Autumn’s Call: Let it Fall
Autumn catches our attention by dressing up and then undressing. Summer’s leaf-green robes turn an array of flamboyant colors and then slowly fall away, revealing the shoulder of a branch here and the torso of a trunk there until much of the landscape is bare. Nature provides us with quite a show as trees and plants shed their bright leaves, freeing themselves of what is no longer necessary.
As a keen observer of Nature, I deeply appreciate the qualities of each season. Autumn, it appears, celebrates the shedding of the old…. and we are all invited to the party! Imagine your invitation fluttering down into your hands, scripted upon a golden leaf:
‘Tis the Season to Let Go
Color what no longer serves you with gratitude
and let it fall away
Grateful, Grateful, Grateful, Gone…
RSVP “Yes” and lighten up! Living with what you no longer want or need is heavy, cumbersome, and blocks the flow of vital energy that nurtures your life. Autumn encourages you to be like a tree and shed the possessions, relationships, attitudes, and habits that don’t serve you now. In doing so, you align with the essence of Fall and prepare your inner and outer space to receive Winter’s gifts of stillness, introspection, and the inception of new dreams.
Contemplative Practice: Stand or sit near a deciduous tree whose leaves are changing color. Choose a fallen leaf, feel its lightness, and observe its colors. How does the leaf symbolize a person, place, object, or way of being that has passed – or is passing – out of your life? What can you do now to honor and celebrate it? Have you, with gratitude, let it go? If you haven’t let it go yet, how can you do so now? Consider jotting down your thoughts in a journal and pressing the leaf between the pages…..
Bach Flowers and The BaGua
by Kac Young Ph.D, DCH, N.D.
Bach Flowers (pronounced Batch) heal from the inside out. They work at the invisible level of energy and transform a negative condition into a positive one. If you’re an old-hand at Bach Flower Remedies you will understand this concept right away. If you’re new to the remedies, maybe the explanation ahead will help you.
Decades ago I became interested in the Bach Flower Remedies because I liked how I responded to Rescue Remedy – the Big Daddy of the remedy collection. Rescue Remedy was my go-to potion when I was under stress or facing a challenge. It worked so well for me, and changed my pent-up anxiety into such a calm front, that I bought a book so I could learn more.
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365 Vacations a Year
Essential Feng Shui observes that most people in western cultures pursue lifestyles that are overly active. Though collectively encouraged, incessant ‘doing’ tips the balance of our health and happiness. Taking the time each day to be becomes our daily vacation. Quietude nurtures the heart and provides us with the space to reflect, dream, and soak up the richness of our inner world. Rest and the fine art of being opens us up to receive and explore sparks of genius that live like polished gemstones beneath the busy surface of life. We dive in and are washed clean. Refreshed, we re-enter the world with our pockets full of deep insights. These insights weave their way into our daily activities and we experience being in sync with the transformational flow of a balanced life.
Here are 2 of my recent journal musings that touch upon this:
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Power Objects Grow Our Love
Everyone wants freedom. Freedom from the outer-world strains of job pressures, relationship difficulties, financial issues or health concerns. Freedom from inner-world feelings of insecurity or oppression. In many people, it is a combination of these desires. Whatever the case or whatever the mental stressors; what every soul longs for is freedom to experience love—to love and be loved.
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Essential Feng Shui to Go
A: Yes! Ideally, road trips and vacations of all kinds are opportunities to “vacate” our own personal paradises and experience other versions of paradise. When planning your vacation, give some serious thought to your preferences.
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