May Message
I am blasphemy and religionI am pure and impure
Old, young, and small child
If I die ~ don’t say she died
Say she was dead, became alive,
and was taken by the Beloved
~ Rumi, Thief of Sleep
Moving Beyond the Linear
Examining the places within ripe for growth
I can see a closed door from emotional charges and linear conditioning.
The door opens easily as I enter into my heart, the one heart,
ever expanding circles. A welcoming place where effort equaling
a set amount of satisfaction no longer exists ~ rather effortless
and fullness beyond measure.
The ancients have a way of being in the heart by feeling the sun, moon, stars,
and all the universe within their own heart. Once in the heart they listen
to the sun, moon, and stars ~ in their food, friendships,
all their connections in life ~ simply listening to the one true light
through the space of the heart.
I can see a closed door from emotional charges and linear conditioning.
The door opens easily as I enter into my heart, the one heart,
ever expanding circles. A welcoming place where effort equaling
a set amount of satisfaction no longer exists ~ rather effortless
and fullness beyond measure.
The ancients have a way of being in the heart by feeling the sun, moon, stars,
and all the universe within their own heart. Once in the heart they listen
to the sun, moon, and stars ~ in their food, friendships,
all their connections in life ~ simply listening to the one true light
through the space of the heart.
In the act of listening ~ images are received.
In the act of communicating ~
images are sent via their heart to the heart of others ~
an endless communal space for truthful communication.
I can feel how we are remembering our divinity
in the collective heart, beginning this beautiful communication
accessing nonlinear loving reality.
Listen to the Sun, Moon, & Stars in your Heart.
Receive images in your heart from the light.
Send images to your loved ones, nature, animals, any aspect of life
from your heart to theirs ~ communing in the one heart
through feeling and image.
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Peonies
Peonies are glorious flowers representing wealth, honor, romance, and love.
Revered in feng shui for bringing abundant love into the home,
bloming late spring/early summer ~ sending peony images to all of you.
bloming late spring/early summer ~ sending peony images to all of you.
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One myth of the peony is how the Moon Goddess created the peony flower
to reflect moon beams all through the night.
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to reflect moon beams all through the night.
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Peony ~ tradition flower of China ~ Sho Yu ~ “Most Beautiful”
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A Greek myth tells of a compassionate physician who saved many lives
thus was turned into a deity in the form of a peony flower.
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Guatemala ~ Beginning a New Era
Roy Holman and I are hosting a delicious fun filled journey to Guatemala
November 27 -Dec 9th 2012. Roy is an expert in Viniyoga, a therapeutic yoga
opening the body gloriously via movement and breath. Roy has done humanitarian work
in Guatemala for three years, leads yoga adventures all over the world,
and has designed a perfect journey for us bringing 2012 into a new B’Earthday.
I offer a yoga fusion of many styles embracing the body through
the archetypes, breathing, postures, and mysticism.
Daily sunrise and sunset yoga, play time, Oneness Weekend to deepen into your heart
or become a certified Oneness Blessing Giver, hikes & tours, connecting to the spirit
of the Maya in a 2012 ceremony with a woman shaman, and much more.
Discount prices registering before June.
You are invited!
Guatemala Oneness Yoga Retreat
of the Maya in a 2012 ceremony with a woman shaman, and much more.
Discount prices registering before June.
You are invited!
Guatemala Oneness Yoga Retreat
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Tonglin
Tonglin is a Buddhist practice of sending and taking.
It is a compassion practice using the life force as a passageway
into the all understanding heart.
You may work with any issue within yourself or another.
First, acknowledge and accept the issue by breathing it into your heart.
Retain the breath and let the issue deepen into your spacious heart.
Then exhale with the intention of the issue being fully liberated.
into the all understanding heart.
You may work with any issue within yourself or another.
First, acknowledge and accept the issue by breathing it into your heart.
Retain the breath and let the issue deepen into your spacious heart.
Then exhale with the intention of the issue being fully liberated.
As you inhale allow images and deep feelings for your issue to arise.
While retaining the breath, feel a presence of light embracing and fully
encompassing the issue. It is in the all understanding heart
that transformation occurs, beyond mental comprehension.
As you release the breath there is a blessing and liberation given
through the art of surrendering the issue to the light
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.After you feel complete with your personal practice ~
breathe in the same issue for all beings everywhere
who may experience any like issue past, present, or future.
breathe in the same issue for all beings everywhere
who may experience any like issue past, present, or future.
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The Ecstasy of Practice
The Ecstasy of Practice is now available on kindle for only $4.99
If you don’t have a Kindle there is a free app on Amazon
Kindle Cloud to read kindle purchases on your computer or phone.
If you don’t have a Kindle there is a free app on Amazon
Kindle Cloud to read kindle purchases on your computer or phone.
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44 ecstatic yoga practices each embodying:
jnana ~ a liberated essence for reflection
pranayama ~ a breathing experience
asana ~ a physical yoga posture
dhyana ~ a meditation
mantra ~ a seed sound of manifestation
Enjoy ~ Ecstatically!
jnana ~ a liberated essence for reflection
pranayama ~ a breathing experience
asana ~ a physical yoga posture
dhyana ~ a meditation
mantra ~ a seed sound of manifestation
Enjoy ~ Ecstatically!
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Happy May!
Love,
Love,
Shelley
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May Videos
Tonglin Meditation with Pema Chodron, Peonies & Paintings,
Sacred Space of Heart Meditation with Drunvalo
