More accomplishments and celebrations

Although I didn't entirely complete my intentions for April, I've accomplished more than I thought. I did call the NY State Education Dept and get info about transferring my massage hours there, so that was great and, also relieving! I also partially finished the questions on "Culivating your own practice", so there's another check+.

I also accomplished more with my massage program hours at the New Living Expo last weekend. It was a wonderful event, full of inspirational speakers, classes, and exhibitors, ranging from raw food enthusiasts to psychics and other healers. My school had a booth so I volunteered and tacked on some hours to my program, plus got free admission to the Expo too! So, Woo Hoo to that! In addition, I completed my biz 1 module on Wednesday, when I made up a class I missed, which was the BEST one I got to attend. There were three speakers, who came to talk to the students about opening up a healing center and being an entrepreneur in the healing arts. I got so much information and inspiration from these speakers, I didn't know what to do with myself after the class. I felt more clear about some things about what I wanted my healing practice to look like. Being very clear and honest with what you want will get you there so much quicker! I think this is totally true with anything you're passionate about.

One more thing I want to celebrate is having a mellow weekend ahead of me. I don't have a lot of obligations, and I can really take it at any pace I want. The pace I chose: slow. I'm all about the present these days, so slow works so much better.

Have a great weekend!

Celebration time

I, finally, finished my physiology modality for massage. YAY! I'm so excited to be completing the hours I missed. Although, I have all my required hours in for quite sometime, it's nice to actually clear some of the energy around that.

I was talking to one of my massage classmates/friend last night about it. She feels the same way, in that she's ready to clear the energy around completing the program. Even though, we got the state-required hours, getting that certificate of completion from school feels needed too. I guess we all have different intentions around that. I say, "why not just do it!"

So YAY for checking that one off! And there will be more "YAYS" coming soon!

Celebrating the long weekend

I'm celebrating that I updated my website and it's up and running!  I'm celebrating that my insurance company FINALLY gets it! I'm celebrating I get to leave work early! I'm celebrating my husband! I'm celebrating, celebrating, CELEBRATING!

Hope everyone has a nice long, Labor Day weekend! 

:-D
 

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend with whatever they do! Take time to celebrate something going well in your life (i.e. a person, experience). It can be anything, big and/or small.  


I'm celebrating freedom.  My freedom to do whatever I want to do this weekend.


:-)

I am Celebration (revisited)

So I wrote the entry below in October of 2009.  Its contents visited me yesterday morning as I was driving to teach my Sunday morning yoga class.  In fact, it was the main theme for the day, and I shared it with my students.  I talked about celebration. That it's not just for the big things, but the little things as well.  I found this old post I wrote and how I was celebrating the fact that I completed clinic hours in just one of my modules for massage school. 

It's the little things that really matter.  Those things that we may oversee or take for granted.  I see how celebrating gets you closer to what you want. I want to celebrate the Human Resources dept at my work for giving me the support I needed recently.  I had many dates of un-reimbursed medical claims (money that I paid out of my pocket) that I'm getting back! For whatever reason, the insurance company wasn't reimbursing me, and kept saying they needed to resubmit this or that claim again, and it was going to take up to 30 days to process! I cried over this twice; and finally, I decided I'm not going to worry about this anymore. I'm not going to put my energy (my vibration and attention) to this anymore.  Instead, I sought help from HR/Benefits at my job, and within a few weeks, mission accomplished! I trusted that it would all work out, and conveyed my patience in the most constructive way possible.  I "kept my cool." My intentions and goals were to receive more understanding, consideration and respect out of this.  I wanted to be heard, and I was. I received all of the above.

I know I should celebrate my proactivity in contacting HR, but I'm so grateful for having the person I had.  HR depts really get a bad rep sometimes and, yes, I have definitely contributed to that bashing in the past. But I honestly am so grateful for them right now and I want to CELEBRATE!  I told HR how much I appreciated their help and support through this, as it was so confusing and frustrating.  I want to celebrate my job for providing the health care plans.  

 I am gratitude and celebration! Now, it's time to get that pedicure I've been talking about....

 From October 2009

I am celebration!

I have to celebrate that I completed my massage clinic hours for one of my modules! Yaayyy! It gives me a sense of accomplishment and validity, that, Wow! I can really get through this program! Yes I have had mind chatter and negative self-talk about completing the massage program I'm enrolled in, but seeing results is so invigorating to my whole being! Bodywork is connection. Connection to everything in the body, mind, spirit and soul. During my holistic health program last year, we had to write our life's purpose. My life purpose was (is) "I am love and acceptance". I want to expand on that, "I am love, acceptance and celebration". I want to put the energy out into the universe that I will receive, love and accept everything in my path, regardless of positive or negative. Wow, this feels great in my belly right now!

I've realized that you can celebrate anything--waking up in the morning, getting out of bed, eating a meal, tying your shoe, etc. It doesn't have to be this huge thing. Whatever it is to you is what matters.

What do you want to celebrate?

Getting It Done and Celebration

So I fulfilled my declaration from yesterday's blog entry:  "I DECLARE that I'm going to ship the yoga notebooks back to my mom's by the end of this week."  I just got back from the post office and it will be on its way to mom's house soon.  I really want to celebrate this because it may sound little, but it was HUGE for me!

My theme this week has been all about getting-it-done.  I have big, medium and small goals to work towards and I'm taking baby steps toward them.  It feels so good to actually be present for this one.  Shipping that box to my mom is a step within a big step and that big step is moving back to the east coast next year.  My husband and I said to each other that we will ship things back gradually, so we don't have to worry about driving with a lot of possessions (yep, road trip west to east coast).  So I'm glad I started with that box.

The next goal/declaration of mine, that's in progress,  is that I want to start seeing two massage clients per week.  When this came to my mind a couple days ago, I began researching online for inexpensive/rent-by-the-hour massage spaces.  I even posted a request on my facebook status.  To my excitement and delight, a fellow massage therapist responded and told me she has space at her spa! I'll be meeting with her tomorrow after work to check it out and talk with her.  I had also placed a call to another place, but I haven't heard back from them. But that was my first attempt and the second attempt got me a response! 

As I continue to take baby steps toward my goals, desires, aspirations, and purpose, I realize how important it is to celebrate each step as you go.  Don't downplay the fact that it was so small such as, "It was just a phone call and I only left message." So what?! It's an action step and it's a step FORWARD!  Be conscious in your creation!  Take a moment and feel the good feelings in your body.  If it doesn't feel good, then you know that it's not in alignment with your purpose/goal.  Believe that you will get there.  Believe with each baby step you take, and then CELEBRATE!

I am celebration!

I have to celebrate that I completed my massage clinic hours for one of my modules! Yaayyy! It gives me a sense of accomplishment and validity, that, Wow! I can really get through this program! Yes I have had mind chatter and negative self-talk about completing the massage program I'm enrolled in, but seeing results is so invigorating to my whole being! Bodywork is connection. Connection to everything in the body, mind, spirit and soul. During my holistic health program last year, we had to write our life's purpose. My life purpose was (is) "I am love and acceptance". I want to expand on that, "I am love, acceptance and celebration". I want to put the energy out into the universe that I will receive, love and accept everything in my path, regardless of positive or negative. Wow, this feels great in my belly right now!

I've realized that you can celebrate anything--waking up in the morning, getting out of bed, eating a meal, tying your shoe, etc. It doesn't have to be this huge thing. Whatever it is to you is what matters.

What do you want to celebrate?

Hormones

I'm taking a break from the birth control pill this month and it's been a long time since I've felt hormones! It's amazing what women's bodies do every month. WAY back in the day, when a woman was on her cycle, it was a sacred time for women. They would be pampered, respected and powerful. Same goes with birth. But this menstrual cycle is very intriguing. I guess I've never really thought about it in this way before. In the past, I used to just look at it as a pain in the ass; if i didn't get it during the usual time frame, OH SHIT!; I felt insane, emotional, gross and drained. Through my holistic health training, I've learned from other women how they embrace their menstrual cycle before, during and after. Why not work with my body, than against it? Why not love and support myself during this time, instead of being repulsed or agitated? Why not just be with it?
From seeing doctors and acupuncturists about PMS, I've learned over the years how my body reacts to diet during this sacred time. How caffeine, alcohol, and sugar can just exacerbate the symptoms. did women really have PMS back in the day? I'm talking medieval times here! I have this inkling that they didn't because it's such an important time for a women. It's almost like a cleanse. For years I used to get REALLY BAD PMS. I'd get anxious, agitated over nothing, bloated and my cravings would be harsh. I feel like now I know what to do for myself. Cut this and that out of my diet for the duration; take some alone time to myself; and most important, CELEBRATE BEING A WOMAN!