My Country

Thank You

I am so grateful for what my country has to teach me.  I know that I chose to be here in South Africa and every day I am so humbled by what an amazing country it is, with such a diverse culture and mixture of people.  If we could only all see the good in our surroundings and what each moment has to offer for our growth.  If we could all give love and thanks to that moment.  If we could all realise that all these different aspects are needed by us for us to grow.

Our earth was here long before us, and will be here long after we have gone. The mountains, the sea, the wild life all have their own way of survival, as do we humans - and if we could all live together respecting the differences, but understanding that we need each other, we would all feel the freedom meant for us.

Freedom

An  vendor selling ice creams on the beach on a hot day, with a huge big smile, even though it is so hot and his ice bucket is heavy. He is hoping to make a sale. Giraffes crossing the road, these are not scenes that you would see everywhere in the world, these are uniquely South African scenes, and they are what humbles me and makes me grateful to be living in such an amazing country.



                                                         South Africa I am glad I chose you.

My Healing Practice

I have always loved colour, sound and touch, so when I came across Antaneea Healing which incorporates all three, I knew that this was for me.

Antaneea Healing is a gentle soul massage working over the back of the body only.  13 Coloured oils, soul massage and sound vibration, are used together with a deep awareness and acknowledgement of the soul, leaving you feeling safe, supported and transformed while also balancing the chakras.  During the process destructive patterns of the past are released helping you to take back control of your own lives.

The session is completed by gentle pressure being applied to 12 pulse points on the ears, this promotes access to deeply held subconcious memories.

The oils are hand blended in a sacred environment, using essential oils, crystals and organic colour.  Each one is specially created to heal and support each part of the body that it is applied to.

I work from the Soul Sanctuary every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.

 I try to practice Zen Buddhism - as the truth of being in the moment connects very much to my heart and  passion.  I love being in the outdoors, especially at the beach or in the mountains where I can snap away happily with my camera. Another love of mine is oil paintings, and I have recently started lessons which  keep me very much in the moment, almost like a meditation.

Hearts

Sitting in meditation this morning I realised how closed my heart still is.  I always work on opening my heart chakra and see it spinning beautifully and evenly and assuming that My heart chakra was very open and accepting of everyone and everything.  I now see that it is still very closed and needs to be continuously worked on, it can never be too open and loving.

To love the whole world, good and bad, pretty and ugly, dark and light.  Wow that is hard and to realise this then think I had an open heart, no way, I still have so much work to do. To see the good and bad and love them both equally, knowing we need them both.  We need everything that is around us and the more we can accept it all with a loving heart, the more our hearts will open and the more we will grow, and connect back to our original source.

To really love with all our heart is to love through walls, through conditions, through obstacles - through anything that tries to stop that love.  To get to that place our heart will  just be open to love with no thought of any other way but LOVE

Forward Movement

Be intense in your healings and your desires in life.  Want with no doubt and do all you need to do in each moment.  All I want to do in life is to move forward without any attachments to the past.  Just to move forward from a place of love and light.  I can do it and I will do it, in fact I am busy doing it.  My own personal power is oh so strong and I refuse to hide it.  In fact it is not hidden - it is bursting forth in great waves of energy - one step forward at a time - continuously.

I am just putting one foot in front of the other and trying to carve a spiritual purposeful life for myself.  Sometimes we do wonder - well I do - whether we are following the right path, we like to think we are but there are times when our intuition lets us know that we have side stepped.  It is usually because we have something to sort out to get us more focused on our next correct step.  Sometimes we get back on our pathway quickly and sometimes it takes a bit longer.

FAMILY

To be a mom and wife is definately one of the most challenging positions I have had to date.  When everyone is happy and laughing and life is great, then it is one of the most beautiful positions to have.  One that you would not want to change for anything.  When there is turmoil and the conversations are "There is nothing wrong with me"  "Other families never argue like this"  "So and so's mom always does this for them"  or "So and so's wifes always has a beautifully cooked meal for the family"  etc etc, when you realise how easy it would be to run away screaming, to think of a life in exile and life where you dont belong to anybody and nobody belongs to you.  When you can get up when you want to, eat when you want to, well actually when your time is your time. No lifts, no cooking, no loads of washing, no interrupted sleep and no worries.

Then you go for a walk on the beach around the little rock pools, and see familys having fun laughing together, calling each other to come see what they have found and you realise how you would never change the title of Mom or Wife for anything.

INNER PEACE

This morning during my yoga practise I had an insight of deep inner peace.  Deep inner peace is not about anybody else, it is all about yourself.  It is about accepting yourself, circumstances, others and the world as it is and being totally OK and happy about it.  It is about surrendering and loving the moment and everything in that moment.  No guilty feelings, no worring, no ego, no hating your body or bank balance but just being grateful  and accepting for what you do have.

in the moment

Wow what a wonderful place to be in - but very hard to achieve.  I wonder how many people ever totally achieve this.  How do we achieve this state of living, the only way I can think is by meditation, or maybe also with our thoughts.  Maybe it is part of our lifes journey to work towards achieving this state.

Moody Seas.

Going for a early morning walk along the sea front with the moody windy weather, the tide at its peak and the sun still hidden.  Wow what a great time to get into all the negative pent ups in my life and let them go, let them flow.  I can be as moody as the weather and the sea - I can just let my emotions peak and subside - I can walk faster leaving it all behind.  I can feel the freedom in the mood and I can hold onto what I want to and let go of it all as well.  How liberating are the moody sea and sky .........