Sometimes we forget the simplest things that we have learned.

Long ago in my Reiki training I learned how to charge a crystal with healing energy for someone in need. My cousin is undergoing a major health issue right now, so I sat down to do distance healing. I suddenly remembered that I could charge a crystal so that the healing energy would continue to flow even after I stopped sending the energy.

I charged up the crystal and set it in the window sill to send the healing to him for as long as it could. Each day I can recharge the crystal and ask it to continue sending. I wish that I could sit and send healing all day long, but reality means that I have to do other things, so the crystal healing is a really nice way to give a little extra energy to someone who needs it.

Read more about some strange Crystal Activity:

I remember many years ago, my brother was very ill and in his local hospital. I charged up some crystals to send healing to him. My brother lived north of me, so I put the crystals in a north facing window and pointed the tips of them northward.

Later when I came back to recharge the crystals they had moved and were now pointing westward. I later found out that my brother had been moved to a hospital to the west of me!!!

Back by popular demand!!

I will be teaching my intuition development classes every Monday evening in October from 7 to 9pm in my office building. (44 Cardigan St. Guelph)

The format will be slightly different from in the past. I will be teaching the classes in small batches this year, so you will have to pre-register and commit to a few classes at a time. The first batch will the the 4 Mondays in October and the cost for all 4 classes will be $75. Still a great deal and a fun way to develop you psychic side.

Check the calendar page for topics and updates.

See you in the fall!

I almost never watch TV, but I finished work and my children are out of town with their uncle for the day and I was just watching Dr. Oz. They talked about how relaxing for up to an hour per day dramatically reduces the risk of heart disease. When we are stressed our arteries contract and restrict blood flow. Reiki anyone? The main objective and benefit of a Reiki session is relaxation. Or better yet, learn Reiki for yourself so you can do it every day!

My next class is on Sept. 25th!

After a long hot day, take off your shoes and walk in the cool grass in your bare feet! Walk slowly and feel your feet sink into each layer. Great stress buster.

About a year ago I read the book, “In Praise of Slow”, by Carl Honore. How quickly (pun intended) we forget! It’s a great book about how we all should just slow down.

I often find myself rushing around trying to catch up or get everything on my to-do list crossed off. It is simply not worth it to rush around. My to-do list will only regrow itself as quickly as I shrink it, and in the process I stress myself out and don’t spend the time doing things I enjoy with the people that are important to me. In this world there is always something else to do if you look hard enough.

This morning I consciously decided not to rush through my errands and grocery shopping and to my surprise I ran into 2 old friends who I really enjoyed chatting over the grocery cart with.

On the way home I was sitting at the stop light waiting to cross our local expressway and witnessing all the cars zooming by. I often wonder to myself where all these people have to go in the middle of the day. I was really reminded about how we need to slow down. It seems so unnatural that we speed around at such rates. We are really just mammals after all. If you watch a mammal; like your dog or cat, you will notice that they spend most of their lives sleeping and lounging around. Of course they eat, exercise and socialize, but after that they just take a break.

I often find that my clients arrive for their appointments either just in the nick of time, or 5 minutes late, huffing and puffing and apologizing. (Actually I don’t mind if they are just in the nick of time because it gives me a few moments of quiet between clients.) The first thing I say to them is, “It’s Okay, 5 minute is really not going to mess up anyone’s day that much is it?” In the grand scheme of the universe, if you arrive a few minutes later than planned…the world will keep on spinning round.

There was an earthquake in Ontario today and the effects were felt in Guelph. The funny part is that I was sitting in meditation at the time of the earthquake and definitely felt the couch moving. Funnier still is that I thought nothing of this since I quite often feel the room shifting and swaying when I meditate. I thought this was just the same old sensation and I paid it no mind and went on with my meditation!

I am having a very good laugh at myself now that everyone I know is talking about it!

Check the link below to the local news.

http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/651683

Really!

You all know someone who gets a little older and decides they had done enough in their life. They sit down to take a break and never get back up again.

Not long after that their bodies and minds begin to waste away.

Don’t let it happen to you. Keep learning new things every day. Pick up a new hobby, take a workshop or class, or start volunteering somewhere.

You’ve seen those people too. The ones who stay active and keep doing new things. They’re the ones who are in their golden years and really living it up. I met one lovely lady the other day. She is somewhere in her late 70’s and has started volunteering with young people in a schizophrenic care centre. She loves them all as if they were her own children and there is certainly no slowing her down.

My ex-husbands grandmother walked a mile a day and kept busy knitting and crocheting  into her 90’s and she was as sharp as a tack up until the end.

Let’s learn something from these active and caring people!

I know we have all heard this one before, but I am repeating anyway.
Remember the Journey!
Why are we always in such a rush to get to the end? We are constantly running in circles and racing against time to get things done or to reach a destination. We just don’t seem to take the time to enjoy the journey. There is so much to learn in every action. Every leaf on every tree, and every blade of grass along the way has a story to tell, and how often do we stop to listen? I know I don’t stop to listen nearly often enough. So just for today, I am going to take a few moments to listen.

One of the strangest things about channeling information is the lack of ability to remember what you have said.
I constantly find myself amazed when people come back to see me and tell me about the things I have said. Lucky for me the feedback is pretty much always positive!
I find it next to impossible to receive the information, pass it on and remember what it was I said at the same time. I rarely get the chance to listen to the recordings of my readings because people take the CD’s with them of course. When I do hear one of my recordings, or look back over old email readings, it is almost as if some other person was doing the reading. I look back over things I have said or written and wonder who came up with that information.
Needless to say, if I have read for you before, and if you want to talk about what I said to you, you’ll have to jog my memory!

The first time I saw an angel was many years ago.

I have been aware of spirits and presences since I was a small child, but I don’t always see them with my naked eye.  Most often I feel the presence in the room with me and see more of the details about the person when I close my eyes and tune in.

It doesn’t work like it does on TV shows. I will not usually get a complete and clear image. I will see small parts that flash in and out of my mind. I may see a cane, an article of clothing, a piece of jewelry, their hair or their eyes. I will get a sense of body size and shape. Hopefully I get enough flashes and bits and pieces to be able to identify the person, and I usually do identify them more by feeling than by how they look. I guess it is a little hard to describe, but if you’ve ever just “known” that a friend or relative is in the room, you might be able to relate to what I am saying.

But, back to the part about when I saw (with my own eyes) an angel….

I was having a troubling time. I had become a foster parent to a young teen. The teen had stolen from me, lied to me and was continually running away. I wouldn’t know where she was for days at a time and she would be returned by police and social workers. This young persons’ behaviour was clearly showing me that she did not want to be in my home. She flatly stated so on many occasions.

Even though on the surface the child was telling me what she wanted, I was worried that I would become just another person in her life that hadn’t tried hard enough to stick it out for her. I was afraid she was waiting to see how hard I would fight to be there for her. As any parent can tell you, when a child is acting out it is usually a cry for help.

My instincts were clouded by worry. After long talks with social workers we decided to try to allow an alternative home for the child. This home was a place she was saying she wanted to go to, but it was not really an ideal situation.

I went to bed that night riddled with guilt. Was I letting the child down by giving up too easily? Was her behaviour a cry for help, or would she really be better off in another situation that was more of her own choosing?

As I lay in bed, suddenly there was a beautiful light filling the room. There, at the foot of my bed there were huge wings spanning the entire room. The light was so bright I could not make out any features.

A voice said, “You have done the right thing.”

I was filled with the deepest sense of love and peace imaginable for several minutes. Then the light slowly faded away, and I slept more peacefully than I had in months.