I know that the global economy is in a rickety state – but how on earth does it help anyone to show hour after hour, day after day, week after week of negative news that cannot make a difference in anyone’s world? (Unless it’s to make them even more fearful than they already are!)Please take a few minutes (well, 15 minutes if you don’t mind!) to watch a portion of a video of a talk by the world-renowned Dr. Wayne D. Dyer, who wrote “The Power of Intention”. This video has some real gems in it, but for the purposes of this post, I’d like you to fast forward to the 26m:30s point, and watch the next 15 minute segment, and I hope it uplifts you like it did me. (The whole video is over 2 hours.)

Yes, things are tough, but we can all make a positive contribution to our own lives with the power of our intention and desire to improve our lives.

Watch the video:

It’s not the best sound or picture quality, but turn your speakers or headset up at the appropriate point, and enjoy it

Wishing you abundance and a good life!

Tracey

Have any of you felt that visceral fear that arises from a phobia? Where your underarms prickle, your heart rate accelerates and you act irrationally?

Then read on – this will be an eye-opener…

I was at a talk given by Michael Bradford last evening in Camden’s “Inspiral Cafe”, where he spoke on the importance of intuition and healing energy blockages, and also about finding your own true path. During the talk, which was mainly a fascinating question and answer session, he worked with several audience members and cleared their energy fields, some in just a matter of moments. It was incredibly touching to watch the reactions that people had. One girl ended up sobbing in his arms as she let go of some long-held beliefs that were holding her back in life; another man, who didn’t even approach the stage, had a stunned look on his face as he felt the energy shift within him after a brief conversation with Michael.

One thing that Michael said several times when talking about finding our life’s purpose, was to only do things that are right for you – ask yourself, “Is this in my highest and best interest?“. Answer that questionly honestly and you will be on the right path.

I then asked Michael about the relationship between energy blockages and phobias…. and unexpectedly found myself up on stage too, being worked on in what was for me an incredibly nerve-wracking moment. My phobia was about spiders; it’s something I’ve been working very hard at overcoming in recent months, with limited success. As I stood on the stage, I was shaky and perspiring, wondering what would happen up there. Spiders provoke a strong and irrational reaction in my body. If I unexpectedly see photos of spiders in a magazine, for example, I have in the past dropped the magazine, leapt up from the sofa and then wondered what the heck was wrong with me as other stared at the madwoman!

Michael checked my energy field and said that the real issue hiding “behind” the phobia was me not dealing with a perceived lack of power in my life. I didn’t really understand it at first… until he did muscle testing to check for energy blockages. Muscle testing is defined as follows:
“Based on the concept of internal energy fundamental to traditional Chinese medicine, muscle testing is a noninvasive way of evaluating the body’s imbalances and assessing its needs. It involves testing the body’s responses when applying slight pressure to a large muscle, to provide information on energy blockages, the functioning of the organs, nutritional deficiencies, and food sensitivities, among other things.” (http://www.goodhealthinfo.net/herbalists/muscle_testing.htm)

Michael told me to repeat certain statements that were patently true (e.g. My Name is Tracey) , while he tried (with a lot of strength) to lower my outstretched right arm. My arm barely budged, and that wasn’t really even due to much effort on my part.

Then when he told me to say “My real fear is about spiders”, and he did the muscle test, my arm fell like it had no strength at all! I was floored! I’m a strong person, and I could not hold my arm up! This showed that the statement was NOT true for me. To cut a long story short, through a series of probing questions, more muscle testing and getting me to forgive myself for an event in my past, Michael was able to get me to say, with conviction, that I am a powerful woman in control of my life … and I passed the muscle test with flying colours!

Sign up to Michael’s newsletter at his website (http://theintuitiveadvantage.com/) and keep an eye out for details of any talks he gives in your area – it’s well worth exploring an amazing side of our lives that we are so often unaware of.

Peace

Tracey

P.S. I’ve not encountered a spider … yet … so I can’t tell you what would happen after my healing. BUT – I have a picture of a Red Kneed bird-eating spider (!) on my noticeboard next to my computer, and for the first time I can touch the picture without having a prickly-sweat reaction under my arms… how cool is that!!!

P.P.S . I decided to search on Google images for a picture of a bird-eating spider for this post – and I have to say, my heart took a bit of strain looking at the pictures; it was pounding. But I didn’t scream, jump up or rush away. So … if you are brave, have a look at this page of pictures that I looked at: http://images.google.co.uk/images?gbv=2&hl=en&q=bird+eating+spider – it is NOT for the faint-hearted, be warned!

I could NEVER have done this before!!!

UPDATE: MAY 31ST
I was in the garden this afternoon, pulling out a few weeds & just pottering around – and came across 2 spiders in the one flower bed. So I took off my gardening gloves & (gently!) picked up one of them & let it walk on my hand – these are the same spiders that used to have me jumping up when I first encountered them in my garden 8 years ago! They aren’t QUITE in the same class as the spiders in the link above… but nevertheless, it was quite something for me to do that! Thanks again Michael!!

I was first introduced to Reiki in late 2005, when a friend recommended trying it to help with the depression I was suffering, and various other issues that were causing me a lot of stress. That’s when I met Karen , who is a Reiki Master & Teacher, and an Applied Energy Flow (AEF) and Emotional Realignment Therapy (ERT) Practitioner among other things.

Using the energy healing of Reiki and later on, ERT and AEF, I started feeling so much better about myself and my life; it has been one of the most positive things I’ve done! Another brilliant experience was being asked if I would like to learn to do Reiki myself – Karen did the Level 1 attunement for 3 of us in January 2007, and I’ve been practising it since – mostly on myself, but also on a few friends. One of my goals for 2008 is to practise a LOT more (I have just acquired a new therapy table, so no excuses now!) and do my Level 2 attunement this year. The difference that Reiki has made to me has made me want to help others in the same way.

Now that I’m starting up my work-at-home internet business, the natural thing for me is to use this and my other changing experiences, to help & motivate those of you who feel stuck in a rut, or just need to hear how someone else in a grotty situation managed to change things. I’ve done it; so can you!

As my blog & websites develop, I’ll be setting up membership programs for those of you interested in receiving newsletters on various topics, hearing interviews that I’m planning to arrange with various experts in the areas that I’m involved in or learning about, and I’m also planning a reading group of some sort, as I have a pretty good library of books on all SORTS of topics, and I’d love to explore them with others & gain new insights.

So, for now, goodbye… please write me a comment if you like the sound of these ideas, and if you have specific areas that you think would be of interest to such a community of readers…

Peace and love…
Tracey

PS Karen now practices in Salisbury, UK – so contact her via her website here.