Be gentle with yourself

Picture from the house of Melissa de la Fuente as part of the 'Living with Kids' series on the Design Mom blog.

“Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love – for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment is it perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you from misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labours and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.” 
― Max Ehrmann, Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life 

Light Workers....

are the ones who serve the Light. They "inspire, uplift and flow with Grace, embodying All That Is and mirroring that back to everyone and everything. It means Love, in all its potently infused, flitting and eternal forms. It means showing up and responding whenever Source calls, however that manifests itself in whatever reality. In my own expression, it often means blogging, teaching, painting, writing, and transmitting energy through words, gestures, vibration or intention. It definitely means lovemaking — but not just sexual — lovemaking in the sense of experiencing intimacy with the Earth and all her creatures, as well as the Stars, Galactics, Angels, and beyond. It means pouring Love into the dark spots and holding Love even when the world resists. It means becoming such a vibrational match to Love that everything else can re-member and revisit itself as Love." Laura Bruno

But is that really possible and what does that actually mean on a daily basis? Well i feel that we are all light workers in some way but being a full time mum at this point in time i often feel far away from any of this and far away from the ideal joyful, relaxed and creative mother that i would like to be, let alone the spirited healer. I am often crabby, grumpy and desperate for a little space and sleep. I feel daily that tomorrow i must start anew and really make this day better than the last. To try harder to make things work or respond better to those around me. I want nothing more than to be the one with my children every day, experiencing things with them, keeping a home for them and trying to create a nurturing space and i know that this is the (spiritual) work, this is the journey, this is the challenge and the delight and somewhere in there good stuff is happening and joyful moments are being created. But it can also be hard to see it and to know that you are doing a good job, that you are sending out some good and some light into the world rather than feeling that it is rather relentless and you need to cry into the nappy bucket because you feel far away from being a good mother ( friend etc etc ). Thank goodness my boys are so utterley scrumptious that i want to be better for them and that when they come and cuddle up on my lap or when they squeal with delight at discovering something or when they called me mama for the first time, my heart melts and i realise even more so that this is it, this is where it all is, this is where i m meant and want to be and that i do shine the light into the darkness and i do hold that space no matter what is thrown at me because i love and ultimately that makes me a better person and a better light worker too.

One Day You Will

....aaah and back to the blogging world. I have to say i am really happy to have left January behind, it was a long month of chickenpox quarantines ( sadly no one was up for a chicken pox party) and illness starting with chickenpox for the youngest on New Years Eve and seemingly endless rounds of flu and viruses since, with each boy taking it in turns and Andreas and i succumbing eventually too. The quote that has been keeping me going through the tough stuff is "ONE DAY YOU WILL" and some fabulous blogs like "Taking Time" and Soule Mama ( i also have Amanda Soules wonderful book "Handmade Home" and next on my list is her book "Rhythm of Family") as well as some sweet dvds like Brother Bear and a fabulous friend who has been checking in with me almost every day and sending me funny things to keep me going like this, thank you Nicole you are amazing. But i have to say for the most part i have, dare i say it, been an uber mum/nurse thinking of endless activities for the various stages of sickness and making lovely herbal and natural tonics and healing juices and foods. But now i am done i want to get out, have some fun and a change of scene. I want to see people and i want to feel good about me.

So i was lucky enough to book flights to zip over to the UK for my dads 60th birthday party on my own, a first since Sebastian was born ( time to read, sleep and party on my own and come home to my lovely boys refreshed and bouncing again) and vainly that led to fantasies about getting a new haircut. But having been to quite a few places in Oslo since moving here and ending up disappointed i wondered where i could go without feeling completely let down after parting with a huge wad of cash and feeling that the hairdresser hadn't listened to me at all. After a chance conversation a friend recommended Adam and Eva in Grønland. I was sceptical, but i loved the place and Maria actually listened to what i wanted and seemed to tailor it to me and what suited me. I LOVED it and i still love it a few weeks later. Yeah!

One day you will, but where you are right now is where you are meant to be. If you can see the value in that it makes things much easier and sometimes you really can see that this is the only place you should be.

Free Introductory Talk to Life Alignment

LIFE ALIGNMENT

FREE INTRODUCTION LECTURE AND DEMONSTRATION 

22nd MARCH 7-9pm

With

CHERRY TYFIELD, Master Practitioner & Teacher

BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Venue: The Unity Centre, Møllergata 23, 0179, Oslo

www.unity.no

Join us for an enlightening and life changing evening.

Learn about electromagnetic radiation, the affect on your energy systems and what you can be done about it!

Align your energies to your Higher Purpose. Release energy blockages to reveal your inner wisdom, which guides you on your journey towards well being and wholeness – aligned, harmonised and revitalised.

 Life Alignment therapies can be applied to all issues, whether physical, emotional, mental or spiritual.

 Life Alignment works with the body’s cellular memory, which guides the practitioner to the body’s appropriate priority.

From the course leader Cherry Tyfield:

"It is with great excitement that I have been invited to hold a Body Spin Training  workshop in Oslo in the Spring ( 23rd- 25th march) On the 22^nd March I will introduce Life Alignment by giving a free lecture and demonstration from 7pm – 9pm. Please do come along and bring your colleagues, friends and clients.

The two and a half day Body Spin training workshop begins on the 23^rd March. (Please get in touch for more details  and booking information.)  If you have previously attended  Body Spin and wish to repeat it, you are invited to attend at half price.

Please do forward this to anyone who would be interested in the training.

It will be lovely to see old friends again.

With kind regards

Cherry

Cherry Tyfield Tel: +44 203 551 8790 
Email: lifealignment@tyfield.com
Website: www.life-alignment.com


Co-ordinator in Norway
Freya Thalund-Fossen Tel: +47 46785799 
Email: freyathalundfossen@gmail.com

THRIVE- a must see film

What on earth will it take?

"What happened that could account for the staggering agony and deprivation on this planet?Is it even possible for humans to thrive?" Foster Gamble 

The film THRIVE aims to answer these questions and to lift the veil on what's REALLY going on in our world by following the money upstream and uncovering the global consolidation of power in nearly every aspect of our lives. It weaves together breakthroughs in science, consciousness and activism, offering real solutions, empowering us with unprecedented and bold strategies for reclaiming our lives and our future. The trailer suggests that we can bypass the big corporations who seem to hold all the power and wealth in this world. They suggest that we can do this because there is in fact a model to access energy in a clean, safe and limitless way that could revolutionise the way that all people live. There is another way. THRIVE simply aims to lift the lid on this previously suppressed but mind blowing knowledge- that there is a code, a pattern in nature that has been embedded in arts and icons throughout the centuries that could enable us to have access to limitless energy and therefore to transform the way that we live. Read more about this key/the code called a Torus here and see Foster Gamble speaking about it below:

He says that The code is a pattern in nature that exists everywhere from atoms to galaxies. It's called a "torus."  You can see it in a seed, a fruit, a hurricane, even the electromagnetic field around a person or the earth.  It's how life sustains and evolves itself, and it serves as a universal template for sustainability in all our systems.

Among other things, the code shows us how to access clean, abundant energy, expand our consciousness, restore health and balance to the planet and live sustainably.

In this section of the site you can explore:

•  how the torus reveals the structure and flow of universal energy;
•  how ancient cultures embedded their knowledge of the code;
•  how new energy inventors are using the code to power revolutionary devices  that can change how we live.

Here is a lovely interview of Foster Gamble by Lilou Mace on here JUICY LIVING tour.

Hmm many things to think on..... how exciting that people are waking up!!

Baby Greens

This is the smoothie that is getting Sebastian (10 months) and i chirpey and buzzing and our tummies happy and healthy. Its a version of the green smoothie that we had in Stockholm at the weekend when we happened upon this fabulous Green/Natural/Raw food place called EAT! Eco Affaren (Eco Affair) Tegnérgatan 3, Normalm, Stockholm. Take a look at their website here. It is a delicious, creamy, filling smoothie and my body just seems to come alive at the mere thought of it. Sebastian too as he glugged down two large glasses of it this morning.

Sebastian 2011

Chirpey Green Smoothie Recipe

1 avacado

1 mango

Large handful of spinach (or other leafy greens)

Juice of one orange

water to mix

At a guess 8 or so mint leaves...but its just as good without.

Happy Slurping

Stunning Images

Click on the image and see it dance

These images by Scott London of the 2011 Burning Man festival are amazing. He says:
 "It's no exaggeration to say the Burning Man festival is one of the world's hippest and most mind-blowing gatherings. It's not quite an art festival, not quite a desert rave, and not quite a social experiment, but something of all three. Held each summer in the remote Black Rock Desert of northern Nevada, it's a week-long celebration of free-form creativity and radical self-expression."

Take a look at more of his images here