Last Sunday of 2014...GoodBye 2014 and Hellooooo 2015.

Good Day my Zenful readers. And a happy Sunday or Monday morning, depending on your time zone. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with your family and friends. That's what it is all about. My and my kids Christmas was a pleasant one. Since they are older they woke up later than usual, despite the excitement for their presents under the tree. I wanted to share a picture of the dream catchers that I am so proud of. The kids loved it just as much as I did. I love that the branches used were from a fallen willow tree. I love willow trees. Always had as a kid. 

The one of the top right is mine, purple sting, all three have the amethyst gems. My son's bottom left, blue (ironic because he's a lefty, didn't mean to set the pics up this way. And my daughter's is the last, more turquoise. Kids love it and every morning since Christmas day, we place them in the sun each morning for a few hours. So the dream catchers and gems can recharge and be ready for the night. If anyone of you is interested in your own dream catcher, I know the holidays are over but this would make a wonderful personalized gift at any time of the year. I am glad I bought this gift for us. Here's the link again on Etsy.com. 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/GlowingHeartStudios

Can you believe this is the last Sunday of 2014? How quick this past year came and went. I hope you all had a wonderful year and are ready to embrace this new one with open arms. And even if this past year you fell on any hardship, and there is nothing that can be done right now, guess what, you are still here and you are reading this here blog.You are alive and well. No, stuff and thangs may not have gone great, but you are here today and you over came them, what ever it may have been. Let go of what doesn't suit or support you. Your heart and soul will be happiest when you do. And always surround yourself with people that lift you up, always.. And in the day and age of internet and social media. We are bound to find and connect with someone out there. But make sure that your circle is one that will lift you into the white light of positive energy. Surround yourself with those that will bring out the very best in you. Those, that will cheer you like you will cheer for them. Those, that will hold your hand and hug you even via google plus and or whichever social media you fancy. Surround yourself with those that when you come together after not seeing each other for so long, its like no time has passed and you are, home. I'd like to enter this New Year thanking all those who I have been friends with throughout my time on this earth. I have had people come into my life and walk by my side and together we walk in each others journey. I have also come upon some that The Universe brought us together only for a short time. I hope we were able to take what we could in our passing. (don't forget to drink your water as you continue reading :))

When we surround ourselves with positive people, positive energy..this is what comes to us ten fold. Stay around those that bring out the light, not keep you in the dark. I say let us use this last Sunday of 2014 to maybe write down or bring forth what isn't supporting you and or that isn't bringing you into the light. Let us use these final days of 2014 to purge out what we do not want to take with us in this New Year. Write them down so you can burn them, and let them all go a few minutes before midnight. 

So, you can toast in the New Year with a positive heart. You could also wait until the first Full Moon of the year, which is, January 5, 2015. I will of course smudge both days but will write and burn my list a few minutes before midnight on New Years Eve instead of the Full Moon. For me I feel it a bit more symbolic doing it before midnight on New Years Eve. This way I can say farewell to the past year and all that didn't suit or support my and my children's needs and have a toast and welcome this New Year with champagne. 

I wish you all a safe and Happy New Years Eve celebration with your family and loved ones. May this New Year bring you lots of love and light and for good health to surround you and yours always..... Lets begin our smudging, eh?   

(This loose sage I am using today in my shell was gifted to me when I purchased my and my kids dream catchers, my first time using loose sage, I've always used it in a bundle. I actually liked the loose sage.) 

Opening smudge prayer:

I'd like to ask The Lord our Father as well as The Universe to be here with me as well as be here with those reading this Zenful blog on this final Sunday of 2014. 

I'd like to ask my ancestors to be present, as well as the elements; fire, earth, air and water to be here. I'd like to call on the goddess of the North, East, South & West. As well as our archangels Raphael for healing, Michael for protection, Gabriel for revelation & Uriel for wisdom. 

Please cleanse US ALL of any negative energy from this past work week and or any holiday blues some may have. Cleanse us all from any negative energy from this past year as well. Release us all from any bad feelings that does not do well for our soul. If it's negative let the element water wash it away, let the element fire burn it to ash and let the wind blow it away and carry it in the air. I finally ask that earth to help ground us as we may let go of what may be weighing us down. Release us of what doesn't support our aura. 

I ask that this sage smoke carry away any negative energy so we may begin this week in a circle of wonderful positive and protective white light. Please Lord and Universe help me unblock all of these negative energies that my zenful readers may have. Smudge and cleanse us all of any negative energy that does not suit or support our needs. 

With this cedar please keep each of us in a protective white light as the holiday season come to a close as we end this year and begin a New. Protect those we love so that all of our loved ones are protected during this time. 

Closing smudge prayer: 

I'd like to thank you Lord and The Universe for being here with my Zenful readers and myself as I cleanse us. I want to thank my ancestors for being present. 

As well as the elements; fire, earth, air and water for being with us. I'd like to thank the goddess of the North, East, South & West. As well as our Archangels Raphael for healing, Michael for protection, Gabriel for revelation & Uriel for wisdom. 

With this sweet grass that I light please surround US ALL with loving and positive energies today and always. 

Have a wonderful start to a great week and a wonderful end to a great old year and an even more wonderful start to an even better year to come. Cheers. 

Blessed Be

Amen...

Happy Winter Solstice and Happy New Moon Monday

Hello Happy Yule and Merry Christmas to you all!!! How are you all today? Happy Zenful Monday!! Today is the first day of winter, so Happy Winter Solstice, and Happy New Moon Monday as well. How was your week and weekend on this Monday Eve before Christmas Day? Have you all finished your shopping yet? I know its crazy busy out there in the stores. I hope you all are done at this point and are just enjoying the wrapping and or baking and spending time with your families part of the season. It’s like a major countdown for children everywhere. lol Santa and all coming in two/three days to go.(depending which time zone you’re in. =) ) 

 

Charlie Brown Christmas baybay!!

It goes without saying that Christmas isn’t just about “materialistic” gift giving. It’s about a Spirit, an….energy, in the air that wraps around you and your family. An energy that has your senses; sights, sounds, smells and tastes on alert. It’s a warm and coziness that reaches deep within. However one decorates, there is something about bringing a tree from the outside in, garland, wreath on the door, and dressing it up in lights bows and ornaments. That scent of pine, and the scent of “the woods” when you add fresh water (if the tree is real; I miss it, I have a fake one now). It’s nice to have and continue little traditions with your family so they can share with their own families (when they have their own). 

 

And even if you have no kids, so what, before I became a mom, I always decorated for Christmas. When I first lived on my own, good story; I had a roommate who was from Maine, and she brought back an honest to goodness Charlie Brown Christmas tree. HaHa. We bought only a few decorations as to keep with the theme. That was a great Christmas. haha Bucket List check. In my opinion you haven’t really had a Christmas if you didn’t have your own Charlie Brown Christmas tree at some point. hahaha.

Just saying!! Charlie Brown Christmas Tree :) (not the one from the story above Hahaa) 

Now, despite my kids being older and no longer believing in Santa, I will still cook Christmas Eve/ and Day Dinner. (Yes you read write both days, lol =P ); A low maintenance meal on the Eve and major meal on the Day of.  Spending time with each other is the best and one of our favorites Christmas pass times is to have, “A Christmas Story,” on in the background when the TV is on. hahaha love it. “You’ll shoot your eye out.” “Fragile,... I think its Italian.” haha good times. 

The Christmas Story!! 

We make sugar cookies and decorate them for “Santa” yes, we will still do this. lol My kids are 11 and 17 years old now and I will still do this for as long as they are with me during the Christmas time. I do smudge during the day and that always adds to the warmth and the positive energy in my home. My kids love it and I enjoy giving them that warmth and loving energy during this time. I took some time off work to help me with my food preparation. This too adds to the Christmas Energy in my home. As I am sure it adds it to yours. My kids start their Winter break on Tuesday afternoon and I took Wednesday off so as to give myself a mini Christmas holiday (as my Australian sistahs say, wink)

I have much to be thankful for at present and despite the major changes in my journey I want to thank 2014 for its challenges that turned into lessons. So I am going to do a little smudging ceremony for myself and my children. I am going to make it special; I’ll use candles, our gems and smudge us. And then enjoy our meal and desserts in thanks after. I am very excited. And I know my kids will be too. I will of course take pictures of our little set up and share them with you all this coming Sunday after the Christmas festivities. May this Holiday time be filled with lots of warmth, good health, love and much joy now and always for you and yours. Before I begin, and I hope you’ve been drinking your water, I have something more to share. 

 

As you know, my Zenful Journey has now lead me to be able to help quite a few people that have become very great friends, family even. And in my Zenful journey, I had wanted to find other likeminded people, which I am grateful to have found. But I also wanted to find likeminded people that would share a piece of themselves, their art, their healings, and their hearts. And wow have I. I had mentioned before in one of my past blogs, how I was in a Reiki Meditation Circle a while back. It was so very interesting to me because I felt that the Reiki Medication was very much like when I use Sage to smudge someone’s energy. The only difference was it was all in one’s own aura (hands) instead of using the energy of the herb. I am not sure if I am explaining it correctly but this is how I can make sense of it. =) In my journey I have met via Instagram and Etsy, a few people who make lovely gemstone jewelry (Reiki charged) and or Dream Catchers that have helped me in the same way my smudging had helped others. I am so grateful and feel Blessed that these people have been on my journey’s path. I had wanted a Dream Catcher for a very long time but didn’t want one that was manufactured but, made with loving energy and with a rich history as well. And after a long wait, boy had I found one and more. I purchased one for my children and myself. I used it for the first time this past weekend and I can’t even tell you how it has helped me. I can’t explain it. All I can say is that since I had begun searching for a Dream Catchers (these past weeks), my dreams have become clearer, I can remember them. Before I never could remember if I dreamt and always figured I never dreamt at all. But, now it’s different, in a good way. I know it has to do with the use of my gems and my own smudging but I know that the Dream Catcher was the icing that I needed. I’d like to share the link to their sites on Etsy. They are great souls to chat with if you have any specific requests. Check them out. You won’t be disappointed. I promise. I’ll post all 3 Dream Catchers on Sunday. I have to hide my so my kids won’t see. They have no idea I ordered one for them. 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/happymedium4eco?page=1

https://www.etsy.com/shop/GlowingHeartStudios?section_id=15566832&ref=shopsection_leftnav_1

Now let’s begin with Smudging for this Christmas week ahead shall we? Let's get comfy and into our Zenful positions.

Opening smudge prayer:

I'd like to ask The Lord our Father as well as The Universe to be here with me as well as be here with those reading this. 

I'd like to ask my ancestors to be present, as well as the elements; fire, earth, air and water to be here with us. I'd like to call on the goddess of the North, East, South & West. As well as our archangels Raphael for healing, Michael for protection, Gabriel for revelation & Uriel for wisdom. 

Please cleanse US ALL of any negative energy from this past work week. Christmas is coming and this can be a stressful time for us all financially. But let's all not lose sight of the true meaning. And that's good health, love, family and friendship. Please Bless this upcoming final full week before Christmas so we may spend it with a positive, light and happy heart. 

I ask that this sage smoke carry away any negative energy so you may begin this week in a circle of wonderfully positive and protective white light. Please Lord and Universe please help me unblock all of these negative energies that may zenful readers may have. Smudge and cleanse us all of any negative energy that does not suit or support our needs. 

Happy Winter Solstice. 

Closing smudge prayer: 

I'd like to thank you Lord and The Universe for being my Zenful readers and myself as I cleanse us. I want to thank my ancestors for being present. 

As well as the elements; fire, earth, air and water for being with us. I'd like to thank the goddess of the North, East, South & West. As well as our archangels Raphael for healing, Michael for protection, Gabriel for revelation & Uriel for wisdom. 

With this sweet grass that I light please  surround US ALL with loving and positive energies today and always. 


Blessed Be and once more. Enjoy this Christmas time with your loved ones. 


Amen....

I've Return(ith) on the Twelfth Day(ith) of Christmas(ith)

Hello and Merry Christmas my Zenful readers. I hope you and your family are enjoying this holiday season. And that today’s surprise entry finds you and yours healthy, happy and well. It's been a very long time since I've written an entry, I know. Life can get in the way and I needed to take a beat and do for me. Changes in life required me so. I feel it isn't healthy to put your too personal issues whatever it may be on social media. It's really no ones business. It boggles my mind when people still do just that. Share yes but good grief. Lol keep it for the super close ones and bestest and dearest friends. Which that's the journey I decide to take. It was time away that was well needed and well spent.   

It's hard to believe that we are in December and more that the Yule is less than two weeks away. Followed by welcoming the New Year the following week. I've never been much of a New Years resolutionist. (<HA wordage!) I feel it's all caca. Lol. I mean we say what we want to change and or get rid of etc., dieting, starting the gym. Quitting this or that. But it seems after a few weeks some may lose that New Year's Eve resolution push and down the toilet goes those resolutions. Maybe they put too much on themselves who knows. But I never set any resolutions. I feel we should aspire to do our very best every day. Not just make one change or two at the start of a new year. It should be a daily thang. (& stuff) Since I have been off blogland, I still have been smudging. So you all know that I will have a little smudging ceremony for New Years Eve. =) I have switched a few of my candle holders and the color of the candles to represent not only their specific meanings but to represent Christmas and winter as well. I hope you enjoy the pictures below. I also changed my altar all together. I want to share a few quotes that I searched and found. I know a few of us may enjoy and or can relate to them. A few called to me instantly. Start drinking some water we will be smudging after you have seen the few pictures below. Enjoy…

I hope you all liked the above quotes. I felt them fitting for what some of my close friends and even myself may be going through. Despite my absence I hope you've enjoyed this Zenful entry. Let's get into a Zenful position, taking deep breathes and exhaling all the past weeks caca (<hehe). Let's ALL envision an easy final week of Christmas at both work and shopping and with our children and family. This is what will happen. Some of us have had a hard past few months, yes. And if we have not, let us give Thanks to that Blessing. Keep your mind in a grateful meditative state as I begin... Here we go. 

Opening smudge prayer:

I'd like to ask The Lord our Father as well as The Universe to be here with me as well as be here with those reading this. 

I'd like to ask my ancestors to be present, as well as the elements; fire, earth, air and water. I'd like to call on the goddess of the North, East, South & West. And I like to finally ask our archangels Raphael for healing, Michael for protection, Gabriel for revelation & Uriel for wisdom, to be with us also. 

Please cleanse US ALL of any negative energy from this past work/school week. Christmas is coming and this can be a stressful time for us all financially. But let's all not loose sight of the true meaning of Christmas. And that's good health, love, family and friendship. Please Bless this upcoming final full week before Christmas, so we may spend it with a positive, light and happy heart.

I ask that the smoke of this mixed sage & sweet grass combo carry away any negative energy so you may begin this week in a circle of wonderfully positive and protective white light. Please Lord and Universe please help me unblock all of these negative energies that my Zenful readers may have. Smudge and cleanse us all of any negative energy that does not suit or support our needs. 

Closing smudge prayer: 

I'd like to thank you Lord and The Universe for being here with me and my Zenful readers as I cleanse us. I want to thank my ancestors for being present. 

As well as the elements; fire, earth, air and water for being with us. I'd like to thank the goddess of the North, East, South & West. As well as our archangels Raphael for healing, Michael for protection, Gabriel for revelation & Uriel for wisdom.

With this sweet grass that I light please surround US ALL with loving and positive energies today and always. 

Have a wonderful week ahead. May this weekends smudging carry you each through a Zenful journey. 

Blessed Be...

Amen.