A Sacred Space

One of the many lessons for me in this lifetime as an energy worker and teacher was to learn how to stand and hold the space for someone when they are learning how to work with energy. What does this mean, you may ask? It means knowing that you are connected to all things and everything without a doubt. In that moment you step out of faith into a full knowing and peace as you hold an energy with the Creator that allows miracles to happen in that presences without judgment. It is a sacred space that opens up when connected, reminding others of their own connection, ushering in unconditional love.

This past weekend I was reminded again how important it is to be aware of holding that sacred space. I had the opportunity to hear a story of a person whose spouse had been in an accident and the doctors were preparing them in case they didn't recover from the brain injuries. The one telling the story explained that in the chaos of the trauma they reached into their faith and then went into a full knowing that things were going to be okay in the end. As they held their vigil, their spouse miraculously recovered. In fact I met both of them and enjoyed visiting, not even realizing that one of them had suffered such a grave injury a year ago, until I was told.

Most of us don't even realize that we step into that space until we are tested with our love for others. It is something that we are becoming more and more aware of as we learn about energy and how we merge into the All. If there is a temptation to take over, or to manipulate someone else's experience then we are not in that space of unconditional love, but coming from a place of ego. It is to not for us to interfere once we move into that sacred space of connection to change others. It is for us to hold the energy so that they can find their way by being an example.

It was explained to me once that the vibration of moving into unconditional love and the All is an energy code that we all remember on some level of our being. It is when someone remembers and holds that energy code in their vibration and if we are not afraid we then can follow the code to find the combination that fits, to help us move into that energy of recovery, and being whole.

Photographs by Ana, Taos, NM

Why We Ground

One of the age old questions that I am frequently asked about in my classes is "why do we ground before doing energy work?" For many this topic is a no brainer but for those of us, me included, who seem to have to learn from experience, it is an important to understand how it works when working with energy. If you do a internet search you will find that the spiritual teachers agree that grounding is vital to energy work. Some will even warn you that if you are in a class and not being grounded then you are in a situation that is unhealthy for your well being.

Those people who are natural in astral projections or moving outside of the realm of the physical body are not limited to always being grounded as that is their natural state. But when you move energy inside the cellular structure or release old energy patterns that block the flow of the chakras and subtle bodies, grounding is key in bringing balance to the whole system. You see, we are energy beings in a physical body. We experience both of these sides as our human experience in the physical plane therefore we must remember who we are as a whole.

I first learned about being grounded when I was sixteen and spent that summer visiting my dad in Taos, NM. At that time he was painting, lecturing, and running an art gallery. When I arrived, my father was already busy with the tourist season, and not knowing what to  do with my time I became bored. Because of this I would follow him around like a shadow talking about my day non stop. Tired of tripping over me, my dad enrolled me in a Tai Chi class in the park. I went only because he dropped me off and insisted it would do me some good to get some fresh air.

Eventually I started to enjoy the class and began to learn a few things. Our master teacher explained how the earth is like a huge battery under our feet in which we could tap into energy whenever we needed to. He taught us how to plant our feet firmly into the ground, holding on to our stance, while pulling the energy up through the bottom of our feet into our chakras and subtle bodies. This exercise created heat within the core while moving the energy in our bodies and anchoring us into the physical form. From there, our thoughts were clearer and our movements were in line with the flow of the energy currents in and around us.

It was years later, when I started to work as an energy practitioner, that I was reminded once again to stay grounded or the effects of the energy work would be less effective. If, for any reason, I skipped this one step I would become extremely tired and light headed during and after the sessions.  If  I plugged into the energy of the earth before starting an energy session I was well able to hold the channel of the natural flow of energy moving through me as a conductor. As long as I stayed out of my own way I could work with clients and not feel drained or sick.

In classes, I like to use the analogy of a tree as an example to remember to ground before working with energy. When we look at the branches on the tree they reach out and spread into the sky. If you took that same tree and looked at it upside down you would see the same spread in the roots system connected into the ground. Which brings to mind a saying... "As above, so below and as below, so above". Like an electrical current, it is important to be connected both in the ethereal and the physical, to move the energy. And what better way to stay connected than by planting your feet into the earth.

Photographs by Ana

Repost "A Foot in Both Worlds"

I had a very interesting experience happen to me this past week. It happened while I was driving to the grocery store of all things. It was when I was in my car coming up to an intersection when all of a sudden I felt a slight shift and was deeply conscious that I really was a spirit being having a human experience. Now, I know the quote, "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.  I have even quoted this in the book I have written. This is not something new but in that moment it wasn't me seeing out of my human eyes in my own body. It was me seeing out of my spirit recognizing I was in a human body.

For a few brief seconds I was aware of more than just the routine drive to the grocery store and the tasks at hand. What I saw and understood on a much deeper level was well past my own life and even other people's lifetime experiences in their own physical bodies. In that moment I saw the connection of all the spiritual contracts with everyone in my own life and how we inner reacted with each other. I knew without question that this experience in this physical body was only a small amount of time as we would return back into our original forms of spirit in which that experience was massive in comparison of what we have experienced on this earth.

The analogy that came to my mind was like taking a trip to Europe and then returning back to our regular lives after the trip was over. This thought hit me as my brain tried to take over the whole experience in rationalizing and bringing into context of what was happening to me. As I sat there in my car I was aware that I was experiencing both the realities of the spiritual and physical worlds at one time. I could even feel my mind struggling to take back control of it's reality when again I felt a shift. When this happened I felt the whole experience began to slowly fade as a memory as I became more aware of driving to the grocery store with my grocery list still in my purse. By the time the light turned green for me to go I was well grounded in the physical world again but part of me was still in "awe" of the whole experience.

As I drove on I tried to put the whole experience behind me but knew if I ever wanted to go back to analyze what happened to me I could, if I really wanted to know more. One of the things that I have come to understand is that once you have an experience it seems to be imprinted in your memory. Today as I write the account of my experience I don't feel the need to question what happened. I know that what happened to me was very much real and that I am like everyone else on this planet a spirit being having a human experience.

Note:  I do not participate in recreational drugs to achieve these states.  They happen spontaneously.

Photo 1 by Steve Noyce at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth TX.
Photo 2 by Steve Noyce trees outside the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth TX.

Balance of the Energies

Remembering to clear one's self is the subject that really drew my attention this week. I noticed that as we go through our everyday routines we forget that we can take a few minutes to clear our energy centers and fields. When I say centers and fields I am referring to the Chakras and Subtle Bodies. One thing to keep in mind is that if we are running energy through our systems to clear ourselves sometimes energy can get blocked for whatever reason which can throw us off balance while we are clearing our fields. This feeling gives us the opportunity to acknowledge that there is something we need to pay special attention to, and to work a little more on those areas in the chakras or subtle bodies where the energies are stuck.

When I first started out working with energy I leaned that I needed to find a safe and quite space to practice. Home was the best place for me when I started this process. First I would get comfortable and close my eyes focusing on my breath while not trying to control it. After a little while I would then move my awareness into my Heart Chakra which is connected to the Astral body. There I would breath in white light and release any stress, fears, or worries that didn't serve my highest good on the out breath.

When I felt comfortable with what I released I would work my way down each chakra repeating the same process until I reached the Earthstar Chakra under my feet. There I would plant my energy into the earth for grounding and again when I felt good with being grounded I would then move my awareness quickly through the Chakra system back into the Heart Chakra and work my way up to the Crown Chakra.

Once I opened the pathways with white light I could take my awareness into the Soul Star Chakra located above the Crown Chakra enjoying the energy from the golden/white light. After basking in the light energy within the Soul Star I would take the gold/white light down through all my chakras all the way into my Earthstar Chakra. Then I would envision the gold/white energy expanding out through all the chakras, moving out through all my cells and out through my skin into the Subtle Bodies to repair any leaks or tears within them. This process is amazing in healing in balancing the whole energy system and can push out any attachments that may have slipped in. When done I would just sit in the energy and allow that feeling of peace to sweep over my whole being. After awhile I would go back into my Heart Chakra and come out of the mediation.


I also learned that instead of having to go into a heavy meditation that could take twenty or thirty minutes we can then move into clearing our fields in matter of a few minutes because the cellular, energetic bodies and subtle fields already know the drill. I have often sat at a red light and cleared my own fields by the time the light turned green and proceeded to go about my day. Anyone can do this but it is like lot like weight lifting. It builds upon itself. A majority of people can't lift a hundred pounds on the first day but we can work our way up to it.

Photographs by Angelique

Energy Frequency

Working with energy I have run into a topic with various people about keeping other people's energy out of their fields. Amazingly this is a common fear and one that I had myself when I started working as an energy worker.

As an Empath it is only natural to pick up on other's thoughts and feelings that are around us but it can also be a hinderance to our energy fields when it gums up our own inner workings. Too often it is easy to blame others for interfering with our energy frequencies but the truth is that we participate in this energy exchange. Some part of us, whether it is conscious or unconscious, is allowing our frequency to open up to the energy of others or allowing ourselves to be corded.

This is true even for those who are not energy workers and feel themselves being drained by others. It is our own responsibility to learn how to work and live in the physical world without shutting ourselves off from it. We must remember that we have the right to say, "No" and release the energy that is overwhelming us. We are not victims, but active participants in all energy exchanges, even the ones that we feel forced upon us. We have the right to deny access and we can block those pathways so we don't get overloaded.

Once, I was sitting with a dear friend having tea one afternoon and as we were enjoying our conversation I started to feel like I needed to take a nap. I was so tired that I was about to excuse myself and go on home. As I was barely able to keep my eyes open and concentrate, my friend excused herself from the table to go to the bathroom. While she was gone the tiredness started slipping away as I began to awake up when it dawned on me that I had been corded by her. I love my friend and knew that if she knew what was going on she would feel bad so I quickly did a body analysis of my energy field and sure enough found a cord in my solar plexus.

 After doing Reiki on my Chakra I then channeled-in gold and white light to release and heal the place where the cord had plugged in. I infused it with unconditional love with the intention that she no longer had access to my energy fields. By the time my friend came back I was no longer tired and was ready for round three of courses with our tea. My friend started the conversation up again and within a few minutes I noticed that she seemed to be a getting tired herself without my ample supply of energy. After about ten minutes into the tea she excused herself and went home letting me know that she was extremely tired.

Driving home, I remembered that in the past, my encounters with her had always left me going home afterwards to sleep for hours. This time I was unaffected. In fact I felt really good but I also understood that I had somehow allowed her unconsciously to have access to my energy because we were friends. This happens a lot more then people realize.

From this experience I learned that I had a say in who's energy I let in and who's energy I could block allowing me to have control over my own fields. I also learned that when I worked with someone or if someone did energy work on me and I didn't like their energy once we started I could allow the energy that resonated with me to work in my fields and deny the energy that I didn't like. There again I discovered the personal power that I had over my own energy fields. Once we all  learn this then we discover how much we really do have a say in our own lives both in the physical and spiritual world.

Photographs by Ana

" An Awareness"

A Dream

One night I dreamed that I was really sick and everyone that I came across in the world was sick. Then I saw myself talking to my friends and telling them when I remember getting sick and how it started. We all had the same thing. In my dream I saw a screen on the wall telling everyone how sick we were and how bad the symptoms and the pain would be that we would all experience.

As I looked around the house I realized that there were huge screens all over the place so I decided to go for a walk. I noticed on my walk there were screens everywhere all saying the same thing. I saw this man who stood out from the rest of us standing on the street and I asked about him. Someone told me that the man was crazy and to stay away from him. I noticed that he didn't seem to be sick or dying in any way, shape, or form. "He was not like us?"

That was when I woke up...

An Awareness

The next day on my drive over to see a friend I turned the radio on to listen to some music. I liked the song that was playing so I turned it up. I started to sing along when I realized what I was saying... "I am a Victim!"...."What? What did I just say?"... I listened paying close attention to the words realizing that I didn't like what it was saying so I turned the dial... Another song came on only this one talked about a Co-dependent relationship...  The next song was about hating someone. What????..

Later when I got home I turned the TV on and was surfing through the channels. Again I became aware of what I was hearing and seeing, only to recognize that a lot of it was about fear, loss of power, or taking someone else's!! 

Wow, "I didn't know I was really into it!" It was everywhere just like in my dream...

Photographs by Steve Noyce

Repost "Cheese Baby"

I know there are times in our lives that we have to learn the hard way. Those are the lessons that teach us so much about ourselves that no one else can help us as we have to move through our own experience to learn. This was such the case when I was working at the Acupuncture clinic in Fort Worth, TX. My friend who owned, and ran the clinic offered to cure me one day when I told her that I was Lactose intolerant. She offered to use tuning forks instead of needles as I don't like needles so I decided to take her up on it since I had nothing to lose. I got on her table, and she did a ten minute session with her tuning forks then let me lay there resting as the energy from the forks realigned the atoms in my physical body bringing it back into balance. I laid there for another ten minutes thinking to myself that I didn't feel a thing. I had no spiritual visions. I felt that I didn't have any sensation that anything had really changed except I felt relaxed from the treatment which was really nice. I went home thinking that nothing really happened, and quickly forgot about it.

 A few days later my little sister came to visit with the whole family. It was an amazing time with everyone together. One night she had a cheese platter with every kind of cheese you can think of. If you know me then you know that I love cheese, and have always had a love affair with it. I have no trouble at all helping myself to it only to know that being lactose intolerant I will eliminate it from my body within the few hours. I also know that with cheese I don't suffer any pain as it leaves so I don't have to worry about calories, or how much I eat as it all goes away.

This time no one in our family was eating the cheese as there were a lot of other goodies to eat.  I couldn't help myself as I tired one kind of cheese then another only to take seconds, or thirds possible even more of my favorites. Hours went by, and I was still good. It wasn't until the middle of the night when I awoke with this terrible stomach ache that I realized that something had gone terrible wrong. A rather large amount of pain ripped through my body, and tore at my insides as though I was about to go into labor. My stomach was hard, and I really thought I was about to have a baby. To put it mildly I tired to eliminate it, but had no such luck. My suffering for the rest of the night seemed endless, and continued on into the morning. I begged my husband to go to the store to find something to relieve me from my pain, or just finish me off. He was happy to oblige after being kept up all night. The relief was a slow process, but eventually came to an end.

It was then that I called my friend asking what had happened to me.  I told her what I had eaten, and she began to laugh on the phone as she explained that what I was experiencing was what most people do who are not lactose intolerant. My body was now functioning on a normal process of breaking down the cheese, and I had overloaded it. No longer could I have my fill of my favorite food. There were healthy limits.

With this realization I begged her to change me back to being lactose intolerant. I had lived over forty years with it, and knew how it worked in my body. I realized that at that point in my life I didn't want to change. Her answer was that her job was to fix people not break them. I ended up doing energy work on myself trying to bring myself back to where I was before her treatment as I felt comfortable being lactose intolerant. Eventually I was able to change my body back to the way it was before.

Years later I was teaching a class with my friend who is a Fire Walker. We had two students who were really trying to heal from certain experiences in their lives, and were really vocal about it. That is when my friend stopped, and turned directly to them asking if that they could be healed that day would they be okay with it. Now I remember thinking what an odd question that he was asking as I believed in my heart that we all want to be healed so that we can move on.  I remember that both students paused for a long time as we all waited to hear that they wanted to be healed. But it came to mine, and everyone's surprise as they both agreed that they didn't want to be healed because they understood how to live with their pain, and to heal would change the way they had to think, and live their lives. As I sat there in shock I heard a gentle guidance from within reminding me that I was not so much different as the cheese baby incident came crashing through my thoughts.

You see whether it is a spiritual, physical, emotional, or a mind experience that we are working on we are human after all, and sometimes the real cure can be more than what we are willing to achieve in that time in our lives.

Exercise to raise your vibration

Here is an easy exercise that I share with people to help raise their vibration by using Light.

In the beginning you may want to find a place where you wont be interrupted. You can either sit up or lay down. Find what works best for you to get comfortable. When you do then close your eyes and locate your center by going inside and concentrating on your Heart Chakra. It doesn't matter how you do this either by feeling or imagining it but allow yourself a few minutes to find that space within yourself.

Next become aware of your breathing. You don't have to hold it or count bot notice what you notice. This exercise is about you and recognizing when you are connected so take the time to become aware of the subtle changes and what is happening with you as you go through the exercise. After you feel comfortable with the rhythm of your breath then take your awareness into the lower Chakras, Solar Plexus, Second Chakra, and Base, going down through your feet, continuing on out of the soles of your feet grounding into the earth. Some people like to imagine roots going out into the ground. Another way is to take silver cords with anchors and find a place to anchor down. Do what works best for you.

When you feel comfortable then take your awareness back up through the lower chakras into the heart, throat, third eye, and up into the crown Chakra. This is fun as from there you can then go up into the Soul Star. There you can access a golden/white light that is both relaxing and healing. For some you may need to revisit this exercise a few times before experiencing the Light or even seeing it. If it is as far as you get for now don't worry as it is good that you are even practicing it. Take as long as you need to get yourself merged into the golden/white Light.

Once you adjust and are able to experience the Light you can use your intention to take that gold/white light down into your 7 Chakra bodies. You can move it into all seven in one mediation or do a mediation that works on one  Chakra at a time . The choice is up to you. The point is to expose and change the chakras into a higher vibration by using the light. It takes time and is a great way to do light work on yourself. The golden/white light also helps to balance the chakras and cleans them at the same time. When you feel comfortable and want to disconnect then take your awareness back into the heart Chakra and come out of the meditation when you are ready.

With practice you will be able to access the Light and find your center a lot quicker if you find yourself in a stressful situation. This exercise will help you to align with your higher self within a minute or a few seconds allowing you to connect and deal with the situation in a lot more balanced state. This opens up the bigger picture allowing you to see more options when you need them.  

Photographs by Steve Noyce; Marfa Texas

"2016 - A Time for Clearing"

2016 has come in like a hungry lion. For many the planetary shifts have affected more than just our relationships, but the environment around us. These energy shifts have created a lot of friction in different areas of our lives when we start to have old patterns resurface to be revisited. As we continue to adjust to the higher levels of energy that is now supporting us, it is a time to allow ourselves to become aware of patterns that we are working on and decide if we want to let go of them or to work them out so that we can move on.

This can be somewhat challenging when we are Empathic and tend to find ourselves distracted by what we pick up from others and what they are feeling or going through. Our job is to focus on our own energy patterns and recognize that while we can have compassion for others it is not the time to pick up what others are carrying and carry it for them.

Each person must do their own work to succeed in letting go. Those who are afraid to make the changes will continue to stay in these unhealthy patterns that create chaos in their lives and those who take the time to release it will find life less challenging. It is important to remember that what is good for one may not always be good for another. It all depends on the individual and what the life lesson is for that particular person.

2012 was another year that affected a lot of people. This type of energy clearing often brings out a lot of fear. But the flip side is that it is good for us to move on and let go of what is holding us down that no longer serves us for the highest good. It is what some may call a Spring cleaning of the soul.

The best ways to move through an energy clearing is find one's center, recognize when you notice something off, examine it, and decide if it is worth holding on to or letting go. This kind of release allows us to recognize the pattern before it really begins to affect us giving us the chance to take action in either stepping back into it or bypassing it with our own actions. The choice is ours.

Clock Photograph by Ana
Tire Photograph by Steve

Holiday Quote

"I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story. The pleasure is in the familiar way the story begins, the anticipation of familiar turns it takes, the familiar moments of suspense, and the familiar climax and ending."

by Fred Rogers
Mr. Rogers

"An Investment of Love"

If the truth be told it is true that we attract people, experiences, and things into our lives by what we send out in our energy fields which includes the length of time it all stays with us. This may make us pause to think about what it is that are magnetically pulling into our lives. The reason I mention this is because there are so many of us who are with people not only experiencing being in a person's presence but can also feel what is in their energy fields when we are with them. What I find most intriguing is that there is still a large percentage of people who are completely unaware of the energy frequencies that are being sent out in their fields around them. This is what my father called "being asleep". For those who are aware of this you already know what I am talking about which brings me to a beautiful story that a friend shared with me only last week.

I was having lunch with a friend and she opened up with a personal story about someone in her past who asserted a lot of power and control over others creating a lot of fear, and anguish among the people they were around. My friend said at the time she was at her wits end when she finally talked to a spiritual teacher who suggested to send an image encapsulating this person in golden Light and releasing them from her anger every time she thought of them. ( Sounds simple enough) She did confess that she was so angry with this person that for a while she was sending them light all the time. A few weeks into her doing this she noticed that something inside her started to change and she began to think of them less and less. Her anger released, replaced with Love where she could then intentionally send healing thoughts, and the highest intentions of good when she thought of them in the Light.

Later on she found out that her efforts had not been in vain but had miraculously changed the situation helping to open the eyes of others who were involved with being controlled. The story has a happy ending as the person released their hold and the people in the situation were able to leave. My friend discovered that when we send out the image of "Light" which is the language of the soul for Love, things change. The lower emotions only feed the energy of lower frequencies and keep people, and situations stuck in a muddy haze.


Throughout history spiritual teachers have told us many times over to Love our enemies and to pray for them. This brings a balance into a low vibration to not only see the Light but to recognize it as a frequency that is remembered, as we are all created by the same hand of our Creator. I know it can sound silly when so much fear is being projected out into the world and when we are resonating in the emotions of our own fears, and anger cloaking the truth in darkness. But the power of Light and Love is a lot stronger than we can even imagine. In those times of fear, frustration, and anger we are all given the opportunity to stand in our own personal power as we are connected and the choice to not only heal someone else, but ourselves as well. In those moments it is about us learning that as we make investments in Love, things happen.

 Photographs by Ana

"The Power of One"

The power of one is stronger than I think most people even realize. It is when someone is in that gentle space of knowing who they are, and holding an energy of Love that things around them begin to change. It happens so rapidly that people who come in contact with a person who is inline with the energy of Love start to shift, and soon become a part of something much bigger then themselves.

What is it about you might ask? It is about remembering, and being conscious of who we are, and where we originally came from. It is that place of inner peace, not the judgement of others, or ourselves as we find the grace within us. It is about remembering that the Love that we send out in our own energy fields is just as contagious as the fear that is let loose among the world.

What we discover is that being around people who are in those higher frequencies such as Love can not only be heart lifting but can help us heal our own fields, if we allow ourselves to shift into the same vibration. Release comes sooner, as we learn that it doesn't take a mountain to move things around us but the power of an energy force that promotes a unity of consciousnesses within all of us.

Photographs by Ana

"As Above and So Below"

"As above, so below, as within, so without, as the universe, so the soul..." is part of a quote that originated by Hermes, and seems to play a key part in life when you are aware of the world, and universe around you. I was reminded of this when I was having lunch with a friend, and we were talking about how we as human beings are an incredible combination of both the spirit, and the human bodies that we occupy.  The really amazing thing is that if you are conscious of this then the some of the secrets of the universe are not as mysterious as it all begins to make more sense.

  Later that evening when I had time to myself I was reminded that the human voice also plays a part in our connection to both heaven, and earth. Since we are all made up of atoms, and energy knocking themselves together creating the physical world then our voices that vibrates also creates a frequency, and sound that is just another part of the big picture.

 A few years ago I had the opportunity to sing with a band, and during that time I was also studying voice like all people do when they want to improve their singing. It was during this time that I became aware that certain notes could shift the energy in my physical, and spiritual bodies. At first it was only an awareness, but later on when I started to take Qigong classes I discovered it was not my imagination going wild as we learned a technique to heal, and repair the organs in the physical body by using different frequencies in our voice. It was explained in our class that our internal organs each make their own particular sounds when they are healthy. When we are sick the organs change their vibrations as they become out of balance creating a different sound, and vibration within the body. By working with the voice, and concentrating on the sick organ we have the opportunity to reprogram the body bringing it back into it's original frequency to give it that boost it needs start to heal it's self.

  Learning this technique was amazing experience, and when I went to sing with the band I began to notice more how the vibration of the voice blended with the instruments creating a resonances both within, and outside of myself. As I looked out onto the audience when we were performing I started to see that the blending of sounds had created a union within the singers, music and listeners as we all came together as one during the whole the experience. It was all so beautiful to behold, and be apart of.

It was also during this time in my life that I wanted to know more about what was happening with the voices, and how it all connected that I came across a spiritual teacher who shared with me that the human voice has more to it than what we are aware of. It was explained that vowels when spoken are on a frequency that connects us to the heavens, and higher realms, and the consonants are connected to the physical frequencies. That means that when we speak the different languages we are still connecting to both heaven, and earth as both spirit and physical beings. We speak the languages of the universe in our own languages without even knowing it. We connect to each other when we speak or try to learn a language as it is in the vibrations of our voices that connects us one universal language. We are of course both spirit, and physical beings as we are always connected to the above, and below, (heaven, and earth), within, and outside of ourselves.

Photograph by Ana

"The Holidays"

We all know that the holidays allow us to have the extra time out of our busy schedules to spend cherished moments with our families and friends. This makes it the perfect occasion to reconnect and enjoy just being together. With these special people in mind it gives us a chance to make plans and prepare for the events, finding ways to express our creativity. It is during this time that we often forget that not only are we looking for the ingredients to mix up in our favorite recipes but we are also going to be mixing all different kinds of energies together making for a shift in the energy frequencies around us.

Sure, Aunt Harriet makes us crazy by placing items from around the house in her bra and Uncle Henry will be telling stories that are inappropriate for the kids. Not to mention that grandma pushes food on everyone making sure no one leaves the house without partaking of at least three helpings of her dressing that she copied out of a holiday magazine leaving out some of the key ingredients. Looking back maybe the six egg cake exploding in the oven prior to cooking the turkey should have been a precursor to what was to come. In some of those moments we may find that we had forgotten, until surrounded in the chaos, that it was what had triggered our last mental breakdown as we tried our best to make everything work without pulling out our hair and hiding in the closet.

I guess what I am trying to say is that with all the shenanigans and crazy stories that we have to tell after the events of the holiday seasons it is a time that we can look back on and see that what we have with each other is a true treasure. It is the people in our lives who make our lives interesting. The one thing to remember is that when we find ourselves preparing for the holidays it is a good time to take a few moments to allow yourself to breath, recognizing that the energies that will be coming together is not about you but to each their own.

Most important is to practice centering the energy fields within the heart chakra in holding a space while being aware when someone else is having a moment. This exercise is crucial in learning to be healthy and bringing balance within the energy fields while maneuvering through certain situations in finding a sense of calm to enjoy those precious times we have with each other. In the end it is about knowing that we all have a place and even though we are all connected we can hold a sacred space for ourselves while still being in the diverse energies of those we love.

Photographs by Steve Noyce

Energy Exchange

As the natural flow of energy is always moving in and around us there is a simple fascination and awe of wonder in how it is all connected. What I find most intriguing is that we can't help being connected even when we are completely unaware of the energy exchange that is going on with our everyday experiences. We, as human beings, are comprised of more than mere flesh and bone but also a whole other complicated energy make-up that not only affects the way that we feel and think about ourselves but the world around us.

One thing for sure is that we are created so that our physical bodies are well equipped to handle the energy currents that spill out and in through our whole energetic systems. It is the job of the Chakras within the body which are connected to the subtle bodies outside of our physical anatomy to assimilate, making sense of what is going on inside us. Beware if these energy centers become clogged or forget how to function properly.

 Something to be conscious of is that since everything is created out of energy no matter how solid it may seem there is an energy dance that occurs even when we think things are standing still. Part of our own existence is dealing with energies that we are exposed to on a day to day basis. Not only are we exposed to our own creations of electronic devices, each other, but also the magnetic fields that exist in our planet's atmosphere making our lives an interesting chaos of energy exchanges.

In time as we all continue to understand more about living as a multi-dimensional being, we must learn how to balance our own energy as we interact with other forms of energetic fields that are a large part of our every day life. When I look at us as a whole being it always amazes me how we can keep up with all the energy exchanges that are going on even without knowing what is happening around us.

To lean more about magnetic fields around us here is a YouTube video to enjoy; produced by Semiconductor. Filmed at Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley

YouTube
"How Magnetic Fields work on your body"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNONxpLSuHI

Photographs by Steve

A Common Thread

A common thread that we all share is our connection we have with each other. Our energy, thoughts, and intentions all have a huge influence not only in our own lives but others that we come in contact with. For many this can be called Empathic but as I have learned we all share this ability at different degrees. For me it was a way that I could help others and understand blessings in my own life with what I could feel within my own body as a Reiki practitioner. Later with practice I learned that I didn't have to feel the energy but could read it instead which only changed the way that I learned about energy.

I once had a client come to me who was nursing a cold at the time asking me to balance her energy fields. During the session we had to stop a few times to let her blow her nose. Then in the middle of the session my nose started to run and I had to stop and blow my own. Finally it dawned on me to check in with myself when I recognized that I was fine when we started. It then became clear to me that I was working in her energy field and I was taking on her symptoms. This meant that I needed to acknowledge what was happening and then send the energy that was causing the nose to drip on it's merry way stopping it for the both of us so that we could to continue the rest of the session without all the Kleenex.

I had another client come to me for Reiki and I noticed a few minutes into the session that my stomach was hurting. Not bad but uncomfortable, so I asked my client if she was having a stomach ache.  She immediately responded that her stomach was hurting all that morning and so I started to work on releasing the energy and clearing out the pain from both of our energy fields. It worked, within the next few minutes the pain was gone which I quickly checked in with my client and hers was gone to.

Another time was when I went with a friend to pick up her daughter from her ballet class. Her daughter got in the car complaining that her foot was hurting. Seeing me in the car she asked if I would lay my hands on her foot and help with the pain. I did and after a little while my foot started to hurt which made me speak up letting her know what I was picking up. She smiled wanting to know where on the foot that I was picking up the pain. That was easy, as I could pin point the exact area of where the pain was coming from. She smiled really big and said that, yes, that was where her foot was hurting. I then placed my intentions to release the pain in her foot and my own energy field. After few seconds she sighed in big relief. The pain was gone for both of us.

My husband is a very dear person who sympathized with both my pregnancy and the births of our two children. As I was having contractions, he would feel the pain in his stomach. I must confess at the time, I was not very compassionate towards his pain. But now years later I am still in "awe" of how we can pick up emotions, and even feel physical pain from each other when we are connected.

Throughout my own life I have discovered that we as human beings don't even have to be in the same room but can be miles and miles apart and still be connected to each other.

An example of this was several years ago when I was doing a lot of traveling in my life and I could feel one of my friends thinking or praying over me. The feeling I got was so strong that I would make note of the time and day where ever I was. Later, when I got home, I would contact her and we would compare notes which always confirmed what I noted to the exact time and day. Again, I was reminded of the power our thoughts and prayers have on each other.

Now, years later, I understand more than ever how important it is to send out loving and healing thoughts towards each other, especially towards those who make us feel off-balance. They are the ones who need it the most and when we are conscious of this we can send loving energy that is needed to create that balance. The other thing to be aware of is that often when we are hurt and angry we send the energy out which can cause more pain and suffering for others and ourselves. I am not saying not to get angry but learn how to release your anger into the earth and let it regenerate into a healthy energy that doesn't cause pain to others and eventually make it's way back to you. As multi-dimensional beings it is our responsibility to be mindful for the things that we think as much as the things that we do.

"An Awakening of the Spirit"

As spirit beings grounded in the physical body there is a resonance that seeps out of the human heart.


 Even without the consciousnesses of knowing that we are all intertwined with each of our actions we all share the consequences and love that we put forth into the world in which we live in.


We are the children who play among our own humanity as we forge the planet learning how to hold a sacred space with our Creator, ourselves and each other.

It is only when we awaken and remember that we are multidimensional beings that were created out of unconditional love that we find our connection to the divine and our way back to our true selves.


Photographs (universe aside) by Ana

"And Then There is Toast"

One of our family traditions on Halloween is to watch The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, with Don Knotts. I caught myself laughing when the banker told another character how excited his wife was when she found out that a house was haunted in her small town. He said that she just came home and vibrated. However this made me think about how many times we as human beings change our energy because of outside influences. It also brought up the thought about how we change our frequency within ourselves as we send out signals in an unconscious state attracting certain people, events, and things into our lives.

This morning when I got up I found my husband in the kitchen making toast and I had another thought about energy frequencies as I watched him go through his little ritual of making sure his toast was perfect. In that instant I saw that most of us go through a time of experimenting with the different settings in our relationships. If we are not aware of what we like, or don't know ourselves well enough to know what we want in a our relationships with others, it is a lot like taking a chance on a toaster that was set for someone else.

Again I was reminded that we as energetic beings have the ability by being conscious to change our energy to attract certain relationships and events in our lives. This includes being aware of the signals that we send out into the world with our values, emotions, needs, and wants that we have attached to our lives in case we want to change transforming them into new ones. We don't have to be powerless with the things that go on in our lives if we recognize that we play an active part.  

For more information about frequencies in our energy fields here are a few books on this subject...


1. Frequency, The Power of Personal Vibration, by Penney Peirce
2. The Holographic Universe, The Revolutionary Theory of Reality, Michael Talbot
3. The Field, The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe, by Lynne McTaggart

The Soles of Our Feet

I was having tea at a friend's house and she was telling me about how sensitive the soles of the feet are. Knowing that she had spent time in New Mexico learning about herbs I felt honored to listen to what she had to say.

"No, really", she said! "Try this sometime by taking fresh garlic that you cut up and rub it on the bottom of the feet. In a few hours you will be able to taste it with your tongue. If you are stressed you can rub an essential oil like lavender on the feet and it will move into the blood stream quickly helping you to relax."

Of course it wasn't until I woke up the next morning at 4 am that the thought that came to me was how many times had I heard that the ancients not only washed their feet but also smudge oils and different kinds of herbs on the bottom of their feet.

Could this not only be a way to care and cleanse the feet but actually a way of caring for the body as a whole? I have heard stories of people in the past putting Vicks on their children's feet when they had a cold and it would help them breath better.

This made me wonder if our feet are that sensitive then by not caring for them properly might effect our blood, organs, immune system, etc...

Wow, this puts Athlete's foot in a whole other category. What is in the inside of our shoes? What is really in our foot powders and sprays?

Things that make you go Hmm...


Photographs by Steve Noyce

Impressions of an Echo

The repetition of an unhealthy pattern is like an echo bouncing off the canyon wall.

Each time it strikes it makes an imprint on the human heart.

The ripples of the waves move in sequence during a lifetime

Sending out signals validating the original pattern.
                                          

                                         Looking back one might wonder what was it all for?

A coincidence in life catches the attention of the listener

Bringing an awareness that the pattern is only a vibration

That can be changed by redirecting the energy within.

Transformation occurs, as the voice learns to speak its truth

Creating a reflection in a new sound.

Photographs by Steve Noyce

A Tiger Under the Bed

A dear friend once told me a story about when she was really little. She was afraid of a tiger living under her bed.  Her memories were of calling her father to come and chase the tiger away, but she would lay there later on thinking about it, afraid that if she stepped down from the bed it would get her. I often think of her and her story. I know that in our early age there is often a fear of something, whether it is a tiger or the boogie man, that is going to jump out and get us.

This memory of her story brought to my attention this week the understanding that fears can make us miserable if we let them get out of hand. Like a rabbit, we may be too afraid to make a move as we build our fear into something as big as a ferocious tiger.  In those moments, deep emotional pain can add to our suffering because of the imaginary restrictions and consequences that we place on ourselves and others.

I am not saying that fear is something to be taken lightly. There are times that our fears can warn us of danger, and help reveal deep inner truths about ourselves. What I do want to point out is that it can be just as important to investigate what it is that keeps us from moving forward or causes rifts in our relationships. By taking the cover off our head and looking to see if that original fear is an actual truth in our lives, or something that we created for ourselves, can be like turning on the light and recognizing that in most cases we don't have anything to fear but fear itself.

Photographs by Steve Noyce

Psychometry

The first time someone showed me what psychometry was I thought it was a magic trick. I was instantly delighted that there was so much information to be picked up just by holding an object. At the time I didn't realize that it was a natural talent that we all have whether we are aware of it, or not. We were born with it, and often when we find ourselves holding an object, or walking on a piece of property where we pick up the subtle energies around us feeling something deep down inside our gut. In those moments it is up to us to know ourselves well enough to know what we are really picking up from the energy that is held within the land.

When we break it all down everything is created out of energy. Emotions are just another form of energy. Often when these two energies become entangled with one another the emotional energy becomes a part of the object, or land. This happens a lot more than we even realize. Thank about a watch, or a piece of jewelry that someone wore all the time. After sometime some of their feelings and moods become imprinted within the item's energy. Someone else may come along later and pick up on what the other person was going through as they hold the jewelry, or watch in their hand.

Land is another way that people can pick up energy patterns that are trapped, or left behind. We being multidimensional beings have our energy fields that span out around, and in us. Sometimes when we go to a place, or find ourselves visiting where a battle has taken place we may feel the presence of fear, grief, terror, or even hopelessness. Rage, anger, defiance, revenge, hate, lust, greed, power, control, etc... may also be among these emotions left behind embedded in the land. The energy can hit us so fast that we are unsure what is happening to us as we take it all in.

 I had a similar experience this past weekend when my husband, and I decided to visit a town that is known as an art center located in the mountains in a near by state. This past week we decided to drive up for a weekend and as we got closer to our destination I noticed that my husband started to get really quiet. When I asked him what was wrong he said he was feeling sadness and a sense of loss. Grief had overtaken my heart too and when I examined where else in my body it was residing I also found it in my throat, and forehead. Immediately, I asked my husband where he was feeling the sadness in his body and he pointed out the same places on himself.

We knew some of the history of the town and that many battles had been fought there with the Natives and Spaniards battling over the land. What was surprising was how strong the emotions were still a part of the land. Our stay was bittersweet as we enjoyed talking to the artists and shopkeepers and seeing all the sights. It was when we walked around certain parts of the town that it felt as if the ghosts from the past stepped out onto the streets to share their sorrow with us.

Sunday, as we drove home, I noticed that as we got further and further away from the town the sadness began to leave us. Don't get me wrong, I loved our time being together and seeing all the sights, but once again I recognized that we were designed to pick up the energies around us, some of which are supposed to be a deterrence of danger and others are the impressions left behind from of the past. Psychometry is just a part of us and as we evolve we learn that when we pick up these energies they may be useful to us or a reminder of another time...

Photographs by Steve Noyce