Why should you? Hey there… I was hoping I could share a little bit about Reiki and why I do it ALL THE TIME! About 22 years ago, I had a significant event happen in my life. My first born child was born with a severe congenital disability. We found out the night before he was born. Through his birth and the trauma of the entire event I spiraled into a state of depression and at the same time a relentless inquiry into...

Sometimes, there is nothing left to do. We feel it, we sense it, it is undeniable. With all our heart. And yet… Obligations, pressures, responsibilities… keep us pressing foward. One day… after we have been around the same corner… time and time again… we decide… it just doesn’t matter anymore. What drove us to do it the way we did it before… Changes What inspired us to believe the way we did before… Shifts What created the life around us in the past…...

Be More of You For what it’s worth… On this special day of sunshine and cheer Allow the light to shine upon you. All around you And especially through you Do what you love. Only what you love to do today Be who you want to be. Don’t hold back. This day only comes once a year… It is here, in this moment right now… Right here, right now That the rest is born Into the ecstasy of your ecstatic vision A voice...

Our lives are constantly moving forward, no matter what.  Everything keeps going…moving…shifting…changing.  There is no stopping change.  It just happens.  We all change.  We all shift.  It is inevitable. Everything around us is a representation of this.  The cycles of life are present everywhere. In kundalini yoga there is the mantra Sa Ta Na Ma…birth, life, death, rebirth.  Then there are the seasons of mother earth…winter, spring, summer, and fall.  We also have the four directions…north, south, east, west.  We have four basic...

10 minutes of inspiration We must wonder every day. We must take the time to turn every lower negative thought into a game of wonder. We must do as a child does. Wonder in every way. We can wonder about everything, every person, place, and thing. Wondering can look something like this: I wonder if I could change this enormous house into a huge garden or a bungalow for homeless people! I wonder what it would be like to rollerblade from Illinois to...

Yesterday, I transcended another limitation.  I realized a current belief did not line up with what I intuitively desired and the current relationships showing up. I have many goals.  When I took a second, third, and forth look at why something wasn’t showing up in my life, knowing I intuitively wanted this desire to manifest with all my heart, I realized I was the one who needed to shift my own perception so that this idea could begin to manifest.   I reevaluated my...

Lately, I have been wondering… what is truly important?  There are a lot of things we may value…maybe it is our career, our family, our life purpose, and how we add something precious to this world.  Or maybe for some of us it is just about living day to day and moment to moment because that is just where we are right now.  Sometimes life can be exciting and full of incredible moments of elation and triumph and sometimes life can seem painful...

Lately, I’ve been running through all the scenarios in my head of how I could have, would have, should have done things differently in the past. All the past experiences and decisions that I made that turned out the way they did and happened in the manner they happened. Some were wonderful outcomes and aligned with my inner truth and some were decisions that I am not so proud about. It’s those decisions that never really turned out the way I had hoped...

Yesterday, I met with an old friend.  This man, this amazing being of light is a brother of mine.  We have known each other a few years, and I have known him in another lifetime for sure, if you believe in that sort of thing.  Just a lovely being.  Yes. He is a musician you see.  A glorious eclectic musician who follows his beautiful passion for music.  As a self-taught musician, he travels the vast Chicago area bringing his gifts to others.  He...

mental balance & an intuitive heart Ever since I wrote my last blog on gratitude it made me think…how much time do I spend in my head avoiding my heart?  I wondered what percentage of my day I spend in the part of my mind that remains negative in just about any situation appearing before me.  I also wondered with all the years of reiki yoga, and meditation training if I was allowing complete balance through all the parts of my mental mind and...