Indigo Earth Healing Arts

When I was a little girl I loved this time of year.  i wasn't so much into trick or treating as just the general ambiance of the world around me.  Evening twilight felt magical with red sunsets and the musky scent of fallen leaves.  Jack 'o Lanterns were usually carved right on Halloween, not before.  I loved the mysterious faces flickering out at me from people's porches.

In ancient Celtic cultures (from which Halloween comes), this was the time of year when the connections between the living and the dead were considered the strongest.  I don't know why it became about scary spirits.  I'm certain that back in the mists of time the ancestors were honored with love, not fear.  Today's Day of the Dead celebrations in Latino cultures is a great example of that.

For me I've noticed that my psychic (yes, psychic) abilities are enhanced this time of year, especially from Halloween to Christmas.  I am able to receive messages from the Dearly Departed, as I call them.  It's easy for me anyway but right now the lines of communication are particularly clear.  The messages I get aren't usually very complex.   Mainly the Dearly Departed want to pass on messages of love and comfort.  I'm not much into prediction. 

If you would like me to do a reading for you I am available in person if you're in the area, by phone, or via e-mail.  Normally I am paid a dollar a minute for this, but from now until Christmas I'd be happy to do 30 minute sessions for $20.   Contact me to schedule a session.

If you want to explore your own intuition, this is the time of year to do it.   There are a lot of great books out there that can help you get started.   I've collected a few of them here:  Intuition Books

I have read some of them but in the end it happened spontaneously.   One day I was talking to a friend of mine and I had the strongest sense that her grandmother was at my shoulder.  I said something to my friend about it and felt compelled to tell her things about the grandma's personality so she would recognize her.  Then I was overwhelmed with unconditional love.  That was the beginning.

One thing I'd advise is that you start small and be sure you have a strong support system.  There are lot of not-so-pleasant things lurking around in the part of the mind that's connected to the Other Side.  Old baggage from our own lives, mainly, but often in the form of something you'd find in a fairy tale and not real life.  It can be very confusing and even terrifying.  Been there, done that.   In fact, I have a theory about how it works but that's for another blog entry.

In alternative healing circles there it's common to hear practitioners talking about how all disease can be traced back to tension and stress.  Most people dismiss that as too simplistic.  After all, there are bacteria and viruses out there, right?

In the middle of September I found myself spending an all expenses paid weekend on the sixth floor of the Roy Carver Pavilion at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics which resulted in me getting my gall bladder removed.  I had a lot of time to lie there and think about healing and stress.  I know without a doubt that stress and tension resulted in the gall stones. 

I was also very aware of how prevalent heart disease is, both from listening to other people's stories and from how surprised the nurses and doctors seemed to be that I had no heart related illnesses.  The first thing they asked was if I had any kind of heart disease.  Sure, eating high cholesterol foods and being sedentary is bad for your heart, but so is constant unnecessary tension.

Adult onset diabetes can also be traced  to stress, because stress blocks insulin from being released causing an imbalance over time.  (See Stress - All About Diabetes for more info.)  Not to mention reaching for something sugary is a common stress buster.

If you think about it I'm sure you can see how even the common cold can be attributed to higher stress levels because the body's immune system is compromised.  So, the goal for each of us should be to remove as much tension and stress as possible because it can prevent our bodies from healing themselves naturally. 

The work I do as a massage therapist and energy worker is primarily to lower stress and tension levels on many levels.  Certainly people can find other ways to do this but it doesn't hurt to have someone else give you an hour's worth of focus on just that.

Obviously it would be great to be able to prevent disease with relaxation but our society rewards us to overwork ourselves and compete, so I don't think it's going to be possible to completely replace seeing the doctor with getting a massage any time soon.  But, even while being treated by a doctor relaxation can play a key role in helping you heal better and faster.  Sometimes even the stress of the treatments themselves needs to be addressed. 

All of us would benefit by making relaxation and true re-creation a priority whether it be from getting a massage or practicing meditation or prayer, playing with your kids or just making sure you get a good belly laugh in once a day.  It would change the world if we could afford to make it a priority.  I don't know how we can not.