meet me for tea and tarot

look i made a yelp map! today is the day of the computer. so far i have joined adwords, made a google map find me thing with a coupon that you can use :D and this little yelp map so people can pick a coffee/tea place to meet me at for tarot readings.

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my daily practice

what i am learning about life right now is that it is all about intention.

i had an amazing chat and lunch with my friend "the queen of the fairies" all about soul, and purpose. that we are meant to awaken. to realize our magnificence and to create what we desire.

and i realized it really is that simple. you just have to opt out of playing the game everyone else on this planet seems to be playing. then you will find others who are also observing and together you can go off and create magic.

now let me tell you that i have had this realization no less than 10 times in my very short life. and things flow really well for a month or so and then i get sucked back in by trying to pay bills and get things done. but every time i remember i take a little bit more with me when i return to the chaos, confusion and heartache.

"inherent in every intention is the mechanics for its fulfillment" deepak chopra

don't worry about how you are going to get there, trust the universe to do its job to provide for those who dare to risk and hold the intention. it is a daily task, you must constantly intent that you are already there. worry attracts all the things you worry about and then you doubt because the universe has brought you all this struggle when really it was you asking to be alone, live in fear, or not be able to pay the bills because that was the strongest thing you were broadcasting.

i intend to perfect this and be able to hold my vision and allow worry to just slide right off me.

abundance!

I am tired of living in a state of fear around money and this week the universe provided me with a mentor, Kate Phillips. She was so enthusiastic and exuberant and I just wanted to cling to her and download her beliefs right into my little brain.

I am planning on taking her 10 week coarse in the fall and am sending this out so others can join in shifting the universe. Plus I am trying to manifest a Seattle location for her to come to :D

Here is her information, so you can see if you are potentially interested as well. Feel free to pass it on to anyone else who you think might be interested as well.

living in abundance

putting it out there

look at me i wrote a knol :D about reflexology :D go look

it's pretty and informative and it kinda makes me look smart, which i kinda am when i can own up to it.

i love the internet

oh and the gig at Oregon School of Massage has been solidified, i am now an adjunct teacher specializing in foot pain.

maybe that means i should start using capital letters consistently in my blogs. hmmm, maybe not quiet yet.

tarot class

The hot summer nights with tarot class is half over and it has been such a joy to play with. I am so excited I am seeking to set up the next intro class in October and am in process of developing a more advanced class for the winter!

If anyone out there has any request for day of the week they would prefer please let me know now so I can take that into consideration.

flip flops cause pain

The itty bitty shoe is under attack again...

here is the full article

"What we found is that people take shorter strides and that their ankle angle … the angle between their shin and the top of their foot … is actually increased … [We] attribute the change in ankle to protecting the toes as the foot swings through, but also to keeping the flip-flop on the foot so that it doesn't fly off as they swing forward. And so they do alter their gait," said Shrover.

With the average American taking between 10,000 and 20,000 steps each day, the small changes in one's gait can add up to serious injury.

"The major shock absorption occurs back on the heel, and if the surface between the heel and the ground is not supported it does not allow the heel to absorb shock as well as it should. Which means the foot works harder than it should and people tend to develop overuse injuries such as tendonitis, or in this case, lower leg, knee, hip and back problems," explained Dr. Rock Positano from the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.

Fortunately for flip-flop fanatics, Positano says you don't have to throw away those thong sandals quite yet.

"Look, this is not an attack on a flip-flop or a flip-flop like shoe. Once again, it has to do with when you wear the flip-flop. If it's for hanging out around the swimming pool, or hanging out around the beach, or hanging out with your friends, they're fine," he said.

Reflexively speaking the areas of most impact are pelvic structures including hamstrings, quads, all major reproductive organs and lower digestion, low back, core muscles, lymphatic drainage to lower limps and pelvic region and many more teeny tiny muscles and things like ya'know circulation and stuff.

So if you are going to wear flip-flops please do your ankle circles, calf stretches and some sort of crazy or sexy foot movement to get everything stimulated, loosened up and strong again.

green sunscreen

found this article in my inbox to blog about and am finally getting to it. It is entirely relevant though since it's still summer :D

"Broccoli may outperform sunblock

By Rick Weiss

The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — George H.W. Bush: Call your dermatologist.

New research suggests broccoli, the vegetable that the former president famously demonized as inedible, can prevent the damage from ultraviolet light that often leads to skin cancer. And as Bush would surely appreciate, he would not even have to eat it.

In tests on people and hairless mice, a green smear of broccoli-sprout extract blocked the potentially cancer-causing damage usually inflicted by sunlight and showed potential advantages over sunscreens.

The product is still in early stages of development. Among other issues to be worked out is how best to remove the extract's green pigments, which do not contribute to its protective effects and would give users a temporary Martian complexion.

But scientists said the research represents a significant advance because the extract works not by screening out the sun's rays — which has the downside of blocking sun-induced vitamin D production — but by turning on the body's natural cancer-fighting machinery. Once stimulated, those mechanisms work for days, long after the extract is washed away."

middle of the night ponderings

maybe it's because it is 1:30 in the morning but for some reason this makes perfect sense right now

Exerpt from OSHO.com newsletter

"Confusion is a great opportunity. The problem with people who are not confused is great — they think they know, and they know not. The people who believe that they have clarity are really in great trouble; their clarity is very superficial. In fact they know nothing of clarity; what they call clarity is just stupidity.

Idiots are very very clear...clear in the sense that they do not have the intelligence to feel confusion.

To feel confusion needs great intelligence.

Only the intelligent ones feel confusion; otherwise the mediocre go on moving in life, smiling, laughing, accumulating money, struggling for more power and fame. If you see them you will feel a little jealous; they look so confident, they even look happy.

If they are succeeding, if their money is increasing and their power is increasing and their fame is growing, you will feel a little jealous. You are so confused and they are so clear about their life; they have a direction, they have a goal, they know how to attain it, and they are managing, they are already achieving, they are climbing the ladder. And you are just standing there, confused about what to do, what not to do, what is right and what is wrong. But this has always been so; the mediocre remains certain. It is only for the more intelligent to feel confusion, chaos.

Confusion is a great opportunity. It simply says that through the mind there is no way. If you are really confused you are blessed. Now something is possible, something immensely valuable; you are on the verge. If you are utterly confused, that means the mind has failed; now the mind can no longer supply any certainty to you."

staying young

I was reading a magazine while waiting for my massage today and there was a tidbit of an article about 3 ways to stay young, by Dr Oz. I was delighted to say that reflexology provides all three!

1) Reduce Stress. Reflexology does this by giving you a whole hour to just be. It also stimulates brain wave activity similar to deep meditation, so the body, mind and spirit enter a deep renewal period and recharge. Frequent session of reflexology (about 1 per month) help to teach your body how to relax and maintain that relaxation and adaptability much like bio-feedback training.

2) Increase Sleep. I always tell clients on their first session that I will take their snoring as a compliment. Reflexology is like a major power recharge. A study several years ago found that a 1 hour session of reflexology was like the equivalent of 8 hours of sleep, your body can really respond to this amazing work! Find yourself working long hours trying to meet a deadline, take an hour out to recharge both body and brain. It will save you years of your life.

3) Decrease Toxicity. It is estimated that we are exposed to hundreds of toxins per day. YIKES! Several of those toxins settle in the feet due to gravity and decreased circulation. Reflexology helps remove toxins from your system by stimulating circulation, and gently balancing all your organs through their reflexive points.

To wrap up reflexology not only makes you feels great but it actually makes you younger :D in a round about kinda way!