Vol. 4 No. 4 November 2018  

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
--Anne Lamott, author, speaker, and activist

As we enter the holidays, I want to wish you and yours a lovely season of gratitude and joy!

We would love to have you celebrate with us by relaxing and receiving a sound healing!

In addition to our regular singing bowl sound healing ceremony on the first Friday of each month at the Boulder Psychic Institute, we have added a regular singing bowl gig at Soul Tree Yoga Studio on the fourth Saturday of each even month.

Our next singing bowl events are as follows:

Boulder Psychic Institute (1332 Pearl Street) from 6:00-7:00pm (free)

• Friday, December 7th
• Friday, February 1st

(Note that because BPI is closed during the first week of the New Year, there is no singing bowl offering in January)
http://boulderpsychicinstitute.org/free-offerings

Soul Tree Yoga Studio (1280 Centaur Village Drive, Lafayette CO) from 7:00-8:30pm ($15)

• Saturday, December 22nd https://soultreecolorado.com/events/workshops/?mobile=false&options%5Bids%5D=1842&options%5Bsite_id%5D=28255
• Saturday, February 23rd https://soultreecolorado.com/events/workshops/?mobile=false&options%5Bids%5D=1843&options%5Bsite_id%5D=28255

May the holiday season highlight the importance of peace and love throughout our lives!

Many say, “Thoughts are things,” and practice affirmations. Commonly, people trade out expressions to favor new uses of language. (For instance, some shy away from “should,” “mankind,” “judgment,” and “can’t.” Instead, they may welcome “wholesomeness,” “humanity,” “discernment,” and “possibilities,” as ways of opening the linguistic landscape.) What lies behind these actions?

Intention is powerful! Intention shapes our lives, and people embrace intentional practices as a means of shifting experiences. While some intentions are consciously crafted, others are not. The above behaviors are motivated by a desire to bring more focus and constancy to the habits that contribute to daily (conscious and unconscious) intentions.

Certainly, these practices yield positive results! However, they can come with a downside. Some practitioners develop rigid rules for themselves (and others). For instance, they may ban people from using various words, or refuse to engage in conversation about topics that are not joyful. Some people even prevent themselves from thinking certain thoughts. This downside is motivated by a fear that noticing something will invite it. However, setting these sorts of conditions limits our abilities to explore ourselves and embrace our wholeness.

Consider an alternative. Look at everything and choose what you wish to validate. Perhaps you notice turmoil in the world, but wish for peace. Without denying the turmoil, you can recognize the possibility for reconciliation, and set an intention for peace. Likewise, within ourselves, we can notice our dark thoughts, heavy emotions, and fears, while simultaneously realizing that we need not identify with them. We can allow all of what we notice, release what doesn’t serve us, and set conscious intentions to experience contentment as we create our dreams.

In this way, we can illuminate more of our intentions. Additionally, we can remain fully present with the experiences of life, whatever they may be. We can look at ourselves and the world without fear, resting easy in both our awareness and our intentions.