Sometimes when the city becomes too much for my brain and nervous system to handle, I quietly steal away to the forest. Simply being with the presence of the trees and earth more than heals the soul, it brings it back into its rich inner knowing that there's much more to life than schedules and bills. Shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, is the act of mindfully walking through a forest, letting its towering atmosphere bath you in a yummy and green invisible elixir of life as you slowly travel through its majesty. "Into my soul moss rolled smoothly and directly." ~ Lassona Williams
Reiki with Olivea was invited to participate in the Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft Wellness Fair on May 18th, 2017 at the World Financial Center downtown. We gave talks and healings to so many people we lost count. It was a thrilling experience to bring the medicine songs and healing work to the public in a community service setting like this one, to share the space with mainstream health care providers and insurance companies, and to witness the immediate effect the work had on people completely new to healing after just five minutes. People came with a mountain of stress on their shoulders and left so relaxed, and some were even visibly moved by the deep and positive transformation from gen
How are you doing? I hope this finds you well! I have this love/dislike relationship with the fleeting nature of cherryblossoms. They come, they flourish, they fall, and all too quickly. I wonder..do I love them because of their beauty or because I know they'll be gone soon? Or both? I may be pondering that for a while. But regardless, they are a beautiful reminder of the impermanence of life. Like the seasons, life comes and goes...the only constant is flux. While I understand this, when I see pink petals flying in the wind I want to cry out: Can you just stay for one more day? Please! Don't leave so soon, I've only started to enjoy you! Ack! But alas, they always say in turn: We'll
