We've Moved!

What a ride it has been.  Earlier this month I wrote about how I felt like I was on a roller coaster ride and how in the end it was a realization I was actually giving birth.

It has been quite a learning experience.  There are a lot of steps to doing your own business and I am realizing the amount of structure and discipline it takes to do it right.  For a while I was under the illusion it was going to be so easy.  Put up a shingle let people know what you offer and bang, magically they will appear.  Now I am learning about social marketing, regular marketing and budgeting, accounting and the list goes on.  I've decided this is fun and exciting because it's new, not something I've done before (own my own business.) But it has had it's challenges as well.

Our new business has now birthed and is ready for business.  SpiritHeart, Sedona offers Nature Retreats, Energy Healing and Sacred Ceremony.  The website, www.SpiritHeartSedona.com.   I will be writing this blog from that location.  go directly to the blog ~>  Let Spirit Lead The Way

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In Gratitude,
Linda G

It may feel like a roller coaster at times!

A few weeks ago, I posted a comment on the shifts occurring and really tried to help us all to know that we are not alone and to remember to take deep breaths.  Well, last week was even more difficult for me.  I couldn’t figure out what was going on.  Why was I in such FEAR!  I was having a hard time keeping it together.  You see I am in the process of starting my own business and was let go before I was ready.  Meaning no income!

Yet rent is paid, all of my bills are up to date and really, I can only live one day at a time.  Right!  Isn't that what we know and tell each other?  Even though I could tell myself till I was blue in the face, everything is going to be all right and many others told me as well, I just could not shake this feeling.  I knew I needed to get out in nature for a few days and trusted that would take care of my fears, I would be good again. 

View from the road to our campsite.

The weirdest thing happened. As I was driving to the campsite along a very windy, steep cliff road, I kept getting this ominous feeling.  One bit of loose gravel and I could go off the edge.  Who was the person in this body that was in all of this fear!  It could not be me!  I even had an image pass through my head of me swerving to miss a car and going over the cliff.  At this point I had to stop!  Not driving but thinking like this.  I was driving alone following a friend and I simply started speaking out loud.  I said, “I have too much left to do and I am not ready to die so get those thoughts out of here.  Angels I know you are always with me and I do not call on you for help, but I need your help!  I am dealing with fear and anxiety and I do not understand it.  Please help me to understand it and to know that I am safe.”

I remembered I had some Rescue Remedy in my purse and popped a lozenge in my mouth.  I was feeling better.  We arrived at the campsite.  Only 80 miles from home and I was in a different world.  It was damp and cool and we were surrounded by tall Pine trees and all kinds of wild animals.  The squirrels were in the trees and on the ground gathering fresh pine cones for the winter.  We were gifted with the bugling of the Elk one night and many many birds.  

My campsite.

The first morning I awoke to all of the sounds and coolness of the north woods, only I was in the mountains of Arizona.  While sipping my coffee a squirrel circled my entire camp, stopping two times and staring at me.  One of those times we just looked at each other.  It was amazing.  I knew squirrel medicine was about gathering so, it felt like she was reminding me to plan for the future, but to be light and just do what is in front of me to do, not to stress.  I then pulled out my Medicine Card Book, by Jaime Sams and David Carson, to see what else there was.  I would like to share the entire last paragraph as it was so perfect for me at that moment and may help you. “Squirrel has another lesson which can aid you if you observe what is obvious, and which can prepare you for anything.  It has to do with the safe place in which to put your gatherings.  This safe place is an untroubled heart and mind, and that which is gathered to put in this place is wisdom and caring.  The energies gathered will set your mind and heart free, so that you will know that all will be taken care of in its own time.  Apply this to your fears and they will vanish.”

Wow, did that fit where I was at.  I had a wonderfully relaxing camping trip, not all of my fear disappeared, but I came home with renewed energy that everything will be alright. 

My story is not quite done.  We have a Medicine Wheel in the backyard and after I got home my cat was bugging and bugging me to go out back with her.  She sniffed around and than lay down under the fire pit.  I walked over to the Medicine Wheel and began circling it, stopping to create sacred space and go into meditation.  It finally became clear.  While I was in the mountains all of the cards I picked were very apropos.  One was the Bat, Death and Rebirth.  Yeah, I knew that.  But it was not until I was in the meditation that it became so clear.  I am giving birth!  It’s not about the dying to the old, which I kept thinking it was.  It’s about birthing a new business and all of the pains and anxiety you go through during birth. 

The old Me is already gone! But I was holding on!  I am not an “employee” anymore!  I am in service to humanity.  This is what I wanted, it just looks different and I needed to experience both the releasing (death) and the re-birthing.  I guess I was more used to releasing and letting go as I kept feeling the death stalking me.  The reality was I had already died to being an employee, I just had not yet allowed myself to become a small business owner.  But I am.  Whereever you are in your process, know that it may feel like a roller coaster at times.  When it does put your hands in the air and scream and laugh and enjoy the ride.  

We hope to launch the new website this week, which means launching the entire business.  Wow that is exciting.  Last time I talked about the difference between fear and excitement.  Breathe into it and see what comes up next.  Ahhhhhhh all is in perfect divine order.  If it is difficult I do recommend trying Rescue Remedy to get you through those tough moments.  You can find it at your health food store.  

In Gratitude,

Linda G

Look for www.SpiritHeartSedona.com later this week.   

The trip down from the rim was joyful and beautiful.

Breathe Deep

It's been a very busy year.  I am launching my new business in a matter of days and have spent a lot of time over the last 5 months getting it ready.  Today, I found a friend is going through a tough time.  As I was writing her a note of support I realized so many of us are in the same boat.  At the edge of the water fall waiting to dive in.  So I thought I would share what I wrote as I think it applies to all of us.

Many of us are going through major shifts at this time and I know you are aware of this, but it is important that you know you are not alone.  Humanity is waking up and there will soon be more people who “get you.”  At the present time, it may seem like they never will and they simply are not even understanding you.  Do not try to explain, just be you.  I too have been going through what some call the “dark night of the soul.”  I however feel like I’m going through the void.  Where nothing exists and everything is possible, but I can’t see it!  I don’t know which way to go, and it’s kind of scary, but also a bit exciting.  As my David says to people on tour afraid of heights at the Grand Canyon, “what does it feel like when you’re scared?  Butterflies in the stomach, shortness of breath…  And what does your stomach feel like when you are excited?  Butterflies in the tummy and shortness of breath…  So breathe into that and really see how you are feeling and then take another deep breath because there is a feeling beyond that.”  So really it is all a matter of perspective, of how we view the situation.  In most difficult times there is opportunity and sometimes we are hit hard because we keep missing the point.   

I am taking a lot of deep breathes these days and reminding myself that I always land on my feet.  It always ends up better, even if it doesn’t feel like it at this moment.  If you think of the life of your “spirit” this is a very small blip, it too will pass.  I am more confident in the possibilities then I ever have been, as I can truly see that it is up to me to determine my future.  I know I am blessed with loving support and I am calling on my Angels regularly for assistance.  I shared this as a reminder that you are not alone, there is always help there if you ask. 

In Gratitude,

Linda G

Soar like the Eagle

I spent a few days at the Grand Canyon last week and had an amazing time.  Hunny was attending, the GC Field Institute and I had the days to myself to wander along the rim or sit quietly in our cabin. (It was my winter get away, with a little more winter then I had gotten so far.  I loved it.) 

 

On one of those days I decided to take a drive down to Hermit’s Rest.  I found a spot on the rim where I could hang out undisturbed.  There was picnic table between two of the overlooks, with room to pull off the road and park the car.  I examined the area, went back to the car and brought out a blanket, gem stones and a rattle. (They had all asked to come on this journey when I was packing.)  I laid them out on the blanket.  I used the rattle to create sacred space, and meditated.  It was so wonderful to be in such an awesome place.  I just wanted to be quiet and melt into the beauty of the Canyon, so I did. (The only question that had crossed my mind before going into meditation was, Am I on the right path?)

When I was done with my time on the rim, I gathered all of my items and headed toward the car.  When I reached the picnic table I stopped.  I had a feeling I needed to follow that path to the west.  I put my items on the table and walked.  The path led to an open spot on the rim with a bench only two feet from the edge.  I took a deep breath and went to sit on the bench.  As I was looking out I saw a bird way off in the distance and it was coming toward me.  I got up from the bench and moved farther away from the edge so I could look up without fear of falling off.  Was it a Condor, I've never seen one?  As it got closer, I realized the head was white.  Then, I could see clearly, it was a Bald Eagle. 

     My hand grabbed for the camera in my pocket, but I felt no, just enjoy the beauty of this bird.  It is here for you.  I watched this beautiful creature fly over me and continue on.  There were no other birds and no other people, it was just the two of us.  I knew, there was a message for me. 

     Today, in meditation, the Eagle reappeared.  It was indeed confirmation that I am on the right path, however, it was much more than that.  I saw the pictures (in my minds eye) of where I was the first time the Eagle’s communicated with me.  It was so many years ago, yet I saw it all so clearly.

     I was on the top of a chimney rock in North East Iowa.  I was on medical leave and had not worked in months.  I was waiting for my employer to settle my case, and then I knew I would be traveling.  I’d had three dreams telling me to travel to Arizona and New Mexico.  However, in that moment, I was distraught.  I felt beat up, sad, and so many other things, but mostly, I felt I could not go on living this way anymore.  So I was crying and probably even screaming at “God” because I was scared and angry.  I didn’t understand why I needed to go on this journey.  I just wanted everything to be okay, the depression and craziness to be over.  After many tears, I finally caught a breath and looked up. 

     When I looked up I saw a few Bald Eagles flying above me.  They were circling the rock where I lay below the trees.  I took another breath and as I watched them I calmed down, I became quiet, still.  It was then that I heard/felt a message, kind of a voice in my head.  Telling me not to worry, to keep breathing and know everything would be okay.  I trusted that my case would be settled soon and that I could than plan for my journey. 

     A few weeks later, still distraught, I took myself camping along the mighty Mississippi River.  I was in South Eastern Minnesota.  While camping I learned that there was a big rock with a window in it that the Native Americans went to on vision quest to get their spirit name.  I hiked to this rock b/4 I knew of this tale, I immediately said, Eagle Woman, out loud when I was hearing the story for the first time.  The women who were telling me the story, immediately said yes that must be right, I’ve got goose bumps and felt a chill when you said it.

     That was in October 2000, my case with my employer was settled before the end of that year.  January 2001 I left Minnesota, to travel to Arizona and New Mexico and for a while I called myself Eagle Woman.  It was something I needed at the time to gather the strength and the ability to travel across country alone without fear. I set out on my Epic Journey to find out who I was and to begin my life a new. 

 

     The Eagle is a very important bird to the Indigenous people of our country.  It is a sacred bird that flies closest to the Great Spirit and can carry our prayers in their feathers.  Although I have other animal guides, Eagle is my Spirit guide.  Not only does the Eagle carry my prayers to Great Spirit but it also brings messages from Great Spirit to me. I have flown with the Eagle many times, but none recently.  She is reminding me to Soar like her, to keep my feet grounded on the earth and allow my spirit to fly.  Eagle reminds me I am a spirit being and when I soar I have access to the Universe and all of the dimensions. 

     I am soaring now and following where spirit leads.  I have my first group Shamanic Healing Retreat scheduled for MARCH 21st through the 23rd.  Check out my website at www.letspritleadtheway.com and sign up to begin your Epic Journey.  

In Gratitude,

Linda G