Being in the rainforest with two indigenous tribes, the Sápara and Achuar, was amazing beyond my wildest dreams! 

Images like these float through my consciousness: the river next to our camp rising and falling with the daily rains…a flock of parrots squawking overhead each morning…ceremonies daily, for cleansing, deepening, healing, and opening our hearts…morning tobacco snort followed by a swim in the river and dream interpretation…singing of insects dreaming us to sleep…

Back a few weeks, I am staying focused on integrating the experience. 

In itself, that’s one of the lessons: to stay still, quiet, and receptive, listening to spirit messages, dreams, and intuition as much as possible, rather than getting caught back up in the insanely busy and distracted lives we all lead.

This means giving up some of the push I usually apply to my projects, and letting myself be slow for a change. I’m excited to start re-recording my online course, frustrated that it’s not yet time, and grateful that I have the option of honoring a natural flow.

I’ve begun to share some of the wisdom we received in a series of “lessons from the rainforest” blogs. Check out the first, The Beauty Way: Aim for Five Thoughts, not 10,000!  here. 

This time of year, just before the Fall Equinox, it’s wonderful to follow the beauty way in the golden light of dawn and dusk.  Noticing the light, we can bring it into ourselves, find our own glow, and radiate it into our worlds. The more we shine, the more we help others to shine.

I’ve put a sticker on the visor of my car: SMILE. Every time I notice and do it (smile), I feel giddily happy: how easy it is to cheer ourselves up with the lift of a mouth, the sparkle in an eye! Try it…

Explore into the vast, beautiful, and light-filled structure of your subtle energy body. Learn energy practices and guided meditations that can radically transform your relationship to trauma, anxiety, and emotions.Free virtual event, Sept. 22, Beyond Your Energy Body: Experience an Initiation Into Your Sacred Anatomy with Desda Zuckerman. Register here. 

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If you’ve been curious about shamanic journeying and don’t have access to an in-person workshop, check out this free recorded event with one of my long-time teachers, Sandra Ingerman, The Healing Power of Shamanic Journeying: How to Access Inner Guidance from Helping Spirits. You’ll find out about entering parallel worlds to receive accurate guidance on the life situations you’re facing, and learn how to access a higher form of consciousness. Access here.  

The two most common challenges in my survey were negative self talk and taking in other people’s energy. 

I’ll certainly be addressing those in the online course. In the meantime, if you have a copy of Weave the Heart of the Universe into Your Life: Aligning with Cosmic Energy, check out the simple practices for protecting your energy field on p.147 and “Practicing Love Talk” on p.162 to shift away from self doubt.

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