Strength and Wisdom for Dancing with Change

We had a lovely, intimate teleclass tonight on this topic--sorry you missed it.  Readings, teaching, conversation and inspiration.

I invite you to listen to the recordings here over the weekend or as it suits you, and let me know what you think.  The longer first recording is the teaching call.  The second recording is my first recording of Holding Presence and for some reason it cut off very early, but you may enjoy the first few minutes.

Listen here: http://iTeleseminar.com/71791491 

Some questions to explore--that I assigned as 'homework for further self inquiry' on the call:

1. How do you tend to react to, and handle change?  What is your habitual response--do you get overwhelmed, frustrated and angry, want to go ostrich and stick your head in the sand? 

2.  Can you think of a time when you handled change well?  What did you do that worked for you? Is there a way to learn from that time, or use those skills again? 

The question that came through from Spirit on the Holding Presence call was:

"What wants to grow here?  What is trying to emerge in the garden or blank canvas of my life?"

Would love to hear your response! 

Change, change change!  Would you like tools that will help you navigate and dance more easily through all the letting go and new habits you're wanting to establish?  I want to share some tools with you that I've found very effective, for me and for clients, and also a little bit about the changes I'm making in my business-new directions.  I am offering some special teleclasses the first two weeks of July for this, so make sure to read the details below.  First one is Thursday July 2nd at 8:30pm Eastern.

Change is my game, and I recently decided that who I am is a reinventionist.  It is another one of those cycles of big change for me right now, as I am reinventing my body and my busines--it's a perfect time to reconnect and speak directly to you--my clients and readers.  Because I have so much experience with reinventing myself, I can serve you as a guide through these transformational times, where we are ALL being asked to reinvent. 

A little secret for you--I still go through my kicking and screaming resistance phase--but I move through it a lot faster now with my tools!  Our brains have evolved to instinctively resist change, so even when we want to shift, it's not that easy.

Exactly what I want to speak to you about in these upcoming teleclasses.  July's theme is Retrain Your Brain--so it's all perfect! 

Reinvention requires a stage of chaos—as old ways break down, there is chaos before the new emerges.   For me, that is showing up as "break out of your rut".  That means listening deeply to my inner guidance, after being somewhat overwhelmed by the din of experts. Nothing against expert advice—I give it too, when asked--and well meaning, skilled and insightful knowledge from others is vital—but all in its place and time.  

Like everything in the age of Information Overload, it requires discernment, discernment, discernment!

In the spirit of breaking out, I've got not one, or two but FOUR teleclasses for you, starting this Thursday 7/2.  (Thursday evenings, Tuesday lunch time) Call in details for 7/2 are at the bottom of this page. 

Strength and Wisdom for Moving through Change
Thursdays, 7/2 and 7/9,  6:30 pm MT (8:30 EDT) 
Conversation, guided exploration, teaching and Holding Presence

Tapping into Wealth Tuesdays: Lunch and Earn! 
Tuesdays at 11:30 Mountain, 1:30 Eastern, 7/7/ and 7/14
Insights, transformational coaching and EFT meridian tapping
from my Tapping into Wealth work. 

Further Details: 

On the Thursday evening calls 
Guided discussion, led by me, with weavings in relevant personal sharing, teaching and transformation.  I want to share some new directions happening in my business and my life.  You'll also get a chance to share and be heard--and coached.  PLUS something brand new, called Holding Presence.  (Actually I've been doing it for many years but never named it). It will be an intuitive group energy reading on behalf of the group.

On Tuesdays at lunch time
Tapping into Wealth Tuesdays-I'm also calling it Lunch and Earn (as opposed to Lunch and Learn! ). We'll explore various topics around money, wealth, growing your income, and you'll get a taste of  Tapping into Wealth coaching and EFT meridian tapping for clearing money and prosperity issues. 

Please note: these calls are NO charge because I'm trying out some new things here--yet they will offer value and support!  Have friends you are wanting to introduce to me?  This is the perfect thing to invite them to.   

Yes, they will be recorded.  But so much richer if YOU are on the call! 

CALL IN DETAILS: Thurs 7/2 at 6:30pm MT, 8:30 pm Eastern

Strength and Wisdom for Dancing through Change part 1 
Date & Time: Thursday, July 2nd at 6:30pm Mountain

Attend by Phone: 
Primary dial in number: (425) 440-5100 
Guest pin code: 370169#   

Listen via web- event Page: 
http://iTeleseminar.com/71791491

Time to Drop or Revise Old Stories: Full moon updates for early June

It's Full Moon in Sagittarius tomorrow--a powerful time for moving forward.  And the perfect time to receive a "vitamin blast" or fresh juice energizer smoothie--for that forward movement.  How? It's so easy with energy shifts done-for-you via my Joyful Manifesting program.  Go here to learn more or sign up..first session is June 3 so don't hesitate..and also feel free to email me with any questions if you are new to this program or my work.  

Joyful Manifesting--registration extended till midnight June 2nd. http://www.repattern.com/manifesting.shtml

Here are three different takes on the current moon and planetary energies:

From shamanic healer Lena Stevens:

This moon is energized, inspiring, and supports creative action and breakthrough in ideas, problem solving and new ways of approaching something.  Watch Impatience and beware of frustration around not being able to do everything at the same time. Allow yourself to be inspired and lifted by what is showing up most powerfully. 

There is plenty of time. Do one thing at a time and take that action with enthusiasm.  This is an especially good time for anything that has felt stuck, sluggish and confusing to find a new creative approach and you may suddenly find that you have way more support around a project than you had originally perceived. Allow the support to help you and the movement to flow.

 

There is a higher centered wave of energy available right now that can energize the daily activity to a higher spiritual plane but will make things feel a bit otherworldly and less grounded. To take

advantage of the higher centered influence you will need to trust something other than your rational mind.

From astrologer Pat Lilies: 

Well, we’re certainly not in the double Taurus energy we were in at New Moon a mere two weeks ago.  The Sun as of May 21 leaped out of its earthy influence and right into the quick, mental airiness of Gemini,  and who did the Sun find, but lively and spontaneous Mercury and action loving Mars! Now, the flexibility, curiosity, and sociability of the Sun’s power in Gemini are capable of moving the most stuck ‘dig your heels in’ energy of Taurus.  Some major juggernauts moved at that shift point.   

With Gemini-Sagittarius, we find ourselves in an air-fire environment and that means strong mental energy, objectivity, inspiration and enthusiasm!  We can use that!  We find Gemini’s ruler, Mercury, happily in its own sign even though retrograde until June 11 (and not fully regaining its degree of retrograde until June 26).  

Mercury in retrograde might even be seen as a stabilizing force as it encourages us to reflect on our actions, regroup mentally after the challenges that surfaced with the eclipse energy of March-April, and to claim the objective view that air signs are so good at

From astrologer Marina Ormes: 

Sagittarius Full Moon-Making New Meaning From Old Stories (my note: LOVE this theme!)

This Full Moon helps us look at the ways we tell stories that may not serve us. What are the problems or challenges you face? Chances are there is a story you are telling about those

issues--not enough time, not enough money, not deserving, not capable, not supported, etc.  This meditation will help you access your own inner wisdom about how to shift that story and 

get to the place of solution.

Time to go within and review..again! Mercury going retrograde NOW....

The energies of April and May have been busy, intense and all over the map!  Interestingly both our New Moon tomorrow and Mercury going retrograde, encourage us to use this time to re-examine, to review, to re-set our goals and our energy for what we are consciously choosing to create.

Mercury Retrograde has a bad rap now--a lot has been written about how it's a challenging time for communications and technology.  And it IS that!  Which is why I offer a Mercury Retrograde E-Z energy clearing and adjustment session to help you cope.  I also include intentions in the session for using the time wisely. 

To register by midnight May 18th, go to http://www.repattern.com/Mercury_Retrograde.shtml

Most people don't realize that there are also some wonderfully supportive energies within this three week time period.  If there were no purpose to having Mercury go retrograde 3 or 4 times a year, I don't think it would happen!   The Universe may be perplexing to us, but it is NOT wasteful!  

The brief piece below from astrologer Marina Ormes at http://astrologyheals.com explains this very well. (See the PS for another astrologer's take on this Mercury retrograde...)

"Happy New Moon in Taurus as  Mercury goes retrograde.

Mercury retrograde is a time for review and reflection. People sometimes complain about technology and communication challenges, because outward communication can feel, well, thwarted.

Backing up your computer, double-checking your calendar and itineraries, and asking clarifying questions to make sure you understand can help you avoid frustration and unnecessary suffering.

But remember to also attend to the inner communication that is actually improved when Mercury is retrograde. It's a great time for journaling and taking time to reflect on recent developments and what is important to you. Take time to reflect and set your intentions for the month."

Could you use the gentle yet effective support of being "repatterned" for Mercury Retrograde, for gliding through it with grace and humor instead of frustration annd aggravation--and for giving yourself permission to slow down, and be a bit introspective...If so don't miss out...go right now to register .....Mercury can make you more forgetful and distracted...registration closes midnight on Monday but why put it off when you are likely to forget?   Right here, right now--let the E-Z times roll! 
http://www.repattern.com/Mercury_Retrograde.shtml 

One more interesting take on Mercury Retrograde from astrologer Chris Largent:

Demonstrating that our solar system has a warped sense of humor, the Uranus-Pluto "Wake Up Shake Up" aspect goes on vacation just as Mercury goes retrograde next week.  That is, on Monday, May 18th, following a Taurus New Moon no less, the little Messenger seems to change direction at about 10 in the morning — and stays that way until Thursday, June 11th.

The reason for the humor, warped or otherwise, is that the retrograde period enables us to look back at "Wake Up Shake Up" aspect, which approached in 2010, was exact for the first time in 2012, and made its last exact connection in mid-March of this year.  It doesn't get back in the saddle until after Thanksgiving this year, and then it rides off into the sunset in early 2016.  But it's not exact any more.  The seven exact Uranus-Pluto squares have already happened.  As a result, we get to reflect of how our lives have changed during this time.

In other words, this retrograde, while being annoying in its typical little ways — the standard cautions are given below — offers us clarity about the long-term dynamics of change.  This is one retrograde that may make what's really happening on the planet much clearer.

In keeping with this, it's a good time to be more reflective, especially to reduce our nervous system overload.  Much of this simply involves taking more rest and reflection time.  There'smore, though, that we can do.  I was recently reminded that the human nervous system 

operates between high beta at about 30 Hz and deep delta, just below 4 Hz.  But the In-

formation Age devices we use entrain us to between 50 and 60 Hz.  When that happens, welose our connection to the cosmic, mystical, or holistic awareness (whatever we wish to call 

it) and replace that awareness with mere stress.

So, this retrograde also encourages us to use protective devices, most of which can be        found on the Information Age web, and take good care of the health of our nervous systems.  

We still have a Super Success aspect operating collectively through early June, so we can also look for new opportunities, engaging with the organic processes of our lives and nature, and networking in our communities, allowing ourselves to be supported by those around us  (both here and on the other side).  We can get our support teams on board.

We may need them, too, for Mercury's little annoyances — and here are the usual notes:

1) Since this is an inward-turning time, people may not be alert on the highway.  So, we       need to DRIVE CAREFULLY.

2) A reflective time also means re-activities.  We may redo, revise, revisit, retool, rescript,     rethink, or recheck things.  We may find that old relationships, creative projects, and work   projects return or need to be rethought (including, with Neptune in its own sign, the return    of relationship dynamics from past lifetimes).

3) Because of our inward orientation, Mercury retrograde may also represent distraction and confusion.  We need to double-check all plans we make and plan ahead.  And allow extra   time to get where we’re going.

4) We also need to communicate as clearly as possible, which often means repeating things until we’re clear that everyone understands what is being said.  The same is true of              listening.  We need to double-check what we think we heard someone say.  During a           retrograde, we often hear only what is in our own minds. 

5) This IS a time of contemplation.  We have an opportunity to slow down and look at our      lives.  We may re-examine our relationship and work commitments.  We may rethink our    health and finances.  And overall, we may look for alternatives to our present life commit-   ments.  This is a major change time.

Happy Easter and Passover! And full moon lunar eclipse!

Spring has sprung, here in New Mexico.  Everything is flowering!  Allergies blossoming too :-)

Here we are, again!, in another major transformational window between two eclipses, the March 20 new moon solar eclipse and this April 4 lunar eclipse.

Eclipses are times of sudden changes and endings.  An old way of being, even a lifetime perspective you've had, can shift abruptly.  Great clarity is possible too--realizing a relationship is over, or isn't what you thought it was.

It can be intense--and you don't have to go it alone, support is here!  I can offer you private sessions of Resonance Repatterning, Tapping into Wealth and personal and business coaching and intuitive guidance.  Like groups?   Joyful Manifesting for April is about to begin and that's a great way to reap the benefits of my psychic backhoe (clearing out your old gunk and issues, helping you align with what you really want).  It's distance or virtual work so you just go about your life while I do the clearing.  Learn more and sign up at www.joyfulmanifesting.com. 

Want a more interactive group to help you stay focused, on track, getting more done AND enjoying yourself?  Look for info from me on the expanded, upgraded group program called "Get More Done Have More Fun" brain retraining--nicknamed "Fire your Inner Slavedriver!" starting in May.

My mantra has become "leave no stone unturned" in my quest for personal, spiritual and financial freedom--and in my work with clients. In that spirit, here's a beautiful poem by Jennifer Welwood.  Enjoy it!

Willing

Willing to experience aloneness,

I discover connection everywhere.

Turning to face my fear,
I meet the Warrior within.

 

Opening to my loss,

I gain the embrace of the Universe;

Surrendering into emptiness,

I find Fullness without end.

 

Each condition I flee from, pursues me
Each condition I welcome, transforms me;
And becomes itself, transformed,
Into its radiant jewel-like Essence.

I bow to the One who has made it so

Who has crafted this Master Game:

 

To play it is purest delight;

To honor its form,  true devotion.

-Jennifer Welwood

A Fresh Approach to Cultvating Self-Love and Self-Reverence

I like to celebrate February as the month of self-love..self-love must come first and foremost, whether we have an intimate partner or not.   This idea of an Embodied Self-love practice is based on teaching from Master Zhenzan Dao, in his Daoist sexuality classes. 

It's simple, but profound.  What is this? The Embodied self-love practice is about touching yourself regularly with love and kindness. Through doing this, it becomes natural to appreciate your body more, and feel more sensual, sensitive and fully alive. 

Daily, or a few times a week, touch your body like a caring friend or lover, using organic coconut or grapeseed oil. Depending on the time you’ve set aside, you can massage the whole body, just the face, or whichever places that want your touch the most, and don’t be shy to include your intimate areas.

Make it a ritual, use soft music or candles if you like.  It doesn’t need to take long, most days it’s about 10 minutes for me, though sometimes I treat myself to a longer ‘session’. You can do this any time of day, though some people find it too stimulating at night.  (I can share more with you about this practice privately so contact me with your questions)

How does this work? The body is literal—it translates being touched with love to “I am loved. My body is lovable, my life matters.”  This is how infants form attachments--how we all learn to feel loved.  Attachment research in psychology has proven--and we all know this instinctively--that only the infants that get touched will thrive and develop fully.  Touch tells the infant it is loved.   

This concept is the basis, in fact, of the “Self-Acceptance Repatterning” Resonance Repatterning session that I offer clients. 

Why else is touch so profound? Touch feeds your parasympathetic nervous system, which in turn helps you relax, and feel more connected to yourself and to others.  It will help you digest and sleep better, and feel more peaceful. From a Daoist point of view, self-touch, especially around our intimate areas, enlivens and reconnects us to our jing, the core creative and procreative energy that gave us the spark of life.   Touching ourselves actually makes us more alive and more of who we truly are. 

From concept to embodied reality, this practice generates an internal feeling of goodness, acceptance and pleasure.  I have discovered that through Embodied Self-Love I can experience what I always longed to receive from a partner, whether he's in my life or not. This practice can be your key too, to being more fulfilled and free from any dependence on a partner or friends for approval and attention.       

If you desire a new partner or a richer relationship with your current partner, Embodied self-love will help you come to your relationship full, rather than from lack or neediness.  It will benefit you even if you are not in partnership or not wanting one, by freeing you to experience more love, pleasure and satisfaction.

It’s a great way to finally end that vain effort to fill a hollow place in yourself with water from another’s well, to liberate yourself from needing food, substances, entertainment, money, achievement or material goods to feel satisfied.  Now THAT is abundance and true flourishing!    

Experiment, let me know how it goes. I’m here for encouragement and guidance if you need it. Let the joy, pleasure and self-love begin.

Many blessings,

Ellen

PS Speaking of self-love, you are welcome to join me for a 21 Challenge and Joy Party of Productivity and Self-Love--Retrain your Brain the Celebrate progress.  We begin 2/4 and registration stays open till 2/11.  Retraining begins as soon as you sign up so why wait? More info at: http://bit.ly/1ymsi6v       

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Happy Imbolc!

A seasonal note—I am not a pagan but I enjoy the rhythm of the pagan holidays because they are based on the natural cycles of the seasons and the earth.  So not only is this Superbowl weekend (hmm, is that a modern pagan holiday?) but it’s Imbolc, or Candlemas. 

It’s a holiday honoring the fire goddess, Brigid and the “seed” energy of the light returning.   I’ve posted more information and some suggestions about celebrate and honor this time in the natural year.  Take what resonates for you and leaves the rest.  

Some ideas for you…lighting candles, doing a cleansing ritual, do an initiation ceremony, make something with your hands.    Even if where you live it doesn’t feel to springlike, the wheel of the year is turning and the light tells us spring is coming.  Enjoy!  

Here's more information on this time of year.  Source is this website: http://www.thewhitegoddess.co.uk/the_wheel_of_the_year/imbolc.asp

“This holiday is also known as Candlemas, or Brigid's (pronounced BREED) Day. One of the 4 Celtic "Fire Festivals. Commemorates the changing of the Goddess from the Crone to the Maiden. Celebrates the first signs of Spring. Also called "Imbolc" (the old Celtic name).

This is the seasonal change where the first signs of spring and the return of the sun are noted, i.e. the first sprouting of leaves, the sprouting of the Crocus flowers etc. In other words, it is the festival commemorating the successful passing of winter and the beginning of the agricultural year. This Festival also marks the transition point of the threefold Goddess energies from those of Crone to Maiden.

It is the day that we celebrate the passing of Winter and make way for Spring. It is the day we honour the rebirth of the Sun and we may visualize the baby sun nursing from the Goddess's breast. It is also a day of celebrating the Celtic Goddess Brigid. Brigid is the Goddess of Poetry, Healing, Smithcraft, and Midwifery. If you can make it with your hands, Brigid rules it.

She is a triple Goddess, so we honour her in all her aspects. This is a time for communing with her, and tending the lighting of her sacred flame. At this time of year, Wiccans will light multiple candles, white for Brigid, for the god usually yellow or red, to remind us of the passing of winter and the entrance into spring, the time of the Sun. This is a good time for initiations.

This can be a time of purification after the shut-in life of Winter, through the renewing power of the Sun. It is also a festival of light and of fertility, once marked in Europe with huge blazes, torches and fire in every form. Fire here represents our own illumination and inspiration as much as light and warmth.

It is traditional upon Imbolc, at sunset or just after ritual, to light every lamp in the house - if only for a few moments. Or, light candles in each room in honour of the Sun’s rebirth. If snow lies on the ground outside, walk in it for a moment, recalling the warmth of summer. With your projective hand, trace an image of the Sun on the snow."

Happy Imbolc, see you soon,

Ellen