Solstice Global Toning on Monday June 21st 12:00 noon in your time zone

Let us collectively link up with the heart of Gaia, mother Earth, for healing the waters of the world, focusing on the Gulf oil leakage as an entry point

On the longest day of the year at the peak of the solar energy, let us put the power of collective prayer into collaborating with mother Earth to co-create healing and harmony between the planet and us, her children. Though some humans behave in ways that may ignore the sacredness of her body, many of us are interested in living in ways that honor and revere this precious planet. Let us unite in focused prayer, offering our gratitude for the gift of this Earth and all that is provided to us with such grace and abundance.

For those of you who have seen the movie “Avatar”, we have an image of a sincere individual linking his heart with the heart and Spirit of life, to bring about right action during a distressing situation. We collectively have the power to do this as well.

During this time of intentional prayer, first imagine your heart synchronizing in rhythm with the heart of the Earth and all her amazing creatures and elements. Then add the power of sound, using your voice and the spirit of your breath, creating the sound of the heart, “AH” as you align and send your healing prayers on this Global Tone.

If it is appropriate, please go to the AH Toning Chamber at the Temple of Sacred Sound to enhance the power of this Solstice Global Toning.

This sonic prayer will flow like a wave of cleansing, healing waters over the planet as compassionate beings in each time zone link up with their fellow beings to bring love across the Earth.

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Let us join together in Light & Love through Sound this June 21st to create balance and healing on our beloved planet.

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Since then, I’ve found an easier way to do it, thanks to Reiki Master Pamela Miles, YouTube, and her Reiki Chats.

To get started, per Ms. Miles, on her Reiki Self Treatment Reiki Chat:

Choose a regular time of day. Some like first thing in the morning. Others like just before bed. Whatever works for your schedule so that you’re more likely to remember. I tend to do both!

Use a timer if need be. She has a link to a Reiki/meditation timer on her website. Use your snooze button. Fall asleep while doing the self treatment before bed (it’s OK!). If you use a timer, then you can relax and be fully present with the Reiki and not worry about checking the clock and being late for that meeting or school.

Do the full treatment or as much as you can. Any amount of Reiki is good!

Try these hand positions, as outlined in her book and her Reiki Chat: Practicing Reiki: Do Hand Placements Matter?

Crown
Front of Face
Throat
Back of Head
Upper Chest
Solar Plexus (above navel)
Navel
Lower Abdomen

Yes, doing a Reiki self treatment is something one should consider doing. How frequently is up to the individual. Pamela Miles suggests every day. I’ve started, if not every day, nearly every day. It’s become a nice habit: comforting, relaxing, healing. I feel the benefits in reduced anxiety, falling asleep faster, and other ways too numerous or complicated to mention here. Try it and see what happens for you and post your results in the comments below.

Direct links:

June blog post: http://www.susansmiththompson.com/2009/06/reiki-self-treatment/
Reiki Self Treatment video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cEiOZZUJyo&feature=channel
Practicing Reiki: Do Hand Positions Matter video (shows the hand positions mentioned above) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4C0si1xiHA&feature=channel
Reiki timer: http://reikiinmedicine.org/helpful-products/

Why did I include the list of direct links in this post? I’m glad you asked. Simply because it’s become a reference page to the Reiki 1 manual I use. I print it out and add the hard copy to the manual.

This was my entry in the NY Times “Moment in Time” photo thingy, where people were encouraged to take pictures at 11 am this morning and send them in. I found out about it on Twitter about 8 minutes before it was supposed to happen, glanced over and saw my camera, waited, and snapped a few photos. The best, and worst one, had a lamp growing out of my son’s head. But it also had him sitting on my husband’s knee. Too cute. This one was second best, no funny appendages growing where they don’t normally grow.

An affirmation is a positive statement of belief. That’s what it means to me, anyway. Then I looked it up, and it’s defined as something declared to be true. A positive belief.

What’s it supposed to do? According to my favorite affirmation lady, Louise Hay, it will change your thought pattern from negative to positive, which can release fear, anger, stress, and invite positive changes into your life.

And does it work? You bet it does!

Yesterday my wonderful husband scraped bumpers with someone at the airport. Not an uncommon thing do there, considering how crazy the drop off area can get, especially at the international area. Very uncommon for him to do though, as he is a super-cautious driver. They just exchanged some paint, no dings or large scrapes or lost bumpers. The carts in the grocery store parking lot have done more damage to our car than this, but the other driver insisted on calling the police and her insurance company, as is her right. We fully supported her decision in thought and action, and still do, by the way.

Our deductible is $500 that would have to come out of savings. He was stressing over it, as is his wont, until he heard from our insurance company later in the day. I was stressing over the $500 as well, until I remembered the power of affirmations and started repeating the one above. I made it up on the spot (or remembered one from Ms. Hay’s book, You Can Heal Your Life) and modified it. But I just started repeating to myself “I am blessed to be able to pay my bills.” And my stress level went away. If I started to fuss over it later, I just repeated it again and again, and the fussiness went away. I had a great day at work.

I didn’t change the situation. I could still have been out $500. I wouldn’t know until the insurance people did their thing. But I changed my reaction, my thoughts, about the situation. So instead of fussing about my savings account bleeding dry (which hadn’t even happened!) and sending that negative energy and thought out to the Universe; I turned my thoughts around and felt blessed that I had the money in savings if I needed it, that I was a blessed person who could pay their bills in this economy, and by extension inviting more money to my savings account. If money felt blessed to be there, it would want to come visit more often, right?

As it turns out, everyone pays for their own damage according to the insurance company. At least that is the way our policy is written for NC. And since the shopping carts have gotten the better of us with the paint job, this little scrub up isn’t hardly noticeable in the great scheme of auto paint jobs.

Thanks to Louise Hay and the rest of the Universe, I sure am blessed to be able to pay my bills.

If you’d like to see a daily affirmation from Louise Hay, just visit her website healyourlife.com
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So you might be asking how all this relates to Reiki. Does it? You bet it does. Reiki is energy. Positive healing energy. Affirmations are energy, positive healing energy. Right? Your thoughts can determine whether or not you have a good day or not, whether you hold stress or not, and some would say would even contribute to illness or dis-ease.

Reiki and affirmations work together to unblock negative energy and allow it to flow away, replaced by the positive, balancing, peaceful, healing energy and patterns. The Reiki 1 manual I use even suggests using affirmations when giving a treatment to oneself or to another and offers affirmations to use.

Coming soon, a post on popular affirmations and how to write your own!

Yes, the links in this post are affiliate links.

Reiki for Kids
for 6-12 year olds

Reiki can help kids:
Sleep better
Self sooth
Lessen anxiety and stress
Increase concentration

The same things it can do for adults!

The class will be kept small and fun! We’ll have lots of time to explore how Reiki works with interactive discussion, craft activities, and hands on practice.

Sunday afternoon
Time and Date to be determined
Participants will receive: Reiki workbook, Reiki 1 attunement, Reiki for Kids Certificate, and Reiki for Kids meditation CD

$50 for 1st child in a family, $35 each additional child
$5 book and materials fee
A parent or guardian must also also be attuned to Reiki. If they are not, see parent’s note below.

Parent’s Note:
In order to help facilitate your child’s journey with Reiki, you must also be attuned to the Reiki energy. If you are not, one adult may attend the class with your child at no additional charge. (I’ll put you to work as my helper!) You also have the option of purchasing the adult Reiki 1 book if you’d like, and you may also take the adult Reiki 1 class at a 50% discount in the future.

Thanks.

Susan

Enjoy your holiday season, whatever holiday you celebrate.

Peace,

Susan

Now, you do want to read all the way to the end because there is a contest you can enter for your own AUTOGRAPHED COPY OF THE BOOK! Read on….

Last time Holly released one of her wildly successful books–and if we still talk about it at our house a year later, then it’s a huge success–(oh yeah, she did sell a bunch, too! Go buy Trockle here if you have a kiddo afraid of monsters), Noah interviewed Trockle, the monster the book is named after.

We decided to do something a bit different this time.

Keep reading for information about that contest….

Go grab a cup of your favorite hot chocolate and snuggle in your favorite chair. Go ahead. We’ll wait. Ours is heating up too.

*la la la la la la la, la la la la LA lalalalalalalala* Ding!

Oh, you’re back. Great. Let’s get started.

Noah and I read the book together. Then we talked about how to help Holly again and decided that I would interview Noah this time.

Here’s what we’re talking about:

Susan: I’m Noah’s mom.

Noah: She’s my mom. I’m 7.

Susan: Noah, tell me about A Puppy, Not a Guppy.

Noah: Puppies are outdoor pets.

Susan: Says who?

Noah: Because they can tear up furniture. They can come inside if they are trained.

Susan: Did you like the book?

Noah: Yes.

Susan: *laughing* OK, why?

Noah: Because it’s awesome and I like fish and dogs. And I have fish.

Susan: Want to tell our readers about our fish?

Noah: Yes! We have big fish and little fish. We have barbs. (What are they called mom?) Oh yeah, rosy barbs and yellow barbs that are kind of like guppies.

Susan: Talk about Irma’s fish.

Noah: They learned a trick by passing a stick in the water.

Susan: Did Irma even want fish at the beginning of the book? Why?

Noah: No, because she didn’t like fish. She wanted a puppy.

Susan: Do you think she liked her guppies by the end of the book? Think she still wanted a puppy?

Noah: Yes. And no, she didn’t want a puppy at the end.

Susan: I saw you at our fish tank trying to get our fish to follow your finger. How did that go?

Noah: No. Our fish just swam.

Susan: Think we should get some guppies? Would you like to train them?

Noah: Yes, and yes.

Susan: Think we should get a puppy? What would Daddy say?

Noah: Yes, and Daddy would say no.

Susan: Maybe one day we can have guppies and puppies in our house. Until then, we’ll just have to enjoy your pictures. Tell me about it.

Noah: It’s Irma’s room.

And now a word from our sponsor:

The Contest

Prizes (two will be awarded): One autographed copy of A Puppy, Not a Guppy.

Contest Rules

To enter, leave a comment at http://jahangiri.us/books containing verifiable evidence that you have completed one or more of the following activities:

• A link back to one or more of the other blogs that Irma and her Guppies have visited.
• A short review of http://jahangiri.us/books or http://jahangiri.us/news on Alexa.com ( http://www.alexa.com/reviews/jahangiri.us )
• A question for one of the characters in Trockle or A Puppy, Not a Guppy
• A question for the author, Holly Jahangiri
• Answer to the question: What kind of pet do you like best, and why?
• Either of the following:
  • Blog about A Puppy, Not a Guppy (be sure to include, in your own blog post, a link back to http://jahangiri.us/books and a link to this blog; or
  • If you already own a copy of Trockle or A Puppy, Not a Guppy, you may complete this activity by posting a new review of either book on BarnesandNoble.com or Amazon.com. (NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Previously posted book reviews are not eligible as contest entries in this contest.)

Each activity equals one (1) entry, and you may do each activity once for a possible maximum of six (6) entries per valid email address. Your comment must be entered using a valid email address so that you can be contacted for mailing info if you win! Entries that do not have a valid email address will be considered null and void.

Duration: Contest begins at 12:01 AM on December 9, 2009 and ends at 11:59 PM on December 15, 2009. Winners will be drawn on December 16, 2009.

Eligibility: Contest is open to anyone age 13 or older. Tour hosts are eligible to enter.

Winners: Two winners will be randomly chosen (numbered in the order in which they are received, with the winning number chosen at http://www.random.org/ ) from all qualifying entries, and will be required to provide a physical mailing address in order to collect a prize (one free book). Only one entrant per household is eligible to win. If a second entrant from a single household is chosen, another name will be drawn until all prizes are awarded.

Contest void where prohibited by law.

That be the end of the contest. What fun! Go enter now!

Feel free to post comments & questions for Holly, Irma, Irma’s fish, Noah, Susan, and their fish. We’ll be around all day (except the kids during school hours)!

And last but not least,

GO BUY THE BOOK!!!

Directly from 4RV Publishing at http://4rvpublishingllc.com/Childrens_Books.html (always the best choice to buy from the publisher. Check for Holiday sales!)

Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/Puppy-Not-Guppy-Holly-Jahangiri/dp/0984070850

Barnes and Noble at http://search.barnesandnoble.com/A-Puppy-Not-a-Guppy/Holly-Jahangiri/e/9780984070855/?itm=1

(there are no referral fees paid to me from these links)

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A few weeks ago, the yahoo group almost disbanded. I offered, and the group owner transferred the yahoo group to me. So, we’re finding our way again. Looking for more people. Starting new activities. Looking for feedback. What do you say?