the Sunday Addition

Today I’ve added 12 amazing faces of Earth to the Mandala Gallery. And, if you’d like to see more, please visit my photo bolt Mandalas of Place.

Enjoy and Be Amazing!

In a Rut?

If you’re feeling just a little bit in a rut (or you find yourself in a rut so deep you can’t even see up over the edge) this posting is for you. I expect your everyday routine, the one that’s worked so well in the past just isn’t moving you forward to what you want to express or manifest NOW.

When you are in so deep how do you shake things up and create a new reality for yourself? Thinking it, setting intention, wishing it simply isn’t enough. I believe we need to embody the willingness for something new to emerge.

I suggest changing one or two or even three things about your morning routine. Yep, I know, this is the hardest part of the day to influence. A lot of what we are doing is impacted by set schedules like work and the people with whom we share our lives. So here’s a simple practice to do:

1. First waking breath, remember today is a new day and you are going to shake up your familiar routine. Tip: I like to think about this the night before particularly if I need to get anything ready ahead of time. As I fall asleep, I mentally go through the steps I will take the next morning so I’m ready.

2. As you are waking, take a few moments to lie quietly in bed. Shift your attention and energy onto your intention for what we want to express today.

3. Now, shake it up!. Softly, gently, and consciously choose to do something new and different (even doing things in a different order can make a big difference).

Try it for a week or two and notice what happens. Your days will surely unfold in surprising ways.

Be amazed and amazing!

the Sunday Addition

Welcome to the Sunday Addition. Please enjoy another fiery installment of mandalas.

Blessings of Light and Love,

Lynette

Distracted by Shiny Things

This time of year is the Mother of all Distraction. Spring Fever. You know this is true. We don’t say winter fever or summer fever or autumn fever – even if one of these seasons is your favorite.

Nope. Spring Fever has the distinction of calling our hearts and our attention from anything serious, nose to the grindstone, gotta’ get that stuff D-U-N done!

The new green growth, flowers popping, birds a-singing wakes up our hearts … surrounds us with the joy of life … opens arms of warmth and love to call us to remember just why we are here.

So while I’m usually striving to stay on purpose and task (not always very successfully I should add), my advice: Welcome Distraction! I love the Distraction of Springtime.

Distraction has the power to slow me down. It calls me to be fully present. I feel more awake and alive. I breathe in the bright sunshine and feel happy, happy, happy down to my core. I am able to assess if all the stuff I’ve been getting done, all the multi tasking, all the getting-down-on-myself for not doing more has been truly serving me and my greater purpose and vision.

And you know what? Distraction may be just what I needed to get myself back on purpose, back to my best potential. Amazed and Amazing.

What’s been distracting you? What’s the message you’ve been waiting to hear?

the Sunday Addition (okay … a little late)

Okay … I got a little waylaid with the busy-ness of life. So here, with no further delay is the Sunday Addition for this week. We’ve entered into the Aries gate of awareness, a fire sign, so I’ve included some bright and glowing fire mandalas.

Shine on my friends … radiate right from YOUR center!

So amazing.

the Sunday Addition

This week’s Sunday additions complete a very watery cycle! Please come back to check out the Mandala Gallery every week to see what’s new. And since we’re entering the Aries gate of awareness tomorrow, next week … fire!

In the meantime … be amazed and amazing in every moment.

PS If you are really enjoying the mandalas, please check out my photo blog, Mandalas of Place. The mandala above is from this growing collection of mandalas created from photos of the special and everyday places in our lives.

Focalize

We all have the capacity for great sharing of ourselves. Your choice when and how. But, you may not have realized – there is a way you can go above and beyond by becoming a focalizer of positive, illuminating energy.

And it’s so simple. Here’s how:

Find the quietest spot inside you. Finding a quiet spot, and a spot in the spaciousness of nature, is really helpful.

Gently close your eyes. Feel the sweet earth supporting you. Feel the amazingness of your physical body. Take a moment to relish the gift of being this most magnificent physical container that is you. Mmmmm.

Now, breathe deeply while envisioning clearing your inner space. Get it good and clear before moving on.

Now time to choose the one quality you wish to focalize right now … Love, Generosity, Peace, Forgiveness, Harmony, Joy, Freedom … you get the idea. Important note: when you focalize energy you are not sending your own energy out as much as you are gathering up a chosen quality from the space around you, focusing it and sending it out. Ready?

Okay. Breathe in deeply. Feel yourself filling up with the quality from all around you. Draw it up from the earth, breathe it in from the air, feel it soak into you from the fire of the sun or the warm of the room, feel immersed in it as if you were floating in a pool. And when you feel full up, focus all the energy from this quality in your center point and in your heart. Hold this glowing, beautiful energy for a moment giving deepest gratitude for this quality. And when you are ready, gently and with consciousness, breathe out and expand the quality in all directions.

Amazing.