De-Stress 'n' Stroll

Have you ever been so preoccupied that you arrive at your destination without really knowing how you got there?  It’s more common than you’d think.

The busyness and stress of our lives can really take over.  Suddenly we’re in a world of doing this and getting there while the life we’d prefer to be having is passing us by.  A life filled with peace and joy, ease and even, dare I say the word, tranquillity.

Don’t fear, help is here. 

I’ve been in your shoes.  In fact, I catch myself there again from time to time.  I no longer stay in that place though.  I’d like to teach you how to find your own release.  It makes such a difference.

I rediscovered how connecting with nature can wipe the stress away and bring us into the beauty of the now.   We can receive exactly what we need to help us in our lives simply through appreciating or communing with that which is around us.

Recently I was on back-to-back trips, abroad and closer to home.  In each place I found myself walking though the woods to get to a destination.  The old busy me, stressed me, hurry up me would have gone as quick as I could, likely griping that I couldn’t get a ride.  The current me turned those walks into “Nature Strolls” and experienced such joy, wonder and deep appreciation for everything around me my heart swelled and I felt as if I was on cloud 9.  What a monumental difference.

I invite you to join me on a Nature Stroll to de-stress, slow down and tune in.  Learn tools you can bring in to every day life to help soothe you, and enter into the (perhaps formerly hidden) wonder of the now.

Join me on a Nature Stroll

June 30^th from 10:30am – 12:15pm

Normally $45+tax

Special Price $20 (tax incl.)

Strolls will be held throughout summer and fall.  Sign up for the June Stroll or put in your vote for future dates at www.RightPathPictures.com or call 613-296-4271.

Workshop Announcement (update to previous post)

As an update to the Befriending Your Body post, here is the date of the workshop:

“Body Wisdom” Self-Healing workshop will take place September 8^th, 2012.  

Sign up via the website http://www.RightPathHealing.com or call 613-296-4271.

Befriending Your Body

Hello All.  Thought I'd give you a sneak peek at my article for June's Tone Magazine.

Have you ever felt like you didn’t want to be in your body?  I know many spiritual-minded people can often feel this way, drawn more to the spiritual than the physical.  I myself felt that way for a while too.  Sorry to be the one to tell you, but it’s a package deal that works best together. 

Don’t despair, a body’s actually a good thing, and believe it or not, it can help you out in many ways.  To start with, your eternal spirit came here for the adventure of being a human, with all its rollercoaster thrills and spills.  It’s time to enjoy the ride.

As well, the body is actually sending you signals all of the time.  It’s trying to tell you what is and isn’t good for it.  It naturally wants to be in a perfect, healthy state.  Trouble is, we haven’t learned how to listen to it.  So when the body’s subtle signals are ignored, it has to send progressively stronger ones until we listen.  Have you been the so-called victim of your body “taking you out” in order to get you to pay attention to it?  Learning how to listen to your body is a vital tool for, wait for it… your vitality!

Another useful tool your body provides is muscle testing.  It’s very wise.  I use it all the time to find out if something is in my highest good or not.

As you can start to see, not accepting, claiming and loving your body can actually be a deterrent to the very spiritual development you so seek.  Being grounded, which is probably the most important aspect and foundation, is likely something you’d avoid or have trouble doing.  Not only does being ungrounded keep you from your full power and feeling strong and secure, it leaves you vulnerable to unsupportive energies.  Grounding is especially important if you work directly with clients, as you’re otherwise likely to take on their stuff.

Again, writing this article has inspired me to give a workshop.  I’ll teach you how to get grounded, tune in to what your body’s telling you and the valuable tool of muscle testing.  Please contact me to get on the notification list for when the workshop will take place.

And, as always, I am available for energy healing to help you resolve and clear the blocks that have already accumulated.

Lisa Virtue is an Energy Healer and Medium with her office in the Glebe.

To book time for a session call 613-296-4271 or email: lisa at rightpathhealing.com 

For more information, her blogs and store check out Lisa’s website: www.RightPathHealing.com

And be sure to friend her on Facebook:  www.Facebook.com/RightPathHealing

Creativity

Have you ever told yourself that you'll paint or dance or play somehow but you never do?  You've said to yourself "Yeah, I need to dance again.  I haven't danced in 20 years like I did when I was young. Or "I'd just love to paint, and not care; throw caution to the wind and paint whatever comes up."  I know I've said that to myself many times over the last... decades!  

This weekend I actually did all of those things.  I went to the Creative Me! workshop held by my friend Sara Wallace.  She did a great job and it was a lot of fun.  It truly was a journey in self-expression, unveiling and playing in creativity.  We sang and danced and played.  We journeyed into our hearts and came out with creative ideas.  Then we expressed those ideas however we wanted.  Some did creative partner yoga, some played instruments... I don't really know what each person did, as I was wrapped up in expressing through painting.

What I loved about it (besides everything) was that it was an opportunity to release my own self-judgements and explore what it was like to be free of those.  At first that internal shift was more challenging than I imagined.  Self-judgements are apparently more ingrained in me than I thought.  They quickly faded as Sara joyfully led us through the various creative play exercises.  What fun it was.

I find interesting the tendency we have to stay in stasis in our lives.  Habit and routine take over.  They silently creep up and envelop us while we remain unaware.  At times we may recognize this and tell ourselves that we want to change the status quo.  But we never do.  Or we muster all we've got to change for a few days, weeks or months, only to wake up one day and find ourselves back where we were.

What I like about workshops and classes is that they are like working out with a personal trainer.  You sign up because it's something you want to do, and the commitment of a set time and money investment always seems to be enough to get you to go.  Then the leader motivates you through the experience and you end up having a good time and feeling good about yourself because you actually did it.

So do what it takes to fulfill those long-held thoughts of "yeah, I'd love to...".  You'll be happy you did.

If you want to find out more about Sara or her workshop check out her website:

www.illuminatedliving.wordpress.com

For photos from the workshop check out my Facebook page

www.facebook.com/RightPathHealing

To see my painting, watch my video blog, I reveal it at the end

www.youtube.com/user/RightPathHealing

Archangel Raphael - Fun and Handsome

New video blog out today.  Check it out.


http://youtu.be/_TDFWT4oCPo

Tea for two and two thousand for tea?

I got to thinking, as I crouched, staring at the little pieces of leaf in my tea bag as the water slowly found them, turning them darker colours.  I thought about the energy of the people who harvested the tea, and wondered about how they felt in their day.  I silently thanked them.


I took notice of the fabric the tea was wrapped in, the string, the paper label with its printing.  How many people were involved in the journey of this tea, destined to flavourfully hydrate me as I write this?  Such a seemingly insignificant piece of my day, yet it must have involved hundreds of people to come to fruition.


As a starting point, there's the land the tea is grown on and its owner.  I'm sure there's a great story just to get to that starting point involving families, and governments.  The seeds likely have their own lineage of people involved in their rearing. Then there are the harvesters, transporters, exporters, importers and shippers.  
I don't know what the tea bag is made from, but I bet it came from a plant that was harvested and spun into fabric, along with the string.  The paper label involved loggers and millers, etc.
The logo was printed with ink that has its own history, along with the myriad of people involved in the company selling the tea.  It goes on and on.


Growing. Packaging.  Transporting. 
Ideas.  Lives.  Purpose.


What a wonder it is, this world we live in.  A network of souls going through their days, each to their own purpose.  Woven together like the loose fabric of the tea bag.  Loose enough that all of the little pieces are visible, yet tight enough that they stay together.


Everything around you is connected to another in some way.  I'm talking about physical, direct connection here.  We haven't even ventured in to the metaphysical "we are all one".


So when thinking about your impact on the world, one perspective is to think about just how many people you're truly connected to and whose lives you've affected, even in a small way.  Simply from the things you choose to have around you.  


Have a blessed day everyone.  Namasté.

A Church Without Religion?

I've posted a new video blog about my visit to the Ottawa Interfaith Spiritualist Church.  It was a very interesting experience.  Not exactly standard church fair.

Check it out.

http://youtu.be/4IU9BcJYs84