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A few years ago, or whenever — I can’t remember anymore — I heard of a practice of wearing a karma bracelet.  You set the intention of releasing all karma with someone/something and you put on a bracelet that you wear around the clock.  When the bracelet eventually breaks, your karma is fully released.  I always thought it sounded pretty cool.

About a month or so before I left Memphis, I bought a cute little bracelet that had a charm on it stamped with the word “karma”.  The card that came with it talked about positive karma — like whatever good you put out will make its way back to you.  I liked that concept and felt it was time to embrace that reality for myself (with my work and self-healing practice, I spend a lot of time identifying negative karma that needs to be released).  So, I bought the bracelet and have worn it for weeks. 

It’s gotten tarnished and tattered (didn’t look so cute after a while).  My daughter (my little fashion policewoman) kept asking (with a twinge of impatience and judgement in her little voice) if I was still wearing that bracelet.  I said yes, that I’d wear it until it broke and my karma was fully released.  (At that she’d roll her eyes, no doubt thinking her mom is a complete nutcase, and walk away.)

I wore it to yoga everyday and I’d watch the little crystal bead jiggle around on my wrist as I worked to hold postures and maintain my breath and focus.  I wore it to shower and to sleep.  I wore it when I cared for my children and I cleaned the house.  I wore it when I said goodbye to old friends and neighbors in Memphis and hello to friends and new neighbors in Milwaukee.  I wore it when I was stretching and growing and when I was resting.

Today I wore it during my ashtanga practice and when I talked to a very dear friend from Memphis.  A friend who brought me layers of karma and walked with me while I cleared them.  A friend who I love deeply and who I appreciate completely.  Within an hour of the conversation, the bracelet broke.

I was moved.  Joyous and a touch nostalgic.  I realize an era has come to a close, but I’m not sure what’s coming next.  I’m in an in-between-y place right now, but I feel free and clear . . . and ready.

My karma bracelet broke!  (Feels a little like my water broke on a birth of some kind.)  I welcome what is coming for me!

From an email to my clients:

Hello! 

I’m writing from my new home office in Sussex, Wisconsin (it’s a northwest suburb of Milwaukee).  The view around me inside the office is a mass of cardboard boxes full of files and books — not inspiring.  But, the view outside my window is wonderful!  Right under my window are hostas, ferns and giant hydrangeas.  Beyond that is my big backyard that backs up to a grassy space and beyond that acres of beautiful trees that are, at the moment, swaying in the breeze.  We see deer back there and at night there are dozens of fireflies
dancing around.  It’s really magical at night!

My bedroom has a huge window and I wake up every morning to glorious sun rises.  It’s pretty great!

We survived the move well — nearly everything arrived (we’re mysteriously missing my daughter’s nightstand and the kids’ shower curtain) unbroken.  The house has a more casual feel than our last house and it suits us really well.  It’s a bit smaller, which also feels right.  I’ll miss my nice big office in Memphis, but the view from this one really can’t be beat.  We’re having some painting done, which looks great so far.  We’ve had all four grandparents visit, three cousins, two aunts and some close friends.  It’s really nice to be Home
(in the physical sense).

As we know, big transitions always bring up layers of stuff.  For the last few years I’ve been learning to keep my energy separate from other people’s stuff, rather than taking it on and suffering along with them.  And, that shift for me made the move a lot easier.  For example, our moving truck driver ruffled all the other movers’ feathers quite a lot (alpha male stuff, mostly, some power/control/victim stuff) and in the past I would have felt responsible for that (don’t ask me why — I know it sounds crazy, but I would have).  This time, when I started picking up the friction that was happening, I began doing energy healing on it, and it felt lighter (at least from my perspective).

Some lingering layers involve my dog.  He’s really old — over 15 years old.  He’s really my husband’s dog — they hunt together and are really close.  It was hard on them both to be separated since April 1.  Cooper’s (the dog) health has really deteriorated over the last few months and he has a lot of potty accidents.  It gets tiring, cleaning up the mess.  I’m still working on it, but I know in addition to age, this issue also includes some anger energy (being p*ssed off, being in a p*ssy mood, you get the picture).  My work in this is to see how I’m surrounded by other people’s anger and that I try to clean it up.  I’m taking responsibility for other’s emotions where it’s really not my work.  It’s really theirs.  And, when I can separate out other people’s emotions and energies, I can get to the root of my own, which also probably contain anger and victim energy. 

This is when it gets tough — to have full clarity and awareness in the middle of a messy situation (pun intended).   Can we see beyond the task and situation at hand to see what the Universe is trying to tell us so that we can heal it?  We are really never victims.  But, sometimes it can be hard to see what’s what.  I get it . . . I really do.  We work to maintain clarity — to maintain
connection to our higher self and our guides. 

Can we respond instead of react?  Can we pause in the midst?  Yoga friends: can you pause between your inhales and exhales?  Can you find the eternal moment when it presents itself, especially when you feel it’s way too hectic, too crazy, too messy?

It’s just work.  It’s just an opportunity.  If we miss this one, another one will surely present itself.  No worries.  You’ll get there — all roads lead to the same place! 

And, I support you in the work.  I send my love and encouragement and the certainty that you’re doing great!  Just keep going, one step at a time, one breath at a time. 

Another little snag for me was that our old internet provider disconnected my old email address before I had a chance to forward my current and stored emails.  So, if you’ve sent me an email lately, I’m bummed to say I no longer have it, and maybe never even got it.  I hate that I’ve lost some stuff that I wanted.  But, it’s also strangely refreshing to have a totally clean slate imposed on me. 
(If only I had the courage to do the same with that pile of boxes of miscellaneous who-knows-what in the basement!)  It wasn’t my choice, but I guess the universe felt that it was in the plan.  So, I move forward (and, notice that I did not mention the internet provider?  Fellow ACIM students:  I forgive it all!  )

Here’s my new contact information:

Laura Watson
lightworkerlaura444@wi.rr.com
I’ll be ready to do phone sessions (or in-person sessions, if you want to visit me in Milwaukee!) after August 1, so let me know if you’d like to schedule something.

Sending love to you all!  Blessings of clarity and an awareness of the beauty and brilliance that is you!

Love of the angels, Laura

Hey, friends!  Well, it’s time for my move Home. 

My last day in Memphis is Friday the 15th and I’ll be back online and working again on August 1.

I probably won’t be posting during this time (I’ll have limited access to my computer and the internet).

As soon as I can I’ll be sending an email out with my new phone number and email address.  My website will remain the same, but if you’d like to be on my mailing list, please send me message with your contact information and I’ll add you.  My email will be available for about another month and then I’ll be shutting it down.

I’m planning to put together teleseminars in the fall — so you can call in and I’ll do a guided meditation and a little presentation.  If you’re interested in that, please let me know.  The first one I offer will be free (so that I can get used to the technology and work out any kinks with the process).  I hope to offer that in September.

It’s a very cool thing to be going Home — like a hero’s journey, actually.  I’m sure things will be coming up and I’ll share what’s appropriate.

As it is, this move has brought to me a lot of learning, growing and healing.  Some people I’ve met along the way have brought me layers of work to address and it’s been good.  A golden blessing to me (though at times the work was messy and difficult — it was wonderful to move through it all.  I’m deeply grateful to the soul teachers I’ve had lately — I love you dearly!)  One person in particular — sending deep, eternal love and gratitude to you.  We will all meet again, be it in this physical form or in another form in another dimension and that is a very cool truth to hold!

I love you, Memphis — you have filled my heart with some unexpected and precious treasures!  Bye for now!  -Laura

I took a yoga class and although I didn’t feel particularly strong today, the practice felt great!  I did what I felt like doing rather than pushing myself into all the postures.  That’s luxury for me — it’s pampering.  I did what I wanted to do and it felt good.  If I had pushed instead of resting, it would have felt bad today.

Then, later I had a massage and I felt completely pampered.  Why don’t I do this more often, I asked myself.  Well, I’ll be getting massages more often from now on.  I felt so good in my body.  I did energy healing whenever I felt strong sensation filling my field of vision and hearing — I corrected the energy of what was stuck in there and the tight spots eased away.

My shoulders are holding a lot of tension right now, and that tightness in my shoulders is affecting my backbends in yoga.  Only the backbends that require pushing into my hands, though.  The drapey kind of backbends feel sensual and wonderful.

That’s how I’m feeling right now in my body . . . sensual and wonderful.  I spent a couple of hours in the pool today and I felt like a mermaid.  I sat in a chaise lounge in the sun and I felt like a goddess.

It was fun to pamper my body today — doing things that felt sooooo good.

It’s really nice to be in connection with your body and to love being in it.

Do you love your body today?  Do something wonderful for yourself — something that feels amazing!  You deserve it!

Yes, it happens.

Lately I haven’t been doing something I’ve wanted to do — I’ve been told by my own angels during meditation, and from several trusted colleagues that I shouldn’t do this thing because it wouldn’t be for my highest good.

But I really want to — there’s a very strong pull to do it. 

It really doesn’t matter what it is . . . we all have these things that tempt us.  Maybe it’s a bag of chips and a container of French onion dip.  Maybe it’s a pan of brownies.  Maybe it’s a cigarette or a bottle of wine.  Maybe it’s buying something you don’t need.  Maybe it’s contacting someone who’s not good for you.  Maybe it’s that juicy piece of gossip.  Maybe it’s blaming someone else for your stuff.  Maybe it’s running away when you should be facing something head-on.

Anyway, we’ve all got our “stuff” to deal with and sometimes the temptations are very great.  Then, we try to pause and heal the layers underneath the desire.  Because, really, it’s not about the brownies — it’s whatever you’d be better doing instead of eating the brownines.  See?

If the brownies keep you from having to deal with a tough conversation with someone — better to put down the brownies and muster up the courage to confront that person, or create that boundary, or take care of yourself in an appropriate way.

It’s really not the brownies, or the gossip, or the other person. 

It’s really something within you that’s right under the surface.  Step with courage toward that place and know that you don’t step alone — your angels have got your back, my friend.

Love and blessings to you, Laura

I’m preparing to move back “home” to Wisconsin the middle of July and I’ve begun to say my goodbyes now.  It’s so bittersweet to say goodbye.

I’ve found some wonderful people here in Memphis, Tennessee and I’ll miss them (you!).

While in Memphis I:

• Started my healing business and worked with magnificent clients
• Led a number of group meditations and healing workshops
• Took up yoga in earnest
• Gave up coffee
• Gave up alcohol (for the most part)
• Gave up meat (for the most part)
• Became a certified yoga teacher
• Taught several types of yoga in several different venues
• Made some cool friends
• Learned to say “y’all”  (well, “you-all”)
• Came to love pimiento-cheese sandwiches
• Encountered roaches the size of mice
• Learned to appreciate the South
• Learned to appreciate the North
• Experienced healing and love every day I’ve been here

I love you, Memphis!  MWAH!  Kisses to you!

From an email to my clients:

Hi, lovelies! 

It’s bittersweet for me to send this email to you because it’s a bit of a good-bye.  As you know my family’s moving home to Wisconsin and our move date is quickly approaching — right around July 15.

If you’ve been through a move or another significant ending, you know that it can bring up a lot of reflections and sentiments.  When I first moved from Boulder, Colorado to Memphis three years ago, I was resistant to it — I was really doubtful that I’d find kindred spirits here.  I doubted that I could find anyone who would be interested in angel readings and energy healings.  I’m so glad I was wrong!

You’re a shining light!  You’re a treasure!  Your interest in my work and your trust in me have been the best part of my time here in Memphis.  Thank you so much for that!

A reminder that I can easily do my work from a distance — I have clients in several states and in the UK and Australia.  So this isn’t *really* goodbye — at least it doesn’t have to be.  We can still work together and I’m still researching how to do teleseminars so that I can offer group workshops by phone (realistically, I won’t get to this for a few months, so bear with me…).  I anticipate taking off the whole month of July and maybe into August as I work to get my family settled in our new home (which we haven’t bought yet, but hope to this weekend, but that’s another whole story, heehee).

As a small gesture of gratitude and the closing of a circle, I’m offering a free angel meditation at my home office on Wednesday, June 22 at 7:30pm.  One of my latest learning opportunities brought the reminder that money is simply energy that we use to exchange one thing for another (yes, triggered by losing lots of money on the sale of our house, but that’s yet another story!  LOL).  In this way I’d like to exchange my energy of gratitude for you with your energy of being in a space of receptivity with me.

At this point I don’t know exactly what the meditation will be about — we’ll just stay open to whatever comes through.  I’ve been working a bit lately with the concept of gold creator light, which I’ve experienced to be very powerful and effective.  It’s possible that the golden light will come up (most likely I’ll use it to center myself before connecting with the angels).  Over the past few months I’ve been working very closely with several goddesses and with the Hawaiian method of Ho’oponopono.  I’ll just go with the flow and relay to you any images, sounds and feelings I get.  I don’t anticipate lecturing much on a topic, but there may be time for some brief individual mini-readings or questions.

It’s been interesting, this transition time.  I could feel very clearly how my angels were leading me to finish some energetic work (some of it very challenging at times!) and it’s been interesting to notice some new people coming into my life just as I’m leaving.  And, I’ve also come into contact with some people I met when I first came to town — there was a last bit of karma to clear with those people, I guess.  Those strange in-between places can be so rich — like an ocean tide pool.  Full of all kinds of fascinating life forms.

I wish I could fully tell you how deeply I appreciate you in my soul’s journey, but maybe at the meditation you’ll be able to feel it.

I hope you can join me — I’d love to say goodbye!

Please RSVP if you can come:  901/201-7241 or l_watson@comcast.net

Blessings of the angels to you, Laura

ps — since my home is staged now, a lot of my chairs are in storage, so depending on the size of our group, some of us will be siting on the floor.  If you have a pillow or blanket you’d like to sit on, I invite you to bring it.  I’ll be offering water and some light snacks, but you’re welcome to bring anything you’d like to munch or sip on (no alcohol, please).  Oooh!  Even better — if the weather’s nice, we could be outside, which would be fun!  Love to you, Laura

I feel like I made a little mistake in interacting with someone lately, but the angels assure me that I didn’t.

I can feel doubt and worry coming up, but they tell me it’s all okay.

It’s funny because in the moment of the interaction I was totally fine, completely neutral.  But then later when I reflected on it, I began to worry that I did something “wrong”. 

My mind and my ego are playing tricks on me . . . I wonder why.  I’ll need to look into the energy behind this and heal it so that I can be comfortable with the memory of the interaction.

These things happen and we keep clearing the stuff that clouds our judgment and creates static in our field.

Now, that said,  there’s another interaction that I’m certain I made a mistake in.  I ended up sharing a confidence with someone who isn’t worthy of holding it.  This person doesn’t act with integrity, though she believes she does.  The difference with this situation is that I know I made a mistake and I accept any consequence that springs from it.  And, let me tell you, I’ll be glad to have less interaction with her in the future — it’s about boundaries (which I keep learning about) and self-control (some of mine, but mostly of hers).   [sigh]  I wonder sometimes when I’ll learn not to trust people who aren’t trustworthy . . .

It’s fine — the consequences will be mild, if any.  And, if she tells lies about me, I have to rely on my own reputation to insulate me.  My hope is that people who know me will know what I’m about.  At the least it’s a learning and forgiveness opportunity for me (never a shortage of those!).

Blessings of golden light and clarity to you today!

From “The Way is Within” by Ron Rathbun

“The beauty of the outside world has much to share with us, let its subtleness seep into you.

Each day our minds take in and process many thoughts and ideas, but after an experience has entered our mind, what ends up flowing out?

How frequently does the expression of love flow out of you?

We have all had feelings of love that are very hard to explain or put into words.  These feelings can lift your spirits and help brighten your day.  You may notice these feelings at any time — when sharing with a friend, while listening to a song, admiring a beautiful landscape or simply while daydreaming.  Fill your mind with as many beautiful and loving thoughts as you can.

There are many ways to experience love, but if your life is like a rushing river, it will be clouded with too much movement.  Slow the rier of life to a gentle brook.

Love is a universal language beyond words, an experience complete unto itself.  Allow the experience of love into your life and the same will flow out.”

[sigh]  Isn’t that nice?  -Laura

It’s not any more special or important, regardless of outer appearances.

The stuff you can buy with money can be very nice, but it’s not the end-all, be-all.