I'm at a week long Laughter Yoga Teacher Training here at Harbin Hot Springs in northern California! I feel so lucky to be here studying directly with the guru of laughter yoga direct from Bombay India, Dr. Madan Kataria.

It has been an intense but deeply powerful week so far. We awake every morning and begin practice at 6:30am, running through an hour to hour and a half long session. We go until about 830 or 9pm, with breaks for meals and a bit of downtime. Some is seated lecture and much is actual practice sessions.

I am learning wonderful methods by which to create my own daily laughter practice as a personal spiritual practice to cultivate joy. It is amazing and the methods are so easy and effective. While I originally thought I would attend just to gain insights into developing my own personal practice and perhaps some new hooping warm ups, I now realize that i must also practice this beautiful work in a group. I know that holding space for this will be a wonderful way to help me maintain my own practice and deepen it. I plan on setting up a laughter club in San Francisco when I return where i can hold free weekly sessions as my way of giving back to the community while we all bask in the joy of laughter. Where it may go and grow from there, i do not know, but i simply can't resist creating this same blissful synergy at home.

Laughter yoga is an intense physical and emotional workout and the beauty of it is that you learn how to laugh for absoluetly no reason whatsoever. We are learning all the techniques of warmups, class transitions, many many pranayama breathing exercises, laughter exercise drills, theories on the medical and physiological health benefits of laughter, and so much more. All 27 students have to take turns facilitating the entire group through all parts of the laughter yoga session, so I am really absorbing a lot of information just by watching all the drills happen and partaking in them.

What I really can't say enough about is how GOOD I feel! The diaphram exercies are helping me to identify weak points in my core which can be strengthened by Pranayamaic breathing coupled with laughter. We do the exercises and then suddenly real, genuine, leg smacking laughter is erupting from me non stop and it is such a wonderful euphoric feeling of wonder and joy. I am learning to laugh from all different parts of my torso and lungs, accessing a fountain of laughter which at times feels non stop. It is pouring out of me easier and faster and faster, and now even when we are in between training sessions, I find myself easily slipping into giggles and laughs.

Laughter is so deep. Being around Dr. Kateria, I am learning so much. There is a spiritual quality to laughter which he is imparting to us which relates to creating world peace and a sense of one-ness through inner joy, bliss from being alive (as opposed to happiness generated from outside situations and circumstances which we need to be aligned in a certain way to be "happy). The work is deep. And Dr. Kateria's sophisticated vocabulary of laughter sounds and textures is amazing to behold... from soft gentle baby type laughs to deep belly shaking buddha style laughter... every time he laughs, no matter at what or how, it all has a certain sweetness .. a joyful vibration which is wonderful to be near. He radiates grace when he laughs. Every student has their own laughter vocabulary and ways and habits, and it is wonderful to sit or stand next to different people and try on their style of laughter for a while to see how it resonates the body differently.

Imediately afterwards, there is an "afterglow". Kind of like the power of "wow". Sometimes it is so rich, we just sit in silence after a non stop 20 minute session and just soak in the different air quality, the vibrations which seem to still be in the room, and the smiles. lots more i want to share... but i got to run, our short break is about over.

Love from Harbin hot springs,
Christabel

This past sunday I went to an angel workshop at East-West Bookstore in Mountainview.

I had been reading Angela McGerr's works every day and doing mediutations and thought taking this workshop would help me feel more clear about why i have been attracted to this new area ... and also prepare for an upcoming all day Angel intensive I have with Bridget Engel in Marin county in two weeks.

All I can say is WOW. Attending this was perfect and so informative.

One interesting thing I have noticed is how many "Angel Therapists" are also hypnotherapists. The connection became clear in the presentation by french angelogist Genivieve Vulser.

What i like about Genvieve is how real she is. There is no "airy fairy-ness" about her. She is totallly grounded and astute... a school teacher by profession, but also adept at communication with angelic realms. She explained how communication with angels happens easiest when we can acheive the alpha-beta threshold in our brainwave frequency .. a special place where you have slowed down from the everyday reality and are just sinking ito 7.5 hertz, what she says is the frequency at which the universe vibrates 9still looking for more information about that).

She said that when we can arrive at that place, our vibration is premium for heightened states of intuition and communication with beings of light (since we are all made of vibration/frequency/energy, it is important to relax into this place first).

This insight from angelworkers who are also hypotherapists was AWESOME news for me because one of my biggest concerns was, "is what I have been experiencing 'real' since I only experience it in meditations and never in waking consciousness". The answer was an unequivocal YES... encounters with beings of light are just as real and just as valid while achieved in this state and it is normal that as a beginner I may not just be bumping into angels around the corner all the time.

A part of me knew these encounters were valid just from my body's physical response, but I was seeking some kind of validation for whatever reason. So it felt good to hear. Also good to hear that for most people, a meditative state is needed to experience communication until very very experienced. So that was my breakthrough.

She also did a number of angel meditations which were very revealing. In the first one, I was visited by my guardian angel and given a very clear message:
"Unconditional love means loving unconditionally". For me this was also strong since I have been wanting to open my heart to a new level with Kramer... getting past ideological differences to a place of love again. The message to me meant that the opportunity for my own transformation is ripe and just waiting for me to claim it! And in that flash, I really felt how Kramer and I have divine contracts with eachother which have been being fulfiled on both sides... a divine contract meaning a pre-incarnation agreement about how we would each help eachother evolve in this lifetime. I really caught in that moment that it is Kramer's contact to NOT have my same ideological values .. specifically to prompt me to follow through on my own and walk my true spiritual path without the need for validation or accompaniment to make it easier. It was a big WOW, an actual way i can grow my heart into a real love experience beyond intellectual ideas of love... into loving unconditionally. My contract with him i think has to do with reminding him how to access unconditional joy...

The second meditation I wanted to comment on included a visitation by an angelic being of light who placed it's "hands" over my heart and activated my heart in a very warm and wonderful way, with lots of pink soft energy washing over me in waves. I inquired about my life path and what I could do immediately to activate it. I was told clearly, as I have been many times before, my mission is to bring more light into myself and to share light, joy and positivity with all of humanity.

The answer to the second question was that i am to sit down and with full attention and without distraction, allow myself to "write" without any conscious thought, a letter to me from a higher source. I have not gotten to this yet... but will once i get home next week.

Lightblissings continue...

I'm at Harbin writing from the pay per minute internet kiosk. Unlike other nights which have had a glimmering carpet of stars *so bright*, tonight's sky is a dark carpet of clouds. The keys on this old fashioned PC are sticky and clumsy to use. The floorboards are vibrating my feet with thumping music playing downstairs for the thursday evening free dance. It is glitchey, deep thumping bassnectar type stuff. I really got my dance on the other night on tuesday in the temple, whirling into bliss with my hoop in a way i haven't experienced since the burn.... feels like just what I wanted. Now it is loud and sweaty with packed bodies down there... not calling me.

Outside has been sweet clean pure air. Cool to breathe in. I love how deer always seem to be feeding in nearby bushes and underbrush. Lizards and frogs emerge when the sun shines. Cats wander, creepiue crawlies everywhere and that rustle of wind through trees and the constant torpedoing of acorns falling from high trees which has actually nailed quite of few uf us with painful "pings"... the ripeness of fall nuts is everywhere. The pools are not romancing me here. The water is too cool for my taste and the paved swimming pool style set up doesn't call to me as deeply as Wilbur. No sulfer or fresh out of the river green-ness in the water here. I've decided i'll jet to wilbur next week sometime to get my hot spings fix.

Literally, i have had zero free time here to really bathe anyways. The schedule has been brutal, though the results of our devoted practice are sweet. The days which start at 630 have lasted as late as 10 pm, when I have stumbled incoherent up the hills from the lower conference center to the upper women's dorm to collapse in my bed until my alarm sounded at 6am. I feel bad for the other women in the room who have to hear an alarm while on retreat, but o well.

Today was rich. I was in NO mood to laugh when i arrived. I was exhuasted and couldn't get myself inetrested during the morning laughter, but something shifted in me once we moved to the second part of the session, into what is called laughter meditation. It was like a fountain of energy turned on in my belly and suddenly gushing, gurgling and pouring laughter just came out and out and out! It felt so fantastic, especially after I had just been in this moment of feeling like there was abolsutely no way I could access unconditional laughter. The magic continued for me throughout the day.

We had reporter come from the San Francisco Chronicle who was writing a story. It was really nice to *not* agree to be a part of the interview and story, even though given the opportunity. For me, always in front of cameras and reporters, it was like, "I don't need to do this now with this, I can just be me and have fun". It was sweet. We did a final laughter meditation surrounding the willing reporter for surging laughter and it happened again, that bottomless wellspring of deep, rolling, oceanic laughter just poured out of me again and again and again.

What is really nice while doing these exercises and meditations is that we all inspire eachother to let go even more. The constant eye contact, smiles and contagious sounds of everyone's laughs added to my own "fake it till you make it" sounds lead to spontaneous eruptions of delicious laughter. It is like riding these waves of energy ... and then the conscious breathing following that is so cool and refreshing in the lungs since they are so empty of stale air from all the events

Dr. Kataria is truely a wonder to behold. He has instantaneous access to one of the most sincere, authentic, childlike energies in an adult that i have ever experienced. He literally sparkles. What sticks in my mind most is his face when he is smiling. His jaw is released fully, he has lines where the skin folds at the outside of his eyes. He is over 50 and somehow going on 5 in certain moments... it is a look he gets in his eyes. A look of absolute presence and glee. Total contentment.

At the same time, Madan is this amazing physician, articulate, a leading edge researcher, a world leader. But in a moment he can access the power of playful silliness. He is absoluetly devoted to the work with a passion which astounds me. He is just so darn real and human. When he is beat at night, he yawns like crazy and nods off. When he is impatient he sighs. He doesn't pretend to be some guru or mystic with airs, and yet the simple timeless truths which he speaks between our exercises makes the air heavy with meaning.

Aside from all the science of laughter and the methodology and practices... some of the more spiritual truths and words which he spoke about which are still with me are:

-being responsible for bringing joy to the world instead of blaming outside forces for how things are
-being the positive change
-being authentic with who we are, not hiding our weaknesses
-letting our masks go because life is too short
-loving our imperfect, human self
-listening to the heart
-trusting a higher force
-God being in charge and the organizing factor which really matters
-moving from a purity of intent in sharing the laughter work
-holding a clear vision of what we seek to manifest
-taking time to cultivate a rich daily laughter practice
-meditating and visualizing after this daily practice so we have creative energy flowiong through our bodies
-remembering to be of service to others

and of course so much more that I can hardly remember as i am exhausted and so full with goodness.

What i haven't mentioned yet is Dr. Kataria's voice. He has a wonderful voice. First of all, his accent is so hypnotic to listen to with all the Indian lilting sounds which play with words in such a fun way. All the up and down tonalities of his accent are delightful. And then to listen to how he uses his voice so skillfully, as a tool to teach and encourage, is amazing.

He spoke the other day about how when he first came from India he had trouble speaking to others about his work because Indian people have a habit of speaking very, very fast. Also, when he spoke English he crammed all his words together. He realized very quickly he was not creating the effect he wanted so he took time to train with a vocal coach and play with speaking from his belly, and slowing down his words to leave spaces of silence around the key points that matter. He trained himself deliberatly in this way and I have to say as a listener, it makes him a very powerful speaker. Speed and inflections, tone and pitch are all used with intent... and this awareness also translates to his laughter compositions... I call them compositions because his laughter is truely like music. It is very wonderful when we wanders through the room spending a moment laughing with each of us during exercises, and he comes close and laughs with me for a moment. He is an incredible open transmitter of joy who has achieved such ease and grace in spilling out so many different sounds of laughter.

Up until today, I have interacted with Dr. Kataria and his wife very superficially because honestly I was at a loss of words when both of them came near. They just glow, and at the same time they seem a bit drained from their travels and I know what that can be like when holding space for a training and then hoping for a moment of energetic recovery on a break... i didn't want to interrupt their time. The few times I sat near him at a meal, it seemed like i just smiled at him (maybe I was smiling so widely i looked like an insane person?) and he seemed to look away after a moment. So I laughed it off, but in a way felt a bit bummed since I held him in such admiration but couldn't pull it together in front of him to have a normal casual conversation.

Well tonight was a sweet moment. As it was our last night staying over here, we had a talent show to break it up and celebrate eachother. Everyone asked me to hoop so I did (though I was looking forward to just sitting back in the crowd). I was the second act and people loved it. I danced to RaRa AVi's remix of Gopala, and near the end of the track I allowed myself to experience full laughter while hooping. It was quite amazing.... i 've never done that before. I just inahled deeply and opened my mouth, allowing myself to feel the bliss in the song and in my body and accessed full, deep belly laughter while performing. Everyone broke out in laughter in response and it was so fun to stimulate that in everyone. I went back to my seat and Dr. Katraria reached out, looked me in the eyes with a big smile for a long moment and just held my hand for a minute or so. It just felt so purely loving and sweet. His wife, Madri, asked me many questions about hoopdance and spoke such kind and generous words of admiration to me that I was truely honored. I gave her a hoop and DVD and she says she truely wants to learn and share it with friends in India. It is amazing to connect with such inspiring people... I also had a bit of a deja-vu, as in recent 15 minute miracle writings I have been including the visualization that I am now connecting with inspiring luminaries who are sharing positivity and joy with the world. And here I am, connecting with a whole room of people and wonderful teachers who are doing just that.

I'm so full. So much information and true full body cleansing. I have to say, it is a tremendous physical workout and emotional release to laugh so hard so much, even going to the point of tears with it every day.

*sigh* I'm beat. I think I have to go to sleep.

Everyone who has been emaling and calling, I promise I will contact you within a few days of getting back home to San Francisco!!!

Love to you all,
Christabel

Just arrived home after driving back from the Laughter Yoga retreat. Even though today was short, it was beautiful with many breakthroughs and realizations.

Dr. Kartaria shared with me that it was amazing to watch me laugh while performing hoopdance last night because it meant that even though I was hooping, my diaphram was completely at ease and relaxed. He said what when my dance really came alive was when I let myself laugh and he heard it move from "he-he" to "ha-ha" laughter sounds.

He shared that throughout the entire training until now, I have been laughing in the "he-he" range, which means that it has emerged from my throat. He said that this kind of laughing emerges when our jaw is locked with pent up emotions. He suggested I concentrate on relaxing my jaw, lowering the place where my laughter emerges from, transforming my "he-he" to "ha-ha" so it is heart based, and eventally moving on to the goal of "ho-ho", belly based laughter. It sounds simple, but for me was quite a revelation. The fact that I spontaneously did this for the first time while hooping was quite thrilling.

We received our diplomas after the day was done and I had a quiet moment sitting by Madan. He reached his hand out to me and I took it, and he said sincerly, "i love you." I couldn't help but respond with the same, as we sat again in a moments silence, just breathing in the moment. Dr. Kararia is this way with everyone, but his sincereness is healing to me on so many levels and just hearing the heart and love in his voice is tranforming for me. I think that one moment was the most precious one for me today.

After this, we exchanged gifts we brought with another person from the training. We sat down with them before opening gifts and shared constant eye contact and breathing for 5 minutes before opening the gift. It was quite amazing and tears came to my eyes. Dr. Kataria said this exercise is usually 40 minutes in length, but since we were short on time, we would only do 5. I can't imagine how 40 minutes would feel.... perhaps Kramer would be game to try it out with me sometime soon!

Other amazing memories of this event and the words of Dr. Kataria...

-"be a supercontrinutor instead of a superachiever".

-Surrender your mind, thinking and actions to "the higher". (He used this phrase a lot, especially when he spoke of how the entire idea of a laughter club came to him... in his words, "it just came from up.")

- Align yourself to the laws of the universe by practicing spiritual values... especially unconditional love through service. He used the example of trees... they always give thier fruits in abundance to anyone who wants them, they equally give shade and respite to anyone who wants to sit under them, regardless of social status or other quaification.. trees exemplify unconditional giving.

-Surrender to the divine design. If something hard is happening, know there is something good for you in it.

-Love is the truth. Love is the most powerful force in the universe. When you are being authentic, love solves all your problems, helps you remove masks.

-Our motivation to grow is much better if it is based on a total and peaceful acceptance of who we really are as imperfect beings since life as a human is inherently imperfect. He added this hilarious gem of sage wisdom... "however hard you try, the last drop of urine will land on your underwear." Release what should be and accept what is.

-Let go of fixing yourself. Completeness comes from within regadless of circumstances.

-Enhance your signature strengths .. focus on your divine gifts, remove struggle and enhance the positive.

-Instead of correcting people, connect with them.

-Laugh without any reason at least 30 minutes a day as an exercise to create joy, Don't focus on laughter or the sound of laughter, focus on joy. Be playful, like a child

-Breathe for those who need healing. Breathing can become your spiritual practice.

-"A good leader produces more leaders".

-We want to program the body to be "bulletproof", that is, resistant to the negative physical biochemical reactions to stress, by retraining ourselves to respond to perceived stresses with joy.

-When developing your laugh, we want "efforless ease". Do birds struggle to fly, he asked? Love yourself as you are. Nature develops at it's own pace. Let laughter happen. Surrender. Let go of the outcome which is in the hands of existance. Just enjoy the process because happiness which comes from acheivement of an ideal is fleeting.

-All relaxation is exhalation. Sighs. Crying. Laughing. Relax.

So that's what comes to mind... I'm super excited to see where this all goes with my hooping... and with life in general!

Kramer and Scott are in the other room next to me finishing their new album they have produced...they were amused and also a bit surprised by the depth of my laughter when I got back, but playful and smiling. They will be working together all week so I will be spending lots of time outside the house to give them space to create... thinking of ging to Dance Jam in Berkeley tonight even though I have never been... not sure why... seeking a wonderful freedance experience at the moment...

I'm off! Happy friday!

Hello friends! My friend Kristin has kindly offered to let us use the third floor of her new house for the LightBliss Laughter club's first meeting!!! Horaay! I I hope you will join us!

WHAT: A FREE LAUGHTER CLUB!
DATE: THIS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10-?
WHEN: 8:15-9:15 AM
BRING: Come wearing loose fitting clothes, bring a wilingness to try laughing, a water bottle, yoga mat, a meditation cushion and two big pillows (or none of these things and you will still be just fine! These just make it extra comfy). Avoid meals or eating directly beforehand.

~PLEASE RSVP BY EMAILING ME TO GET LOCATION SENT TO YOU.... SPACE IS VERY LIMITED~

Laughter is amazing medicine for the body, mind and spirit. Come and have fun connecting with others while strengthening your body. It is an amazing way to start your day with bliss!

We will see how it flows in this space and decide after our first meeting if we will continue in this space or find another... come enjoy life with us!

What to expect: Christabel will lead you through clapping and breathing exercises, interactive play and eye contact with others while doing laughter exercises, freeflowing laughter meditation, full body relaxation ... and lots of fun!

Giggles,
Christabel

Be on the lookout for my new websites....
"www.laughteryogabliss.com" --AND--
"www.lightbliss.com"

and Laughter Yoga Leader Certifications coming soon!

I'm ready! I have had this book on my shelf for about 4 years. While I have read and studied all the other books by Sanaya Roman and Orin, and done most of the meditations available by Orin, this book has quietly gathered dust. I bought it because all their other materials contained timeless truths that have helped me learn so much about life. But this book... I don't know. Something kind of put me off about it.

"Channeling"? What the heck? I think part of me didn't even really grasp the concept. I think I was also a bit scared because I didn't know what or why I would channel. I had fear of the negative. For years I had a somewhat limited perception of the galaxy and the energies it contains. But for whataver reason, wether because of my increased interest in angels, soul work or working with beings of light... I now understand the value and beauty of becoming a conscious channel of light. I actually have a more tangible understanding of how energy and consciousness is woven together in a matrix which we can tap into and it feels quite welcoming and loving. I think I actually have chanelled quite a lot, though pretty unconsciously up until now. It happens all the time while I teach class. Now though, I am ready to channel a super high being of light, and to take it beyond the classroom into life.

I am not at all sure what all that means yet, if I even understand the process, or can intellectually rationalize it, but I have voraciously jumped into this book, which I think will provide some wonderful first steps.

Meanwhile, I am reading lots of channelled materials that I have seen, but never pulled from bookstore shelves over the years. It is amazing how the same titles I have scanned past before are now leaping out at me and saying, "read me! now!" So I'm off into my own metaphysical wonderland...

I welcome suggestions from anyone who has specific chanelled materials you would recommend.. meanwhile, lots of time meditating, opening to more awareness...

I am doing my daily laughing meditation as well for 30 minutes per day and it has shifted my entire vibrational frequency up 10 notches... amazing! Though the heavy foods and occassional wineI am having are pulling me down a bit in my awareness. One step at a time.

Being human is amazing!

Our new 16 hour Level One HoopFit instructor training program has officially launched!

HoopFit is a drill-based, express hoop workout system for use in gyms. This is designed specifically for those who want to teach hooping as a pure fitness experience. Approved by the American Aerobics and Fitness Association to provide continuing education units to exercise professionals.

Our first training event is taking place:
December 8&9. ClubSport Oregon located in Tigard, OREGON.

Fee: $350 for two day program. You can register in the online store at www.hoopgirl.com

Learn more at the HoopGirl website under "Teacher Training"

Note that the original HoopGirl Certified Dance Instructor Program, which has more of a mind-body, personal transformation focus, is still active! Those who take that program still have the option to license as HoopGirl Workout Instructors.

The new HoopFit program is different from our original program in that it is shorter, more affordable, designed specifically for fitness professionals and has a strong focus on gym based classes.

Anyone interested in having a HoopFit training in their hometown can contact me and I'll get you information on how we can make it happen. We can set up a training at a local fitness club near you. If you host and help promote an event you can attend for free!

Enjoy!

My name is Christabel.

I am luminous, playful, light-hearted, energetic, healthy, creative, joy-infused and loving!

My energy feels strong, sparkling, effervescent, and shiny.

I am a divine immortal being. I have sacred contracts with everyone in my life which we created before birth to help eachother grow at a soul level. I am devoted to this spiritual adventure of awareness because it is fun and exciting to me.

My divine mission here on Earth is to hold and radiate light to accelerate planetary peace! Light is usable life force energy carried on waves of joy and love which help accelerate healing and a sense of unity. I deliver this luminosity in many everyday ways.

I am delighted to have this human package! Incarnation is a precious gift, a wonderful learning game for my spirit to remember to stay awake to my divine essence. My emotions are a navigational system which help me discern how awake I am. Relationships teach me how to connect with my higher self. Life events teach me how to stay grounded and channel a higher power through deliberate action.

I am surrounded by flocks of angels, light beings and guides. When I walk into a room, it is as if there are hundreds of us coming in at once because they surround me on all sides with their energy and joyful presence. I am deepening my awareness of these light beings everyday and it feels like the singlemost important thing happening in my life. Lots of practice and exposure to many meditations helps me to remain aware. I am learning how to trust my feelings in this department.

My guided meditations are taking me beyond physical reality into a world of light and energy which is exhilarating and accelerating me. I have been going down into the DNA of my body and infusing it with light, working with my own energetic aura to clear and reconnect linkages to higher sources, connecting to my soul and Divine Will, working with masters of light who have been downloading information into my brain, getting messages from angels, connecting to solar light from suns in other galaxies, becoming aware of planetary consciousness and the interconnected consciousness of all the suns in the universe, and generally playing in a matrix of light which seems to be expanding out further and further. I am learning how to maintain awareness in everyday reality of these spectacular journeys.

I am an empath. I easily feel and sometimes see the emotions of those around me. My heightened sensitivity is a gift which allows me to discern what feels good.

I am learning to maintain my own energetic boundaries so that I can maintain my own positivity despite outside circumstances. Because I become like those I spend time with, I choose to spend time with people whom I admire who have qualities which I seek to develop within myself. I love being in community!

I choose to spend time among happy, healthy people who are magnetic because of their inner radiance, visionary perspectives and commitment to conscious evolution. I play, co-create and learn from others who are light-filled, energetic dynamos.

I love life! Life is fun and I love being present and enjoying every moment. I have deep faith that everything happens for a reason and I trust the process.

I carefully choose how I spend my time. I choose to expose myself only to positive media. I cultivate daily practices of movement, reading, talking to friends, exercise, laughter, meditation and prayer so that I can remain aware.

I manifest what I need and desire with ease so that I can focus on creating and enjoying more joy. I take time to visualize exactly what I want and I take the steps to get there, savoring the journey along the way. I love all the wonderful experiences and people which flood into my life during this adventure.

I am commited to health! I am always interested in learning about how to build a stronger, more vibrant physical and energetic body.

I love being in nature. The green energy of the trees and plants and having my feet on grass, rocks and dirt quiets my mind and helps me feel serene and connected.

I am going through big changes! I feel as if I have been asleep in a routine and am now waking up to many realizations about who and what and why I am. I am developing the courage to speak my truth fully and take bigger risks to follow my higher self’s council.

I find myself hungry for metaphysical information, deep conversations with friends, meeting new friends on the same vibrational level, quality time spent preparing foods, laughing, being inspired by art, sharing love, taking time to smell the roses, being in the wilderness, dancing, immersing into uplifting music, meditating, celebrating life, swimming in hot springs, learning from inspiring teachers, being in nourishing tropical environments and energetic power spots.

I hope to reconnect with my husband because it suddenly feels as if we are on different paths, with different values and different needs. I want to continue to help eachother grow in positive ways while still honoring our own truths. I intend to clarify my feelings and speak my truth. I am learning how to open and deepen my heart and feelings of love. Angels, I'm ready for some divine assistance in this department!

So that is a bit of who I am right now.

Love,
me

Miracles abound! I went to an all day angel workshop with Bridget today with no expectations, just an open mind. Driving up into Mill Valley was gorgeous, with the sun bright and luminescent, good clean smelling air and lots of tall green trees. Up and up and up I drove to her wonderful mountainside home. I paded inside and down carpested stairs as I was a few minutes late. Everyone was already gathered and holding hands, getting ready to share intentions for the day. Lots of smiling faces .. about 10 women and 2 men... and that is how it all began.

My intention was "to be able to speak my truth and own my path with courage and to release caring what anyone thinks of me", and the whole day provided endless insights and gifts to help me do just that! We learned many basics about inviting angels into our lives, were introduced to our guardian angels, Archangel Michael, Archangel Gabriel and Metatron, and did lots of meditations and exercises.

Especially wonderous moments for me:

*Essential ingredients of the lightworker's toolbox: breathing, shielding, grounding, vacuuming out fear, cutting cords. It is totally normal for Lightworkers to tend to their energy since they are so sensitive

*If I feel dragged down by other's negativity, I can state several times per day, "I'm not taking on anyone else's energy." (or my turnaround to remove the negative, "I am surrounded by Divine light and protected in my bubble of bliss!")

*All energy is the same. We label it as good or bad and then react to our THOUGHTS about our label!

*Ask the angels for acceptance of others and release the need to fix or heal others. Ask the angels to intervene.

*Hearing that angelic messages are delivered on molecules of oxygen and so the quality of the air we breathe is extremely important ... of course we can hear angels much better near trees and the ocean

*The frequency of gratitude is the same frequency of angels... love!

*I am Clairsentient! I am extra sensituve to energy and I feel messages through my body. Even though I can't "see" angels in everyday reality, I can feel their communication through physical sensations... through squeezes on my body, gut sensations, goosebumps, tingling and more...trust my body sensations!

*Remember that I am always divinely taken care of, but I have to let go and share with the angels as part of my team. If I don't surrender to the divine, the divine cannot get in to give me gifts!

*Meeting My Guardian Angels Meditation*
Meditation of floating on an innertube in sparkling warm water and looking up at clouds, feeling totally safe, relaxed and letting go. Landed on a sandy beach and put on glittering rhinestoned slippers and a thick, luxurious white bathrobe. I wandered through dense tropical foilage with thick green leaves and fantastical, sweet smelling and brightly colored blooms. I walked along this raw, earthy dirt path, the light filtering through the trees, on a path lined by large crystals. Finally, I arrived in a grove with turqoiuse waterfalls and a natural pool with a pulsating rose quartz temple next to it.

As I ascend the stairs of the lumiescent temple, I meet my guardian angels... They are bright energy forms surrounded by rainbows, pulsating out soft pink love energy and shiney sparkling lights like shimmering bubbles. The feeling of their love for me is almost overwhelming -- like 1000x the unconditional love I feel from dogs sometimes. One of them has more green energy. There are matrixes of light blue/whitish light through each and they each come along side me. I ask their names. I hear quite directly Raphael and Emma... I know Raphael is the archangel of Healing so I am a bit confused (I thought archangels were sort of a step above guardian angels) and when I hear the name "Emma" I let go a bit . (I heard this name revealed to me in a dream lately and then the next day found myself in a carpet of white feathers while walking at Stow Lake ... finding a white feather is supposed to confirm angelic presence in your life.. still I doubted the validity of this ... but when I got it again today.... well I let go). Later I hear that archangels can walk by your side as special guardian angels as well so I release even more doubt. I realize how much I have been holding angels at arms length even though I wanted to invite them into my life... my mind always skeptical and analyzing. I released and felt seeds of trust.

Raphael's energy feels soothing, regenerative, like a balm, cooler, more powerful and stately and deep. Emma's energy feels giggly and enthusiastic, nurturing, emanating love, full of excitement, playful .. light and almost sprite-like Very, very simillar energy to my dear friend Dawn Light. The energies were very distinctive, but the rainbow energetic matrixes pulsed through both.

I ask how I can become more aware of angels in my life and get quite clearly, "Move to Marin, connect with other angel lovers and your angels, and follow this new path with trust". Then they hand me the gift of a special mantra to remember... and I giggle because it is the same mantra from our laughter yoga training... "ho-ho-ha-ha-ha!" Basically they are telling me to keep laughing to keep communicating with them! I love it.

Chakra Clearing Meditation
Next we did a chakra clearing meditation with Archangel Michael, during which I got some VERY clear and powerful information. Archangel Michael helps us dispell fear and clarify our life mission. He uses his mythic sword to cut cords of attachement. I felt quite clearly that the fear I have had around speaking my truth is NOT mine! "release and let it go" I felt. It was like an incredible realization in that moment, almost as if I had picked up someone else's fear like lint which stuck to me and gathered more. This deep incredulous realization, knowing quite clearly, "what do I have to be afraid of? Nothing! This doesn't belong to me!". A clear sensation that it was almost some kind of residue that I picked up and wasn't a part of my very essence.

Next we were introduced to Metatron, an archangel who assists with self-esteem who has a strong, blunt, but loving way of communicating. Very direct. We did another meditation, asking what could boost our self esteem and help us embrace our true selves.. again I got very clear and strong communication "write and talk!". As if writing and talking about my beliefs would help me move to the next level of honoring my truth. We were all sharing our experiences afterwards and when I shared mine, Bridget looked at me deeply for a moment and said slowly, "right, and that's your divine mission isn't it?" and she looked at me expectantly. It was very clear to me that she was channeling. It was a very intense moment and I felt my heart squeeze as I said "yes". She only called out one other person that directly throughout the day... it was a strong moment for me.

Next we created two boxes to help us understand how to be aware of when we need to shift our energy (help for which of course we can call upon the angels!) The question to ask ourselves was, "are we above or below the bar?"

UPPER BOX-- POWER--LOVE
confidence, boundaries, joy, courage, happiness, peace, conected, grounded, strong, clearn, inspired, elated, acceptance, enthusiasm, good posture

-----------BAR--------------- **ask for angelic help to move up***

LOWER BOX--VICTIM--FEAR
intertia/stuck, blame, self-pity, doubt, fear, anger, stress, frustration, tension, bitter, depressed, fixing, slouching

Always asking ourselves throughout the day, "what amd I choosing to feel now?" and remembering our own ways to feel powerful again (for me, in addition to asking for angelic help, meditating, ealking in nature, speaking my truth, dancing, drinking water and eating raw food, prayer).

We did another meditation.. I asked for knowledge of the next step for my life mission and got quite clearly from Metatron, "more angel time". Right after this meditation, Bridget went into this talk on how we have to develop a relationship with angels the same way we would cultivate a relationship with friends .. it takes TIME, talking, conversing and conscious interaction. I was pretty blown away, since all of this was echoing the direct message I had just received! Wow!

We went on to explore Michaels guidance to us which Briget channeled which related to only giving problems enough of your time in identifying them and then immediately shifting our focus to creating solutions .. she said that letting our focus dwell on the negative only makes it bigger. While this seems obvious, it was a big aha in that moment... by letting an issue recirculate over and over day after day, we start to create stories about it which give it even more energy.

A good way to do this is to be careful about what kinds of questions you ask yourself... i.e. instead of asking, "why am I stuck here" ask, "how can I embrace the courage to reach my highest potential?" It is amazing how reframing a question can change the whole energetic!

We did another meditation where we let Michael vaccum out any fear which was lodged in our body and then fill those newly emptied spaces with thick, sparkling, healing white light. It was exhilerating. The message from Michael, via Bridget, was that when fear is removed there is room for courage and power, but first all fear must be removed.

We did a fear releasing meditation during which I suddenly saw myself upon a beach in Kauai being a part of an angel retreat of some kind, and then my awareness went right back into the meditation, letting go of fear.

You know, this whole fear thing is quite interesting because I tend to focus on the light and bright and repel the "negative". So when people start talking about "fears" I generally check out because I have not really been aware of having many. It seemed like thinking about them would create something which wasn't even really there to start with. But then we did what was perhaps the most poiwerful exercise of the day where we sat with a partner and each spoke for 5 minutes, uninteruppted, to eachother, beginning every sentence with, "If I wasn't afraid, I would ___________." WOW. WOW. WOW. WOW. I REALLY encourage everyone to try this with a friend and you will likely be amazed at what simply reveals itself. When I started, I was dumbfounded. I didn't know what I was afraid of, as I generally feel quite courageous. So I just began to ramble.

Some of what came out was the following...
If I wasn't afraid, I could be among any people of any state or of any kind of energy and know I am totally safe and protected and free to shine. If I wasn't afraid I wouldn't need to judge or criticize anyone or myself. If I wasn't afraid I could accept the praise and love of others with ease and feel safe. If I wasn't afraid I would move to a tropical paradise. If I wasn't afraid I would become a full time lightworker, talking about, speaking and writing my truth about angels and light beings. If I wasn't afraid, I would speak my truth without regard for what anyone may think of it. If I wasn't afraid I would slow down. If I wasn'd afraid, I would do a fast or a vision quest. If I wasn't afraid, I would share my positivity without worrying about overwhelming anyone around me who is negative. If I wasn't afriad, I would have a baby. (This final statement popped out of my mouth and put me into a stunned silence which basically ended my sharing time a bit early... whoa! Very unexpected thing to come out of my mouth.)

This exercise immediately made me aware that I do indeed have many fears which quietly creep on the underside of my thoughts. Then we created action steps to move through.. mine were.

I'm saying yes to being a lightworker.
I'm saying yes to angels.
I'm saying yes to my divine mission.
I'm saying yes to laughter!

I committed that by January 2008 I will be moving forward on my divine mission in a big way.

Then we invited in archangel Gabriel... who is all about communication .. a more feminine essence who brings in forgiveness. We learned a powerful mantra, "I'm willing to release that part of me that get's annoyed when I think of you." (for use when we feel irritation). (Or my turnaround, "I let go and choose love!") We were reminded that when experiencing a challenge communicating with another, we could invite that person's guardian angels in with our won and ask them for a healing intervention. Bridget reminded us how important it is to talk out our issues either with people or angels because *we either talk it out or we act it out* in our relationships. How true!!! I realize this is a huge dusty issue for me... a challenge area historically in my relationships where I have stuffed emotions which felt too difficult to discuss... we talked about teaching people how we want to be treated and letting go of assumptions that everyone plays by the same rules as us, removing our stories from the actual facts of any given situation and how to lovingly state and begin conversations about what our non-negotiable boundaries are... so much more but I am running out of steam to keep typing.

Overall... I feel like this was a very healing experience on so many levels. I got lots of practical tools to use in my everyday life, lots of new ways to communicate more clearly and lovingly, direct confimation of being on the right path of my life mission, guidance about the next steps for my evolution, and very direct communication from the angels. I also got along the way throughout the day that I am suposed to attend Doreen Virtue's March 17-21, 2008 Angel Therapy Practitioner® Course in Hawaii! So lots revealed!

The open-ness and loving sharing from all the other particiapnts was amazing and they all sparkled with joyful enthusiasm and inspiration. Bridget is an amazing facilitator .. she was surrounded by Egyptian feline energy and blue sparkling light. What a joy! What a joy! I am so grateful for my amazing life and all the wonderful people I am meeting.

You can learn more about Bridget, our Angelic facilitator at: www.angelsareus.com/

You can learn more about Angel Therapy at www.angeltherapy.com

Just writing all of this feels so healing and part of my path of owning my truth. If you made it this far, thank you so much for witnessing my blossoming! Thank you!

Love,
Christabel

I just had a wonderful personal coaching session with an amazing metaphysician named Franc. All I can say is wow, I'm onto something!

It was amazing how freeing it was to just talk about all the intense changes I have going on within with someone completely outside my life who has no real knowledge or expectation of me to be a specific person or way.

I realize I have become very *intense* over the years .. and I have been called to shift my essence to a new vibration of gentleness which is more nurturing, slow and soft. Still powerful, but energizing through allowing instead of pushing.

I realize that over the years I put to sleep a more intuitive part of myself when I became so focused on manifesting and efforting to run my business. I realize I have fallen into an "either/or" dichotomy in some ways, feeling I need to keep some more spiriual blogs off the official HoopGirl website out of fear of "what people will think" . I guess over the years I let the HoopGirl business *become* me and I had no boundaries at all ... now that I am developing a more healthy relationship with the company, letting it grow itself and delegating others and letting others be the superstars, it has created space for me to slow down a bit and remember to ask, "who am I consciously choosing to become?"

I also realize I have easily gotten caught up in spiritual arrogance when I focus on differences and fear instead of similaries...

Franc, and my other trusted advisors, will be helping me play through these questions...

Until our next talk in 2 weeks, I'll be working on a vision board of my future life in 5 years. Also, I will write a blog entitled, "Who I am Becoming", using lots of what Franc calls, "essence" words...

Life is such a wonderful journey!

I started this morning with an Orin meditation for divine life purpose…

Our life in 5 years or less: Kramer and I have two homes: one on a tropical Hawaaian island paradise in Maui or Kauai and one in California, in an energetically nurturing place with lots of trees, mountains and ocean like Marin county or Santa Barbara. We also travel regularly to wonderful romantic places where we have fun adventures together.

We get large amounts of income deposited into our bank accounts every day with no effort on our part, and we have enough money for generations of comfort. We have lots of free time to play and have fun, and enjoy a slow pace of life enjoying nature, health and loving family and friends.

HoopGirl is still active and being run by women who have been empowered to step into positions of leadership, creativity and authority which is bringing out their own divine missions. It is wonderful to sit back and watch all the beauty emerging. The love of hoopdance is still spreading across the globe at quantum speed and HoopGirl products are bringing joy and wellbeing into the lives of millions.

I love writing about love, angels, radiance and living in joy. I am a well published author in this realm and success has come to me easily. One publisher who I work with a lot is Hay House. I host quarterly angel retreats which creates even more play money and also allows me to deeply connect with amazing angel lovers and share my knowledge. I am close friends with the leading angelogists in the world, including Doreen Virtue and Angela McGerr, and collaborate with them to create exciting magical projects. I have learned much from them and others who have led the way for my playfilled career. I love creating practical tools for personal transformation and evolution, like cards, meditation journeys, and more. I am fully supported in all my creative endeavors by publishers and distribution companies who love my ideas and instantly manifest them.

My visions are no longer limited to meditations. I know have a deep knowingness of my soul family, divine mission, beings of light, angelic presences, and a tangible connection to divine beings of light and the cosmos which is real and practical. I have embraced my role as a lightworker naturally and have magnetically attracted those with a similar path into my life. We mutually amplify awareness in eachother and help eachother develop and fulfill our life missions.

There is lots of dance and healthy movement in our lives. I see Tai Chi too.

I regularly attend all kinds of consciousness retreats which connect me with amazing visionaries and inspire me to grow. I meditate and pray everyday, have clear communication with angels and loving beings of light, have fully accessed my higher self, am aware of my soul and life mission and move in every way from the essence of love. My 4 channels of psychic awareness are ON and I can easily use them to help me with my work/play.

Everything in my life overflows with play and joy! Everything I choose to be involved with brings more goodness, love and light. There is lots of laughter, smiles, fun and gratitude. Kramer and I keep discovering fun, healthy interests which we love to explore together. Our love, communication, sex life and friendship is spectacular. Life is amazing!

I have wonderful angelic animal friends in my life, including a wonderfully intelligent, loving and quiet Chihuahua who brings play and smiles into our lives. She loves to nuzzle, cuddle, stare with big eyes transmitting love, go for walks, curl up quietly during workshops and play with new friends.

We have a baby or two who opens us both to levels of love and joy which are amazing. This indigo child, or two, teaches us so much about presence, gratitude and awakening. She, and/or he, is a pure being of love. We find being parents easy and fun. We have LOTS of help raising our child/ren and it is naturally effortless. Kramer especially steps in to play a major role and discovers himself in new ways as a father. We still have lots of time for our own remarkable relationship and we love how it changes our lives in sweet and perfect ways.

I love gardening, which has become a wonderful way for me to ground and connect to nature energies. I grow all kinds of food and flowers which nourish and energize us. I love growing orchids and big, gorgeous over the top tropical flowers, as well as jasmine, rosemary, lavender and other herbs.

I see Kramer immersing himself into activities which nourish his soul. I see his joyfulness growing and his sense of purpose clarifying while he loosens up and has more easygoing fun, moving from a place of love and acceptance. His music albums and other creative projects are very successful!

Kramer and I also find fun ways to collaborate on some creative projects which is lots of fun.

I spend lots of time in nature, hiking, soaking in hot springs, communing with the ocean and dolphins, connecting, bring in wonder and gratitude for life!

I love preparing wonderful, delicious, aromatic foods which are organic and fun. I create all sorts of raw and cooked dishes over hours of fun time which we love!

I have LOTS of friends who are on the same wavelength and we enjoy lots of time together sharing ideas, meditating, laughing and having fun.

We see our families a lot and enjoy creating new traditions to share. We enjoy life absolutely in every moment, knowing life is a precious gift to love and enjoy.

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Abundance Reading: Question. “What can I do to make more money?”

1. What you learned about money as a child: Zanna
2. Your current beliefs about money: Archangel Gabriel
3. Blocks to Abundance: Teresa
4. Angels Guidance About Abundance: Akasha
5. Your next best step to take: Athena
6. What to expect when you take that step: Bethany
7. How to keep abundance flowing in your life: Opal
8. Clarifying card on Opal: Azure

Even though I did this reading somewhat casually without expecting a grandiose answer, it felt quite profound! I was again surprised by the depth, insight and love in the cards.

“You are protected from all types of harm. The worst is now behind you. I ask you to relax and feel safe.” As a child I learned, Like Zanna, that I can always relax and feel safe about money. I learned that I was always protected by how freely my mom spent money for me, that she would always watch over me like an angel. Later, I learned through mistakes with money and taking responsibility for them, how to watch over myself. Most of the fears which I had have been transmuted. I learned that I could relax and enjoy myself and that my happiness is a smile to heavan… this sensation continued when I continued to follow my bliss with my hoop company as well.

“You have an important life purpose involving communication and the arts. Please don’t allow insecurities to hold you back. I will help you.” My current beliefs about money and Archangel Garbielle. It was interesting to get this card and realize it is a familiar card… I seem to draw it a lot. I took a moment and sensed into Gabriel with appreciation, feeling quite blessed. This card felt very empowering! It suggested my current beliefs about money are related to my life purpose, communication and “not holding back.” This card says I have a deep belief that if I continue to follow my bliss and walk my life path, that money will continue to come to me. This is a powerful belief, and I sense even part of the message I am here to teach! And interesting that it was coupled with this reminder that Garbiellle is working so closely with me as a personal coach who is just waiting for me to reach out and ask for help.

“Time out! You’ve been so busy taking care of everyone else’s needs, but now it’s time to stop and take care of yourself.” Blocks to abundance indicated by Teresa. This struck a resonant cord. I got the distinct inner message that working SO hard for SO long is often often driven by fear instead of love, and it actually burns me out and disconnects me from Source. Since Source is the source of all abundance, I create my own blocks by PUSHING too hard, efforting, going for more, more, more! This angelic message reminded me that relaxation is a divine necessity, and to trust that all material responsibilities will be met by those who will step up to help. Interesting because I have been experiencing this lately in letting go… of classes, performances, rehersals and experiencing that in letting go, the “block” is removed and in my relaxation and reflection I have time to connect and be restored and re-inspired! It is true!

“You are a spiritual teacher. You have the ability to counsel others and help them awaken their special gifts and Divine life mission.” Angel’s guidance about abundance signified by Akasha. This card knocked my socks off. It said to me that the angels are telling me that I will gain the abundance I seek by making myself available to even more people, specifically as a teacher, writer and workshop leader about being a lightworker. It was powerful to hear that I am absolutely qualified and that I am backed by angels and that this is my Divine life purpose and truest path to abundance. Remember to ask the angels for help in this teaching work! Abundance and embracing my true spiritual path are ONE. Abundance will come through releasing fear, building confidence and staying centered in love through the process. Love is all that matters. I also got a small intuitive hit that perhaps part of my teaching relates to helping people discover what a Divine Life Mission is and how to remember it by connecting with angels! (Something about Kramer’s being baffled by that concept came back to me and signified a need in society).

“It is now safe to be powerful. You know how to be powerful in a loving way that benefits others as well as yourself.” The next step to take indicated by Athena. Again. WOW. The first words struck a cord. “You have been afraid of your own power. You have worried that others would disapprove or leave you if you allowed your true power to shine.” Yes! I have. This card said to me that the next step to take is to become lovingly powerful in my skills, ways of speaking about my path as a lightworker, and in how I move forward from here. Remembering that all power comes from love and God and is unlimited. Letting power emerge from a connection to Source and love is true and real. Remember that it is not “me”, not from the ego, so let it shine!

“When you take excellent care of yourself, everybody benefits. Give yourself a relaxing treat today, such as a massage, seasalt bath or pedicure.” Bethany speaks to what I can expect once I follow the path of being lovingly powerful. Interesting how this theme of relaxation keeps coming up, and here it seems to indicate that if I allow myself to own my path with loving power, I will be able to relax at in a wonderful restorative way which will feel delicious. Almost as if the act of claiming my power as a a lightworker will allow me to relax, so I can continue to receive Divine information and then continue to walk my path. As if part of my soul’s path is to use relaxation as an actual art or path that will revel more divine information to me to then move out again and share with the world. Relaxation opens my body up to spirit. The more I can open to angel’s help to care for myself deeply, the more faith and trust I will develop in the angels themselves and then be able to teach and speak from a place of authenticity.

“Your children on Earth and in Heavan are happy and well cared for by God and the angels.” Opal speaks on how to keep abundance flowing in my life. This card was the most confusing at first. It seemed to suggest that I could keep abundance flowing by releasing worry about having children within a specified amount of time. A reminder that God and the angels are watching over the souls of my children in the etheric world and to I can keep abundance flowing by moving from trust on my Divine path. However, I wondered if instead, this may mean that by having children I could literally keep abundance flowing. This second interpretation felt less true, but sparked worry. So I drew another card to clarify.

“Your desired outcome will occur in the very near future. Have patience and faith, and don’t try to force it to happen.” Azure clarified the situation perfectly! I felt confirmed in my first reading, that I should stay positive and remember the “how” is handled by a higher source. I should surrender and trust the fear of needing to have a child soon because of my endometriosis. Surrendering that sense of worry will allow the essence of abundance to keep flowing in.

What a great reading. I just remembeed the moments of exaltation I felt when I first posted my teacher training for hoopdance. It was a feeling of absolute bliss. I had an inspiration, I felt called, and put myself out there, not really caring if even one person signed up because I felt like I was meeting the Divine call to own my own power and urge to connect and give. And then the response was fantastically positive. I sense that the same process will come with my path involving angels and lightwork. If I walk the path out of bliss and because it feels so good, instead of expecting anything coming from the outside to give me happiness or a sense of success, it will all unfold divinely! The joy will be experienced within simply because I am letting myself channel the light of Divine inspiration. And I sense that moving from that place will also magically and magnetically attract abundance into my life beyond my wildest dreams.

7am: Last night I had a dream that Kramer and I were considering buying a property in Hawaii. It was inland on 4 acres of flat land with lots of trees. We were looking at the structure and noticing that it was close to a country style road. Kramer seemed to have hesitations that it was so close to the road. I wasn’t completely sold on the structure itself.

7:30am:This morning while washing my face I got a strong sense that I need to develop my psychic abilities to be able to read for just one person in order to hold space for very large groups… almost as if facilitating large groups would require the same skills and individual readings but on a much larger scale. I need to educate myself more in this area.

8:10am Immediately taking action on this, I did a reading on myself for my life mission using Doreen’s “Messages From Your Angels” deck. I decided if I am attending the ATP training, I had better get acquainted with actually doing full readings with her cards.

I asked, “what is the next step in fulfilling my life mission?”
1. What I’ve learned in the past: CARESSA card (ending one cycle of life and beginning a new happy one)
2. What I’m currently learning: AURORA (I’m flying high, stay there! Others will be inspired from my example.
3. What steps to take right now: YVONNE (Animals, I have a bond with them)
4. How I can best help others: OMEGA (Victory!)
5. Your life purpose: ASTARA (Reach for the stars with your dreams and desires and don’t compromise)

To me, this felt very accurate! Today we moved into our new office… ending the cycle of having the office merged with our home and beginning the new separation. Also, ending my being merged identity wise with the company. I am learned how to stay “high” in love right now, how to maintain my enthusiasm despite outside situations and soaring from my expanded awareness. I’m a bit confused by the step to take now relating to animals. I REALLY want a Chihuahua. I think about it every day, but I am afraid to ask Brenda. Not sure to do about this one. It seems I can best help others by being successful and this feels right. I feel like people enjoy watching me succeed in ways which are empowering and truthful. Also, my desire literally came to fruition today when I got something I have been waiting for a long time. Basically it seems the best way I can help others is by listening to my own divine guidance! My life purpose seems inspired by the image of this card… an angel reaching out to touch a being of light. It seems as if maybe my life purpose is to listen to my divine guidance and reach for the stars, or light beings, and share my happiness as a holy aspect of my mission. Also it seems that my life mission involves embracing the infinite abundance that comes from being able to ask for divine help.

8:45amWalking down the street and 3 hispanic construction worker gyus stopped conversation and just all turned to face me will full intense stares which felt devouring, I called on Archangel Michael for protection and the biggest guy truned around and put his back to me, blocking the others from me as well.

9amMeditation… I asked which angels were watching over me… Jophiel on my right shoulder and Emma on my left, meeting a shorter women with brown, olive skin, a big almost Jewish looking nose and thick facilal skin in almost heavy wrinklescurly hair 60’s, going to a beach with white sands soon…

9:45amListening to Divine Guidance and I got a strong feeling about a divine council spoken about in Think and Grow Rich and the next thing she said on the CD was a reference to Think and Grow Rich and Napoleon Hill.

11am Later in the morning I actually saw a woman who matched the description I saw in my vision … the owner of Reverie? But I didn’t “meet” her.

6:30 At Crystal Way I consider two more of Doreen’s decks. On the back of one, I see a card for “Jophiel” half revealed and since this was the name of the angel who is supposed to be on my right shoulder, I immediately decide to get the deck. I actually get both the Archangels and Ascended Masters decks since they accompany the book I already have.

I later learned Jophiel is the angel of organization and nature, two things which I had immersed myself in right in the beginning of the day.

7:30pmWhile driving I realize, yet again how egoic my previous rejection of Doreen Virtue was. I thought because her work seemed “simple” it wasn’t deep or as meaningful. I now realize that her profound personal story is very empowering and the tools which she provides are profound in how their simplicity reveals depth. It is the ego who says that things have to be complex to be deep or spiritual. Love is simple! Love is Source. We are love.

8:30pmAfter looking over the decks, I realize I made assumption about the quality of her work based on the imagery in her decks. The fact that some of the art feels inconsistent within decks, that sometimes it is very sci-fi comic book like and childlike is what created this “less than serious” idea I had about her. While not all of the cards resonate artistically with me, I am still committed to looking beyond the images to the essence and spiritual teachings within them. I have a feeling that there is much more than meets the eye here!

So last night I taught two hoop classes. I went there with no expectations, and some hot passionate Brazillian music. It was an amazing confirmation of what relaxing and letting go can do to open the way for the fantastic.

It was flowing quite high from all the inner spiritual work I have been doing lately and was right in the pocket while teaching... in that in-between place of effortlessly speaking and sensing the great time students were having, while simutaneously feeling myself having a great time with how effortless it was. I realized afterwards as I was walking away that *this* is the pefect place to teach from... total presence, love and energy flowing! I realized how lucky I am to be able to have this sensation in my body, of doing in the moment exactly what I am supposed to be doing! I feel so lucky to be able to teach hoopdance. I *know* the work I am doing is part of my own Divine path and unfolding!

Interesting as well because this is at a gym I work for, the only gig like this I have in which I am "working for someone ese", and my manager apologized because she hadn't gotten me my paycheck on time. I shrugged it off and said, not to worry and that I wasn't there for the money. I was completely serious. She paused for a minute to take it in and I thought for the first time about the money that would come, and thought, "Oh, that would be a nice treat!" as an afterthought. But honestly, this is the first time in my life I have taken a paying job where I had to show up at regular weekly times for months, which is100% for the experience without any "need" for the money it would yield.

My reasons for teaching at this gym are simply for professional experience and learning what it is like to hold space in that kind of streamlined gym environment, instead of a dance studio. I am there to self educate myself about modifying my classes for students with strictly fitness needs so I can relate to all students better and develop my work. Honestly, I would make 10x more money teaching my own class.

But there was this vaccum when I said it and when I reflected upon it again later... an air pressure change around me where i had a realization of how good it felt to be able to say to someone that I am doing something simply because I wanted to be there, not for the money. I realized that I have been writing about this in my 15 minute miracles... that I wish to be able to do everything only from desire, not from need... and it is already beginning to happen.

All is well and unfolding perfectly!

I wanted to just give a shout out to Doreen Virtue. As I mentioned before, I have had her books and materials for years, but was skeptical for my own fear-based reasons. Perhaps because the booked opened with so much "God" talk, and that wording of the Divine didn't resonate before... whatev. What's cool is that over the last week I opened it again and readily absorbed all the loving stories contained in her book, "The Lightworker's Way". There is power in simplicity. Her story is so inspirational and hearing about her own humanity, doubts, and winding path to awakening has been very affirming.

Great insights:

"There are big differences between the true innner guide and the voice of the ego. First, inner guide instructions are loving and positive, while the ego's advice is based in fear, contempt, and beliefs in scarcity. The inner guide occassionally tells us to take sudden action, but it never uses fear tactics of belittling words. Second, the inner guide's voice usually leaves you with a feeling of certianty, and you just know that you must follow your intuition."

"As lightworkeres, we volunteered to come during crucial earth times before and after the year 2000 to spread our loving energies and dissipate destructive mass consciousness. Most of us came for teh specific purpose of using our knowledge of healing to teach, write, consel, heal, or enlighten others on Earth."

"We each created a basic life plan for ourselves before incarnation. However, we made this life plan for ourselves while we were fully in our "true self" state of mind. After incarnation, we got trapped in thoughts about materiality, and our ego mind developed. Yet, every lightworker with whom I've spoken always tells me how they know, deep down, that they are here on Earth for a higher purpose".

"Many lightworkers have faint ideas or gut feelings about the life they are supposed to be living. Yet they feel undeserving or unqualified to follow their intuitive urges... the only choice available to lightworkers is to stop giving air time to our egos, and to allow our healed true self to shine forth."

The exploration continues...

Remember those adventure books in which you would read, then stop and make a choice about how the character would proceed? Then you would flip to a new place in the book, read on, make more choices, and finally end at a totally unique place? The covers of those books said, "CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE # whatever, You're the Star of the Story! Choose From 15 Possible Endings!". When I was a kid I used to read dozens of these, but I haven't thought of them in over 15 or 20 years now.

Yesterday I woke up somewhat grouchy about living here in the city. I woke up and basically wanted to roll out the door and onto a hiking trail, into a wonderful nest of green energy, but instead I rolled out onto the concrete sidewalk and walked down to Golden Gate Park. While the walk soothed my mini freakout in the moment, it was a momentary band-aid.

Something within me has been whispering, then softly speaking, then talking forcefully, and now yelling somewhat deafening at me about "being in the green", which translates to me moving to a slower place with mountains, trees, waters and luminous like-minded people living life at a slower pace. A place where an exciting Friday night activity is a group freestyle dance event or two back-to-back yoga classes. The message is clear... if I am to stay in the Bay Area, I must move to Marin. If I can be anywhere in California, I am to move back to Santa Barbara, if I can live anywhere at all, then the best choice would be for me to move to the Hawaiian Islands. I just *know* this.

But, I'm STUCK (with capital letters). I am married. And the man I am married to and love in many ways won't budge, and is so passionate about the City and nightlife and his social network that I likely doubt he will *ever* budge, at least not soon enough for me. Enter the "Choose Your Own Adventure # whatever" concept. It was like a flash while I was on my walk. I was strolling along, talking to my angels, and suddenly thought to myself "why am I choosing to be stuck?"

Which brings on a whole slew of intense questions:

Why have I chosen to be with my husband? Really?
Why did I choose to move to San Francisco?
Why do I choose to remain in the habitual pattern of everyday city life when I'm not happy here?
Why do I choose to live without the warm sun on my skin?
Why do I choose to feel alone?
Why do I choose to feel powerless in this moment?

and, here's the kicker...
Why do I chose to let my husband's wants and needs dictate *my* life adventure?

I am just so 125% aware of my deep inner guidance to be in another place, living at another pace, so utterly, so completely, that I can't help but ask myself.. whatz up??? Why have I chosen to be stuck? The beauty of my business is that I can basically function from anywhere on the planet... Enter the flash of the book, "You're the Star of the Story! Choose From 15 Possible Endings!" line...

Why am I choosing to let someone else choose for me what I KNOW what I want to choose?
Why do I choose to let his choices be my choices?
Why am I choosing to become aware of this reality and do nothing about it immediately?
Why am I choosing to squish my life path?
Again, why am I choosing to remain powerless?

What is the payoff??

I CHOOSE EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE. Holy macaroni! What a realization. It's the kind of thing that shows up in momentary aha's, then subsides, but my mind has really got a hold on this one. I've had it for a full 24 hours now, and I woke up thinking about it this morning.

Yesterday I picked up, "Lessons From the Light" by Dr. Kenneth Ring, the world's foremost expert on NDE, Near Death Experiences. In it, he shares the remarkably similar experiences ALL people have when they are dying, which, for those who come back, has life changing effects. One of the most remarkable things is that most people who have a NDE have what is called a "life review", where their entire lives pass before their eyes, everything, in the most details imaginable, from birth to death. I've only made it to page 27 so far, but my skimming in the bookstore informed me that this life review experience inspires realizations about *what really maters*, *what we choose* and *how our choices effect others* (mainly, do we bring more loving kindness into the world? because that is all that matters!).

So with these NDE life reviews in mind, I am wondering to myself, when I look back on my life when I am dying, what will I see? What choices will I have made? What fears will I realize I have had? What will I realize I could have done differently but chose not to? Will I have any regrets? What human life adventure will I have chosen, of all the megabillions of possible lives I could have created for myself?

So here I am at 6:38 on Saturday morning, contemplating. I know there is a shift waiting to happen within me. I'm trying to be compassionate and loving with it so it can emerge...

Amazing art for today's blog from Lisa Iris! www.lisairis.bizland.com

I began this morning with my blog... then surfing audible.com, randomly listening to large sample chunks of Donald Neale Walsh’s, Caroline Myss, and Sonia Choquette works. Downloaded some new goodies – Trust Your Vibes and Communion with God… after which I realized I seem to be on a reading and listening rampage lately, absorbing so much spiritual writing like a sponge!

I began an overhaul my tribe profile. looking at it or the first time in a long while and realizing, it’s all about ME ME ME and my company, realizing I just couldn’t even relate to it anymore. I realize I created that profile as a business profile, not a Christabel profile, so I started trimming away, hiding some things, adding a few new things that truly represent where I am starting to blossom in my life. I particularly added a very inspirational video, Teachers of the Light which felt good.

Then I packed my book, Lessons from the Light, and headed up north. My gameplan for the day: drive north to Marin County with no destination, explore, eat, wander, then head over to an open house at the Berkeley Psychic Institute, then to a gathering held by a spiritual teacher who was referred to me by someone who reads my blogs (Thea) but whom I have never met. So it definitely felt like an adventurous day! Kramer was wiped from having gotten in at 5am from parties and I was actually glad to be solo so I could immerse myself in the experience.

While driving I laughed and laughed and laughed! I have been doing my laughter practice daily but at interesting times – when I do dishes, while cleaning and while driving. I try to keep it contained at stop lights or when cop cars are nearby so people don’t think I am insane. But as soon as I pass I open my windows again and go for it! It felt absolutely wonderful.

I found myself heading for Café Gratitude in San Rafael, where I luxuriated in the sun while eating a leisurely breakfast. I am devouring this book about Near death experiences. Inspired by Doreen Virtue mentioning such books in her Lightworkers Way, I have been amazed and touched very deeply by these accounts. I almost feel as if I am vicariously learning from these stories about what is really most important in life, and also receiving confirmation about unconditionally loving light being the essence of humans and the universe. It is helping me put together the pieces of the human puzzle of incarnation, and just reading about the NDEs gives me a contact high of love, hearing how the experience can totally transform lives. Meanwhile, my waitress riveted my attention with the following phrase, “we are a transformational school disguised as a restaurant.” It reminded me … life is a transformational soul school disguised as a mortal human experience.

It felt time to wander, so I drove further north to Fairfax. WOW! I love Fairfax. I have a STONG sense that this is where we will be buying a house. I drove along tree-lined streets for over an hour, up high into the mountains with redwoods and yellow-orange October leaves. I was just smiling ear to ear, tripping on the great energy there, the sun shining through the trees, the wonderful houses everywhere… all of it.The green energy felt so fantastic, the view of the mountains was amazing, lots of kids running around in neighborhoods. The natural food store was amazing,uber cruncho-rama in a fantastically gourmet way, vibrant, healthy. Walking down aisles, I distinctly imagined I would be shopping there as a resident of Fairfax in the future. The checkout gentleman said, “Yes Fairfax is wonderful. Everyone seems pretty healthy and happy. Everyone is friendly.” And indeed it felt true, watching people interact and meet up in aisles, hugging, laughing and eating together in a large communal area outside.

Open Secret.. Gathered some more books, which leapt out at me, and realized my self-created curriculum is quite obviously downloading itself to me! I love this process. And on to BPI!

I originally went to Berkeley Psychic Institute over 4 months ago to see a film about the nature of happiness. While visiting, I had decided to get an aura photo, which was puzzling – I couldn’t even see “me” in the picture – it was all white and blue and purple all around. A faculty member looked at it and had said a matter of factly, “oh, you’re a trance medium!” I remember having thought to myself, “yea, right. Whatever that is! Scary.” and on I went with life.

So here I am today at the open house. I got an aura reading and three psychic readings, not really with any expectations. I actually have never gotten any kind of psychic reading in my life, only tarot or astrology from friends. But all of this seems somehow divinely perfect … I got a message the other morning from out of nowhere that I needed to develop my psychic skills, and here I was, at a learning institute for that!

The aura reading: I sat in a chair and a woman came over and started holding her hands out about six feet from my body, palpating the air. I could “feel” her touching me even though she was so far away! A distinct physical sensation. I remarked about it to her, and she said, “yea, your aura is WIDE open.” I asked her what that meant and what she was doing. “Well, when you are that open, you can pick up on other people’s emotions and energy really easy. It can stick to you. Other things which are attracted to you can get in your space as well. I am containing it a bit and bringing it closer to your body, cleaning it up a bit. Visualize it getting closer to your body.” I easily imagined my luminous energy field pulling closer to contain my body. “Wow! That was fast,” she said. Then she said she would read my charkas one by one. She held her hands near each of my energy centers. “You’re very sensitive, huh?” She said with a smile as she continued. When she got to my throat she said, “I am getting a clear message that you need to speak you truth. Speak out! Speak your truth!” I was a bit flabbergasted at how directly this addressed what has been going on for me, but just kept breathing. She then commented that I had some energetic debris, emotional debris from other people stuck to my energy field, very sticky. She cleared it and we imagined it running down an energy stream into the Earth. I walked away feeling revitalized and inspired to speak my truth about my emotions and divine calling!

Then I got in line for 3 mini psychic readings with students and graduates from the program in another room. There were about 10 readers and chairs in front of them where each person sat while getting a reading. From a long list of possible items to get a reading on, I chose: trance-mediumship, angels and past lives.

The first reading was with a blond woman. Mid-thirties, happy, connected, yet calm energy. I noticed her nametag said “Rev.” before her name. Her eyes were closed, but she still emanated a warm energy. She asked me what I wanted to know. I told her about the photo I had taken last time I was there, and wanted to know more about what a trance-medium is, if it is part of my divine life mission to channel and if so, what.

She told me that a trance-medium is someone who can easily leave their body and allow another being to come into their body to transmit information. She mentioned that, however, at this school they train you to stay in your body while transmitting information, which is better. It’s all about staying in the body, she said again in several ways.

Her eyes still closed, she said something about pink and gold energy surrounding me. She smiled and laughed a bit as if genuinely amused (as did the first aura reader randomly while sweeping my aura). I sort of wondered what everyone was seeing that was tickling them when they looked at my energy. Then she said with a smile, “You are a trance-medium, complete naturally! Do you have a family history of this? I said not that I know of at all. She said, “I see a language I don’t understand in a sphere above your head. It is a language of symbols, and they are very, very, very old. You can access an amazing amount of knowledge. It is right there, ready for you to access. You are already 80-90% spiritually open, so that is good. The energy of these symbols is like crystals, perhaps it is Atlantian. It’s got something to do with women, Goddess energy… but there is something bigger there too.. about energy itself.”

I asked her if it was my divine mission to channel something, and mentioned that I have been spontaneously getting that message. She said, that of course all humans are natural channels, but yes, I have this amazing storehouse of knowledge at my fingertips and that if I could learn to manage my energy system it would just flow right through.

I shared with her that I had some fear around all of this. That when I was young I used to feel lots of things, especially after watching ghost movies, staying up at night afraid to go asleep. I mentioned that since I have been getting into angels lately, I realized if there are angels and beings of light, there are probably spirits of people around as well and that that idea scared me. When I was young, I basically shut down any line of thought that even began to consider “ghosts” because it was so scary for me. I found myself crying a bit, really sensing the fear again. My reader smiled and was very reassuring, mentioning that it was all safe and easy to protect yourself through very easy techniques to stay grounded, etc., which they learned at the center.

When the reading was over, she smiled warmly and nodded and said, “I’m excited for you! Congratulations.” She suggested I try out with their meditation class as a primer. I walked away feeling a bit dazed and amazed and slightly overwhelmed by the information revealed. Just earlier today at Open Secret, I had been looking for books on Atlantis, for some reason unknown even to me….

I got back in line for the next reading. A woman came in from behind me to the room, asking if they still needed readers. They quickly had her come in and get ready since there was a long line formed. She had not been in the room before while I was there.

This woman seemed younger, mid-twenties with long dark brown hair and hipster San Francisco fashions. She barely even opened her eyes when I sat down in front of her. I asked for an angel reading. She said I had some powder blue energy about me. She said that I have a lively group of angels who surround me. Again, this reader smiled and laughed for a chuckle or two, then went back to reading. They are small and encircle you. They protect you. They have wings. They are … rowdy in a way, almost mischievous! If you don’t give them an assignment, something to work on for you, they seem to stir things up for you. There is one angel who is like their leader. She has been with you since you were both, her name is Zhana (?). She has a lavender energy with some pink. There is something about Goddess energy. I asked her how I could hear my angels more clearly in “everyday reality” and she said to stay with whatever is my highest creative art. If I strayed from that even a little bit, that flow would not happen. She said, a matter a factly, “since you’re a trance medium you should have no problem channeling that.” She suggested I do some dancing to help out with this process.

My final reading was with another blond woman, thirties again, nice vibes, with some kind of Australian accent. She had some students on each side of her who she seemed to be training. She asked what I wanted to know. I said anything, basically, since I don’t know anything about any of my past lives. She said we would focus on one that has an issue that relates in some way to my life now, which has a lesson.

She smiled and chuckled. (Again!? Whatzup?) You were a man in medieval times. You are not as beautiful as you are in this lifetime. You are large and big boned. You drive a carriage around from town to town and sell your wares, You sell things like knives, leather items, tapestries, and such. You are on the road all the time, always on the move. You are working and traveling all the time. You were very lonely in this life. You always force yourself to keep working, keep moving, and you never let yourself settle down. It was out of survival, or rather you told yourself it was for survival, but it was really because you were afraid. You are very free minded .. a free thinker! It seems like you were afraid to settle down into any small town because you thought you would outgrow their small-minded thinking fast and then be trapped, feel stuck or caught. You can change yourself very, very fast! That makes it hard for people to keep up with you. You felt you would rather stay on the move and sell your wares rather than settle down. You were not willing to take the risk involved in settling down with one woman or in one place. You did love some of the places you visited, and connected with some women, but you forced yourself to stay on the road. You kept yourself controlled.

This relates to now for you because the issue of being settled is up for you now. With your career or relationship, you are almost hesitant to go to a new place. The best advice I can offer is that your Spirit has a larger plan at work. You didn’t learn the lesson in the past life. In this one, you can trust that Spirit has a plan. You can’t know how it will work out, but by surrendering, all will be well. I see a blue courage rose, interesting, I have never seen that before. It seems you have come here today for courage.”

Of course she said much, much more than this, as they all did, but this is the essence which I retained. She asked if I had any more questions and honestly I was so covered in goose bumps and so hyper alert that all I could say was “no thank you.”

This life which she had been describing could have been my life now… all the nuances of how she described it… were issues I am dealing with now! Always being on the road traveling for HoopGirl, visiting lots of places but not allowing myself to connect too deeply, changing so fast in my relationship that I feel stuck and unable to keep moving along the path of my own growth. I got really clearly that I have tried this before and it didn’t work! That I need to do it differently this time around and let go….

I left there feeling certain I will take a class at this Institute and see what emerges…

After this I went to the gathering at Maggie’s, the spiritual teacher referred to me by Thea who reads my blogs…. Amazing, beautiful, light and bright energy.. a wonderful prayer circle for the earth around a firepit, delicious food, learned about her work… then spontaneously went to a concert with some people from there for Shimshaw (sp?) kirtan at Studio Rasa… a wonderful sensation of universal oneness…danced, sang, absorbed … I’m tired now and so very full of knowingness. Off to dreamland… will correct spelling and formatting in the morning…

A sweet morning! The sun was shining during my morning walk at Stow Lake in Golden Gate park and the weather was in the mid-seventies. Everything seemed to shine and sparkle. Glorious! I walked along listening to "Trust Your Vibes" audiobook by Sonia Choquette, just smiling and feeling blissed out and so lucky. Sonia is a wonderful teacher and as I walked I had many realizations. One thing Sonia talks about is moving from Spirit instead of ego, love instead of fear, and a great way to do this is by looking at EVERYONE looking for what you have in common with them instead of focusing on differences. Of course, she said lots more during the hour and a half walk, but just focusing on this while I passed hundreds of other walkers was incredibly eye-opening.

I realized how often I "zone out" while walking or in life in general, actually avoiding eye contact and connection. I realized as well, I often close down my emotional connections because of this. But walking for an hour and a half and really looking deeply "into" each person, at their spirit, instead of "at" the exterior and apperances was amazing. I found my heart swelling as I realized so many of us walk around feeling the same things, learning the same things, working through the same processes, fears, joys, sorrows, all of it! The whole human experience is a mighty adventure for all of us and I am starting to really get a sense of universal connectedness to every living thing, really *feeling* in a sensate way how we are all connected and unified by a loving Divine universal energy. I even looked deeply at all the squirrels, ducks, and dogs walking around, focusing on looking into them at their spiritual nature. What a magical, sparkling new way to view all things! It was especially wonderful when people would unexpectedly smile back at me and the connection amplified. Love really is all that matters!

Then I had a wonderful Theta Healing session with my friend Dawn over the phone... we worked on some of my fears surrounding the information I was given over this past weekend around channelling. Here are the results...

I create a newly designated space in my house devoted to spirit.
I allow God to program me to be receptive to only the highest, most loving and divine messages from Source.
Creator teaches me how to be God's definition of a "channel".
I align myself with the highest aspect of the Universe.
Creator shows me how to be impervious to anything less than Divine Love.
Creator teaches me how to trust in my psychic abilities, their value and divine importance.
I know how to communicate between people, myself, higher self, angels, guides, and Divine source for the highest good.
Creator downloads sacred geometry into my being which energetically activates spiritual knowingness in anyone in my presence.
Creator teaches me how to instantly access love.
I relax and allow Creator to work through me.
I am a being of super pure, super aware, sacred light.
I am safe in a human body.
I am an incarnated member of a Soul Family, here to learn and share with others.
I am surrounded by sacred geometry, color, sound and light.
I take time to meditate, asking for awareness of the sacred seed or key that I carry.
Creator downloads my divine life mission to me instantly.
Creator teaches me how to envision the sacred geometry within everyone I meet and focus on their light-filled divinity.
Creator teaches me how to be clairvoyant and recieve clear pictures.
Creator shows me that it is safe to be a spiritual leader.
Creator shows me how to channel without taking on spiritual responsibility for the information shared.
I allow myself to be a catalyst for other people's spiritual growth.
I choose to have increased awareness of my connection to the Divine.
I can transmit Divine healing energy to people with ease and joy.
My angels and Divine guides download information from the Akashic records to me in a way which is organic, blissful and fun.
I play with color, shapes, sacred geometry and mandalas as part of my learning and sharing process.
I let Creator show me that I have everything I need within to do this work already!
All I am currently learning activates rememberance within of what I already know.
I allow the essence of Divine knowledge to move through me with beauty and grace.
Where ever I go I bathe people in an energetic cloud of light, tingly, etheral love and bliss.
Creator shows me how to ground while channeling high energies of bliss and light.
Creator shows me how to be open to recieve and develop my gifts.
Creator instantly clears all beliefs which no longer serve me.
Thank you!

Dawn also channeled some interesting information while looking at my energy... she saw there was a lot of non-verbal communication in my future.. that all my teaching doesn't have to come through spoken words but could incorporate toning, sounding, singing or even just my very presence. Creator showed her an image of me transmitting energy through symbols which were coming out of my outward facing palms and coming out the top of my head like a fountain. I mentioned the reading details to her from BPI, astonished that she also spoke of symbols. She agreed that this is what she also saw, information encoded into light matrixes and symbols, saturated with many colors and harmonic sounds, almost fractalized. She suggested I just open and allow instead of thinking about how to "do" anything.

She said I am surrounded by a posse of angels, and particularly had four which have been with me since birth. She saw one in particular over my shoulder, a indigenous (but not neccessarily to earth) wise woman, a celestial light being covered in hieroglphs which were not Egyptian, but actually an ecoded intergalactic language ... that she is a star being linked to ascension with a very, very fine high vibration with emblems along her forearms, heart and flowing out of her hands in a gold vibration. I felt a strange sense of familiarity while she spoke this description, with the hairs standing up on my arms, so I sensed that even though it sounded outlandish to my rational egoic mind, there was truth there. Dawn got a message from this being that she didn't want to reveal her name through her at that moment, but that she will speak with me if I picture her and talk to her. What a neat divine assignment!

We talked about Soul Families for a while and she mentioned that like her, I am a leader of a Soul Family, a group of beings which exist for simillar purposes. These soul families are like pods, or groups which all share a common mission and empower eachother with their learned information. She also mentioned that I have been persecuted in past lives for my psychic abilties and we cleared this out, along with earlier childhood fears of seeing spirit.

She suggested that I get a set of Peaknuckles cards and sit with someone. Place a red card on my third and and tell them I will send them the color red, and focus on sending the color. The same with a number and a black card as well. And then go back and forth sending a card and number without the partner seeing, and them having to guess it. She said she did this in her Rainbow Children Theta Healing class and was amazed how easy it became to psychically see. Dawn said, as well as many others I have speaking to lately, psychic abilities are like a muscle which just needs to be regularly exercised. Dawn spoke to me about how I should really be playing with shapes and colors to help move this divine energy, and then mentioned art at www.heartsoulvision.com and how that type of thing would really help... remarkably I already have Anthony Scheving's art hangining in my livingroom and posted it to many blogs! I told her how I immediately thought of wanting to make similar art with a computer program once I saw his.. imagining using scanned images or photos of crystals and orchids or flowers and fractalizing them... this is actually something I have thought about doing for a long time... for years, ever since I got the Earth Star Mandalas book. She really encouraged me to explore this.... so neat, divine assignment #2! Interesting as well, because while in Maui and Kauai and therafter (this past spring), I was immediately activated on an artistic level, even drawn to play with color in paints .. which is also when my spiritual playquest accelerated...

So I better get back to work! But these were sparkling steps along my path for today which felt worth recording.

Thank you!

Hello friends! My friend Kristin has kindly offered to let us use the third floor of her new house for the LightBliss Laughter club's second meeting!!! Horaay! I I hope you will join us!

WHAT: A FREE LAUGHTER CLUB!
DATE: THIS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24
WHEN: 8:15-9:15 AM
BRING: Come wearing loose fitting clothes, bring a wilingness to try laughing, a water bottle, yoga mat, a meditation cushion and two big pillows (or none of these things and you will still be just fine! These just make it extra comfy). Avoid meals or eating directly beforehand.

Laughter is amazing medicine for the body, mind and spirit. Come and have fun connecting with others while strengthening your body. It is an amazing way to start your day with bliss!

Come enjoy life with us!

What to expect: Christabel will lead you through clapping and breathing exercises, interactive play and eye contact with others while doing laughter exercises, freeflowing laughter meditation, full body relaxation ... and lots of fun! BTW, there are no asanas used in Laughter Yoga exercises... Come prepared to laugh, laugh, laugh, without any jokes, humor, or comedy.

~PLEASE RSVP BY EMAILING your name, number and request for location to
admin -AT- hoopgirl -DOT- com

Space is limited!!!

********RSVPs must be obtained by 5pm Tuesday**********

Giggles,
Christabel

I wanted to give a shout out to the amazing Sonia Choquette! I downloaded her amazing book, "Trust Your Vibes" and it has been an incredible resource for me. I have been listening to it every morning while I walk and it has been so affirming and empowering. It is all about moving from being a 5 sensory to 6 sensory human and is delicious. On top of all that, she actually suggests hooping as a way to clear your energy and get in your body!!! It is a completely different experience to be able to listen to her speak and connect with the tone of voice and personality of the author directly, as opposed to just reading it.

I was inspired to download this because I am reading her second book right now, called "Soul Lessons and Soul Purpose" which is also equally amazing and am attending her one day November 17 workshop here in San Francisco... I thought listening to her beforehand would show me if she really was on my wavelength... she is ... and beyond!!!

www.hayhouse.com/tour_details.php

Have fun!

xo

Archangel Chamuel, please come to me and lend me your sweet, healing light of loving, accepting, and forgiving!
I allow the divine energies of light and love to sweep into my marriage and heal all wounds.
I invite a full bodied experience of radical presence and unconditional love.
I pray for complete rejuevination, passion, bliss and happiness on all levels.
I ask for wholeness, smiles, laughter and ease.

Source, Angels, and lightbeings of the highest good and purest light, come to me and intervene in my life! You are invited to participate in every second of every hour of every day of my life!

I ask for a return to love!

Love, come back into my life on every level and fill my heart with warmth, joy and nurturing.
Love, saturate my senses with feeling good.
Love, immerse your essence into every cell of my being and pulse through me.
Love, use my body as your temple and radiate through my eyes.
Love, transmit through every word I speak and heal my thoughts and body.
Love, pour into my thoughts about everything.
Love, govern my actions and deeds!
Love, love me again, in every moment, in every breathe, everywhere...
Love, restore my sense of wonder and elation.
Love, uplift my words to a high vibration resonance of peace.
Love, soothe my thoughts and my heart.
Love, bring me home to myself.
Love, bring me home to everyone as you!
Love, make realizing what is important easy and fun.
Love, allow me to feel you, always!

Divine, radiant energies of light and peace, I humbly ask for all your help! Send flocks of loving angels to my sides to surround me and align me with the crystaline resonance of One-ness and connection.

I ask for a divine download of conscious awareness from Source, the angels who surround me, my guides and beings of light carrying the knowledge of living stars in many galaxies. Come to me now! Please surround my being with a radiance of spirit which balances and restores everything.

I know how I feel.
I know what is right for me.
I am able to discern the right choice at the right time.
I choose to stay present.
I can easily identify my feelings.
I can speak my truth with ease.
I can express what I need with confidence.
I am worthy.
It is my divine birthright to be happy.
I embrace change when needed.
I know I AM.

Thank you!

The moon is SO full tonight! It looks as if it is much bigger than usual and closer to earth..

Over the past weeks while reading "Lessons from the Light", "Embraced by the Light", "Adventures of Oversoul 7" and other random materials, I have really grasped the reality and truth of being a spiritual being inside of a physical organic sheath, a human body, a.k.a. spacesuit. The awareness has been deep and present for moments, sometimes hours, and then I have gotten swept back into my human drama and story. But the points of awareness between "sleeping" moments in my human existance are happening more often. I like this. Thank you, more please!

I really get that I consciously chose to be born to my parents to learn life lessons from them with intention, and that every aspect of my life is part of a divinly designed school for soul development. I see death as birth back to the spirit world, where we can bring our realizations and lessons back to contribute to a higher level of consciousness of the ONE of the All That Is. I realize there is a vast complexity to this spirit world, with soul groups, Masters of light, ascended masters, etheric temples of lightlearning and infinite access to all information, emotion and experiences which have ever happened -- all simultaneously.

I see angels as messengers... everywhere! I see a single source, an actual Creatrix which along with creating Earth has made countless other living planets with conscious beings who are also reaching towards the light. I see a multidimensional reality outside of our limited 3D human perception in which a vastly complex super organism of lightbeings together compose a megamatrix of consciousness. These lightbeings are from many galaxies and universes, some who have lived physical lives and others who have only existed in the energetic realms. I see the suns in all places with their own consciousness and that there is consciousness in light, itself, which travels as a living entity to nourish and amplify wellbeing. Grids and symbols and colors and light and sounds.... that there is a whole "invisible" universe of connectivity. I am focusing more on looking into people rather than at them and noticing colors... I am pondering outer space in a whole new way as an inner space which we already have within...

Strange dreams as of late... the other day I had a dream that God showed me how to ressurect humans by moving energy through my nervous system and into another person's nervous system. While I was being taught, I marvelled at how easy it was and wondered why I never realized how easy and natural it was before... then I woke up and couldn't remember, of course. I was left with a longing for awareness... another night I dreamt of the sun growing bigger and bigger in the sky, taking up the entire sky and all there was was light...

So I met with my friend Ashley the other day, an incredible psychic and astrologer type. Amazing because I have always looked up to her for years as an empowered Goddess-centered, lightworker, outspoken in every situation about her divine work. Yet much of what she was telling me while we spoke was about her fears and self doubts in embracing her new work channeling. Funny that this should come up at this moment in time with me. I never really "got" Ashley in the past when we hung out when she would start really going off the esoteric deep end. Especially when she started talking outer-space. But now... well my awareness has just caught up somehow to a place where I realize that there is much more to the world... ironically, it was me comforting her and encouraging her to walk her path with conviction. Everytime she started a story or comment with, "well this is going to sound wierd", "crazy', "odd", "out there", etc, I cut her off and replaced the word with "great", "amazing", "incredible", fabulous" and it was neat for us to feel our way around these more empowering words which celebrated rather than denigated lightwork.

Ashley asked me what I was chanelling now a days, and I told her my work is only just beginning and I was unsure. That I am just taking one step at a time, talking to my angels as much as possible, listening and spending lots of time in the woods. But I did tell her I got a clear message that developing my psychic skills would help me gain the confidence I need to write, talk to big groups of people and lead events related to this work. And that I knew the next step would be revealed to me in time.

She asked me if I am channeling color, which was interesting. She asked about symbols and suggested I follow my intuition to make fractalized mandalas of light and color. She said my path as a lightworker would be in overdrive by 2011 and that I clearly had absolutly no idea what was about to unfold in a big way. She said she saw me working with some messages from a starbeing/s... Sirius, Orion or Andromeda... something like that. Ashley has a super casual way of throwing out her visions for others with startling conviction. So this really got my attention, even though I was baffled by it's meaning.

It was great to share a meal with her. I realize it is very important for me to surround myself with positive, uplifting, psychic women who are exploring a lightworking path right now. My own path is asking me to go whereever I need to go to be among supportive people like this.

So on this note... tonight I drove to an angel circle in San Mateo. It was led by a woman named Britt (www.angelfairygoddess.com). A group of women gathered and shared a meditation, calling of directions and prayer circle. One at a time, one of us would sit in a chair in the center of the circle, say what was on our heart that we wanted angelic help with, and everyone would put up their hands to send healing energy to them, while Britt would do a prayer to the angels. Then Britt did a hands on healing and then do a mini angel reading, describing the beings surrounding the person and then give a message from the angels in answer to the concern. Then each woman in the circle would take a moment and also share whatever psychic impressions she got as messages from the angels.

It was interesting for me because I wasn't expecting to be put in that position... having to speak my intuitions and messages aloud among a group of people was a bit confronting to me since i have never done it. Aside from my own inhibitions, it was a wonderful experience. Just to be among others exploring the same path was affiirming and it was encouraging to hear everyone's life processes and higher council. Each woman had her own unique energy and way of doing readings. I had a challenge distinguishing between my own thoughts and what I percieved may be angelic guidance, but shared what came to mind none the less. For some it was a word, like "boundaries", "a key"... for others it was actual prescriptive advice, like "sleep with sweet smelling lillies next to your bed" or "eat alfalfa". For some it was a visual... one woman looked as if she had massive butterfly wings.. another had saphire waves of energy laced with gold all around her. I look forward to gaining more clear perception and discernment!

I had an inspiration while there that I would love to make a set of Starbeing cards ... we shall see what unfolds! I seem to have so many divine inspirations now a days...

I am so grateful for the angels! It feels as if I speak a prayer or write it, and in the next moment an answer arrives. Thank you! The more time I invest into learning about angels and inviting them into my life, the more they show up.

I was getting ready to go out to breakfast with Kramer when I heard the most amazing music coming from the bedroom. He was playing a global underground remix #13 By Sasha called Ibiza, Disc 2 at 16:47 and lasted until about 25:00 ... the most cosmic pulsating out of control progressive trance I had heard in a long time. I couldn't stop thinking about it during breakfast and as soon as we got back I ripped off my clothes, put on a tiny dance costume, pushed the table back in the living room and blasted it on repeat for 40 minutes, witnessing a totally sweet unleash of hooping!

It has been a *long* time since my faithful daily hoop practice. At least 3 weeks since I clocked in daily.. I was so busy with meditations and walks that I couldn't find the inspiration. But this morning it was like this unstoppable galactic force was present in the music, telling a story which I wanted to understand by hooping it through. So off I went!

It felt rusty at first. I noticed my belly a bit looser than the tight percussive surface of the past. I caught myself judging my lack of practice, then changed the thought around mid-way and thanked myself for taking time to restore and renew.

These crazy one handed breaks just came out of me for almost 20 minutes, coupled with a neat arm reach out of the hoop and jumping feet... then lots of full body pouring into space through the hoop, all over undulation and full body pumping. I let my arms trace the energy around me as I turned for a while, just feeling the air currents and letting my hands ride the waves. It was so sweet to be in the total flow and feeling the energy move through me. So much POWER in the hoop! It brings out so much raw energy! An unstoppable force.

Overall, a nice gentle reminder of how naturally we can all channel energy. I was undeniably moving something much bigger than myself. The music itself took me on a journey into the stars, through space, symbols, portals and more, with a sweet emotional synth line which activated something inside me... a sense of purpose and urgency. 40 minutes of re-uniting with myself. Yes!

I passed on the early morning "Brass Tacks" party in Golden Gate Park and instead stayed curled up on the couch in a luxurious white fur, sipping tea and up to my chin in yummy books, which I sampled from, one at a time, flitting from a chapter in one to a chapter in the next. I often get so excited about reading so many books at once it makes it hard to sit through one straight through... so I read in circles, connecting the dots in many at once. Thoughout all these readings though, mostly about angels, ascended masters, goddesses and life after death, I have had an image by the visionary artist Lisa Iris coming to my mind again and again.

It is called Hina, after the Polynesian goddess, but when I saw it, all I could think was Hawaii! Hawaii! Home! Home! I love so many things about this delicious piece of art... I am attracted to the angel's skin color and shape, so like my own at my best moments, her obvious warmth in the middle of the night to be able to be wearing so little, the moon and celestial magic which surrounds her, the lush tropical flowers, the healing sparkling waters and of course, the mountains and beautiful oranges and yellows in the distance... a numinous place bwteen the water and sky. I also love how otherworldly her facial expression is... a Divine expression of some kind. Timelessness.

I look at it and wonder... what does she have to teach me? Where can I find her? How can I BE her?

I have been so moved by visionary art recently. This interest was sparked when I went to Hawaii in April and felt a deep healing from the magic of the land and waters, the creativity and beauty which was everywhere... it was there that I had a major breakdown/though and for the first time questioned everything about who I was becoming -- so merged with the persona of HoopGirl. It was actually Kramer who asked me, "What if you shut down HoopGirl?" We had been encountering what felt like a brick wall in a project we had been working on and it had been causing us both so much stress that we actually stopped and asked that very question.

After he asked the question I cried and then was absolutly silent for 4 hours, during a long drive up a volcano. I was shocked, as I had never, ever stopped to consider this question as I have always felt completely "led" in every aspect of HoopGirl. Literally, I felt it was my mission and I was so immersed within and attached to that, that even considering "stopping" was devastating. I was thinking that stopping meant I had "failed" in some way... all I could think of was how much I loved hoopdance, and all the HoopGirl teachers everywhere and others who I percieved of as counting on me. Of course, since then, I've gotten clear that HoopGirl *must* continue as a company, I simply need to pass more authority and leadership onto others while I continue to deepen my own identity and work as well. But it was a HUGE awakening moment.. and for whatever reason, this questioning seemed surrounded by the mystical and lush art we would see in galleries and cafes throughout our journey. I found my own interest in colors and imgages deepening...

Anyways, here I am this morning, thinking of Hawaii, wondering when I will be back on her holy, sandy shores... and I was inspired to write an invitation so I can remember where I belong.

Divine angelic beings of light of Hawaii!!!!
I welcome you into my life!
Send me your guidance in my dreams and in waking moments
Lend me your radiance and glorious, glowing vitality
Immerse me in your rejuevinating essence and tropical vibration
Infuse my dna with the lightlove energy of the islands
Gift me access to the portals and vortexes of spiritual awareness
Surround my aura with the sparkling energy of lush waterfalls
Guide my words and actions to be transluscent and inspired
Uplift my vibration to be that of exotic fuscia orchids, rich orange birds of paradise and fragrant plumeria
Give my body the delicious essence of coconuts
Surround me with the splendor of a clear sky filled with luminescent star beings
Envelop my body in the essence of the magical double rainbow
Bathe my spirit in pure turqouise healing waters
Let the love-forgiveness frequency of the dolphins guide me
Laugh with me and through me
Live with me and through me
In love and light and one-ness always!
~Aloha~

You can find this art and more at www.lisairis.com. Also, if anyone has any links to visionary spiritual art which inspires them and wants to share, please let me know! Thank you!

I've been reading this amazing book lately by Jane Roberts, the woman who channeled the Seth writings beginning in the 1970's. It is called, "The OverSoul Seven Trilogy" and is a compilation of the the 3 fictional accounts of an Oversoul while he assists the lives of 4 humans in different historical times simultaneously, while also following is own soul growth. While many metaphysical buffs may have read this when they were 14 or so, it is my first time through and I have to say, extremely eye opening! It gives an actual story to illustrate many of the ideas I have been reading about lately which can sometimes feel a bit abstract.

The big issue of the first book is TIME and basically how it either really works or doesn't fully exist in any way which I have believed. The idea is still slippery in my mind, but the basic premise is that the past, present and future each have their own past, present and future which effects the the other times at the same time. Crazy, huh? I am also especially enjoying how the lifetimes all overlooked by the same soul all seem to have certain parallel experiences and actually have moments of connection either through dreams or being in the same place but at different times, etc. It also helps me grasp how a potential hierarchy of beings can help eachother grow to new levels, and actually I had never really thought of my own soul continuing it's own learning, in addition to my spirit, and moving on to the next level.

Perhaps most mind blowing to me, however, is how the theory of genetic mixing of higher evolved beings with cavemen was presented within the ancient lifetime... and following the expansion of her human cognitive level as a result. The technology of the Speakers, as they are called, revolves around how images and shapes actually contain inherent sounds, which transmit energy and knowledge instantaneously. This particular lifetime and the advanced architectural "secret" city created by the higher beings was fascinating and presented in a way which I realized actually opened my mind to the idea of so called, "aliens" being on earth at different historical points.

It was yesterday as I was sittiing down to a delicious meal at Cafe Gratitude that it really hit me. I thought of the Pyramids in Egypt and for the first time in my life, I actually fully entertained the idea in a rational way that they may have been built by a higher order of beings. If you had asked me about so called "aliens" and ancient monuments in the past, I would have laughed you silly. But it actually does resolve the issue of historical impossibilities. When I lived in Engalnd for 4 months during college, I remember learning about Stonehenge and Avebury and feeling a block. Basically, their presence was impossible, given the means of the people at the time who supposedly "built" them. Absoluetly. But I came up against a block in my mind with no ability to concieve any other solution. I guess when I thought about "aliens" before, I simply thought of movie and popular media representations... the skinny little guy with the bug head and eyes who abducts people to flying spaceships and does wierd experiments on them and such. My images have always been of super strange, potentially violent, outlandish stuff which was scarey, so I never even gave it a second thought. But my recent interests in consciously evolving starbeings who have historically helped humanity to evolve awareness and love through one-on-one and group guidance... God even writing this I feel a bit off the deep end... but really, I am just realizing there is much more possible than I ever believed.

Another realization I had throughout the day was about babies. I realized how magical the female body was, specifically the utereus as it provides a place where a reincarnated spirit can actually come in and join a new baby... I started thinking about having babies in a new way... thinking about how a spirit could consciously choose to come down with me and my partner to help us grow and learn, and becuase we could help it grow and learn in specific ways... while again I have thought of this before, I never really stopped to consider birthing a reincarnated being with a divine mission, neccessarily (of course ALL babies have divine missions, it is not an exclusive thing). So layer upon layers of realization peeling off... and when thinking about kids in this new way, I realized how lucky I am to be a woman who can actually experience the meeting of spirit and matter within my own body! How little we truely know about everything...

I'm not really sure where all this is going, but I feel an urgent need to keep documenting my thought process for myself. I'm over the world of personal journaling, as I have stacks of journals which lie, unread for years, by anyone. What good did all the effort do to write it if no one is reading them? So even though revealing all these inner workings thruogh blogging may expose me, I feel called to do it.

After the beautiful meal at Gratitude, I took my first solo hike on an unknown trail outside Fairax. The day before I bought a hiking guide to Marin and decided it was high time I start trekking around instead of sticking to "woodsy strolls". I felt quite adventurous with my guidebook and map, setting out solo with water slooshing around in my bottle with every step. It reminded me of Santa Barbara and how hiking was a part of my daily lifestyle there. It felt fantastic. I made a few wrong turns and loops, but Deer Park is a kind forgiving location and there were joggers, hikers and bikers which passed every so often, so I didn't feel totally alone.

The hike actually started in a huge wooded park which had a children's school in it, sheltered by trees and with hiking paths extendind up in all directions. I've never really seen a school smack-dab in a park, but there it was. The school had several gardens with pumpkins and other things growing, kids' art and colorful paintings on the walls, and all I could think was, what a magical place to go to school! For a moment I wondered what it would be like to bring my own child to this place everyday for school and it felt really nice. This was when I started thinking a bit more about the reincarnated children thing I mentioned earlier...

I walkled through an open field, then found a gate to trails and went on my way. What struck me was the smell... I love the smell of the drying grass, the moist dirt and trees. I felt like I could just inhale for days. The air felt so good to breathe. The leaves were gorgeous ... bright yellows, oranges and reds and when the wind blew a beautiful carpet of color would rustle and drirft down to the path. There were so many eco-pockets as well... dry, hot grassy hills, cooler canyons with shady areas and moss covered trees, a redwood grove which was so magical, I just had to stop and hug each tree for a while as I passed, and a remakrable ridge area with fantastic trees which grew multiple trunks out of a single bundle. I remember in SB, when I saw trees like this I called them "Medusa" trees and considered them extraordinary luck. They were EVERYWHERE on this trail... and I even saw one with 15 trunks emerging from the same root bundle. I don't know what kind of super energy or nutrients exists up there, but this felt quite amazing to see. Best of all was just walking, feeling my muscles work during uphill jaunts, looking out at a beautiful series of green mountain slopes in the distance, listening to the sounds of the trees creaking and things rustling the underbrush. Lizards scurrying everywhere and lots of birds. I felt so restored and realized I must be closer to this so I can walk in the woods on a daily basis.

I stopped by the amazing natural food market in Fairfax afterwards and got a raw smoothie and piece of blueberry pie as a treat. YUM! I love this market.. it seriously has all the yummies. On my way out, I checked out with the same checkout guy I have seen in al my 5 or 6 trips up to Fairfax. We chatted again for a moment. By now he knows that I am scouting out the town and as usual, he commented that everyone in Fairfax is happy and kind. He mentioned that compared to all the other Marin towns, many considered it the best because the people there are the most "real" and easygoing. "You really seem like a local" he said. "I feel like one!" I said back. And off I went, driving back to San Francisco with my thoughts...

Congratulations to HoopGirl Allstar Jess!!!! She made her debut at Ruby Skye, the biggest nightclub in San Francisco, this past friday and it looks like she stole the show!!! She is so gorgeous and radiant... there are so many wonderful images to share of her close up, but this one really shows the overall energetic she brought to the show. Rock on sister! I love how the crowd is reaching up to her and the electric vortex created by her dance...

Watch her here!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8739277577712194748&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4156271115462965637&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4793713116982696460&hl=en

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Creator teaches me how to connect with legions of light-filled angels
I AM a light filled angel!
Light beings are laughing all around me
I am one with the One!

Todays visionary art by www.catherineandrews.com!

Check out this great video sent to me by Mario (one of the two first male Licensed HoopGirl Workout Teachers who teaches in Tokyo, btw!) He just had his first TV appearance.

Notice near the end there are some flowing undulating dancers who combine hoopdance with bellydance. It really was remarkable to me see people across the world not only doing simillar moves, but actually even wearing the same trendy types of hoop clothes!

:)
Christabel

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=g_R1mCDt3gY