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Eclipse Season, Full Moon and Lesson Testing

July 27, 2018 By Kat

Hi there, it’s been five months since I last wrote a full blog post. That is probably the longest I’ve not dropped in here to share. Since February a lot has been happening, moving and changing. I’ve found shorter posts on my Facebook business page easier to manage lately. Today’s ‘short post’ just kept flowing and before I knew it I had a blog! It feels great to be back.

How have you all been travelling over the past three weeks? There are some large alignments within the planets happening right now. It’s eclipse season, and our lessons may be coming at us thick and fast. Have you felt this?

This Friday/Saturday is Full Moon and a total lunar Eclipse where we may start to feel the old ways of living and thinking start to wash away. Transformation is constant, whether we choose to accept it or not. There is no going back, only forward and this can be uncomfortable.

For me this eclipse season has seen me tried and tested by the universe to make sure I am staying in my power, being authentic to myself and breaking old habits. I’m a yes person, I find it terribly hard to say no, even when I feel the situation is all wrong and I don’t want a part of it I more than often agree to things when I know deep down I shouldn’t be.

Why?

It does seem completely bonkers to do things I don’t want to, but I’m a people pleaser. It’s part of my make up to serve and spread the joy, making sure everyone is looked after and happy. However, this constant over giving then drains my resources and can leave me limp. Everyone else is happy, and I’m left worn out.

My lessons have been presenting thick and fast this July. I’ve been tested in the realms of saying no with kindness and with everyone’s best interests at heart. Not just once the test has come up but at least three times.

I knew straight away when one of my significant tests showed up, and I had to say no and gracefully turn away from an offer I received. Something wasn’t feeling right, and the situation wasn’t ticking all my boxes. There were some beautiful big yes’s for some things, and some big fat no’s for others. More no’s though were apparent. I consulted my pendulum, sat in meditation, talked with my heart and asked my channels for guidance. It all came back to no.

Turning to my oracle cards for a final confirmation sealed the deal. This card actually flew out of the pack and landed face down on the floor. When I turned it over there was no more searching; there was my answer. Listen to what I have already received and know deep in my heart.

I did feel nervous about saying no, I hate letting people down but I would be letting myself down if I agreed. In a similar situation a few years ago I went against my guidance and pushed on. It didn’t end well at all. It even ruined a friendship along the way. This time around I recognised it was the same lesson so stopped to breathe before making the decision final.

I used my nervousness as a bit of a push to not give into fear of how other’s may react to my decisions to say no. Using the nervous energy as a positive resistance to achieve my goal was empowering.

It felt amazing when I did. There was lightness, the knot in my gut unravelled, I stopped with the obsessive thinking, and I knew that no matter what the response to my decision would be ‘I’ felt right about it. Luckily there was no two-year-old tantrum from the other side. Plus no one can force me to do something, especially if the person comes at me with anger. If they did, then I would be glad I walked away.

The test was great for me to show I can say no and not fall into guilt or be swayed to say go back on my decision and say yes.

Have you found yourself being tested too recently? How did you manage and what did you learn? Journalling is a marvellous way to record your musings, trials and tribulations. Then later down the line, you can look back on your notes to reflect and celebrate how far you have come.

We are all stepping up into a new world, nothing ever stays the same, and it’s hopeless to try and fight it. Move with the times, rise to your challenges and evolve.

I wish you all the best of luck with whatever you are learning from right now.

Crystal Cleaning

Full Moon in Capricorn is 4:20 am on Saturday 28th July in Perth, or 9:20 pm on Friday 27th if you are in London. Don’t forget to put your crystals out for a cleanse and sparkle; they will love it!

If you are keen for some Yin Yoga & sound healing on Full Moon, Gong Yoga is at the Monad Centre, Joondalup, Saturday 28^th July at 5:30 pm. Tickets and information here.

Until next time which hopefully won’t be as long.

Big love,

Full Moon & Solar Eclipse, the dark rises.

January 31, 2018 By Kat

What a beautiful start to 2018 with so much creative soul fire burning, new ideas birthing and all round feel good vibes.

Then came the crash…

Don’t you just love that? Everything is ticking along nicely; expansion is happening effortlessly then contraction shows up. Expansion and contraction of great polarities are what I have experienced in this first month of this powerful New Year.

It takes a lot of energy creating and pulling through ideas. I was riding the wave and enjoying it until I ran dry, then I was forced to stop. Of course looking back I should have slowed down before I crashed but I just loved the vibes & weaving so much magic I kept going. Now I can see how vital resting between power bursts is. Allow the water to settle before creating more waves.

This experience all came around in the lead up to todays beyond strong Full Moon in Leo & Lunar Eclipse. The dark rises to balance the light as the Earth moves between the sun and the moon. It will take place at 9:26 pm tonight in Perth. This blood moon will have a red glow, hence its name blood.

Having had a delightful time over the past three weeks I was shown how good life could be & what I enjoy doing the most. I can certainly credit some of my sparkles to an online course I took called Rebirth by Lee Harris. It gave me the push to have a rebirth and revisit some old ground. One of the talks in the course felt like Lee was talking directly to me especially around the area of designing.

Over the past six months, I have not had the energy or spark to create for other people. I needed every ounce of energy for myself to heal & get strong again. Then two projects came up which lit my fire, and I decided they were the right ones for me to take on. Fear showed up like it does as I haven’t done that type of work for a while. Then I remembered this is something I am good at and once I get out of my way its something I do enjoy.

It was hard to get started just staring at a blank screen for a while. When the juices flowed, I was back in my element. The time was right, and I had the space to honour the projects thoroughly instead of trying to cram them in between other things like I used too. A much better way to work as I have the time to enjoy the projects, not feel under pressure & deliver work that is my best effort. If jobs come up and I do not think I can adequately embrace them, I will turn them down.

I launched some new retreats and workshops in January that received terrific responses. To make room for these new offerings some old offerings started to melt away into the background. It’s the natural cause and effect. I found myself cancelling a few Reiki training courses and pushing others back to later in the year, as it’s just not where I am at right now. There were other commitments I wished to honour.

When I changed the dates, it felt right, and I was relieved I wasn’t overstretching myself. Of course, the inquiries started rolling in to test my boundaries hours after I updated my website! When space opens up the universe will provide some other options. I just love waiting and not taking the first offer that presents. This proved beneficial as the perfect workshop that I am so excited to attend, not host, appeared. Ah ha, that is why I wasn’t feeling the love to work those dates as I’m meant to play instead. With the new training dates in place I will be fully present & ready to serve my students just as I should be.

Under the big energy of today’s moon and eclipse, we are experiencing the cleaning and cleansing effect. What is working and what is not? Having been shown the ease and grace of life when I’m experimenting with new ideas, moving forward and challenging myself to try different things it’s obvious now which old ways have to fall away. When my life became busy and overloaded, it left me physically tired, drained and headachy. These are all signs that I’m doing too much & contraction at its best.

When I Reflect back to the past few weeks when I was in flow what was different? There were big gaps in my day in which I could be creative and also rest. I still had enough paid work coming in to sustain me. My schedule did not have late nights followed by early mornings which then resulted in a wasted day sleeping it all off.

In the week where I felt contracted, scattered and flat my week was hectic. Jumping from one place to the next, late nights, early mornings and I filled my car up with fuel a record four times in one week. All the above did not feel nice, and I spent most of last weekend sleeping it off between working. It took days to recover.

This experience showed me how I can live effortlessly and when I can’t. Of course, the effortless lifestyle is so much more desirable. Now the question is for me to reflect under the dark moon tonight what can I let go off to allow for the grace to flow? I have experienced I can sustain myself to live while having big roomy blocks in my day with less travel.

Can I muster the trust and strength to make this happen? It is very scary and fear is sitting next to me. There are options I can take, and the solution is right there in front of me. I feel tonight’s moon will be a big turning point for some of us to dig deep and do things for ourselves. These moves will be life to change and a foot forward in the right direction.

Can we jump?

Crystal Cleansing

Don’t forget your crystals will love to be outside tonight for some eclipse action. The moon is my favourite way to cleanse my crystals. The moon assists in releasing old energy & replenishing crystals with new fresh energy.

Please drink lots of fresh, filtered water, especially if you are feeling heady and ungrounded. Water is a brilliant conductor of energy as well as a life force charger for our physical body too.

Enjoy the moon vibes tribe & until next time stay shiny.

p.s. If you’d like to spend the weekend with me surrounded by nature indulging in Yin Yoga, Qi Gong, Meditation & Sound Healing the Soul Serenity Chittering Retreat is happening 25th to 27th May 2018. This all-inclusive retreat is open to 11 guests & we have exclusive use of the beautiful Moondyne Country Convention Centre for our group. For all the details & booking please visit: https://www.trybooking.com/SCUH

Super Full Moon New Year Vibes 2018

January 2, 2018 By Kat

{SUPER FULL MOON} What a significant energy boost to propel us into 2018 with Super Full Moon in cancer, 10:24 am Western Australia time. With the buzz of the New Year slowly fading we can see the opportunities ahead, and the door is wide open for you to step through. It’s been a busy few weeks wrapping, closing and finishing up what was quite the big year in 2017.

Last year stretched some of us to our uppermost limits, we had our boundaries tested, and some of us may have been bowled over by the challenge. 2017 shook out all the crap that we no longer needed to take forward into 2018. It was a big year of clearing out and starting again, did you feel this?

If this week you feel like hiding under a rock and hibernating then do so. There is indeed a good time for allowing the bubbles to settle and the waters to become still. Rest is essential; it recalibrates the system on all levels acknowledging what we have gathered and learned to filter through, so we gain nourishment from it.

I’ve felt the connection to my intuition is stronger now than ever before. I can fully trust it’s guidance and in what presents. Desires and intentions have been brought to fruition rapidly. If they were in alignment with my greater good, then the path cleared to make them a reality at super speed. I’m not saying it wasn’t without challenge. It’s freaking scary when a wisp of intention is suddenly reality without having much time to sit with it. I didn’t feel ready for it; it was just an idea. That is when trust comes in again. The door is open; things have changed effortlessly, yes there was a loss on some levels to make room but to evolve, we must move. To expand there must change, it’s a law of nature we can not avoid.

I’m finding I am getting clearer on what I do desire from my life and what can now be released. We all outgrow things, just like children continuously do, our tastes develop and our bodies heal. It’s okay to change your mind and let go of what no longer fits. It does not have to be final, you may come back to the things you put down, and they are not gone forever from your life just perhaps you are having a break from them.

Last year I experimented a great deal and used the experiences as stepping-stones. Some new ventures have stuck others assisted me in finding something more suited to my needs. I feel like the new ground has been broken & turned over. There is never one exact way to be taken, and if I’m under pressure from external influences, I use that feeling to guide me to find what is best for me. If I get pushed into a box that doesn’t fit I have the power to step right out and go searching for where I do fit, and it feels sweet for me.

Under this powerful first Super Full Moon of 2018, take time to reflect on all the achievements that have gotten you to this point today. The yang energy may be overwhelming, that is fine, rest up or if you wish to crack on then do just that. Use the fire to make a start on your next step or project.

How would you like to be feeling six months from now?

Use the last twelve months of development to assist in carving out some intentions that light you up inside. Remember to keep them safe and sacred so they can simmer & marinade peacefully until they are ready to be revealed. Sharing too soon when your ideas are still cooking may get them spat out & turned to trash. No one wants that so keep them close to your heart until the timer buzzes.

It’s a great time to sit quietly today and meditate, listen for your heart’s guidance when you are still & at peace. You may wish to make a sacred ceremony, pull some oracle cards or make an altar out in nature. Go with anything that draws you to be creative.

Don’t forget to put your crystals out for a charge up and cleanse! The first moon of the year, get into the habit now and enjoy the ritual.

Until next time stay shiny and true to you.

Big love,

Oracle Card Reading Workshop

April 16, 2014 By Kat

One of my many metaphysical past times & passions is giving oracle card readings. Even if you’ve never heard of oracle cards or you might own a couple of decks yourself. Today’s post is for everybody, as I’ll tell you a bit more about oracle cards. I’ve written a previous post here about the Angel Therapy oracle cards I use. That’s how much I like oracle cards!!

If you’re not too sure what oracle cards are here is a brief run down. Oracle cards have been around for centuries & are a form of divination tool. They can assist us in tapping into the divine guidance of the universe to bring clarity to our lives. Often we get caught up in our own heads & can’t hear our inner guides talking to us. Oracle cards work with the law of attraction. Thus what we need to know is drawn to us on an energetic level through the cards we select. They are 100% safe, gentle & easy to use. Nothing sinister or ‘dark’ is involved. Just use the intention of pure love for the greater good & you’ll be fine. Oracle cards are one of my favourite ways to receive extra guidance when I need it.

There are many different types of card decks out there. I am drawn to those themed around Angels, Elemental’s & spirit guide animals. Use your own intuition to guide your choice as to which deck your select to work with. Decks can be combined too if you can’t make up your mind. Just visit your local new age shop or browse popular sites like Amazon, Book Depository or Fishpond.

Just like the decks there are a variety of ways to conduct a reading with different card spreads. Again it depends on the guidance you wish to receive as to how many cards & which layout you select. Spreads range of a single card to a full ten-card life journey spreads.

Surrendering & trusting that the messages I receive from a card reading are exactly what I need is very important. Any fear can get in the way & block the energy flow. Attracting more fear & confusion. Staying open & focused on love & pure intention is all that is needed.

However oracle cards do not give you the magic answer to all your problems. They can assist in clearing the confusion & get your creative juices flowing. More often than not once the cards are drawn I can relate to their messages instantly. How I interpret the messages is up to me though. Even when the same card is drawn over & over depending on the situation in question it may carry a different meaning. This is how you learn to use your own inner knowledge bank aka your intuition.

My interest in oracle card reading lead me to take the Advanced Angel Tarot & Oracle card reading course with Doreen Virtue & Radleigh Valentine. The course was truly fascinating. It went far deeper into interpreting the messages & symbolism in the cards. They aren’t just covered in pretty pictures; there are meanings to be had in the artwork. Tarot reading is quite complex; it would take a lot more than a short blog post to explain.

That is why I’m running a one day workshop all about oracle & tarot cards. I invite you all to join me for this exciting opportunity on Sunday 4th May 2014. A full day to immerse a group of like-minded people with everything I’ve learned & know on the subject. We’ll be going into depth about how cards work, different decks & spreads & learning how to give a reading. My aim is to assist you all to feel comfortable enough & trusting your own intuition to give readings. I hope to send you all home with a new skill & confidence that you are all more than capable to use oracle cards in your everyday life. Above all FUN is on top of the agenda!

If you are in Perth & would like to join in the workshop please see the flyer below for details or fill in the contact form. No experience necessary & card decks will be provided to use on the day. Bring a friend for half price too! You both pay just $75 each a saving of $25.

With love, Kat xx

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