Magnetic Design for Passionate People

I woke up early today to sunlight creeping through my window.  What a beautiful sight.  A beautiful day with clients and preparation for tomorrow’s expo in Eau Claire.  I can’t wait to spend the day with my daughter, who has decided to come along and help, as well as a day full of aura photos.  I haven’t had as many opportunities to do this in the last couple of months as I would like so I am especially looking forward to this. 

Aura photos are such a great tool to see who you are and what’s going on in your life right now.  Your main color is like a personality profile.  This is the color that fills the majority of your body.  The other colors are about who you are inside, what you show the world, what you think about and what’s going on for you right now. 

When I do a photo for someone, in addition to sharing what the colors mean, I provide tips on how to improve any area that they may be having challenges in.  I know I am a visual person so having this tool provides that piece.  What a great resource!

If you’ve never had your photo done, you don’t know what you are missing.  Check out our website for more information.

“You can complain because roses have thorns; or you can rejoice because thorns have roses”—Ziggy

What is a complaint anyway? There are statements of fact and then there are complaints. So what’s the difference?

Facts are neutral, complaints are charged with negativity. Here are some examples:

“It’s hot today” [FACT] “I am so tired of this hot weather; will it ever cool off?” [COMPLAINT]

“I feel tired” [FACT] “I’m so tired!!!! [COMPLAINT]

“She’s wearing a green sweater and purple pants” [FACT] “I can’t believe she’d wear that ugly outfit” [COMPLAINT]

“This food is cold.” [FACT] “This food is really cold. I can’t believe they can’t get it right.” [COMPLAINT]

There are times when we are just stating a fact and that’s ok. It’s how we do it and where we go from there that matters. How long an you go without complaining?

One of my favorite quotes is this one…

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

—-from A Return to Love, by Marianne Williamson.

Even though it is one of my favorites, I have been very afraid to live it. I didn’t feel safe.

We are living in great times where we can be whoever we want to be and wonderful things are happening around us. It is time to completely embrace all that you are and share it with the world. By allowing your light to shine, you really do give others permission to do the same.

Isn’t that what you want for everyone around you? I know I do. I pulled a card from Doreen Virtue’s new deck called Angel Therapy (a beautiful deck if you haven’t seen it) and it was the card of the Solar Plexus Chakra. The Chakra that governs our sense of personal power.

The card suggests calling on Archangel Michael and asking for his help with this… “Archangel Michael, I call upon you now. Please cut any cords of fear from my solar plexus to anyone whom I’ve given my power away to.”

It also says it is safe for us to be powerful and take charge in our life. I am going to do a meditation before bed tonight calling on Archangel Michael’s help and I invite you to do the same if this is a challenge for you. Let’s all embrace our greatness starting now!

Expectation sets you up to be disappointed, while intention frees you to focus on the moment. When you expect you are in waiting mode hoping others will perform just the right moves to make you feel loved. In intention you are proactive and accountable for your own love quota. When you expect you do all the thinking and deciding by yourself. There is no connection instead guilt and insecurity lead the way and no one wins. But when you live with intention you know you are not alone in any relationship. ~Rhonda Britten, Fearless Loving

Yesterday I woke up a bit under the weather. I knew it was coming and I just kept telling myself “just a few more days to get through and then I can rest”. I had so much going on that I couldn’t bring myself to step away from it. Luckily, I had a couple of open days to relax but I wonder if I wasn’t sick, would I be relaxing? My pattern would be to see a window of down time and figure out what needed to be done, work-wise, and do it. While I don’t enjoy being sick, I can see the value of requiring me to relax. For the last two days, I’ve napped, ate soup and barely checked my emails.

Is your body giving you any signs? Is there anything you need to do to care for yourself? Please take the time to do it. You are all you have. Commit yourself to finding balance and honoring your needs above the needs of others. You will be able to provide so much more if you do. I am committing to doing this for myself. I hope you will too.

Close your eyes.

Take a few deep, cleansing breaths…in through the nose and out through the mouth.

Allow your breathing to return to a comfortable, even pace.

As you breathe, imagine breathing in peace and breathing out stress.

Say to yourself as you breathe…

Breathe in peace, breathe out stress. Breathe in peace, breathe out stress. Breathe in peace, breathe out stress.

Continue until you feel calm and relaxed.

A few weeks ago I took a weekend long training on ThetaHealing and I LOVED it. I knew it was going to be like the missing piece of a puzzle for me and it truly was. I have been using it daily on myself and others with great results so I thought I’d share.

In a nutshell it works like this. The technique used by the practitioner is to enter the Theta brainwave state and then connect with our higher power and then do whatever is needed to support the client. It uses muscle testing to check feelings, beliefs, illnesses, etc. and when a challenge is found, it is removed.

One of the things I have learned is that one of the reasons change is so hard for us as adult is because our subconscious has one point of reference before we become an adult – our glorious teen years. For many of us, this is an akward time and we are hormonally challenged on top of it. We are fighting to establish an identity of our own – separate from our family and sometimes fighting against everything (or close to it) we’ve been taught. So anytime we look at changing something in our life, our subconscious says that’s scary and doesn’t feel good – maybe you shouldn’t do it. This is also why, it’s important to explore our subconscious beliefs when making a change. It can speed the rate of healing and make it a much more graceful process.

I have been using it primarily for reprogramming beliefs and healings with great success. Many of the beliefs have been around self esteem and money. We sure seem to have a lot of beliefs in these two areas that hold us back. I have FELT the difference almost immediately in every case.

Clients have shared how amazed they are at the shifts they felt as well. If you are interested in trying it, I am offering teleclass for prosperity and abundance where we explore money beliefs and this is a great, affordable way to check it out. Teleclass are available during the noon hour as well as in the evening. If you are interested, visit http://www.lodestonedynamics.com/ and click on the calendar of events.

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Last night I had the most wonderful, yet simple dream. I dreamt I went to the lake this fall and everyone was there. All the family and friends who normally join us. In my dream the lake looked different than it really does. It is beautiful in its own right and yet it was exceptional in my dream.

It was a perfect day. There were many trees around…some evergreens, some trees with bright green leaves and some with gorgeous yellow, orange and red leaves – indicative of the autumn season. The sun was shining through the trees sending rays of light across the ground.

There was a feeling of peace and tranquility even with all the people milling around. I took the opportunity to walk down the hill to the lake. As I made my way down, I couldn’t believe what I saw. I stepped out onto this large rock that expanded out into the water. It was perfectly flat on top and I felt very safe and secure walking across it towards the edge.

The lake was a good size and completely calm. There was no movement whatsoever. When I gazed down over the rock I could see that while the water looked somewhat deep I could see all the way to the bottom. It was completely clear and the rays of sun provided just enough light to gaze into the water and see everything.

The entire lake was secluded and surrounded by trees and rocks. Directly across from me was a narrow clearing. I couldn’t see the top of it but it reminded me of the clearings we used to sled through in the park when I was growing up. This path was filled with vividly colored leaves…the yellows, oranges and reds of fall. The leaves were thick and completely covered the ground. It had the feel of a waterfall, cascading leaves all the way down the hill.

On my left I could see a tall wall of rocks. Dark, smooth and solid rocks. When I looked at them, I felt an internal strength rising up inside of me. In this area there was a waterfall that poured into a small shallow area and then rolled over the rocks in the lake. There were a few people swimming in that area, they seemed free and happy.

I found a spot to sit on the rock and just took it all in. I could have sat there forever.

I wish I could find the words to explain the amount of comfort and serenity I felt but I can’t. It was surreal. It felt like such a powerful dream, like a life-changing dream. I felt a sense of honor to be a part of it.

You see, the season of fall represents a new beginning. The sun symbolizes peace of mind, enlightenment, tranquility, fortune, goodwill and insight. It also represents radiant energy. The lush green trees represent new hopes, growth and desires. They are also a sign of strength and stability. The leaves signify a new found happiness and an improvement in various aspects of life. The fall leaves are a sign of letting go of what no longer serves us.

The rocks signify stability. Stones, like the ones under the water, represent strength and unity. The lake signifies the emotional state of mind so a clear and calm lake demonstrates inner peace. The waterfall is also symbolic of letting go. It also represents revitalization and renewal.

This dream is what I’ve been looking for. Confirmation that I am on the right path. I told my daughter last weekend that even though things weren’t perfect I just knew good times were coming. I had felt a huge shift internally and just knew it was good. It felt like this huge weight had just disappeared. I felt open to all that is good in life.

It is time. Time for all of us to embrace all the goodness available.  Seize the day!!

The Ten Commandments of Wholeness by Gladys T. McGarey, M.D., M.D. (H)

ONE. Be Positive. Give yourself something to live for. So many illnesses are born of the mind. What we think is so often what we become. When a body is truly diseased or ill, there are usually many things wrong with it. But there is an essential part of the body, which is still functional and capable of turning things around with the proper incentive. It is so much easier to contact the physician within and turn a sickness around when you have a burning desire to get well. When World War II abruptly ended with the surrender of Japan, a lot of sick people, bedridden, critically ill, got out of their hospital beds, threw on their clothes and streamed out of the hospital. “Sick, how can I be sick…” one woman cried, “When my boy will be coming home after five years of worrying myself to death?”

TWO. Love yourself, without being indulgent. You are the center of your universe. Unless you keep that center strong you cannot help anyone – including yourself. Even a locomotive can pull only so many cars. I have worked with families where the caregivers completely devoted their time and energy to caring for other members of the family and neglected their own well being. Sometimes they became so run-down that they died before the sick relatives they had cared for. These caregivers had never given the physician within themselves a chance. They had forgotten the “self” in the biblical injunction, “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

THREE. Be forgiving. My mother, a physician for more than 60 years, used to say, “There is so much good in the worst of us and so much bad in the best of us that it hardly behooves us to put down the rest of us.” In the absence of forgiveness we have malice and judgment, which tend to put a strain on mind and body, deplete spirit and lead to disease and premature aging. My forgiving patients so often look ages younger than their years. They are easy on themselves as well as others. This easiness becomes a way of life and is good for the arteries. Some, in their 80’s, go bicycling. Others, in their 90’s, walk a mile a day. They are the survivors of this world.

FOUR. Keep your life balanced. We are multidimensional. The metaphysician Edgar Cayce said, “Spirit is the life, the mind the builder, the physical the result.” If any aspect of your person is overemphasized, it’s likely that the other aspects are slighted. Too much time given to rapt thought may deprecate the body and spirit, bringing an imbalance in life. A flabby Elvis Presley, enamored of yoga, told Daya Mata, the head of the Yoga Self-Realization Center in Los Angeles, that he wanted to give up his singing career and become a monk in her order. She told him that yoga was a blend of the physical, mental and spiritual, and that he could serve best by getting himself in shape physically, cutting out junk foods and turning to spiritual music. He listened in part, and made the album, How Great Thou Art, a tribute to the Lord, which inspired millions. Unfortunately, he continued with his junk food, stayed overweight and came to an untimely end.

FIVE. Take time to meditate and pray. In meditation you listen to God. In prayer, you talk to God. Both practices bolster your connection with the universal world. You need to give yourself some quiet time and get to know your physician within. Pray for love. With love you fill the emptiness within you and strengthen your faith in yourself. This faith allows us to grow. It may not move mountains, but it moves people.

SIX. Listen closely to whatever message your body has for you. Use common sense and take care of your body – it is the only one you have. If humanly possible, you should exercise every day, if only for 10 or 15 minutes. Whatever your age you need to keep your body firm and resilient. You are as old as your bones say you are. There’s an old saying, “A wheat field which is green and alive bends when the wind bows, but when it is dry and the wind blows, it breaks.” You need to keep the circulation moving in your body. The blood and lymph bring nourishment and strength to your bones. Without exercise, a brittleness of the bones, osteoporosis, becomes a geriatric problem no matter what drugs you take to prevent it. Your bones need the push pull of flexible muscles to keep them from drying out like the wheat field. Keep exercising. There’s nothing like yoga to keep the muscles supple.

SEVEN. Look for humor and joy in every situation. “Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry alone.” We all know something of the wisdom of this saying, perhaps without realizing that the joy of laughter and the gift of humor are indispensable to our health. Laughter stimulates the adrenals and activates the immune system. So many people I know are burdened with problems – financial, family, health. Yet they are able to deal with them because they find humor and joy in their lives – in the smile of a child, the supportive love of family and friends. Ask the Lord for help, and he will give you strength. Out of life’s trials comes the opportunity for growth. Growth brings a new appreciation of self and others – a new clarity of mind and body, and a new wholeness.

EIGHT. Breathe deeply. We can live without food for three or four weeks, without water for three or four days. But we can’t live without oxygen – the breath of life – for more than three or four minutes as a rule. There is nothing more important to our well-being than the air we breathe. A great teacher of yoga, 100 years young, was asked by a student what physical exercise or posture was of the most importance. She smiled and said, “The breathing.” As you exercise, you concentrate on the breathing. Visualizing as you breath, breathe in health and breathe out illness. Breathe in hope and breathe out fear. Breathe in love and breathe out anger. Before you know it, your body and mind are responding. You’ll feel as if you are walking on air. And you will be. Your blood will be pulsing through your veins and you will be bursting with energy, ready to take on the world.

NINE. Dream yourself to health. Tell yourself that you will dream when you retire for the night. Soon you will be having dreams significant to your health and well-being. You must write the dreams down right away or they will dematerialize as though into thin air. It is amazing how the physician within guides the sleeping patient’s sub-conscious mind into problem areas that their conscious mind has been grappling with.

TEN. Know that healing comes from within. You do it all the time without thinking about it. You cut your finger. The blood flows, cleansing the wound. Then the blood coagulates, forming a scab, which protects the underlying wound. When the wound is completely healed, the scab falls off by itself. If you think of this at all, you think of it as something that is perfectly natural. And it is. Every cell in the body has an innate intelligence of its own, responsive to the body’s subconscious impulse to heal. The automatic response can be reproduced anywhere in the body by giving the patient access to the physician within. There is nothing mysterious or subtle about this process. The subconscious mind directs the healing alpha brain waves to the diseased cells. I have seen it work a thousand times. All it takes is faith and fortitude and an open mind.

Believing in yourself means to be living in yourself. ~Magdala

I attended a workshop this weekend and one of the first things she said was the quote listed above. It hit me like a ton of bricks! When we believe in ourselves, we are 100% living, living in who we truly are. We embrace each and every part of ourselves and are not afraid to show it to the world.

This was a timely message and I struggle to embrace every part of myself and share it comfortably with those around me. I so desperately want to be authentic in every way and yet there is this constant fear that “people won’t like that part of me” or “people won’t like me because of what I believe”. The truth is, its happened and it hurt. The truth is, it continues to happen and it still hurts. Often times, this keeps us from sharing who we really are inside. This doesn’t do anyone any good. We cannot truly find the happiness we are all here experience by hiding.

We all want to be liked, loved, appreciated, valued…this is something we all have in common. My hope for everyone is that we will be able to come together one day in our oneness…that common ground we all share. That desire to be loved and valued. I look forward to the day we can all look at each other and connect through the divinity we all share rather than focusing on our differences. I am committed to continuing to embrace more and more of myself and share it with you as I hope you will with me. I look forward to seeing who you are in all your beauty.