Angel and oracle cards

by | Mar 21, 2016 | Angel and Oracle Cards, Spiritual Practice

You can book a card reading (either with me-see my metaphysical services page or with others) to have an angel cardsangel card reading, but you can also do your own! There are dozens and dozens (hundreds?) of different card decks out there, so you are certain to find cards that resonate with you. Some excellent stores, like Zen and Company, have open boxes of the card decks so you can see what the cards actually look like and if they speak to you before you buy them.

As for how to give yourself a reading, every deck I have ever used comes with instructions and often a little guide book to help you get started. There is no shortage of how-to videos on You Tube to help you learn as well. The best guide, however, is your own intuition. The more you work with your cards, the more confident you will feel that you are getting accurate insights from them. Keep reading

Wish rocks

by | Mar 13, 2016 | Affirmations, Rocks and Crystals, Spiritual Practice

I first learned about wish rocks years and years ago from an article about them I read in a magazine (sorry, I forget which one) by (I think) Pamela Redmond Satran.

wish rock

A wish rock is a rock that has a stripe that goes all the way around the circumference of it. It can be thick or thin, even or wavy. Sometimes, if you are really lucky, you see double wish rocks-2 lines going around the stone.

When you find one, you can hold it in your hand, infuse it with some wishes (just speak your wishes, either aloud or silently to yourself, to the stone), and that’s it! Carry it in your pocket, put it on your bureau, or whatever you like. Keep reading

Going through the muck

by | Feb 21, 2016 | health

Sometimes, when you start to feel like you’re coming down with something, there are things you can do to ward it off.

  • Rest more.
  • Get to the ocean and breathe the salt air.
  • Drink healing teas (I like Traditional Medicinals line, especially Throat Coat and Gypsy Cold Care, but watch out for sensitivities to ingredients) with some honey.
  • A teaspoon of honey by itself here and there can be helpful, too.

throat coat

But sometimes, despite your best efforts… you

Can’t go over it.
Can’t go under it.
Can’t go around it.
Gotta go through it. 

(From The “Going on a Lion Hunt” song)

In that case, break out the chicken soup. You can make your own, even if you are sick, pretty quickly and easily. Some chicken broth, leftover cooked chicken if you have it, pastina, carrots, a tablespoon or so of tomato paste, a clove of garlic (that you can leave whole and take out before you eat it). Keep reading

You’re grounded!

by | Feb 14, 2016 | Affirmations

As I took my third (fourth?) significant fall down my icy  back stone stairs, I wondered what the lessons here are that I keep not getting, which causes me to continue to repeat this fall.

steps

I decided to spend some time thinking about this today. Here are the messages I got:

  • Slow down.
  • Pay attention.
  • Be balanced.
  • Consider your next step carefully.
  • I already have everything that I need for healing (as in: Reiki, arnica, ice, epsom salts, lavender oil, ace wraps, commiserating friends) .
  • Slow down (it bears repeating).
    • Keep reading

    Guarding our children from Gardasil

    by | Feb 5, 2016 | Vaccines

    Informed choice often leaves the room when vaccines walk in.  Many parents trust their pediatricians and do not question their gardasilrecommendations about anything. Actually, this is true of many adults with their own physicians, as well.

    At routine office visits, a vaccine may be recommended, and it may not even occur to the parent to question it. “Oh, the doctor said my daughter needs this vaccine, so I guess she does.” A consent form covered with miles of tiny print may be presented for the parent to sign. It may be signed after a cursory glance. Keep reading