by HeartWorks | Sep 20, 2015 | NST Column |
As Published on New Straits Times – 16 August 2015
All emotions are intrinsically useful, and we need to learn and be more aware of managing them, writes Jaime Shine
There was a point in my life that I was struggling to make ends meet. It was the worse kind of feelings – devastation, feeling stuck and hopeless. Those were really dark times. My friends would be kind and offer words of encouragement like, “It’s going to be ok” and “Just think positive”, but nothing is positive about it. I did my best to perk myself up but no matter how hard I tried to do those positive affirmations and think positive it was not working for me. Fear and insecurities were just overwhelming.
Thankfully, I reached out for professional help and I am so glad that I did. I went on a journey of discovery and understood why I am feeling the way I did and how I can manage my emotions. At the same time, I learned techniques to change the way I think, my perspective and techniques for self-empowerment. I started to feel the relief I have not felt in a long time. I became more confident, less fearful and shift from feeling negative everyday to feeling that I can change my life around. I then understood that one couldn’t think positivity effectively until you really feel them. My life changed and this processes made such a huge impact in my life that I decided to make a career out of it: to help as many people understand about their emotions so they too can feel more empowered in their lives.
Managing our emotions is not something that is taught to us. We are fed with beliefs like ‘Boys don’t cry’ or ‘Never show your anger in public’. We are taught to suppress them because showing emotions mean we are weak. Yet all emotions are useful, they give us information about ourselves. Emotions like anger or guilt sends us signals that something is not working in our lives and change needs to happen. All emotions are intrinsically useful, it is the managing of these emotions that we need to learn and be more aware of.
PRACTISE MAKES PROGRESS
Here is the first process you can lean to release any overwhelming emotions that may be causing you stress or anxiety. Practice this everyday and you will be able to see a shift in your life for the better.
STEP 1
Find a condusive environment where you can be alone for 5 – 10 minutes. It can be at the park, in a cubicle, at home; anywhere that you can be with yourself and undisturbed. To begin, sit in a comfortable position on a chair or on the floor and focus on your breathing, relaxing yourself down. You can open your eyes or close them, try them both and see what works for you. As long as you are able to stay still and be very present with yourself.
STEP 2
Continue to focus on your breathing and relax. Now turn your awareness to your body and take notice if there is anything that is uncomfortable, tense, tight or painful. If you mind comes in with any distractions, just focus on your breathing and shift your focus again to your body.
Give yourself time to find this, you may or may not be open or aware of this if you have been used to suppression or distraction as a form of managing them but do persevere. Once you found an area where it is uncomfortable, tense, tight or painful, just keep your focus on it. If there is more than one area, pick one to work on.
STEP 3
When you have found that area, just keep breathing into it. Allow yourself to go deeper into those sensations and continue to allow yourself to go deeper and just be okay with feeling any sensations or emotions that is coming up for you. You may be overwhelmed by this, or not, so just keep at it and allow yourself full permission to go into this. Dropping deeper and deeper than before.
STEP 4
Once you have reached the deepest levels of that feeling, all you need is to feel it all. Just stay with it for while and focus on breathing into it even more. Once you have felt it all, you will start to feel a sense of relief. When the relief comes, focus on your exhalation and as if you are emptying out the sensation, see it leave your body like gas. With each exhalation, your breathe it out from your body. Inhaling positivity in, then exhaling out all the negativity until there is nothing left to feel. You may feel lighter and more at peace after this process. That is when you know that it is complete.
There may be certain information coming up while you are doing this process. A certain person or situation that has contributed to these sensations or something that you are upset about that surfaces or strong emotions that may come up. It is all normal and part of the process. Just continue to allow whatever you are feeling to surface. It may take more than one sitting to work on deeper issues but you will always feel relief after.
For your first time, you may want to work with someone else and take turns. I strongly encourage you to do this every day afterward and you will feel much lighter and more positive onwards to your road to emotional wellbeing.
by HeartWorks | Sep 20, 2015 | NST Column |
As Published on New Straits Times – 16 August 2015
Journey into Personal Independence by Jaime Shine
Each year Malaysians come together to celebrate “Hari Kemerdekaan” marking the joyous occasion of our independence day. Founded on the principles of liberty and justice, welfare and happiness of its people and maintenance of just peace among all nations, we seek our right to be free. As we get psyched up about the festivities, let us also explore the spirit of Independence Day within ourselves as an individual.
Being personally independent means that you are able to think and act for yourself and not be subjected to another’s authority or jurisdiction. It also means that you are free to be whatever you want to be, to take appropriate action and do what is right for yourself and not have to weigh your decisions based on how people think or perceive you to be. You will not be dependent on others for assistance or support but be competent, self confident and empowered.
Yet a lot of us are stuck in this dilemma of doing what is right in society’s eyes or what pleases my family most rather than act upon our true heart’s desires. We consciously or unconsciously weigh our options and make calculated decisions based on perceptions and expectations of other’s even if all you ever wanted to do is dance and sing and not a law degree or settling in a marriage just because it’s the right thing to do.
These decisions are the ones that inevitably put us into a jail like dilemma bringing us even deeper into a spiral of personal imprisonment thinking there is no way out and feelings or unhappiness and resentment that grows more and more everyday. And you wonder why there is so much rage everywhere.
Despite it all, it is never too late to make changes. Even our Independence took decades of fights and changes from colonial rule to communism to anti-colonial nationalism and finally independence. Likewise, your journey into personal independence can be crafted and shaped into your life through these steps.
Practise Makes Progress
4 Steps to create Personal Independence
1 Acknowledge where you are now
Taking stock on what is not working in your life right now is a good place to start. When we are unhappy, it means we are not doing what is best for us and something needs to change. We are creatures of self-improvement and will always have a deep wanting to be a better version of ourselves. So as you reflect upon what needs to change to make your life better, you are able to see the areas in which you would want to improve. Make sure you are totally honest with yourself in this process. If you cant see it, ask a friend to assist and point out areas in which you seem to complain a lot about – it’s the biggest clue!
2 Listening to your Heart
To get to where you would like to be, you really want to spend some time listening inward to what your heart’s true desires are. It is that nudging voice, that passionate tug at the heart that may sometimes be laden with fear but yet always calling out to you to go at it. It’s that gut feel, that inner knowingness of what you are meant to be. Meditation or any practise that can help quiet the mind will get you into your heart space where you can really listen.
3 Owning your Life
When you know where you are and where you would like to go, you can now craft a vision of what you want to create. Without limiting yourself with questions of “How do I get there” but keep the focus on “What do I want to create” you can eliminate all the mind chatter and own up to what you really want for your life.
4 One Step at a Time
Change is inevitable but can also create great resistance. Sometimes all it takes is a leap of faith but most times you would just want to take that next step. There are no right or wrong steps. Remove the labels and just take one step forward. It may be taking that dance class or enrolling in a workshop on your favorite subject, or perhaps taking a break from that unfulfilling relationship. Just one step forward will allow you to discover the possibilities of whether this new state will suit you, or not. As if you have never played the piano, how would you ever know if you like it or not?
Remember, the key is to follow your heart and make empowered choices and you are well on your way. Happy Personal Independence Day! May you continue to celebrate the greatness of your existence everyday! After all, YOU are part of what makes a country great.
by HeartWorks | Sep 20, 2015 | NST Column |
As Published on New Straits Times – 16 August 2015
There are many ways to strengthen family relationship, write Jaime Shine
What does family mean to you? For most people it is the greatest source of joy and happiness, the reason to live in this demanding world today. A source of comfort and belonging that none can replace. On the flip side, it mirrors some of our deepest pains and infliction of unhappiness. We have put them in such a deep place in our hearts that when friction arises, it hurts the most and causes the greatest amount of misery.
Despite its importance, most families are not aware of the efforts it takes to maintain positive and harmonious relationships within their family. Unfortunately these skills are not taught in schools and unless you are very self aware of your relationship wellbeing, chances are, you will pick up all the traits from your parents and become them or be a rebellion version of them.
These principles are not new, but rather in our technologically inclined society today where the phone has become your best friend and family, it is just missing. So here are key values every family can instill into their lives to create a harmonious and fulfilling relationship for all.
Inspire Love
We all love our family. Yes we do. Even through the days when they are a pain. Feeling the love for our family is the best value you can instill in yourself and your children. But there is a difference between love and responsibility. Love brings forth the wanting to show and continuously engage in giving and receiving love naturally. However responsibility is fueled by duty. Take a moment to ask yourself, when you are doing something for your family is it out of love or responsibility. When you pay attention to what drives your motivation, you will be able to switch it around. For some, love does not come naturally, instead responsibility does.
Show Respect
An old philosophy suggests that respect is earned, not given. I would say, show respect first and you will receive respect. There are a few keys areas to demonstrate that respect for fellow family members and the most important are: to respect a family member’s need for space and growth, entitlement for an opinion, responsibility for one’s decisions and actions, respecting someone’s time and presence.
Perhaps one of the hardest things for parents to do is to stand back and allow your child to make decisions thinking that it may be a costly mistake. I encourage you to stand back and allow their opinions, choices and decisions to take form. You may think that it will safeguard them from harm by wanting to protect them, however, this growth phrase of making decisions and learning from mistakes inevitably needs to happen for them to grow.
Practise allowing your child or family member to go through what they need to go through to learn, be supportive instead of discouraging no matter what you think of it. Shower advises, but leave the ultimate decision to them. You will see how they will blossom out of their experiences through time.
Be Kind
Have you notice that we can be extra kind and courteous to a stranger on the street yet take it for granted to be courteous to our own family? It can be the tone we use or forgetting to say “Please”, “Thank you” or “You’re welcome” regularly, thinking that they wont mind and will understand. Perhaps feeling a little entitled and expecting our family to do things for us anyway.
A little kindness really goes a long way. Being kind to each other fosters deep bonds and love within yourself and for others. Practise being courteous again, and in time, it will be reciprocated.
Communicate consistently
The most important thing for deep family bond boils down to communication. So many disruptions in relationships happen when there is a communication breakdown. Feelings that needed to be expressed are not shown or spoken about and the truth is hidden and resentment harbors.
As a rule of thumb always say what you mean and mean what you say. Be honest and truthful in your communication and always be tactful when expressing sensitive issues. It may not be easy initially to always speak the truth and express exactly how you feel but through practise it will get easier.
PRACTISE MAKES PROGRESS
Here are practical steps you can do to create better family harmony now.
Show your Love
Practise showing love and gratitude to each other, especially the little things and say it when you feel it.
Show respect
Acknowledge someone’s presence in the room, allow others to their opinions and decision making and be supportive.
Be kind all the time
Mind your please, thank you’s and apologise when you need to. We all make mistakes, owning up to them teaches and shows great courage.
Speak up
Always communicate your feelings truthfully and be there to listen when someone does. Your attention and presence makes them feel heard.
by HeartWorks | Sep 20, 2015 | NST Column |
As Published on New Straits Times – 2 August 2015
More People are moving into a proactive, integrated, wellness-oriented approach to improve their lives, writes Jaime Shine
More and more people are aware of the term wellness as being more than just a spa experience but a holistic approach to better quality of life. People are adjusting from reactive, conventional, medical oriented, problem solving approach to a proactive, integrated, wellness oriented approach to improve one’s life.
It is evident through statistics that there has been a huge shift in recent years as political and business leaders around the world and companies like Google and Accenture have put health and wellness in place to improve productivity and a create a happier workplace. It is a US$3.4 trillion market that includes preventive health, alternative medicine, workplace wellness, wellness real estate and global wellness tourism. At 3.4 times larger than the worldwide pharmaceutical industry, it is a force to be reckoned with.
So what does wellbeing mean to you and your family and how do you include it in your life? In my context wellbeing, simply defined is a state of being healthy and happy, having a sense of belonging and connection to others and to a purpose in life. It can be expanded into 5 different aspects, and when improved, can have positive affects to all areas of our lives.
PHYSICAL WELLBEING – MOVE
Our body is a temple. A functional one is having a healthy, fit and strong body allowing you to go and do whatever your heart desires. It is the energy and stamina to go the extra mile, pushing through the elements, having perseverance and being able to finish what you started.
The dysfunctional physical body ranges from sleep disorders, spinal injuries, pain to illnesses and diseases. All of which put a damper into our spirits, as we are then unable to move forward to achieve what we have set out for.
MENTAL WELLBEING – THINK
Without a doubt our mind is a brilliant entity. It creates our thoughts, perceptions and concepts, stores our memories, focus our intentions and allows us to analyse, strategise and more. A functional one is a conscious mind, fully aware of everything that is happening to you internally and externally in the present moment.
A dysfunctional one is the monkey mind, always turned on, unable to relax, constant analyzing, filled with doubts and worries, overly self critical and causing stress, anxiety, depression and even mental illnesses.
EMOTIONAL WELLBEING – FEEL
Perhaps the most overlooked but powerful aspect of our being is our emotions. When fully functional, it allows us to tap into and connect deeply within ourselves and use our natural ability and acumen that is our second brain – the heart, to decipher all the information available to us. It acts as a guide, fuels us to make decisions and carry out our actions.
When dysfunctional, emotions like fear can be crippling, anger can be destructive and sadness, heart breaking. When we are unable to comprehend our emotions, we will feel stuckness or stagnation, hindering other aspects of our wellbeing.
RELATIONSHIP WELLBEING – CONNECT
We all naturally crave for connection to fellow human beings as it makes life more meaningful. In essence, anyone that you form a connection with is a relationship. These can be with people or an entity – family, your romantic partner, work relationships, friendships, relationship with money, self and a higher intelligence than ourselves, the Divine are all relationships. When functional, your relationships bring you great love and joy, a sense of support and belonging in your life. When dysfunctional, it can create the greatest pain, heartache you have ever experience and the rest of your life no matter how functional can be destroyed together with it.
SPIRITUAL WELLBEING – LIVE
Lastly, the core and essence of living holistically, the one that links them all together is Spiritual Wellbeing – how you choose to live your Life. Spiritual wellbeing must not be mistaken for a religious practise, instead it is living life in an empowered way where you have a choice to decide for yourself; stripped bare of any religious, cultural or society’s influence.
When dysfunctional, you make choices based on what your parents say, what society thinks or how you are supposed to behave. When it is fully functional, you make empowered decisions based on what makes your heart sing aligned with your passion and purpose. When you give yourself the permission to do whatever that your heart desires, your creativity and passion is born and so is your purpose.
The old school success formula has always been study hard, get good grades, get a good job, rise among the ranks and earn lots of money in the process. The new success formula will be to incorporate total wellbeing in your life. Uncover your dreams and passions, strategise to make it happen, develop meaningful relationships as your support system, fuel your physically fit body and use your emotional acumen to drive you there. The result: a happy, meaningful, prosperous and fulfilled life.
The question therefore lies in not whether or not you want to incorporate wellness into your life but can you afford not to?
by HeartWorks | Sep 1, 2015 | Enriching Articles |
It may or may not have crossed your mind but relationships, though filled with love you have for each other, may bring upon a time when it becomes unhealthy for you and your mate. How does this happen when there is still so much love? Well, to begin with the relationship may have started off on the wrong foot in the first place. Lust, loneliness or ego may be the wolf in sheep’s clothing disguised as love.
How to Identify if you are in an Unhealthy Relationship
1. No Love, No Respect, No Trust.
When love is real, you feel it. It brings out joy and happiness and the best in you as an individual and as a couple. No one needs to win because you are both on the same team. There’s mutual trust and respect and there is kindness. These are the most important qualities healthy relationships are built upon.
2. Heavy on One Side
Codependency in a relationship spells disaster in the long run. Your mate is solely reliant on you for emotional, mental, physical support and becomes needy. On the flip side the dependant becomes a martyr who rescues the other constantly to feed his own ego. Both parties are feeding off each other’s lack and continue down the spiral of disempowerment.
3. The A Word – Abuse
Abuse on any level – physical, emotional or mental should not be tolerated. This does not mean you leave the relationship immediately at the slightest error, it means you ensure you communicate clearly to your mate that it is not OK to speak to you that way or how it their actions has affected you and do so immediately. When things does not improve and the abuse continues, then it is a clear sign to leave.
Other signs of unhealthy relationships:
– Conflict and arguments keep coming up on the same matter and neither wants to let their ego go.
– There’s no communication or intimacy
– Either one chooses to change the other person rather than work on oneself.
– There is no partnership or team effort in any matter, its my way or the highway
– You loose yourself and unsure who you have become
There are many different facets to each relationship and each one is different. It is important to be impartial when looking at it or get a third party’s perspective on whether it is best for you to stay on or to move on. Always use your inner guidance on how to work through most of the issues you may be facing and decide if the love you have is worth saving.
Empowered by Jaime Shine
by HeartWorks | Sep 1, 2015 | Astrology, Enriching Articles
Pisces Full Moon. Leaning into the landscape of your dreams
30 August 4:39 am Kuala Lumpur
This month’s full moon falls in the sign of Pisces. I’ve always loved days of the Pisces moon. It’s gentle and mystical tone makes one more receptive to the beauty in the world. Music sounds sweeter, our emotions more sensitive and finely tuned. With Pisces energy our dreams become deeper, more lucid, vivid and alive.
The watery realm of Pisces is related to the ocean, and to oceanic consciousness. This consciousness allows us to see and feel connected in our hearts with all of life and creation. This embryonic state of consciousness, and our longing to return to this primordial state of oneness is deeply embedded in each one of us, having experienced this oneness while we were still in our mother’s wombs. This Pisces moon we may renew and dream our way back into feeling this inter-connectedness with life, and with the divine.
We can renew our spiritual sides and pay attention to our intuition, and to the symbols and signs that come through our dreams and synchronicities. Is there a special message coming through for you, or a hint to nurture a certain connection or aspect of your life?
We may be feeling more emotionally vulnerable during the full moon, and more so with the moon in Pisces conjunct to Neptune and opposite to Jupiter in Virgo. We could feel overwhelmed if the moon shines a light on areas where we feel like we haven’t achieved or gotten what we want. We may feel we are not quite where we want to be in life.
With this sign and planet combination, this could relate to spiritual ideals and where one is in one’s spiritual life. Pisces is related to the emotions, so if this is the case for you, take time to sit with your feelings, and as the moon moves from fullness to her waning phase, begin releasing and letting go of those emotional holding patterns.
Know that we will have the opportunity to begin moving forward, and to seed our wishes and intentions when the moon comes to the new moon phase.
With the potential for greater heart connected-ness, compassion and connection to the spiritual realm, the flip side of Pisces is the potential to become caught up in escapist tendencies, illusions and addiction. The balance and antidote to this, is found in the sign of Virgo.
The Sun and Jupiter newly moving in the sign of Virgo suggests tending to our daily lives as a form of devotion. Where Pisces is connected to the realm of dream, intuition and consciousness, Virgo is related to our bodies and to our daily lives, our health, to service to others and our work. Both signs are related to healing.
Here we are encouraged to cultivate mind-body connection as spiritual practice. The inspiration of Pisces needs the practical magic of Virgo to bring our dreams into earthly manifestation. By the light of the moon, we can now discern where we need to focus in order to bring our goals to fruition. We can also see now where we need help, and who we can co operate with for mutual support.
From the fullness of the moon, we now move towards the waning phase. As the moon decreases in light, we are aided in letting go of outworn patterns, releasing grievances, and moving into a space of forgiveness and compassion for ourselves and others.
This moon phase, we can offer up an addiction or bad habit that we wish to be rid of in our lives. The sign of Virgo is related to health, and to clean and healthy eating. This is one of the best times of the year to get on track with changing your eating habits, and for beginning that healthy diet.
Jupiter’s recent ingress in Virgo suggests that our way forward, beginning from this season until he leaves for Libra in September 2016 involves making our own luck. This include making our own luck through service to others, chopping wood and carrying water, paying attention to, and tending to the details of the grand vision of our lives, and putting in the work.
We will explore more deeply how we can work with this energy to create more contentment and fulfillment at the next new moon report.
Wishing you a most inspiring full moon!
Empowered by Melissa Lin
by HeartWorks | Aug 11, 2015 | Astrology, Enriching Articles |
14 August 2015, 22:53 Kuala Lumpur
The sky is lighted up by fiery Leo energy with this new moon.
New Moon times can be said to be the coming together of the masculine yang of the Sun and the feminine Yin of the moon. This monthly marriage of the Sun and moon is a time for us to be still, and to tune into our inner knowing as to where we are, and how we are in our lives. It is during this time that we can plan for what we wish to see unfold in our futures. New moon times are especially potent for wish making and intention setting.
The sign of Leo rules the heart. Leo energy is warm, life affirming, expressive and creative. This new moon in Leo is conjunct to a retrograde Venus, who has been asking us to consider what our hearts truly value, and whether we are expressing and aligning with our hearts, and expressing the truth of who we are in our lives.
Some questions to consider during this new moon are, where and how do we experience joy in our life? Are there areas in our life which could use more playfulness and spontaneous expression? What are our values in friendship, romance, love and creativity? Do we feel that we can express and create a life based on our heart’s true values? How is our heart doing?
With Uranus trined to the new moon, we may find that it is easy to break through any stale mates with regards to old patterns that hold us back from living and expressing from our hearts. We may also find it easy to renew affections and relationships at this time. Uranus trine to the new moon also speaks to creative break throughs and realizations, innovation and genius. The Leo Sun and Moon combination asks us to shine our light out onto the world, and to live a life aligned with our heart’s fire.
Empowered by Melissa Lin
I am an artist and astrologer who is currently living in, and exploring the wonderful wild world of Gabon. I have been interested in all things magical from a young age. That includes astrology, numerology, music and art. I began studying astrology during my Saturn return, and became a certified astrologer with Nightlight Astrology.
Astrology is a tool that offers wisdom and insight into the human soul and psyche. It can help you to align and return to who you truly are. It is a journey into self understanding that leads to self acceptance, self love and joy.
I love working with people using Astrology to uncover and reveal each person’s unique life path. Each person has special gifts and abilities, and Astrology can help one in finding and expressing those gifts.
Apart from mapping your story and potential, Astrology can also help you to see where you are in the cycle of life, helping you to navigate life challenges, prepare for and create options for a happy and bright future.
If you are interested in exploring your natal chart, or want help with career, emotional,relationship or money questions from an Astrological point of view, get a reading here.
by HeartWorks | Jul 30, 2015 | Astrology, Enriching Articles |
Blue Moon in Aquarius
31st July 2015 at 6:12pm, Kuala Lumpur
Happy Blue Moon in Aquarius. The blue moon phenomena happens once every two to three years. Although there has been no special meaning assigned to the blue moon astrologically, this particular full moon has its own particular brand of magic.
The Aquarian full moon encourages us to find and center in our own truth and authenticity. Do we believe in something that sets us apart from others? Can we find the courage inside of ourselves to live our truth and to be ourselves if that means being different? What would it take for us to live centered in our authenticity?
The full moon is a time of ripening. We experience the results and lessons that come from our intentions and actions from previous cycles. What is appearing for you at this time? The full moon in Aquarius lights the path by rapidly firing innovative and eclectic ideas. She invites you to take a clear, detached,bird’s eye view of your life. As we are immersed in the energies of Aquarius’s electric genius, we begin to see where and how we can begin to live more authentically.
Aquarius rules humanitarianism, groups, collectives, communities, friendships as well as technology. We might find our selves being more concerned with what is happening to us collectively, and find inspiration to contribute or participate in endeavors that contribute to the betterment of the collective. This is especially apt with the ongoing political and social crisis in Malaysia.
Along with the social and group focus of the Aquarian full moon, the Sun, being in the sign of Leo encourages us to shine and share our unique gifts. Leo rules the heart, and all that we love. During Leo season, we seek and celebrate pleasure, life and creativity. For Leo, the creativity, joy, playfulness and expression that we offer up to others and to the world is a gift that comes from our hearts, and affirms life and love.
The shadow of Leo is needing attention and applause to feed its own sense of special-ness. Here, the Aquarian moon prods us to speak and to honor our truth, even if that costs us our popularity. The Aquarian shadow is that of being too detached and aloof, even as it purports to further humanity. Here, the warmth and heart of Leo can bring more color and life to Aquarius’s projects. With the full moon polarities, we are asked to balance and integrate the best of both energies.
May this full moon light our hearts up with joyful love and creativity, as we find the freedom to colour outside the lines and to live and create outside the box.
Empowered by Melissa Lin
I am an artist and astrologer who is currently living in, and exploring the wonderful wild world of Gabon. I have been interested in all things magical from a young age. That includes astrology, numerology, music and art. I began studying astrology during my Saturn return, and became a certified astrologer with Nightlight Astrology.
Astrology is a tool that offers wisdom and insight into the human soul and psyche. It can help you to align and return to who you truly are. It is a journey into self understanding that leads to self acceptance, self love and joy.
I love working with people using Astrology to uncover and reveal each person’s unique life path. Each person has special gifts and abilities, and Astrology can help one in finding and expressing those gifts.
Apart from mapping your story and potential, Astrology can also help you to see where you are in the cycle of life, helping you to navigate life challenges, prepare for and create options for a happy and bright future.
If you are interested in exploring your natal chart, or want help with career, emotional, relationship or money questions from an Astrological point of view, get a reading here.
by HeartWorks | Jan 13, 2015 | Enriching Articles |
I have been suffering from a bout of ‘almost’ having a Urinary Track Infection (UTI) this past week. People who had similar or used to getting UTI would know what I am talking about… its having the pain, yet not full fledge infection symptoms. Quite annoying really, but it got contained. Though I have been always very careful about my kidney as I know they are weak, this was something new to me. Normally symptoms like this goes in 1 day and this has lingered on for almost a week.
With so many things going on for me at this past 2 weeks, I didn’t get to really ask myself, or pay attention to what’s this about until I spoke to a friend today. I told him I had a week of almost UTIs and I’m starting to get worried, so asked him to energetically check what is going on.
“Who are you pissed off at?”
And that was all it takes to bring my awareness to the situation. That’s right! I am pissed off. There is so much build up emotionally inside me that needs to come up but its just not getting out at this point in time. Lots of conflicting information and feelings of abandonment and loss going on that I am not able to deal with now. So my body has once again, though its amazing reaction, reminded me that I need to look at this head on now.
So I made an appointment with myself tonight to look deeper at what is the root cause of the issue, acknowledge it, release the emotion and bring myself back to Balance.
I encourage you to listen to your body at all times, as each imbalance in your body tells you something you need to know and work on now. Not sure how it relates? Come speak to anyone of us. Sometimes all it takes is a awareness and listening ear.
