Monthly Archives: January 2012
The Canvas of Your Soul
Today marks the first day I return to my love – painting. I have been in an incubation process over the last 9 months (interestingly), with only sporadic bursts of creating, as I symbolically, and unknowingly, was getting ready for the birthing of much. Over that time period I have been processing, exploring, shifting, preparing, cultivating, and grounding. Today, with exciting trepidation I prepare to touch my soul more deeply and begin a new process of creative vulnerability, as my heart flows from brush to canvas. It will be a beautifully unfolding process to embrace unconditionally, as with each creation the layers are peeled on the way to the core. This allowing and channeling from essence through my heart is a most joyous and revealing process.
Cosmic Tree - Heart of Sky by Tania Marie ~ Mayan Cosmology of Creation
This will be a big year for creative expression and I have intentions to put out many paintings, among other things, in record time. New times and energy mean new processes, speeding up of time, greater ease and flow, and even more direct and clear access to that well of limitless creativity within. For those of you have been doing the work for what seems like forever, you will find that the biggest hurdle is not in the actual implementation, but is in nurturing loving courage to just “do it.” The rest will reveal itself and all the elements will come together magically once you take the plunge into the ocean of fun awaiting!
“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”
Dale Carnegie
Now is the time to reveal your soul’s authentic expression. What does it look, feel, sound, taste, or smell like? Understanding the essence of you will guide you to your greatest joys and will support integrative healing and balance. The canvas of your soul is the greatest work of art you, as the artist of your life, have the ability to create. What would you like it to be? The beauty is, you can continually change, alter, add to, or remove any colors and strokes, as mirrors you. Happy painting!
Courage of the Heart – Quotes to Inspire and Move through Fear
I find that one of the biggest hurdles right now that many are having to face is that of courage in the face of fear – finding that our hearts are stronger than the voices in our heads and the conditioning of our experiences and “pasts.” It’s not that fears completely dissipate, but we learn to process them differently, put them into perspective, understand them and in essence, master them. In doing so they no longer control us, rather, we become empowered and decide for ourselves what we want to experience. This is the time to put all fears aside and to step into our authentic power so that we may share our gifts in passionate and compassionate service to others. Many are embracing this at this time and can be examples and guiding lights in the process. Fears are the manifestations of the hindrances we are experiencing in varying and seemingly arbitrary forms. I know it is challenging, but I am right there with you on this journey. This is your time and the energy of the now is supporting your integration into “being.”
One of my favorite animated movies, The Secret of Nimh, amongst many of its very potent messages, shares this “courage of the heart” beautifully in this scene where Mrs. Brisby is about to lose her children as their house collapses in the mud:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnY0fI43Rr4
“Courage of the heart is very rare…the stone has a power when its there.”
Here are some more inspiring quotes on courage in the face of fear:
“It’s OK to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to fly in formation.” Helen Keller
“I never take counsel of my fears.” General George Patton
“The key to change…is to let go of fear.” Rosanne Cash
“Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you’re scared to death.” Harold Wilson
“The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.” Sven Goran Eriksson
“If you wait to do everything until you’re sure it’s right, you’ll probably never do much of anything.” Win Borden
“If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone.” John Maxwell
“Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. Christopher Robin to Pooh.” A. A. Milne
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.” William Shedd
“Stand facing the sun and the shadows fall behind you.” from a school blackboard in Whitby
“I always knew that one day I would take this road but yesterday I did not know today would be the day.” Nagarjuna
“He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.” Oscar Wilde
“Confront the dark parts of yourself and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.” August Wilson
“What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” Mark Twain
“Arise, awake and don’t stop until the goal is achieved.” Swami Vivekananda
“People do not lack strength; they lack will.” Victor Hugo
“He who moves not forward, goes backward.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“By perseverance the snail reached the Ark.” Charles Spurgeon
Welcome 2012!
2012 Energy IS: Fearless Love, Integration, Empowerment, Creativity, Natural Harmony, Balance, Magic, Clarity, Wisdom, Flow, Joy, Inspired Conviction
Here is a lovely and supportive message from Spirit Speaks, channeled from Mother Mary that I felt really had a simple and beautiful sharing to address the current changes unfolding and our roles in the shift: http://spiritspeaks.ca/2011/12/becoming-beings-of-light/#more-678
For those who are not on my newsletter mailing list or missed the facebook posts, I wanted to extend these thoughts and sharings from my heart to yours now that we have stepped into this amazing year of 2012…..
As we put peaceful closure to what was quite a full year of transformational experiences, it is time to be ever more present and focused on the now and to leave the rest behind us for good – moving forward only with the love and healing wisdom that is shaping the new we have desired.
Like for many of you, this has been a year of gathering, organizing, tending to, and blending all the ingredients of my story together for the recipe of life path intents I have been envisioning and intending for years and in many ways, all my life.
To many, it may always seem as if it’s a never-ending story of winding labyrinths that challenge us at every turn, but be sure that all the pieces of the journey have been leading you ingeniously back to the sanctuary within – back to the core of YOU. And at that core is the unfolding beauty that is taking form in this new world in harmony with the rest of the visionaries – buds that are promised a life as a flower in the garden of life.
Had it not been for my unfaltering convictions, heart felt beliefs, unequivocally magical life experiences, and the loving presence and supportive nudges from dear ones, I would not be where I stand today. For everything I am deeply grateful and while I still falter, I have learned my processes and how to unconditionally maneuver and assist myself through the challenging times and the self-sabotage. It’s not that we necessarily arrive at a point of being healed of all things without experiencing any bumps. But we learn the perfection of it all and to become empowered through the understanding and trust that we have the ability to shift the experiences more swiftly, the more we consciously understand how we operate, come to integrate all the pieces, and learn how to support a more flowing life.
We are in this time of instant shifting and instant manifesting. So much so, it will almost not even phase you that things changed. This is the beauty of the work we have been doing for so long and what has been percolating. It seems at times nothing has changed, but when you stop to look, it has changed so much and in many cases you won’t remember how you got where you are and how you surpassed the fears you once had.
This is a year of fearless love in every way possible – love of our passions creatively, compassionately and uninhibitedly expressed, love for each other, love of life, love of the earth and all the beings we share it with, love of the mysteries of the cosmos, love of YOU.
My intent is that everyone experience the power and magic of love uniquely through the vehicle of you and cohesively melding with the experience of the collective for the highest good of all concerned. I intend to provide my unique heart contributions to support empowered and loving experiences through creative and visionary healing arts that will help along that journey.
An exciting and full year is upon us. This is why it is important to be mindful of nurturing and taking care of your precious physical being so that it may be a powerful vehicle in life for you to bring about the beauty you are flowing forth. I have learned this and am currently in process of doing the same, after my overhaul with it this year, as I have seen the year ahead in my visions and wise is it to tend to the body that will make it possible. Your body is your temple and through it we are gifted the ability to experience amazing things, as long as we keep it fortified the same way we fortify our spiritual, emotional and mental well being. Integration and honor of all our parts is necessary – not a luxury.
I am heart-fully excited to assist in the miracles you desire this year and beyond, while simultaneously supporting us into natural harmony with the Earth and Cosmos.
My company, Emerald Bridge, will be getting a face-lift and kicking off the year with a lot of new things, both solo and in co-collaboration (as these are times to come together with our gifts):
* Events – Experiences of the senses and beyond: Visionary and creative arts, book signings and art openings, inspiring talks, channelings, high vibe foods, music, fun & more (special guests to be announced). There will be 3 events in the Orange County area at the beginning of 2012 to kick things off with a bang and events will be continually evolving, growing and spreading to help assist with the collective shifts. Stay tuned for details. The first starting in February – A chance to connect and enjoy an integrative, in-person “experience”
* Classes & workshops – in person Reiki sessions – Unique Reiki, empowered living, healing arts and more – taught solo & in partnership (coming in early 2012 – the first in February)
* A new visionary series of healing, empowering and magical paintings for our current times (coming in early 2012 and beyond)
* New crystal pendants to assist with your intents and aligned with the Earth energies of the now – introducing collaborative creations with Reiki Master Teacher and Designer Allison Jacobson for some progressively gorgeous, out of this world high vibe birthing of new crystal friends – we will blending our energies and gifts for some super charged pieces (coming in early 2012)
* Sacred tattoo designs – personal portals to spiritual skin – high vibe creations intuited just for you and to integrate your intents (now available for commission: http://taniamarie.com/tattoodesign.htm)
* Spiritual Skin – Sacred Tattoos: More than Skin Deep available on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Skin-Sacred-Tattoos-More/dp/1463703422/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1325362784&sr=8-2 – stay tuned for book signings and upcoming talk at the Boise, Idaho 208 Tat2Fest: http://www.208tat2fest.com/
* L.O.V.E. Seeds – Love Our Vibrant Earth Lemurian Seed Crystal Pendants and Pendulums (now available at: http://taniamarie.com/crystaljewelry.htm )
For more information about Emerald Bridge and its focus and how you can help in assisting all of these new paradigm creations into being and to continue to grow and provide more inspiring events and offerings please visit here and consider donating any heartfelt amount: http://taniamarie.com/emeraldbridge.htm
Emerald Bridge is in process of evolution into what it was envisioned to be and very exciting things are to come that will be revealed in time, but it can’t all be done solo, nor is that the energy of the now. Any assistance and support is most appreciated. If you would like to donate services that are aligned with the events, please drop me a message. As always, I am available to assist and donate services and offerings towards any collaborations you may have as well that are in heart alignment and mutually resonating.
If interested in more information please don’t hesitate to contact me with questions and inquiries. Any sharing is always welcome.
Wishing you a Beauty-full New Year.
In abundant love, magic and creativity,
Tania Marie
Emerald Bridge