Alchemical Healing Arts & Sharlyn Hidalgo’s Newsletter # 6 November, 2011
Hi All, Here we are beginning a New Celtic Year. November 1st marks the New Year and we begin to make our intentions and plan for a new round of activity. I am busy with tarot, astrology, and tree readings, alchemical healing, and the writing of my second edit on my book about Egypt, sacred travel, and Mohamed Nazmy. I started this book in August of 2011 and here I am still at it. It is a daily practice! I won’t be doing classes for a while because I so want to complete this project before my trip to Egypt in May of 2012. I want to be able to take the manuscript to Mohamed who runs Quest Travel in Egypt and is responsible for the sacred tours of so many luminaries on the planet such as Nicki Scully and Jean Houston to name a few. This book is about this special man and his work in the world. His vision is to bring peace and he does this one relationship at a time. He has taught me so much. Anyway, that is the bare bones of it for now. For more information on my work & readings go to www.alchemicalhealingarts.com
The Tree that goes with this month is the Birch Tree.
The Beith Birch portal rules over the time period from November 1 through the 28th. Its themes are new beginning and endings, new seeds of hope gestating in the deep earth and in the dark, Scorpio energy, elimination, regeneration, and letting go, weeding out of thoughts, feelings, and actions that impede growth, and clearing for the new, returning to innocence, releasing judgment (giving the left brain a rest), resolution of conflict, pliancy in recovery after trauma or shock, seeing things from a higher view, and letting in the magic. The totems of Birch are the snake, phoenix, eagle, and all of the crone goddesses.
Activity: Imagine yourself standing within a grove of lovely birch trees. It is November, so you are bundled up and cozy within your warm cloak or coat. Notice the slender white bark of these trees and their whispering leaves as the branches dance with the winter wind. Allow yourself a moment to close your eyes and see, sense, feel, know or imagine this moment of stillness except for the whisper of the moving leaves and branches of these trees.
In this very moment you shape shift, and you magically find yourself becoming a slender birch tree. You have actually entered this tree and now have an opportunity to communicate with the dyad of this tree family. Take a moment to feel this experience…. (pause.) Notice your graceful branches as they reach up towards the light and then drop down with the weight of your many leaves, notice your pliant yet strong white and silver trunk, and your root system that extends down deep into mother earth…. (pause.) As you notice the stance of this tree and its special way of moving and being, give it your gratitude. In the silence of a November day, feel the grace of this tree. Feel it move up towards the light. Listen to the whispering leaves. They have a message for you….
Think of this tree’s ability to shed its skin. Allow yourself to drop habits and ways of thinking that are limiting in the same way. See your old “bark” simple blowing away. As an eagle flies to very top of your tree allow yourself to see with the eyes of the eagle. View your problems and concerns from a higher perspective. What can you learn from your situation? What can you forgive in yourself and others? What stubbornness, grudges, resentments, or need for revenge can you let go of? What judgments about yourself or others no longer serve you? Simply let go, let go, let go…. Now take a moment to take some long deep breaths.
This is also the time of the year to honor Scorpio energy and the power of the crone. Speak out loud the names of your grandmothers and elders as a means of paying them homage.
Give yourself some time to consider what you would like to create and draw to you this next year. Take a moment to contemplate your own goals and wishes. Make a list of your new intentions and goals. Remember that the sky is the limit and that the Universe responds to your heart’s desires. Be open to the full potential of possibilities here and refuse to be stopped by any perceived limitation.
Cut an apple through the middle and contemplate the symbol of the pentacle. Just like the seeds form a pentacle in the center, so is there a pattern of perfection for each person within themselves. Take a moment to appreciate your own unique pattern and to love yourself.
Take the seeds from the apple and name each one with one of your goals. This seed is my desire for a wonderful trip to Egypt. This seed is my desire for….. Place these in a special place on your altar so that you can remember your desires when you see them, or plant them into a little container of earth. Light a candle to represent these new intentions for the Celtic New Year.
Give gratitude to the Birch tree for its teachings. Take a moment to stand like a tree, feel rooted in the earth, and spread your arms upwards toward the skies. Tone if you are willing. Intentionally connect with and experience your own inner knowing so that you may walk the month and the New Year in a good way.
In ending I wish each of you a wonderful Thanksgiving. It is such a lovely time to give our gratitude for what we do have; and not spend too much time on what we are lacking. I will be in Miami visiting my daughter who goes to the University of Miami and also visiting with my husband’s brother’s family. Funny to think that I used to say and believe that I would never get to Miami to see my daughter, too much money, no time, blah, blah, blah. As soon as I said to myself that yes I would go to Miami, it manifested. In my heart of heart’s I wanted so much to go and visit my daughter and see her musical theatre conservatory program and be with her on Thanksgiving. And I am leaping for joy that I changed my mind. You can too. Just open your mind and let go of the blah, blah, blah reasons why you can’t or won’t do something. The universe is responsive once it gets a clear message. Best to each of you, Sharlyn
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
My Fall Newsletter, September, 2011
Sharlyn Hidalgo’s Newsletter # 5: Fall, 2011
Fall Offerings of Alchemical Healing Arts:
• A free teleconference (except for your phone charges) on tree healing and a guided meditation on Sunday October 2nd at 5PM PDT. Please register for the class at Sharlynhidalgo@hotmail.com I will send you the call number and the conference code.
• Tree Class in Seattle, Saturday, October 22: 1-4,$85
• Alchemical Healing II Class: Wednesday nights, Oct 5, 12, 19, 26 and Nov. 2: $285
• I now have Paypal account on my website for those of you who would like readings or sessions via the phone or skype. Go to www.alchemicalhealingarts.com to see my services. Email me to set up an appointment. It has been really fun to use skype to connect with so many of you that have read my book and are interested in the trees.
Hi all,
Finally we are having some sun in the Pacific Northwest, after a relatively cool summer although I can’t complain given the weather conditions in so many areas of our country. My heart goes out to those of you who are living with the drought, the fires, the flooding and the winds of the storms.
I sent out a note asking for feedback from subscribers about what they were dealing with right now. Thank you so much to those of you who responded. By asking I am hoping to build community. I know that we can support each other in our successes and in our troubles.
Many are worried about finances and work. Many still have jobs but because their employers are downsizing and cutting costs they have an increased workload and this is stressful. Others spoke about their desire to move away from situations and people that sabotage their life. How can we be around others intense emotions without taking on their energy? How can we bring our life into balance when we have so much on our plate? How can we better manage our time? How can we move through necessary goals with grace and ease?
Many of us are going through dark nights of the soul. How do we deal with our loved ones who are addicted? How do we deal with emotional pain, physical problems and financial worries? What to do if we are just plain miserable? How can we be with what is happening in the world which is undergoing so much suffering? How can we hold compassion and awareness rather than becoming totally overwhelmed? What if we are experiencing the health decline of people we love? How do we deal with anxiety and a sense of doom? Others are asking, how can we return to the enjoyment of the natural world and people that we love? How can we move towards the life we want? How do we reconnect with gratitude for life? There is indeed a lot on our minds. Can you identify with some of these questions? I know I can. I also know that as a community we have many solutions and answers. If you have some ideas send them my way and I will get them out to folks.
Lately I am working on shifting my thoughts and feelings moment to moment from separation consciousness to unity consciousness. How do we stay open again and again to the fact that we are already perfect, whole, and complete? How do we stay in gratitude and keep an open heart? So while contemplating your responses and considering my own issues, I turn to the trees of this last part of the Celtic tree Calendar year that ends on October 31st. What do the trees have to tell us? We have three trees that have teaching for us. These are Ngetal Reed, Straif Blackthorn, and Ruis Elder. We also have the White Poplar or Aspen which represents the Autumn Equinox and we have the symbol of the Grove which accompanies October 31st and the celebration of Samhain known as The Day. All of these trees are willing to offer us support and teaching.
Ngetal Reed covers the period of time between September 5th and October 2nd. Reed refers to the grasses, pampas grass, bull rushes, bamboo, cattails and any plant with long, hollow shoots. Have you heard the expression be a hollow bone? Reed reminds us to be a hollow reed for spirit. Reed suggests that we get out of our own way and allow. This portal marks the end of the yearly cycle as we gather in the crops and prepare for winter. The totems and guides here are pike and owl, and the goddesses Athena and Artemis that know how to hunt. They will assist you, what are you hunting? Make a list of your last intentions for the year. These require only direction and your last burst of focus. In your mind’s eye aim your arrow of intention at the bull’s eye and let it go with the expectation that you will receive your heart’s desire. Are you willing to receive and expect the best? Are you able to trust that what you have intended is already yours? Can you feel the joy of already receiving? I admit that this can feel like make believe, but it is actually this process that speeds manifestation. Stop talking about what you want to do and take the last steps you need to make it happen. Stay to the good. See it, smell it, feel it, know it, dance it, say it…. Do not feed the worry; exercise some discipline here. Creating a feeling of joy is necessary in order to invest this discipline with energy. The joy is the fuel for manifestation.
Reed also encourages us to use sound. The use of wind instruments or our own voices is a way to infuse life into our dreams. Whistle, breathe deeply, focus your breath on your intentions, chant, and sing medicine songs that you make up to call your desires into life.
Be willing to let go of that which you have not accomplished. Every season some plants do better than others. It has to do with the weather and all of the growing factors. This is true of the fruits of our own labors and desires. When some fail to grow or thrive, it is time to clear the garden and recycle and compost. We don’t get mad about this, we simply begin to prepare for what we will grow next season, knowing that the cycle continues and that we can depend upon it.
Straif Blackthorn shares the month with Reed and is a messenger. We all face strife and challenge. And we all have had to navigate our own dark night of the soul. Our nation is suffering in its dark night of economic distress and is experiencing so many challenges to its democracy. Blackthorn always reminds us that renewal is promised if we open to new opportunities or direct our creative energy to open new doors now that others have closed or are closing. This of course is a creative challenge. Are you open to seeing new doors or are you fixated on the door that has closed? You can call on this tree for protection and to help you learn and grow while you are in the midst of dissolution. Look to your difficulty as an ally. What does it want from you; what thought, feeling, or behavior is not serving you as you navigate a perceived difficulty? Is it a call to something greater? My greatest challenges were really a purposeful experience. I was challenged to change my thinking about everything and let go of judgment, fear, and limitation. It wasn’t the situation as much as my thoughts about the situation that was the problem.
The Eadha Poplar and the Aspen mark the Fall Equinox which this year falls on September 23rd. These two trees offer stabilization after a setback. They can offer you a strong sense of perseverance and courage, as well as strength and resolve. These are trees that will help you navigate through adversity. The equinox is a day of balance. Move to a point of neutrality between the dark and the light of your life. Breathe into this neutrality and let it spread to every thought, feeling, and action. Breathe this into every cell of your physical body, your mental body, your emotional body, and your spiritual body. Take a look at your life from a larger perspective. What is really trying to happen here? What do you need to let go of as you prepare for a new cycle? Listen to the leaves of these trees as they dance in the wind; do they have a message for you? It is not for me to say what that message it; as this message is a special communication that you create with a tree.If you want this relationship ask the tree to communicate with you. Do this with an actual tree, or close your eyes and imagine connecting with the tree that you see in your mind’s eye. Ask for guidance and notice what you notice.
Riuis Elder represents the last lunation of the year and runs from October 3rd to the 30th. This tree encourages us in letting go, recycling, and preparing for winter. This portal marks the end in the beginning and the beginning in the end. If I have learned nothing else from the trees is that everything has a cycle. We begin, we grow, we create, we come into fullness and we move towards decline and end, where we must let go and let things die and fall away. Then we are asked to recreate and to resurrect ourselves anew. We are asked to begin again at another level as we spiral up towards the light. Where ever you are in your life today, right now, you are somewhere on that spiral. If you are challenged it will change, if you are at the height of your success, that will change. It is a circle and a cycle and a spiral. So here we stand upon the cycle of death and rebirth of another season. Where are you on this spiral?
This tree also teaches that although our elders may have passed out of this dimension, that they and our ancestors form a lineage of support. They had aspirations that they held dear, and they understand that we too have seeds of soul purpose that we desire to fulfill. They are on our side, even if that was not true when they were here in the personality and limitation of their human body. Remember that on the soul plane they are no longer within that limitation and they have a lot to share. Ask them for help. They have suffered through difficulty, pain, and challenge and they understand. They are part of your healing team no matter what you are experiencing. Although we can’t see them, we can feel into their support. They cannot help us but by our invitation. Let them know you require their love and support.
The DAY is called Samhain (sowin), Hallowmas or All Hallows and we also know it as Halloween. This is a day to go within and make a recommitment to your own spiritual practice and connection to source. It is also a time when the veil between dimensions is thin, and we can give our gratitude to and ask for the guidance of our ancestors as well as the dear animals that we have loved that have passed on. The ancient people of the British Isles did not fear this connection and took time to develop relationships with their ancestors and loved ones.
This is the holiest of days to reevaluate your life, do your forgiveness work for yourself and others, connect with the dead, and let go of that which was not accomplished or of that which you have labeled as failure. Think of it as a crop that didn’t thrive, and then let it go. Pat yourself of the back for what you did accomplish. Give yourself some praise. On the 31st make some alone time for introspection and to connect with source. Meet with others and have a ceremony to let go so that you can begin again but at another level. Sit within a grove of trees and allow the group of trees to speak with you. Listen to the messages of the leaves as they whisper to you in the wind.
I don’t have any easy answers but I do know that taking time with a tree can balance you, support you, encourage you, and remind you of your true essence. The refreshment that a tree offers you can put you back on your feet again!
Thank you so much for your interest in this work. I wish each of you a full and joyful autumn!
Blessings, Sharlyn
Fall Offerings of Alchemical Healing Arts:
• A free teleconference (except for your phone charges) on tree healing and a guided meditation on Sunday October 2nd at 5PM PDT. Please register for the class at Sharlynhidalgo@hotmail.com I will send you the call number and the conference code.
• Tree Class in Seattle, Saturday, October 22: 1-4,$85
• Alchemical Healing II Class: Wednesday nights, Oct 5, 12, 19, 26 and Nov. 2: $285
• I now have Paypal account on my website for those of you who would like readings or sessions via the phone or skype. Go to www.alchemicalhealingarts.com to see my services. Email me to set up an appointment. It has been really fun to use skype to connect with so many of you that have read my book and are interested in the trees.
Hi all,
Finally we are having some sun in the Pacific Northwest, after a relatively cool summer although I can’t complain given the weather conditions in so many areas of our country. My heart goes out to those of you who are living with the drought, the fires, the flooding and the winds of the storms.
I sent out a note asking for feedback from subscribers about what they were dealing with right now. Thank you so much to those of you who responded. By asking I am hoping to build community. I know that we can support each other in our successes and in our troubles.
Many are worried about finances and work. Many still have jobs but because their employers are downsizing and cutting costs they have an increased workload and this is stressful. Others spoke about their desire to move away from situations and people that sabotage their life. How can we be around others intense emotions without taking on their energy? How can we bring our life into balance when we have so much on our plate? How can we better manage our time? How can we move through necessary goals with grace and ease?
Many of us are going through dark nights of the soul. How do we deal with our loved ones who are addicted? How do we deal with emotional pain, physical problems and financial worries? What to do if we are just plain miserable? How can we be with what is happening in the world which is undergoing so much suffering? How can we hold compassion and awareness rather than becoming totally overwhelmed? What if we are experiencing the health decline of people we love? How do we deal with anxiety and a sense of doom? Others are asking, how can we return to the enjoyment of the natural world and people that we love? How can we move towards the life we want? How do we reconnect with gratitude for life? There is indeed a lot on our minds. Can you identify with some of these questions? I know I can. I also know that as a community we have many solutions and answers. If you have some ideas send them my way and I will get them out to folks.
Lately I am working on shifting my thoughts and feelings moment to moment from separation consciousness to unity consciousness. How do we stay open again and again to the fact that we are already perfect, whole, and complete? How do we stay in gratitude and keep an open heart? So while contemplating your responses and considering my own issues, I turn to the trees of this last part of the Celtic tree Calendar year that ends on October 31st. What do the trees have to tell us? We have three trees that have teaching for us. These are Ngetal Reed, Straif Blackthorn, and Ruis Elder. We also have the White Poplar or Aspen which represents the Autumn Equinox and we have the symbol of the Grove which accompanies October 31st and the celebration of Samhain known as The Day. All of these trees are willing to offer us support and teaching.
Ngetal Reed covers the period of time between September 5th and October 2nd. Reed refers to the grasses, pampas grass, bull rushes, bamboo, cattails and any plant with long, hollow shoots. Have you heard the expression be a hollow bone? Reed reminds us to be a hollow reed for spirit. Reed suggests that we get out of our own way and allow. This portal marks the end of the yearly cycle as we gather in the crops and prepare for winter. The totems and guides here are pike and owl, and the goddesses Athena and Artemis that know how to hunt. They will assist you, what are you hunting? Make a list of your last intentions for the year. These require only direction and your last burst of focus. In your mind’s eye aim your arrow of intention at the bull’s eye and let it go with the expectation that you will receive your heart’s desire. Are you willing to receive and expect the best? Are you able to trust that what you have intended is already yours? Can you feel the joy of already receiving? I admit that this can feel like make believe, but it is actually this process that speeds manifestation. Stop talking about what you want to do and take the last steps you need to make it happen. Stay to the good. See it, smell it, feel it, know it, dance it, say it…. Do not feed the worry; exercise some discipline here. Creating a feeling of joy is necessary in order to invest this discipline with energy. The joy is the fuel for manifestation.
Reed also encourages us to use sound. The use of wind instruments or our own voices is a way to infuse life into our dreams. Whistle, breathe deeply, focus your breath on your intentions, chant, and sing medicine songs that you make up to call your desires into life.
Be willing to let go of that which you have not accomplished. Every season some plants do better than others. It has to do with the weather and all of the growing factors. This is true of the fruits of our own labors and desires. When some fail to grow or thrive, it is time to clear the garden and recycle and compost. We don’t get mad about this, we simply begin to prepare for what we will grow next season, knowing that the cycle continues and that we can depend upon it.
Straif Blackthorn shares the month with Reed and is a messenger. We all face strife and challenge. And we all have had to navigate our own dark night of the soul. Our nation is suffering in its dark night of economic distress and is experiencing so many challenges to its democracy. Blackthorn always reminds us that renewal is promised if we open to new opportunities or direct our creative energy to open new doors now that others have closed or are closing. This of course is a creative challenge. Are you open to seeing new doors or are you fixated on the door that has closed? You can call on this tree for protection and to help you learn and grow while you are in the midst of dissolution. Look to your difficulty as an ally. What does it want from you; what thought, feeling, or behavior is not serving you as you navigate a perceived difficulty? Is it a call to something greater? My greatest challenges were really a purposeful experience. I was challenged to change my thinking about everything and let go of judgment, fear, and limitation. It wasn’t the situation as much as my thoughts about the situation that was the problem.
The Eadha Poplar and the Aspen mark the Fall Equinox which this year falls on September 23rd. These two trees offer stabilization after a setback. They can offer you a strong sense of perseverance and courage, as well as strength and resolve. These are trees that will help you navigate through adversity. The equinox is a day of balance. Move to a point of neutrality between the dark and the light of your life. Breathe into this neutrality and let it spread to every thought, feeling, and action. Breathe this into every cell of your physical body, your mental body, your emotional body, and your spiritual body. Take a look at your life from a larger perspective. What is really trying to happen here? What do you need to let go of as you prepare for a new cycle? Listen to the leaves of these trees as they dance in the wind; do they have a message for you? It is not for me to say what that message it; as this message is a special communication that you create with a tree.If you want this relationship ask the tree to communicate with you. Do this with an actual tree, or close your eyes and imagine connecting with the tree that you see in your mind’s eye. Ask for guidance and notice what you notice.
Riuis Elder represents the last lunation of the year and runs from October 3rd to the 30th. This tree encourages us in letting go, recycling, and preparing for winter. This portal marks the end in the beginning and the beginning in the end. If I have learned nothing else from the trees is that everything has a cycle. We begin, we grow, we create, we come into fullness and we move towards decline and end, where we must let go and let things die and fall away. Then we are asked to recreate and to resurrect ourselves anew. We are asked to begin again at another level as we spiral up towards the light. Where ever you are in your life today, right now, you are somewhere on that spiral. If you are challenged it will change, if you are at the height of your success, that will change. It is a circle and a cycle and a spiral. So here we stand upon the cycle of death and rebirth of another season. Where are you on this spiral?
This tree also teaches that although our elders may have passed out of this dimension, that they and our ancestors form a lineage of support. They had aspirations that they held dear, and they understand that we too have seeds of soul purpose that we desire to fulfill. They are on our side, even if that was not true when they were here in the personality and limitation of their human body. Remember that on the soul plane they are no longer within that limitation and they have a lot to share. Ask them for help. They have suffered through difficulty, pain, and challenge and they understand. They are part of your healing team no matter what you are experiencing. Although we can’t see them, we can feel into their support. They cannot help us but by our invitation. Let them know you require their love and support.
The DAY is called Samhain (sowin), Hallowmas or All Hallows and we also know it as Halloween. This is a day to go within and make a recommitment to your own spiritual practice and connection to source. It is also a time when the veil between dimensions is thin, and we can give our gratitude to and ask for the guidance of our ancestors as well as the dear animals that we have loved that have passed on. The ancient people of the British Isles did not fear this connection and took time to develop relationships with their ancestors and loved ones.
This is the holiest of days to reevaluate your life, do your forgiveness work for yourself and others, connect with the dead, and let go of that which was not accomplished or of that which you have labeled as failure. Think of it as a crop that didn’t thrive, and then let it go. Pat yourself of the back for what you did accomplish. Give yourself some praise. On the 31st make some alone time for introspection and to connect with source. Meet with others and have a ceremony to let go so that you can begin again but at another level. Sit within a grove of trees and allow the group of trees to speak with you. Listen to the messages of the leaves as they whisper to you in the wind.
I don’t have any easy answers but I do know that taking time with a tree can balance you, support you, encourage you, and remind you of your true essence. The refreshment that a tree offers you can put you back on your feet again!
Thank you so much for your interest in this work. I wish each of you a full and joyful autumn!
Blessings, Sharlyn
Friday, June 10, 2011
Updates/ September, 2011
I am currently writing a book about Mohamed Nazmy who owns Quest Travel in Egypt and is responsible for creating the tours in Egypt for many of the new thought leaders and writers such as Gregg Braden, Nicki Scully, and Jean Houston. He is a man who's purpose is to bring peace and understanding through travel. He is convinced that when we become brothers and sisters with people in other countries that we promote peace and acceptance and that we can change the world one relationship at a time. He wants people to come to Egypt so see the truth about his country; that the people are kind, loving, and open hearted. He wants us to become peace ambassadors. We can go home and tell our friends and families and communities that Muslims are good people who want peace, and that Egypt is a very special place. In my mind traveling to Egypt now is a political statement! Mohamed is excited for us to visit Tahrir Square and to realize that we are all apart of this movement. He sees new hope and joy in the young people of his country now.
Also, thanks for all of your good words about my work with the trees and about my new book!
Also, thanks for all of your good words about my work with the trees and about my new book!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Sharlyn’s 2nd Newsletter: March 2011
Hi All,
This month I will write about the Nuin Ash Tree that resides over the portal time of February 21 – March 20.
The tree represents the connection between the inner world and the outer world. Its basic teaching is that what is going on internally is reflected externally. That tells us that we are in charge of what goes on around us. Look to what you are thinking and feeling and how you are behaving. If that is depressive or chaotic this will be reflected. I am not saying that there is fault for being depressed or in chaos. Shit happens. What I am saying is that we are responsible for what we do with the challenges of our lives. One can work with depressive or negative or chaotic thoughts and feelings.
Sometimes when I wake up in the morning, I hear a voice that says something like,” Life isn’t worth living.” Then I immediately feel depressed. Now when I hear that I don’t believe it. I simply say, “Yeah, another day, I am so excited. I am so grateful!” My mood shifts immediately. What I am saying is that I don’t believe my thoughts. I don’t know where they come from and so often they are just plain unhelpful.
I am not saying that it is easy to disengage from thinking that is not helpful. It takes effort and dedication. And yet this is the biggest and most important work that we can do. If we change our thinking we change our lives, and we change the field around us.
The Ash is also the symbol of our own inner tree which is our central point of inner guidance, intuition, and connection to source energy. Here is where we find that small quiet voice of knowing. If you meditate on a central tree at your heart and enter the tree through its door, you can sit right in the center and listen. Here you can receive wisdom, comfort, rest, and the solitude you need to really center yourself. Here you receive knowing, guidance, and reassurance. Here is where your own inner strength and courage lives. Take some quiet time to imagine your inner world tree and communicate. You will be surprised.
If you want to read more about the Ash you can refer to my book The Healing Power of Trees at: http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Power-Trees-Spiritual-Journeys/dp/0738719986/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275430704&sr=1-1#productPromotions
If you haven’t purchased it you can open the book on the site and read about the Ash.
Announcements:
1. I will be reading Tarot at East/West Bookshop on Roosevelt here in Seattle on March 7th and the 21st from noon to 6 pm.
2. Alchemical Healing II Class: March 24th and 25th here in Seattle at my home
3. Journey to Egypt with Nicki Scully and Sharlyn: Oct. 10 - 24
Blessings, Sharlyn
Hi All,
This month I will write about the Nuin Ash Tree that resides over the portal time of February 21 – March 20.
The tree represents the connection between the inner world and the outer world. Its basic teaching is that what is going on internally is reflected externally. That tells us that we are in charge of what goes on around us. Look to what you are thinking and feeling and how you are behaving. If that is depressive or chaotic this will be reflected. I am not saying that there is fault for being depressed or in chaos. Shit happens. What I am saying is that we are responsible for what we do with the challenges of our lives. One can work with depressive or negative or chaotic thoughts and feelings.
Sometimes when I wake up in the morning, I hear a voice that says something like,” Life isn’t worth living.” Then I immediately feel depressed. Now when I hear that I don’t believe it. I simply say, “Yeah, another day, I am so excited. I am so grateful!” My mood shifts immediately. What I am saying is that I don’t believe my thoughts. I don’t know where they come from and so often they are just plain unhelpful.
I am not saying that it is easy to disengage from thinking that is not helpful. It takes effort and dedication. And yet this is the biggest and most important work that we can do. If we change our thinking we change our lives, and we change the field around us.
The Ash is also the symbol of our own inner tree which is our central point of inner guidance, intuition, and connection to source energy. Here is where we find that small quiet voice of knowing. If you meditate on a central tree at your heart and enter the tree through its door, you can sit right in the center and listen. Here you can receive wisdom, comfort, rest, and the solitude you need to really center yourself. Here you receive knowing, guidance, and reassurance. Here is where your own inner strength and courage lives. Take some quiet time to imagine your inner world tree and communicate. You will be surprised.
If you want to read more about the Ash you can refer to my book The Healing Power of Trees at: http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Power-Trees-Spiritual-Journeys/dp/0738719986/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275430704&sr=1-1#productPromotions
If you haven’t purchased it you can open the book on the site and read about the Ash.
Announcements:
1. I will be reading Tarot at East/West Bookshop on Roosevelt here in Seattle on March 7th and the 21st from noon to 6 pm.
2. Alchemical Healing II Class: March 24th and 25th here in Seattle at my home
3. Journey to Egypt with Nicki Scully and Sharlyn: Oct. 10 - 24
Blessings, Sharlyn
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