Amara Rose's Blog – April 2009 Archive (6)

It's an intense time on the planet, to say the least. We're all being squeezed, and what it looks like differs from person to person. Feeling some anxiety over a long-standing challenge in my own life, today I received this wisdom as a forward from my dear 95-year-old friend Ellie ~ yes, she uses email!



Timely, for all of us, it's a variation on, "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade." The reminder soothed and strengthened me. May it do the same for you. Oh ~ if the word "God"… Continue

The music scene ~ at least in Great Britain ~ has been knocked sideways in the last few years by breakthrough talent in unassuming packaging: first Paul Potts singing Nessun Dorma, and now, 47-year-old Susan Boyle, serenading the judges of Britain's Got Talent with I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables.



Thanks to the… Continue

This time of year, many people plunge into abject misery due to the proliferation of pollens and other allergens. But what if your "allergies" actually have a more serious and sinister cause?



As you may know, I spent years spiraling into severe chemical toxicity, a condition conventional medicine not only does not recognize, but denigrates. Yet a… Continue

"Exovo omnia." Everything from an egg. ~ William Harvey

When I was taking those first tentative steps towards awakening in 1989-90, I visited a woman who did soul readings. While this is much more commonplace today, the idea sounded quite exotic to me then. I drove north (to the town I now call home) and met with a lovely woman who had me first envision a color (I saw deep magenta), then instructed me to allow it to seep slowly into… Continue

This is a refreshingly clear description about how to "see" chakras, requiring no special clairvoyant capabilities:



How to See Chakras

Epigram:

1. Be real

2. Feel everything

3. Love life

4. Open your heart

5. Express yourself

6. Know your gifts

7. Embrace all… Continue

Back when it was still known as "Laughter of the Heart", I trained in a breakthrough method of public speaking conceived by Lee Glickstein. Speaking Circles made a huge impact in my life, because, like improvisational comedy, which I'd discovered years earlier, it was a safe space in which to allow your essence to emerge: distinct from other forms of speaker training, the Speaking Circles model wasn't about criticism, but… Continue