Meditation for All excuses...

I have been meditating forever, it seems. In my Master’s program in Transpersonal Psychology many years ago, a teacher asked: “Who meditates ‘wrong’?” Everyone raised their hand!  What I’ve discovered is that any meditation is surely better than no meditation, and I don’t think there is a “wrong” way to do it! 

The trick is to find out which techniques you like enough to do on a regular basis! I’ve been working with this, and have come up with a menu of techniques to satisfy some of those objections… If your mind needs to “help”, we’ve got things for it to do, Don’t worry if you can’t sit still...moving  meditation might be for you.  Essential oils go directly to the primitive brain and can create relaxation and spiritual connection without the conscious mind.

I believe in this time of profound change and awakening, that our ability to connect with Spirit and our deep Selves is crucial for us to follow the urgings of our Souls.  

For the first time, this Summer, I will be offering this meditation course designed for any level of experience. Hope you can join us! 

Love and Light, Elaina

Course meets 3 Mondays, July 15, 22, 29, 2013. Follow this link to registration! 

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RECEIVE the Transformation

Are we letting ourselves receive the transformation? We are working hard to change, to become more of who we really are. We visualize, do affirmations, use the law of attraction. We are doing our best to be more loving. We are recycling, taking our re-usable bags to the store, shopping at the farmer's market, supporting local business. We are volunteering to give back. But do we take the time to pause, to "receive", to let it all in? My favorite yoga video includes a reminder to "receive your practice". This receiving allows our whole system to take in the change and re-calibrate. Integrating the shifts and transformations requires conscious awareness, too!

Take a moment to breathe in deeply. Review all that you have been shifting. With each inbreath, accept the change. "I accept the changes that are in my highest good. I allow myself to receive the changes that I have created".

I have had the privilege to be at several events since Sunday Circle that brought more of the pieces together. Monday, I attended a Donna Eden (Energy Medicine) presentation, and remembered that I do not need to "live with" things that don't feel right to me. I can consciously change them, even in my own body. Yesterday at QuietStar, I got to be the "student" two more times: in "Authentic Movement" with Raquel Mitchell, I went deeper into my own body to listen and feel what's really true for me. And I felt my body receive more of the transformation I have been experiencing. Then, thanks to Darius and Linda Mora who reminded me last night of this last piece...to accept the change!

I look forward to this weekend, when I get to experience Satsung with Lisa. She is traveling from Ashland, Oregon, following her guidance to share her work with us in San Luis Obispo. I know that I will have the opportunity to receive more of the transformation I have been working for.

Love and Light, Elaina