I woke up this morning (13 July). Staying at this beautiful and magical place called Martinsell Centre (in Oare between Marlborough & Pewsey here in England). And the first thing I asked was 'what am I doing today?' And the response was this is a day of grateful and celebration, so go journal about that. And then be in it for the rest of the day.
And believe me, that is NOT what I planned for today! And yet it feels very good to just be still and soak up all this fabulous energy from the beautiful nature around me. Also great to notice when I want to hurry up & go do what I planned for today (get on-line & figure out where I will be staying after I leave here on Friday). Yet when I take a couple of deep breaths & check in with Source, it feels perfect just to be grateful and celebrate. Right here. With the beautiful trees and nature all around me just loving me, with the overcast gray skies smiling down on me, reading a book, sipping on a cup of tea. Grateful, celebrating...the many downs and ups, joys and upsets, illness and well being, people and things, that brought me to now. Grateful and celebrating here now. So very blessed!
Cheers to you and wanting you to have your own day of grateful and celebration. SAVOR every last morsel of it! I definitely am!
AHHHH, lunch is served. And believe me - Nicola (the owner of Martinsell Centre) is an artist in the kitchen! Her vegetarian dishes are YUMMY! And lovely to have someone like her cooking for me.
Love & Hugs To Each of You!
Sunday, July 18, 2010
crop circles - 9 July 2010
Well, yes, there's a delay in my blog posting. I'm writng now on 18 July from Aberystwyth, Wales. More on that later.
Crop circles! 9 July. What a GREAT experience. Being in a two-seater (pilot & passenger) plane flying over three crop circles near where we were staying - Oare (Martinsell Centre). From the air, so AMAZING to see them as they are VERY large. And to feel the energy as we circled over each of them. At some point, I'll post photos I've taken.
In the afternoon, we went via car to one crop circle - I think Olivier said this one was 4 days old. It was sunny and bloody hot! Which was fine as all that sun heated the earth & wheat field for that night we'd be meditating and sleeping in one of the crop circles.
The crop circle was quite large. And energetically - well my senses were not picking up much energetically, except when I went into the formation, I noticed I followed the flow of how the wheat stalks were laying down. I felt like I was in a labryrith after a while. Very peaceful, quiet, thought provoking.
They say that it's best to visit the crop circle soon after it is formed to gain the most from the energy there.
Meanwhile, we left that particular crop circle and returned to Martinsell Centre for a YUMMY and I do mean YUMMY dinner prepped by Nicola the owner. Looked at some awesome photos of various crop circles taken by our guide Olivier - such a gifted photographer!
Then it was time to go to the crop circle. We got there around 8:30. Mind you, where we are located, given the time of the year, it stays light until well after 9 pm. And starts getting light after 4 am. So we arrived at the crop circle when the sun was setting. And I was very happy it had been bloody hot that day as the field was still warm when we arrived from the hot sun.
We checked with Source and the meditation would be in the center of the crop circle. Thus we were sat in a circle within a circle. As I type this post, I am transported back to those moments during our meditation. Where I heard all the songs of the birds. The stillness of sunset. The energy of the meditation. The beauty of the sunset. The grayness of a partially overcast sky overhead.
We checked and we were to remain in the crop circle to sleep, so we put out our wool blankets. Thank you Source for the bloody hot day as the ground was still warm around 10 pm. We created a circle with our heads to the center and our feet to the outside.
As I settled in I realized I'd forgotten my earplugs - a necessary aid for moi, since noises like snoring keep me from falling asleep. Sure enough as soon as I fell asleep, folks were stirring. The dew was settling. And the temp was chilling. It was after 1 am and it was decided that it was time to leave. Bummer -- as I had just fallen asleep and wanted to see the dawn break in the crop circle. Yet I was ok to head back to the Martinsell Centre.
Definitely an experience I won't forget. AND would definitely do again. Interestingly enough, in discussion with Olivier and Nicola, few folks sleep in the crop circles. They often visit. Or meditate. Yet rarely sleep in them.
Yet another Source guided adventure!
Crop circles! 9 July. What a GREAT experience. Being in a two-seater (pilot & passenger) plane flying over three crop circles near where we were staying - Oare (Martinsell Centre). From the air, so AMAZING to see them as they are VERY large. And to feel the energy as we circled over each of them. At some point, I'll post photos I've taken.
In the afternoon, we went via car to one crop circle - I think Olivier said this one was 4 days old. It was sunny and bloody hot! Which was fine as all that sun heated the earth & wheat field for that night we'd be meditating and sleeping in one of the crop circles.
The crop circle was quite large. And energetically - well my senses were not picking up much energetically, except when I went into the formation, I noticed I followed the flow of how the wheat stalks were laying down. I felt like I was in a labryrith after a while. Very peaceful, quiet, thought provoking.
They say that it's best to visit the crop circle soon after it is formed to gain the most from the energy there.
Meanwhile, we left that particular crop circle and returned to Martinsell Centre for a YUMMY and I do mean YUMMY dinner prepped by Nicola the owner. Looked at some awesome photos of various crop circles taken by our guide Olivier - such a gifted photographer!
Then it was time to go to the crop circle. We got there around 8:30. Mind you, where we are located, given the time of the year, it stays light until well after 9 pm. And starts getting light after 4 am. So we arrived at the crop circle when the sun was setting. And I was very happy it had been bloody hot that day as the field was still warm when we arrived from the hot sun.
We checked with Source and the meditation would be in the center of the crop circle. Thus we were sat in a circle within a circle. As I type this post, I am transported back to those moments during our meditation. Where I heard all the songs of the birds. The stillness of sunset. The energy of the meditation. The beauty of the sunset. The grayness of a partially overcast sky overhead.
We checked and we were to remain in the crop circle to sleep, so we put out our wool blankets. Thank you Source for the bloody hot day as the ground was still warm around 10 pm. We created a circle with our heads to the center and our feet to the outside.
As I settled in I realized I'd forgotten my earplugs - a necessary aid for moi, since noises like snoring keep me from falling asleep. Sure enough as soon as I fell asleep, folks were stirring. The dew was settling. And the temp was chilling. It was after 1 am and it was decided that it was time to leave. Bummer -- as I had just fallen asleep and wanted to see the dawn break in the crop circle. Yet I was ok to head back to the Martinsell Centre.
Definitely an experience I won't forget. AND would definitely do again. Interestingly enough, in discussion with Olivier and Nicola, few folks sleep in the crop circles. They often visit. Or meditate. Yet rarely sleep in them.
Yet another Source guided adventure!
Monday, July 5, 2010
Forthampton Court 2 to 5 July 2010
Arrived 2 July to Forthampton Court, Glouchestershire, GL19 4RD around 6 pm after a l..o..n..g (10 hours) flight plus about 2+ hour drive to our AMAZING accommodations! A wing of an estate house - the servants quarters-I think that's what this wing is. A charming couple are the owners. They graciously gave us a tour of their home yesterday 4 July and ended with bubbly to celebrate 4 July. Fascinating, interesting couple with the same to be said about the husband's family history. This place has been in the family for many, many generations. And is part of several estates owned by the family.
Anywho, it's now 5 July and it seems like I'm finally into this time zone. So peacful and quiet here in the country. LOVE it!
Traveling with a group (in this case there are a total of 9) is always interesting. I feel like a little kid - not wanting to sleep because I don't want to miss out on things. Especially since I'm in a new place. So many new things to see. Experience. Feel.
Like just now, I went with two of the folks to the grocery store Morrisons to shop for the group. That was an experience - being on the passenger side in the front seat! And NOT one I will do again, especially AFTER waking from a nice mid-afternoon nap! I agree with the driver - it's NOT fun being the passenger in the front seat. Not only seeing the left side of the road so close, especially on those narrow country roads. It's helping the driver remember to turn right and stay to the left. Or turn left and stay to the left.
Then there's the grocery store. How civilized (yes, I know Glenn, you'll like that I said that!). The checkers are seated! That's since the shoppers bag their own groceries! And the carts have a separate space in the front for things like large bottles of water. The types of tea were also different - like I bought a lime and ginger tea. LOVE touring grcoery stores when I travel to check out the similiarities and differences from the States!
Today was a lowkey day (no touring) so I was able to take an afternoon nap. Lovely!
Saturday, 3 July, we drove about an hour to Stroud to the farmer's market. That was fun. Although by comparison, the San Francisco Ferry Building farmer's market on Sat is HUGE! This farmer's market is the largest in England and it was quaint on the narrow street of Stroud.
Sunday, 4 July, Happy Independence Day! We went to Broadway in the Cottswolds to walk about and eat lunch. Then drove through Chipping Chamden & then home to meet up with the owners for a tour of their beautiful and expansive home. What can I say, it's so beautiful in that old way.
Well, the yummy smells are wafting from the kitchen next door, into this huge sitting area where I'm blogging. I'm hungry! So I will go into the kitchen to eat another yummy meal prepared by our fabulous chefs (my travel mates).
Ciao! Adio! Love & Hugs!
Anywho, it's now 5 July and it seems like I'm finally into this time zone. So peacful and quiet here in the country. LOVE it!
Traveling with a group (in this case there are a total of 9) is always interesting. I feel like a little kid - not wanting to sleep because I don't want to miss out on things. Especially since I'm in a new place. So many new things to see. Experience. Feel.
Like just now, I went with two of the folks to the grocery store Morrisons to shop for the group. That was an experience - being on the passenger side in the front seat! And NOT one I will do again, especially AFTER waking from a nice mid-afternoon nap! I agree with the driver - it's NOT fun being the passenger in the front seat. Not only seeing the left side of the road so close, especially on those narrow country roads. It's helping the driver remember to turn right and stay to the left. Or turn left and stay to the left.
Then there's the grocery store. How civilized (yes, I know Glenn, you'll like that I said that!). The checkers are seated! That's since the shoppers bag their own groceries! And the carts have a separate space in the front for things like large bottles of water. The types of tea were also different - like I bought a lime and ginger tea. LOVE touring grcoery stores when I travel to check out the similiarities and differences from the States!
Today was a lowkey day (no touring) so I was able to take an afternoon nap. Lovely!
Saturday, 3 July, we drove about an hour to Stroud to the farmer's market. That was fun. Although by comparison, the San Francisco Ferry Building farmer's market on Sat is HUGE! This farmer's market is the largest in England and it was quaint on the narrow street of Stroud.
Sunday, 4 July, Happy Independence Day! We went to Broadway in the Cottswolds to walk about and eat lunch. Then drove through Chipping Chamden & then home to meet up with the owners for a tour of their beautiful and expansive home. What can I say, it's so beautiful in that old way.
Well, the yummy smells are wafting from the kitchen next door, into this huge sitting area where I'm blogging. I'm hungry! So I will go into the kitchen to eat another yummy meal prepared by our fabulous chefs (my travel mates).
Ciao! Adio! Love & Hugs!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
off on an adventure
13 June 2010...11:40 am
Well, I am living proof that with time, intention, self-love, lots of support from those all around me, one can return to well-being. That does NOT mean that all the medical tests don't yield the same results. Or the diagnosis from the MDs differ. Just means that my entire outlook is "well-being" and so it is. Plus I've released a lot of internal energetic emotional stuff that was no longer needed.
That said, it's time for the next chapter in my life...and since the beginning of the year 2010...I am in the midst of four BIG happenings. The last three I would not believe at beginning 2010 would have happened for me now. Just goes to show, ALL IS POSSIBLE!
continuing the healing work to clear out blocks and barriers to abundance (versus scarcity) in my life. Thank Moi for showing up! Thank You Source! Thank You Dancing with Source processes used solo! Thank You for all the exchange sessions with other gifted and amazing Dancing with Source Master Facilitators!
offering private sessions as a Master Facilitator of advanced energetic healing
http://dancingwithsource.com/master_facilitators/nina-chong.html
in relationship with a loving, supportive man. He's Extraordinaire! We're both grateful to have crossed paths.
embarking on an 8 week travel adventure where I don't have a planned itinerary of where I'm staying (and I leave in 17 days). Tom calls it my walkabout! Don't know much about walkabouts AND it sounds FUN, so I'm there!
No wonder I need lots of sleep! I know, I know - this coming from the self-proclaimed Queen of Sleep!
Anywho, ALL GOOD to stretch me in ways I've not been stretched before. Or if I was stretched that way before, NOW I can see if I respond in the way I am NOW or the way I was before. Either way, it's ALL GOOD!
So stay tuned to this blog...the 8 week travel adventure / walkabout really began at the beginning of 2010 when I said I wanted to travel from July to December 2010 to see friends I had not seen in a while. There's power in them words!
Ciao! Adio! XO! Laughs! Light!
Well, I am living proof that with time, intention, self-love, lots of support from those all around me, one can return to well-being. That does NOT mean that all the medical tests don't yield the same results. Or the diagnosis from the MDs differ. Just means that my entire outlook is "well-being" and so it is. Plus I've released a lot of internal energetic emotional stuff that was no longer needed.
That said, it's time for the next chapter in my life...and since the beginning of the year 2010...I am in the midst of four BIG happenings. The last three I would not believe at beginning 2010 would have happened for me now. Just goes to show, ALL IS POSSIBLE!
continuing the healing work to clear out blocks and barriers to abundance (versus scarcity) in my life. Thank Moi for showing up! Thank You Source! Thank You Dancing with Source processes used solo! Thank You for all the exchange sessions with other gifted and amazing Dancing with Source Master Facilitators!
offering private sessions as a Master Facilitator of advanced energetic healing
http://dancingwithsource.com/master_facilitators/nina-chong.html
in relationship with a loving, supportive man. He's Extraordinaire! We're both grateful to have crossed paths.
embarking on an 8 week travel adventure where I don't have a planned itinerary of where I'm staying (and I leave in 17 days). Tom calls it my walkabout! Don't know much about walkabouts AND it sounds FUN, so I'm there!
No wonder I need lots of sleep! I know, I know - this coming from the self-proclaimed Queen of Sleep!
Anywho, ALL GOOD to stretch me in ways I've not been stretched before. Or if I was stretched that way before, NOW I can see if I respond in the way I am NOW or the way I was before. Either way, it's ALL GOOD!
So stay tuned to this blog...the 8 week travel adventure / walkabout really began at the beginning of 2010 when I said I wanted to travel from July to December 2010 to see friends I had not seen in a while. There's power in them words!
Ciao! Adio! XO! Laughs! Light!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
12+ months YAHOO!
Tues, 4 May 2010...3:36 pm...EDT
Well March-end marked 12 consecutive months of well-being! WEE-OO! And April marked the end of 54 years of living and the beginning of year 55. WEE-OO!
So glad I blogged and morning paged along the way. While I and friends/family noticed the change in me as time went by. Definitely one of the ways to keep me focused on the Light side of things. So that when the Shadows and Dark try to settle in, they get received yet don't stay for long.
Anywho, where do I go from here? Well, maintenance & upkeep. Lifestyle changes requires maintenance & upkeep. It's like your body. Among all of its many wonders, it has a fabulous digestive system which works wonders when optimally functioning. And so it is with my entire system - now I feel I have in place what I need to ensure my system is optimally functioning, so that what does not serve, gets eliminated (and taken into the Light). And an early-warning system.
May you have in place all that you need to do the same! For your optimal health and well-being!
Love & Hugs!
Well March-end marked 12 consecutive months of well-being! WEE-OO! And April marked the end of 54 years of living and the beginning of year 55. WEE-OO!
So glad I blogged and morning paged along the way. While I and friends/family noticed the change in me as time went by. Definitely one of the ways to keep me focused on the Light side of things. So that when the Shadows and Dark try to settle in, they get received yet don't stay for long.
Anywho, where do I go from here? Well, maintenance & upkeep. Lifestyle changes requires maintenance & upkeep. It's like your body. Among all of its many wonders, it has a fabulous digestive system which works wonders when optimally functioning. And so it is with my entire system - now I feel I have in place what I need to ensure my system is optimally functioning, so that what does not serve, gets eliminated (and taken into the Light). And an early-warning system.
May you have in place all that you need to do the same! For your optimal health and well-being!
Love & Hugs!
Monday, February 15, 2010
food
15 February 2010, 6:56 pm...
I am watching Julia and Julie! And eatting a fantastic tasting raw salad! Yes, I definitely will go to cooking school. It's something a voice inside (probably my mother's) is saying I should not do. I should find a good-paying job. With benefits. And save up for my retirement. Blah! Blah! Blah! Yet @ 53 years old, I feel like I've given my life to others. What others wanted me to do! Even when I said it was what I wanted to do, was it really?
Anywho, I always loved the Joy of Cooking. My copy is well-worn and well-used. The lemon curd cookie squares recipe is to die for! And is always a hit when I was (yes, was) baking all my holiday cookies. I stopped baking when the JOY was no longer there. That was a sign if there ever was one. When the joy is no longer in something that once brought me so much joy, well, one would notice these things, if one was not going many miles a minute!
These days I go slowly not because of my health, because it feels like the thing to do. To SAVOR every moment, minute by minute. To feel JOY! So I decided that since I'm not in cooking school...yet! That I will get a raw living food cookbook and play with all the recipes. For I am about 80% raw veggies. The local organic produce delivery every Wed is a surprise. And has stretched me on quick and easy ways to prepare the veggies. I've become quite handy with my mandoline. And chef knife. Vitamixer. Like everything in life: Experiment! Experience! Have fun! Thank you Julie and Julia! for reminding to experiment! experience! have fun! And of course, have a few meltdowns from time to time! LOL
Bon Appetit!
I am watching Julia and Julie! And eatting a fantastic tasting raw salad! Yes, I definitely will go to cooking school. It's something a voice inside (probably my mother's) is saying I should not do. I should find a good-paying job. With benefits. And save up for my retirement. Blah! Blah! Blah! Yet @ 53 years old, I feel like I've given my life to others. What others wanted me to do! Even when I said it was what I wanted to do, was it really?
Anywho, I always loved the Joy of Cooking. My copy is well-worn and well-used. The lemon curd cookie squares recipe is to die for! And is always a hit when I was (yes, was) baking all my holiday cookies. I stopped baking when the JOY was no longer there. That was a sign if there ever was one. When the joy is no longer in something that once brought me so much joy, well, one would notice these things, if one was not going many miles a minute!
These days I go slowly not because of my health, because it feels like the thing to do. To SAVOR every moment, minute by minute. To feel JOY! So I decided that since I'm not in cooking school...yet! That I will get a raw living food cookbook and play with all the recipes. For I am about 80% raw veggies. The local organic produce delivery every Wed is a surprise. And has stretched me on quick and easy ways to prepare the veggies. I've become quite handy with my mandoline. And chef knife. Vitamixer. Like everything in life: Experiment! Experience! Have fun! Thank you Julie and Julia! for reminding to experiment! experience! have fun! And of course, have a few meltdowns from time to time! LOL
Bon Appetit!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Ten Months!
9:07 pm, Wednesday 10 February 2010
Feels good to be on the other side of well-being! So I'm moving through the 11th month of consecutive well-being. And am getting reminders from Source and my practioners, to s.l.o.w down. Like when I used to get a cold and after all the congestion, coughing, etc ends, I jump back into doing lots of stuff. Well, in this case, I realize today that I have come a long way to regain my life balance and well-being. And in doing so, I notice when I am upsetting that delicate balance.
Anywho, asked Source to bring it on! And in response, I was offered a great opportunity to identify and dismantle my barriers to abundance. This is from working with a group of Dancing with Source graduates. That began 31 January. Thus will be interesting to see how the year un-folds.
Hmm, boils down to - my actions are based on whose guidance? Mind? Ego? Body? Money? Other people? Past history? Source?
Ain't Life FUN!?
Feels good to be on the other side of well-being! So I'm moving through the 11th month of consecutive well-being. And am getting reminders from Source and my practioners, to s.l.o.w down. Like when I used to get a cold and after all the congestion, coughing, etc ends, I jump back into doing lots of stuff. Well, in this case, I realize today that I have come a long way to regain my life balance and well-being. And in doing so, I notice when I am upsetting that delicate balance.
Anywho, asked Source to bring it on! And in response, I was offered a great opportunity to identify and dismantle my barriers to abundance. This is from working with a group of Dancing with Source graduates. That began 31 January. Thus will be interesting to see how the year un-folds.
Hmm, boils down to - my actions are based on whose guidance? Mind? Ego? Body? Money? Other people? Past history? Source?
Ain't Life FUN!?
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