Capricorn Tales

Let's get that motor running.  Today's meditation was about balancing your sacral chakra.  If you go back a few posts to the Root chakra, you will see how you can breathe new life into the second of the seven wheels.  Located a few inches below the navel, the sacral chakra is orange in color, this chakra is the home of creativity, fluidity, sensuality, etc.  When this chakra is balanced, it can bring optimism, security in knowing who you are, positivity, optimism and more.  Today's blog is going to be short, but I will tell you this, I began breathing light into my sacral chakra and the idea's for a new story I was trying to work on, began to come to me.  My writer's block has been lifted.  As always. I'm not here to preach, these posts are for you to read them as entertainment or a useful tool. Meditation:  do the regular breathing exercises until you are relaxed. Breathing in confidence and creativity and exhaling fear.  Then wh...

Right before I awoke, I had a dream that I was walking around a stadium. Next thing I know, I am in an empty locker room, a white tub is filling up with a thick red liquid (guess what that was!), then something that looked like a cross between an Orc from Tolkien's mind, and a vampire began to emerge.  It's eyes were a milky gray and it looked like it had dreads, but I can't tell if that was skin, or hair.  It had a dark gray skin, a pointy chin and nose, jagged teeth and claw like fingers.  Yes, I am a vivid dreamer and while some nights I don't mind, this morning, right before my eyes opened, I did mind. So what does my dream have to do with a meditation?  Well, stress and fears.  That icky thing crawling out of the tub could have been a manifestation of my fears and stress.  I am a fairly easy going person, but every so often we hit a rough patch and yesterday was one of them.  While I feel I handled the majority of the day we...

I have nothing witty to start out with, so let's just cut to the chase.  Today's meditation was about brightening the light of your Root Chakra.  As I mentioned in a previous blog, the Root Chakra is located at the base of your spine and is the first of the seven chakra's and the place where grounding begins. In the previous blog I spoke about how that meditation was about grounding and balancing, so we won't cover that again.  Instead let's chat a bit about what the Root Chakra is.   Red in color, this chakra is the where balance begins.   When this chakra is grounded and balanced, you are in control of every aspect of your life.  Unbalanced it can lead to stubbornness, aggressiveness and fear.  Now, don't you think it is worth it to take five minutes of your day, maybe ten or fifteen, to just breathe in the wonders of life and exhale your fears.  You might think that it is easier said than done, but honestly, I don't feel that it is. ...

Hello!  Here I am...Today's lesson is a good one, learning how to meditate* so you can balance and center yourself.  The other day I mentioned that the meditation for staying in the moment helped me find a way to center myself, but this meditation teaches you how to focus and ground yourself.  It is the perfect meditation for me. Even when I am sitting still my mind is going so fast, I think my body is following it. ha! Since I am lazy when I first wake up, unless it is time to take myself out for a walk, I lie down during these meditations, but today's lesson was specific, since you are literally imagining yourself being grounded.  Sit down in a chair, feet "planted" firmly on the ground and relax.  Remember your breathing techniques, breathe in to the count of five, breathe out to the count of eight, relaxing in the process of each breath.  Repeat three times.  Once you feel relaxed, imagine your feet growing roots into the ground.  That's ...

Sometimes it is the little, unassuming places that have the most amazing food.  While driving down Olympic, heading towards one of my favorite Thai restaurants, I spotted a 'Restaurant and Creperie'.  The restaurant is quaint and serene, with a sweet French feel to it.   Sis Laura loves crepes, so I figured what the heck and we decided to have 'Authentic French Cuisine".  Our waiter, Francois, was very attentive and friendly, but that was just the start to a delightful dinner that not only tickled my tastebuds, but made my tummy smile too. Now, I am not a normal foodie, I couldn't tell you how you make the dishes, but I can tell you that it was one of the most delightful meals I have had in a very long time.  I decided to go 'restaurant' with my menu choice and chose the beef bourguinon, coupled with the Hob Nob Pinot Noir.  My first bite made my eyes instinctively close with...

I am grateful that someone reads my blog.  I will start with that, because that is what the meditation today was all about. Influencing the law of attraction into your life. If you have read the 'Secret' then you know that people do this daily, whether they know it or not.  You do not have to be a follower or a believer in that book, but think about it. When you wake up in the morning and say, "ugh, I have to go to work today.  Life sucks." Well, chances are it probably will, because you have just set the tone for the day and your attitude. The other day I talked about how the word 'Fail' no longer affects me negatively, but now I see it as a positive stepping stone and a "how can I make ___ better?" situation.    For quite a few years, I worked under the wing of a person who preached the law of attraction, and more than likely lives it, since she has nice things and a seemingly good social life, however, she did no...

What's that behind me? What's that ahead of me? I'm not sure if you are one of those people that likes to dwell on the past, then immediately wish your future to be different, or plot ahead to exact revenge on the person that foiled your world domination plan, but I am, minus the more dramatic areas. No, I have no desire to control the world, instead I want to help it grow and be one of the millions of people that strive daily to help nurture it.  Yes, I am rough around the edges, a bit snarky and tow the line of sarcasm, but those who know me, understand my wit and humor.  That being said, you can see how hard a time I have staying in any moment. My thoughts are everywhere and sometimes this can hinder my creative writing process,   not so much while dreaming up scenarios, but while writing or typing it out. Today's meditation is handy. It's about keeping yourself in the exact moment and living in it. For me, it felt like I was centering myself and finding...

Over the last six months I have been learning to release control of everything, and trying to go with the flow...fly by the seat of my pants...that being said, I think it is fair to say that a small amount of "planning ahead" never hurts and shouldn't be considered controlling. So this made me laugh.out.loud.  For real.  Before I head off to bed, I try to set up the meditation for the next morning, so I can just put on my headphones and get right to it, before I fall back asleep.  Today's lesson, check out the lesson beforehand, before you close your phone.  Remember how I shared yesterday that my mind is always going, going and going?  How focus for me is like trying to get a small dog to not be so excitable?  Yeah, today's lesson...wait for it....'The body scan.  Meditation for insomnia, to help you fall asleep.'  Excellent.  Oh and it works.  Yes, I set my third alarm and then did the exercise to see how it would go, and ...

I am back for day 2 of the 30 day meditation challenge.  Yesterday I talked about how great You Tube is, well apparently so is Twitter.  This morning, while trying to correct a mistake I made on a Tweet, I found a particular one on my timeline and holy smokes, it was exactly what I had been looking for...I was whining to myself the other night about how I published a book, but when I went back to read it, I was so mortified, I immediately unpublished it.  I felt like a failure, and being a writer is one of my dreams.  The link I read today not only helped me see the situation differently, it helped me figure out how to get me back on path. First and foremost though, the 30 day challenge.  Remember yesterday when I said everything happens for a reason?  Well today I can prove it.  I woke up this morning and instead of hitting snooze, I reset my third alarm (lol) so I could meditate and then go back to sleep.  I am not exactly ...

Anyone who knows me, knows that I can be wound a little tight sometimes.  Although I love the little things in life, it is the daily annoyances (ie. Traffic, rude people, etc.) that can toss me over the edge on some days.  I am not sure what makes each day different from the next, in my mind anyway, but I do know that some days are rougher than others to get through.  As of late, my cousin has inspired me to reach deep within and start weeding out the negativity that has been left behind from all sorts of things in my life, including past relationships, and the deaths of my mom and one of my best friends, who was like a soul sister to me. I am a Capricorn, so I tend to hold on to things.  What can I say, I give a good glare. *Shrugs shoulders*.  However, a good glare, or a left over vibe from some moment gone wrong, is not conducive to my heart health. Yes, the little ticker is running mighty fine, like a well tuned car, but reality i...