Freedom

 In some indigenous practices, if you came to a Medicine Man complaining of feeling disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask you one of these four questions.

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Burden Basket

 Think about all the things that weigh us down in life, like anger, jealousy, resentment, grief, fear and insecurities which at times, we don’t even know we are carrying.   It’s not until we let go of these burden’s that we realise how heavy they were in our life.

All the burdens we carry do not just affect us, but everyone around us.  Everything we hold onto or let go of, has a ripple effect.

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What if?

“We are all visitors to this time and place.  We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love….and then we return home”   – Native Proverb

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I AM

I gracefully release who I was and allow the presence of who “I AM” – Sa Silvano

In order to fully understand the words “I AM” we must let go of our past and of our future.  This in itself is very difficult to do, as every thought we create in our mind, pulls us away from this moment and into thinking.  When we attach our identity from the past or to the future self, we cannot connect to the knowledge that “WE ARE”. Continue reading “I AM” →

Nurturing

“A dream doesn’t die because it has no truth. It dies because you fail to nurture it.”  – Susie Clevenger

I was having a massage yesterday for the first time this year and as she began massaging the tight muscles in my leg, which was extremely painful, it made me question why I had left it so long and why I didn’t allow myself regular massages, to avoid pain or injury.

Are we a result of our inborn capabilities or rather of our effort to develop our potential and nurture ourselves? Why do some of us nurture and care for our mind, body and spirit and others cannot?

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