Clutter can hide what’s really going on for only so long and then it just feels like you are stuck. Taking care of “things” and finding a home for all of it organizes your mind. A sense of accomplishment is a byproduct.
After a good 10 minute or a 10-day de-cluttering job is complete, you will feel more hopeful, clear-minded, focused and enthusiastic!
Include daydreaming and/or meditative mindfulness as you work!
When you share time and space with someone instead of believing your time is limited, your attention demanded and your space compromised, know your heartfelt precious moments endure, your love is eternal and your soul is absolute.
I would have liked to have written how to have a drama-free year but alas it may be impossible.
The only ways I know how to stay relatively serene is 1) mind my own business, 2) stop thinking I can control anything but my own responses, actions and words.
What is the likelihood of me doing that 100%?
It comes down to awareness and practice, not perfection.
I suffer less when I stay in my own hula hoop.
Ideally, you create a sacred space within and without. An actual physical place can form a bond with your inner, unseen being. Perhaps, more than one location or theme is realized and may be sustained. This means many things to people. It can be an altar, a corner shelf or a whole room. A special place where you cleanse, pray, just pause or meditate by is an ancient rite found in women’s circles since mothers first gathered together for warmth and friendship with their children.
Instinctually, we light candles, scent our spaces and offer it small statuettes, natural finds, and visuals that stimulate and comfort us. At the treehouse, I gravitate towards placing crystals, grids, incense, wind chimes and things I love on a baker’s rack. Down the hill, I condition and bathe our yoga space with sage, candles, rose water, music and various stones. The yoga goddess circle is enhanced with singing bowls, tea service, inspirational cards, conscious breathing, meditations, props and deliberate movement.
In your own home, collect two to ten items that awaken love and authenticity in you and find a teeny or grand area. You may want to lay fabric or a tray down on your stable, display surface. Spend a moment to dedicate each treasure with your intentions and add them. Sit with your vignette daily.
Ideas for your sacred space range from the aforementioned to anything you find heartening. You may have inherited jewelry, silver or a photograph that arouses the soul or memory. Otherwise, choose pebbles, shells or twigs that impart earth vibrations. There is no wrong or right way to set up your spot no matter what you read on the internet because it’s what energy and time you infuse into it that matters. Also, remember, it is not set in stone and all environments benefit from a change, rearrangement, newness and letting go.
No title needed. This is the time of year when we all have good intentions but I am still reviewing the past. It went so fast.
I got my wish this year and was able to spend New Year’s here in the glorious mountain hideaway I call my tree house. To be more accurate, this cabin, in its entirety, feels more like a sanctuary. Surrounded by chirping squirrels with fluffy tails, cold weather feathered friends and glistening pine needles swaying right outside my wall of windows, I am inspired to find my spiritual self.
Another year, another blogging opportunity and another chance to let the divine light inside all of us to glow and reach others in despair or hopelessness, including ourselves.
Another moment to grasp the present, embrace our shadows and exude delight in being alive.
Another year to show our loved ones how much we care, including all sentient beings, holding and sending compassion to the world. Once again, we are challenged to forgive, be merciful and treat our enemies, thorns and disagreeable situations with unrelenting awareness.