Wednesday, June 6, 2012

May 2012 Yoga Pose of the Month

May 2012 - Yoga Pose of the Month
Bound Angle Pose (aka Butterfly Pose)
Sanskrit: Baddha Konasana

Photo courtesy of Connor O'Hara 

 
Maggie Butterfly Yoga PoseBound Angle Pose (aka Butterfly pose and even known as Cobbler Pose) is a great inner thigh stretch and hip opener. I love it! Not only that, it is a very calming gentle pose that allows you to just breathe and be there. Lowering your head while keep your neck in good alignment with the spine is a great way to go inside for a moment, release and let go. I love to press my elbows into the inner thighs to give them an extra stretch as well. The beautiful benefits of this pose are:
  • Stimulates abdominal organs, ovaries and prostate gland, bladder, and kidneys
  • Stimulates the heart and improves general circulation
  • Stretches the inner thighs, groins, and knees
  • Helps relieve mild depression, anxiety, and fatigue
  • Soothes menstrual discomfort and sciatica
  • Helps relieve the symptoms of menopause
  • Therapeutic for flat feet, high blood pressure, infertility, and asthma
  • Consistent practice of this pose until late into pregnancy is said to help ease childbirth
  • Traditional texts say that Baddha Konasana destroys disease and gets rid of fatigue
Directions on how to come into the pose:
If your hips or groin are tight, you may sit on a blanket. Place the soles of your feet together, bringing the heels of your feet in towards your groin as much as works for you while splaying the knees out, spine straight, hands can hold your toes or take your thumbs to the inside on the balls of the feet to open them up a little, keeping the outsides of the feet planted into the ground. Try your best not to force the knees to the ground but lead with the action of the pose to open naturally. Hold for a few minutes (1-5 minutes is great for this pose). 

This is a great stand alone pose, as well as a great resting pose for Boat pose. We can come into this pose throughout the Boat pose variations to rest, recenter and align ourselves.

To come out bring your knees into each other. I like to rock for a moment on my tailbone after this pose and then we can straighten the legs to release. 

When not to do this pose or to modify / Contraindications:
If you have groin or knee injury only practice this pose with blanket support under the outer thighs.


Bliss, Maggie
CYT, RMT, CSC, CPLC
Empowering you through Yoga, Healing & Workshops
........................
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May 2012 - What's New Update

What's New
 
Maggie AndersonWhat a crazy month! In a good way. I was so busy in April that I didn't get to send out my newsletter message until now. So I had to let go of my expectation that sometimes it's okay if I miss that month's newsletter and start fresh the following month. This month's messages is all about challenge and change! And a great message it is. April was jam-packed for me with several birthday's including my own! I am also now a Master Instructor of IET (Integrated Energy Therapy), a beautiful healing modality with the Angels that also utilizes acupressure. I love it and now I can teach it to you so you can practice it on yourself and others. Available now are: IET Basic, IET Intermediate and IET Advanced, as well as several classes such as Healing with the Angels, IET for Pets and IET for Kids! Love it! You can read more about this beautiful healing modality here. I had a fantastic time in Plymouth getting attuned and learning how to share this beautiful healing method with an awesome group of women (group photo below). :) 

IET Plymouth Class :)

Happy May flowers to you all and I hope you enjoy this month's newsletter, as always! Don't forget to check out my new classes and new yoga class times (to the left in pink) as well! And a special Happy Mother's day this month to all you beautiful Mom's out there. :)

MY SECOND BOOK: DIVINE EMBRACE
In case you missed the email, my second book, Divine Embrace, is finally published. yay! So now you have the complete series (How I Found My True Inner Peace and Divine Embrace) available for purchase. You have several purchase options, either through their publishing vendor, Amazon or paypal. How I Found My True Inner Peace is also available on Kindle and soon Divine Embrace will be too! :) I recently received an email from someone who read How I Found My True Inner Peace and she had this to say to me: "Hi Maggie. Your first book has helped me so much to balance and shift my energies. I had some displaced anger and it helped me work through it. My life is so much better since reading your book. Looking forward to reading the second book. Thank you.” Click here to purchase your copy today.

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~ Elizabeth

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"I thank you for what you wrote, It's been an amazing journey so far. I found comfort in reading them almost 7 months after my awakening. It's been a road alright. I am ever so grateful for finding your words of caution & comfort."
~ Contessa

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CYT, RMT, CSC, CPLC
Empowering you through Yoga, Healing & Workshops
........................
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"Follow Your Bliss. It's Your Spiritual Compass."

March 2012 - Dear Maggie Column

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Dear Maggie,

CONGRATULATIONS for your SECOND book! I come to you for some guidance and help for my brother, who recently awakened Kundalini energy and is going thru all sorts of experiences. Would you please talk to me, so I can talk to him? He speaks German and Romanian only. He started to have hot, very hot hands/palms. Kundalini was activated thru a dream. He told me he had a dream about a snake talking to him in french - (he doesn't speak this language) and since then a series of things started to happen. WHY and How was Kundlini activated? He is going thru some very rough times... although satisfied with his evolution, his life style changed a lot. But one of the most significant is the very hot hands/palms... which is not constant but very often during the day. What is this and what can he do with it?  C an  it be directed onto himself and others for healing ? I suggested he takes Reiki classes to become certified, at least he will have some guidance of how to use this energy. I hope  I gave him some good direction. What do you suggest? 

Also, is kundalini going to be activated for the rest of his life? or it could stop anytime.. these are more my questions to understand... Kindly please explain to me - when you can - how all this affects ones life, what exactly Kundalini is, and what can he do next.
With Immense appreciation,
Florence

Dear Florence,
Thank you so much for the congrats! :) I'm excited that it's finally out there for all who resonate and can be assisted by it!

Synchronistically, your question is addressed at length in my newly published book, Divine Embrace! :) But to answer it in a brief way, I do have a few articles right on my website about Kundalini and a few questions answered, found in my articles section: www.spiritualcompassconnection.com/articles.html (direct links to these articles are also below). If you cut and paste them into Google's Language Translator, you shouldn't have to retype them into German or Romanian for the most part:
The first article above "Kundalini Pathway" will tell you what Kundalini is. And "Success through Kundalini Symptoms" is another great one to read first as well! Kundalini will bring experiences to us to help us work through our blockages and old past patterns to cleanse the body physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally on the deepest energetic level. 

Kundalini can be activated in several ways or methods or even when we do nothing at all, rather it is just our "time" to work with an activated Kundalini. The second link (above) answers your question about what awakens Kundalini. Initially our Kundalini is active during our birth into this world and then, for most, it lies dormant until it is awakened or awakens later in life. I love that your brother's Kundalini was awakened in a dream. For me, I was awakened in the middle of the night to an amazing and surpising spinal sweep of a blue electrical charge up my spine. Of course, I love my sleep so after my fascination wore off I went back to slumber till the morning. It happens uniquely for everyone.
Snakes are soooo common when your Kundalini awakens. They represent the Kundalini itself and the spinal sweep that commonly fires up the spine initially or often for some. It is a Kundalini synchronicity or even Totem, if you will. Dragons, Tigers and Spiders are also very common to come to you in dreams and waking life. They bring messages to you as well as a confirmation of your path to enlightenment. :) 

Once your Kundalini is activated, yes, you are *always* activated. There will be times of ups and downs, ebbs and flows, challenges and ease with times or nothingness and void. There will be so many things going on all at once and nothing at all. He may experience a few "Dark Nights", also known as the Dark Night of the Soul. I talk a lot about this in my book. It's the ego/shadow self work. It WILL Pass. Surrender, surrender, surrender. 

Hot hands are definitely one of the many symptoms and in the hands is found our natural ability to heal ourselves and others. We do have Chakras in the hands as well (it's just not mentioned as one of the main seven Chakras). This could be Kundalini's first goal with your brother; a tapping in of his natural healing abilities. Or he may just be receiving it as a symptom, as the Kundalini will go through our entire biological and melecular structure, nervous system; basically our entire body - physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally.

The Kundalini may or may not be activating the natural healer within him or it could be a symptom all for himself to work with. If he is truly guided, learning a healing modality will be a great benefit. Especially, if he has no way of knowing what to do and would like that guidance. Some Kundalini masters do not like Reiki as this is considered separate from the Kundalini. Our Kundalini is not Reiki, per say, as it is energy from the Divine Universe (love) that flows through your crown chakras and out your hands to heal yourself and others. Kundalini energy is coming from *within* your own Divine spark and out to heal others at it sees fit and as it may guide you the activated Kundalini person. It is a unique quandry for the individual to decide. It's like the chicken and the egg syndrome. Which came first? Kundalini energy is the Divine Source as well, as we are all made up of God/Goddess/Divine. We are God living and experiencing as God. I love utilizing both healing modalities, personally. :) They seem to work together nicely for me.

Signs and symptoms happen in our body at random. It's different for EVERYONE. Once Kundalini is active within a person, She will transform the person on all levels for however long it takes. There are common Ascension symptoms, but the transformation process is unique for each individual. Ascension symptoms will affect ANYONE around you and in your life because you are raising your frequency, your vibration (through working on yourself, receiving energy awakening, attunements, etc.). Soon you will notice that whoever does not resonate with the "new" you and your raised vibrations will either have to MATCH your vibration by aligning with you energetically or they will leave (or you will leave). You'll notice certain people of lower vibrations will naturally fall away from your life. You and they do not match anymore in vibration and when they leave, you are open to and receiving new people that better align with the new vibration/person you are. This happens OFTEN throughout our entire lives, with friends, relationships, co-workers, jobs, etc. Ascension is a FUN process as we start to become aware of it and see the awesome changes that occur. As long as we are awake enough to see the lessons, go through them and release them it goes faster in that sense.
The third link above will give you a list of symptoms. In my book, Divine Embrace, I discuss these and more at length. But this is a very good starter to find out what is most common during the K awakening. Our body is changing; evolving; becoming the angelic light being we have always been. Kundalini is the catalyst for that change. It's amazing and can be pretty scary at times and mostly only if we "fear" what's happening. As long as we surrender, surrender, surrender to what is, the Kundalini will do her work. It's our Divine essence at work. Completely intelligent to itself and will do what we need when we need it on its own schedule, not ours, for the most part. 

There are things we can do and work with around the Kundalini so that we can make the symptoms more smooth, less severe or happen only during better times frames rather than innopportune times, like during school or work. We can provide the Kundalini a time we promise to set aside and meditate or allow kriyas (a possible symptom) to take over our body and then usually this timeframe will work as long as we stick to our promise and our schedule. But I am getting ahead of myself here. :) Check out the link above about Success Through Symptoms for more. 

Please shoot me an email with any other questions or if anything else comes up that is confusing! Glad to help in any way I can! :) I wish you and your brother smooth fulfilling awakenings!

Blessings and happy seeking,
Maggie


Bliss, Maggie
CYT, RMT, CSC, CPLC
Empowering you through Yoga, Healing & Workshops
........................
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March 2012 Inspire You Article - Abundance through Peace

Abundance through Peace

Peaceful Mourning DoveIn Peace you can find all you need. In that moment of pure bliss, tranquility, serenity and peace you resonate closely with the Divine. You are relaxed, less stressed and free flowing as well as freely receiving and giving naturally (el-natur-al, as I like to say it).
This quote from Stewart Pearce, creater of the Angels of Atlantis cards, says it perfectly, "It is from the state of serenity that you can always feel the abundance of the Source providing for you - as it always will."
 
It makes total sense to me! Whenever I can get out of my head and out of my emotions, I am free. Whenever I can just step back, breathe and BE in the present moment, a blissful peace comes over me. And in that moment I know I have all I could ever need or want and am fully supported always. 

It is especially crucial to get in this state of presence during challenging experiences. Literally right in the moment of the challenge, the exasperation, frustration, anger, fear, etc. Right at that moment, step back, breathe and be.

It's a daily practice of mine to get into this state immediately upon waking up, as it sets me up for the day. Once in this peaceful state of being, either in bed, by the window watching the dawn sky wake up, sungazing, etc., I am then most easily able to feel the serene security inside me. I feel the safety and the knowing that the Divine God is always and has always and will always support me in EVERY WAY. My shoulders drop, my body relaxes and I am free. 

I then create my intention for abundance tapping into visualizations, Ascended Masters and the Angels. I literally feel the energy of my abundance flowing. (I share these methods in my Angels In Training Boot Camp program.) It's amazing and there is so much to go around. There is plenty for everyone and then some! There is no drought of abundance in all good things for us, when we can get peaceful, surrender the ego mind, have faith and trust, then let it flow. 

So, here are only a few of the many things we can do to get peaceful and achieve abundant flow in all things wonderful, beautiful and uplifting:
  • Witness your emotions before you react. Bare witness, by stepping back. Just take an "aerial" view of what is happening without getting involved. Slow deep breaths will truly make all the difference to gain this perspective and get present. Remembering you are a Divine being having a spiritual experience. Find the lessons. Ask yourself or Greater Self, without attachment, what you can learn from this experience and what a solution could be. Then breathe, accept what is right now and move forward. You can be free of these outbursts by getting present with what is happening, surrending to what is and the outcome and knowing you are safe, secure and always fully supported.

  • Meditate: Create a consistent practice of stilling the mind. Remember what is important; let go of what isn't. I have recorded a couple meditations that assist you in clearing your energies and manifesting what you desire. If you desire an energy and chakra clearing, Divine Embrace Chakra Awakening Meditation is for you. To work further on mind clearing and manifesting abundance and all good things you desire, my Create the Life You Desire Meditation CD will be perfect for you as well. And there are a ton more online that you may resonate with. Or simply listen to music without words or nothing at all. My favorite is to listen to the birds singing in the early morning hours. Love it! :)

  • Chant: Chanting is great for getting out of the mind. A simple "Om" (Aaaa-uuuu-mmmmm) over and over again is perfect. This is the divine sound of all of creation. Feel the sound resonance fill you up with the Source energy. I share several mantras that may intrigue you as well in my recently published book, Divine Embrace.

  • Breathe: Your breath is your prana life force energy so tapping into even simply deep full breaths will assist you in getting present and peaceful! Other breathing techniques are discussed at length in my book, How I Found My True Inner Peace.

  • Tap into your Joy! When you are happy and joyful you are in total alignment with the Divine. You have permission to feel good! You deserve to be filled with joy, peace, bliss and serenity always! Allow this to flow into your life. Do work that makes you feel happy and fulfilled. Create hobbies that tap into your imagination and allow you to just let go and have fun! Be Playful!

  • When you feel something icky inside, shift your perspective. Or shift whatever the current situation is. Sometimes it's our perspective alone that is off. We are seeing something through our filters; our rosefilled glasses if you will. And when we can gain a new perspective or step back into a witness state, we can see the forest for the trees. Take a higher view of what is happening. Or simply know that we can't possibly know the full amount of the intricacies of the Universe and its plan. Know that everything is Divine. This too shall pass. But this too is a Divine lesson to make us stronger. Kelly Clarkson's song rings in my head, "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger!" It's true!

  • Read books and watch movies that help you feel good and tap into the Divine Source of peace. In my book How I Found My True Inner Peace, it's all about finding true inner peace! All of the ideas above are expanded upon. And through that you find all you ever needed and wanted. It's always been there and always will be. I recently received a note from someone who read my book. She said, "Hi Maggie. Your first book has helped me so much to balance and shift my energies. I had some displaced anger and it helped me work through it. My life is so much better since reading your book. Looking forward to reading the second book. Thank you."
You are fully supported always. Remember that! Take heart in that. Have faith in this knowing. Abundance is yours! 

Many Abundant Blessings to you on your path,
~ Spiritual Cheerleader

Bliss, Maggie
CYT, RMT, CSC, CPLC
Empowering you through Yoga, Healing & Workshops
........................
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"Follow Your Bliss. It's Your Spiritual Compass."

March 2012 Yoga Pose of the Month

Boat Pose
Sanskrit: Paripurna Navasana

Photo courtesy of Yogajournal.com

 
Boat Yoga PoseBoat pose is the perfect pose for warming up the core as well as working on our posture. It can be modified for less strain or if your working towards a strong core or already have one you can power up this pose. There are many variations to help you progress through this pose. So it's all about getting out of your ego. It's not about what someone else is doing. It's about where you are in your body and listening to that. If you can't get into this pose with a long straight spine then you've gone too far into it too fast. Work your way up with balance. Let go and allow your body to generate strength over time. To hold this pose, tapping into our breath is key. Since breath is our prana life force energy at work, it truly energizes you to hold this longer, focus on alignment and come into and out of this pose (and all poses) with grace. Our core is our foundation to all movement, so it's helpful to keep it healthy and strong. Working with Boat pose allows us to do just that.
Maggie Butterfly Yoga PoseDirections on how to come into the pose:
I like to start Boat pose first by coming into the Butterfly (or Cobbler) Pose as shown on the left. Next month I will dive deeper into this pose. :) Simply put, you place the soles of your feet together, knees splaying out, spine straight, hands can hold your toes or take your thumbs to the inside on the balls of the feet to open them up a little. This is our resting pose. We will come into this pose throughout the Boat pose variations to rest, recenter and align ourselves.
From this position, let's straighten our legs a little with knees bent and close together. Feet on the floor. Bring hands behind you about 4 inches or so with fingers pointing towards the feet. Then inhale, extending the spine, thinking good posture, exhale and let's lean back with our upper body, keeping our back in good straight alignment. From here, inhale and on your exhale lift the legs up off the floor so they are parallel to the floor, knees still bent. Already you will start to feel the core heating up and working. Be sure your back is not rounding. You'll be sitting centered on what yogajournal.com calls the "tripod" of your two sitting bones and your tailbone. 

Begin now and stretch your arms out alongside your legs, parallel to the floor. Breathe deeply. Strong core. If holding arms out is too much yet, you may hold the backs of your thighs or place the hands back down behind you till you grow stronger, and I promise you that if you continue to work with this pose, you *will* grow stronger. Tip the chin down slightly towards the chest, in order to lift the bottom of the skull lightly away from the neck. You have the option to splay out your arms shoulder height, extending both away from your body and each other. This is a bit more challenging.
The extra variation to challenge the legs and core more, is to straighten the legs up to the sky at the angle as shown above (about 45 degrees), again while keeping a nice straight spine.

The next option is holding hands together in front slightly above your legs in temple mudra hands (fingers clasped and index fingers pointing pressed together). When taking this variation, you may also want to pulse with your breathe. You may take an inhale as you extend the legs straight out and leaning further back with your upper body, back still straight, exhale bend your knees and come back in with your upper body. Inhaling as you flow out, and exhaling as you flow in. This is a beautiful practice with the breath. 

Each of these variations can be worked up to holding for 10-20 seconds at first in hold variations and working your way up from there, with breaks in the Butterfly pose I spoke about at the beginning. Your breaks can be 3 to 5 rounds of breathing. Then go again for three or four different variations to see what you resonate with most. And change it up each day or week that you practice this pose.
To come out completely, slide yourself back into Butterly pose, breathe, relax and close your eyes.

When not to do this pose or to modify / Contraindications:
Some possible reasons to rethink doing this pose may or may not be: Asthma, Diarrhea, Headache, Heart Problems, Insomnia, Low blood pressure, Menstruation, Pregnancy. I say may or may not because for some of these, this pose can probably help a little. Use your own judgment and intuition. If you have a neck injury sit with your back near a wall to perform this pose. As you tilt your torso back rest the back of your head on the wall.


Bliss, Maggie
CYT, RMT, CSC, CPLC
Empowering you through Yoga, Healing & Workshops
........................
www.SpiritualCompassConnection.com
www.facebook.com/maggiesbliss
"Follow Your Bliss. It's Your Spiritual Compass."

March 2012 - What's New Update

I love Spring time!!! It comes right around my birthday to boot. It is said that right around our birthday things come to us with more ease, transitions occur, life brings forth more blessings and beneficial occurrences to assist us in aligning more properly in our path; our Divine destiny. This seems to also be the case for this year of 2012. Just this morning I was taken over by the beautiful morning waking up. The sky just turning light in dawn. The promise of trees leaves growing from Winter to Springtime here in the Northern Hemisphere. The birds waking up and singing their beautiful songs. I took it upon myself to truly listen to the different singing birds. My favorite is the Mourning Dove and so many more I can't name. But it's the combination of hearing them all just like a Divine chorus. I was overwhelmed with gratitude and appreciation for this moment. The graceful presence of the Earth waking up in its Divine natural state.
 
The Angels even graced me with their presence today and this week. They sent me pretty white feathers all over the place and in random places they wouldn't be, like in my bedroom on top of my clothes at the end of my bed. They showed me dimes in random places. Dimes are a sign of abundance and blessings from the Angels. Today while I was just in the process of my abundance intention, I stood up after watching the sky and took the blanket I had over my legs with me to the bathroom. As I was thinking on my intention suddenly a dime flew out of the blanket clanking on the floor. I was so amazed and happy at this magical sign! There was no way a dime could have been sitting in that blanket as I took it from my bed, to the living room and then through the kitchen to the bathroom. It was a miracle just for me to remind me that they do exist, to believe in the unexpected blessings and the Angels. And also to share this with all of you that the Angels are assisting us when we ask (for blessings and whatever we need)! Ask and they will do their Divine best to help you achieve your goals! 

It is this little magical reminder for me that my new program "Angels in Training Boot Camp" is perfect in its Divinely timed offering and a great way to assist all of you in getting in touch with your Angels and your own Angelic awakening! :) 

Happy Spring to you all and I hope you enjoy this month's newsletter. It's a teeny bit later in the month but it's perfectly Divine as always. Don't forget to check out my new classes and new class yoga times (to the left in pink) as well!

MY SECOND BOOK: DIVINE EMBRACE
In case you missed the email, my second book, Divine Embrace, is finally published. yay! So now you have the complete series (How I Found My True Inner Peace and Divine Embrace) available for purchase. You have several purchase options, either through their publishing vendor, Amazon or paypal. How I Found My True Inner Peace is also available on Kindle and soon Divine Embrace will be too! :) I recently received an email from someone who read How I Found My True Inner Peace and she had this to say to me: "Hi Maggie. Your first book has helped me so much to balance and shift my energies. I had some displaced anger and it helped me work through it. My life is so much better since reading your book. Looking forward to reading the second book. Thank you.” Click here to purchase your copy today.

WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY
"Amazing class! This was the best yoga class I have taken in eight months!”
~ Elizabeth
"I thank you for what you wrote, It's been an amazing journey so far. I found comfort in reading them almost 7 months after my awakening. It's been a road alright. I am ever so greatful for finding your words of caution & comfort."
~ Contessa

Regarding December 2011 Newsletter:
"Hello BEautiful Girl! LOVED your newsletter. Love the game. Going to play it at Christmas. What a great idea. I have been going through major emotional turmoil since the summer and when I am in a DOWN time, I am a bit of a hermit. But, the good news is I am through the darkest of the dark, thank God and I am getting clear messages again. I LOVED your quote at the top. That has been ME for the last 6 months. I do want to purchase your book so I will get over to your new site. Hopefully, I will get to actually meet you some time. You are very uplifting Ms. Maggie Anderson!" ~ XOXO Shari

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Bliss, Maggie
CYT, RMT, CSC, CPLC
Empowering you through Yoga, Healing & Workshops
........................
www.SpiritualCompassConnection.com
www.facebook.com/maggiesbliss
"Follow Your Bliss. It's Your Spiritual Compass."

February 2012 Inspire You Article - Entity Attachments & Annoying Ghosts

Entity Attachments & Annoying Ghosts
 
OrbsThis month's article combines my "Dear Maggie" column and monthly article (as I mentioned above). The requests have been coming up strongly during the past month and a half. I've received request after request (emails and phone calls), just in the past month, regarding Entities and Ghosts that are being a nuisance and asking how to remove these unwanted attachments. It seems that the energies this year, for many of us, are truly getting deep down and bringing all the ick and darkness to the surface from within us and around us. This includes those nasty little critters. They are coming up for final release and transmutation to light. To put it simply, these attachments usually occur when we are out of alignment with our Divine Light and Love. It's time to get empowered, live life more awake and conscious, as well as take charge of our lives. I am including a few of the story requests I've received to show you examples of what has been recently occurring for some folks. Then I will share with you tools that have worked for me.
(For those of you who don't have much time, scroll all the way down to the end of this article for the tools I share with you to help you work through and remove these challenging experiences.)

Submission #1: "I would like to know if you could help that a problem that my wife is suffering with - her abusive ex - and by abusive i mean really physically and mental abusive to the point that she is lucky to be alive.
"Her ex recently committed suicide and she is being tortured by his energy that has been left - she has been able to see the energy left by people who leave this world since she was a little girl, some of these energies have stayed with her - but they of a caring nature - this energy reminds her of the suffering that he caused her and she is re-living the terrible things that he done to her - it is too difficult for her to show this energy any form of kindness - she has tried to show the form the way to the light but it is refusing to go - she has done this successfully many times, but as this is such a deep and hurtful memory for her she is having real difficulties.
"The energy is strong - to the point that what she sees is an actual solid body walking around the house - not like the images that is usual for her. If you can help in any way - your help or guidance would be extremely appreciated.
Kind regards, Rich”

Submission #2: "I live in a flat of an old house that has been converted into flats, and since being here for six years I have seen, and heard ghosts. The latest happening was this morning - when I returned from the long back garden path, and got to near the back door, I heard a gurgling sound and a voice say, "I'm going to get you". I knew it wasn't the neighbor in the basement flat that did that. Well when I went out this afternoon, helped by someone because of the steep and high stone steps and no handrail to hold onto, I literally screamed in fear of falling.
"The guy who had hold of me comforted me and said I won't fall. I then still with him holding me, managed to walk down the eight steps but slightly shaking. Is that the ghost doing that to me because it doesn't like me living in what was its flat before the flat was renovated? I guess the man that had this flat before I -died in a fall during the renovations as he and his wife strongly opposed the flat being renovated. I reckon he died here, and his wife still lives along the crescent at number 9, I was told... How can I rid that ghost? I look forward to your reply.
Kind regards, Charlotte" 

Submission #3: "I am a psychic and a medium. I don't really give readings unless for family and friends. I can hear, smell, and see quite well in my mind's eye.  I am having a problem in clearing out a young ghost named Michael and a man named Patrick. There are two other entities called Sandra, George, and Ingram around me as well.
"They keep on responding to every thought, daydream or pray that I have. I have asked them all to go to the light and they all  say no. I have even tried to close off my chakra that receives messages, but to no avail. Michael shows itself to me. It has said I am his mother. It calls me Mommy. I have asked it to go to the light. And it won't. I have burnt out my house with sage, put camphor by the front door, burn incense, sprayed holy water and used sea salt. I have already been dealing with other ghosts who have gone over and said thank-you, never to be heard of again.
"However, these entities named Michael and Patrick who won't leave me alone! They just keep on saying my beautiful name. Michael touches my hand when it is on the mouse while I am typing, touches my leg under the desk, walks in between myself and the computer and through me. I can't take it anymore. It is affecting my health. And for the last year, a man named Patrick kept on visiting me, trying to have intercourse with me in my dreams, although I have pushed him off and woke up every time. When I go to sleep every night, I can feel him at my bedside waiting for me to fall asleep to enter it. When I voiced my anger at him, he got really angry and he then started to touch me as if to scare me. Constantly! And then he has tried to change his identity, his face, in the dreams, to people that are my known enemies in my present life. Even if it is a woman's face (like my sister-in-laws) it will still have a man's body (Patrick's) below.  
"I have asked it to go into the light and he won't. He refuses. I have told him that I am going to move, and he says that he will follow me. Can they follow me? Please help me. Even when I am in the car, Michael touches my hand while it is on the gear shift and then says his name. He even says his name just before I fall asleep, or if I am just sitting and watching television. Sorry for the long letter. But, I am at my wits end! I even called on Archangel Michael-who usually always comes when I call, but he won't do anything! I have visualized my Spirit Guide who I know is a Native Indian man (he came to me as a young woman, or when I can't sleep if I have a migraine) and appealed to him, but he is not doing anything!
"I am stressed out. I am becoming more suicidal. I have Lupus, Sjogren's Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and high blood pressure. I am trying to heal. I am a sane woman, who is a single mother trying to raise a child. I have to go on disability and I accept that. I am a fighter. I am trying to be positive, but even when I ignore, they all won't stop. I even hear them in the grocery store. I have called my relatives who have passed on, especially an uncle who is very stern and protective and although it was quiet for a night, he himself says that they won't leave. I am looking for advice. Since, I moved out of my parent's home with my child, the first apartment nothing, my second apartment I started to hear them a little, but now in this apartment-it is non-stop! Please advise me.
All the best, C"

 Blue StarMy response: There are levels of entities in other dimensions. Some are higher in vibration but still have a ways to go if they are “attaching” themselves to you. Ghosts are those that have crossed over from a life here and haven't yet crossed to the "Other Side". They are in the in-between land and we can still receive messages from them here. Ghosts will take the same personality they had when living and have a limited view of what is going. If crossed over they have a better greater view of what is occurring for all involved and know that all is always as it should be. Ghosts can also attach themselves to people just as Entities. Ghosts can even be in such a downward spiral and fear that their features will eventually fall away and they risk becoming an entity of a lower vibration that is basically a leech for energy. I've included links at the end of this article to assist you further with strictly Ghost issues.
Here's the deal-e-o. Ghosts, entity attachments, etc. have been around for forever. But now, it's different, like I mentioned. During this ascension time, the vibrations of the planet and ourselves are rising AND the veils are thinning. So we are even more so able to see and sense ghosts, entities and even our current human connections at a new level. More ghosts and entity issues are coming up only because more people are waking up and finally sensing what has been there all along. Which is a good thing because now it's time to get empowered, fueled with knowledge and know you are no longer a victim of your circumstances in any shape or form! We create our reality. You are a light being.
The nitty gritty here: A lower vibrational (or negative) entity attachment may happen if you are low in vibration, depressed or are in an area that imprinted a focused amount of lower vibrational energy. An imprint is where a high voltage of energy (low or high) from a strong experience occurs. So maybe a car accident or a location where someone committed suicide and on the positive flip side where hundreds came in a state of peaceful prayer. The other reason an entity attachment can occur is if we come to a Kundalini awakening. Entity's will come simply if we are new to our awakening and are still learning to stay in our power and higher vibrations. Sometimes it will occur even if we are not new to our awakening and are simply very open and forget to keep our boundaries up (aka your vibrations high in love and light). No big deal, just an experience to remind us to stay in our uplifting powerful frequencies.
Like I've stated previously, we may have been in or are still in a negative state of being with negative thoughts and emotions. This happens as we open up psychically, if we are not prepared properly, we may unknowingly attract a being or beings that are of lower astral energies. This happens for one of several reasons:
  1. One, we have not properly prepared our emotional, mental, physical and spiritual bodies to elevate our vibrations by working through personal issues and negative thought patterns.
  2. Two, we have not properly learned and worked with “protecting” our energies and surroundings with visualizations as well as closing down our psychic channels when necessary.
  3. The third reason is we are seeking them out. Perhaps an interest in the paranormal gets our fancy and we research about the good and not-so-good entities out there. Perhaps we are in a low place and fantasies take over where we seek out entities leaving us, again, in an even lower vibrational state being even more vulnerable to attack.
  4. The final reason, I've mentioned already, is due to your (Kundalini) awakening. As your light shines bright you are a beacon of light that some entity's are attracted. We must do our best to stay out of fear and in light and love as well as, yes, forgiveness.
With an entity attachment, depending upon your level of evolution, they may attach and have such a strong hold on you that they can cause you mental and emotional stress, fatigue and spread their negativity through you to your surroundings. Be discerning and do not be tricked. Entities can be tricksters. Entities, especially, like to attach themselves to those who have addictions, like alcoholism, drug addiction, sex addiction, etc. They will enhance an already dire situation for that person making it even harder to come out of the addiction. But it *is* possible.
Some signs of being attacked are:
  • Feelings of obsession towards another person (most of the time this is the person doing the attacking if in human form - known as a psychic or energy vampire - and other times it's the entity's facade of what they want us to see so we don't guess where they are up to with our energy);
  • Feeling woozy or lightheaded;
  • Hard to think clearly;
  • Energy pulls from our solar plexus or other Chakras;
  • Negative thoughts coming out of the blue in higher intensity;
  • Negative thoughts we were already having being enhanced with fierce intensity,
  • Low energy levels, etc.
If we don't properly work through all personal issues and stay in our power and light, they can more easily influence us negatively. In a way, these entities are doing us favor because they are showing us where we are vibrationally. Then we can bring our awareness up and rid ourselves of them and further issues by doing the work.
It is important to know of another scenario where entities may attack. When doing energy work on another, energy is being released from the person receiving the healing. This energy and these blockages that are being released will look for a new home. (As Eckhart Tolle also explains in his book A New Earth regarding the pain body.) So if you, as an energy healer or facilitator of a transformational class, don't properly clear your space and your Aura before and especially after a treatment or class you may be in for an entity attachment or psychic vampire issue. Perhaps you are down yourself and are working through a blockage on top of just finishing up an energy class where you didn't do a clearing afterwards. The entity may see this as an opening and strike for their attack. I know from personal experience that if you don't clear your space with sage and/or some sort of energy visualization to uplift your energy, icky energy will try to find a new home. So if you aren't to the level of being transparent and allowing energy to flow through you and out where the entity has nothing to grab on to, then it might try to attack you personally. Stay in your love and light. Stay alert and conscious! The clearing is about cultivating higher vibrations and allowing only positive love and light flow near.
An attack can happen in our sleep as well. It may come in the form of a dream. The entity may attack us physically in the spiritual realm. They may not show their “real” face but project a pretend face to us to make us think we are safe when we are not. We will wake up feeling entrenched in gross energy, our Chakras (especially our power center/Power Chakra and Sacral Chakra) will feel like energy is being sucked from it. Because it is or was! It can feel almost physical and physically draining. Obsessive thoughts may occur. As I said, this is one sign that we are or were being attacked psychically or energetically by an entity. There will be an energy surrounding our body that is filled with anxiety – fear. At first we might pretend it's not real. But energy doesn't lie. Eventually, when the cloud that surrounds our brain from this attack begins to clear we will get the feeling that we have been attacked. An entity was or is attached to us.
Then the work begins to clear it away. Remember though just by finally realizing and knowing this is what is occurring shines a light on the little critter(s) and they usually run far away and hide. But do the work. Send them love, light and forgiveness!
Entities, for the most part, exist only if you are of the vibration that they exist. If you believe they are there or are afraid of their existence then you will manifest them in your life somehow. If you are still believing you are a victim of your circumstances and give your power away with that belief. You have aimed your focus on them. You can change this! What you focus on expands. However, if we come into the knowing that Fear is actually False Evidence Appearing Real and only love and light exist we set ourselves up for more uplifting experiences. Turn your gaze to love and light only. Bring and cultivate your vibrations to light and love and send love. These critters will be removed from your existence after the lesson of love and light is learned. Perhaps “removed” isn't the right word. Rather they are transformed via your perspective. They are not to be feared but understood in the lessons they bring.
As we recognize their existence in our life, take the witness stance; a neutral learning view of the situation. Ask, “What part of me created this in my existence and what do I need to learn from this creation/entity?” Ask them directly. Answers will come. Some part of us agreed to allow them into our life. A mutual agreement was made. Some part of us needed to learn something from them. Everything is perfectly Divine.
A recent personal entity attack comes to mind to share here. This entity had made itself look like someone I trusted in order to take advantage of me in my "dreamlike" state. Fun! However, I finally realized it was my energy and what I attracted that made this “agreement” to have an entity attachment occur. When I realized I created this entity experience and agreement I began focusing on the light. I asked what my lessons were and they were very blatantly in my face. The negative thoughts I was having for a few weeks or more (regarding a personal experience) had cultivated into a negative energy (entity) experience. I received the message and knew I needed to gain more momentum in positive uplifting thoughts and emotions regarding the other (living) folks involved in this experience; an internal process to uplift my vibrations. I thanked the entity profusely for its help, its message and time. I sent it love and light and said it's time for them to go now, now that I understood and have made a significant shift with the experience I had been thinking negatively about. Their message was received. Once I did that I saw the entity turn into a brilliant brightly lit Angel. Wings sprouted from its back and I smiled with tears in my eyes. I watching the entity/angel leave knowing I was forever changed in regards to my views of entities. They won't all turn into "Angels" but they are the messengers we need to wake us up!
You can get your power back. Remember they are in another realm. You have the power. You can simply send these entities your LOVE. Unconditional love is something they shy away from very fast. You can also state with CONVICTION that they BE GONE forever. You can call in reinforcements of individuals who are experienced in ridding your body and home of negative entities. They may attempt to cross them over to the Other Side as well. I've had years of study and experience working with the paranormal and there are many ways. There is not just one way to do this. However, the fastest simplest way to do this when you just need your light back and you need it now, is to simply say “GO AWAY NOW and NEVER COME BACK” or you can also include “In the Name of God” or whoever is your higher power. You can call on ArchAngel Michael and other Angels for assistance as well. They MUST leave. Believe in yourself and your power and they will go. When our Guides and Angels are remaining silent it's a sign that the work must come from within first and foremost. Know they are still there either way and you are safe. It is all completely Divine.
I always recommend (at least a monthly) clearing of the home with sage that rids your home of negative energies. But you can also do a clearing sooner if there was spike in negative emotions or anytime you feel it is necessary. And as always my favorite is to also visualize Golden light and God's White Light energy surrounding the home or person in need. Truly feel this as you visualize the sparkly shine of pure light energy. You are remembering that you are light and always have been. By doing this you integrate more of your light body within yourself. You can do these visuals as well to rid yourself of negative entities by visualizing them away. Visualizations are powerful. You can call in and visualize ArchAngel Michael with his protective sword shooing them away with Divine Love, Divine Power and Divine protection. Be creative in the moment and do what works best for you always. Cultivate higher vibrations of love and light always.
Remember, most importantly, to keep yourself clean and clear energetically and, for the most part, no longer attract entity attachments:
  • It's not about pushing away the experience but accepting it, finding the answers behind it and moving forward in the light through the experience. Surrender, surrender, surrender! Live in the present moment. Stop trying to reach to a future point. Give up trying to resist what is happening. Surrender and accept and embrace it. Find the answers in working with the Divine Light that you truly already are.
  • Practice cleaning your Aura and Chakras daily. You can do this with a meditation CD or just by your intention with visualizations and feeling the energy working. My Chakra Meditation CD on my store page is a perfect option for clearing both your aura and your chakras.
  • Maintain the highest connection to your Divine Source or God. Truly look within and act only from the highest God Source, with truth, integrity and love towards yourself and others. It's very important to include yourself on the receiving end of this love too!!! Ask your Divine Source to keep you in line with only the highest love and light. :)
  • Remember, you can always call in your Angels, ArchAngels and Ascended Masters of only the highest Divine vibration to God/Source anytime you need or want to. I call on ArchAngel Michael daily to cleanse my home and aura! ArchAngel Michael is the protector Angel and can be in many places at once. So call on him and he is there to assist, powerfully and lovingly. For example: “I call on ArchAngel Michael and your band of Angels today to please come forth and remove all that does not belong from my home and me now, filling and sealing my home and my aura throughout and within with yours and God's pure powerful loving white light, transmuting all into Divine white, allowing only positive love and light to flow near.”
  • Ask what the message is for you from the entity (if there is a message, as I detailed above).
  • Ground yourself often! Remove any stagnant energy from your body by staying grounding, sending energy into the Earth and even doing a visualization of being a Tree. Let go of all that is not unconditionally love (such as unforgiveness, jealousy, hate, negative thinking, etc.)
  • To be energetically protected and cultivate higher vibrations it is best to maintain a healthy body with exercise, yoga, walking and eating the right good food for your body, as well as having good heigene. A shower every day will remove a LOT of stagnant ick that may be lingering in your body. A shower is great for cleansing the Aura. You can even visualize the show as golden light energy!
  • Think positive thoughts!
  • Do whatever works for you that you are drawn to, in order to cultivate higher vibrations, uplifting way of being and feeling as well as drawing the stronger powerful light being inside of you out. Get empowered!
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Blessings to you on your path.


Bliss, Maggie
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