choosing peace
Feeling the fear
Choosing peace
Watching overwhelm hover
Choosing peace
Wondering how the words
will come
and how many hours it will
take to get them out
Choosing peace
Breathing in the setting sun
Choosing peace
Writing to the crash of waves
Choosing peace
Hand on my own ache
Choosing peace
Holding love
Choosing peace

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