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Resources: Take a Break and Re-Energize!!!
Favorite Sayings:
- The time to relax is when you don't have time for it. (Sidney J. Harris)
- You don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop laughing. (Unknown)
- Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. (Unknown)
- Dance as though no one is watching you, love as though you have never been hurt before, sing as though no one can hear you, live as though heaven is on earth. (Unknown)
Get Inspired
- The Journey: This is an awesome web video with incredible sound effects that makes you think about who you really are. This is the most moving piece I have ever seen on the web. The photographs, music and sound effects are inspiring. I was so impressed I bought the CD which is also phenomenal. Words are by Neale Donald Walsch from his book "Conversations with God Book One".
- Secret Worlds: The Universe Within takes you on a journey from the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth, through space towards the Earth, to an oak tree and then successively into our microscopic world.
- Insights about teamwork are in "Lessons from the Geese"
Relax and Breath!
- Literally you can use your breath to relax your body and quiet your mind. A few great breathing exercises follow:
My favorite resource for learning deep breathing exercises is Dr. Andrew Weil's Breathing: The Master Key to Self Healing CD set.
- You can gain huge benefits from practicing Progressive Muscle Relaxation
- Dr. Andrew Weil brings us Ten Ways to Reduce Stress
- Ilana Yahav is a sand animation artist. Using only her fingers, she draws with sand on glass table. Her web site 'Sand Fantasy' has a number of videos of her art. My favorite is 'Just Imagine'. Click on the "Just Imagine" link. This takes a while to load but is well worth the wait!
- The Daily Motivator is a lovely website with a number of beautiful nature videos with inspirational messages you can view for free. You can subscribe to be sent a daily motivational message. You can also browse past motivational messages.
One of my favorites at this site is a beautiful PowerPoint about being in the present called 'Right Now'.
- Another favorite is a peaceful sweet lovely PowerPoint about our countless blessings called 'May You Be Blessed'.
- The DailyOM website has lovely inspirational short articles on topics such as Nature, Healthy Living, Self Improvement, Energy Work, Philosophy, Home and Garden, etc. You can also subscribe to receive a free inspirational DailyOM to nurture your mind, body and spirit.
Feed Your Soul
Art As Healing Energy
Skip this introductory info and go straight to your little nature hike I have created for you to savor Roderick MacIver's healing art!!!
Back in my frazzled corporate days I thought of art as something that creative people with a lot of free time sat around and produced. I was busy and I had little free time. Art was certainly not something I spent time looking at nor fully appreciating.
Now my world is energy. I have come to realize that art too is all about energy.
Listening now with an energetic ear when I talk to artists about their work,
the similarity I hear is about their creating Sacred time and space within themselves. They need to get to a certain "place" within themselves in
order to get into flow or inspiration. They do this in different ways. Some seem to have rituals. Some artists simply
"know" when it is time to go to their studio space ... Through their art they are energetically transforming their emotions and life experiences
into a physical representation that we can all see, touch, or feel. This art holds the energetic message that the artist was experiencing
at the time they produced their work.
As viewers of art we pick up on this energy. Art evokes all kinds of emotions and memories within us, depending on our own life experiences, tastes and interpretations.
Art can make us happy, sad, angry, at peace .....
Since art is energy and I am all about energy healing, I wanted to create a Sacred Space for visitors of my web site to have a place to go and relax. Since
most folks love nature, I decided that nature art would help the broadest section of my web site visitors feel relaxed and peaceful.
One of my all time favorite nature artists is Roderick MacIver, the founder of Heron Dance.
Heron Dance is a beautiful organization that is
working to heal our planet through helping people deepen their connection with Nature.
Rod creates exquisite nature water colors. His wife Ann O'Shaughnessy writes exquisitely soulful contemplations for Heron Dance publications, teaches retreats and supports Rod in making space and time for his painting. They create a lovely
periodical which contains Rod's beautiful watercolors along with exquisite mind food to feed your soul. They also have a free
email newsletter which also has an uplifting Rod painting and mind food. To me, looking at Rod's paintings is an uplifting
Sacred healing experience.
Rod gave me permission to use some of his art work as a healing space on my web site. Click here to savor some of Rod's exquisite paintings.
I have interspersed nature quotes from various sources for your contemplation. For those paintings that are still available for
sale, I have set up a direct link to that painting on the Heron Dance web site.
Enjoy your little hike I have created for you to savor
Rod's healing art!!!
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