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,

I am making an all call to all of you especially all my yoga students– Help me send Reiki healing energy to Haiti.  This Sunday Jan. 24th at 4PM pst– Join me in a simple meditation for 15 min– Myself and a group of Reiki Masters-
Here is the meditation prayer:    May all those who were adversely affected by the earthquake in Haiti be deeply healed and guided to the resources and help they need. May all those providing aid including food, water, medical care and shelter and those involved in rebuilding the infrastructure be filled with the love, strength, perseverance and organizational skills needed to fulfill their purpose.
Please lets set aside ourselves our egos and please please join me to help these beautiful folks heal!

Please sit in a quiet place, begin by closing your eyes and feeling love inside your heart.  Once you are in that space begin your prayer.  You will help me in sending love and healing to a place that need it most right now.

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.

What is chlorophyll?

Chlorophyll is the chemical that makes plants green - it is similar to hemoglobin found in humans. It has many health benefits for humans that have been recognized through time. As far back in time as 1911, scientist discovered that chlorophyll had a great similarity between human red blood cells and the molecular structure of chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is the structure of a plants life source. Therefore it makes sense that it aids the human body in healing and staying strong.

As holistic nutritionist I find that many of clients are looking to help improve their overall well-being, but some do not have the motivation to make a lifestyle change that may take more of a commitment that may take more consistent behavior than they are willing to do. Simply adding chlorophyll in one way or another can make a sizeable difference.

To better understand this healing power, it is important to understand how chlorophyll affects the body. So here are some very helpful hints that may help you, by simply taking Chlorophyll daily.

Sources of chlorophyll include all green leafy vegetables like chard, kale, collard, mustard, spinach, alfalfa, and sea vegetables. Leaf lettuce, broccoli and green beans are also good sources. However, there are other sources now available that you might not recognize. Algae, including Spirulina, chlorella, and blue green algae, are primitive organisms among the first life forms on the planet. But I usually suggest liquid chlorophyll to all my clients and based on their individual need tailor the amount used by each individual client.

Chlorophyll is what I may call one of mother earths little helpers. Chlolphyll helps in the formation of healthy blood, it helps to oxygenate the blood, thereby helping to cleanse the pathway to the heart. I have taken this little miracle for some time now and I recommend it to many if not all of my clients.

Here are some benefits that may be of interest to and your health: Best of all there are no side effects.

• It helps to cleanse your blood
• It assists your body to rid it self of toxins
• It is a natural form of iron and much better on your tummy that ferrous Sulfate
• It cleanses and deodorizes the colon
• It assists in the detoxification of your liver
• It aids in hepatitis- because it cleanses the blood
• It feeds the heart by cleansing the blood
• It may assist in menstrual cramps by allowing the blood to flow
• It assists in the regulation of blood sugar
• It helps to cleanse the lungs making it great for asthma, bronchitis etc
• It helps the body heal wounds more rapidly
• It aids in body odor
• It strengthens the immune system making it more resistant to viruses
• It aids in the cleansing of nasal passages- for allergies
• It cleanses the bacteria found in the mouth aiding in better breath
• It keeps mouth sores at bay
• It can be used as a gargle for sore throats
• It helps the gums heal- Gingivitis
• It aids in hemorrhoids
• It aids in stomach ulcers
• It aids in GERD
• It aids in circulation through the body, varicose veins etc.
• It aids the body in lowering inflammation
• It aids in all digestive problems.

It’s important to assess the needs of your body when considering the use of chlorophyll. Many chlorophyll rich substances come in formulas or by themselves and can be taken for preventive measures or therapeutically.As a Nutritionist I suggest that you consult an authoritative source ( nutritionist, nutraceutical consultant or a heath care practitioner) . It is also very important to know that the source should be clean and chemical free. This information is one you can get from a nutraceutical consultant.

Marti Angel, MA
“America’s Health and Expert Lifestyle Coach”

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,

After today’s class at SWC, I believe that all my students should be practicing ahimsa, one of the “5 Wise Characteristics” from the  eight limbs of  Yoga.  Today was a powerful lesson in using the kundalini energy to remove any emotional or energetic blocks that may be suppresed by us anda pushed into our physical body without a way out, and thus manifesting into dis-ease within our bodies.  Today we investigated Brachmacharya- sense control– we moved lots of energy and I would like to hear from my students as to what they expereinced.  It is my goal to enhance the students awarenes of what True Yoga really is.   I am thankful for all of those who have been sharing this summer with me.  I am blessed!!   To all my students I ask please share your thoughts and comments about today’s class.  Namaste,

Why does it take only 1 day to create a bad habit or break a good one, yet it takes 30-40 days to create at positive habit?  I believe it is because we are socially conditioned to believe in the negative.  When you take time to analyze it, you see that we are constantly being bombarded by the media to have faith in the bad!  We are only shown one side of the story and usually that is the bad side.  Take for instance all the media coverage with Michael Jackson’s death.  When the media was covering it, they would show clips of his hey days, yet they would always go back to the bad days of the trial.   We lost a beautiful being and that is what should be covered.  We should respect the fact, and allow his family to grieve in peace.  I know from very personal experience, that when you lose someone in such a tragic way, one needs time to take it all in, digest it and work through the agony to be able to find peace within the space of this tragic event.   The last thing you want is to continue hearing and reliving this event every time you turn on the radio or watch TV and even worse the internet.  Why do they need to point out all of the bad?  When you stop to think about it, 80% of the bad news is reported 100% of the time.  The other 20% is good news  that never gets any air time.  I have yet to see any station courageous enough to report only good news!   The sad part is that the reporters would be lost, they do not know how to search and report on good news.   We as humans have the distinct tendency to believe the bad and fall into a feeling of disbelief when someone shares any good news.   So you see how we are socially conditioned to believe in the bad.   This is the major reason it take us so long to work on changing those bad beliefs to positive more productive ones.  We need to begin to change these behaviors.   This can be achieved by working on them daily.  Instead of expecting the bad, try expecting the good.  It may be hard at first, and you may feel like a hypocrite but as Yoda says “try you must”!  We all owe it to ourselves and to the universe.  So today instead of finding fault with yourself in any way, find one thing that is good about you and be thankful for that!  Each day find one more thing until slowly we all begin to ebb away at that socially conditioned behavior and break free from this dream of our inadequate self!

In love and light,

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,