Tag: spellmaker
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Meditation Techniques For Beginners.
What is life without happiness and contentment? Full of stress. Meditation is one of many ways to deal with stress. Meditation cannot be well described, it can be experienced, tho!
While medications bring in side effects to any problem, the side effects of meditation only include confidence, positivity, self-belief,
contentment, patience and sorry to pause but they are really countless
(many which you may never be able to express to anyone).For beginners, there are some simple steps to help you reap the immense benefits of meditation:
Counting your Breaths
This is perhaps the simplest meditation technique for beginners.
Concentrate
on your each breath that goes in and out. This helps you tap its
rhythm, it is in fact but natural to find it hard to concentrate. So,
do not be disappointed and start tapping the rhythm of your breath
again. Do not stress your mind by trying too hard to regulate your breath.Try
breathing initially without counting for a few minutes and when you
believe your breathing is at a regular pace and cycle, then start
counting it.Set targets on the basis of the duration or number of breaths and gradually increase them.
Important
Note: After you are done, the process of opening your eyes, accepting
the surroundings and getting up should be slow and gradual.Visualization Method of Meditation (Essentially for tension and stress)
In
this method, sit down, close your eyes and start breathing like in the
previous form. Now, start visualizing your each breath going in through
your nose, filling up your lungs and as it goes out.Start to visualize all the positive thoughts coming in and the negative thoughts going out with each breath.
Then visualize an image or situation that instills a feeling of calmness and serenity in you.
Gradually visualize all your senses like smell and touch.
Flame Mediation
In this method, light and place a candle at eye level in a semi dark room.
Prior to focusing on the candle, sit down close your eyes and do deep breathing like in the previous methods.
Next, open your eyes and focus on the flame while breathing deeply.
Do not think of anything but the flame.
Now, close your eyes and visualize the flame for as long as you can conveniently.
When the image of the flame disappears while your eyes are closed, open your eyes and focus on the flame again.
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“Strength, Courage & Wisdom”
Hi there!
Thought I would get the discussion about songs rolling! Here is a song I really like to play while getting ready to do ritual work. Not the typical beat that I would play actually for Ogoun, but I really like the message and the frame of mind it puts me in while getting ready for work! Hope you like it too 😉
Light and Love
Sister Bridget
"Strength, Courage & Wisdom" by India Arie
Inside my head there lives a dream that I want to see in the sun
Behind my eyes there lives a me that I've been hiding for much too long
'Cause I've been, too afraid to let it show
'Cause I'm scared of the judgment that may follow
Always putting off my living for tomorrow
It's time to step out on faith, I've gotta show my face
It's been elusive for so long, but freedom is mine today
I've gotta step out on faith, It's time to show my face
Procrastination had me down but look what I have found, I found[Chorus:]
Strength, courage, and wisdom
And it's been inside of me all along,
Strength, courage, and wisdom
Inside of meBehind my pride there lives a me, that knows humility
Inside my voice there is a soul, and in my soul there is a voice
But I've been, too afraid to make a choice
'Cause I'm scared of the things that I might be missing
Running too fast to stop and listenIt's time to step out on faith, I've gotta show my face
It's been elusive for so long but freedom is mine today
I've gotta step out on faith it's time to show my face
Procrastination had me down but look what I have found, I foundStrength, courage, and wisdom
And it's been inside of me all along,
Strength, courage, and wisdom
Inside of me[Bridge:]
I close my eyes and I think of all the things that I want to see
'Cause I know, now that I've opened up my heart I know that
Anything I want can be, so let it be, so let it be:.Strength, courage, and wisdom
It's been inside of me all along,
Strength, courage, wisdom
It's been inside of me all along, everyday I'm praying for:Strength, courage, and wisdom
And it's been inside of me all along,
Strength, courage, and wisdom
Inside of meVamp
I found it in me, I found it finally
I'm sure to keep it' cause I like it, I say thank you -
What is your favorite “Ogoun” song?
I recently was making a playlist in ITunes of my favorite songs I often play when working with Ogoun. It got me to wondering what other songs might be out there – what songs are YOU listening to? Post your favorite song here in the comments section, and you could (or you all could) win a prize at the end of the week 😉
AYIBOBO!
In Service,
Sister Bridget
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Spellmaker Family Free Online Prayer Group.
The next Spellmaker Family Free Online Prayer Group will be on April 20 at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time (that is 8:00 p.m. Central, 7:00 p.m.
Mountain, 6:00 p.m. Pacific). The prayer group is free, and open to the public. Come Pray with us – or send in a prayer request for yourself or someone in need. All Are Welcome!Details can be found here.
The group is run by a very dedicated group of Khouzhans. (Khouzhan=a person who has received at least one initiation of the 9 initiations
to become a Voodoo Priest or Priestess of the Spellmaker Family House.) These lovely ladies make the chat room environment warm and friendly, and also keep the requests moving along nicely. Stop by for a few minutes or stay and pray with us 😉 You will be very glad that you did!In Service,
Sister Bridget
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El Santuario de Chimayo.
Hi All!
I am just back from spending a wonderful week with MaParents (aka Mambo Sam and Parran Matt) 😉 During my visit, we took a trip to El Santuario de Chimayo. I know Mambo Sam has mentioned Chimayo during chat class, so perhaps a few of you reading have heard of this beautiful church before. During Easter Week, many people (thousands of people) make a pilgrimage to Chimayo and throughout the week I was visiting, people could be seen headed north on foot. The church itself is visually beautiful, and very comfortable and inviting. A small room called el pocito (the little well) contains a round pit, the source of "holy dirt" (tierra bendita) that is believed to have healing powers. (I have a nice baggie full of healing dirt on hand now~!) In a room adjacent to the little well, is a prayer room, where there are pictures of people with prayer requests. Also in this room is a large collection of crutches and canes discarded by folks who felt they no longer needed them after visiting!
The trip to Chimayo was just one of the great experiences I had on my trip to NM. I have lots of photos to post and stories to relay 😉 Keep an eye out in the coming weeks!
Hope you all had a wonderful Easter!
In Service,
Sister Bridget
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Do we have any Parrot Head Vodouisants out there?
I just got a hold of the new Jimmy Buffet CD that came out just before the holidays. The pictures were taken at a hotel in West Africa, near Timbuktu. The paintings on the walls behind Jimmy are really interesting! ( You can click on the pictures to make them larger )
Enjoy!
Light and Love
Sister Bridget

