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When you hear the word “Committed”, what areas of effort come to mind?
These seem like the obvious answers:
Relationships / Marriage / Family
Success in a Career
Health and Diets and Workouts
I admit that I thought about this subject this week because I am starting a 3 month effort towards a health goal.
But this got me thinking about how many things we dedicate ourselves to that are not so heavy.
Spring is a great time to smell the roses and consider how to reset your system.
Dive into a cleanse of your home, your health, or your workflow to make the most of this Aries season.
If you crave direction in the best way to clear and restart, come in this month for a tarot reading.
Aries is having big influences this month. I am not an astrologer, but I am gleaning from what they say about our current flow.
For one thing, Aries has been in Venus since the start of the month. This heightens relationships in areas of passion and competition. This can be hot or combative, depending.
I had an intense week with a lot of communication challenges, house mishaps, interpersonal drama, and embarrassing mistakes.
I spoke with some other friends who also were challenged with cancellations and frustrations in communication.
I understand this ambiguity is related to the recent start of a Saturn and Neptune conjunction in Aries that we’ve been in since Feb 20th, around Chinese New Year when the Fire Horse began.
As a small business owner, it has been a humbling experience to acknowledge what I’m just not that good at.
A few weeks ago I sat with an old friend of mine, Gray Ayer, who is a web developer and small business digital marketing consultant.
After only a simple question, he quickly saw how many tools I was missing for SEO analysis purposes and set me up. He helped me understand what a website can do in ways I had not considered.
It opened my mind to realize how much more I need other people to grow as a business.
We begin with the Judgment Card, which is about finding your own clarified truth.
I love that the image presented in this deck reflects the clash of society’s norms versus our inner acceptance of our own personal meat suit. Tis the season to feel anxious about fitting into last Summer’s fashions.
Let’s take that as a metaphor of the high expectations we feel pressured to live up to. How can you nourish yourself in a 4 of Swords Spa Day?
Find some time to rest mentally and listen to the stories you are sewing with rotten thread.
With Mercury in retrograde this month, it’s time to reflect on the defeating tales that spoil our centered confidence and certainty.
I am fully back from my trip and meeting for in-person readings again.
It was a nice vacation, more relaxing than adventurous, which is what I needed.
Sometimes the trip brings the unexpected adventure to you though.
A new friend recently shared how she sees herself as rigid and wants to shift that in herself.
This inspired a lot of questions in me about where the sweet spot is between holding your values while also being malleable and flexible.
Keep in mind that perfection around this vast subject is nearly impossible. You don’t need to have it all figured out. That in itself would be too rigid.
Let this be a ponder on your own balance with the questions provided.
Currently, I am visiting my friend Anna this month as she moves her family to Panama (view from her home pictured above).
Stepping out of the country offers me a shift in energy that reminds me of how vast the world is, and opens my sense of possibility in a subtle yet powerful way.
With the incredible technology of the world wide web, you don’t need to travel abroad to engage with international mindsets.
Announcement: I left this week for Panama to stay a few weeks with my friend Anna who I’ve known for 25 years. I will have some times opening during my trip (on East Coast time), and more will open up as I know my schedule better.
I’ll continue to send these emails each Friday. I’m curious to see what inspiration might happen with some much needed downtime.
Please note that you can still hire a fantastic tarot or palm reader from Portlandia Fortune Tellers while I am away! I’m happy to make arrangements to bring quality entertainment at your winter party!
Over the weekend, I allowed myself deep rest after the high cortisol week.
My therapist pointed out that in order to rest we must also nourish. This is based in the Sensitivity Cycle by Hakomi therapist Ron Kurtz.
This theory states that we have 4 parts to a full experience:
Insight: Awareness that I want or need something
Response and Action: I do something about it
Satisfaction: I experience nourishment from fulfillment
Completion and Rest: I release seeking and relax
Each of us can have barriers to one of these fields that weakens the cycle. For me, that is in the area of allowing nourishment, which also blocks my ability to fully rest.
Today I ask, what is nourishing for you? How do you sense your own satisfaction with a task?
For me, feeling relaxed is more about shifting my energy positively rather than laying around.
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