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Hello all, and happy new year.
So now is a good time to reflect on what has been achieved in 2008 - and it's good to write that down somewhere (or blog it!) so you can see how brilliant the year has been and how proud you should be of yourself :-)
In January 2008 I left my boring office job for good and vowed not to return to a job where I was working for some company doing work I don't enjoy or care about ever again.
I became full time self employed, ignored what everyone said about how long it takes for a business to grow and by March 2008 I was fully booked through the summer, so busy in fact that I was having to turn business away so I had to turn my attention to a plan for expansion far earlier than anticipated.
May 2008 was a major turning point in my life. As well as (finally!!) listening to guidance from spirit and redoing all of my case studies for the shamanic healing I have been doing for the last 4 years, so of course I qualified to practice professionally after all that time of working in private circles, May 2008 was also when I learnt the Reiki Drum technique. It was a brilliant course and a major initiation for me. Energetically life changed and has not been the same, and I received a lot of guidance about how my practice has to evolve.
Throughout the year I began developing new ways of energy healing, or maybe they are old ways?! In any case, I often no longer work in the way that I was taught, instead following guidance and instruction on the astral from spirits and from deities. They have proven to be realy effective and the knowledge has made me a better healer, and given me a great yearning to help other healers move away from using the prescribed methods of healing they have been taught, along with restrictions to their ways of working and they confidence.
I decided at the end of 2007 that I wanted to write more, and I certainly have, with 3 pieces submitted to Pagan Dawn magazine and a piece in the brilliant book Priestesses, Pythonesses and Sybils by Avalonia Books. I also created the beginnings of a couple of books, wrote several newsletters, a retreat, some rituals and devotional offerings, a new course, several workshops, a talk, two websites and probably some other stuff too.
I ran my first healing retreat in August, it was brilliant and I decided that I loved working in that way. It was a far deeper healing experience than anticipated and I loved it!
August was another major month actually, as well as the retreat and turning 29 (the last of the 20s oh my god!) I moved into my first work premises. Since then I have been busy turning it into a beautiful healing space and the vibration there gets higher and higher, better and better, thanks to the work, the clients and the students.
Speaking of students, the amount currently stands at 74 with many more booked for the new year already. 8 of them I have now attuned to Master Teacher level and some of them now have students of their own.
I have set up monthly Reiki shares and have made my regular student development workshops more frequent than they used to be. Now I am watching as a community of healers/colleagues/friends is building.
I passed my driving test in December 2007 and set myself challenges in 2008 to be confident driving on my own. I have driven to all sorts of places this year, by myself and with friends, with the aid of brilliant sat nav! I drove to Essex, to Glastonbury, to Wales, through the city, and also did my first motorway journey (M20 to Kent) by myself.
I prepared and set up my first non-Reiki healing course, called 'Intuitive Healer', which is almost full and launches this month. It is awesome, very personal to me, and I am so excited about it. It is all about giving healers more tools to listen to spirit guidance, create their own personal ways of working and be confident intuitive practitioners.
I did almost all of my prep work for launching my second business, Reiki Retreats, which will officially launch soon (watch this space!). As well as 2 Reiki and Yoga retreats (April and August 2009) I have managed to secure an incredible booking; Frank Arjava Petter is a really well known and well respected Reiki master and he will be facilitating a magnificent retreat on Japanese Reiki Retreats in August.
In December I qualified as a Reiki Drum Master Teacher. There is only one other teacher in the country, and I am the first to be teaching in the London and Kent area. I cannot express how excited I am about teaching the first course at the end of the month!
In 2008 at I completed the 3rd year of a 6 year part time degree programme, and I passed everything with great scores, even biological psychology which is the toughest thing I have ever studied.
I rediscovered my love of positive affirmations and mental reprogramming techniques, and have been working with the Law of Attraction to achieve my goals. Dudes, this stuff really, really, really works. My health, happiness and prosperity continues to grow all the time.
Oh there are so many other things too. I finally read books I have been meaning to read for ages. I did some incredible work with the fae, and took some fairly mindblowing steps on my spiritual and magickal path. I learnt new things about nutrition and what my body needs to be happy. I wrote songs and sang them. I played with my cats. I went on a life coaching course. I gave my first public talk to a bunch of people. I taught more courses this year than I have ever taught before, to amazing students who are gifted. I worked out what I want in my life to make it perfect, and set the wheels in motion to achieve all of those things.
And above all this, while all of that was happening, I lived in a beautiful home that I love, I saw my friends whenever I could and had great fun, I went on holiday and planned new holidays, I saw my relationship with Dave grow in strength, and I cuddled my cats some more. I was happier than I have ever been, and I still am. Life is good!
I loved 2008. Some lovely people sadly departed, and many things were challenging, but I feel positive about everything that happened. 2008 was a year of building foundations, changing ways of thinking and being, learning more fascinating things, being creative, and a year of great happiness. I can't wait to see all the brilliance that 2009 has to offer (but my plans for it should wait for another entry I feel ;-)...)
I hope you all had a great 2008, and I think it is good for everyone to look at and celebrate the positive of the year. If bad stuff happened, do some personal editing and focus on the good. The way you talk about it will influence the way you go into 2009. Tell a good story :-)
So now is a good time to reflect on what has been achieved in 2008 - and it's good to write that down somewhere (or blog it!) so you can see how brilliant the year has been and how proud you should be of yourself :-)
In January 2008 I left my boring office job for good and vowed not to return to a job where I was working for some company doing work I don't enjoy or care about ever again.
I became full time self employed, ignored what everyone said about how long it takes for a business to grow and by March 2008 I was fully booked through the summer, so busy in fact that I was having to turn business away so I had to turn my attention to a plan for expansion far earlier than anticipated.
May 2008 was a major turning point in my life. As well as (finally!!) listening to guidance from spirit and redoing all of my case studies for the shamanic healing I have been doing for the last 4 years, so of course I qualified to practice professionally after all that time of working in private circles, May 2008 was also when I learnt the Reiki Drum technique. It was a brilliant course and a major initiation for me. Energetically life changed and has not been the same, and I received a lot of guidance about how my practice has to evolve.
Throughout the year I began developing new ways of energy healing, or maybe they are old ways?! In any case, I often no longer work in the way that I was taught, instead following guidance and instruction on the astral from spirits and from deities. They have proven to be realy effective and the knowledge has made me a better healer, and given me a great yearning to help other healers move away from using the prescribed methods of healing they have been taught, along with restrictions to their ways of working and they confidence.
I decided at the end of 2007 that I wanted to write more, and I certainly have, with 3 pieces submitted to Pagan Dawn magazine and a piece in the brilliant book Priestesses, Pythonesses and Sybils by Avalonia Books. I also created the beginnings of a couple of books, wrote several newsletters, a retreat, some rituals and devotional offerings, a new course, several workshops, a talk, two websites and probably some other stuff too.
I ran my first healing retreat in August, it was brilliant and I decided that I loved working in that way. It was a far deeper healing experience than anticipated and I loved it!
August was another major month actually, as well as the retreat and turning 29 (the last of the 20s oh my god!) I moved into my first work premises. Since then I have been busy turning it into a beautiful healing space and the vibration there gets higher and higher, better and better, thanks to the work, the clients and the students.
Speaking of students, the amount currently stands at 74 with many more booked for the new year already. 8 of them I have now attuned to Master Teacher level and some of them now have students of their own.
I have set up monthly Reiki shares and have made my regular student development workshops more frequent than they used to be. Now I am watching as a community of healers/colleagues/friends is building.
I passed my driving test in December 2007 and set myself challenges in 2008 to be confident driving on my own. I have driven to all sorts of places this year, by myself and with friends, with the aid of brilliant sat nav! I drove to Essex, to Glastonbury, to Wales, through the city, and also did my first motorway journey (M20 to Kent) by myself.
I prepared and set up my first non-Reiki healing course, called 'Intuitive Healer', which is almost full and launches this month. It is awesome, very personal to me, and I am so excited about it. It is all about giving healers more tools to listen to spirit guidance, create their own personal ways of working and be confident intuitive practitioners.
I did almost all of my prep work for launching my second business, Reiki Retreats, which will officially launch soon (watch this space!). As well as 2 Reiki and Yoga retreats (April and August 2009) I have managed to secure an incredible booking; Frank Arjava Petter is a really well known and well respected Reiki master and he will be facilitating a magnificent retreat on Japanese Reiki Retreats in August.
In December I qualified as a Reiki Drum Master Teacher. There is only one other teacher in the country, and I am the first to be teaching in the London and Kent area. I cannot express how excited I am about teaching the first course at the end of the month!
In 2008 at I completed the 3rd year of a 6 year part time degree programme, and I passed everything with great scores, even biological psychology which is the toughest thing I have ever studied.
I rediscovered my love of positive affirmations and mental reprogramming techniques, and have been working with the Law of Attraction to achieve my goals. Dudes, this stuff really, really, really works. My health, happiness and prosperity continues to grow all the time.
Oh there are so many other things too. I finally read books I have been meaning to read for ages. I did some incredible work with the fae, and took some fairly mindblowing steps on my spiritual and magickal path. I learnt new things about nutrition and what my body needs to be happy. I wrote songs and sang them. I played with my cats. I went on a life coaching course. I gave my first public talk to a bunch of people. I taught more courses this year than I have ever taught before, to amazing students who are gifted. I worked out what I want in my life to make it perfect, and set the wheels in motion to achieve all of those things.
And above all this, while all of that was happening, I lived in a beautiful home that I love, I saw my friends whenever I could and had great fun, I went on holiday and planned new holidays, I saw my relationship with Dave grow in strength, and I cuddled my cats some more. I was happier than I have ever been, and I still am. Life is good!
I loved 2008. Some lovely people sadly departed, and many things were challenging, but I feel positive about everything that happened. 2008 was a year of building foundations, changing ways of thinking and being, learning more fascinating things, being creative, and a year of great happiness. I can't wait to see all the brilliance that 2009 has to offer (but my plans for it should wait for another entry I feel ;-)...)
I hope you all had a great 2008, and I think it is good for everyone to look at and celebrate the positive of the year. If bad stuff happened, do some personal editing and focus on the good. The way you talk about it will influence the way you go into 2009. Tell a good story :-)
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