When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,
a miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.
And all the birds in the trees, well they’d be singing so happily,
joyfully, playfully watching me.

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But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible,
logical, responsible, practical.
And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable,
clinical, intellectual, cynical.

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There are times when all the world’s asleep,
the questions run too deep
for such a simple man.

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Won’t you please, please tell me what we’ve learned
I know it sounds absurd
but please tell me who I am.

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Now watch what you say or they’ll be calling you a radical,
liberal, fanatical, criminal.

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Won’t you sign up your name, we’d like to feel you’re
acceptable, respectable, presentable, a vegetable!

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At night, when all the world’s asleep,
the questions run so deep
for such a simple man.

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Won’t you please, please tell me what we’ve learned
I know it sounds absurd
but please tell me who I am.

Anyone can do this — there is no magic, or special gifts required.  In fact, you already do it without realizing it!  This evening workshop will help you feel more empowered to make positive changes in your life as simply as paying closer attention.

Join us:
Wednesday, July 14
7:00 – 9:00pm
8812 Rock Maple Cv
Germantown, TN  38139

Energy exchange:  $15

To reserve your spot, please contact Laura at 901/201-7241 or email at l_watson@comcast.net. 
www.lightworkerlaura.com

As you know, I’m now a yoga teacher as well as an Angel Therapy Practitioner® and Yuen Method energy healer, so I’ve been subbing some yoga classes lately and hope to have a class of my own soon.

My last class centered on being mindful.  Mindful breathing.  Mindful moving.  Mindful thinking.  Mindful eating.  Mindful speaking.  Mindful action.

Yoga’s a great training ground for mindfulness because your focus is singular — what is going on with my body as I hold this pose.  If it’s balance, you focus on balance.  If it’s strength, you focus on strength.  If it’s stretch, you focus on stretch.  It’s all about being in the present moment, with yourself and your breath, moving with attention and care.

And, then we take it off the mat.  We begin to live mindfully.  We take care in what we say and do.  We take care with our thoughts because we understand that our thoughts create action in our lives.  We take care in how we treat ourselves, other people, other living creatures and the earth as a whole. 

We begin to see how the pieces form the whole and how the whole is expressed in the pieces.

Be mindful of yourself in the moment.  Each moment.  As you begin to see the enormity and blessing in that, you become the blessing in motion, touching others as you step through life.

You are so loved.  You are so powerful.  There is never anything to fear.  You have everything you need within you.  Dig deep, drift deep.  Allow.  Receive.  Share.  Love.  Forgive.

A couple of years ago my Anthroposophy teacher was lecturing on Easter and she passed along this lovely imagery.  She said that both Christmas and Easter have gift givers.  Santa Claus (along with St. Nicholas, Father Christmas and others) leave their gifts in a very easy-to-find place, very often in shoes/socks/stockings (clothing that we wear on our feet — literally items that clothe our steps into the world) that we leave out for them.

The Easter Bunny, on the other hand, hides the gifts.  You’ve got to search for them.  Traditionally, you’ve got to get down on your hands and knees, peering under shrubs and grass (maybe getting your hands a little dirty) to find your gifts.  You’ve got to work a little to receive your gift.

So, in this time of dawning birth, rebirth, reawakening and expanding light and warmth, I wish for you a very fun game of search.  What gifts lie in wait for you?  What treasures are coming to you as you take a bit of action to find them?

Ooh!  What fun!  Blessings on your search!

As you know, I just finished my yoga teacher certification, which took a lot of time and attention over the last several months.  Although I kept working with my fantastic clients during my training, I generally kept pretty quiet.

Now, as a way of stepping back into my energy healing work, I’m offering discounted sessions through April 15, 2010.

One hour sessions will be $60 and 1/2 hour sessions will be $30 (regularly $75/$40), done in my office or by phone/email.

If you’re interested, please email me at l_watson@comcast.net to schedule an appointment.

Blessings, Laura

I’m taking some time to let what I’ve learned integrate and am looking forward to finding a teaching position and offering yoga/energy healing workshops. 

It’s a great thing when you commit to trying something new and the path of discovery with it turns out to be more significant and richer than you’d imagined.  You just never know what great things can come to you with each choice and decision.  You just have to try!

Blessings, all!

Sometimes that’s easy and it makes perfect sense.  Sometimes it’s tough and requires a firm focus on your own inner guidance and the courage to say no.  It’s especially tough when you’re facing someone who is a vibrational match for you.  It’s easy when you’re out of alignment with someone vibrationally — that’s a very clear feeling that you need to do your own thing.  But, when you’re in vibrational alignment with someone and yet feel you need to break away and do your own thing . . . there can be a rub.

However . . . when you make that move toward following your inner guidance (and you won’t always know the whys in every moment — which makes it one step tougher to follow the guidance), you really do end up in the very place you want to be.  Now, sometimes you end up arriving there a little confused.  Sometimes a little shaken.  But, when you find your steady feet again you will begin to see your surroundings clearly and you’ll *know* you’ve arrived in the very place you’ve envisioned for yourself.

Why does it need to take that step of courage and separation?  Well, there are a coule of thoughts on that.  One stemming from the Anthroposophical perspective of the Hero’s Journey.  We are our own hero.  We are the main character in our own fairy tale.  We must overcome the challenges and tests.  We must show persistance and courage to win the prize.  We must step fearlessly into the unknown.  It’s part of our human journey, this dangerous, wild adventure of life.

Another way to see it is energetically — we need to get neutral to ourselves, other people, situations, triggers.  To break away from others is a way to become energetically separate from them and move toward our own neutrality.  It’s a way that the inner begins to match the outer — or the outer begins to match the inner.

I’ve been finding consistently that you *must* show courage.  You must act fearlessly.  You must step forward.  And when you do, it’s like in the Harrison Ford Indiana Jones movie where he has to take a step off the cliff onto the invisible pathway.  When you step, the path appears.  But you have to step first . . .  [ooh, that's so tough!]

And while you’re preparing to step . . . breathe.  Find that place of inner certainty through your breath and let the certainty and courage ride in and out of the tide of your own miraculous breath.