If you’ve taken any of my classes, you may be familiar with the idea that different parts of the body correspond to specific processes we do through. Liver is anger, the neck is creativity, shoulders are the pressures we put on ourselves, low back pain can be emotions we don’t want to look at, and…
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Weekly Roundup of Web Links is Back!
Patron Saints for Modern Situations Our Place in the Universe How to Keep Food Fresh Longer The Veils Have Thinned… What a Shaman Sees in a Mental Hospital
Quick Ways to Deal With Day-to-Day Stress
Thus far, we’ve taken an overall, systemic look at stress and how to deal with it. Not everybody is willing to put in the time and effort required to treat life stress as a systemic issue, or they have only just started and aren’t feeling the benefits of the work. What can you do if…
Harvest Moon
Full moon is Monday night. Her influence carries over until the wee hours of the morning on Friday. The full moon tends to be a magical time for people. Sometimes that’s good, and we are inspired; sometimes it’s less desirable, and people get a little wacky. When a woman’s cycle syncs up with the full…
Well, This Is Awkward…
I’m seeing a pattern. Machinery going haywire. Extreme behavior. People’s heads being loudly negative. But also… Flashes of insight. Drastic life changes. It seems easier than usual to change long-programmed behaviors. And… A lot of buzzy energy. Being grounded seems challenging. People tending towards hypomanic (think overly productive with a chance of overspending, rather than…
Weekly Round Up of Web Links
Researchers investigate what it means to ‘hear voices’ 10 Things You Can Learn From A Good Relationship Walden reminds me that when I feel lacking – I don’t need new things, I need new eyes with which to see the things I already have. Natural Pain relief Three tips for building wealth with magic Pope…
Gretchen’s Practice
The other day, my friend Gretchen said, “I decided I have to be happy. I’m going to find something awesome in each thing I do until I feel grateful and feel the purpose of my life again.” I love this. I love this more than gratitude lists, which can feel contrived. In looking for something…
Upcoming class in Storytelling as a Healing Modality
For those of you with some background in Shamanism who have also taken my Psychic Protection class, my Advanced NeoShamanism workshop, A Shaman’s Work, (offered through Matrix International University) will be focusing on Storytelling next trimester. Here’s a video blurb about it: http://youtu.be/kFX28zAg398 If you are interested in joining us, please call the venue or…
Herbs for Stress
Sometimes it helps to have something you can take, to help you de-stress, even when you have a lot of personal-growth tools you are using already. I find a nice cup of herbal tea can help, and there are also herbs you can take, internally and externally, that will help shield you against the stress…
A Short Note on the Current Energies
I have to run off and teach, but I did want to make a note of the energy before I lost the thoughts… I know I’m feeling the solar storm. It has been hard to sleep, and everything just feels off. It’s somewhat similar to what I feel like before an earthquake, which was disconcerting…
Weekly Roundup of Web Links
In my travels around the internet, I find things I think you might want to read. In fact, I find so many web links, that I just make a once-a-week post so you can find them. Starcana’s August Tarotscopes 50 things you could make instead of buying Destination Addiction The struggle of being an outgoing…
Interesting Solar Activity
Are you having trouble sleeping? SpaceWeather tells me Yesterday, July 30th, a dark magnetic filament on the sun erupted and hurled part of itself into space. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory tracked a bright CME moving away from the blast site at 700 km/s. Although the CME is not coming straight for Earth, it does have…