Monthly Archives: July 2014
Gratitude Creates Abundance
There IS MUCH MUCH to be grateful for.
Focus on what there IS…not what you “think” you lack.
Things come to you in the ways that are for your highest good.
We think we know what that is, but that’s simply ego running the show – trying to control things with attached expectations and limitations.
What shows up for us is an unconditionally, wider perspective – so perfect and a truly hidden gift.
We just haven’t unwrapped the abundance yet.
The more gratitude you embrace, the more abundance you experience.
Impetus for Re-Alignment

Artwork: “Finding Peace Amongst Chaos” by Jessica Joy: http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/jessica-joy.html
There is a divine order within chaos.
Sometimes when you are walking through life at less than your capacity to be fully conscious and operate with vision, things occur to help get your attention so that you can get back into alignment.
Perhaps this is the energetic environment you may find yourself in – present with catalytic energy to birth forth from the “chaos”.
An Art Project For Human Kind
Another example of how art bridges all boundaries. We are each unique, but connected. This reminds you that you have a specific individual expression you are here to shine and to honor and recognize the same in all others. Thanks Segmation for sharing this!
Capricorn Full Moon & Saturn Soon to go Direct – Integrating Integrity Into Your Life

Capricorn – Source: http://www.virgomagic.com
We are quickly approaching both a Full Moon and Saturn turning direct. This Saturday, July 12th illuminates a Capricorn Full Moon and Sunday, July 20th is the end of Saturn’s Retrograde.
I’ve been seeing a lot of Capricorn themed energies emerging recently and this doesn’t surprise me, since synchronous alignments always unfold when we are following the energy in our bodies. So I find this weekend’s upcoming Full Moon and Saturn going direct (Saturn rules Capricorn by the way) to tie in with a lot in my own personal frequency field I’ve been immersed in.
I’ve been engaged in some Astrological explorations for myself with emphasis on my North Node in Capricorn (I also happen to have a Capricorn Ascendent), and my current tattoo design client I’ve just completed a design for, also just happens to be a Capricorn. That felt particularly potent given everything and there was no surprise I had such an immediate connection with this person.
But it wasn’t actually until after I was nearly finished with his piece that I smiled to myself once again getting the Cosmic humor of life lived “for” the world – not simply just living “in” the world. When that is in alignment, things just magickally unfold.
Speaking of dates, I also found July 20th’s Saturn going direct to be quite synchronous as well, given that is the day the retreat I’m hosting in Bimini starts. I had no idea of this when I chose the dates. I simply followed guidance received. I’ve later discovered also how some people have some ideas about July 20th pointing to other energetic or literal things unfolding on the collective scene.
I don’t know what will transpire or not, but I can say that Saturn’s shift brought a smile to my face when I learned it fell on the onset of the retreat. The retreat also ends on July 25th, right at the culmination of the New Moon the next day of the 26th.
So once again, there seems to be some beautifully supportive energy of clarity, opening, and release for new beginnings all tied into the week’s time and focused work we’ll be doing in Bimini’s energetic vortex.
You can’t make this stuff up, which is why I love learning about things after, rather than trying to figure it out and orchestrate it.
Trusting and acting upon what you feel within your body and heart, brings about the greatest joy and wisdom regardless of the actual results.
My feeling is that everything is an opportunity and gift. I’ve never looked at things to be negative – just challenging us to rise to the occasion and to call in more of who you really are. So things like Saturn going Retrograde I feel we could all benefit more by viewing it in this regard, rather than greeting it with an “Uh oh!” that heralds pre-determined self-sabotaging dread, anguish, fear, and defeat.
I do know it’s been challenging for many, but I think you’ll agree when the challenges are moved through, that you’ll find yourself much lighter, freer, and empowered. This is usually the process of change.
When Saturn goes Retrograde, this is a time period for deliberate slowing down (which is why things seem to be delayed), really working with your inner wisdom, being more present with self and others as you communicate, taking stock of things in your life, reexamining, reorganizing, and making adjustments for improvements. If you meet Saturn as a partner that is helping to hold you accountable to yourself and others, you can utilize its energetic support to build more solid foundations and responsibility to your path. Saturn helps you find direction, to restructure your life with values that truly reflect who you are, and provides you the time to do these things. Otherwise, you might just keep wandering aimlessly and continue down the same paths and patterns without end.
So rather than see Saturn as limiting, see Saturn as the catalyst to unlimitedness. A friend helping you to complete what you’ve started or what you dream of, and to become more aware of your own personal power and place in the world. Perhaps it is society you allow to limit you, or countless other outside sources.
But Saturn is not the culprit. Saturn is simply the light bulb illuminating where you are limiting yourself and how you can embody more personal integrity into your life.
You are much more capable than you think you are and you have the ability to do astounding things. Saturn will help to lift veils and blinders so that you see what is really going on around you. This may seem like Saturn is making things happen to you because you suddenly are experiencing what has been hidden or ignored, but on the contrary, Saturn reveals to you what you are allowing into your experience simply by bringing it to your attention.
Wisdom and strength are potential gifts to embrace from Saturn as well, but you will have to do the work.
And there are gifts in store for you when you do.
You have the ability to redefine boundaries, reassess commitments, and step more into your power when Retrogrades pass through. Opportunity is knocking through the lessons that arise to help alleviate you from frustration, confinement, and feelings of entrapment.
Whether it’s a Saturn Retrograde period or not, it’s beneficial to look at your challenges with new perspectives. Saturn is just one of your guiding posts to help you along with that process, if you in fact aren’t already doing so.
And when you do, you will not find these time periods not to be something to fret, but rather welcomed time to do some inner house cleaning. If you utilize the Retrograde time period as such, then when Saturn goes direct, you’ll find things catapulting forward with ease and grace.
So hopefully you can take the remaining days to go within and make friends with what the Retrograde has brought to your attention.
And as for the Capricorn Full Moon approaching, this will add to the feeling of coming to a kind of crossroads with things. We have the watery Sun’s energy in Cancer balancing the Earthy Moon’s energy of Capricorn. Full Moons are about the “harvest” and completion, whereas New Moons are about beginnings. This Full Moon is also a Super Moon, which means the Moon is closest to the Earth and in direct alignment with Sun and Earth and thus adds an extra potent intensity.
So with that more authoritarian, sometimes known as “karmic” Saturn energy, we are still taking our time to get through our “stuff”. And the message Capricorn knows well is “change or be changed”.
The Capricorn Full Moon brings us a period of searching for deeper meaning in the things we are engaged in, including emotional and professional levels of our lives. Integrity is a highlight at this time and looking at how not only does something serve your personal joy, but also has the best interest of the highest good included, will bring about successes. You may feel the need to question things, manage your life better, become more determined and focused, start doing things that put your dreams into concrete actualization, and feel the need to create greater sense of personal security and stability from the inside out.
Since Cancer is emotional and need-based, it is the feminine, inner, home and family, nurturing mother, receptive energy. Capricorn, on the other hand, is wisdom based, responsible, self-sufficient, purpose-focused, goal driven, your success in the world, and the spiritual father energy.
So this Full Moon will have us asking ourselves where we are out of balance in these regards and where we may be suffering at the over-focus of one over the other.
Ask yourself “What do I need to feel stronger, more healthy, centered, and secure?”
And then realize that there is truly nothing outside of you that can feed these. All that you need is within and you CAN satisfy your own needs. It’s time to stop chasing needs and start feeling into yourself as to how you can fulfill those holes you feel.
Become the driver of your own life and learn to have greater self love and healthy self focus that understands how this is simultaneously service-minded for the highest good benefiting everyone and everything around you.
Saturn and Capricorn embody authoritative energy, but this is to teach you to empower yourself to become your own authority of your life. And as mentioned, they also help you to understand your limitations with the perspective of how they may actually support you into your strength, while acting from your greatest personal integrity.
I’ve always felt that the things we fear have the potential to be our greatest teachers and gifts.
Celebrating Six Years With Gaia
I may not physically be with Gaia right now (my amazing Russian Tortoise friend), but am with her nonetheless in heart and celebrating “with” her regardless.
Yes, Gaia is still M.I.A. – and literally she IS “missing in action”, as she is off on another mission from which she intends to, and will only, return once she’s completed it.
I’ve shared before how determined and committed this mighty little one is – a constant guide and teacher for me in this and many regards – and so my sense is that if her mission takes all of her to complete, then she will transcend doing and being her wholeness.
How can I not love her more for that and honor and respect her immensely?
She’s been gone now, deep within Mother Earth (Gaia is within Gaia 🙂 ) for about two and a half months. She went away before to do very intensive energetic work with and in support of the Earth, but returned once that mission was complete. And now has departed again and I await her happy news of another mission accomplished, however that results.
I love her unconditionally and it’s no surprise that the souls in animal companion suits that I (and they) chose to partner up with, are all very committed souls on a mission. Sounds familiar. 😉 And their deep, focused, and unrelenting truth of heart investment into who they are, is the best example and constant reminder for me.
I’ve never known anyone like them in this way.
Anyway, I hadn’t had a dream about Gaia in a while, which is where my animal companions communicate with me, but she did show up the night before last.
I do not remember the dream anymore, like I usually do, except for the fact that it was different from the others energetically and I saw Gaia in her vibrant joy. I have two specific images of her from the dream that keep replaying in my mind from when she and I first came together and lived at Lake Tahoe. They are the images you see here.
So I know that wherever she is, she is wanting me to know that she is really happy and in her joyous truth, perhaps mission accomplished?, as well as wants to thank me and remind me of our beautiful friendship, since the images I see in my mind’s eye are from one of our favorite times ever together.
She likely is also remembering our anniversary, as where she is time is different than here and there are gaps in the sending of messages.
I believe she is reminding me of my own truth as well and the things she loves about me.
July 8th, 2008 is when she first came home with me and on the way home from picking her up, I received her name. So this is six years today that this amazing soul has graced this life I am living.
Six brings to mind the symbolism of this number and its spiritual meaning, which I’ve shared on before in my post Hexagons and Healings, since the number six is aligned with the Hexagon.
This includes six representing harmony, balance, soulful integration, perfect union, communication, sincerity, love, truth, enlightenment, naturally revealing solutions for us in a calm, unfolding manner, delicate diplomacy in sensitive matters, reliability, lighting our path in areas we require spiritual and mental balance, and encourages compassion and forgiveness.
These are perfect energies to feel into right now and so divinely reflect the relationship between Gaia and I, as well as focuses that would do the collective well to tune into and embody more.
I’m grateful for this reflection, as I celebrate the mutual love, respect, and honor shared between us. Thank you Gaia for being such a guiding light and powerful force, as well as for being so committed to supporting the Earth collective. I love you!
Personal Bliss in Bimini – Last 4 Days to Register & Join
Well, we’re finally in the home stretch with just 4 days remaining on final decisions. Does your heart feel called?
If so, July 11th – this Friday– is the Last Day to Register for the upcoming Bimini Retreat we’ll be sharing from July 20th – 25th.
That also means we’re less than 2 weeks away from the actual experience. YAY!! I can’t even begin to express how excited I am for so many reasons.
Are you feeling the need to slow down, unplug from everything external, support the shifts you’re going through, and really experience timeless and sacred “beingness”? What if you could do all of this in a powerful energy spot on the globe where you will be lovingly supported into a higher truth of you?
This is one of those experiences that will truly activate soul vibrancy and open the potentials for all of this and more.
So, if you are still on the fence about joining the “Accelerate Your Vibration” Retreat, now’s the time to search your heart and find the choice that reflects its needs.
July’s retreat has some powerful focuses. So, if you’ve been pushing this off and wanting to come, this may be the one!
Plus, remember that each of you that joins will also be receiving a beautiful Brazilian Quartz Crystal that has chosen to be of service. And of course, my personal support and attention.
A magickal time awaits.
You can explore the retreat details here to ask your heart if this is the retreat for you:
And…Silver Airways has special deals right now for flights to Bimini – another great reason to join.
You can check out the flight fares here:
If you really feel called to come and need any assistance, do reach out. I always try to do my best to help support other’s dreams.

Here’s the view from the sitting room of The ARC located right on the water, where we will share time, especially in the evenings, gathering in fun, love, relaxation, and connection.
For anyone thinking of coming, take a look at some testimonials from past guests at The ARC here:
Atlantis Rejuvenation Center Testimonials
And you can check out testimonials about the work I facilitate, as well as from some of the beautiful souls, who remain my dear friends, about the time we shared in Bimini in the past here:
I’m so looking forward to this time we will be sharing.
Christina Sarich ~ 21 Traits Of An Awakening Soul
If you’ve been experiencing any or all of these you really aren’t going out of your mind, nor are you the only one.
Myself, I’m 20 out of the 21 traits, as #8’s using drugs or alcohol has never been my way, as I don’t desire to block, numb, or distort what I’m feeling in any way. And #5 for me is an emotional absorption, as I don’t get the physical ones like sympathy cold symptoms.
But yes, we are all definitely having some major personal shifts that increase our sensitivities, while expanding our consciousness.
I know that I have been needing to withdraw a lot more lately, sometimes completely in the physical sense, and at other times, just pulling in my energy because I need the personal focus in order to operate most optimally. I see when I’m giving out more than giving in, and when I’m allowing others to feed off of my energy.
I spent this weekend with myself, going within to feel and physically (cleaned out my closet and office) and emotionally purging (just allowing anything that wanted to release through me emotionally that may be stored). I also spent time just “being” and not asking for answers or trying to figure anything out. And lately I’ve been deliberately withdrawing my energy and adding more boundaries that feel healthy and supportive to me, as ultimately I can only be of best service if I’m truly giving myself all that “I” need.
Thank you Laura for sharing this post from Christina Sarich. I feel it goes really well as a continuum from my yesterday’s post on “The Tragedy of Denying Feelings“.
The Tragedy of Denying Feelings
Humans have learned to fear feeling….to deny the wisdom of the body and senses and worship the mind solely.
As a result of being out of touch with their senses, people walk through life completely oblivious to their surroundings and the impact their choices and footprint create on the environment and everyone and everything in it, as a whole.
It’s as if feeling is a foreign invader that we either don’t want to know about (ignorance is bliss) or we want to completely eradicate altogether.
We’re taught to narrow our attention and always obsess over the future, while clinging tightly to the past. But this merely leaves us unable to function in the fullness of who we are in the present.
And, in so doing, we rely on others and so-called “experts” and “authority” figures to make decisions for us. It is a way to not take responsibility with a convenient excuse that we’re too busy or haven’t the ability to understand how we truly feel in order to even make a choice or have an opinion.
So it becomes easier to allow others to choose that for us.
People have run away from authenticity of feeling and replaced this with surrender to what is socially acceptable.
And what does this create?
A build up of explosive, unexpressed feelings that get triggered when you least expect it, and all versions of suppressive and numbing substances and behaviors to stuff those feelings even more deeply.
And then blame is attached to these secondary reasons for our suppression…all simply due to our learning to deny emotional feelings and messaging and continuing to accept that this is acceptable.
Come back to yourself.
Embrace every emotion and sensory feeling, as therein lies the gift of your humanity.
Auralite – Stone of Awakening & Regeneration
As promised, I’m going to share a bit about one of my new Crystal friends – Auralite. I picked this powerful little one up on my Reno visit and as mentioned, I was already ready to check out with the Crystals I was taking home, when behind me something urged me to turn around and there I found 4 Auralite friends – the only ones in the store.
It was not a Crystal I was familiar with, and if one were going purely by their aesthetic vision, not a Crystal likely most people would be drawn to – at least in its raw version. I happen to love the natural and unique ones, but they aren’t on everyone’s radar. Indeed it calls out energetically to those whose frequency aligns, but upon more careful inspection in the light, you will actually discover how uniquely beautiful it is.
Its coloring is quite unusual with rusty red at the top of the Crystal and similar Amethyst coloring of purple, but has this undertone of green that comes through that makes it unique. And there are some layers of white or sort of a milky clear as well, and they are Crystals with structured layers of phantomed chevrons. These colorings are the result of a combination of its minerals and also being comprised of three base Quartz – Amethyst, Citrine and a rare green Quartz. The photos (which you can click on) in this post really don’t show the colors very well, but they give you an idea of its energy.
I found it calling out nonetheless and when I asked about it to the person helping me, they had no idea about its properties and none of their crystal books in the store had information on it. I knew it was coming home anyway and figured I’d either learn about it myself, or find more on it with some online research.
I got my cell phone out and did a quick web search, which immediately spoke to why I had been drawn to it.
What I found interesting was that there were four of them in the store and when I shared some of the information, my mom who was with me decided to pick up one of them as a birthday gift for my dad. We both had immediately been drawn to one that felt right for me and for him, but then I said, “Wait a minute…there are four. I believe these are meant for our family.”
And what do you know. My mom was drawn to one, and the other felt perfect for my brother. So we each purchased one for self and one as a gift. And the interesting thing is, that the two for my parents were very similar and the two for my brother and I were as well. Perfection indeed.
And so Auralite has joined my Crystal family and the newest collection of discoveries that have only recently come into my experience, as well as are starting to appear on the scene more for the collective.
Here’s a little about this interesting Crystal from my research discoveries and personal experiences so far.
It’s known as Auralite, or as some call it, Auralite 23. Why 23? Well, because there are 23 minerals in its matrix that include Titanite, Cacoxenite, Lepidocrosite, Ajoite, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Goethite, Pyrolusite, Gold, Silver, Platinum, Nickel, Copper, Iron, Limonite, Sphalerite, Covellite, Chalcopyrite, Gialite, Epidote, Bornite and Rutile.
It is a newer discovery, hand-mined Crystal found within the Boreal Forest of Northern Canada in what are known as the “Cave of Wonders” tucked far north of Lake Superior.
They are considered a “stone of awakening”, “regeneration”, and “rejuvenation”, on every level and are quite energetically powerful. I find their frequency to be really different from other Crystals I’ve encountered, as they seem to really be anciently rooted (helping to work with deep layers), but also very opening and expansive simultaneously. In this way they are quite the “bridge” workers between body and spirit, assisting overall healing integration on all levels, but also between worlds.
Auralite was formed during the Meso-Proterozoic Age (a time of emerging multi-cellular creatures) by Meteoric impacts about 1.2 billion years old. These impacts brought rare metallic ores to the Earth’s surface that were integrated into the structure of Amethyst Crystals that were growing.
Just being with these Crystals is powerful to initiate healing. Obviously, I felt it enough to have me turn around, when I was focused elsewhere and soon on my way to leave. But because of its powerful presence and energy, people share that it is a Crystal to work slowly with until you get used to it.
And it does feel different than some of the “lighter” crystals I know people are drawn to. Likely because it is a Crystal that reminds us that in order to expand and truly ascend, you will need to do the inner, deep work. So it brings you back into the body, while also keeping an anchor of guidance from Source within you. This helps to ground and integrate the physical (as your form will need to change along with your mind) for a New Earth reality of the heart that unifies all of it.
So, it may take a little while to become accustomed to it because of its ability to help strip and release layers of energetic “debris” from your consciousness. And I’d have to say, this has been my experience, as when I hold it or sleep with it under my pillow there is a definite different energy I experience and my dream work is intense, but awesome, because it brings up some deeper and powerful dream processing that feels like I’m doing my own inner “mining”. And although the dreams don’t seem like these amazing magickal and light experiences, they in fact are exactly what’s needed and I do then feel lighter.
So I would agree with what I’ve read about Auralite that it really reveals where things are off, your shortcomings and weak points, but then it empowers you with knowledge and the inspiration to know yourself more and to teach you about who you really are. Anyone can really feel the power of things happening when you have this Crystal with you, even if you wouldn’t consider yourself sensitive to Crystals.
Definitely a stone for personal development and that fits wonderfully with current re-focusing back on the self, as this is where the real change takes place.
It’s said that Auralite 23 takes Super 7 to another level. As we accelerate, so too do the friends, tools, and knowledge accelerate in mirror to this. We will always call to us the perfect supportive guidance to reflect where we are and this will be a constant evolutionary process.
And having a Crystal (many of which are Elestial) that embodies so many minerals, but especially the rare existence (not seen until now) of Gold included in Quartz, let alone the Amethyst variety of Quartz, is bound to bring about some astounding effects.
And they ARE even stronger than regular Amethyst. Not only will Auralite really open and activate the Upper Chakras such as the Crown and Third Eye, but as mentioned, I truly feel how they draw you deeper within at the same time, so you aren’t taken to a place that resides outside of the body, but into an embodiment of very inner focused body and heart awareness experience that takes you into account all levels mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually.
YOU become the sacred temple that you are and your Divine Blueprint – or nature of your consciousness – is activated.
They bring a sense of calm and tranquil harmony, but all the while bringing you into greater awareness of your true self and spiritual purpose beyond the day-to-day world that preoccupies your mind. It is then up to you to accept and integrate the energetic link it provides and when you do, higher awareness and telepathic connections will get stronger.
A lot of personal growth, rebalancing, and spiritual healing is possible with the assistance of Auralite and this includes an inner purification process to cleanse what is hidden and trapped within so you can come to love yourself.
Auralite has many things to share and teach including: release of old patterns of anxiety, fear, judgment, self-defeat, resentment, depression, and dissolution, brings rise to solid new potentials, optimism, and hope from the lifting of these veils, increases intuition, psychic sensitivity, and ability to see truth, supports integration that leads to release of chronic problems within the body, activates balanced kundalini awakening, stimulates eternal now awareness, telepathy, telepathic viewing, soul travel, lucid dreaming, past life regression, opens to angelic realms, good for meditation, emotional peace, karmic release of patterns, teaches the Oneness of All, opens the mind and spirit, helps release time restraints and expectations so you can relax, decreases stress, nervous anxiety, tension, and panic attacks, uplifts and comforts spirit, teaches the law of attraction, cools down anger so you learn to think before speaking/acting, and helps you to put into action the knowledge you have.
Auralite really supports all of the energy centers of the body, but especially resonates with the Heart, Third Eye, and Crown Chakras, helping to integrate their wisdom through the body in deep and practical ways. It has the ability to “read” into your soul and acts as a highlighter that will reveal where you’d benefit from clearing and improvement, and then guides you to ways to assist this.
In so doing all of this, Auralite is like a Twin Spirit to its keeper, always having your best interests/well-being in mind, and always willing to tell you the truth from that place that knows the benefit sometimes of tough love to teach you true self love and responsibility.
Auralite is one of the Crystals that truly embodies the essence of the New Consciousness, supporting each of us who feels called by it to awaken and activate the sacred way of being that this is reflecting.
I’m excited to keep working with my Auralite friend, who seems to be not male, nor female, but a union of both in wholeness.


