Category: Intuition
I’m in a very freeform state of shamanic energy medicine and I’m just sharing the journey, this isn’t formal….I share as I am discovering and / or experiencing the healing and shifting energies…
The wonders of nature have been blessing me and this is a free form video where you can listen in to what I am doing and join in and or mute it and enjoy the nature and create your own meditation / visualization / connections….I will be adding my writing of these experiences soon so stay tuned, thanks!
Feeling and looking good doesn’t have to be complicated. By empowering yourself with self-care and grounding yourself in natural beauty you’ll have powerful tools to create the life, and look, you want.
Our inner wisdom is the best guide we have in life. Only we know what is truly right for us or not – it’s your unique path. Our inner wisdom, or intuition, can help us with small daily decisions or with life-changing ones.
A great starting place is to ask yourself do you trust yourself for real?
1. If you have a crystal or glass pendulum you spin it in front of your 3rd eye – bet. Your eyebrows and that helps to activate intuition. This is an Eden Energy Medicine technique.
2. With your middle fingers or pointer – whichever feels right to you – put them on the top of your nose and firmly press and you slide your fingers upward through your third eye, up to the center of your forehead and then spread them apart – each finger spread and moving towards your temple – do this a few times. This is an Eden Energy Medicine technique.
3. Sit and ground yourself either by rooting your feet into the earth or imagine a cord from the bottom of your spine that extends in to the earth – which ever you choose you let your roots or cord ground to a crystal or stone in the middle of the earth – once you are dimly grounded you rub and squeeze each pinky finger from the bottom all the way up and really give it a pull as if you are opening and pulling energy out – do this a few time – this pinky rubbing begins to open your intuition and the deeper you ground the farther out you can reach into the heavens / universe to ask your questions and search for what you want to know. This is an Eden Energy Medicine Technique.
4. Almost the opposite to the above is to sit quietly – do the grounding and pinky rub but you then tune inward instead of outward and you ask yourself a question and go into a no thought space and allow the answer to come up – most of the time if you set the intent to trust what comes up and you have given yourself some time to get into a meditative state you get the right answer right away and sometimes it’s so simple it’s surprising. This is a Shakti Gawain technique from various workshops.
5. Sort of a longer way is a shamanic technique which again includes centering yourself and really knowing what you want to know – you need to be very clear with what you want to know and you then ask “patchamama” (Mother Earth / father universe) which is essentially putting your question out to nature and then it will give you an answer but it’s usually in very off hand ways – like you will pass someone having a conversation and part of it will apply to you or you will notice a sign / billboard that applies to your question – it really can come in any form – even a ray of light shining through the clouds or a bird singing just as you are thinking a specific way about what you want to know.
I did this once asking why I wasn’t getting something I wanted and on my walk to work I saw a huge billboard with my name on it and I stopped walking in shock b/c I took that walk everyday and I never had seen it and then boom the day after I asked my question it went up and I new in my gut it was the answer – it was saying I was getting in my own way.
So this shamanic technique takes some trust and being very open to everything and everyone around you – you have to be open to accepting that you are indeed being sent this message. This is a John Perkins Technique from his Shapeshifting Audio tapes. We sell these so just email us for them and you can find a detailed description of the tapes here, scroll to #4.
A note: You have to give yourself time and space with all these options – sometimes when we allow ourselves space and don’t rush to the first thing that comes to mind or try to analyze other deeper truths surface
And remember slow deep breathing with no thoughts really calms us and allows you to have a blank canvas where answers can appear:)
Your 2nd, or Sacral Chakra, is our first intuitive center in our bodies and our 6th, or 3rd eye, chakra is our main intuitive center so clearing and balancing these chakras will help clear the way for you to be your own best guide in life!
Where Do You Start?
- With a pencil and paper (a regular pencil or colored – both are great).
- With a canvas, a brush and some paint (acrylic is best for beginers).
- Time to sit and let anything and everything pour onto the canvas or paper (no judgements on what comes out!). And note it does not need to be finished in one sitting – there have been times I’ve taken months to finish one or I will go back a repaint an old one – Tony and I both do this.
- Remember there are no rules! If there were art would be boring.
And That Is It!!!
Musings From Tony:
Painting is a great way to feed yourself color energy and to work through and/or discover emotional blockages. We all feel the impulse to create — if we could stop reminding ourselves of our limitations long enough and just do it. My mum would take me to galleries when I was quite young and something she said made me aware for the first time of what I wanted to do with my life. We were at a pop art show and I remember her concise commentary. She looked at me with resignation and said, ”Artists are allowed to do anything these days.” Well, that seemed like the job for me.
Painting in both our lives has led us to each stage in our personal evolution. Every time we find ourselves seemingly at a dead end in our development, painting has wakened us from our malaise. The act of painting has taught me to work through a process with faith. I will start a painting freely and with enthusiasm but half way through, I see that it has not turned out as I would have hoped. This is when I start to feel lost. But I work on with faith, allowing the harmonics of one color to suggest its neighbor and the flow of one shape to force the hand of another. The more I can silence my chattering mind and just allow the painting to unfold before me, the more the honesty of the work seems to come through. This whole process is an on going metaphor for all aspects of my life.
Painting is the realm of manifest emotion where we can bring our subconscious to the foreground and watch its workings. Like dancing and music, painting is a discipline that reinvents its self as soon as it has taken form. Breaking the rules is the rule. It is an endlessly fascinating way to tune in to the harmonics of the universe.
See some of Tony’s work.
I have to add that some of my favorite pieces from him are on the walls of his friends and not shown here unfortunately. Tony has been a showing artist since he was 18 so his complete body of work is very eclectic and here you are seeing just one “body” of work. Maybe he’ll post some of the old ones soon’ish – stay tuned.
Musings From Tina
Society has conditioned us to think that we must be trained or have a natural talent to partake in making art. Not so. As my dad says…just do it! It doesn’t matter how it looks, for me it’s about expelling pent up emotion. And it’s a very direct form of colortherapy.
I am a very emotional untrained painter but it wasn’t until I met Tony that I began to trust what I was doing and after a time I became very comfortable calling myself an artist, which I am and painting is one way I express that. The most important thing Tony taught me was that imperfection and the struggle to get an image down is style. I would beg him to teach me figurative tricks but he refused. After a while, I came to see his point – my messy etchings of a face became a style and I still use and love it today. So for all the people who swear they don’t have an artistic side, plunging in and making pictures, in whatever shape or form, is a great way to prove yourself wrong. As you buy your materials, remember, the most important thing on your list is your intention to let go of your preconceptions about art. Art is what you make it. Have you ever here of “Found Art”? It’s when an artist finds something random, usually on the street, and presents it as his or her art – perhaps a few tweaks but the point is art can be and is anything you deem it to be!
I’ve personally found that when I really let my subconscious take over, I seem to draw in a daydream and when my consciousness comes back into focus I usually find an emotional message, or other world, on the canvas. Although most of the time what I’ve made is an abstract indistinct shape, when I look at it I can emotionally feel what I’ve just downloaded and I usually end up feeling relief and/or joy because I released some energy. It isn’t always bad or negative. Sometimes and definintely in the last few years I seem to be painting from a place of radiance and it shows.
Either way, when we allow energy to be released we send a positive message to our energy system. Art is a celebration of spirit. Let yourself experience the joy of what it’s like to just feel present. It is in this state of presence that we truly create.
Let the drawing or painting take it’s own shape. Allow the awkwardness. Life is full of ups and downs, happiness and pain so not all expressions are going to be pleasing but if they are honest they are beautiful no matter what!
I have to get some good pictures of my paintings – will get on that and post a link soon’ish.
I use “journey’s” which you can say is a guided meditation / interactive visualization to help me connect with my highest self, my harmonic self, which is the me that is in loving vibration and in harmony with all that is. The intention is to let go of energy that weighs you down and to feel the expansion of how radiant you are. This is only a guideline so read it through and then lie down and guide yourself into the magical world of manifestation. Let your imagination create the most beautiful things because everything is possible and you deserve everything.
Sit in a quite space and breadth slowly and deeply. Turn your attention inward and let each breadth bring you deeper within yourself. Your like a feather floating down to the deepest levels of who you are. Let yourself spend time in this sacred space.
Next connect to the earth and its willingness to feed you. You might imagine yourself in a meadow, forest or beach. Take time and allow yourself to relax and feel the energy of life. You may want to wrap yourself in a plant, climb a tree or sit in the water – all these things will cleanse and heal you. Give yourself the freedom to explore the healing energies all around you. Let the sun warm your skin and soul. Let natures energies put you in harmony with everything beautiful and wonderful.
Now connect to the cosmos and feel how everything you want is there waiting for you. When you connect to it you are in vibration with it, and that is what attracts it to you. It can be helpful to ask a spirit guide to help you fly through the cosmos to find the energies you are looking for. Just ask for what you want and your guide will happily lead you to wondrous places. I have a beautiful owl that guides me and shows me amazing realities to connect with.
Connect to your guides, helpers and your higher self – feel surrounded with their love and comfort. Talk to them and ask for what you want help with. Answers come in many forms – seeing, hearing, feeling and a knowing. This is your journey and it can be whatever you want. When you speak to your higher self notice how healthy, happy and radiant he/she is and connect to that. Let the radiance of all these energies fill you, feeding and healing every level of who you are. Once you are in vibration with all this feel how bright your inner light shines. It’s blooming with radiance and joy.
Take a moment to feel gratitude towards yourself and your life. Slowly begin to come back to your conscious reality. As you come back you notice the radiance, comfort, love, joy and clarity that is now apart of your being. You have new information of how beautiful you are and about the limitless possibilities that exist for you. You are in harmony with every part of yourself, and with everything around you. You’re ready to dance happily through your day.
Categories
Increase Intuition
Close your eyes, take a deep breath and turn your attention inward. You feel connected to the earth and its clarity… you are safe, you are grounded… you are centered inside yourself.
Now tune into your body and in your mind’s eye see past the physical and feel the non-physical wisdom that is you. Let yourself sit comfortably in this abundant intelligent consciousness that loves you and wants to help you… connect with it… talk to it… ask it questions… thank it for guiding you and for being a part of you.
Your internal wisdom is always with you and there for you. Breathe that in.
This is a shamanistic technique, meaning you will be connecting to the earth and all her elements. Sit quietly, turn your attention inward and focus on a question. Then take this question and bring its energy outside yourself. Send it out to all that thee is… ask the trees, the wind, your guides… ask life force, ask mother earth and father universe, also called patchamama, to answer your question.
Be open to what and how the answer comes back to you. It could be a conversation between two strangers and at the moment you are passing by you hear exactly what you need to. You could see an advertisement that seems to speak to you (that actually happened to me)… it could be an internal voice, a dream… answers are everywhere, we just need to be open to seeing and hearing them.
Sit quietly on the floor cross-legged with a straight back. It is important for the spine to be straight because this is where much of our energy flows through our body. If you cannot sit comfortably in this position lie flat on the floor.
Breathe slowly in and out through your nose. Being noisy when breathing out is ok, go with it. Sit with the intention of asking your internal wisdom what you need to know. With every breath in you are taking in relaxation and with every breath out the tension is leaving your body. Breathe in slowly on a count of four… now hold… now out on the count of four… breath in relaxation… breathe out all the tension and negativity… you’re letting go of all your tension and breathing in joy and relaxation.
Breathe in silence for a few minutes then go deeper into a relaxed state where you can connect with your higher self and any inner feelings you may have repressed or ignored. Ask your higher self for help in reaching these inner feelings… it is safe to explore whatever feelings come up about a person, issue, emotion or memory… you’re going deeper inside yourself… with every breath you enter into a deeper state of relaxation… you are connected with your higher self… you are safe to explore hidden emotions… you are not judging your emotions, you are just looking at them… let yourself feel love for yourself… you are open to your internal wisdom, now ask it what you want to know… deep breaths in… and out… you are effortlessly understanding the messages your higher self wants you to know.
This information can come in any form -words, thoughts, a feeling… deeply inhale that truth and exhale any anxiety that may be attached to it… breathing in… and out… slowly coming back into an awakened consciousness… you feel refreshed, relaxed and open to exploring whatever issues, questions or answers that have come up. Sit quietly and reflect upon your experience. You may want to write it down. If this were a group mediation, it would be a nice idea to sit in a circle afterward and let everyone have their own uninterrupted time to share. You may have to go a couple of rounds, because it does take some warming-up before people feel comfortable to really open up. Make sure you have tissues and water close by.
Empower yourself by feeling the power of your own energy. We are electromagnetic beings cable of sensing and using this energy to heal ourselves. Our hands are amazing transmitters of electromagnetic energy so when we move our hands the energy in our body follows. This means we can correct imbalances that may be hindering us from living up to our fullest potential. Another important aspect of moving and changing energy is intent. We can shift our energy to whatever vibration we want to focus on, healing, release, balance, joy, love, as examples.
Once you become comfortable feeling / sensing it you will begin to practice self-care on a deeper level. You will begin to trust your feelings and your internal voice. You will begin an energetic conversation with your body. Amazing and empowering. And, this is just the beginning. You can keep developing this skill and help friends, and loves ones. Animals love it too!
Where To Start?
Play With It. To begin with you just want to “feel” the energy in your hands. It’s always a good idea to rub your hands together and shake them off before you start, this activates your healing energy. Close your eyes bringing your attention to your hands and see if you can feel the energy, it will be subtle. It will be different for everyone but you can feel the energy or even see it in your minds eye in the center of your palms.
Now place the palms of your hands facing each other, about 6-8 inches apart. Be present and connected to feeling the energy between your hands. Move your hands slowly & gently in and out an inch or two and you will feel a pushback, or it will feel as if you are touching a cloud. Where you feel this subtle resistance it is your auric field bouncing off itself. You are feeling your non-physical body!
You can play with this energy by making a ball of energy between your hands. With intention create the ball and try to make it larger or smaller. Be playful and do this with a friend and feel their energy by placing your palms a few inches from theirs. This is a glimpse into the collective power we have. It’s wild and an amazing testament to our innate powers.
Follow It. The best time to start and play with this is as you go to sleep and are making yourself comfortable. Put your conscious mind on hold for a second, as if in meditation, and trust that your instincts will guide your hands to where they need to be and just lay them there for as long as you like. You might fall asleep this way or could always shift your hands to another area. If it feels right it is right.
This is where intent becomes especially important. Set the intent for what you want – this can be general healing or specific – “My hands are generating calming energy”, “My hands are healing”, etc.
Go deeper. There are so many ways which we can use our energy for self-care. Once you begin to play with your own energy you can learn specific techniques or just use your intuition. I will say there is a great relevance in knowing certain protocols, such as clearing / balancing your chakras or activating your radiant circuits. There are so many ways you can improve your own health and happiness. Just start wherever you feel comfortable and go with it. Very possibly you could feel better than you ever imagined. You never know so why not give it a try.
Use this when you need to overcome doubts when you are trying to manifest what you want.
Close your eyes, take a deep breadth and in your minds eye see beautiful light(s) showering through you. This light is intuitive and knows exactly where to go to clear away all doubts and blockages that are getting in the way of your clear intent. The tension is effortlessly draining out your body as you are being filled with the security that your energy is clear, strong and connected with the abundance of the universe. Once you feel clear of doubt bring yourself back to what it is you want to create and see it and feel it. Really let yourself get into the details of what it is you are wanting and once you feel connected to this reality “tap it in” and let it go knowing you have just placed your order and you will get what you want.
To tap something in you gently tap between your eyebrows with one or more fingers. This is a reflex point for your nervous system and by tapping in a beautiful moment or moment of believe in your visualization you are telling your nervous system, yes this possible and will happen.
With your eyes closed take a few deep breathes in your noise and out your mouth. In your minds eye see yourself letting go of negative emotions. You are letting go of unhealthy connections to people and situations and they gently fall away. See anything dark or heavy falling off your body like a sheet dropping to the floor and into the earth.
As these things fall away a beautiful crystalline colored lotus flower blossoms in its place. Anywhere there is negativity or distresses a lotus blossoms. If some of the petals are brown or dark begin, in your minds eye, to gently pull these darker petals out and let them blow away or fall into the earth. With every dark petal you let go of a new clear one appears.
The lotus flowers are blossoming within you and around you. See these crystalline lotus flowers vibrating with radiance and let yourself sit in this beautiful energy while you continue to breathe. During your exhale you may want to deeply blow out any heavy energy you may feel. You are now clear, light, radiant and free. Breathe that in.
Categories
Following The Energy
Donna Eden always says to “Follow the energy” and this isn’t only for Energy Medicine its for life. I just had a very powerful trip to see my mother, which I will be writing about soon, but since I’ve been back I have felt a deep inner centeredness and peace.
This afternoon all the sample oils I had ordered for our hormone balancing formula arrived and I let them sit there for a few hours, went for a walk and when I came home I felt drawn to the oils. I watched myself, without thinking if that makes sense, begin to follow the energy. I sat with 10 essential oils in front of me and I instinctively picked up each oil to see if it felt right and I ended up with five oils. I set my intent of what I wanted the benefits to be and smelt each oil and immediately I knew which to use more of and which to use less.
The samples are small so I used a dropper to measure out the formula, 30 drops of this, 10 drops of that etc. – converting that into a 1/4th or ½ oz bottles will be super fun, not really. So now I have this small bottle maybe ¼ full and its golden to me. I really believe we have guides and that without doubt I had help making this formula. I had been a bit nervous because you never know – sometimes it just comes to you and sometimes it ends in tears. I’m wearing it now and feel amazing. I feel a deep sense of stability and joy.
I don’t want to build it up, it’s all subjective. I will say this, it’s powerfully effective. I am so grateful I followed the energy and I can’t wait to share it. The name could change but we’re thinking “Hormone Balance : Formula #1”
I wanted to share this because when we are clear within ourselves we allow inspiration to flow through us. When we let that inspiration manifest into anything we do in our lives we can feel immense joy. Working on your self really pays and I am reaping the benefits. Self-care is the key.
Categories
Intention Candles
Intention Candles are great to do anytime of year but especially holidays and during special celestial events, such as a Supermoon, New Moon, Full Moon and any Solstice. It’s a great opportunity to focus your energy on affirming what you want to attract into your life and to show your gratitude for the people and things you already have in your life.
Intention candles can be super simple or super stars – both are just as powerful as intention is everything!!!
Making Your Candle
When To Make Your Candle
If you want to bring things into your life it is best to create and light your candle when the moon is waxing (getting larger) – I especially like doing this during the new moon. If you want to get rid of things in your life create your candle when the moon is waning (getting smaller). If you are just making a general blessing candle or are not specifically trying to bring in or usher out specific energy you can make your candle anytime but I do prefer to make those kind of candles on the full moon. The full moon represents everything – it encompasses whatever energy you call upon with your intentions.
Every time you light your candle sit quietly and re-affirm what your intentions are. This is a very powerful way to stay in vibration with what you want in your life. The vibration you create in and around yourself is what you will attract into your life – the law of attraction. The law of attraction states that energy is attracted to like energy so if you are in vibration with love you will attract more love, if you are in vibration with worry you will attract more worry so be mindful – even when not making candles – about the kind of energy you are living in and creating.
If you choose to use all the bells and whistles here is list of what to have in front of you before you make your candle.
- Be comfortable! When carving you will get wax shavings on you, and oil, glitter – so beyond being comfortable you want to make sure you are not wearing anything precious. I actually have specific candle making shirts I wear because I get pretty messy.
- The candle – out of the glass (if you are using a pull-out candle) but any tall candle will do. Some people like to pull the wick out so it doesn’t get oils on it – I do it both ways honestly.
- Newspaper to work on so you don’t mess up your floor – candle making creates a fun mess
- Carving stick – this can be anything but I have found that wood nail cleaners work very well.
- Either specifically charged oil or any kind of oil
- Incense, if you plan to use that
- Glitter, again if you plan to use that
- Honey – as an offering to the gods / universal energies
- 5 pennies – you use these to make 5 specific intentions, or wishes
- A spoon – only if you are using incense
- Wet and dry paper towels – your hands will get pretty messy, but a beautiful mess
The Most Basic Way
- Sit with your candle (any size or shape) in front of you and really tune into what your intentions are. Close your eyes and take deep and slow breaths in and out your nose. Tune inward and ask yourself “What is it I really want” and give yourself the space / time to really listen to your inner voice. If making it for someone else ask yourself what it is you are wishing for him or her. And sometimes it’s nice to make a pure gratitude candle. Gratitude is powerful energy!
- Carve your name and date of birth towards the top of the candle – this ensures the universal energies know that it is YOU bring these energies into your life.
- Carve intention words with a thin wooden stick or something with a sharp end (be very mindful – no rushing). Some of our favorite words are Love, Happiness, Gratitude, Abundance and Health and Blessings. Those are sort of general words but you can get specific, “I have a loving relationship” or “Great new job”, “I’m Inspired”, etc. You can also carve in shapes, like hearts, the sun, a money symbol, a figure-8 or whatever you are instinctually drawn to draw.
Going All The Way
- Place a newspaper on the floor and all your candle supplies on top of it because candle carving can get messy, even if you are only carving in words and not using oil and glitter. You want everything laid out for you because if possible you really do not want to interrupt the process – you want to stay with your intentions, focus and flow.
- Sit with your candle in front of you and really tune into what your intentions are. Close your eyes and take deep and slow breaths in and out your nose. Tune inward and ask yourself “What is it I really want” and give yourself the space / time to really listen to your inner voice. If making it for someone else ask yourself what it is you are wishing for him or her. And sometimes it’s nice to make a pure gratitude candle. Gratitude is powerful energy! If you are going to use incense you might want to put in on your spoon before you begin making your candle because when you use it towards the end your hands will be messy so it’s nice to have it ready to use.
- Carve your name and date of birth towards the top of the candle – this ensures the universal energies know that it is YOU.
- Carve intention words with a thin wooden stick or something with a sharp end (be very mindful – no rushing). Some of our favorite words are Love, Happiness, Gratitude, Abundance and Health and Blessings. Those are sort of general words but you can get specific, “I have a loving relationship” or “Great new job”, “I’m Inspired”, etc. Or you might choose to use a symbol, see below.
- After carving go for the bling, it’s fun and beautiful. You rub a bit of any oil you have in the house, plain, with essential oils or buy some magical oils and then add glitter. You can make shapes with the glitter, like a heart, a sacred symbol (see below) or just sprinkle it everywhere to create shimmering beauty. The oil will hold the glitter to the candle.
- Now put a drop of honey into the glass and if you can a drop on one of your fingers, and lick it off, as an offering to the “Gods” and/or source energy.
- Now take your 5 pennies and make a wish or intention with each one – taking your time to really infuse the copper (which is a great transmitter of energy) with what you want. This is yet another powerful way to clarify what you want. You hold one penny at a time, put your intentions / desires into it and drop it into the glass so that it lands on top of the honey.
- Put some incense into your spoon and light it up and make a star shape over the glass, then a circle and then put the incense into the glass, over the pennies and honey.
- If you have the candle that slides in and out of glass you now put it back into the glass, if you are using a regular candle make sure you put it on a wide a sturdy candle holder.
- Take some time to meditate over the candle, putting the energy of what you want into it, really see and feel it. Make some figure-8 motions over it to seal in your intentions and you are now ready to light it. If you have a personal ritual to offer thanks to your source you would do that now.
- Sometimes it’s nice to light it with a loved one. You can make this a bonding group activity or a sacred ritual for yourself – or both, as you will light it more than once.
- Every time you light the candle always take a moment to reaffirm what your intentions are. It’s a great manifestation tool and intention ritual.
Now That You Have Completed Your Candle
No matter the method you choose to create your candle you want to light it with the intention of what you want. Sit and watch it for a few minutes and visualize your intentions manifesting. Watch the way it burns over time – there are messages in that. If part of the candle is not burning properly it might mean you have to be patient or it might burn perfectly down to the bottom showing you the path to what you want is clear. There will always be residue on the glass and when the candle has finished observe it and see if there are any messages for you – the way a candle burns and what it leaves behind can be great guidance – trust your internal wisdom for the answers you seek.
For example, Tony and I made a candle together, not in glass, and with the intention of creating joyful abundance for the re-launch of our company Tony&Tina and as it burned it turned into a wave. This wave symbolized a wave of activity, which has actually begun. For a Solstice candle I put in the energy of my life blooming in every way and from the beginning it actually looked like a flower spreading it’s petals.
Intention Candles As A Gift
For any holiday or special event it’s a thoughtful, and affordable, gift. You can make it yourself now that you have learned how to make them. We also offer a Bespoke option – where you tell us exactly what you want for the person receiving it and we will make it and ship it. Just contact us.
BE MINDFUL: Never leave your candle lit when you are not in the house or by anyplace where there is a breeze.
Supply Reference:
- To buy pull out candles, incense and oils contact Other Worldly Waxes – they are Wiccan based but I’ve known the owner for over 20 years and she’s very normal and cool – and she’s actually a therapist. https://www.otherworldlywaxesandwhatever.com or you can contact me and I will get you whatever you need.
- Glitter from Michaels or your local crafts store.
The beautiful language of energy is well understood by babies and young children. Some of us hold onto this natural instinct, the ability to get information from the energy we feel outside ourselves. Unfortunately this innate gift declines as intellect and societies judgments take over so many of us discredit it. Luckily this has been changing and you can even hear it in mainstream language now – “I didn’t like the vibe” – is an easily understood description for how a person feels about the energy of the situation or person.
At this stage in our evolution our internal wisdom is blossoming. More and more people are seeking to develop their intuitive knowing; we are getting in touch with “energy” as a global society. This offers great opportunities for more information about the powerful force of energy to be accepted as a legitimate healing tool and the opportunity to have a deeper personal understanding of it, which will bring about great personal and global transformations.
Of course it all starts with us so learning how to understand and trust your intuition is an essential life journey. I have always considered myself an intuitive person, I held onto allot of that childhood instinct but learning how to use it on call was another story. I think if we are in any dangerous situation our instincts automatically kick in but to consciously tune in and let it become a trusted guide takes practice. For me it was difficult to figure out which direction I was being pointed in – what was my yes / what was my no?
For me learning through failure was helpful. I would look inside my self anytime I got it wrong (I explored the feeling of getting it right as well but for some reason identifying why I got it wrong was more helpful). I would look for what it felt like and even what the texture and/or color of it was. For me when it’s right the feeling is light and clear and when wrong heavy and dark. But as there are many feelings in between feelings and some of it remains a mystery…the journey continues. Keep at it, practice will boost your confidence!
Some helpful hints are:
- Clear and balance your 6th chakra
- Always ground yourself before opening to the cosmos
- Spin a crystal in front of your third eye
- Crown pull – firmly create space with your fingers from the center of your head outward, from hair line to bottom of neck.
- Gently rub forehead with palms of hand from the third eye out
- Rub pinky finger
- Set the intention that you are tuned in
- Ask for help from your higher source and/or guides
Whenever you open to outside energy always set your boundaries. You choose what energy comes in so state that intention, such as “I only invite loving presence and healing forces to come into my energy field” or “the information I seek will come to me with love” and to this end some other essential energy medicine techniques are helpful such as the zip up and making sure your auric filed is strong.
Please check out www.cristinasenergycenter.com
Using pendulums
A pendulum is typically a pointed crystal that hangs on a chain from which it sways in various directions depending on the purpose it is being used for.
This can be a forced movement, lets say if you needed a clockwise/counterclockwise movement for the purpose of clearing chakras. It could also move through the use of subtle energy to help you find answers to your questions. With practice the use of a pendulum will become second nature and an invaluable energy tool. See the shop, pendulums.
Finding your yes and no
If you have questions about anything such as relationships or what to order from a menu you can rely on your pendulum to help guide your actions. Hold the pendulum in one hand so that it hangs at least four inches from your hand. Keeping it still, ask it “what is my yes?” this can be done in your head or out loud. I usually say it once out load and then keep your intent on the question. The pendulum will begin to swing back and forth, side-to-side, clockwise or counter-clockwise – each pendulum has its own energy and that energy interacts with yours, so the movements may vary. Once you get a distinct “yes” movement you find your “no” by repeating the process and asking, “what is my no?”
Clearing and balancing
You can use the pendulum to clear and balance your environment or any part of your body (especially over the chakras). You clear first by moving the pendulum counter-clockwise and then balance by spinning it clockwise. You can also spin any, but specifically the cut glass round ones, in from to your chakras and at the beginning and end of your meridians. Most of the time the pendulum will know what direction is needed and for how long. Take deep breaths and let the process happen.
General clearing
You can spin the pendulum back and forth under your feet, around your toes, fingers and hands, under your arms, under your eyes, over your third eye, at the temples, at the base of the spine and over the pubic bone. These are the main meridian end points and by spinning the crystal over them, you clear any blockages and make sure your energy freely flows in and out.
THE QUICKIE energy balance
Adapted from Eden Energy Medicine
- Have partner lying face down
- Take a deep breadth, with your hands on their back – one hand top of back, other sacral area (at base of spine) and feel yourself ground to the earth and connect with the personas energy. Invite loving presence into the field of energy the two of you are creating and hold the person in love
- Sacral rock – one hand on sacral area, other on top of spine and rock back and forth for a few minutes.
- Spinal flush – remember to be about an inch away from the spine and you can do this laying down or for a quick mood shifter do the “up against the wall” – do it twice and sweep energy off body after.
- Shorter sacral rock
- Back hook up – place hand on bottom of spine and other hand on the dip in between the humps on the back of the persons head – hold this for a few minutes or until the person takes a deep breathe or sigh or yawn.
- Belt flow – drag your hands from the side of their body across to the other side of spine and do this a few times and then the final swipe is from one side of the body 9hip area) across back and down opposite side of body, down the leg and off the feet. Repeat on other side.
- With hand touching the body figure-8 the top and lower back, a bit off center to the side plus the top of shoulders and back of head, on humps of head
- Sweep energy off of arms and body
- Have partner turn to lay on back
- Massage k-27 and entire upper chest – this should be a very firm massage of this area. From under the collarbone and out to the armpits / seam between arm and chest.
- Hook-up – one finger in belly button, middle finger and other middle finger on third eye and gently pull upward. Wait for the person to take a deep breathe, sig or yawn and that’s when you know they have hooked up
- Belt flow – same as what you did on back but on front – remember always sweep from one side of body, across belt area and down opposite side of body, down the leg and off the feet.
- Massage back of head and slight head pull – head pull optional, holding the back and front of the head at the same time is fine.
- Massage head and hair gently
- Sweep energy off arms and body
- Make figure-8s all over body, side and front
- Make counter clockwise circles under feet – a few feet away. You can also massage the feet a bit making sure you get the heel, sides of feet and between the toes and pull energy off toes
- Knee to calf downward sweep and off feet
- Squeeze sides of feet a few time and slide fingers up each toe, like your pulling the energy off and out
- K1 wave – place fingers, I use two, right under the big toe but under the hump of the upper foot and slowly make a wave motion upward. Do this for a few minutes.
Obviously you can take a longer or shorter time doing all this depending on how much time you have and you can also just pick the parts you feel you really need if you don’t have allot of time but the whole thing is super balancing and restorative to your entire energy system – enjoy!
Strengthen and Balance Your Chakra Benefits:
- Releases emotional toxins
- Creates emotional balance
- Helps you resolve the “stories” that create obstacles in your life
- Increases overall health and happiness
- Strengthens your entire energy field
This is really a fantastic exercise to do for yourself or for another. If you want to learn more about the chakras go for it but it’s not necessary for this exercise to be effective. We also have a videoyou can watch or a book you can read.
The Basic How To:
Lying face up, you are going to begin clearing the chakra with a counterclockwise motion, clearing, and then with the right hand in a clockwise motion, balancing. You are the clock and your head is twelve o’clock. Counterclockwise circles will mean your left hand starts moving left. Clockwise circles mean your right hand starts moving right.
A quickie you will make 3-4 circles counterclockwise with left hand and then using your right hand 3-4 circles clockwise. This takes only a minute to do and is easy incorporate into your daily energy tune-up.
If you want deeper results spend at least three minutes clearing and three minutes balancing. A deeper session is about 35-40 minutes, or more! You really need to use your intuition because sometimes you need to work on a chakra for 15 minutes or more – follow the energy, trust your intuition and you can’t go wrong – a long session is well worth it!!!!!
Helpful Hints:
These are not a rules just guidelines so trust your instincts. You may feel the need to spend more time over one chakra, maybe less on another. You might feel you need to shake the energy off your hands while you are doing this – just shake it off to the side, not on yourself or your partner. Hold your hands anywhere between 3 – 6 inches above the body. You want to try and make your circles at a slow calm pace and remember to breathe deeply and slowly.
Taking all this into consideration begin to clear and balance your chakras:
– The 1st or base chakra (over your pelvic area)
– The 2nd or sacral chakra (just under your belly button)
– The 3rd or solar plexus (bottom center of the ribcage)
– The 4th or heart (over the heart and breast)
– The 5th or throat chakra (over the throat)
– The 6th or third eye (between your eyebrows)
– The 7th or crown (top of the head). *** The crown chakra is the only tricky one because, if you’re a woman, you continue as you did with all the other chakras, counterclockwise and then clockwise, but if you are a man doing this to himself or if you’re doing this for a man you do the clockwise motion first and then counterclockwise.
Here is a more detailed version of how to clear and balance.
First thing to do if you are working on another is to ground and protect yourself. You can find more information about this in the blog / news: Caring For The Practitioner.
It’s best to do this lying down. If you are doing this for someone else you might want to have her lie on her stomach first. Place one hand on the base of her spine and the other at the top and gently rock her back and forth. It’s very soothing. Set the intention that you and the person you are working on will get what they need from this treatment, for the highest good of all involved.
Lying face up, take your left hand and place it a few inches above the 1st or base chakra (over the pelvic area) and move it in a counterclockwise circle – towards the right side of the body. Your left hand and counterclockwise movement draws energy out. Do this for about three minutes – this is a guideline, use your instincts for how long is needed. Shake the left hand off to the side as if shaking off any energy it’s collected and be conscious of where you shake if off. You don’t want to shake it onto yourself or another person, just into empty space.
Then move your right hand in clockwise circles, towards the left side of body, in the same place for the same amount of time and shake off energy when you’re done. The clockwise motion rebalances the energy of the chakras. Take lots of deep breaths and have the intention that you are clearing when you are going counterclockwise and the intention of balance when moving clockwise. Generally, your left hand receives energy and the right gives it.
OK, so you’ve done the 1st or base. Now move up to the 2nd or sacral chakra (just under your belly button) and do the same, then the solar plexus (bottom center of the ribcage), then the 4th or heart chakra (over the heart and breast area). The heart is a great place to incorporate figure-8s, especially for women. Next move to the 5th or throat chakra (over the throat area). Remember the throat chakra has seven chambers that extend past the actual throat area, so make sure you cover the area surrounding the throat as well. Next is the 6th or third eye (between your eyebrows) and then the 7th or crown (top of the head). The crown chakra is the only tricky one because, if you’re a woman, you continue as you did with all the other chakras, counterclockwise and then clockwise, but if you are a man doing this to himself or if you’re doing this for a man you make the clockwise motion first and then counterclockwise.
It’s a great idea to weave the chakras together after this with figure-8 motions. Begin at the base and make flowing figure-8 motions up the center of the body and off the head.
End by making figure-8 motions all around your or the persons body – above them, on the side and use your intuition as to wear your hands a drawn – as Donna Eden says “Follow the energy”.
You can make this a long session or a quickie, it’s up to you. The chakras have many layers so you may feel your hand energetically “drop” and that’s ok, it means you’ve moved to a deeper level. You may receive information in the form of a “knowing” – colors, images, smells, or maybe nothing. It’s all perfect, just go with it. If you are doing this for another, you and the other person will experience the things I just mentioned. A common thing that happens is seeing colors. If you’re working with someone it’s ok to have a dialog about what you’re feeling, but don’t have a full-on conversation because you want to stay tuned into the process.
I have done quick sessions on myself in the bath that have taken 5-10 minutes, other times 40 minutes, and the same goes for doing it for another. Let your intuition guide you. Also, after you have done the basic counterclockwise/clockwise movements, you may feel drawn to make other movements such as, figure-8s or upward circular motions as if you were pulling something out of the persons body. Just go with what feels right to you.
If you encounter an area or chakra level that is very heavy / dark / stuck and it just won’t loosen or release you might want to try Pain Pumping For The Chakras. It’s been very useful for me!
Our Chakra Oils are made with a very high vibration specifically celebrated for its correlated chakra. I place them directly on my chakra after every shower and use them as fragrant energy touch ups throughout the day. They are really effective and amazing – you can learn more about them in our product section.
Using the Chakra Oils as a Tune-Up:
Use and apply your Chakra Oils as a ritual. They are a great pressure point fragrance for anywhere but if you apply them directly onto each chakra you really help support your energy system.
This is also a great way to affirm that all your chakras are connecting which encourages a healthy flow between them that in turn adds to your overall health and happiness.
You just apply a drop onto each chakra…
The chakra oils are:
Strength – 1st or base
Sexuality – 2nd or sacral
Self-esteem – 3rd or solar plexus
Love – 4th or heart
Communication – 5th or throat
Intuition – 6th or third eye
Openness – 7th or crown
Crown pull. Since your hands are near your forehead, this creates the perfect transition into a crown pull. Start by gently placing your hands on your forehead with your fingers facing each other. Begin to pull the skin toward your temples and upward until you reach your hairline. Then increase the pressure, as if you are digging your fingers into the “part” of your hair (the center line of your head) and pull/drag your fingers apart. Continue this all the way over your head, to the back of your head and ending on your neck. This is great for clearing mental congestion and opens the crown chakra, opening you to creative inspiration and universal information. Try this exercise if you are feeling negative or if you have a headache.