Soul Hatching Meditation

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Jan 132015
 
Soul Hatching Meditation

Reading Time: 7 minutes My New Year’s Gift for you Soul Hatching Meditation   You have probably learned that it takes hard work to make your dream happen. You have come to believe that in order to fully embody the purpose for which you were born, you need to improve yourself in a variety of ways. As a result of this training every time you think of what you want to accomplish or who you want to be, a long list of to-dos and fix-me-ups runs through your mind. It may look something like this: First, I have to stop wasting time watching TV and use that time better. And I can’t go to sleep so late at night because I don’t have energy the next day. Once I do that… Oh, yes, and I must stop getting angry at every little frustration. I need to learn more patience. And how about my technophobia? Until I get better at using technology, I won’t really be able to do what I want. Not to mention my neediness. I must stand stronger and let go of [Read more.]

Soul means deep, slow and close to the heart

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Nov 172009
 
Soul means deep, slow and close to the heart

Reading Time: 6 minutes Soul means deep, slow and close to the heart Part of the Series Dance with the Music of Life By Maria Mar©2009 _________________ This is Part 1 of the Series Dance with the Music of Life. Click here or at the end to see the other parts. ___________________ Listen to The Blues. Sing with a cantaor in a Cante Jondo. Grab your partner and groove to a Bolero. The rhythm is slow. The words come from the depth of the artist’s soul, resonating with yours. The meaning is not in your head. It’s in your heart. That’s the first and most basic rhythm of life. You can’t rush through life, just as you can’t rush through The Blues. What’s the rush about, anyway? Are you here to live or to speed through time? Time is not an expressway where the vehicle of your ego rushes in its way to some known goal. Time is a river. Enter it gently, least you scare the rich ecosystem harbored in its every fluid fold. Why do you fall for mirages and lies, like [Read more.]

Dance with the Music of Life

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Oct 032009
 
Dance with the Music of Life

Reading Time: 2 minutes Hi, beautiful sisters and brothers, In this 3-part blogging series, I reflect on the rhythms of our lives. I use three popular rhythms or experiences of music to help you explore how you can entrain with the music of life. By bringing yourself into harmony with that music, you are able to stop rushing, pushing and grating against the grain of time. Instead, you can begin to flow effortlessly towards your dreams, living fully and joyfully. The first part, entitled “Soul Means Deep, Slow and Close to the Heart,” examines the obsessive-compulsive addiction with time and goals that keeps us alienated from our deepest personal truth and from the compass of our BodySoul. In this part, I use the rhythm of Soul, not only Soul as  the music genre, but other soulful rhythms such as Cante Jondo (Flamenco) and Bolero, to help you slow down and reach deep into yourself to enrich your experience of the present. In the second part, entitled “Salsa Means Spice,” I remind you that life is to be lived in the now, to be enjoyed [Read more.]

Is your soul screaming through your body?

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Jun 192009
 

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is your soul screaming through your body? By Maria Mar © (artist-shaman) If you are in this page, chances are that you were searching for an answer to some physical condition that is aching or disturbing you. You may have a strong intuition that this condition has a strong relation with emotions or stress you have been experiencing. We are used to seeing the body as something other than the Self. Perhaps as a rental car that drives us back and forth or a cabin we inhabit. But the body is the Self. As my creative partner, Corazon Tierra, teaches, the BodySoul is the Self. The connection between body and soul runs deeper than our conscious mind can understand. Sometimes it bypasses our logical mind altogether. While you may be exasperated by a physical manifestation that is painful or cumbersome, and you desperately want it to go away, it may actually be your ally. Here I share what I know about the wisdom and healing that may come from the experience of somatization. As I am a shaman or soul [Read more.]

Mother's Day Gift- Self-mothering Practice

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May 102009
 
Mother's Day Gift- Self-mothering Practice

Reading Time: 4 minutes Warrior Tree, Mother Tree Power Posture Maria Mar(c)2009 This is a Power Posture to help women practice Self-Mothering. While women take care of children, elders, the sick, the community and their families, many of them find it difficult to take care of themselves. True, with all their duties, most women find it difficult to find time for self-mothering. But that is just the surface problem. Beneath, lies a deeper emotional reason. We have been trained to place our selves last and to feel guilty for giving ourselves priority. Art by Maria Mar(c)2009 Click graphic to get the downloadable poster. This exercise calls upon the sacred presence of  Trees to summon your Inner Warrior. This Power Self opens a sacred time and space, connecting you to the forces of the trees, the earth and the Universe for renewal and strength. It helps you to center yourself. Once you find your core strength and center, then you can call upon your Inner Mother to  embrace yourself and practice self-love. Preparation In preparation for the practice, copy and paste these instructions. Download the [Read more.]

Start your Dream Journey

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Sep 182008
 

Reading Time: 3 minutes Okay, so you have a dream. Great. What are you doing about it? You can talk about the Law of Attraction until your tongue hangs out. But I personally guarantee you that the only thing you may attract with mental or verbal speculation is a headache. The Law of Attraction, like the rest of the Dream Laws, is about energy and resonance. It is about spinning a vibration that resonates with what you desire. What are you spinning with your words, your every day acts, your deep-seated beliefs, those that you may not even tell others, those that you may not even know you have? My question is not about working frantically to “fix” yourself. Goddess, no! We are already stretch to the limit and stressed beyond it! I am not asking you to judge or badger yourself, either. I am asking you to look at the landscape of your life. What is in the foreground? What is in the background? If you are always placing problems in the foreground, your life will be full of problems. If you usually [Read more.]