12.21.2009

Celebration of Light

It is with pleasure that I Wish You a Very Blessed Winter Solstice.

The shortest day of the year marks a change of the calendar year and a sign that the light will start to return. Slowly it grows a little lighter each day. In honor of this wonderful day I celebrate in prayer, say blessings of abundance and give thanks for the warm home and food I am so gratefully enjoying. I ate foods full of root vegetables and enjoyed a cup of tea to keep my spirits and body warm. Most important I honored this day by staying present and quietly going within to listen and feel.

This season is full of celebration, holidays, and lots of hustle and bustle. Truly what is needed is time daily to reserve, rest, and go within. Our shorter days are a great time to honor the personal time needed to get in touch with self. Quiet yourself and listen to your heart beat, the in and out of your breath. Listen long enough and you can here your inner voice speak. For some this voice is rarely heard over the never ending conversation, television, music, and thoughts of daily activities. Take time through out the longer winter nights and find yourself. Honor your spirit by learning things you may never have known about yourself- strengths, weakness, feelings that get shoved down when life gets too busy. This is a great time to heal and work on issues that get put on the back burner when the summer sun comes calling. Its also a time of year when lots of emotional issues are rising. Take the time to hear their call and find the source of the troubles. Heal, release, and grow.

Trees go within to preserve their life. Animals hibernate to do the same thing. Perhaps we can learn from our worldly friends and take steps to honor ourselves and grow with the ever increasing sunlight- slowly coming out of our shells as the season progresses into the new year.

Sending Blessings of Love & Light,
Leah

11.11.2009

Love Writings

Have you ever given thought to how much you love your life?

How blessed you are to breathe?

How wonderful the sun feels on your skin when you walk outside in the fresh air?

I could list the wonderful things about life for days and it would still have no end. Feeling Gratitude for my life is what helps me stay centered in the Beauty and Grace that fills me. Gratitude is a simple way to honor the gifts that are brought into your life. Being humble and giving thanks brings perspective to how simple life can be or better yet how simply wonderful the little things in life are with each breath.

My health is one of the many things I show gratitude for daily. Nothing can go forward in my day if I'm ill as well as it can if my health is in perfect balance. This is my truth and I honor it more with each breath. Remaining centered, focused, and balanced in the flow moves Divinely when my physical body is healthy and well. Giving thanks for my health allows me to honor the Divine for the gift but also my body for all the functions it preforms every second without so much as a conscious thought on my part. Think of all that your body does for you each moment and think how much more it could do if you gave it better food, more water, and of course exercise and stretching. Starting with Gratitude helps move onto making healthy changes for the body.

My personal time with God in prayer and meditation is another important function I find myself not being able to live without and for this I also give thanks. Slowing down and sitting in quiet time with myself and God brings a greater perspective to how full and beautiful my life is at all moments. Having this time to honor, pray, and give thanks helps me focus on what really is needed. Allows me to solve issues that need my heart and minds attention. At the end of the day it allows for release and assists with that which needs to be handed over to the Divine for healing and treatment.

Creating a gratitude list, writing in a journal, taking time for prayer and meditation are all ways to start your love writings to God and to your Divine Self. It centers, it creates, it brings into the physical world things that you once took for granted. I find that by moving into Gratitude at least twice a day brings more of what I give thanks for into my life. It is as if I am weaving my web for the day and I start it by filling it with Grace for all I have been given and right before I lay my head down to sleep I complete my web for they day with one more silent gratitude list just to remind me how blessed I am wrapped up and surrounded in the Love and Light of God. The in-between time is mine to weave and create-the end points the guides for a brighter day and a more God-centered life.

Make a choice to start your lists and see what your heart and soul show you. You might be surprised at the things that come to mind that you are grateful for. You also might help create a peaceful time just for yourself. You might create a time for spiritual connection that you never considered. There is no better time of day to start this practice than right now. Hear the calling of your soul to move into a place of gratitude and do it with the Grace that is blessed upon you with ever breath. Smile, your light shines and this is one loving gift you give to the world that only requires a thought of happiness.


My person truth:
My path of service begins each day with Gratitude and my Breath. Each day ends the same.
Leah McCullough

Namaste,
Leah

10.23.2009

Creative Force

Creativity can work in ways in your life that will help shift your mood, fix a problem that is long overdue, or just be an outlet for fun and play. Creativity is now more than ever an important tool to use in daily living. Everyone is creative- at times it may seem more task than natural gift but it does reside within you. Taping in to your creativity brings you in alignment with your Divine Self. It helps open the natural flow and free the left brain from adding too much thought into the task at hand. Freeing yourself to be creative can help manage stress and show you a peaceful place to rest. Creativity can also be about release- letting go in ways that haven't always been useful outlets in the past. Sometimes being creative in how you solve issues that continue to surface will allow you to see your problem differently and focus on a solution you may not have seen before.

Working with your Divine Self and allowing the creativity to flow helps to center. It helps to teach you to hear the inner voice and trust your Divine Self. Beauty, love, cherished solitude- all of these gifts come with setting aside time to act creatively through art, exercise, or meditation. The possibilities are endless when you utilize your creative side and set your soul free!

Touch your heart with a warmth of fancy free thinking and see what you can create.

With Much Love & Light,
Leah

10.11.2009

The Gift

I want so much for each person to understand their true potential. To know that all is already given to those that are open to receive. I want people to know that inside their very being lives a seed of love that was gifted to them prior to their first breath. All they have to do is acknowledge this gift and the seed will grow and assist in the transformation of their lives.

I want you to know that you can reach the stars. You can create heaven on earth. Once the transformation starts all you have to do it continue to have faith. Continue to believe in yourself and the Divine Love that gives you life.

Once you achieve pulling back the old layers of loss, hatred, denial, self-serving behavior, and fear your path becomes brighter. Your days are filled with joy and happiness. You find that even when it seems the whole world would bring you down you still smile and move forward. This seed has grown into your soul and now it lifts you, fills you, and wraps you in a beauty of love that can only be felt with the tenderness of your heart.

You will see the way things were never served your purpose. You will see that while you may have been doing your best it wasn't what was truly intended for you. Now that you are on the path originally designed for you doors open, the sun shines, and birds sing. You find the strength to go on when you are faced with another mountain to climb because you can and because you know some of the best views in life are found standing at the top of the mountain.

I want to heal, I want to shine. I want to share my light. I am ready to teach and lead and help those that are ready to take their step forward.

What do you want? What does your soul wish for? Are they the same thing?

Awakening your spirit so you can tap into the Divine Source is a change of a lifetime.
Take the leap. You will only lose that which no longer serves you anyway.

Growth is beautiful. Rest when your tired, take a deep breath when it seems to be too much, and feed yourself with the love that you were gifted.

Namaste,
Leah

10.08.2009

My seed has grown

I dreamt of a tree.
It was small and young.
My hands were pushing it's roots into the earth and praying for its safety and well-being. I was preforming Reiki on it as I held it's small trunk in my hands. I heard it smile and send loving thoughts to me as it absorbed the new soil it was now living in.
I recognized this tree as the newly planted loving vibrations that now resonate with my core being.
The tree lives inside me.
I can see my chakra column aligning with the trunk. My chakras glimering under its light brown bark.
I water it, feed it life and give it love when I take care of my physical and spiritual well-being. When I give it Reiki it expands and grows.
Its roots start at my feet and grow down into my earth star.
Its top branches reach my crown and then a light radiates at the top almost like a sun that never sets.
It has grown since I first saw it over a week ago.
It also has grown leaves. Green and in the shape of maple leaves.
I am excited to learn more from this tree and to watch it grow as it touches me.

Love & Light,
Leah

9.29.2009

Transition and Completion

I stand inside myself witness to my own recreation.

I have completed a goal three years in the making this weekend and I feel in transition. My soul fills with an endless love which empties again only to fill once more. Like the tides I sense the change each time the energy recedes clearing space for newness, for the Divine Light. I am complete and whole yet new and untouched.

My cellular membranes are pacing and pulsating as the programs are rewired and the old destroyed to be taken out with the next tide break. The energy beats with my heart, at times fast and breath taking. I cry. I sob. I fill with immense gratitude at the beautiful gift that has been bestowed upon me. I laugh. I wander, staring into to space for limitless amounts of time as my DNA is reworked and restored. I am witness to my own healing. I am witness to my regeneration. I am witness to the beauty of love that fills every fiber of my being. I can see the light radiate off my skin into my multi-layered aura beaming out into the space I occupy. My ears hear a low hum as all the reprocessing creates not only a warmth but an actual sound that is constant. The flow, the energy flow has grown stronger and the connection more pure.

All is forgiven, all is forgotten. I no longer hold onto old concepts that no longer serve my highest light. I have been healed of old thought patterns that held me stationary in my attempts to grow. I have released old wounds that served only as excuses to inflict pain. I am now open and free from judgement, hearsay, gossip and social obligations. I now live to serve as a humble being that only has love to share and an acceptance for humanity in all its imperfection.

I have accepted my gifts with gratitude and welcome the incoming shift with bowed head and humble prayers of thanks. I could not be more lost and centered at the same time. I am facing the unknown with an open heart and a over joyed soul. Completing my studies to become the Divine Healing Being I have always wanted to be is a great honor and gift and I am grateful to share my progress with each of you.

Thank you dearest loving souls for your support and love. It has filled me with the most immense sense of gratitude that words cannot express. Know you are always in my prayers and in my heart.

'To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest.' -Anonymous

Namaste,
Leah

9.03.2009

Grace

God is within all of us.

I Am that I Am.

Knowing this concept and allowing it to take root, fill your life, and transform you takes dedication and faith that what is happening really is always for the better of all. Releasing judgement, self-centeredness and hatred are huge steps to allowing the seed of love to grow within you. Our culture has been breeding into us for a lifetime to do the above mentioned ad nauseam. All the tabloids, beauty magazines, and trashy newspapers fill our time with gossip, unrealistic concepts of beauty, and most importantly information that doesn't provide any importance except to perpetuate the negativity. Releasing the need to hear about the lives of others is one big step into stopping yourself from judging others. Removing yourself from the TV or discontinue reading beauty magazines will help stop the cycle of self-centeredness. Allowing the Grace of God to flow through your very being and heal old wounds and create new life patterns will help you to release anger and more importantly help you to avoid any feelings of hatred.

I have taken these steps to assist in my transformation. I have almost completely changed my whole life to sail in a different ocean than mainstream media and the general populations concepts of how life should be enjoyed. I'm happy I'm doing things differently and I'm also happy with how others do things. My prayers are for changing the world for the better. My prayers are for peace, love, a healing for Mother Earth, and a Divine Healing for all that live here and now. Our jobs as souls on this planet is to help welcome and manifest the new world. We have to make changes in our lives to allow this shift to happen. Honoring your calling is how you take your first step.

I love being fully surrounded by my sacred space in my home. I feel the pulse of the earth, I smell the scents on the wind and in my sacred oils. I know in my heart that Angels and Ascended Masters smile down and give thanks for my courage and sincerity as I hold sacred time for meditation and remain open for more information to flow. I have been doing some meditations from a great author read book called Channeling Grace by Caroline Myss. I love reading or listening to books that ring my bells so to speak. When I hear or see words written that describe the experiences or messages I have been receiving it is a great confirmation as to my connection with the Divine Mother/Father God, the Angels and Ascended Masters. Hearing Grace be described as Caroline views it and believes it to be helped to expand my understanding of how this Divine Love works for others. I had been finding it difficult the last few weeks to stay stationary and really focus my meditations. I would find myself falling asleep or receiving information which would distract my original intention which was to remain empty and just breathe. After finishing a guided meditation I realized I had just visited God. It is that simple. I had sat in the emptiness of my being, in a dark and totally silent place and held space with God. My experience was very sacred to me so I will keep that to myself but the outcome was one of total bliss. I wish this experience for everyone. I wish for you to quiet yourself and visit God. Really show yourself that you love this life and honor who and why you are here and give yourself the gift of God.

I realized that I had been visited by many Angels, many Ascended Masters, I've even had the honor of being in the presence of the Divine Christ Energy twice when I needed it most. I just never reached out and ask to be with God directly. As I said at the start, we all contain God within us. We all have our fill of this Divine love- how it flows from us and into us remains solely on how we utilize this love and allow it to fill our days. Requesting to be in the presence of God is not something you do on any special day or time. It only requires one thing- faith. Once it happens you will never be the same. I'm not. I can't ever go back to my vision of this life, world, or universe and not have that feeling of complete pure love for me and all that is and all that will ever be.

Change yourself for you. Change yourself because you can. Change yourself because you owe it to you to live the most fulfilling life you could ever imagine. All you need is faith and a moment to honor the seed God left in your heart the moment you were created into this universe. Light the fire and allow it to burn out all that isn't Divine by nature and watch yourself transform into the beautiful being that God has always held you to be.

I love each of you. I honor each of your paths and pray for your health, love and life- always.

Namaste,
Leah

8.31.2009

Projecting Truth

I am always working on projecting Love, Grace, Happiness, Joy, and Serenity. I want to be the change I want for the world. I wish for the day when I don't have to think of it so consciously during harder times or difficult situations. I want to be the face of God so naturally that I have to stop and realize how far I have come.
I came into this lifetime to channel the love of God into my world and all that I come in contact with. I came into this life to help the children of this new Generation find a voice and use it without fear or regard for the masses that don't believe in a better tomorrow. I came into this life to make a difference and I create a new shift in consciousness every time I stay centered in the Divine Love. I reach out and help those that seemingly appear to want otherwise. I smile, really smile with my soul to everyone I come across regardless of their demeanor. I always give it my all. Being weary is no excuse for not shining my light as brightly as I possibly can. I am human and my physical body has boundaries however my soul does not and so when this body is done and needs rest I honor its request and send my spirit free to do the work that needs to be done sans this physical temple.
I think life feels more rewarding when I know I'm making a ripple in the big pond of life. My daughters are learning by example and they are now starting to show the first buds of these lessons. Their nature is so pure you can feel it in their presence. They don't know there are worldly limitations created by a society that no longer understands the pulse of the new world. They only see the beauty, they only feel the love. I watch as they run to trees and hug them or see a flower and scream for joy at its very presence in their world. They learned these things by listening to their inner voices- not because they witnessed these acts by another soul. I only gave them love and spoke my truth in whispers while they grew inside me and in front of me. I honor the gift I have to give them. This Divine Love has taught me that it has no end, it only grows the more it is freely given and released. It wraps itself up in ribbons of light and touches all that it sees. My daughters soak it up, dance in it, and giggle as it tickles their very core before exiting to dance again. They are filled with a pureness that can only be described as perfection and the Divine Love is their gift to hold onto for a lifetime. I live my life full of Love, Grace, Happiness, Joy and Serenity because it is my birth-right, my honor, and my gift to give the world. My two little girls will grow to know it only as their truth from the moment they took their first breath. That very idea breathes new life into a world that needs the hope of their souls to spread like fires, purifying the vibrations of the world and creating a new paradigm that holds the promise for better tomorrows.

You must have love in your heart before you can hope. -Yoruba Proverb

Namaste,
Leah

8.23.2009

Journey

The Journey to higher awareness is a path that is filled with breath taking experiences.

Becoming aware of your very being- your piece of the big puzzle- brings new light into your life. Your horizons open, your light shines more brightly, you feel more alive with every breath. The process is not without growing pains. These symptoms as I have come to acknowledge them are any discomfort that is felt at the many different levels in the physical body and soul body. Physical pain caused by energy blocks is common at this time. While we receive new higher vibrations into our bodies the old energies that no longer serve us need to find a way out. When we don't provide our bodies with regular assistance in release blocks happen. They can be minor and annoying to painful and persistent. If ignored they can sometimes grow into something much worse than an uncomfortable pain. Acknowledging the pain and finding a way for release is the healthy step to assist the body in cleansing the old energies. Exercise that brings you in touch with nature such as walking, jogging, swimming, hiking, canoeing, horse back riding and biking help get the blood flowing and get stagnate energies moving. Doing these activities in nature allows for communion with Mother Earth- a wonderful healer who is more than happy to receive old processed energy for transmutation. Allow time for a short break when the body physically stops and touches the earth. Visualize the connection with the ground and your feet or tailbone. Allow the old energies to flow out through you and the new energies to come into you.

Yoga, Tai Chi, and Qigong are other great ways to help energy blocks release through stretching the muscles and joints. Breath work and Meditation on certain areas that continue to cause problems may help to understand why a release is not occurring. Sometimes acknowledging the feelings and emotions that may be associated with a block are necessary in order for the old energies to be released. In some cases the block is associated with past life karma and may not be easy to understand- allow the process to unfold as it needs to and trust that with the assistance from your Higher Self you can let go of all that needs to at the right time.

Massage is also a great way to get energy moving through the body and find hidden areas of release that may not be otherwise obvious to our busy bodies. Shoulders, neck, and the area of the back hold large amounts of tension for most people and without quiet time and exercise they may be overlooked. Massage can bring these space into our awareness and allow for release.

Always remember that while all of these exercises help with removing blocks there are times in the transformation process that we become aware of real illnesses or issues that need to be treated by a Medical Physician. Honoring your transformation and body also means honoring the process and the path it takes. If seeking Medical help is what is required do so without delay. Everything is up for renewal, removal, and regeneration.

Listen to your spirit and bodies requests. The soft voice of their needs will be repeated until the request is answered. When ignored the issues will continue to grow or the lessons will continue to cycle back to the original request. Dizziness, loss of time, sleeplessness, and feelings of stress without real cause are all signs of the transformation taking place in this current time. I also find that tightness in my chest and irritation in my heart, throat, brow, and crown chakras are also signs of higher frequency changes. Grounding myself and remaining aware of how I'm feeling assists with the process and gives me a better sense of control when all control seems lost. Balancing all aspects of my life is what I do to feel 'safe'. The reality of this statement while true is nearly impossible to complete in a time that shifts second to second and needs me to flow in order for change to be assimilated and accepted. I work daily on releasing and allowing the tides to take me with them where they go. When I do this the process of release and growth become easier for my body to accept and my soul feels as if it is flying in the wind. Symptoms subside and I walk through another level of awareness that allows for more beauty and love to enter my being.

My goal is to share these concepts and lessons with you so that you may feel the beauty of this new Paradigm to its fullest and take your place in the ranks of beings that acknowledge the Glory of Divinity here on our beautiful planet and live consciously in her comfort that is provided. We have the gift of reaching stars within ourselves that are now opening inside us to share with all of the universe- starting here in our own families and communities. Allow the shift of love to take over your very soul and share it with all you meet. Move past pain and suffering and believe that only Love and Truth will fill your day as much as you believe in your next breath. Reach through the old ways and safe trails and blaze a new path that is sustainable, loving and kind to all beings of this planet. Bring yourself to a place where you stand on the Mesa overlooking the future and realize that your one soul is here to make a mark on history. The choices you make will affect generations to come- choose Health, Love, Community, LIFE! Let your spirit soar and reach deep within and ask where you should go from here then honor the soft loving voice that speaks back. You will never be lead astray when you honor the Divine within yourself. All that is to come is only Happiness and Prosperity for all if we allow it.

'You may never know what results come from your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result.'- Mahatma Gandhi

I honor each of you as you walk this path. While you do walk it alone know that the Divine Love touches each of us and brings with it Loving Friends that come along at just the right moment you need a little help to keep you going on your way. Take a moment and honor yourself and how far you have already come. Give this moment to yourself- you deserve it.

With Much Love & Light,
Leah

8.09.2009

Lunar Gift

This Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse we experienced last Wednesday was truly magical. I traveled to Lake Crescent- a beautifully serene lake that rests at the base of the Olympic Mountains and their rain forests. The water is tropical to deep blue and with no wind sits like a glassy mirror reflecting the surrounding beauty. I visited a spot I had been to before and walked using my guidance to find the perfect place to sit and soak in the transforming energies. The experience was breath taking, physical, mental, and in the end very spiritual. I was gifted this time for a reason and have found that the gifts I have received over this summers Eclipse series are really starting to integrate nicely into my being. While soaking in my meditation I was pulled to write a poem of the surrounding life that shared this wonderful experience with me. It is my gift to share and captures a moment of pure bliss. Enjoy.

Crescent Light

Spider silk glitters in the sunlight
Maple leaves reach to touch the waters light
Water laps the rocky shore
Flies dance above the lakes edge
Moss hangs off shady trees
I rest my soul and reach for the stars
Fallen trees create a new home for young fish
The wind ripples the glassy bay
Birds sing their afternoon tunes- celebrating life
River flows clean and soft- whispers of travels down the mountain
Clouds break releasing sunlight on the foggy day
I sit at the waters edge and release my fears away
My new day is here
My life has opened into a new Divine Space
I heal with every breath


Love & Light,
Leah McCullough

8.01.2009

Live with Purpose

Since the beautiful Summer Solstice I have found a peace- a quiet space- that brews up within me and empties like the tides. I have experienced deep pain. I have touched the very fibers of my dark side and burned them in the summer sun. I have felt the relentless vibrations from the planets above rain down and spin my insides demanding change. I move with the flow, I enter the deep when shifted. I call to the Masters and Angels when it gets to be too much. I breathe. This is the time for acceptance of our callings. This is the time to honor and acknowledge the voice within that softly whispers. This is the time to learn to ride the wave and find the safe place when all else feels full of chaos and emptiness.

I have stayed open for the last new moon to allow for intentions to manifest as needed. The Lunar/Solar eclipse series we are currently moving through has left me all but ripped to shreds and moving with the flow is the only way I can live in sound mind and body. I have become acutely aware of my surroundings. My physical body and spirit have melded more into one through this transformation and I am more in touch with the words that whisper on the winds. I hear the call for change from the heavens and gently bow in acceptance. I create each day with prayer and move through it with love. For the last six weeks I have heard the following phrase repeated and so I have taken it on as my mantra- 'Live with Purpose'.

It seems so simple yet most of us don't live our everyday lives with purpose. We eat, drink, and move through our days almost in a zombie state doing the same things over and over again. Living with Purpose requires more thought, more inner prompting to move from one thing to the next. Multitasking is hard to do while living in the moment. Living with purpose requires us to say each day 'I will do as I am guided, be the Face of God and share my Love along the way'. I have worked this new mantra into my life slowly. It wasn't easy to allow myself to slow and take every moment into account as being unique. Especially the tasks I preform everyday. My ego self also took offense as it often does when another task is taken from its grasp. After one full moon cycle I was able to make the shift. I woke one morning and decided it was time to live the fullness of the day. After that is has grown more and more fulfilling to doing everything with purpose. I eat with purpose. An idea that is needed in my life right now. I was amazed at how much better I felt when I stopped, listened to my bodies needs and then filled them with the foods requested. This simple act of honoring my body has allowed me to feel more energetic and assists with my bodies given nutrition requirements day by day. I also walk with purpose. I slow myself down and walk more consciously. I exercise and honor my body and make adjustments to my speed when required. I listen to the needs of my joints when a road is too hard or a hill too steep. I also hear when my body just wants to move, dance, be free to stretch. Today I was guided to imagine love flowing from my being as I walked. So on my morning walk I imagined my love float on the breeze and touch those that walked the same path. What a wonderful thought to share my spirit and love with others unknown to me. Helping, healing, reaching others with only the intent of love- theirs if they so choose to allow it.

Prayer has helped me live with purpose. I can express to the Mother/Father God my love and gratitude for each day and each night. I honor this body temple that was given to me to have this human experience. I honor my spirit as holy and a piece of God. Prayer not only for me or my loved ones but for all. Giving the gift of praying for those that need it regardless of their religion or awareness is honoring humanity and a service you can provide to this world you live in. Living with Purpose requires gratitude, acceptance, complete surrender, trust, and hope. I will always believe the best in humanity because without that hope and belief all seems lost. I trust life is moving into better times and better spaces because there is no other way I want my children or myself to live. Living with Purpose means I am doing my part each and every moment to make my prayers, my dreams, my hopes a reality. I create a ripple in the waves of vibrational space and time. Forever touched by my love this world is one drop closer to peace, love, and healing.

Live with Purpose. Live in Purpose. Honor your Divine Self.

Touch the stars and know you are never alone.

My prayers are always with you.

With much Love & Light,
Leah

7.19.2009

Grieving

Grieving is a part of life. One that is not often experienced to its full potential due to the fact that we as humans tend to work as fast as we can to move away from any discomfort. I don't advocate dwelling in sorrow and depression. I do however believe that when loss occurs honoring the feelings of pain, sorrow, heartache, anger, helplessness, confusion and loss help make the process of grieving turn into a transformation of self. Being witness to what is lost and how he/she/it affected us while they were with us shows growth through reflection. It allows us to breathe in the moments and see how they changed us or how we would like to change with their passing.

Death in my opinion would be the deepest level of grieving as its finality is so obvious and reminds us of our own mortality. I have come to view death as a new birth for a soul- a belief that is taught in many Eastern Religions. This brings a lightness to the passing of an individual that helps center the grieving back around to me- the person experiencing the loss. Death is the last moment a person can make an imprint on our lives. How we choose to move forward with this moment is their final gift.
I have visited the depths of grieving once and after 11 months of being a walking zombie I decided to climb myself out of the valley of sorrow and reach for the highest peak of life I could see and started walking. I turned the grieving experience on its tail and worked it to my advantage. I had lived in the pain long enough. It was time to honor, to accept and let go. To gather my courage and make the changes that I had wanted to make in my life for a long time. To use the anger and pain as my backbone when I just didn't feel I had the energy to keep going. Knowing you can overcome something that seems insurmountable shows you just how strong you really are and just how capable you are to do anything you set your heart and mind to.
When the loss of a loved one ends with things left unsaid and issues unresolved a lot more healing needs to take place. I do believe this healing is possible and may be more life changing as the courage to face the inner demons and forgive now runs deeply between the individual and God. The person who is now gone no longer holds resentments or anger. These are released and worked through at the passing. Utilizing this knowledge helps to know that once you are ready to forgive and forget the pain really can run out with the tears never to return again.

Grieving the loss of a marriage, job, home, or friendship can be just as painful because the loss is viewed as something that you had control of on some level. The process of release is still the same. Honor the feelings, live in the pain and once it fills all the crevices of your very being let go. Imagine them falling to the earth in your tears. Exiting with your screams. Silently drifting off with your breath. However they need to leave when it is time letting them go allows for the transformation- the real healing of the soul. Once free you can fill these spaces with new memories, new energies, new loves, and most importantly a new you. Allowing yourself to live through the pain also allows for reflection of what may have went wrong. It allows for the lesson to present itself so it doesn't have to be relived again. It allows for new seeds to be planted and old patterns to be released.

Remember that grieving over life changes is a healthy and sometimes necessary process in growth as well. While transforming into the Divine Souls that we are becoming we are letting go of an old way of life that was comfortable and familiar. It wasn't wrong, it just isn't right for the new paradigm we are creating. Honor what was and grieve if needed. This process doesn't have to be painful. It does need to be acknowledge as it deserves a final farewell. Once released it is gone only to be brought back in distant memories or situations if needed to solidify the severed ties. Our universe is doing wonders to help us with this release and utilizing these energies to assist with this process makes the grieving process at times more manageable and at the very least more productive.

We are Divine Souls having a Human experience. We are here to live this life because we choose to do so. It is our honor to know all the aspects of this human endeavor and that includes the more painful times also. View Grief as a gift and honor it as a chance for transformation. Face it with an open heart, utilize prayer, and know you are surrounded by the Divine Love of God.

It is my honor to Serve and to be present for all the changes that take place in our world today. Thank You to each of you for choosing to be here now.

In Love & Light,
Leah


To learn more about the ever changing planetary cycles that are affecting our lives and planet I recommend these two sites:
  • Allison Rae is a talented Astrologer, her ability to utilize her gift of clairvoyance and bring forth the energies and messages of now is truly transforming. http://www.starpriestess.com/index.html
  • Kelly M Beard brings astrology into the world and shares her gift of words to help us understand the changes of now. Her work is in-depth and easy to understand and utilize. http://www.karmictools.com/

7.11.2009

Meditation

I have been working on different meditation forms that visually come to me as I maintain presence in my daughters nursery while they fall asleep. Since I am actually performing my service of presence for them I have a hard time going into deep meditation. I decided that I would use this time to perform Reiki on myself, stretch quietly if the movement doesn't distract them from falling asleep, and doing more 'active' meditation. I call it active because instead of going within and finding my quiet place I visualize. Today my visualization was a guided meditation that was a beautifully Divine gift. I allowed the meditation to flow, the beauty of it was life changing. I will utilize this meditation regularly as it was extremely effective.



The meditation is centered around the 5 elements and clearing the energies of the body. It also assists with clearly seeing the chakras without the the interference of the body. Allow this to flow at its own speed and visualize each step feeling the sensations of each element as well as releasing any energies or feelings that come up. Just flow...



Sitting in the crossed leg or lotus position breath in deep cleansing/centering breaths. In through the nose and out through the mouth or nose. After feeling your center on your next exhale imagine your physical body slowly disappearing and draining out through your base chakra into the earth. Once the essence of the body is gone become aware of the aura that highlights the emptiness of your physical shape.
Become aware of your chakra column. Make note of any other energy points that may also be seen in the emptiness. At this time breath in to each chakra and balance if required, cleanse if needed, and speak to any new energy points to learn of their purpose, then just breathe.
When your are ready imagine a bright white light come into your emptiness from your crown chakra and fill the shape that was your form. Allow it to pulse and radiate out of your aura. Then on an in breath request the light to soak into your very being. Touching every molecule of your body, mind, and spirit. As it is being absorbed notice the light slowly reveal the physical body again. Once you feel the physical body again allow it to drain as you did before. Notice if it is faster, slower, or similar in speed.
Once the drain is complete on the next in-breath allow the element of fire to enter from your base chakra and feet chakras. Visualize the flames, witness the movement. What do your feel, what do you smell. Give thanks as it burns away all unwanted vibrations, energies, feelings, and unwanted thoughts. Once it has hit the crown chakra witness your physical form in flame. Notice the beauty and be aware of the sensations and feelings that may be coming up.
When you are ready visualize water in the form of a waterfall or rain entering in from your crown chakra and slowly putting out the fire and at the same time draining you and clearing you of what needs to be removed and let go. Using your base and feet chakras as drains into Mother Earth. Again, notice the sensations of what the water feels like, how it smells and what if any energies remain after the fire is extinguished and replaced. Feel the essence of water within you. Notice how calming and refreshing it feels. How akin you may feel to it as our body is made primarily out of this substance.
When you are ready notice at the base and feet chakras again the water forming into ice. Slowly moving up the legs, torso, hand, arms, neck, and then finally head. How does this feel, smell, taste, or sound. Is it heavy or constricting. What feelings come up with these sensations. Notice the colors and textures.
When you are ready imagine a warm red sand flowing in from the top of your crown chakra breaking down the ice and melting away unwanted feelings and releasing old patterns. As you feel the sand fill and swirl inside you notice how freeing you feel or what you may still be holding on to as the ice recedes and the sand connects with your base and feet chakras and finally into Mother Earth. Feel the connection to our host Mother. What areas of your body feel tight or still feel constricted.
When you are ready breathe in and request that the gift of wind blow away any remaining energies, vibrations, thoughts, patterns, or pain into the air to be sent back to the Divine Mother/Father God to be healed and transmutated. If it helps imagine a clear bubble of light that will gather the sand and energies that are being released. Once the wind has cleared you of all remaining sand allow the bubble to pop releasing and cleansing.
Notice that all that is now left is your empty shape again. Allow yourself to be filled with the white healing light again and slowly allow the physical form to enter from the crown chaka and complete itself at the base and feet chakras.
Breathe deeply. Give thanks and remember to follow any intuitive information you received and as always drink lots of water to help with toxin release.

Thank you Divine Buddha for your Love and Guidance with this meditation.

Namaste,
Leah

6.30.2009

A Poem of Truth and Love

Because I love you

I give my life to service
Because I love you

I dedicate my world to your breath
Your joy
Your happiness
Your centering and growth
Because I love you

I work daily to release all selfishness
Replacing myself with a soul-centered life
Filled with Divine knowledge and healing
Because I love you

I wake with the moon, the sun, or between
Touching the depths of my darkness to release the light
Breathing in the essence of God
Working endlessly to create a better earth space
Because I love you

I will share my joy, my souls light
I will teach you the ways of the Masters, the Angels
I will guide you to your own souls awakening- when you are ready
Today I will hold you in my arms and show you pure love
Because God showed me first and I felt her love

Today and always I will serve
Because I am loved

This is dedicated to my to little girls, the little girl that lives inside me, and to all of the souls of this world and beyond.

Love & Light,
Leah

6.29.2009

Growing in Healing

Reiki was a passion of mine before the gift of my daughters. I had been guided/drawn to it while I was still living a life of illness and addiction. Once I made my life change I knew it was time to follow the guidance and try the healing on myself. I was in the middle of a lot of life turmoil and needed healing on so many levels. The moment I put out my need for the right practitioner one was shown into my life. After that first healing I was hooked. There really is no way to describe how wonderful this healing love is to a restless pain-filled soul. It was transforming and it had only just started. I received two more session before my first spiritual gathering- then one more prior to taking my Reiki I & II attunements so I could become a healer as well. I thought the healing sessions themselves were transforming but I had no idea how powerful and self-fulfilling the attunements would be for me. They opened up my soul to a new awareness of God Love. They activated a code locked inside my center to be awakened for the remainder of this human lifetime. I was now a healer. This was something I had wanted for so long and I was now able to do this on myself and others. I continued to receive healing sessions which only magnified my internal healings. I was able to rid myself of a very painful condition which has not come back since that time. I was also able to start healing wounds so old and deep they blistered inside as they were released and cleansed. Most of all, I was awakening the Divine self within.



I was given the gift of receiving my final Master attunement from a Diving Loving soul next to a running stream in the middle of the New Mexico desert on grounds that I personally consider sacred. As the full moon lunar eclipse prepared for its debut I received the gift of contact with the Ascended Masters and Angels smiling down on me as I sat receiving the God Love that is Reiki. This experience was so beautifully Spiritual and Life changing. I will cherish this moment as it was the shift of release from an old life into a new one.



I utilized Reiki while pregnant and on occasions after the babies were born but I truly let the daily process of opening and receiving the gift be put aside for feedings and much needed sleep. I always felt it swirling inside and knew that the time would come when my passion would have time to move into my life again. While in meditation I was drawn to an energy inside myself that sparked a flood of ideas and information for the future. I was to use Reiki in my daily life again not just for myself but to start healing others, and also to teach. I have decided to return yet again to class to learn the practice of attunement and to share it with those that need it. We are all born healers in our own way. I will assist in passing this God Love to those that need it, request it, or find it to be their path also. I have now returned to my daily healing of self and I am growing more aware of how strong this healing love is in these new days. Much more potent than just two years ago. I also notice that is helps clear the aura and lower vibrational energies more effectively. I am honored that I have this experience of see how the shift of our world is changing all things-living or otherwise. In my growing and healing I am more of myself than I have ever been. What a wonderful gift to give myself and a wonderful way to honor the Divine Mother/Father God.



Be the change you want to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi



Namaste,

Leah

6.21.2009

I AM that I AM

I first heard 'I am that I am' said at a spiritual retreat I was on a few years ago. It was the first spiritual gathering I had ever attended and I was in my element but also very overwhelmed. I realized how closed up I had kept myself for so many years. The meaning of this statement went right over my head. I researched it later and realized its magnitude. I didn't however get 'it'. I didn't understand that I was God as much as God was me.

This last week and a half has been huge for me- another major transformation. Maybe it is better put that I have fought my way out of my cocoon. As I have sat on the tree of life letting the sun dry my wings I have become profoundly aware of my God-Self. Staying centered in my own body and soul the Grace of God fills me- completes me- with ever breath. I have found a center that is unlike any center of peace I have experienced. I can now see it clearly when I move away from it. I drench myself in Love the moment I wake and bathe in it at any moment by simply breathing in and becoming conscious of the Grace that fills my life- my being. This process is new and so I have to be aware of it at times moment by moment. I do not ever want to leave it- ever again. To be in the Grace of God is not a gift that was given to me. It has been my birth right from the moment I entered this body. I was only required to accept this truth and take it into my being. Pause for a moment and realize what I have just said because this truth is also your truth. If I could give one ounce of this Grace to each of you for just one moment you would want to bathe yourself in it daily also. This shift of thinking however is a path that is walked alone. Self-Love has been the key to my awakening. My breaking free to become the beautiful multi-colored butterfly that I am. This last month of building up my Self-Love has been a struggle, a hardship, a magnificent process of healing. I could not have asked for a more profound outcome.

I view myself now with a renewed sense of how truly powerful the Love of God is and how truly powerful I am by just changing my thoughts and focusing my intent. I have moved mountains of pain and heartache. I have removed toxins, cleared myself of lower vibrating energies, and continue to remove all fear based cords, memories, and programing. This process was done through my soul and with the assistance of mantra, affirmations, and prayer. I also received assistance from higher vibrational beings that I requested help from who lovingly received my prayers and assisted where they were needed. I trusted the process. I moved with the flow and always believed the outcome would far out weight the short term pain or discomfort. I owed myself this because I am a child of God. To honor my wonderful being I have to provide a solid foundation from which to grow from. My path of service is one of a lifetime. I now know that while I walk this path alone physically I will never have to be alone spiritually.

I look around on this tree of life that I am perched on. The sun is shining down warming my wings. The air is warm and full of wonderful smells and full of life. A life energy so tangible I can feel it embrace me in my new form. Sultry and smooth it caresses my skin urging me to take flight. I see myself and notice the crystal like color of my soul radiating off my body. I am ready.

I am that I am.

Love & Light,
Leah

6.14.2009

The Gift of NOW

My spiritual process in life has had lots of highs and lows. I dive in and dig deep. Feeling all the energy fill me, transform me, break me up and tear me out then put me back together again. I spin, weave, and create. Then, I fall- I loose my grip on my process. A major life trauma or change occurs and I'm off to focus, ground, and deal with the issue all the while getting myself lost along the way. All the healing and transformation isn't lost- I just get lost. At age 29 I refused to let anything get in my way. By the end of my 30th year I was faced with another huge life change. The pregnancy of my twin girls.

The year prior to this news I had attended spiritual retreats. Enjoyed a spiritual journey of traveling alone for 10 days. I met my husband. I quit a job that had for a very long time no longer served me. I sold my home. I was off to have another adventure in life when I was struck with the reality of new life coming through me. As I meditated what this would mean I had to take a deep long look at myself, my process of spiritual growth and the understanding that I would now share my life with two little souls for a very long time. This shift was far from easy for me. I sought counsel from other spiritual like minded people who all thought this blessing was a wonderful new chapter. Finally after a month of crying, begging for understanding Kuan Yin came to me and gave me wisdom. These souls choose me and hubby because of the life I could offer. The Masters choose me because I would understand and honor what was required of raising such enlighten souls. She kissed me, bathed me in her love and stayed with me and my babies the remainder of my pregnancy. After that experience all of life's gifts were centered on only the babies. I could not focus on any spiritual reading except that which was written for women and most importantly newly expecting mothers (two whole books). My inner guidance was on high alert and if my ego tried to get in the way it was quick to remind me of my path. I was to dedicate my life from the point of knowing of my girls to their first birthday. The year and 9 months were a huge shift from what I had done previous but I learned to settle in. When ever I was restless someone or something gave me a God-shot reminding me where I was supposed to be. The solar eclipse a few days after their birthday lifted a veil that had been covering my eyes. The change was almost instant. My babies changed too. They learned to walk within a week of this shift.

From this moment on I have been slowing building up my spiritual muscles again. Starting off slow with some reading, joining a conference call that turned out to be all women and turned into a Goddess Circle. From there I was off. I could not gain enough information. I could not do enough change, shift, transformation, tearing, breaking. I was right back on my path of spinning and quickly becoming a mom who was burning her wick at both ends. I was different however. I was now a women who could listen, be still and quiet and just listen. I documented on this blog my shift over a three month period of honoring the Spring Festivals and through this process I had heighten my awareness, my gifts. I was ready to to deal with this process much differently this time. I quieted myself, and just sat. My heart breaking and my tears flowing I forced myself to just listen. That is when the calm came. The calm that said "Live in this moment now". It went on to show me that I can not possibly learn all that I need to learn or do all the service I am intended to do in this life time today, tomorrow or even a year from now. Just live in the now. Be here right now.

So, here I am, NOW. In this moment I am more centered and focused because of NOW. I have accomplished more in the last few days living in NOW than I have in the week prior. I process all the emotion, all the learning, all that is with more life and love because it is NOW.

Thank you God. Thank you Masters. Thank you Angels for this gift.

'I speak to you, Be still, Know I am God.'
http://essene.com/GospelOfPeace/VisionOfEnoch.htm

Namaste,
Leah

6.08.2009

Festival of Goodwill

The full moon was this Sunday. The last full moon of the three spring festivals to celebrate. The Festival of Goodwill is a celebration of love, light, wisdom and a grounding of the energies from the two previous festivals. It is a festival for Humanity. The energy of this festival is magnetic and was very easy to sense and tap into with very little effort. The full moon in Gemini was huge for me this year. I have been working so hard on creating positive change in my life on all levels along with grounding the vibrations of the festivals. My body and soul had reached a climatic level of energy, of power, of love, of overwhelming joy and sorrow. I felt as if I was swimming in a sea of emotions and I was caught in the current. The build up of these emotions and energy had need for escape. I found refuge in- drinking large amounts of water, walking and spending time in nature, I ate fresh fruit and veggies, cried, laughed huge belly laughs, sat quietly praying, and at one point my body broke out in small hives which I could only drink water and attempt to clear the energy. I have experienced sensations like this before but this time I was spinning. I was also finding it hard to remain centered while living in family time. My girls were also feeling the affects of this moon which made centering even more crucial. On Saturday night I was finally able to go to my sacred space and just sit with all the vibrations, other worldly beings and souls and give thanks. I opened my heart chakra first then the other chakras and prayed for guidance, for a clearing and release. My chakra column became a tree trunk, the energy spinning from my body down into the earth spreading like roots filled with iridescent light. The love, the power, the grace of the Christ and Buddha essence all flowed from me into the earth and sprouted out from my aura field vibrating the room as it rippled out into the universe. I was my own star. I was my own lighting strike. I was the seed, the roots, and the tree all at once. For that moment my soul was illuminated at I reached the heavens on the wings of Angels. Then there was peace.

I was centered. Quiet. The movement, the spinning, it all just ceased. I was at peace. I had a deep knowing from within that I had helped create one more thread in the weave of this new paradigm. Joining in prayer for humanity. Prayer for the Divine Plan to continue to manifest on this beautiful Earth.

I heard my voice speak the prayers of a thousand years as I asked for guidance, renewal, protection, release of negative lower vibrations and most importantly the removal of fear. I offered myself again to the service of humanity. I opened my heart to the Divine love of God and was healed.

I am where I need to be right now at this very moment. I know I am the Spiritual Warrior. I know I am the student and the teacher. I know from within that all I need is already within me. I know that this too shall pass into time on the whispers of the wind.

God Bless
Om Shanti Shanti Shanti Om

Leah

6.06.2009

Good Night, God Bless you baby

My little girls are growing up. The reality of their growth is breath taking at times. To remember holding their little hands in my own as they slept in my arms. How they would fall asleep while breastfeeding, drunk on the warm goodness. The first time they smiled. Their little giggles at the funny faces I use to make at them while they hung out in their rocking seats. Holding them now is still a favorite pastime for both them and me but now it is on their terms and generally lasts for very short periods of time. Their sweet smiles have turned into talking, crying over lost toys, and general babble over everything they discover and want to say. They do actually speak real words now and understand the general concept of what I tell them- unless it means them doing something other than what they want to do. I smile as I say that because they have the most wonderful little personalities. They love to love. They kiss and hug each other and my hubby and me. They share excitement over Elmo's theme song, the opening song to CBS Sunday morning, and seeing the dogs for the first time each morning. They love reading books- when I read them or if they pretend to read them on their own. They also have a mind of their own when it comes to doing things they should not to be doing. Having each other is a God send as they always have someone to enjoy life with while building with their blocks or pushing their carts around and filling them with toys. They laugh, play, and cry with each other- true sister love.

Our long summer days here in the Pacific Northwest have caused our babies to stay up later and wake earlier. This is not a good combination when your a growing busy little 15 month old. So hubby covered the windows with heavy paper to block any light from entering during sleep time. The darkness is why I stand over them right now. It frightened them and they called for me seconds after I shut the door good-night. They both have laid down and are twisting and shifting butts up in the air like babies do trying to find just the right spot for their heads, legs, feet, and hands. This goes on for a short time and then the deep sighs and slowing of their breath signal that it is almost time for me to go. As I look upon them I see their chubby little legs and arms and burn their memory into my brain. I want to always remember what they looked like as they slept. Next year my time will be even less needed when the darkness comes. I won't be any less important, just a different kind of important. As I take a deep breath and get ready to leave I hear an Angel whisper 'They are not yours to have, just yours to hold and help bloom.'

Good night sweet little babies, God bless you always.

Love & Light,
Leah

6.03.2009

Honoring my body's request

Becoming a vegetarian this time around was a request my body had been making for a few months now. My body had been slowing reaching a point of complete intolerance to meat of any kind. Since January I had heard the small voice inside request more vegetables, fresh foods verses fried, and items to eat that were not processed or cooked with tons of sodium. I would ache, feel tired and sluggish, even down right sick when denying these requests. I eventually reached a point where food just didn't even seem enjoyable anymore. I love food so this change was saddening and an obvious sign that something needed to happen. When I would silence the outside world I would hear the voice cry for what it really needed and the healthy change would make all the difference.





I didn't take this request lightly. I knew that it would not only affect my life but my household as well. My loving husband is a proud meat eater. I knew he would no doubt support me I also knew he would still enjoy eating the flesh of animals daily without thinking twice. With this in mind I had to research how to balance feeding myself and my family meals daily without becoming a short order cook. I found support in books, my husband, and from Divine guidance all of which showed how easy this transition would be if I took the time to be prepared.



Two weeks into this change I do feel better. I find myself getting fuller sooner. I also find that my body is now cleansing itself of toxins and impurities. I believe this has partially to do with my food switch and also in part to the other changes I've made in my life. The process is a growing experience in preparation, understanding, and honoring the Divine Temple I live in- my body.



Walking has also become a large factor to how I'm feeling. This grounding exercise I usually do with my little girls. They enjoy the outside as much as I do. Moving my body and pushing myself beyond my perceived limits has brought a new sense of strength. It brings a calm and centering when all the transitional energies become to much to hold inside. Walking brings this peace inside that fills me full and empties me with every step. I am grateful for the health I have and the ability to release in such a healthy way as often as my days allow.



The other changes I'm making to my facial, hair and body products as well as home cleaning products are small but are starting to make a huge impact on my well being. I feel lighter and more responsible for what I'm putting on (and eventually through absorption) in my body. The research that was required to make this change made me feel more informed and aware of how mindless some decisions are made based on what mass media suggests. I am grateful for this awareness. I am my own mind and choose to make choices that are healthy for me and this beautiful blue planet we call Mother Earth.



From within I hear the birth of a new Leah being born. My values, ideals, and vibrations are all shifting to a more balanced centered awareness. I honor this shift and bow my head as I am blessed.



Namaste,

Leah

5.28.2009

I walked with Eagle

These last few days have been fast moving and full of wonderful adventures both with family and from within. Family first- my little ones are growing like weeds. It seems like just yesterday that we brought them home. I still laugh at our start as parents and how all the books and classes we took really could not prepare us for taking care of two little babies at once. It is now sunny out and just in time for my little ones to start exploring the world outside their stroller. Gone are the days of viewing the world from a safe sitting position. So the back yard and play parks are on the list for exploration. Lucky for me I've already stocked up on natural sunscreen and hats. They love the dirt. They like to eat it, throw it, rub it in their clothes and skin. Oh, and they also like flowers. The colors, smells, and textures are simply irresistible to them. We bought an azalea plant to represent them and planted it in the yard for them to see. It's nice to honor their new souls into the world. We took a trip to the park to let them walk in the grass and swing. If you ever want to connect with your inner child put a small little child in a swing and watch her face as she feels the feeling of flying through the air. The smiles, the laughs, the pure joy of being free. They both glow at this experience. I soak in their joy and hold their pure love for life in my very being. Purity is looking at the world for the very first time. Looking at it through my child's eyes is as close as I have come to feeling this purity again.



Since my manifestation of working on my body this cycle my body has taken little time in letting me know what it needs. I'm in the process of switching over to all natural products for hair, skin, and home. This process started over a month ago but is ramped up due to body needs. The endless search for home products finally ended and look forward to receiving them soon. Skin and hair are next. I've already been using some products but have not liked the outcome or all that needs to be done just for my face to be clean and moisturized. With that said I'm on to another avenue which I hope to receive soon. Exercise has become vital again. I actually crave the movement and am grateful for the ability to go and get outside as needed. My biggest change has happened in the last week. I'm officially a vegetarian, again. This has been a long time coming and it happened much slower than the first time. I wanted to make sure it was right and worked for my whole lifestyle as I am the main cook in the house. I've bought some new books to give me ideas on family cooking and long term health vitality for myself. I'm actually very happy with this change and plan on writing about this shift another time.



Spiritually I continue to expand and grow. This week I attended another spiritual gathering with a wonderful group of women and as always that helped me continued expansion and also assisted with understanding some feelings that came up earlier in the week. During our group meditation my heart chakra that has been aching for weeks now seemed to open up and then rip open feeling larger than my body. I was very sensitive later that night and could almost feel the feelings of everyone I encountered. As I was doing a meditation prior to going to bed I was shown my heart chakra from above. The magnitude of this vision explained my pain and sensitivity. It looked like the Grand Canyon in shape. It had very deep valleys and broke off into different directions. It glowed the color of pink and pulsed. As I was looking at it I was feeling so many different emotions; feeling so many different thoughts and experiences heal all at once. A white linen cloth was placed over it. I asked why and was told it was for protection. You could still see the outline and faint color as the cloth was almost soaked into the space. I awoke still feeling very raw and open. It felt as though my heart was ripped wide open and breath work was all I could do to provide any easing of pain. I choose to take a long walk by the water with my girls to clear myself- I just could not be confined to an inside space. As I started the walk an Eagle flew very low over my head. She followed me down the path, rested on a high perch and then just when she was out of view she came around the mountain side and took another perch where we could continue to be in each others space. As I entered the forest portion of the walk we said good-bye. Eagle has always represented to me that I am walking on the right path with God. I smiled and knew that in honoring myself I was being honored. The sparrows ate in the low hills around us. The sun made the water glitter and shine. In the distance I witness Mt. Rainer and all his glory standing tall still covered with snow. I left the walk still very sensitive but more grounded and on the path to healing. As I write this the sensation of being ripped open is gone. I am grateful for the continued expansion and love that I receive as I walk this path.

I am blessed beyond words.

It is my honor to serve and I am honored to share my journey with you.

Namaste,
Leah

5.26.2009

I love my Body!

Less than a week ago you more than likely would never have heard me say this. I, like most American women have had a body complex for the majority of my life. I had a good year and half period where I was really happy with my body but for the most part it has always been one thing or another that needs changing, needs loosing, needs fixing. As of Sunday I no longer hold my body to the standards set by mainstream media or anyone or thing except the standards my body requests.

Listening to what my body needs is nothing new to me. I have for over three years now tried to honor major requests and follow through. This body is the temple for my soul. While its true that you can't take it with you this doesn't mean you must abuse it either.

My two biggest reasons for my life shift are the need to honor the vehicle that has withstood all the abuse and neglect and still bounced back the second I asked it to. The other reason is my little girls. I want to raise them with a healthy body image and the only way to do that is to look in the mirror and start getting honest with myself before they grow to understand what Mommy really thinks of her body.

I have worked so hard to clear my spiritual being without spending much time working on the physical side. This moon cycle I am honoring my body and all my thousands of parts. I love it, honor it, feed it and water it with the respect it deserves. It's voice is heard loud and clear and is very grateful for the acknowledgement.

Today I stand before you a women in love with herself. I am curvy, sassy, freckled, fair skinned, curly frizzy haired and very happy. I have scars that remain long after my babies exited my body and I'm grateful for them because I was able to carry my little ones to term and they both were born healthy. I have eyes that are aging as my latest eye appointment proved but I'm grateful because I can see the world and all of it's beauty. I am grateful that I am in good health, that I can walk a mile or more and still breath easy, play with my daughters and at the end of the day live to meditate and sleep easy in my body one more day.

I love you body. Thank you for waiting for me to come around.

Love & Light,
Leah

5.21.2009

By the light of the full moon

I would like to start out by saying how much I love full moons. I have always enjoyed how much light they bring when camping under the stars. How everything has a wonderful glow to it under a full moon. You can feel the magic of the moonbeams dancing in the leaves, touching the ocean as it rises, kissing the mountain tops covered in snow.



My daughters and I also share a connection with the moon. I conceived under the summer solstice full moon and my labor started right after the lunar eclipse had finished.



My most favorite thing is how I feel tingly when I meditate to the vibration of the full moon. Utilizing the energy of the moon through all its cycles is something I am newly discovering and I find that I have for sometime actually been displaying a natural rhythm with the Goddess Moon- not just on her big shining night.



In April the full moon was considered the first of three Spring Festival full moons observed by many all over the world but traditionally associated with Eastern traditions. During the Spring Festivals the full moon in April/Aries, May/Taurus, and June/Gemini are honored and ritual is held to bring in the Divine energies that correlate with each moons energy. I have for a few years now observed the full moon in Taurus, known as Wesak, as the sacred moon and honored it with love and prayers. This year I was given the knowledge that lead me to not only honor the whole Spring Festival but to also do so with the intent that was created for these sacred times. In doing so I have created my own personal spiritual power time for personal growth, manifestation, and the gift of increased vibrational energy. This has not only been such a sacred blessing but a much needed affirmation that all I have done in the last three years is on the right path for myself, my family, and importantly for the betterment of all.



The Aries full moon is better known as the Easter Festival or the Festival of Christ. It honors the Christ energy or Christ Consciousness that is so lovingly being spread to all of humanity. It is about Love and the Heart Chakra. The center where God lives withing each of us. It is also about rebirth and reorganization. The process of rebirth is not to be taken lightly as I quickly learned when I used this time to ask for clarity and a cleansing of the mind and body. I had created a goal that I wanted to clear old patterns and restructure my energy fields to vibrate at a higher level letting go of all that no longer served me. Meditation and long nights of dream work assisted me in meeting my goals and releasing huge amounts of old 'stuff' that I thought was long gone. It felt good to face myself and free these thoughts and patterns back into Mother Earth for healing and regeneration. Tough as it was sometimes it was necessary.



As I prepared for the Wesak Festival, considered the holiest of days by some, I started to read up on how this holy day was viewed and the ritual that took place to best grasp the energies and make the most of what was being gifted to each of us. This Festival observes the Buddha and now also honors the Christ as both serve and radiate the Divine Love of God and bring this love to each of us as the Divine gift. Blending the East and West as one- a true gift for us at this time. I had in previous Wesak moons connected with the Buddha energy. It is almost tangible in the air if you just sit and meditate on it for a short amount of time. After receiving my gift of connection with the Buddha energy I moved to connecting with the energy of Christ. Then moved to my final goal, connection with the energy of the Hierarchy. My purpose of this process was to honor the Divine work that was being done by all the Divine beings of the Hierarchy and to offer my service and devotion to the Divine Plan. As I write the words I still continue to grasp the magnitude of what I have done. Truly accepting that my path in life is a path of service has been a huge process of acceptance on my part. It has been a knowledge I have always had but to truly work and reach the point of acceptance and then commitment was like jumping off the cliff into infinity. The ceremony was simple. The prayer and meditation beautiful. The connection was Divine. It was just simply gorgeous.



Words can not express how my life has changed with this simple yet profound experience. The world through my eyes does not appear the same, nor does it feel the same. I enjoy life more fully. I love more deeply. My smile is natural and is shared with all I cross paths with now. I also notice things that need to be healed or corrected within myself and feel the need for attention to them more acutely. I feel lighter. I feel more empathetic but more in control of it now. My prophetic ability has grown threefold- a skill I try to practice as often as possible. My biggest change, most importantly, is I now have purpose. I have my path set out before me. The path leads into a mist but that's OK because I don't need to know exactly where I'm going anymore- just that I will be guided to get there. I also know that at the end of this day my gratitude will be expressed more fully and my life lived more honorably because I did it for the betterment of all in the name of God.



I am not perfect. I am still human and grateful of the fact that I can smell the rain, touch the flowers, hear the waves and at the end of the day whisper sweet prayers to my little girls while they sleep. The human condition is one of senses and possibilities. I have given myself to assisting my fellow beings on their paths, with special focus on the children of our planet. It is my honor and gratitude to be given this wonderful opportunity in life. I am excited to share it with each of you.



With all my Love & Light,

Leah

5.19.2009

Starting the process of new direction

It seems like it has been a long road to this point in life.


I finally feel a direction, a purpose to all that happened in life up until this moment. You would think having twin girls just 15 months ago would give one a sense of purpose, but really I knew deep down I would do more in addition to helping my little earth angels grow and bloom into their own little beings. My goal is to share my process, my loves in life, stores of how my family grows and changes during the paradigm shift we are currently undergoing here on earth. I also hope to show that change and growth into a more centered life in this new world is a lot easier when you go with the flow, accept what comes up on the surface and decide how best to use it or release it if it no longer serves.




I believe that we each have something to bring into this new paradigm, this new era. Our light dwells within each of us. Reach in and grab hold of your inner strength, it has been waiting for you all along.




With much love and excitement I invite you to follow my journey into the great love of God's wonderful light we call life.


Love & Light- Leah