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  • How to Center Yourself

    Here is another great article I found by the author of Emotional Freedom- Dr. Judith Orloff. I thought it might be helpful to some of you when you start feeling a little off kilter energetically.

    Light and Love
    Sister Bridget Corfield
    www.spellmaker.com

    **begin article***

    How to Center Yourself

    by Judith Orloff MD

    Watch your diet. Notice what foods feel good, which do not. Your body will
    tell you what it requires. Usually, denser foods-meat, chicken, fish–have
    more of a grounding effect than grains, vegetables, or fruit. I'm not a big
    meat eater but if my body announces, "I need a hamburger," I will devour one.
    Listen to your body's signals. Notice how they fluctuate.

    Do mundane tasks. Mindfully focusing on everyday chores can bring you back
    to your body. Grocery shopping, going to the bank, paying bills, washing
    clothes, taking out the trash, or cleaning the yard can be grounding. These
    activities anchor you in the here-and-now by drawing on the luminous nature
    of the ordinary.

    Practice Anonymous Service. Do something nice for someone without taking
    credit for it. Hold the elevator for a little old lady. Let someone go
    before you in line. Serve food to the homeless. Give a charitable donation.
    Anything that shifts the focus from you to helping others. No deed is too
    small. The act of giving–especially when you're most frazzled–opens your
    heart, is regenerative.

    Spend Time in Nature. As poet William Wordsworth put it, civilization can be
    "too much with us." People, cars, the news, telephone cables matting the sky,
    all can keep us from our bodies, divorce us from what is natural. Regularly
    take at least a few hours out from your routine. Visit the beach, a forest, a
    canyon, a river. Choose a spot that moves you. Aboriginals seek out windswept
    plains for purification. Native Americans go to fresh streams to clarify
    their inner vision. (Any water source, including a bath or shower, can
    cleanse and purify.) Tibetan monks pilgrimage to mountaintops. Allow yourself
    to draw on the earth's primordial forces. Savor the beauty of a twilight,
    sunset, or dawn. Let them nourish and restore you.

    Meditate. Sitting in meditation is a life-line to your center, to the
    earth. By calming the mind, you can re-align with your essence. Close your
    eyes. Focus on your breath. Then gently extend your awareness downward to
    strata, bedrock, minerals, and soil. From the base of your spine begin to
    feel a continuity with the earth's core. Picture having a long tail that
    roots in that center. Allow the earth's energy to infuse your body and
    stabilize you. If you meditate for five minutes or an hour this is sacred
    time.

    **end article**

    more articles can be found at Dr Orloff's website drjudithorloff.com

  • New Beginnings……it’s never too late.

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    Happy 2009! With the Inauguration earlier this week, and so much talk on the tv and news and web about reinventing America, about banding together and helping each other, it really got me thinking about new beginnings and what that means to me.

    The more and more I thought about it, I dont believe its EVER too late for a new beginning, to begin reinventing oneself, to head for a path full of light rather than dark. Sometimes I have been stuck in quite a funk, or a rut, or what have you, just like many of the people that write me (Believe me when I tell you I HAVE been where you are, and I do know what you are going thru!). This time of year is especially bad, as it is when we often see New Years Resolutions go by the wayside, the days are short, and in many areas, the weather is bad. It can be a very low time for people. And the whole Resolution gig – who came up with that? Not anyone who lived in today's chaotic world!

    After surfing the net a bit, I came across the idea of something called a Personal Mission Statement. Some of you business-minded folks might know about Mission Statements as they relate to businesses and corporations. Well, a Personal Mission Statement isn't all that much different. It is a mission statement, or collection of affirmations about how you want to live your life. What values guide you? What long term goals do you desire? Think of a personal mission statement as a new years resolution that you have a lifetime to work towards – that if you stray from your path, the next day you get up and dust yourself off and turn your compass back towards your mission statement.

    Over the next few blogs, I will go over the steps to writing a personal mission statement, and if you have any questions, please do post them in the comments. You can even post your results after each step if you like 😉 I think that would be encouraging to others as well! I am really looking forward  to this process, and I hope you enjoy it.

    On a side note – those of you with the Winter doldrums have no fear — February is coming! I know, I know, I hear you, February is still Winter……. BUT it is also the month of the Spellmaker Family month long ritual to Erzulie Freda! And that ALWAYS warms things up where ever you may be! Keep your eyes pealed for an email from Mambo Sam about Erzulie Fest 2009!

    Light and Love
    Sister Bridget