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I would love to know how you get on with this meditation, I found it took us into a deep space very quickly and the analogy of the garden felt easy and inspiring. Thanks to one of the participants in the Intention Setting Process for inspiring it :)
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Meditation to enhance your intention setting process
Here is an offering for everyone doing the 40-day intention setting process. Let me know how you get on...
The meditation that occurs to me is a metaphorical one of gardening. Sometimes the garden of our mind becomes overwhelmed with the weeds of past experiences and thoughts, judgements and evaluations. At these times, there's hardly any space for the new and beautiful flowers of our intentions to take root and blossom.
Make sure that you have a notebook with you or some pieces of paper to jot things down on and if possible, find a quiet place where you won't be disturbed.
Sit in a sacred place and allow yourself to settle. Take 5 deep slow breaths and feel the weight of your body resting on the earth.
Start by imagining a garden over-run by weeds. This garden represents your subconscious. In the garden, all the weeds are the fruits of past experiences, thoughts and judgements of yourself and others. Walk through the garden and find a spot that calls to you. Gently start pulling out the weeds and throwing them onto the compost heap, where Mother Earth can transform them into incredible nourishment for the seeds you are about to plant. Make sure you take out the roots, use a spade or trowel if you need to. Some of the weeds might be stubborn, like brambles are, and need a bit of working. Take your time, take out as many weeds as you can. As you are weeding, write down words to represent the weeds - names, memories, qualities of behaviour and offer them to the divine. Let them go.
Once you have a patch of ground that is free of weeds, take some beautiful seeds and start to plant them. The seeds represent all the aspects of your intention that you are aware of, for example creativity, compassion, patience, self-love, abundance, partnership.... whatever you can imagine fits into your intention, plant a seed of it. You can have a love bush, and a patience tree, blossoming creativity... an incredible garden that represents your intention.
Once the seeds are planted, collect water and gently water them. Say a prayer to the sun to shine on them and nourish them. Ask the angels to watch over them and support them as they grow.
Everyday, come back to the garden and tend to the seeds you have planted, pull out any weeds that start to grow back and make sure the new plants have water and nutrients. If you want to, you could invite friends and loved ones to dance and play with you there, or even help with the weeding and planting!
If there are further parts of the garden that you need to weed and plant, take the time to do that. If you tend to a small area everyday, soon you will have an amazing blossoming garden full of everything you need to fulfill on your intention!
I hope you enjoy this meditation, I plan to record it and make it available to you all in the next few days!
Blessings and Love
Charusila
The meditation that occurs to me is a metaphorical one of gardening. Sometimes the garden of our mind becomes overwhelmed with the weeds of past experiences and thoughts, judgements and evaluations. At these times, there's hardly any space for the new and beautiful flowers of our intentions to take root and blossom.
Make sure that you have a notebook with you or some pieces of paper to jot things down on and if possible, find a quiet place where you won't be disturbed.
Sit in a sacred place and allow yourself to settle. Take 5 deep slow breaths and feel the weight of your body resting on the earth.
Start by imagining a garden over-run by weeds. This garden represents your subconscious. In the garden, all the weeds are the fruits of past experiences, thoughts and judgements of yourself and others. Walk through the garden and find a spot that calls to you. Gently start pulling out the weeds and throwing them onto the compost heap, where Mother Earth can transform them into incredible nourishment for the seeds you are about to plant. Make sure you take out the roots, use a spade or trowel if you need to. Some of the weeds might be stubborn, like brambles are, and need a bit of working. Take your time, take out as many weeds as you can. As you are weeding, write down words to represent the weeds - names, memories, qualities of behaviour and offer them to the divine. Let them go.
Once you have a patch of ground that is free of weeds, take some beautiful seeds and start to plant them. The seeds represent all the aspects of your intention that you are aware of, for example creativity, compassion, patience, self-love, abundance, partnership.... whatever you can imagine fits into your intention, plant a seed of it. You can have a love bush, and a patience tree, blossoming creativity... an incredible garden that represents your intention.
Once the seeds are planted, collect water and gently water them. Say a prayer to the sun to shine on them and nourish them. Ask the angels to watch over them and support them as they grow.
Everyday, come back to the garden and tend to the seeds you have planted, pull out any weeds that start to grow back and make sure the new plants have water and nutrients. If you want to, you could invite friends and loved ones to dance and play with you there, or even help with the weeding and planting!
If there are further parts of the garden that you need to weed and plant, take the time to do that. If you tend to a small area everyday, soon you will have an amazing blossoming garden full of everything you need to fulfill on your intention!
I hope you enjoy this meditation, I plan to record it and make it available to you all in the next few days!
Blessings and Love
Charusila
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Inspiration for Setting Intentions!
I thought some of you might appreciate this as an inspiration for setting your intentions and how to work with it during the 40 days!
Question: I'm in a place where 15 minutes is a big commitment, but I think it is the medicine I need. Can you offer some tips on setting an intention? I am wondering how broad or narrow it should be... For example, do you recommend one focus on healing a specific injury or on loving and respecting the body's needs?
Answer: What a fantastic question! Because it's a 40-day process I tend to encourage people to go with the bigger intentions to leave space for all sorts of insights to come to the surface that otherwise might be hidden.
It sounds like you really want to focus on the body, so perhaps the activity you could commit to would be something physically nurturing - 15 mins of self-massage, a hot bath, a nourishing walk etc. It doesn't have to be the same activity every day, it's the commitment that's important.
Through focusing your energy in a loving way, you get to see what blocks you - old/limiting beliefs, negative emotions about yourself, patterns of avoidance and so on.
Once we have engaged with these old patterns and faced them honestly, it becomes much easier to choose whether they really serve us or not. If not, we can ask for support and divine guidance to let them go and create something nourishing and NEW!
Question: I'm in a place where 15 minutes is a big commitment, but I think it is the medicine I need. Can you offer some tips on setting an intention? I am wondering how broad or narrow it should be... For example, do you recommend one focus on healing a specific injury or on loving and respecting the body's needs?
Answer: What a fantastic question! Because it's a 40-day process I tend to encourage people to go with the bigger intentions to leave space for all sorts of insights to come to the surface that otherwise might be hidden.
It sounds like you really want to focus on the body, so perhaps the activity you could commit to would be something physically nurturing - 15 mins of self-massage, a hot bath, a nourishing walk etc. It doesn't have to be the same activity every day, it's the commitment that's important.
Through focusing your energy in a loving way, you get to see what blocks you - old/limiting beliefs, negative emotions about yourself, patterns of avoidance and so on.
Once we have engaged with these old patterns and faced them honestly, it becomes much easier to choose whether they really serve us or not. If not, we can ask for support and divine guidance to let them go and create something nourishing and NEW!
Friday, 4 November 2011
Transform your view of winter!
We are rapidly approaching 2012, well known as a profound transition time for the planet. This months newsletter is an encouragment for us all to harness this opportunity for inner transformation, for ourselves and for our precious Mother Earth.
Winter is naturally a perfect opportunity to dive deep within; it is the cyclical time for introspection and contemplation. We have the opportunity to use the external darkness to facilitate profound transformation in the core of our being.
In early November we have a powerful opportunity to spend focused time anchoring our intentions for transformation in our daily lives: 11.11.11 Many people view the 11.11.11 as a chance to join together for powerful prayers for love, peace, light and unity in ourselves and across the planet. World-wide people will be gathering, creating a powerful energy and focus. For further information, check out this months Upcoming Events below.
With such a powerful energy being created, I thought it would be wonderful to offer something to help carry the energy of the 11.11.11 into our daily lives, ground it and make it fully available. Therefore, I will be offering a FREE 40-day Transformational Energy Healing process supported with daily group distance healings and prayer circles. To participate, I invite you to set a powerful intention for yourself and set aside at least 15 minutes each day to focus on your intention either through meditation, journaling, conscious movement or creativity. The general theme of the process will be Responsibility and Self-Actualisation. I will be posting updates on my Facebook pageand blog as I go through the process myself and offer healings to support you. I invite you to share your adventures and breakthroughs with us! Working together as a group brings powerful energy to our endeavours and the daily group healings and prayer circles serve to intensify the energy and intentions we set. This 41 day process will carry us up to Winter Solstice 2011, putting us in a fantastic space to launch into the New Year and welcome the coming of the light (in the Northern Hemisphere) from an empowered and energised place.
I would love as many people as possible to participate! Send me your name, photo and intention to charu@charusila.com and we will journey together until the Winter Solstice! I look forward to sharing with you...
Winter is naturally a perfect opportunity to dive deep within; it is the cyclical time for introspection and contemplation. We have the opportunity to use the external darkness to facilitate profound transformation in the core of our being.
In early November we have a powerful opportunity to spend focused time anchoring our intentions for transformation in our daily lives: 11.11.11 Many people view the 11.11.11 as a chance to join together for powerful prayers for love, peace, light and unity in ourselves and across the planet. World-wide people will be gathering, creating a powerful energy and focus. For further information, check out this months Upcoming Events below.
With such a powerful energy being created, I thought it would be wonderful to offer something to help carry the energy of the 11.11.11 into our daily lives, ground it and make it fully available. Therefore, I will be offering a FREE 40-day Transformational Energy Healing process supported with daily group distance healings and prayer circles. To participate, I invite you to set a powerful intention for yourself and set aside at least 15 minutes each day to focus on your intention either through meditation, journaling, conscious movement or creativity. The general theme of the process will be Responsibility and Self-Actualisation. I will be posting updates on my Facebook pageand blog as I go through the process myself and offer healings to support you. I invite you to share your adventures and breakthroughs with us! Working together as a group brings powerful energy to our endeavours and the daily group healings and prayer circles serve to intensify the energy and intentions we set. This 41 day process will carry us up to Winter Solstice 2011, putting us in a fantastic space to launch into the New Year and welcome the coming of the light (in the Northern Hemisphere) from an empowered and energised place.
I would love as many people as possible to participate! Send me your name, photo and intention to charu@charusila.com and we will journey together until the Winter Solstice! I look forward to sharing with you...
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