We connect with spirit in many ways. Art expresses your inner self while music may transport you to realms of new insights and self-discovery. Observing nature also opens horizons of new perspectives and reasons for living this particular life, whisking you on to the very core of your spirit and soul.

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We came from somewhere to live for a while as this particular kind of being. We arrived on a golden ticket as thinking, feeling, communicating, imaginative entities that are high on the food chain and able to survive and thrive nearly everywhere on earth. Given an outer world of abundance to experience and an inner well of riches to plumb, life as a human being is a fortune to be found and enjoyed. Yet it doesn’t always feel that way. Too often, it feels like our bounty is out of reach. The potential we know we have—to do great things, yes, but also, to feel great things (such as lasting peace and happiness, freedom from worry and fear, true love)—too often eludes us. What is the source of the inner obstacle that prevents us from tapping into our greatest possibilities? Why do we dutifully climb well-marked uphill trails as part of the accepted struggle of our existence when, with a little daring, we could move the mountains clear out of our way instead?

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THE Season

t was an early summer morning. Sun brightly shining, bursts of color poking through the earth and the feeling that everything was new. A gentle cool breeze was the only reminder that summer was still a few weeks away.

I’d just left the little coffee shop where I’d been working on a project, when I realized I’d misjudged the time. There was still a half hour before I needed to pick my little one up at preschool. Not quite enough time to run an errand but too much time to waste sitting in the parking lot counting the minutes. Why not enjoy the remnants of my coffee and take a little drive?

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In the context of the modalities that I practice the five elements are known as
Earth, Fire, Water, Wind and Storm.

Metaphysically speaking, resonance is the means by which information is transmitted and received from the physical to non-physical realms. It is the “cosmic communication system” by which the transmission of data, energy frequencies, and other information, between fundamental particles and non-physical energies, is communicated. It is also the means by which all vibrational healing is accomplished and psychic information is acquired.

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What is Heat Stroke?

Heatstroke is when an animal loses their natural ability to regulate their body temperature. For our canine friends their body is regulated through respiration. We see them cool their bodies when they pant. Dogs have capillaries on their tongue, when they pant cool air moves across those capillaries. When the capillaries cool, it cools the blood, which cools their internal body temperature. If a dog cannot evacuate heat quickly enough, heat stroke occurs.

Read more: Beat The Heat ~ Learn How To Help Your Pet Avoid Heatstroke!

There’s a song by Aussie band Axiom called “Little Ray of Sunshine.” The song was released around the same time I was born and I’ll never forget my parents telling me how I came into their life just like the song says... a little ray of sunshine. We all come into this world shining our unique ray of raw untapped potential blissing out our parents with our newborn innocence and purity. If only we could take that ray and shine it out in a halo of encircling light, creating bliss and joy in all those around us. Well, I have news for you... We can! We arrived in this world perfect and we continue to exist in a state of perfection. In short, we never stop being perfect. Part of our perfection is in our constant evolution, we are always changing, growing, discovering, we are never static. We hold within us the awesome power of manifestation, that power is available to us all and gives us the ability to re-create ourselves. To fully understand this power we need to be aware of this fact. You can re-create yourself any way you like, but you will never be more perfect than you are right now.

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Among natural remedies for restoring health and maintaining well being, you may be unaware that you are missing one of the most obvious supports available to you. And it is as obvious as the nose on your face. Literally. The health remedy and support I am referring to is mindful breathing.

As the founder of the Maine Mindfulness Project and a Meditation Practitioner at True North Health Center in Falmouth, I help people of all ages learn how to utilize breath in order to help the mind and body achieve deeper levels of stillness and relaxation.

Read more: 10 Good Reasons To Use Meditation Before Opting For Medication

So many of our modalities for healing, for “achieving our potential” etc are focused on us as individuals and what we “know” and the stories we have made about our lives. Yet meditation, shamanism, spirituality in its deepest sense, all teach us that we are interconnected, parts of a greater whole, parts of systems. One of the most profound systems of which we are part is our family of origin… a living breathing web that holds all the people and events and places of our ancestors (whether we consciously know these details or not!). Many of our most intractable problems, sufferings that limit our ability to live life full on, with fearless open hearts, have their roots in past traumas and events from our family tree.

Read more: Constellating the Soul: Untangling Our Lives (Part One)