Happy Holidays

Winter Blessings,
We are just a few days away from Christmas. Here in my home we have a very small tree, and we are quietly unwinding from the year. I have all sorts of metaphysical exercises I do at year's end, but tonight isn't quite the moment to share all of that with you.

I hope these last few weeks of December are nourishing for you. The year promises to bring more ease and a satisfying coming-together of everything you've been processing and confronting this year.

In the office, we have a few events coming up, which I will post more about in the coming weeks. One is The Isis Meditations. We'll be doing that at 9am every saturday morning for 50 minutes. I am only hosting The Isis Meditations until March 21st. I will post more information about them by January 1. If you already know you are coming, you can sign up under classes through schedulicity.

The Red Tent is also not gone-- it is being revamped to be of better service to both myself and our community. Look for changes on that front at the end of January.

Also, mark February 1st in your calendar if you enjoy sunshine and ceremony. I will be hosting a Sun Circle/Candlemas ceremony for all of the incredible men and women I meet at HHR who have, together, forged the energy of our community. If you're wondering if I'm talking about you, then I probably am, lol.

. . . And the MERMAIDS are coming . . . but that's another story altogether.

This is just a quick update. If you have questions about the office, or comments, or something you'd really like to see/experience with me in community for 2015, please leave a comment below.

blessed be,
Dailey

Thanksgiving Spirit

I grew up in a fairly traditional family in which we gathered for thanksgiving each year, saying prayers of thanks with fingers entwined. For us, Thanksgiving was a time of gathering the tribe, of being thankful no matter what, and of celebrating the rich heritage of family recipes and ways of nourishing in our lineage. 

Friends without a home to go to have been welcome at our table. Over the years and through my travels, I have sometimes been that person without family nearby. Other thanksgivings, I have been asked to "choose" between families. I have spent some thanksgiving days zooming from house to house, trying to make it work. I have been ill on thanksgiving, and I have also been the one holding and comforting others.

I have been filled for longing for all that is not on the table. And I have, on some occasions, looked around and felt the loss of people who had died, or could not be present, or whom I had chosen not to invite for some reason or other.

It only took me about 20 years to figure out that the format for celebrating one day--and not even the traditional harvest day--just doesn't work for me. As my family has grown, shrunk, and grown in new ways, I have been forced to question what family really is, how we gather, when, and why. I have seen so many family members get stressed about not being able to make "that moment" happen on thanksgiving.

In fact, it is not about the moment, but if there is already love and community present within our family dynamic that year, then that celebratory day becomes a crowning glory of that achievement. If the bonds of communication and support are there, then that one day is most definitely joyful and memorable . . .but then it also doesn't make much difference in the family dynamic over the long term, because the gathering has already become a way of life. Thus, stressing over making "that day" happen in some preconceived way is actually counter-productive and counter-intuitive.

In the Ancient Egyptian calendar there are so many "holy days" that one could virtually celebrate something every day. I love bringing this approach to the values for our own family thanksgiving. I have been trying to think of every day this November as Thanksgiving. What a change! I have used the opportunity to look more closely at how I relate to my family, and to review my prioritization of values.

This year I am doing a very small dinner in my home, but I hope to reach out to as many family members as possible over the next few weeks to share stories, listen to madness, and keep alive the breath of our relationships. Some of my dearest ones who are very far away, or with whom I have fallen out of contact and can not reach, I will send my love through prayer.

Each day we live is holy. Each day is a holiday. Any holiday can become a stress point if we become so caught up in the pageantry that we forget the core spirit of what we are celebrating. Every family has a different set of values for what this holiday means.

I feel myself returning to the spirit of listening and connection. I feel clumsy and embarassed saying so, because I am so aware of the many ways I could be so much better at listening and connecting to my family. I try not to judge myself. I try to just observe it with my breath, and wade into the waters of healing and transformation around those themes of listening and connecting.

This Thanksgiving, I will not cook every food in the family cookbook. I will feel

very fortunate if I am able to cook one dish and share it in the spirit of deep gratitude for the many hands who have made this food before me, and the many hearts gathering to eat together. For me, this is the embodiment of listening and connection, not only to myself and my loved ones, but to the host of ancestors and the earth's bounty on which I stand. I am so thankful for these blessings.

healing & love,
Dailey

Annual Open House Coming Up ! Dec 6th

Step into the world of energy healing. Get sneak preview of and signup incentives for 2015 classes, sessions & events with Dailey, Christy Persinger, & Jennfer Webb. 

Shop enlightened children's books & crystals. Explore the debut line of Apothecary Soaps & Lotions with Trish Pettitt of Skin Addiction. 

Learn about Theraputic Massage with Stacey Murray.

Enjoy something custom at the Flower Essence Bar. 

Stay for the Raffle and a chance to win BIG! lol Happy Holidays :-)

MEDITATION THOUGHTS: WATER CATCHING

. . . The truth as to why you may be throwing away gifts the universe is sending you. If you are a lightworker, earthworker, or called to healing, this message might be particularly relevant. . .

MEDITATION THOUGHTS: WATER CATCHING

We are a lot more like plants than we think. When a plant is in the earth, it needs some unique level of water and nutrients in order to survive. It may receive water from deep in the earth, stretching roots low and thriving even in arid dry places. It may receive water from the melodious patter of heavenly rains. Either way, it needs water for fluid, supple life.

We, too, need water, and like the plants, we can learn to exist with small amounts, if consistent, though we may not blossom and thrive in the same way. Our water requirement also includes the more abstract concept of pure life force. Life force flows into us the same way water flows into plants. We need energy, and like plants, we can make energy out of physical matter, but in a toxic environment that won’t matter. Even plants need a relatively healthy energetic environment, or they will die. So we need water, and the pure life force embodied in water.

In Ancient Egypt the transmission of life force was shown on temple walls as deity sending waves of energy to people through their hands, much like water or rays of the sun comes down from the sky. Today, we can nourish ourselves with life force by taking deep care of ourselves. We can honor the needs of our spirit with real action. We also naturally nourish ourselves by simply being still and quiet on the earth.

When the earth is in severe drought, it begins to crack and split. The plants will hold on for as long as they can, but eventually they die.  It can be difficult to tell from the outside when a plant is too far gone to receive nourishing water. Some plants can come back from the brink of death.

Potted plants need more care than others because they are displaced from the earth. They will get colder, dry out faster, and struggle with illness far easier if pot-bound. Likewise, the farther we humans displace ourselves from forest, river, and the womb and belly of earth’s resources, the more care we need in making sure we are receiving what truly nourishes our whole being.

When we choose to live as a part of an artificial society, inside of boxes raised off of the earth, eating food that has been inside of metal vehicles and in low temperature storage for 9 or 10 months, we are choosing to be like the potted plants. For many of us in California, this is the lifestyle today.

Because of this, our society has created “fancy pots.” We feel comfortable. Our minds are led into a false sense of well-being, even though we have been displaced from our natural vital source (earth-based living). Just as some potted plants, we have become pot-bound and many of us would not know how to return to living directly on the land and eating from our surroundings. It doesn’t fit who we have become, and that is okay.

However, like the potted plants, our quotient of real care, of real vital force, of real nutrition, of real rest, of real oxygenation, must be very high in order to thrive. We may need even more light, or more warmth.  Most of us get less.

Furthermore, If you are a healing practitioner, an intuitive, a sage, or a mystic, the transmission and receipt of your wisdom comes through etheric channels. If you feel this work, the sharing of wisdom, to be your life work, you can not abdicate self nourishment. You must absolutely learn to take good care of your body, mind and spirit until you feel like a lush garden. Do you know why?

Have you ever tried watering a half-dead plant in a dried out pot? A half dead plant will not receive 90% of the water that gets poured upon it. When the soil of potted plants has become dry beyond reparation, it will not take water the first, second, or even third watering. It needs a flood, and lots of time in order to receive the gift.

Likewise, if you are reading this, the likelihood is that you are a potted plant (to some degree). If you have taken it as your life calling to be a voice hearer, or one who preaches spirit on behalf of your community, you will be foregoing 90% of your message if you haven’t taken care of yourself. That’s like tearing a letter in half before you read it!

Your internal and external lives are intimately entwined. They inform one another. Look at the decisions you are making on a daily basis for:
* rest
* nourishment
* physical well-being
* spiritual freedom
* emotional stability
* intellectual peace

All of these decisions are creating your metaphorical flower pot. If you are very quiet and listen within, you know what is necessary for your well-being. Can you imagine your flower pot? Are you catering to it?

Meditation Question: How are you currently keeping yourself as nourished as possible, in order to receive all of the gifts that the universe has to offer?  If you could change one thing you are doing, today, what would it be?

loving blessings,
Dailey

Trick or Treat with Your Spirit Guides

What better time to make that first active connection with your spirit guides than the week of Halloween, when the veil between the worlds is thinnest. 

If you are pondering a challenging situation, set an inspired

place setting at your table. Include a small box of crayons or pens that inspire you. Write down your question in clear writing in the center of a piece of blank paper, and put this at your setting. Also brew a cup of tea. Bay leaf tea is known for helping open the psychic centers, but any tea will do. 

Light a simple white candle, and anchor your intention by welcoming only your highest vibrational guides:

"I (your name) welcome my guardian angels and guides who are here to protect and support my life purpose. I ask for wisdom from my guides for my highest good, and the highest good of all. I open my psychic centers in the spirit of Love, and request only loving clear visions, thoughts, and inspirations as we share this Bay leaf tea. Welcome."

Hold the warm teacup against your heart chakra in the center of your chest. Center your awareness in your heart by awakening your sense of love. You can do this by remembering a positive, loving experience.

Once you begin to relax, open your eyes and read your question out loud. Ask your guides for clarity. Let go of any preconceived notions as to how that clarity should come about.

Flip over your paper so the blank side is facing you, crayons at the ready. Sip your tea in quiet contemplation, listening to your natural breath. Whatever thoughts come to you, even if they seem completely unrelated, write them down.

Also record colors, words, and feelings, as this is sometimes how spirit guides will speak. The more you do this exercise, the more you will begin to connect with your guides.

Spend at least 15 minutes over your tea.

When you feel finished, say:

"I give thanks for the insights I have received. I ask that my guides help me to close my psychic centers and help me ground back into my physical body in a way that is safe, natural, and most beneficial to my day. Thank you."

Take some time to imagine a clearing, grounding white light moving all excess energy down through your centerline and into the earth. Intone your name three times, reconnecting with the power of your own being.

Happy Halloween!
Dailey

Events in October @ Healing Heart Reiki

At HHR in OCTOBER:

10/4 Reiki Share
10/11 Reiki I Training
10/12 Advanced Energy Training (class 8 of 9)
10/24 Red Tent Temple for Women
10/25 Reiki II Training

*This Autumn Dailey is seeing clients tuesday and thursday mornings in addition to her regular schedule for Wisdom Reiki & Shamanic work.  

*Christy is seeing clients on Sundays for Reiki & Crystal Healing. 

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." ~Rumi 

“Please take my hand. I give it to you as a gesture of friendship and love, and of faith freely given. I give you my hand and welcome you into my dream.” -Wonder Woman #167

Cleaning House

This evening I am cleaning my house and indulging in self care.  I love that I can put those two ideas in the same sentence and that they make sense to me, haha. I try to make house cleaning a sacred act rather than a labor of love. When I connect into that feeling of excitement about caring for this space that I tend and co-create with my small family, then simple acts like taking out the trash and washing the floor fill me with healthy pride rather than fatigue or annoyance.

One thing I love to do when I'm cleaning the house is simmer a few drops of essential oil in water. Sometimes I add flower essences. As my mood changes, I let the water simmer down, rinse out the pot, and add new concoctions. Today the mixture is lavender, juniper berries, vetivert, and rose geranium. Intuitively, these are the smells I feel drawn towards today. Their energetic correspondences just happen to fall in line with what I'm needing as well; it's a good reminder that centered intuition will lead us to the exact healing we need.

Another house cleaning trick I like to employ in order to "get into the mood," is that I'll turn up my speakers and play sound healing CD's while I step out to do laundry or run errands. This way when I get home to clean, I walk into a room that is already energetically lighter.

xoxo

~Dailey

On Gratitude

On Gratitude

Gratitude is a sense of deep thankfulness for the things in your life. These things  may be physical (like the daring red dress in my closet I rarely wear but makes me grin with foolish pleasure every time I see it), or nonphysical (like the love of family and friends). 

Gratitude is a voluntary feeling that is simultaneously grounding and opening. It never makes us feel beholden, for gratitude opens us to the light vibration of love.

Sometimes we hurt ourselves and our sense of worth by using the word gratitude as a weapon with each other:

"You should be grateful for what you have!"

"You ungrateful wretch!"

While the intention may be to remind ourselves of the great abundance around us, a true sense of gratitude can not be forced. It is something our heart must open to. We can open to it quite naturally when we slow down, breathe, meditate, and reflect on our lives, including where we may feel fear or pain. When we connect with gratitude, our fear disappears because we feel the fullness of our own heart. We know on a deeply intuitive level that we will continue to be filled, because that abundance has always been there.

You don't have to be grateful! Did you know that? It's okay to throw up your hands in frustration and Ask for more (aha, see last week's post!). It is good to be honest about your feelings, and honor that they are here to show you where you are and where you may want to go. Once you're done railing against the universe, sit and breathe. See if the lotus of your heart can open in gratitiude for even just one thing.

Gratitude is a gift that does keep giving. As Cheryl Richardson says, "A grateful heart is like a magnet drawing toward it a wealth of abundance." 

In fact we are always drawing toward our hearts abunance (we are swimming in abundance)-- but the grateful heart is able to open, and thus receive it.

On Asking for Help & Signposts

On Asking for Help & Signposts

We all need help sometimes. Some of us have become good at "making due" so much that we have learned not to ask. Many men have been taught that asking for help is a sign of weakness. Many women have been taught that, with the advent of the Career Woman of the 70s, that we must be strong and do it ourselves in order to "prove something."  

Can I tell you a secret?

Our angels sit around in chairs scrunching their noses in compassion while we bang our heads against the wall, feeling frustrated about our lives because we need help and don't know what to do. They want so badly to help us, but they can not do so unless we ask.

Do you remember when you were a child and could not tie your shoelaces? At some point, someone--maybe a childhood friend or a parent--showed you how. 

We are born knowing everything we need to know, spiritually, but we are put on this earth to learn how to manifest it, physically. Sometimes it's just hard! So just ask.

Asking is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign of strength. When you're asking, you've realized that you need something you don't know how to manifest alone, and you are looking for whatever support is necessary to honor that heart truth.

Asking allows you to stay in touch with that bubbling hot spring of passion.

The other day I was doing some emotional sorting around what I want to manifest. I was sitting in my container garden next to brightly colored flowers. "Am I on the right track?" I asked. "Guides, please let me know!" 

I journaled my thoughts and hit on some ideas that felt very good, when suddenly a hummingbird appeared within a foot of me, peering at me as if I were some strange curiosity in her flower patch. She hovered for about 10 seconds, and flitted off. But the interruption of nature at just that moment happened to underscore the very topic I was journalling about, and I felt a deep excitement as even more ideas expanded from there. 

Moments like those are called Signposts. Ask long as you have the courage to ask your guides for help, they will always reply.

As in my case, they may not reply in words or thoughts, but confirmation will come in the form of a signpost, or some simple event that offers energetic synchronicity and exponentially expands your sense of love, positivity, or clarity.

Imagine if you met the love of your life, but you became discouraged because they said something in passing that led you to think they could never like you. You walk away from them and miss out on lovely experiences, all because you never garnered the courage to ASK for clarification.

We do this type of thing on a lesser scale everyday. We get into confusing situations, and we forget to check in with ourselves, with our highest wisdom, with our primal knowing, and with our guides. We suffer in confusion rather than taking time to simply ask for help! You never lose by asking!

On Faith

On Faith

What is faith? I was raised to belief that Faith is an action word. We often define it as "belief in something for which we have no proof," but even the early French etymology explains faith as the "duty of fulfilling one's trust." That duty sounds pretty action oriented to me!

People are sometimes afraid to believe in God. They feel pressured by religion to place faith in something for which they have no empiriclal evidence. They don't want to place faith and then be sorely disappointed at some critical moment. But what if Faith is an action we take day in and out?

What if, from today forward, you look at faith as something you do in order to fulfill that trust, and you begin with having faith in yourself? 

It is often easier to have faith in the abilities of others. We may choose to believe or disbelieve in our government leaders, our parents, our bosses, and lovers, but when faced with ourselves, if we have not developed a solid core of faith in our own ability to live, love, and prosper, we suffer. Sometimes, because we have trouble believing in ourseselves and carrying our that duty to fullfill that sacred trust with our own hearts, we look outside of ourselves for something to have faith in. We look to God, or to Angels, or to Mother Earth. But in fact the deepest lessons of most religious faiths is that God, Angels, Gaia, they are all found within us. Until we learn to see the refelction of the divine within ourselves, we can not heal that inner sense of lack. You must trust that you are worth having Faith in!

"Faith is the function of human life that dispels the dark clouds of doubt, anxiety and regret, opens one’s heart and orients it toward good," says Daisaku Ikeda. When you take up Faith as an action verb, seeking to understand how and why something is worthy of your love and energy--and how best that should be physically expressed--you unlock the gateway to a profound glimpse at real truth-- that all things are worthy of Faith and Love, for all things created are beautifully, blissfully, divinine. Once you realize this, you don't have to worry about losing Faith, or Hope, or falling into pits of despair, for that faith once found can not be lost. Even the guru who disappoints through scandal, must be recognized as part of a great teaching and learning wheel. As your fatih increases, your brilliant mind can honor the needs and duties of that faith, taking actions which support overall well being and increasing overall faith--not in any guru or physical earthly thing, but in the cosmic nature of life, and in the blossoming flower your own soul.

On Devotion

The word devotion stems from the old latin meaning roughly to "dedicate by a vow, sacrifice oneself, promise solemly" or to preach from the base or root of one's being. I'm a fairly passionate person and though I am quite comfortable with throwing love around, I do not make declarations and vows of devotion lightly. I have often known within minutes, if not hours, the love contract between myself and another. This isn't to say I can't be surprised, for the road of love between two people, whatever the relationship, can twist and turn several times over. 

And yet I've found that often deep within, we have a sense of who and what we are meant to be to one another. We just spend time (days, weeks, months) clearing old wounds, or ego, in order to fulfull that original spark of vision. 

The other day I was with a good friend of mine I haven't seen in a few years. We spent several hours talking, and I expressed that I was so excited to see her son, whom I hadn't seen in years as well. The following day, I came to her home and there he stood. He was friendly and chatty, but none of that mattered. Instantly my heart was overwhelmed with a deep filial connection I have only ever felt for my own child, and none before or since. I knew, as certain as my own breath, that "come hell or highwater" I would protect the life and interests of this little boy as if he were my own. It was an unresonable, soul-certain feeling. My friend and I talked about this, and other forms of love for most of the evening.

This is the nature of devotion. It is a vow that comes from the Great Below within all of us, from our own primal, very human selves. A vow so strong we would sacrifice our lives. This vow may be spoken or unspoken. It may blossom within us like a surprise, or burn so deeply born of karma and circumstance.

Where and how we choose to express this life-on-the-line kind of devotion is critical, for our very life is at stake. In Nichiren Buddhism, it is said that those who practice Buddhism today made a vow many thousands of lifetimes ago to flower with life, to remain in the karmic cycle of death and rebirth, regardless of enlightenment, in order to help others. It is a vow of great compassion. To live it means to release the judgements of ego completely, and honor the beauty of our human process. Some say that this kind of higher-consciousness devotion (ie to God, to the compassionate healing of Earth or Humanity) is the only place we should place our deepest devotion.

I say that devotion to a small child and devotion to God are one in the same. Both are Divine. We all are. When we honor anything in this world as we would honor Supreme Life, we heal the frayed threads of communal consciousness. We remember the greatness that we hold as individuals, but also as a collective creating life. 

And yet, devotion itself is a neutral energy. It is the expression of our willingness to give our all. If we devote ourselves to acts or routines that disconnect us from our life force, or take on committments that have nothing to do with our soul needs, we minimize the light of loving wisdom we are able to share--because this kind of devotion ultimately saps our energy. If we devote ourselves to people/places/causes that negate who we are, we eventually need to do the healing work of returning to wholeness around those parts of us that are shut down in that process. We then become busy repairing and healing our own relationship to ourselves. While this is not "bad," we can experince greater expansion by being discerning in what we choose to devote ourselves to.

  

Daily meditations and prayers, nourishing foods and activities, actions that support healthy and balanced relationships-- these are all hungry for our devotion. When we are devoted in love, we vibrate love and draw the world around us into a resonance of love. In turn, more love is created.

On Strength

On Strength

Every creature on this earth has its own quality of strength. I was thinking of us today, and how we humans are pretty scrawny when compared to, say, a lion. However, we have brilliant minds capable of creating complex structures in multiple planes of reality; just look at our physical buildings, emotional & social etiquette, intellectual abstract reasoning, religious beliefs! Yet when we talk about strength we don't often think about these human acts. We talk instead about overcoming challenges, or persevering against all odds. We tell stories in which some forceful action displays our strength. 

I have thought a lot about strength this year as I've sat with people overcoming tremendous illness, or children facing playground bullies. I honor that our strength shows in so many different ways.

To me the heart of strength is in loving oneself enough to honor the messages coming from our inner lion (or primal center of energy), and in allowing that story to well upward from the well of our being, like a song deep within our own blood, unique unto us, but asking to be sung.

When we live from our deepest truth, we are impassioned. Our blood sings. Our life glows. We are in love with life. The energy that this creates can make impossible things manifest. Inventions are created. New worlds are created.

Children are really good at living this way. They listen to that inner voice that tells them where they must go or what they must do, and because they are connected with that passion, they do it. It is a fierce primal life force energy that they wrangle effortlessly. They are filled with passion for just being alive.

When we allow ourselves to connect with our inner lion, we have an enormous power generator backing up our every move. But that isn't enough. We must also temper that raw force with loving awareness that comes through our heart. Our heart energy transforms that passion song into something that works not only for us, but that can also increase vibrations of light and healing for others in the world as well. Connecting with our passion makes us passionate, but tempering it with deep trust and reflection, this makes us strong. Possibly unbeatable! 

Real strength is being courageous enough to listen to that voice of truth in the still waters of our deepest heart, even when the rest of the world is telling us something completely different--and being willing to act upon it for a good that serves both ourselves and our community. Real strength is standing by that heart or primal truth in order to create more light and beauty in your multiple planes of reality--even if it doesn't fit the reality that is already there.

It takes strength to march at the front of a revolutionary war brigade, or to create an invention the world calls crazy. We all have the strength to do incredible things. Find your inner lion. Figure out how to honor it. Then do what's necessary to tame it so your own unique, primal song can be unleashed.

Daily Practice

April and May were filled with some really sweet moments, including the adventure of the Isis Advanced training, and our first Beach Cleanup of the year (see pics on facebook!). However, in my private life these months also brought the physical moving away of significant family and friends, as well as the anniversary of a poignant family death that is still a bit steamy around the edges. 

When life presents big emotional situations that require deep coping and processing skills, I turn to my daily practice to ground myself before taking any other supportive action. Mantras, meditations, and fresh action (even if that action is sometimes rest) help pull me through.

Sometimes, I resist. I find myself shying away from my home altar, or making excuses not to take my morning walk. I recognize these actions as red flags indicating that I’m running from myself; I know that when I sit at that altar, or do the yoga, or take the walk, I will by necessity face the core of what my life experience is at that moment, and sometimes it hurts to be that present. My inner capricorn knows how to trudge forward with tireless determination, but trudging is not always necessary. 

I am learning to simply be kind to myself in those moments. Sometimes we run. Sometimes we hunker down and wait, like the opossum playing dead. When it’s hard, as it certainly was for a day or two, here or there, I spray aromatherapy, and find ways to laugh. 

Then, as night falls, I sit with myself in silence. I allow for space. I let my talking personality fall quiet. I allow the wisdom of my wild inner child to speak up, and then my heart to speak up. Truth comes up in those moments, when we allow for that uninterrupted time. 

It doesn’t always come up right then, but eventually it senses the opening I’ve offered, and pounds its way to the surface with seeming perfect synchronicity. Sometimes I realize that there are things I need in order to come back to myself: a trip to the beach, a hike in the woods, a stop at the ice cream shop with a friend. 

Other times, just acknowledging that life is complex and that in that moment I don't like the rules, is enough for me to let go of judgement and come back to center. I can melt back into my body and the practice of living with a sense of renewal.

We are all such warriors! Everyday, we are facing new adventures, old wounds, great choices at the crossroads of our lives. Nobody can lead us safely through our pathway. Our paths are all different. We have soaring mountains with snowbanks that have hidden the path markings, and blissful jumps to make from the top of emerald jungle waterfalls. 

In key moments, we alone must make the critical decisions for how to live, how to self-care, when to jump, when to play dead. However, our family and very good friends can be a part of our safety pack, offering love and listening ears where needed. They reflect back to us who we are (and often unintentionally who we are not!). 

Our practice is a part of our toolkit too. While there may be times when there just isn’t a moment to sit and Ohm because we’re face to face with something beastly, your daily practice will bring you back to the nuts and bolds of reality, putting that beast into perspective. Of course, as the name implies, daily practice requires consistent effort, and while it can certainly be joyful, it may not always be easy. 

Do you know how I got solid biceps? Regular exercise! Haha. While some of it was unintentional (carrying a 40 lb kid on one arm), some of it most certainly was (ie the ever-challenging-for-Dailey plank pose in yoga). 

Just for now, I can think of 14 or 15 friends and clients who are going through very grueling, horribly intense processing. My heart is always with you in the work. On this end, I’m praying that you’re well bundled for your snowy sojourn and that you’ve packed your swimsuit for the eventual sun. 

But I’m also reminding you to find your daily practice. If you’re having a hard time touching into it, then reach out and find a friend or stranger who can help motivate you. Or, like me, turn off the lights. Get dark. Play dead. And with amazement, watch your own inner sunrise.

xoxo

Dailey

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! 

No matter the family or format, being a mother takes tenacity, courage, and a heck of a lot of love. We each have our challenges, but I hope on this day, you are honored for all that you continue to bring into the world, and I hope you also honor yourself. You are a creatrix, and with each breath you affirm the life of your beloved charge. 

Some of us have suffered miscarriage. Others, forms of loss we can not imagine. No matter the fate of your child (or children) you are a mother.

For some, your body has known death and rebirth through the gate of your womb, and this mortal coil was your rite of passage into motherhood. 

For others, you brought life through pure ether, bleeding and opening through your heart as you adopted, inherited, or otherwise birthed the circumstances to love and hold your beloved progeny. 

You! Goddess! May you be known for the queen that you are, and that I know you to be, on this and every day.

blessings,

Dailey

May Events @ Healing Heart Reiki

** MAY EVENTS @ Healing Heart Reiki **

Welcome to the fertile energy of spring. May your "May" be blessed with love and light

3rd (sat)  - Reiki SHARE & CLINIC

4th  (sun)- Reiki I Training

5th (mon)- Being In Balance Yoga with Amanda Metcalf (all mondays)

11th (sun) - Advanced Energy Training / Isis Training with Dailey Little

17th (sat) - Intro to Your Own Energy with Diana Borges

28th (wed)- Ladies of the Lake Study Group with Bernadette Wulf

31st (sat) - Reiki II Training

Thought I'd post this here today. You can see event additions, details or changes on the website CALENDAR.

Please Share this with friends whom you think will benefit and enjoy these offerings. 

Here are some of my favorite quotes this month:

"love everyone and tell the truth." ~neem karoli baba

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” ~Lao Tzu

"A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge." ~ Thomas Carlyle

Happy May! See you soon! ~Dailey

Facing the Future & The South Salmon Beach Cleanup

Every year I try to commit to at least three beach cleanups. It feels important to me to go to the oceanside and do a simple service of picking up trash. The sand and the water are so beautiful. There is microlife that my human eyes can't even see, but my spirit feels it in the ocean spray and the roar of the sea.

Life nowadays moves so fast, it is far too easy to disappear into emerging technology and forget the simplicity and importance of remaining connected. I was at the coffee shop the other day and saw people sharing tables but they did not exchange even one word in the time they were with each other. It made me think we are moving into an era in which we are losing the ability to connect as people on the most basic levels. I look at the wax lined cups that go into that blue recycle bin, and the miles of non-disposable plastic straws, packaging, and coffee lids that go into the trash. I know that those things, even if they don't end up in the gutter right outside, will still end up in massive landfills. And for all of the people who think it's okay to throw a tiny piece of trash (a gum wrapper!) out the window or drop it on the cement, those flow into gutters, local rivers, and out to the ocean. There are swirling masses of trash miles wide in the pacific sea where the water is so impacted it is toxic and the animals are deformed or dying. I see that we humans are doing this. Our varying inability to take full responsibility for our carbon footprint creates this toxic death cycle.

I don't really believe in being depressed about the state of the world. Depression is easy to sink into, but if each of us took even one small action a day, then the world as we know it would change.  We all have different ways in which we are called to make change. For me, a promise to go to the beach that I love, to walk the oceans with conscious awareness, and to pick up trash that others have forgotten, feels powerful. 

A lot of the time, we slip out of our responsible roles due to overwhelm. I know that the 7-11 super gulp cup half buried in the sand could be from a mom with toddlers running so many circle around her that she simply forgot it there. I know that the fishing line tangled in seaweed may have come from an ocean animal who pulled free and broke the line in the process. There is no judgement in service, just love. When the service is done in love, then everyone heals. When the service is done in love, depression is transformed into hope. That hope touches others. It opens hearts and minds. It makes us even more aware, the next time we are on the beach or at a park that the grocery receipt that slipped out of our hands is really worth chasing after!

Our first beach cleanup of the year is on April 6th at South Salmon Beach. We will meet near the bathrooms and clean up the beach for an hour and a half. The data collected from the beach cleanup will be used by the California Coastal Commission to understand the trends behind pollution flow and create real solutions for the future. It is a wonderful way to spend the morning. We will be there, Rain or Shine.  I hope you will give me a call and join us to bring some conscious effort towards keeping our waterways clean!

blessings,

Dailey

Good Change

I don't have much to say this morning, haha. It is springtime, and with spring I feel alive with the possibilities of the moist season. As I spoke with the landlord about new flooring for the office, I found myself reflecting on the nature of change, and how it can stir up all sorts of emotions within us.

In the office, I often say that change can be beautiful. It can be painless and nourishing--like getting new durable floors to replace the old worn out carpet! Change can take us out of the hell of our own mind and deposit us on new shores. It can feel hard to leave behind the unhealthy patterns we know for the unknown, but it doesn't have to be horrific. It can be good-scary-- like your first Halloween.

Most of us don't linger much on the good changes, we only remember difficult transitions. We are deeply hurt by experiences that wound our core self esteem. We feel pain about who we are, and what we are--or are not--capable of being and receiving. Then, like animals trapped behind an electric-wired fence, we become afraid of any change because we don't want to be zapped again.

We have to re-introduce ourselves to the idea of good change, the kind of change that actually feels good as we are going through it. We have to stop thinking we'll get zapped as we cross into new territory! If our bodies and minds are still humming with memories from before, then we won't feel the goodness of the change we are in, all we feel is our own limiting fear.

Are you making decisions in your life based on lingering fear of what has happened before? Or are you fully in the present, greeting change with love and excitement? 

Breathe. . . 

Dailey

Reiki & Self Worth

Reiki & Self Worth

We often struggle to love ourselves. We put others' needs before our own because we are taught that this is a graceful, elegant way to live and be. Yet when we get on airplanes and we are told "Place your oxygen mask over yourself first before assisting others." We laugh and think "Of Course!"

In everyday life, I see a lot of people forgetting to "put their oxygen mask on first." They have overly-busy schedules yet can not say no because a good friend needs their help. They will scrape together the last of their energy to do something non-essential rather than resting and restoring their core being. It is natural to go above and beyond on occassion, but if we always do this without first caring for ourselves, we will eventually crash and burn. To me these boundary issues tie directly into our sense of self worth. 

Somehow we may have convinced ourselves that we are not worth anything if we can not help our friends, take care of things 'on time,' or 'be there' for others.  This faulty belief is sinuous and slips into the cracks of our being. 

If you commonly overpromise your time and find yourself breaking committments, if you are exhausted and can't seem to get ahead of yourself, if you are filled with guilt everytime you take care of yourself before handling other things, then you may be struggling with core issues of self worth.

One thing I love about Reiki is that it is unconditionally loving in nature. Have you ever had a Reiki session? So often, when I am receiving Reiki, I feel warmth, acceptance, and peace.  These are exactly the feelings I believe we should always be offering ourselves, rather than guilt, stress, and pressures to conform to some egoic standard we have created on the faulty foundation of old emotional wounds.

There are many ways to heal Self Worth issues, including the use of affirmations, flower essences, psychotherapy, EFT, and meditation, but one of my favorite ways is with Reiki. 

HEALING SELF WORTH REIKI MEDITATION

Sit comfortably with spine straight so as to allow a smooth flow of energy through the chakras. Place hands in prayer position to open your meditation, calling in Reiki Life Force or loving light. Sit quietly for 5 minutes, noticing the thoughts that arise, the feelings your body is holding, and the physical experience of simply sitting and being with yourself as your follow the rhythm of your natural breath.  Do you itch to check your cell phone? Are there certain nervous habits that come to the fore? Just notice.

Now bring to mind a belief that you have held about yourself, that you know to be inhibiting your inner flow of abundance. Sometimes we don't even realize these are beliefs we can change. We may view them as truths. 

Some common beliefs I have heard, seen, or experienced include:  I am not worthy of receiving the love I am seeking. I am not smart enough to create what I would like to create. I never even had a chance at (fill in the blank). If I don't do this for him/her, they won't have a use for me and I will lose their friendship because I am only as good as what I do; I have no inherent value. 

Many of these beliefs are laced with negatives; I can't, I don't, I never, they won't, etc. When you find yourself using these negative contractions, look at the belief system that follows.

Choose just one belief that resonates for you and the current challenges in your life. Say it out loud. Allow the feelings that are associated with that belief to flood your body. Notice those feelings. Breathe into them and through them so that you can own them rather than pretending these feelings do not exist. 

Where are these feelings being held in your body? ...Once you are aware of where these feelings are being held in your body, place your hands wherever on your body you feel that root source of energy. If you aren't certain where that source is, run your hands over your body until you come to a stopping place that feels good. Channel Reiki into that location. 

Let go of the language of the old belief. See warm Reiki light transforming that belief at its root. If there are old stories or life experiences attached to that belief, reframe them in your mind to be of positive benefit. Tell a new story. You can even do so out loud. Use your breath to release the old stories and welcome in healing light.

Allow Reiki to expand throughout your body until the old feeling connected with that belief is gone. 

In your spirit, see light emanating through your torso and all of your limbs. 

In your mind, affirm the positive truth, whatever that may be; I am smart enough. I am worthy. I have inherent value.  

If it feels too difficult or untrue to affirm such things, then simply practice self-acceptance. Just for now, I accept myself as I am. Leave space for the positive and joyful journey of continued growth and transformation.

When you are filled with a sense of positivity, end the meditation by placing both hands against the earth, offering this gift of loving energy into the ground. Allow any excess energy that does not serve your highest good to release into the earth. 

Affirm that you will return gently to a clear and functional waking state, in this new vibration of self-worth and love.

May you find many blessings in this work!

Dailey Little