Take control of your health!

There is a lot of talk among the New Age communities about a return to feminine energy and a return to feminine leadership.  Somehow, it is believed that with women in charge we will somehow clean up all of the world’s problems and magically bring civilization back to a place of beauty and harmony living off the land in a peaceful nurturing way.  I am not sure that this is truly how it will be.   But we can all live in this dream of creation and hopefulness as we anticipate the coming of 2012.  I believe that the time is here when we must begin to usher in this new energy.  Make room  in our mental closets, open our minds, touch our hearts and let our spirits flow.    So what does USHER really mean?  When I look up the word usher-I get this definition-(To bring forward (a plan, for example) for consideration.)  Yes it is time, 2010 is the time to bring forward the age of restoration.  To restore the peace, harmony and love…. all that we have lost with all the  excess male energy surrounding the universe.   We are living in the second and third Chakras.  This can be very harmful  to us as a society.  We are beginning to see the harm and destruction that this can cause.   In one of my previous articles, I write about the difference of the male and feminine energies and how they are represented in our bodies, right and left side.   Today with much meditation and help from the guides that are using my fingers right now to write this, I know different, the male energy has its inception in the lower half of the body and the female energy rules the upper part of the body.  Chakras one, two and three are ruled by the male dominance, and the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh Chakras are ruled by the dominance of the female light, the female energy.  This can only be known by those who listen and tune themselves into their own energy.  When we begin to respect and usher in this great energy that lives in all of us …. male and female….we begin to heal our lives, our planet, our world and our own light.  So with this I chant this feminine energy yoga chant:

Namah Shivaya Gurave Saccidananda  Murtaye Nishprapaneaya Shantaya Niralambaya Tejase

Chant with me as we usher in the beauty and the splendor of this feminine energy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7pSswcI6YM

 Namaste,

Marti Angel

Today, is a special day.  April 30th, 1983  — someone whom I loved dearly was taken from me in a very dramatic and horrific manner.   I was teaching yoga to 4 year olds, at the local gym and I got an emergency call from an unknown detective.   Then I looked up and the television was on the news channel, all of a sudden, I was whisked away by the manager as he covered my eyes, and said don’t watch come with me as he took me to the back room to call home.   I called home and I spoke with my father, he said “come home immediately!”   I called my husband and told him to meet me at my parents home.   When I arrived It was the most solemn scene I could imagine. It was out of the twilight zone.  There were 3 black town cars parked outside my parents home and about 4 men in black suits standing around the entrance of the house.  I walked inside, as I did I heard the horrible wails and crying of my mother and my aunt.  I looked up and my father was also in tears.   What happened? What in the world happened to hurt everyone so much?  All I kept thinking was “Dear God what do I do? I walked into the living room and a detective identified himself, I asked what was going on.  He said “I am sorry to tell you this, but your grandmother and her husband were shot to death in the early morning hours, with sawed off shot gun, while they were sleeping so I don’t think they felt any pain.”  We need someone to identify the remains at the home and we think it should be you, because your mom and your aunt don’t seem to have the strength to do this.   Within 2 seconds my world came crashing down on me!   WHO? WHAT? WHEN?  I felt my legs go weak underneath me, I inhaled the biggest breath as I gasped and keeled over, I thought I was going to be sick! It felt as though someone had knocked the wind out of me. I began to sweat. My ears were ringing.   I cannot remember if I was crying or not……… … the details only got worse…………….. I only know that an angel was with me, because I felt a wave of love and strength come over me.  My angel was there to help me, I felt this, I know this.        It is now my angel who tells me it’s time to tell YOU!   It is time to let go and heal.   It has been a long time but it is time to heal.     To YOU who took away the life of my grama whom I loved so dearly I forgive you, to YOU whom I hated so much, to YOU who I wished  would die, to YOU whom, I spent many nights wishing your life become the worst hell!!  To YOU whom I would say your name and spit on the ground and smash it with all my might.  To YOU whom I prayed would burn in hell for what you did.  To YOU whom I wished someone would cut your throat!  To YOU whom I would spend my days thinking about ways to hurt or even kill you!

I FORGIVE YOU, FOR YOU KNOW NOT WHAT YOU DID!  Thank you, for making me a much stronger, trusting, loving and compassionate person.  May you find peace within the echoes of your mind, rest assured that I will bless you in my prayers.  For today on this the anniversary  (April 30, 2010) of this tragic and torrid event I forgive and I heal.    Thank you for giving me the opportunity to value and be grateful for all  have and all that I am.  Thank you for allowing me to have the beauty of the angel whom I am sure was my grama who was with me that day!  For all those ugly things I wished on  you, I am sorry please forgive ME, thank you and I love you!

I am at peace, I am whole, I am blessed! I am forgiven! I am healed!

Blessings and light for the rest of your path here on earth.

Namaste,

Everywhere you turn you are being bombarded with ads in every medium, weight loss miracle pills, systems, books, CDs/DVDs and contraptions.  All of which are meant to bring about the new you.   The problem with this is that it prays on our ego thoughts, weaknesses and insecurities about our self’s and our bodies. 

According to ‘Fat Exploding the Myths - by Lisa Colles’ Americans are reported to spend an estimated $50 billion each year on weight loss products and over $6 billion of that is spent on fraudulent products.  On May 8, 2009 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned consumers to immediately stop using HydroxycutÔ products because Hydroxycut products are associated with a number of serious liver injuries.  If these products actually worked we would have only slim people, hence no market for weight loss products.  We must remember that the goal of any good marketing program is to entice, lure and capture the audience, which ultimately results in the sale of their product.  The scary part of all this is that the FDA website has a list of over 70 products that are on the market today of tainted weight loss pharmaceuticals–many of which continue to be sold today.

These are just some of the many warnings overlooked by those who are trying to lose weight.  True weight loss begins with acceptance of the fact that we are fully responsible for the state of our current weight.   There are no miracle cures that work for everyone across the board.  Every person brings with them a very unique physical makeup, mind and spirit which determines the outcome of the results.

True weight loss is a matter of the mind.  We must begin with searching for the reason that we have the extra weight.  The Ancient practice of Yoga tells us to love ourselves and learn to accept who we are from the inside out.  We must deal with the fact that the only reason that we are not satisfied with ourselves is because we do not truly love ourselves.  One of the eight limbs of yoga teaches us that we should practice ahimsa, compassion for all living things that includes ourselves.  When we begin to practice ahimsa; we find that we begin to accept responsibility for who and what we are.  Changing our physical bodies begins there. We must accept our current state and that becomes our basis for change.

Mentally and emotionally, we need to accept responsibility for what we look like now.  We need to practice forgiveness, caring and love.  By mentally saying “ I love you” as we look into the mirror we access the deepest blocks that have kept us hostage.   The change that begins to happen is subtle but very powerful.  When we begin to change our attitude towards ourselves we begin to unfold like the lotus blossom, petal by petal.  Weight loss requires dual brain action. Once we work on the weight loss from the right brain, lovingly and creatively we can then begin to work on it by using the left-brain factually and logically, which then becomes a matter of simple math.

Mathematically speaking we must burn more calories then we intake.  For every pound that we gain we have eaten approximately 3,500 calories more than we have used.   Now granted this is a simplistic version, but it does merit us taking a good, strong, look at our caloric intake.  

Interestingly, if we change our mindset of memes that we have bought into we can also begin to change our body.   Healing your body from the inside out, and taking control of your health is the true and only key to weight loss, all the other things are just tools that we can use to help us get to our destination.  Remember, this can be a roller coaster ride, but my best advice is hold on tight and do what it takes to get off this ride in a safe, positive, healthy and loving manner.  Use caution and seek professional guidance when deciding to take any pharmaceutical product. 

Namaste,

Marti Angel

Today is a healing day.  As a Reiki master level three with more than 3 certification from three different schools of Reiki, I have come to be able not only to feel energy, but to see energy.  This seeing is something I  was born with.  As a child I remember thinking that I was posessed and that I was a devil child.  Why could I seem to do things with my mind that other kids did not.  I remember wishing bad things on a person and with my eyes fixed on the person, I would bring the feelings of hurt, destruction and terror to my mind and heart.  I would stare at the person with the coldest thoughts and simultaneously thinking the words ” Harm, Hate, Anger and Revenge. My body would begin to heat up and then all of a sudden I would hear the person who was the object of this energy, scream stop it, stop it!  Those words would break my concentration and before I knew it I was in total shock by the tears and fear I saw in that persons eyes.  I would ask “What happened?” not conciously knowing the harm I was causing or that I was the one causing this harm with my thoughts, emotions and feelings.  Then all of a sudden I would get this overwhelming feeling that I was bad, I was a bad seed, this was not God’s work but the work of the devil.  I felt awful.   I remember being the only one on the block that everyone wanted to play the Ouija board with, I could make the eye move without touching it.  It would move on its own.  I could make doors close and people hurt.   Why?   Why?  Why me?  How could I be so bad, so dark, so ugly.  I remember being afraid to go to church for fear that I would burn inside, after all that was what happened to bad people.  Who could help me?  The only person who could help me was my grandmother, who on her death bed said to me- You are different of the 23 grandkids, You can see.  Why me? I was the oldest of the 5th son.  I was born on the 5th month.  I was 5 when I began to manifest this “curse”.  All of my young life, as a teenager, I was living in fear that I must be in control or else the bad in me might come out.  I did everything I could to hide this thing inside me.  I did not realize that It was a part of me.  What was it that I could make people hurt? Revenge? Anger? Fear?  As an adult, I have come to realize that this “thing” could have consumed me.  It could have ruined my life if I allowed it.  I never realized that people could sense it.  I went to psychics and readers who all told me that I could be the one doing the reading, that I had psychic powers.  I never believed them.  I spent my entire adult life looking and searching for answers, never having faith that I was not given a curse but had been given a gift.  So today, I have come to know that I don’t have a curse but a gift.  I am healing.  I am healing.  I am love.  I have been given the gift of healing others and helping them find their healing.  I am sharing who I am.  I am ready.   After living a life that would make a reality show seen like a cartoon, I am ready to heal, to love and to accept all that I am and all that I have.  Now in the age of Aquarius beautiful things will happen, 2010 is the beginning of a new earth, new world, new love.  May my healing bring all of you to a place of silence, love and understanding.

Namaste,

The Essence of Presence

By Marti Angel

It has been said that when you pray you should come to the altar with humility, gratitude and love in your heart.  Truthfully, it is very rare for any of us to truly come to any place, relationship or situation in our life with this presence.  If we did, this would be the most life changing experience we could imagine.  Think about it…When was the last time you came to any relationship or conversation with this presence? 

What this world needs right now is this, the essence of presence.  In these times of stress we should feel thankful for all that we are and all that we have.   We need to take time to evaluate how our life is unfolding, if it is playing out in the most marvelously positive manner then I say please continue on that path, but on the other hand if your life is unraveling and can use some love, patience, focus, or caring, then you need to realize this simple fact, that how you show up to any encounter is what you will receive.

It is very easy to continue on the same path and it may be unraveling in a truly negative way but because we are creatures of habit, rather than change, we tread forward continuing the negativity in all our relationships; personal as well as at work.  Think about it-If you go into a conversation with a head full of negative thought and emotions that come from the thought, than you will only cultivate a negative outcome.  Is that really what you want? 

It is human nature to want to be loved and feel loved.  Knowing this fact will help us to create the kinds of relationships that we truly want and desire to have in our life.   How many times have you built up some negative emotions toward a person based on thoughts that you have cultivated yourself, then picked up the phone to call that person?  It doesn’t take much to realize the outcome of that interaction. Why do we continue on our path of destruction?  It is because we are reactionary creatures that seem to be driven by our own thoughts and demons. 

We must come to a place of healing within our hearts and realize that how we show up for any circumstance or interactions in our life will determine the outcome.   Feel the essence of your presence. Take the time to be humble.

Take a moment, take a deep breath and listen to your thoughts. See where they are leading your emotions, if you are being led down the path of destruction by your own thoughts, than awaken to the fact that it would not be a good time to react, such as by interacting with the person who is the intended recipient of those emotions.

Set your intentions to be full of gratitude and love.  In your mind say “ I love you” then continue to move towards the situation, circumstance or person.

When we realize that the essence of the presence we bring to every encounter in our life, will unequivocally determine the outcome, then we can begin to awaken the true nature of our being, which is to love and be loved.

So in this time of gratitude remember to feel deep down inside, the essence of your presence.  Presence will serve to guide your life in a positive and healing way.

In yoga we use the yoga sutras as a guide for our mind, the asanas as a practice for the body and breath as a practice for our spirit. We must learn to practice acceptance and gratitude for what we have right now, and this will in turn help us to harness the power to change our beliefs. We must unblock and remove the obstacles which in yoga are known as Avidya. I found this video that accents the message of the importance of acceptance. My thanks to the makers of this video. As you watch remember your yoga!

Namaste,

This is an unusual blog post for me, but I am increasingly finding myself amazed at the frenzy folks are working themselves into.  I think this period we are going through right now as individuals and as a society is a time for growth and spirituality.  It is my opinion that the last decade has been one of living beyond our means and growing our businesses, personal lives and spiritual lives through the competitive mind, at any cost.  It was all about who had more or who could climb the highest ladder for the highest position.  It was about keeping up with the Jones’ no matter what!   This attitude may have cost some thier physical health.  We took our health for granted for one thing, as well as taking many other things for granted like our relationships and lives.   I am not one for citing the biblical phrases but this era that has just come to a screeching halt was  the 21st century version of “Sodom and Gomorrah“.   This all had to stop, and stop it did!  But, and this is the point we are all missing, this is a time for reflection, growth and spirituality.  As Marianne Williamson says in a couple of her audio books and presentations, “the Universe will always give you a second chance to get things right.”   Folks, that is waht we have right now right here! a second chance to see the error of our ways!  A chance to get back to basics and rebuild society, friendships, relationships, businesses, health and of course our lives throught the Creative mind, not the competitive mind.   It is a chance to help our neighbors!  Perhaps we alson cannot buy a home, but we can always pool our resources toether and buy one with a group, and then we can all rent it out or live in it.  It sure beats being homeless!  We must value our health first, come to realize that without that noting else matters!!!  If someone has bad credit due to unforseen circumstances then we can help them by cosigning or something more creative.  It is time for all of us to think out of the box and begin to create a society that we can all be proud of!!!  We can train others to learn to be better employees, business owners, and entrepreneurs.   We can all benefit from this time.  You will always have choices to make through these times but it is about time that we make those choices more consciously and presently, As we begin to do this we will all begin to see our world change for the better.   As my friend says ” This too shall pass!”  But let it pass with us being in the present moment and uniting our creative minds to ee how we can help others first, the rest will come!!!   Your mantra for this recession should be

“How may I serve?”  and when you do this the universe will serve you with all positive things!  Stay well my friends!

Namaste,

Feb. 14th, 5:00 am eastern time and 7:00 am Pacific time.  We ushered in the “New Age of Aquarius”.  If you remember a long time ago the “5th dimension” used their music to convey just that message to us to foretell a coming of a beautiful era. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EegRh8Z4H-o&feature=PlayList&p=0433DEF616F340F8&playnext=1&index=21 

When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars

This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius
Aquarius!  Aquarius!

Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind’s true liberation
Aquarius!  Aquarius!

When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars

This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius
Aquarius!  Aquarius!

Let the sun shine, Let the sun shine in
The sun shine in

—Lyrics —-

We are ready for change.  We must remember that we need to be the change we want to see.  If you want to see more compassion in this world then seek first to be compassionate.  If it is more abundance we want to see in this world then seek first to be generous.  If is is more love we want to experience in this world then we must seek first to be more loving.   In this era we must be true to ourselves, our inner self s.  We must launch our businesses with an intent to provide a service without competitiveness only creativeness.  We must educate for more peaceful living and creativity to thrive and regenerate that what was lost.  We have had our values compromised, by our gluttony in this society, our need to have and be more by using and stepping on each other can no longer keep this economy, and world afloat.  We must rethink our values and begin to search within for the love we have lost.  The love for all human and animal kind.

“The “New Age” is actually a synthesis of many different beliefs and currents of thought, the emphasis being on a rejection of the limitations of reductionist materialism and an emphasis on the way that one can alter one’s personal reality through the application of belief, visualization, and positive affirmation. In a sense it is a spiritual awakening, an activation of the “theosphere”, an integration of holistic healing, alternative spirituality, esotericism, environmental sensitivity, alternative life-styles, awareness of other dimensions of existence, and attunement to the cosmos.  We will be more accepting of others with special gifts and talents. “In the New Age we break free of centuries of false doctrines, destructive indoctrinations, absurd ideas, and children’s stories about God, education, medicine, and love. The corrupt foundations of false society crumble. This time of crises is not the signal of the end of the world. What comes is not the end, but the beginning. The dream humanity has lived for centuries ends and we awaken to a bright new day, a bright new way .

Now in the Age of Aquarius, everything becomes unified. All our differences, all our dualities mix together like the fragrances of a flower shop, with all of the different flowers adding their bouquet to the overall mix until they are inseparable. Each individual flower remains distinct and individual, each one’s fragrance is unique and discernible when you come up close to it, yet joined together in unity with the others in the wonderful mixture that is the smell of the shop.” 1

Our individual worth comes from inside, from what we have inside, through our development, our evolution, and what we can give to society. Now our drastic differences dissolve and we integrate into the whole. We integrate and unify with the energy of the universe, with the great cosmic spirit.
With this comes healing as well, we begin to heal our minds, bodies and spirits.  It is my hope and vision that we hear this:  ” Hi, honey this is dad, let mom know when she is done with her meditation that I am stopping off to get my Chakra’s balanced, and I will be home soon!”     I for one am ready for this beautiful change, come with me as we all take part in the healing of our universe.

Namaste,

The Om Diva

1. Dan Costian (Ph.D), Bible Enlightened, 1995, p. 254-61

There are no guarantees as to how long we will live on this earth, there is only hope and faith both of which involve prayer and spirituality, all of which are the essence of our beings.  Our bodies are simply a dwelling that was gifted to us to dwell in during our short time on this earth.

Dear Kathylee,  as you prpare to leave your body in the presence of your good friend, I am glad that you have the dignity of your privacy.  As I ponder the news that you are preparing to leave your body, I find that it is so appropriate in honor of you that your time should come on this “Yoga Day Weekend”.  You lived your life as a yogini and as such you blessed and touched many lives.  I feel very honored and blessed that I was one of those lucky people.

The thought of you preparing to leave your body brings to my heart a sense of wanting.  Wanting to know the feelings, thoughts and emotions you are experiencing as you prepare to leave this finite land we call earth and move into the infinite realm of joy.  The news did not come as a surprise to me, for you had prepared me for this the last time we met.  I am however very sad and I want you to know you will be missed.

Dear kathylee, you and your infinite wisdom will be missed by many. You touched many lives as you gave your life to be a servant of yoga. You gave service to all who wanted, needed or called on you for help.  You touched my life with your vast knowledge, you taught me the meaning of yoga.  As a person you gave me counseling and guidance for me to be able to endure my gift that I thought was a curse.  You showed me the gift I have inside myself. You gave to me the ability to use yoga and find my spirit.  Kathy lee thank you for not judging me and for not letting me give up on myself when I felt my whole world coming to an end.  You made me see past the physical.  You helped me move on the path of knowing the difference between the ego mind and spirituality that guides me.  You helped me to take my gift and offer it to the universe.  I learned from you to be strong, gentle-minded and kind hearted.  You came into my life at one of my lowest points, when I was going through what you termed “human selfishness, greed, fear and corruption of a system that I allowed myself to trust.”    Thank you  for all your understanding, kindness and direction.  I learned how to use the yoga way to help me through.  I have one promise to make to you Kathy lee, I will write the book, I will put it out there as you told me to.  I will do it so that others can learn how to come out of the darkness of their lives as I was able to do.  That is my promise to you.  I dedicate this future book to you Kathy lee, for your clear and loving guidance.  Thank you so much for all you gave to me and to all those others who will miss you dearly.  You will be missed, but you will be remembered.  You were my mentor and my guru, my first introduction to the true essence of Yoga.  I am humbled by your legacy.  Thank you Kathy lee you are a beautiful being and soon you will be a beautiful angel.  Be one with love, light and peace.  Good bye my friend, it is hard to stay behind.  God Bless you in your transition.

Namaste,

As you all know I have been a student of the power of intention for many years now, but I  felt its power most deeply spiritually, mentally and physically the other day.  I want to share this experience with you so that you too can become keenly aware of the owe and the power of your thoughts.  I was on my normal daily routine the other day, I was feeling healthy and alive going about my business.  As I began to move about in the bedroom, I felt a wave of fear go through my body so strongly that I immediately put my attention on my thoughts.  Wham!!!!! I was flabergasted by my own thoughts, I was thinking “oh my gosh what happens if I get sick what am I going to do? I am working on a special project right now that is far away from home and I cannot just say I am going home to lie down.”  With that thought came another ” what if I do get sick what then?”  I felt this thought penetrate my whole being, I literally felt my heart hurt, the fear gripped me like I had never felt it before.  Physically I tried to take a step toward the bed and I literally could not move.  IT WAS UNCANNY!   I immeditely began to change my thoughts and tell myself why am I doing this to myself? come on Marti snap out of it, change your thoughts!  I was able to manage to change my thoughts, but I had to sit down and catch my breath.  This happened on a Sunday night…… The following Monday I came down with an awful cold.  I knew I had created this dis-ease in my body myself!   I felt miserable!

I decided to work through it and I popped in one of my favorite CD’s ” Esther and Jerry Hicks”.  In that CD I was reminded that if I created it- I should be able to cure it.   I began to think about how I love my body when it is healthy and what I look like when I am healthy, How my clothes feel when I am at my best, how my legs feel when I take a step with the pants I am wearing brushing against my thighs.  I remembered different parts of my body and its beauty and healthyness but most importantly I smiled at the feeling of health.  I know I love my body and I am thankful for it.  It has been a blessing in my life.  As each thought followed my internal emotions got stronger and stronger until something extraordinary happened I began to glow!!!!!  Yes, I did.   Then I went to bed  that evening and in the morning I felt strong and healed.   The differnce from the day before when I wase blowing my nose so much I went through 3 full boxes of kleenex to that morning was a miracle.  Even my students noticed the immediate change, One student who was as sick as I asked if he could have the recipe for my cure.  When he said that, I began to feel all warm inside and I smiled so big he asked “What? Did I say something funny?”  No, I said I am happy that I am well! I silently bowed my head in thankfulness.

Okay, I cannot explain it but I proved it to myself. I scared myself!  Then I thought how many times have I sabotaged my health in this way?  All I know is that I am thankful for the expereince.  I am blessed, I attact abundant good to me and I am humble for through true humbleness comes true strength!  Be blessed and think only positive thoughts, smile, kiss slowly and enjoy the beauty of who you are!

Namaste,