Nestor on her 4th Birthday regally wearing her New Year’s crown

We just celebrated a New Moon in Aquarius and a Chinese New Year of the Horse, back-to-back! Wow! And now, here we are on the first of February already in this amazing year of 2014.

February is a full month for me, as not only is it my brother’s and grandpa’s birthday month, but it is also my own and several dearly departed souls’ birthdays that I honor. It also marks my first “much needed” vacation of the year up north a bit to Mammoth and the Bay Area.

For many, this is the “Love” month, with Valentine’s Day just around the corner, and several National and State Holidays and Observances (a couple of which are this weekend) including President’s Day in honor of Washington’s Birthday, Lincoln’s and Susan B. Anthony’s Birthday’s, and Rosa Parks Day, National Freedom Day (today), and Groundhog Day (tomorrow). And of course this weekend there’s also Imbolc – marking the Celtic beginning of Spring, also known as St. Brigid’s Day.

Nestor is quite comfortable in her Queenly state 😉

Quite a lot of symbolism as we embark on this first month of the Year of the Horse.

One particularly important day to me, is today, which honors my dear Nestor who is no longer physically with me. Today would have been her 11th Birthday and so I also mark this day in heart with some extra special love and honor.

And how powerful to share this with National Freedom Day today, which honors President Lincoln’s signing the Amendment outlawing slavery on February 1st, 1865.

Nestor was such a huge symbol of freedom and independence. Even the way she departed was like an embodiment of all extremes that convey the meaning of what that freedom is worth.

As you know, each month I am offering an extra goody that has significance to the energetic landscape we are experiencing, and just might be exactly what you are looking for, since they come as inspirational nudges from the collective.

This month’s special is in honor of Nestor and that freedom energy, which the free-spirited Horse also is presenting to us. I know many of you are either in process of taking steps toward, or wanting to be more, courageous and honor what that means for you and how your authentic truth and self-expression wants to come through.

I mentioned a lot of the things February is packed with, and one more thing, for me personally, is that in 10 days (on the 11th) I will be getting another of my own sacred tattoos inked – which feels to be balancing closure to quite a journey, and simultaneously the beginning of quite a journey to come!

So celebration is at hand, as I finalize my own sacred skin. Wow! What an adventure it has been and continues unfolding.

Nestor has been such a huge part of my sacred tattoo experience and I wear many tattoos in honor of her and our connection/shared soul missions. This last tattoo I’ll be getting will not only create a powerful cosmic portal of supportive energy and activation for what’s next, but will also be deeply connected to/honoring of her, as well as the two other rabbit souls I’ve had in my life – Joy and Twinkie.

I had no intention to get another, but I don’t ignore when I receive strong and clear nudges, especially when it’s the last thing on my mind. I even had a dream in the last week that was preparing my right arm, where it will go, which was extremely powerful. It was a vividly felt/seen dream that opened my arm and I was gifted an inserted implant right under where the tattoo will be graced. I could feel it strongly even after awaking.

But to get back to this month’s offering – the focus is on sacred tattoos – one of my loves and passions I thoroughly enjoy sharing and supporting others with. Since a lot of the energy right now is truly about liberating yourself into freely and authentically expressing your truth and joy, and letting it shine, for me one of the ways I have found to be part of that empowering freedom and integrative healing journey has been through sacred tattoos.

My clients have all shared the same experience and in the words of Dave Simon, my partner, attorney, and author of Meatonomics about his first sacred tattoo, “I am a corporate lawyer myself, so it took a while for me to come around.  But it’s incredibly liberating to do something which allows you to say, ‘I’m no longer subject to society’s petty rules and strictures.’ ” He shared that he felt liberated the first day he was inked, in a way words can’t describe, and that this feeling has continued to unfold for him.

That’s a really interesting statement coming from an attorney. 🙂

So, for the month of February I am offering a FREE signed and inscribed copy of my book, “Spiritual Skin”, to anyone who is also drawn to the path of sacred tattoos and commissions a design during this month, to co-creatively work on with me – a $30 value, which includes shipping within the U.S.

Alongside this, you will also receive a FREE Reiki Healing Attunement for activation of your intentions that the tattoo will help you to embody into this New Year and beyond – a $55 value.

That’s $85 worth of FREE gifts as you journey into a more empowered experience of you.

Tattoos aren’t for everyone, but more and more people of ALL ages (you’d be surprised at the clients I have the honor of working with in terms of occupations and ages) are finding this to be one way and tool that feels mirroring of their chosen path they are embarking on.

I currently have a short waiting list, but the way to take advantage of this opportunity is with a first hour’s deposit and this will lock in the FREE gifts, even if your design isn’t created until after this month. But you will be able to save your place and open the door to the process with me, which I and my client’s have found to begin setting the energy in motion, by opening the channels and consultation sharing that precedes the actual design manifestation. 

If you would like to partner in co-creating your own sacred visionary piece of artwork or tattoo design to embody the empowerment you desire, you can contact me at tania@spiritualskin.com.

You can easily make your deposit at the link provided below, to embark on this journey in partnership with me.

To make your deposit, as well as explore more information about the process, please visit: What is a Tattoo Design Consultation

Please mention this offer when you do.

This offer will be good from now through February 28th, 2014.

But that’s not all!

One person this month will receive 1 hour of sacred design work FREE. (a $175 value)

How?

By sharing with me what sacred tattooing means to you and how you feel that your design will be supportive for you.

You can do this by emailing me your written share to tania@spiritualskin.com.

I will be picking one person from the entries to receive the 1 FREE hour.

Entries can be sent in until February 14th (that’s midway through February) and I will then read through all of them and choose one person based on the content you share – not compared to anyone else, but in terms of reflection and depth expressed.

I will announce the recipient within the week following the 14th, after I’ve thoroughly gone through the entries.

This is a celebratory month for so many things and so this definitely feels fitting that sacred tattoos will be a focal point – something very sacred and meaningful to me and that has so much symbolism embodied. You will discover this in my book, if you haven’t read it already.

I’m excited to share this sacred tattoo journey with you this month, as I complete my own journey and will share more on that when it manifests.

Tattoos have a power and magic all their own. They decorate the body but they also enhance the soul. ~Michelle Delio 

Symbols work in the most amazing way. They are like codes to speak directly with the divine mind. ~Christopher Penczak 

Tattoos fulfill a need to inscribe the self as an individual. ~Margo Demello

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