Heart of Gaia

The following is a true story about angelic helpers.     “Blessed” is the word used to describe the experience of knowing the presence of angels among us—deities, parts of the divine whole, protecting, urging and assisting in whatever ways we allow. No doubt the light beings I refer to as angles had their hand in saving my life and the life of my eight year old son four winters ago. That particular winter holiday found my family shattered. Devastation had descended upon us in the form of separation and impending divorce. To help ease the pain we made a trip to Sacramento California. We spent the holiday surrounded by the loving support of my big Italian family.     As I planned the drive home I was suddenly bothered by fearful thoughts. I obsessively checked the weather channel and found sunny weather abound. The day came for our departure. I would be traveling with just my youngest son in tow. My mother imparted many cautions upon us as we left. Th...

Hello Fellow Travelers, Because of a crazy day called "black Friday" here in the US, when consumers are urged to spend and buy and well...consume, after a day of consuming~  I am compelled to offer this alternative. A new tradition so to speak. White Friday.  It is a day to be in gratitude for yourself and the bright light that you are. No matter what state your inner light seems to be at this time~ Shining bright, a bit flat, bulbs burned out, you are to be in gratitude for yourself, the beautiful soul/spirit/human creation that you are. Be in gratitude and thank yourself that you made it through another day, another year to be right here and now, reading this. No matter what state of health and well being you are in financially , emotionally, spiritually, you have made some sort of positive change. Congratulate yourself for that on White Friday. You were somehow guided to make your life better, or open your heart, or lift up your spirits. Maybe you were ...

tress Relief at your service! Yes, there are many things you can do for yourself to relieve the stress that is bound to come up this time of year, and yes, I offer much in the way of stress relief to you via sessions and classes and workshops, yet my purpose and goal is to help you change your life in simple and profound ways so that when next season of giving, getting, eating, drinking, spending, drama and the rest comes around you will find yourself immune- or at least less affected by the outer stimulus and inner voices that can pull you into its crazy clutches and leave you reeling until well into the new year. First I offer you a different perspective for this holiday season and for many seasons to come. I offer to you the energy of "sacred". In this context I speak of,  sacred is the energy of reverence and respect. I gift to you this holiday season the energy of reverence and respect for yourself , those you love, your community, our Mother Earth and al...

Hello Fellow Travelers, This week has been full of the healing love of the divine feminine. Starting with the Grandmothers Speak Gathering on Sunday and continuing on with the full moon November 17. There has been much clearing, releasing and opening occurring for so many. I have witnessed and been a part of this opening to the Divine Feminine and her mystical magical ways. The divine feminine or yin can take many forms and she is the container of all. She is fierce and she is wise. She is gentle and she is strong. She is the energy of yin in its most potent form. Fluid and rhythmic, fiery and passionate. She is whatever you are needing at this time. We continue on with the rhythm of life this week. The ebb and flow the ins and outs, the highs and lows. What happens when we stand in the middle of it all? What does it feel like to step into the center of your being and of your life and just be in this stillness for awhile. I invite you to do so now, connecting with the q...

Life has a rhythm of attachment and loss." We can not escape either one in our collective dance of humanity and  spirituality here on Gaia. It is up to each one of us to find this rhythm within ourselves, and go with it, open to it. Individually we may each turn within and honor the song that is being sung by our hearts at this time. What is it for you? Is the sweet song of attachment pulling at your heart. Telling you to open to the experience of love that is knocking on your door, asking you to step out into the cool night, turn your face upward and bask in the starlight? Is it the touch of a loved ones hand upon your back or his or her warmth next to you asking you to soften, open up and feel the depth of love you have for this fellow human spirit? Attachment is  the result of opening to love and going deeply into the experience of a full and blissful heart.In our human experience we can not help but become attached. It is not a negative thing, it is a desir...

Hello Fellow Travelers,  You are a part of a spiritual community, right here. Each week these words go out to readers around the globe. Some read the words, some save for later, others delete. It does not matter, we are all still a part of the whole. We are all still held in a constant net of love and light. Whether we realize it or not, there is something that binds us together and that is the simple fact that we are all here right now, sharing in some form of a common experience. Yes, we each have our own version of reality based on our beliefs, past, experiences, choices, etc, and yet we are undeniably connected as spiritual beings, having a human experience. That is our common thread. This week is full of opportunity for more deep and lasting change brought about by a completion. We are each in our own way dealing with endings and the pain or fear of loss.  These completions, endings and loss can be internal or external. Whether it be the loss of an iden...

Creating spiritual community is essential to living an inspired life. Creating the spiritual community that feeds your soul is a deeply personal endeavor and one that is worthy of exploration at this time. The choices we have now for spiritual community are endless and as varied as the faces of each fellow human being. As a child, I knew in my heart what spiritual community was. I tried desperately and to no avail to rope my siblings into my spiritual community. Being the eldest child of eight, this was no easy task. I even involved my parents by  setting up "rules for peaceful engagement" and expecting everyone to follow those rules. Yes, I had at least ten rules that I thought if followed by everyone in the household, from my father on down to my infant baby brother, would assure a peaceful and harmonic family experience and foster a spiritual community. I posted these rules on the frig and explained to anyone who would listen, what they meant and why they...

This week is a busy energy week with a great opportunity for deep and lasting change. As you continue to use truth and honesty as both medicine and catalyst, you will find your life opening in ways that will honor and support you like never before. Last weeks post talked about truth and honesty and this will be a running theme for quite some time. Nothing like it to move energy and shake things up. Being honest with your feelings and your knowing catapults you into a deeper acceptance of self, thus allowing for the release of creativity, inspiration and passion. Only you know your deepest truth, connecting with it is medicine for your soul. Connect with your truth by connecting with what brings you joy and what you value in life. Align with joy and feel your own value and self acceptance soar. "Forget conventionalism, forget what the world thinks of you stepping out of your place. think your best thoughts, speak your best words, work your best works, looking to y...

Hello Fellow Travelers, Are any of you feeling the urgency of this time? If you are, you are not alone. Our souls are urging us to go to a place that many have been avoiding for a long, long time. This place is a new level of truth and honesty. Yes, that is what the urgent calling of our soul is asking of us at this time- to take inventory of our life and to ask ourselves the questions that need asking and to allow the truth and nothing but the truth to emerge. This takes courage and more importantly it takes a strong connection to source. It takes a remembering that we are not alone, that we are connected and that if the answers require that we change something, to remember that we are always supported at the deepest level when what we are seeking is truth and honesty. When we remember our creative source, the life force energy in us and our connection to the divine,  we are connected to our true power. From this place we can then be more honest and truthful wi...

There is a divine inspiration that occurs when we take the take the time to connect to the natural world. There is a mystical union that occurs when we take the time to ponder our place in the cosmos. We are a part of nature and we are a part of the cosmos. Our existence is real and tangible as is the existence of nature. And there is a very large part of ourselves that we can not see, just like the cosmos, but it too is real. What is real and true, possible and available has now expanded. What was real and true for you last year, is now vastly different, just as what will be real and true for you next year. Our very essence is expanding, our spirits are stronger, more supported than ever. There is a deeper understanding of who we are in the scheme of things. How can you support your every expanding spirit and this understanding of who you are in the scheme of things? One way is to use the gift of nature. Connect with the natural world and receive it's messages,...

We have all now passed through a portal of transformative energy.  We now have the opportunity to use this energy in ways that support us in our personal and collective expansion, healing and growth. Some of you may have felt the building up of this dynamic energy.  In the days preceding the Equinox, we were all under the influence of the shining light of the full Pisces Moon. Perhaps you felt it, the light of the moon raining down and entering into your being.  This energy of harmony, expansion, cosmic love, and mystical union is bubbling up within, surrounding us and lifting us up. We are now officially living within a higher vibration. In this higher vibration, our Spirits are at home. In this vibration we are inspired to connect with our true identities, to see all of life through the eyes of our Spirits and connect with others as they too express their true identities. And it has never been clearer to each one of us, what exactly our true identities ...

Hello Fellow Travelers~ Come gather in this late summer garden for a bit and enjoy this message. Some of you may have been receiving these messages for quite a while, and others are new to them. For all, I want to let you know why I write these messages and where they come from. This will require a few extra moments of your time, yet perhaps is my intention, the extra time will inspire you to dig deeper for yourself and receive more helpful messages and insights. I write these messages as a way to connect with the many people I have met and have yet to meet. I see this as an opportunity to come together with like minded spirits and share. It is not always the message itself per se, but the energy behind it that will take you in and hold you for a bit, while you read. The messages come through me as I think of each and every one of you and then ask my guidance team (my sacred heart team) to help me share a message that will touch all, some, or one of you reading. I rec...

Hello Fellow Travelers, This weeks message is a call for your help. As you know, we are located here in Northern Colorado and at this time are experiencing the ravaging affects of flooding.  I hold each and every one of you in love and light and support. This week I ask you to do that for all of us here that are suffering in any way. This is powerful medicine and it will indeed help. All of my Reiki students, please send Reiki, all those who come to the Grandmothers Gatherings, cast the net of light daily and hold us in your prayers. Everyone who reads this, please send love, support, blessings and prayers in whatever way you see fit. So much of what I teach and share is about giving and a GIANT part of giving is receiving. We are open here to receiving your kindness, goodness, blessings and prayers. Many of you live here in this area also, so your prayers will be received not only by those you send them to, but you too will receive whatever you a...

What do you long to experience? Health, happiness, abundance, love, enlightenment, peace, contentment, fulfillment, joy, liberation, freedom? Pick one. Or pick a "something" that you long for or have longed for for a while now.Take your time and choose a something that you have always felt was just out of your reach. This something could be a theme for you in your life. We are picking "states of consciousness" here, or states of "being". Here is the process for creating or manifesting: First: For this whole week, focus upon how this is already true in your life. For example, if you really, really want to be more peaceful, see when, where and how this is in your life. It may show up as moments. The peace you feel before falling asleep, or the peace you feel driving in the car alone. Second: Keep your focus clear and direct. Stay focused on what it is you desire and where it is in your life. BE in the experience of it as often as you can....

Hello Fellow Travelers~The message for the week is a simple and profound prayer for healing and grace. The world before me is restored in beauty The world behind me is restored in beauty The world below me is restored in beauty The world above me is restored in beauty, All things around me are restored in beauty. My voice is restored in beauty. It is finished in beauty , it is finished in beauty, it is finished in beauty. Navajo Prayer A simple reminder that your life is constantly being restored--moment to moment. Each day is an opportunity to restore your life in beauty. Notice the beauty around you and the beauty in you. Drink in that beauty. Let the beauty restore your own faith in yourself, in life, in others. Let the beauty heal you, encourage you, and support you. Beauty is the loveliness that exists in the core of you. It exists in each and every cell of your being. It is the energy of love infused with joy and light. Beauty is constantly restoring you. Be awar...

Slowing down, letting go and taking your time are all ways to live a less stressful, more joyful life. Yet even with the dangling carrot of those  positive outcomes, it may still be difficult to slow down, let go and take our time. Let's add another piece to this delicious pie of "life". This week it's time to add nourishment. I love that word nourishment. To nourish is to feed, give, receive, to promote growth and development. Nourishment lends itself to balance and wholeness. Nourishment is a form of loving oneself. Participating in nourishing activities, conversations, environments truly promotes self love and the love of those around us. Slowing down, letting go and taking our time are all ways to nourish ourselves. Slowing down and taking our time allows for a calming of our system~ ahh delicious nourishment. Letting go is like a nourishing bath or swim. Letting go adds nourishment to places within us that may have held firm to old outdated hur...

Hello Fellow Travelers, Letting go has been the theme of the last two weeks messages. This week's message expands upon this theme, bringing up the much needed message of "taking our time." As we travel along, doing our thing, growing our soul,(aka facing life's challenges)  letting go of limiting beliefs or patterns that no longer serve us, it is important to remember that this soul growth takes time. Lifetimes, really. That is not to say that we won't accomplish some amazing feats, clear out some deep crap and live a more liberated life this time around, yet it is so very important to remember that when we are on the path of self actualization and growth, it will take as long as it needs to. It helps to always remember that our inner wise Self is leading this show. It is imperative to stay connected to our highest selves (our core, Spirit, Essence, Soul) so that when our ego wants to rush things through, we can find that inner resolve to sink de...

Hello Fellow Travelers, The message for the week is letting go. Letting go is a spiritual practice that allows for the completion of that which is no longer necessary in our lives. Letting go is similar to the spiritual quality of surrender, yet it is not about giving up in defeat. It is about giving up that which we can no longer wish to carry. The energy we can no longer carry is any energy which is hindering us in some way. Usually hindering our joy, creativity, and authentic expression. The need to let ...

Full Moon is today! This is a bright full moon and a good time to celebrate and dedicate your life to living as your true authentic self. Celebrate how you already are caring for yourself, and living true to what you know is important and what you believe in. The journey is always about finding who you truly are and living out the expression of this truth. How can you be more true to yourself? Dedicate this month to finding ways to do so and taking action on those ways. The energy of this moon is greatly supportive of your inner light, pushing you to be all you can be as you shine bright. It is also supportive in that you may feel especially magnetic and draw to you perfect opportunities to express your heart and soul. As you connect with the core of who you are (love and light) and express this in simple and creative ways, you will be brought to a higher level of understanding of this amazing life you are living. May you be showered with blessings! And have some fun ho...

Hello Fellow Travelers, Did you enjoy your week? I hope so! Here we are coming into a new week with a dark moon. You may feel the energy of this dark new moon calling you to gather your self and retreat inward. A new moon is a time to draw our otherwise outwardly focused energies into our core and just sit with the energy of our inner selves for awhile. What do you hear? What do you see? This aspect of yourself that you connect with as you turn inward is the eternal aspect of yourself. It is your soul. How well do you know this aspect of you? This aspect of you is timeless. It is the center of your being. Still, alert, watching. It is often called "the witness". Like a wise Grand-Mother, this aspect watches the antics of your outer self. The dramas play out, the emotions flare, the battles are won or lost. Always this aspect watches and if you connect with the timeless aspect of your being, you will find yourself watching. You will come to understand ...

Hello Fellow Travelers, Pay special attention this week to signs and messages. At all times we are being given signs and messages, yet we do not always see these signs or pay attention to the messages. I urge you to do so this week. Pay attention to how the Universe communicates with you and be open to receive the messages. There are many, many ways that you are given signs and messages as well as an endless array of delivery styles. Remember that what and how you receive are unique to you. Pay attention to what come to you in day to day life. You will receive messages and signs through lyrics of a song, a poem, a book you are reading, through various aspects of nature, animals, trees, the sky or through friends or strangers. you may receive messages through a sudden thought or feeling. Messages and signs can come through your nighttime dreams, or during prayer and meditation also.  If you are confused about a sign, ask for clarity. You will get it. Messages and...

Hello Fellow Travelers, Happy and Joyous Monday to all of you. After a week of recharging your batteries how do you feel? Making these commitments to ourselves to turn within, take care of our energy, re-charge and otherwise do deep self care, requires great courage. Yes, the Universe will rise up to support us, AND what also usually happens is that whatsoever does not support us will rise up too! Making a commitment to oneself to change, allow, grow, heal or self care will bring up in us those ideas, beliefs, issues that hold us back from doing this very thing we commit to. This is not the Universe, or the Divine's idea of a bad joke, although it may feel like it at times! It is a way to guide us towards what is still needing to heal, or how to bolster our selves. It is a learning and teaching that can greatly assist us. This phenomenon is reminiscent of the tale of the two wolves. It goes like this ~ An old Cherokee chief was teaching his grandson about life. ...

Hello Fellow Travelers, I am in gratitude for those of you who take time each week to read the inspirational messages that come from my heart to yours. My intention in sending these messages is that you are inspired to "grow your soul, strengthen your light and come home to your true self." What exactly does that mean and how can you be supported in such an endeavor? Growing our souls, strengthening our light and coming home to our true selves starts with a very important five letter word T-R-U-T-H. Truth is the great awakener. What is truth and how do you find it, know it, live in it? "Truth is a radical, personal realization." Truth is unique to each individual. It is our soul's call, our spirits freedom and our self's joy! Being who we are is truth and it is our divine birthright! There was a dark time in my life when I was faced with some important decisions regarding my well being. Life had become complex and q...