Reiki Moms and Pregnancy
Love your baby with Reiki energies before the bundle of joy makes its appearance into the world. Pregnant women and their unborn babies can benefit from Reiki's gentle and balancing energies either through Self Reiki or booking and receiving a treatment from a Reiki practitioner. The most beneficial component of using Reiki during pregnancy is that it is safe. Reiki does no harm, only good. Plus, it does not interfere with any other treatments. This makes Reiki a great choice for easing stresses and balancing emotional ups and downs an expectant mother may experience during the pregnancy. Reiki can also help reduce anxieties and manage pain in the labor room.
WANTED: Your Reiki and Pregnancy Stories - Do you have a story to share about experiencing Reiki when pregnant, or are you Reiki practitioner who conducted a Reiki session on a mother-to-be and have an interesting or inspirational story to tell? Tell Your Story.
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Healing Doses of the Week: May 13 - 19
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May 20 2013
Newest Articles and Highlights
- Highlight of the Week: Holistic Business Strategies, Tips for Growing Your Business
- Ask An Intuitive: Can I Have a Better Life?
- Focus Friday: Have You Changed Your Name?
- Purposeful Flower Remedies: Aspen flower remedy
- Animal Spirit Guides: Rhino
- Angels Singing: Heavenly Choir, Choir Singing?
- Why/How Smudging Works: I Love smudging, Why Not?
- Law of Attraction Success Stories: Attracting money and people
- Pros and Cons of Being an Empath: I Hate Crowded Situations, Look for Ways to Numb Myself
- Reiki Attunements: How to Feel Energy
- What it Means to Be Spiritually Enlightened: You Are Already Enlightened
- Angel Encounters: Do Not Be Afraid
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How Deeply Rooted Are You?
When our spirits choose to incarnate into a human body and live on the planet it is understood that we are to respect and honor this outer garment we wear. But we are not left without resources to help us follow our personal paths. There is much information and learning that can be accessed from our Earth energies when we grow our roots. Dig in and reach downward and soak up those wise vibes!
- How to Relax and Ground Your Body
- Grounding - Root Yourself into the Earth
- Grounding Tips from Readers
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Have You Changed Your Name?
May 17, 2013 - Topic: Spiritual Name Changes - I have met many people in the healing and spiritual community that go by different names than their birth names. Two examples are Whitehorse Woman, and Jim "Pathfinder" Ewing.
While reading Meryl Davids Landau's spiritual novel Downward Dog, Upward Fog. In the story the main character's sister had changed her birth name Anne to Angelica. This hit close to home for me because "Ann" is the middle name printed on my original birth certificate.
In 1995 I changed my middle name from Ann to lila (spelled completely in lowercase). The name was a gift to me by my oldest son shortly before he undertook a semester of pottery making in India when he was a college student. He thought lila would be a fitting name for me because of my seeker-personality.
However, lila is not typically used as a name in India. I was told the word lila means "to play" or "to live out your dharma" in the Hindi language. I sometimes introduce myself as lila, using it as my first name. But, I also go by Phyl, or Phylameana. It just depends on my mood.
Name Change Stories From Our Readers
Have you changed your name?Tell Why you Changed Your Name.
If you don't like your name or if you feel a different name would suit you better you have every right to change your name to one of your liking. People change their names for a variety of different reasons. I petitioned the courts and legalized my name change. But, there is a common usage law that allows a person to adopt a new name without going though legal means (laws vary from state to state).
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Focus Friday - This post is part of a once-weekly blog feature focusing on a singular healing topic. If you would like to get notifications delivered to your inbox each Friday alerting you to the Focus Friday topic please subscribe to my newsletter. In addition to the Friday delivery subscribers also receive my standard newsletter sent on Tuesday mornings. The Tuesday edition highlights new articles, newest blog posts, and includes links to a variety of healing topics.
Are You Tired of Attracting Crappy Experiences?
April, a reader who is struggling with not feeling good about herself, says "My Law of Attraction looks like this: I feel like crap, so my life reflects crap." She also confesses that seeing other people happy with their lives makes her feel worse. April ultimately wants to know if she can have a better life?
Anandra George, Ask A Life Coach columnist, tells April that she can absolutely have a better life... but it is up to her. I hope April will choose to make some positive changes in her life. It is really sad to be so unhappy that you cannot even be happy for others.
Also See:
- Choose for Life
- There Are No Wrong Choices
- We Are in Control of Our Thoughts and Actions
- Was I Born Under An Unlucky Star?
- How to Get Yourself Out of a Funk
- How the Law of Attraction Works
Each week, we invite a different intuitive to answer a question from a reader. If you'd like to submit a question for Anandra please email her directly.
Meet Our In House Intuitives
Listening is Key to Sound Healing
When is the last time you "unplugged" yourself from the television, stereo, cell phone, or iPod? To truly benefit from sound healing the key is to become aware of sounds around you in order to connect with any feeling a particular sound provokes. Hearing is not the same as listening. We hear with our ears, we listen with an open heart.Certain sounds can have a healing affect on our emotional being. Aside from music or song, what other types of sounds do you feel a strong connection to? It could be the sound of the wind or the surf. Perhaps the quiet purr of a cat. Are there sounds that you feel strongly connected to? What are these sounds? And tell us why these sounds move you?
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Enlightenment
Enlightenment:
Submit a Photo to be the featured Healing Photo of the Week.
Revisit previous photos featured from my Healing Photo of the Week Archive.
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Healing Doses of the Week: May 6 - 12
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May 13 2013
Newest Articles and Highlights
- Highlight of the Week: What is Time Line Therapy?
- Ask An Intuitive: Reiki for Your Pets
- Focus Friday: A Bouquet for Mom
- Famous Healer Birthday: Florence Nightingale
- Book Review: Five Point Touch Therapy
Spirit Orb Photos/Stories:
More Reader Submissions- Animal Spirit Guides: Red Fox and Hawk
- Mood Colors: Any Colour as Long as it's Black
- Tinnitus Coping Strategies: Prayers Worked
- Past Life Memories: Past Life Dream
- Why/How Smudging Works: Works for Minor Problems
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Healing Rainbow Colors
Green is a color that is commonly associated with healing, but other colors are also healing. Yellow can give a sun ray of hope, or offer optimism. Browns can calm us, helping us to connect to earth energies. Every color in the rainbow has some healing elements. Which colors do you associate with healing? Are you drawn to a particular color for comfort or healing?
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Who Was Florence Nightingale?
Born on this Day: May 12, 1820,
Florence Nightingale
Date of Death: August 13, 1910
Zodiac Sun Sign: Taurus
Contribution to the Healing Community: Established the Nightingale Training School for nurses.
Pioneer among women in health care, Florence Nightingale was an advocate of improved health standards for everyone.
Famous Healer Birthdays in Holistic Healing
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