Winds of Change
New
vision and inspiration for the journey.
A Mystery School Newsletter
from Linda Heron Wind published on each Full
Moon
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April 2, 2007, Full
Moon in Libra
(Full
at 1:16 PM Eastern Standard Time)
Energy flowing
From Heaven to Earth through me
Song through instrument
As we have moved past Equinox and spring is finally starting to settle in, we are reminded to maintain our balance. The Full Moon in Libra calls us to be in good relationship and that means creating and maintaining balance. Balance with what? Everything! Balance of inner being and outer doing, balance of work and play, balance of giving and receiving, balance of spiritual and physical, balance of masculine and feminine aspects - essentially balance of all polarities.
Good or right relationship needs to be with ourselves as well as everything and everyone around us. This is particularly important as we move into this time of manifestation, the flowering season of the Earth cycle. When we are not in good relationship, blocks stand in the way of manifesting our dreams. When we are in good relationship and balanced, the divine energy flows through us out into the world to feed our visions and goals. Take time each day to come into balance during this moon cycle.
Good relationship
Honoring all parts of me
Inside and outside
Upcoming
Workshops, Retreats and Camps with Heron
Online Mystery School
Course
Available in early April - introductory price of $120
Enroll online using paypal, credit card, or check at www.heronwind.com/prices.html
(also available in workbook form with CDs by the first of May)
Pathway to the Stars: Entering the Circle of the Soul
Mystery School takes us on a journey to higher consciousness and the embodiment of the divine energy that we are. A prerequisite to using the laws of the universe, such as the Law of Attraction, in a conscious and deliberate way, is to be in alignment with your Higher Self or Soul. Manifestation from a lower level of consciousness usually brings us more lessons on mastering ourselves rather than the result that we desire. This course helps you to master each level of consciousness so that you may become a more conscious creator in your life.
This Mystery School course consists of five lessons. Each lesson includes written material with graphics for study, a lecture, meditation exercises, homework that is emailed to Heron, and discussions questions for the discussion board. Everyone taking the course has access to the Discussion Board so opportunity is available to connect with others who are studying the same Material. You may work through the lessons at your own pace.
Lesson 1 - Circles of Consciousness
Lesson 2 - Mastering the Circle of the Mind
Lesson 3 - Mastering the Circle of the Heart
Lesson 4 - Mastering the Circle of the Soul
Lesson 5 - Living from Awareness
Problems are practice
In this Mystery School called life
Dream the solution
Spring, Summer and Fall at SHEQUAGA
in Dansville, NY:
May 18-20 Living with Joy - Hummingbird's Journey
Hummingbird is a symbol for joy and also for mythic journeys. This weekend
retreat gives us time away from our everyday world to return to the silence
of our hearts while we are serenaded by the birds, the frogs, the falls,
the wind, and our inner knowing. This retreat will provide you with alone
and silent time in nature as well as sharing circles, and opportunities
for creating sacred art. Individual time with Heron will also be available
for guidance. We will let hummingbird lead us back to ourselves, as we
discover the sweet spring of joy that flows eternally within our hearts.
Begins Friday at 7 pm and ends Sunday at noon.
$175 (limit of 15 participants, all meals provided) register by May 4
at www.circleinc.org
June 1-3 Medicine Circle - Women's Vision Quest
A Medicine Circle creates a space for you to experience in solitude a
deeper connection with yourself and with the whole circle of life that
surrounds you from sunrise to sunset. Preparation for this vision quest
will be made in the form of cleansing and releasing rituals, talking circle
and hiking out on the land. When you enter your circle, you will be free
of the usual clutter to open up to a deeper part of yourself, to nature
as teacher, and to spirit. A day of creating ritual art, group process
and ceremony will help you find ways to integrate your experience into
your daily life. We will create together a loving space to explore your
growing edge and celebrate the visions that come.
Begins Friday at 10 am and ends Sunday at 4pm.
$200 (limit of 12 participants, all meals provided) register by May 18
at www.circleinc.org
June 29-July 1 Pathway to the Stars - Firefly
Retreat
Firefly reminds us of where we came from - the stars - and the light that
shines within. This retreat will provide you with time alone in nature
as well as in sharing circles and individual time with Heron. With fire
ceremony we will call the solstice energy and Star Beings to show us the
pathway to the stars, our own personal journey to embody the light. Then
by the light of the Full Moon we will journey with the fireflies to show
us the way into the future.
Begins Friday at 7 pm and ends Sunday at noon.
$175 (limit of 15 participants, all meals provided) register by June 15
at www.circleinc.org
July 27-29 Mother-Daughter Earth School
When mothers and daughters share the same deep experience of community
where each person, regardless of age, is honored for their gifts and wisdom,
magic happens! Through loving community with ourselves, each other and
the Earth, we learn how to be who we really are and the skills to take
that home to enhance the mother-daughter relationship within the family.
Children spend time in age clustered hoops as well as whole community
activities. Mothers hoop engages in similar learning and activities that
address mothering concerns as well as self-growth. Come play with us in
the beauty of nature!
Begins Friday at 10 am and ends Sunday at noon.
$250 for the adult and first child, $75 for each additional child (all
meals provided) register by July 1 at www.circleinc.org
August 17-19 Cleansing and Clearing - Bull
Frog Retreat
Bull Frog represents cleansing, so come to this retreat to clear away
what needs to be released. Time alone, massage, energy healing, cleansing
foods, and creating a lifestyle of renewal will be offered to start the
fall fresh and clear. We will sing with the Bull Frogs down by the pond
and play under the waterfall in the creek. Sweat lodge will be offered
for those who want to cleanse body, mind, emotions and spirit. A number
of different healers and energy workers will be present to make this an
inspirational weekend!
Begins Friday at 7 pm and ends Sunday at noon.
$175 (all meals provided) register by Aug 3 at www.circleinc.org
September 28-30 Dancing into the
Darkness - Jaguar Dreaming Lodge
If we are to survive on this sweet Earth and move into the predicted time
of love and peace, we must learn to be the conscious dreamers of our lives
and our world. Shamans have known how to dream the world and jaguar teaches
us the secrets that the darkness holds. Together we will make our dream
masks, call on the jaguar and dance into the darkness to bring these ancient
wisdom ways more fully into our lives. Join us as we dance, create ceremony
and sacred art, and ride the jaguar into the darkness.
Begins Friday at 7 pm and ends Sunday at noon.
$175 (limit of 15 participants, all meals provided) register by Sept 14
at www.circleinc.org
Balancing Energy - Take some time on or
around the Full Moon to set your intentions for balance. First, bring
your awareness into your body and notice if there is a difference in feeling
when you focus on the right side of your body as opposed to the left.
Does one side feel heavier or lighter than the other? Then compare head
and feet, front and back, inside and outside. Notice any difference in
feeling when you shift your focus. Pick one comparison that felt very
different and ask your body or intuitive wisdom how to come into balance.
What comes to your awareness? You can also ask to feel what balanced would
feel like so you can recognize it better. Be aware as you go throughout
your day whether you feel balanced or not and make whatever changes you
need to, to come into balance.
Balance opposites
Right-left, up-down, in and out
Come into balance
Good Relationship - Get in a comfortable position and take a few deep breaths. Drop a root down from your tailbone into the Earth like a taproot on a tree and then breathe the good Earth energy into your heart. Breathe out the top of your head up to the Sky and Stars and then breathe the good Sky and Star energy into your heart. Bring both hands together to join at the heart level to unite the opposites within you. Imagine yourself in a circle of all parts of yourself - wise parts, child parts, adult parts, ego, whatever wants to be there. Around this circle are various people that you know and around them many people that you do not know. Gathered around them are animals and plants, rocks, trees, elements. Feel yourself in the center of these circles and allow gratitude to flow from you to all these aspects and beings. Imagine that they begin to dance around you and you feel the energy, like being a top that is in perfect balance, spinning with the universe. Stay in this feeling as long as you like while focusing on your heart center. When you come back to your body and this time and space, still feel the spin of all that you are in good relationship with in your heart.
All of me dances
Around my heart center now
Spinning in balance
Article
Coming Into Alignment
Linda Heron Wind
Sometimes I list to the left and sometimes
to the right, like a ship rocking in the choppy waters. Noticing when
I am in alignment and when I am out is becoming easier. It requires awareness
and the knowledge of what alignment feels like. Once you know what it
feels like, who wouldn't want to be there? Yet, suddenly I become aware
again, like waking after a nap, and I find myself off kilter.
Alignment is actually our natural state of
being. As young children we are fully aligned in the present moment with
our authentic, divine selves. Somewhere we lose that natural state as
we get more into character and become immersed in the illusion of physicality.
We discover past and future, attachments and desires, shoulds and shouldn'ts.
All of these pull us out of our centers and we begin to list one way or
the other. We abandon the center for what seems to fit in or please another.
Sometimes we even forget where center is and wander off feeling anxious
and lost in the tapestry of the physical world.
When we accidentally cross the center in our
meanderings through life, we mistakenly think that the feeling we have
is created by something outside of ourselves. As we pursue whatever or
whoever we believe made us feel that way, we move out of center again
and into the emptiness of the world of form. Gradually we begin to shift
our outer focus inward to come home to ourselves again or we are shifted
cataclysmically through the "earthquakes" and shattering of
the world of form - things such as loss and illness. One way or the other,
we begin to come back into alignment.
It always amazes me how much resistance I sometimes
have to coming back into alignment. Why would I resist what feels so good?
My mind gets in the way and wants to be in control. Even my heart sometimes
goes astray and resists the pull into the soul. Getting all parts of myself
dancing together is no small feat, and that is what alignment is.
The homing device that we all have inside lets us know when we are in
alignment. When it goes off, we feel really good - light, joyous, loving,
compassionate. When we are off course, it also lets us know. Then it is
like the inner version of those annoying car alarms - we are discontented,
angry, irritable, sad, and fearful. If we pay attention and release our
resistance, we can notice when the alarm is a little less intense and
follow the trail back to center.
So make it your purpose to come back into alignment
with the highest version of yourself. The key is to focus inward and pay
attention to feeling as you move through out your day. Let your natural
homing device take you back to the moment, to your true self, to your
divine nature, and to what is real.
I am alignment
A hummingbird that follows
The sweet trail of joy
If
you have comments on this newsletter or ideas for future topics,
call Linda Heron Wind at (585) 924-5620 or send e-mail to LHWind@aol.com.
Check out the article about CIRCLE in the
D&C
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/news/02042S35QT0_news.shtml
Note: The Soul Retrieval tapes from the Inner Work Tape Series Part Two have been converted to CDs. CDs are $8 each or $25 or all four. They can be ordered on the web site through Pay Pal, by phone (585-924-5620), or by email (LHWind@aol.com) using a credit card or check.
Soul Retrieval 1
1. Recovering and Integrating Aspects of Self
2. Exercise 1 - Finding the Magical Child
3. Exercise 2 - Retrieving Lost Soul Parts
Soul Retrieval 2
1. Finding the Inner Masculine/Feminine Balance
2. Exercise 1 - Meeting the Inner Male and Female
3. Exercise 2 - Inner Family Therapy
Soul Retrieval 3
1. Re-imagining the Past
2. Exercise 1 - Re-imagining a Past Event
3. Exercise 2 - How You are Different Now
Soul Retrieval 4
1. Past Lives and Present Lessons
2. Exercise 1 - Soul Retrieval from Past Lives
3. Exercise 2 - Working with the Soul Guide
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