Archive for April, 2011

Angels & Inspirations, April 2011

Apr 07, 2011 No Comments

Happy April! As our world faces challenging moments full of fear and dispair, our souls and our Angels are powerfully encouraging us to become more aware of our true essence and the blessings that truly surround us. Every month the Angels share a message that is most needed by Transformation’s readers. To best be an [...]

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Yoga: Roll With the Earth, On Seasonal Changes

Apr 01, 2011 No Comments

The Sufi poet Rumi likens the human body to a hotel overrun by transient guests, each moment subject to a new arrival in the form of some unexpected emotion or thought. “Welcome and entertain them all,” he counsels. “Even if they are a crowd of sorrows . . . still treat each guest honorably, he [...]

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Out Your ego: Deserving vs. Worthy

Apr 01, 2011 No Comments

ego FEELS DESERVING Spirit FEELS WORTHY After declaring bankruptcy and letting go of most of my possessions, my ego was in full throttle WHY ME? mode. “I deserve better than this,” it ranted. “I walked away from a job that paid me a lot of money to live my dream of being an author —and [...]

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The Great Shift

Apr 01, 2011 No Comments

We in the scientific Western world think of time as a straight line. We live from the past toward the future. We tear the months from our calendars and throw them into the trash. Past is past, future hasn’t come yet, and today is all we have. But there are other ways to think about [...]

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Green Smoothies: A Fresh Start to Your Day

Apr 01, 2011 No Comments

I have had many conversations with people who want to make positive changes in their diets, but often they don’t know where to begin. Frequently, they come to me with the thought that they have to ditch all of their favorite foods and replace them with celery sticks and salads. I love it when I [...]

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Rooted in Nature

Apr 01, 2011 No Comments

A few years back, I was in California to give a talk at the grand opening of a friend’s yoga center. Before the talk, I was reflecting in a nearby park about what I would share. I took notice of a very large oak tree and began to think about how old it is, how [...]

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What Creates a Shaman

Apr 01, 2011 No Comments

“…Whatever your particular journey has been, rest assured that nothing happens in your life that isn’t part of your Divine plan. Everything will serve your higher purpose in some way.” –from Be Your Own Shaman. If you had told me when I was in my early twenties that some day I would be considered a [...]

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Cleansing Clay

Apr 01, 2011 No Comments

Of the many elements that Mother Earth provides, clay is the perfect beauty ingredient for masques. The purpose of a masque is to deep clean your pores by helping them to attract clogged toxins and hardened sebum and then draw them out. This simple action increases circulation and generates life-giving oxygen, giving you a healthy [...]

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The Internet and the Earth

Apr 01, 2011 No Comments

The phrase “World Wide Web” literally conjures up an image of a spider web made up of six billion lines connecting all the people on the planet. During our lifetime, this amazing technology has emerged and can be seen as an outward manifestation of the idea that we are all one large system. Although spiritual [...]

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Hands on Green Living

Apr 01, 2011 No Comments

It seems like the prevailing message about going green these days is to buy more stuff. The challenge is sorting through a lot of hype to find products, services and programs that are actually good for the environment. Let’s look at some facts about the current state of green living and some ways that you [...]

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