Hello everyone! Not much longer....hang in there! Spring Equinox is round the corner, and with it the PROMISE of warmer weather and buds on trees and flying bees, etc.
Lots of amazing mojo continues to be created here at All about the Journey.
Here's the EVENT and CLASS Calendar...
http://www.allowharmony.com/classesevents.shtml
March brings Terry Nichols who will be here Thursday, March 10 at 7 pm, Terry is an internationally known peace and environmental activist and blogger based in the Twin Cities. He is the Founder of Green Dot For Earth Organization who’s mission it is to gather the peoples of the world for World Peace and saving the planet. He'll be speaking about his organization. AND... if you've been looking for a way to get connected to the movement of peace and harmony for the planet...this could be a way for you to step up to the plate. Come and join us and see what this is all about!
March 16th is Pages from the Path,Sandra Marie Wagner will join us and will be discussing her work and the upcoming seminar she will be conducting here in the future. Sandra Marie is currently facilitating Daughters of Demeter, a group of women formed for that express purpose. The Group studies the story of Persephone and how she is brought back to her Mother Demeter after her abduction by Hades to the Underworld. Come and hear more when Sandy speaks to us about her path and her life.
More info on these wonderful guests is on the calendar, please come and join us.
The retreats have a new name ! Nexus of Wisdom Retreats (NOW) are scheduled for the end of April and mid June. April's retreat will be co-led by myself and Gaia Renee Vacek from California. www.gaiarenee.com. Gaia is a good friend and fellow healer! We will be awakening our Inner Goddesses during this retreat! Only a few spots remain for this session, so confirm NOW!
The info is on the website on the calendar and also on the new link "now retreats" from any page on the website.
I am working on another special guest host for the June retreat...Jackie RedWoman, my dear friend and Native American Mentor. Keep watching for updates!
Other groups are forming, such as the Pink Heart Group which meets again, Wed, March 30th at 7 pm. I will attempt to offer one more intro before that date if you would like to attend. Give me a holler if you want to join us!
I am back to my full schedule and I'm hoping to be sharing some very exciting news with you in the near future! We are alive and growing here at Journey.....please come and be a part of the global awakening happening right in your backyard!
Much love and gratitude go out to each and every one of you!
~harmony
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Listening to the wind, the rain, the souls....
First of all, I have decided to make Daily Danspirations its own Blog, and continue to blog on AATJ as its own entity as well.
The thought came to me this morning, and encourages me that I am being told that "DDs" can stand on their own. I am so excited.
So, be watching for updates........soon the transition will occur, I shall keep you posted!
Take life for all the freedom you can...
Last night, in the company of Ilga, an animal communicator, I was honored to sit close to her as she read for the group that had assembled to see her.
I felt the connection she brought forth with each animal's spirit, felt her respect for them and the entire process she was allowed to take part in.
At that moment I realized how similar we read our clients, and how very humbled we both are to be able to offer a service which truly answers questions, calms souls and heals situations.
How amazing to listen to the wind, the rain and the souls of creatures, how amazing to be able to hear that, see it, know it, feel it.
How amazing to realize how blessed I am to do what I do, to trust what I trust and to be supported and encouraged along the way.
How amazing.....
Monday, February 21, 2011
Just Suppose...
Just suppose that we all cared enough about the "other guy" to give them a hand, a shoulder, a buck when they needed it. Just suppose that someone did that for us when we were down. Just imagine all people being supported by all people, being helped when down and giving when up. Wouldn't that level the playing filed a bit? Wouldn't that fix a lot of with what is wrong with the world today.
If you find yourself with excess
give some of it away
Know it will be returned grandly
in ways unimaginable
Perhaps the man with plenty
who has no friend to lean on
In his generous employment of a person in need
discovers a life time companion
Perhaps the woman who sews
a garment for one unclothed
Finds she owns the special gift
of bringing smiles to faces desperate
Perhaps when being caressed
instead of beaten
A child grows to know
love and acceptance
Will that same child
not show love to others, then
if he is allowed to know it
live it and taste it
We just gotta suppose
that all other living creatures
man, woman, child, animal, plant
want to matter enough to be
RESPECTED
Just suppose......
If you find yourself with excess
give some of it away
Know it will be returned grandly
in ways unimaginable
Perhaps the man with plenty
who has no friend to lean on
In his generous employment of a person in need
discovers a life time companion
Perhaps the woman who sews
a garment for one unclothed
Finds she owns the special gift
of bringing smiles to faces desperate
Perhaps when being caressed
instead of beaten
A child grows to know
love and acceptance
Will that same child
not show love to others, then
if he is allowed to know it
live it and taste it
We just gotta suppose
that all other living creatures
man, woman, child, animal, plant
want to matter enough to be
RESPECTED
Just suppose......
Friday, February 18, 2011
We are all connected....
More than ever we need to be there for each other. A common theme in Dan's music is this truth, that we need each other to survive.
On the wall in my healing center are the words:
We are all connected
So true,
he knew that
He wrote it
He sang it
He was my very first spiritual teacher
And now in my life
I know this
I write it
I sing it
I play it with my flute
It vibes out as I drum
It is a connected truth
that
We are all connected
We are......
On the wall in my healing center are the words:
We are all connected
So true,
he knew that
He wrote it
He sang it
He was my very first spiritual teacher
And now in my life
I know this
I write it
I sing it
I play it with my flute
It vibes out as I drum
It is a connected truth
that
We are all connected
We are......
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Who?
Who walks beside you on your road?
When it gets dark out there, who's hand do you reach for as you stumble?
Who is always there, no matter what?
Who offers shelter to you in their heart?
Who are you gonna thank today...
just for being there...always?
<3
When it gets dark out there, who's hand do you reach for as you stumble?
Who is always there, no matter what?
Who offers shelter to you in their heart?
Who are you gonna thank today...
just for being there...always?
<3
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
When we want more.....
We ask for less
Adding so much shit to the stress
That hangs in the air
And keeps us there
Exactly where we've always been
Unable to express our needs
And a need never heard or seen
Dies and must be pulled like the weeds
Littering the healthy grass,
the new growth we cultivate
The weeds accumulate and amass
And love we never demonstrate
Just because we are too afraid
to give some love to others!!!!!
The fear soulprints we recreate
were actually made
in decades past by someone's mother
living in our family tree
never meeting them, but all along
mimicking their stupid fearful energy
Family trees can grow strong
But they also can grow wrong
So, start by speaking lovingly
to that big, proud dysfunctional
family tree
And once healed
perhaps you and me
can really share our true
Language Of Love
Adding so much shit to the stress
That hangs in the air
And keeps us there
Exactly where we've always been
Unable to express our needs
And a need never heard or seen
Dies and must be pulled like the weeds
Littering the healthy grass,
the new growth we cultivate
The weeds accumulate and amass
And love we never demonstrate
Just because we are too afraid
to give some love to others!!!!!
The fear soulprints we recreate
were actually made
in decades past by someone's mother
living in our family tree
never meeting them, but all along
mimicking their stupid fearful energy
Family trees can grow strong
But they also can grow wrong
So, start by speaking lovingly
to that big, proud dysfunctional
family tree
And once healed
perhaps you and me
can really share our true
Language Of Love
Monday, February 14, 2011
A visit from Dan.....
Sometimes in life, you receive signs, messages and offerings of love and peace that are undeniable.
This past weekend I was honored to guide 2 beautiful women into the woods to discover truths they already possessed......that their inner teacher is active and wants them to know they can trust her and allow her to speak out in purpose and wisdom.
When preparing for a retreat, I always listen to my intuition on all counts, and especially about how the opening evening should progress, what would be most needed by each soul on the journey with me, etc. Many months ago, as I was returning from a visit with my daughter and her family, I was in the car listening to Dan, my road companion. "In the Passage" came on the iPod in shuffle mode. Instantly I knew I was to share the lyrics to this song with the ladies joining me on the retreat.
The first words to the song are:
"There's a ring around the moon tonight, and a chill in the air"
As I have heard the song over the years, I would visualize in my mind's eye, the moon Dan might have witnessed that birthed these lyrics into their existence. I could feel the cool night air and sense his amazement at such a moon on such a night. Dan's songs ALWAYS paint a picture in my mind, always! I am sure this was his desire.... for us to see movies in our brains, that are personal to us alone as we listen to his fluid art. I heard him say in an interview once that music videos take away the personal images a song can gift to someone. I so agree with this!
As I was saying, when I prepare for presentations or retreats, or lesson plans, I shoot from the hip, processing it all in my head as I move closer to the event. It does not bode well for me to over prepare, I like to utilize the spontaneity of a moment and the synergy of those in the room to spark the flow of my teaching.
So, a few days before we were to head out, the song presented to me again, and I printed off the words to share with Theresa and Dana.
The theme of the weekend was "Your Inner Teacher". In the Passage speaks to so many issues around this theme. On Friday night, I presented the printed page to the ladies and told them they could read the words later if they liked, and that Dan had been my first real spiritual teacher.... that he guided me to the inner wisdom my soul possessed. I always say he knew my soul better than I did.
We continued on with my gently guided "presentation" and then spent lots of time bonding on that first night. We learned about each other, laughed, cried and experienced a visit from a loved one on the other side of the veil. A pretty amazing bonding session. Stories about Unicorns, grandfathers, families, fears and joys made up the strands of the unique fabric we weaved together.
On Saturday morning, we all awoke to silence and the inner journey that brought us all together. We spent time in the woods, in contemplative silence, and with hands moving across page as our own lyrics made themselves visible to us. Each of us on the perfect date with stillness and silence we had come to experience.
The day was warm, clear and bright. A lady bug came to me and spent time in my room as I wrote, and wrote and wrote. She spent time on my page, my window sill and my pillow. The rhythm of the melting snow falling from the rooftops pulsed out Gaia's heartbeat as I spent time in my little pink walled room that transformed into a BIG PINK WOMB of creativity.
That night, when the sun hunkered down to its gentle slumber, I dove into a deep meditation. At some point I was jostled out of this deep soul excursion by a thought, clear and direct....."look outside for stars". Obeying this call to action, I gazed; a bit sleepy eyed; out through the angled window atop my bedside. And then I saw the fuzzy glow, not of a star, but of a gift!!! I became very awake immediately. I donned my coat and boots and the other necessary winter garb and headed out into the mild February night. I was quietly greeted by Theresa who was outside already. I nodded my head to her and smiled. She met my acknowledgment with one of her own. "Hello, fellow Goddess" we wordlessly conveyed to each other.
I lifted my gaze skyward, and there I saw the most beautiful half moon, completely surrounded by a ring of white resembling the taffeta and netting of a fairy princess' dress. I stood there in humbled shock for a few minutes, blown away by the synergistic events that brought me to this very place of realization. The realization that I was receiving a visit from Dan, or a visit of collective awareness somehow orchestrated on a plane other than this physical one. The full skirted hoop of this heavenly dress was too far expanded to capture on my camera. 'It is only to be captured in my memory", I thought to myself.
The picture painted for me this night, as the lyrics to In the Passage ran through my mind, was right there in front of my eyes, at the precise timing when it meant more to me than it ever could or ever would again. "WOW" kept emitting from my lips. "WOW!!!"
There indeed was "a ring around the moon tonight and a chill in the air", and I was a woman blessed in ways immeasurable! The ring of connection that we are a part of was showcased in that moment, in grand form for all to see!!!! The chill in the air dissipated gently, as my heart warmed to that of a glowing ember.
This past weekend I was honored to guide 2 beautiful women into the woods to discover truths they already possessed......that their inner teacher is active and wants them to know they can trust her and allow her to speak out in purpose and wisdom.
When preparing for a retreat, I always listen to my intuition on all counts, and especially about how the opening evening should progress, what would be most needed by each soul on the journey with me, etc. Many months ago, as I was returning from a visit with my daughter and her family, I was in the car listening to Dan, my road companion. "In the Passage" came on the iPod in shuffle mode. Instantly I knew I was to share the lyrics to this song with the ladies joining me on the retreat.
The first words to the song are:
"There's a ring around the moon tonight, and a chill in the air"
As I have heard the song over the years, I would visualize in my mind's eye, the moon Dan might have witnessed that birthed these lyrics into their existence. I could feel the cool night air and sense his amazement at such a moon on such a night. Dan's songs ALWAYS paint a picture in my mind, always! I am sure this was his desire.... for us to see movies in our brains, that are personal to us alone as we listen to his fluid art. I heard him say in an interview once that music videos take away the personal images a song can gift to someone. I so agree with this!
As I was saying, when I prepare for presentations or retreats, or lesson plans, I shoot from the hip, processing it all in my head as I move closer to the event. It does not bode well for me to over prepare, I like to utilize the spontaneity of a moment and the synergy of those in the room to spark the flow of my teaching.
So, a few days before we were to head out, the song presented to me again, and I printed off the words to share with Theresa and Dana.
The theme of the weekend was "Your Inner Teacher". In the Passage speaks to so many issues around this theme. On Friday night, I presented the printed page to the ladies and told them they could read the words later if they liked, and that Dan had been my first real spiritual teacher.... that he guided me to the inner wisdom my soul possessed. I always say he knew my soul better than I did.
We continued on with my gently guided "presentation" and then spent lots of time bonding on that first night. We learned about each other, laughed, cried and experienced a visit from a loved one on the other side of the veil. A pretty amazing bonding session. Stories about Unicorns, grandfathers, families, fears and joys made up the strands of the unique fabric we weaved together.
On Saturday morning, we all awoke to silence and the inner journey that brought us all together. We spent time in the woods, in contemplative silence, and with hands moving across page as our own lyrics made themselves visible to us. Each of us on the perfect date with stillness and silence we had come to experience.
The day was warm, clear and bright. A lady bug came to me and spent time in my room as I wrote, and wrote and wrote. She spent time on my page, my window sill and my pillow. The rhythm of the melting snow falling from the rooftops pulsed out Gaia's heartbeat as I spent time in my little pink walled room that transformed into a BIG PINK WOMB of creativity.
That night, when the sun hunkered down to its gentle slumber, I dove into a deep meditation. At some point I was jostled out of this deep soul excursion by a thought, clear and direct....."look outside for stars". Obeying this call to action, I gazed; a bit sleepy eyed; out through the angled window atop my bedside. And then I saw the fuzzy glow, not of a star, but of a gift!!! I became very awake immediately. I donned my coat and boots and the other necessary winter garb and headed out into the mild February night. I was quietly greeted by Theresa who was outside already. I nodded my head to her and smiled. She met my acknowledgment with one of her own. "Hello, fellow Goddess" we wordlessly conveyed to each other.
I lifted my gaze skyward, and there I saw the most beautiful half moon, completely surrounded by a ring of white resembling the taffeta and netting of a fairy princess' dress. I stood there in humbled shock for a few minutes, blown away by the synergistic events that brought me to this very place of realization. The realization that I was receiving a visit from Dan, or a visit of collective awareness somehow orchestrated on a plane other than this physical one. The full skirted hoop of this heavenly dress was too far expanded to capture on my camera. 'It is only to be captured in my memory", I thought to myself.
The picture painted for me this night, as the lyrics to In the Passage ran through my mind, was right there in front of my eyes, at the precise timing when it meant more to me than it ever could or ever would again. "WOW" kept emitting from my lips. "WOW!!!"
There indeed was "a ring around the moon tonight and a chill in the air", and I was a woman blessed in ways immeasurable! The ring of connection that we are a part of was showcased in that moment, in grand form for all to see!!!! The chill in the air dissipated gently, as my heart warmed to that of a glowing ember.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
And we saw our souls....
Another song that takes me back to my parent's basement, a young teenager, striving to be understood, loved and looking for a place to belong.
Like many of us, I went to Dan's music to feel something, to learn something and to connect to the deepest parts of myself.. Often, I found myself coveting my love for and connection to him, only sharing his poetic ways with those souls I KNEW were worthy....other old souls walking around in gawky teenaged bodies. We all felt so much older in age than we were, yet had to deal with being young. Such a bitter, beautiful pain we all bore.
It comforts me to know that as I was experiencing these deep emotional and turbulent times, many of the DanFam were in their parent's basements growing up on the soul food that is the art of Dan Fogelberg. This knowledge is what fuels the family of Dan, that our quest of knowing our souls is similar. And the truth that he knew our souls better than we did! We all came up through the times of our lives with him to guide us and speak so eloquently for us.
We all had a safe place to BE who we truly were. We saw our souls reflected back to us.
Like many of us, I went to Dan's music to feel something, to learn something and to connect to the deepest parts of myself.. Often, I found myself coveting my love for and connection to him, only sharing his poetic ways with those souls I KNEW were worthy....other old souls walking around in gawky teenaged bodies. We all felt so much older in age than we were, yet had to deal with being young. Such a bitter, beautiful pain we all bore.
It comforts me to know that as I was experiencing these deep emotional and turbulent times, many of the DanFam were in their parent's basements growing up on the soul food that is the art of Dan Fogelberg. This knowledge is what fuels the family of Dan, that our quest of knowing our souls is similar. And the truth that he knew our souls better than we did! We all came up through the times of our lives with him to guide us and speak so eloquently for us.
We all had a safe place to BE who we truly were. We saw our souls reflected back to us.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
On our knees......AGAIN?????
It is a tough time to be alive right now, fellow human. Global disdain driven by the demon known as money, finding ourselves on our knees, either being knocked down there, or praying so hard and often that the scars on those knees constantly become deeper. Deep scars add an intensity to life as I have said before, BUT.....how fucking hard does it have to get?
In times like these, we reach out and often there is no hand to connect to the one we extend in wild, desperate NEED! . There is no one to pull us up out of the pit we have fallen into repeatedly, over and over again, until the desire to stay there is so strong that we consider it. We consider giving up and ending it all, throwing in the bloody towel of our existance.
And then, some drive deep within us; just a a little deeper than the scars we carry; kicks in and we are renewed, be it ever so slightly to continue on....to move forward just a bit.
Trusting, we reach out again, and this time......a hand clasps in ours and offers a pull, a tug, a life line. A connection so innate and true within us.
We are all in this together, people.............In times like these, give what you have and ask for what you need, and the next time you find yourselves on your knees, it just may be because you are planting new seeds in the fertile soil that is your life.
In times like these, we reach out and often there is no hand to connect to the one we extend in wild, desperate NEED! . There is no one to pull us up out of the pit we have fallen into repeatedly, over and over again, until the desire to stay there is so strong that we consider it. We consider giving up and ending it all, throwing in the bloody towel of our existance.
And then, some drive deep within us; just a a little deeper than the scars we carry; kicks in and we are renewed, be it ever so slightly to continue on....to move forward just a bit.
Trusting, we reach out again, and this time......a hand clasps in ours and offers a pull, a tug, a life line. A connection so innate and true within us.
We are all in this together, people.............In times like these, give what you have and ask for what you need, and the next time you find yourselves on your knees, it just may be because you are planting new seeds in the fertile soil that is your life.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Perpetual PMS?
We all have a voice.
Is yours a voice for PEACE?
Do you allow your voice to be carried on the wind as a peaceful melody?
Or, do you complain, bitch and whine?
Do you suffer from perpetual PMS?
Piss and Moan Syndrome
Do you see your fellow earth inhabitants as equal?
Take a few moments today to listen to your inner and outer voice
What are you vibrating out into the cosmos?
Pay attention, and make the necessary changes
In the face of the Beast that is life
Let your voice
be one of peace
And its echo will never die!
Is yours a voice for PEACE?
Do you allow your voice to be carried on the wind as a peaceful melody?
Or, do you complain, bitch and whine?
Do you suffer from perpetual PMS?
Piss and Moan Syndrome
Do you see your fellow earth inhabitants as equal?
Take a few moments today to listen to your inner and outer voice
What are you vibrating out into the cosmos?
Pay attention, and make the necessary changes
In the face of the Beast that is life
Let your voice
be one of peace
And its echo will never die!
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