Ask Laurie about health, spirituality etc...

stillness

2011-12-25T11:53:00.000-08:00

I am back. It has been a few weeks since I last wrote something.
Christmas is happening in the US right now and is over in Australia.
I could feel the peace in the air yesterday as Stan and I walked around the lake where we live.
There was a sweetness around and I found myself breathing very deeply to take it all in.
This is a good time to stop and be still as often as we can. To smell the flowers, to be in the moment and feel all that is taking place around us. To just BE.
I remember doing a 10 day silent meditation years ago and after the 5th day, my mind became still. I would sit for hours looking at bees taking the polen from the flowers. I could really taste my food and savored every bite.
I encourage all of us to take more time to do nothing and just be still. To listen to that still small voice within speaking to us. To just breathe.
Love and blessings, Laurie
http://www.laurielevine.com/

asking for help and support

2011-12-07T15:20:00.000-08:00

It is so important to ask for help and support when we need it. We are not meant to do it all by ourselves.
The universe cannot help us if we do not ask for it.
What stops us from asking for help? feelings of not being good enough or worthy?
If you are someone who finds it very challenging to ask for help, then this is what you are here to master.
Begin today to make it ok for yourself to ask for help.
Work on changing those thoughts and beliefs of not being worthy, to
I AM WORTHY AND IT IS GOOD FOR ME TO ASK FOR HELP

I DESERVE TO BE SUPPORTED AND THE UNIVERSE WANTS TO SUPPORT ME

You will be amazed at how much support is out there if you are just willing to ask and then to recieve it.
Keep affirming how deserving you are and that the universe wants to help you.
Peace and blessings, Laurie

letting go of the year

2011-12-07T14:42:00.000-08:00

Hi
This is a great time to do an end of year ritual. Take some time to write or meditate on this past year and all that has taken place.

What are some of the good things that come into your awareness that happened?
What are some of the more challenging things?
What do you want to let go of now? Maybe it is not doing enough good things for you or not taking good care of your body or being afraid ???

What did you learn about your self this year?

How have you changed and grown?
What are most proud of yourself for this year?
What are you most grateful for?

What are you wanting to create now for 2012?

What you think about now and what you focus on now will create what happens in the future.
Where are you putting your focus and energy?
Make sure it is on what you want!!!!

I know for me personally, probably one of the best things was our move to the lake house and living in nature. I love walking around the lake each day and taking my dog for a walk. Life just seems simplier.
I am also grateful for the new people that have joined our spiritual community and for the new musician and singers. I am grateful for all the help I got this year with putting up my talks, our music and whatever else was needed.

Peace and blessings, Laurie
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All is good, All is alright

2011-11-25T15:24:00.000-08:00

"When you want to feel good, feel grateful"

Growth comes from sitting in the uncomfortable – what does this mean to you?

How can we know that all is good and really believe it?

It is so easy to get caught up in wondering and questioning what is happening when things are not going the way we want or when nothing seems to be changing and we are doing our prayers and affirmations.

The first thing the mind wants to go to is the negative…this is not working. What am I doing wrong, fill in the blank for you. What does your mind do?______________________________________________________

We must become the masters of our mind and trust in the perfect unfoldment that is always happening. We must hold that place of faith and knowing when the ego falls short.

Ernest Holmes says in his book This thing called you:

Your faith can penetrate clouds of unbelief and reveal the Truth which is forever perfect. Imagine yourself looking at the picture of a beautiful landscape. In this picture there are trees, a house, a stream of water, a beautiful meadow and in the background, mountains and blue sky dotted with clouds. You look at it long, contemplating its beauty. Now suppose that a colored glass is placed between you and the picture that the picture appears blurred. Everything seems distorted and yet nothing has happened to the picture. It is your business to remove the colored glass. Because the picture is still there on the wall , it still may be seen.

It is so important to believe and affirm that no matter what the appearance is, there is so much more happening than we can see in the moment. Whatever we can believe, we can see and we can create.

We must all learn to surrender and to trust more deeply. The egoic mind has a challenging time with this one….but our soul knows this truth.

James Van Praagh

As much as we may try to will things to happen, we must learn to let go and allow spirit to do its part.

Peace and blessings, Laurie

5 steps to weight loss without dieting

2011-11-21T22:14:00.001-08:00

This is a very different type of message. It is not about any type of diet but more about

our emotions and holding onto feelings of grief, guilt, resentment and fear and how they affect our body and our weight. It is important to look deeper into the reasons behind our weight gain or being overweight.

The question to ask is What burdens am I holding onto that I need to release?

What am I worried about? Let go of worries you have no control over so they do not weigh you down.

I had a client years ago who during our session together got in touch with some deep grief about a miscarriage she had years before. She was able to cry and release the old grief that had been held within her body and being for so many years. At the end of the session when she got up, she not only felt so much better and happier within her, she also noticed that her pants were one size bigger than they were when she lied down on my table an hour earlier. She had shed the weight she was carrying that was tied into the loss of her unborn child.
Here are some of my steps for shedding some of the extra "weight".

#1
EXPRESS HOW YOU ARE FEELING AND GET IT OUT. It is so important to acknowledge how we are feeling and get the emotional energy to move out of the body - especially grief and sadness. It is ok to cry and to be vulnerable. If you are feeling angry or frustrated and cant speak about it, write it out, or exercise it out. Find someone to first acknowledge how you are feeling and then release it. Do not give it any power. We give our emotions a lot of power; especially FEAR and it can sometimes control our life and affect our health and our Spirit. The more emotional blockages we have in our bodies, the more weight we can hold onto.
Be grateful each day for your each part of your body and for all you have in your life.

# 2
BE AWARE OF WHAT YOU ARE EATING AND WHAT YOUR BODY IS NEEDING.
So often we actually eat foods that our body does not want and that we are allergic to. If you feel tired after eating something that is a good sign that your body is not getting the nourishment from that particular food. Eat in moderation and most importantly do not over eat. The amount of food we eat, can really make a difference to how we feel and what our weight is.

#3
MOVE YOUR BODY. Make sure you do some kind of movement every day. It can be walking, yoga, stretching, swimming, dancing etc. Our bodies need to move and stretch. Have fun with it. Exercise with someone or whatever works for you. If you’re sitting watching television, do some stretching or some kind of movement while sitting on the couch.

# 3
BREATHE DEEPLY. Take several deep breaths many times a day. Become more aware of how you breathe and getting more life force energy into your being. Breathe into your belly, move the breath up to your diaphragm, then up to your collarbone and breathe out fully. Breathe in peace, breathe out stress. Breathe in good health and breathe out negativity. Breathe in love and breathe out fear.

# 4
LOVE AND ACCEPT YOUR SELF. Forgive yourself and start to make peace with you and with your past. This is one way to start building and enhancing our self esteem and self worth. Most of us hold so much hatred and judgment against ourselves. This does not allow us to love ourselves or feel light inside. Start today to make peace with yourself and do your best to start to experience your self in a new way. One step at a time. Start with talking to you in the mirror and affirming that you are a good person. Remember to be kind to you every day. Be your own best friend.

# 5
DO SOMETHING YOU ENJOY. Be creative. Take time each day to do something you enjoy that makes you happy. Maybe it is to paint or garden or read a book. Get more in touch with what you enjoy. This makes us feel good inside and helps us to be lighter and more joyful.

I hope these help you to feel lighter from the inside out.
Love and blessings, Laurie
http://www.laurielevine.com/

Living well through cancer

2011-11-14T19:31:00.000-08:00

Overcoming and living well through cancer

This is such an important topic for this time. We all seem to know someone who has had cancer or have had it ourselves.

I had thyroid cancer 6 years ago and it has been an amazing journey through it all. So how do we live well through cancer?

I now what a scary time it can be, and how helpless we can feel. I was certainly there. I want to share some positive steps to moving through this experience and what helped me so much.

It is and can be an opportunity to change old patterns and habits that do not support us, like our diets. I feel any time we get sick or get injured it is a good time to take stock of our life and see what is working and what is not. To look at how we can make positive change.

One of the most valuable blessings that can come out of having cancer is It is also a time to love ourselves more and let people love us and be there for us.

It is a opportunity to STOP and not be so busy.

Here are a few of my steps to living well through cancer:

Look for the blessings in this situation and focus on them.

Ask your body what it needs daily and begin to build a relationship from the inside out.

Eat organic and healthy and fresh foods daily.

Cut back on caffiene, sugar and heavy foods.

Laugh more

Change your PH so it is more alkaline. You can check out your ph levels by buying ph strips at the pharmacy. Drinking water with lemon can help to make your ph more alkaline.

Take time to meditate and do what you love every day. Find ways to feed your body, mind and soul.

Feel grateful for what you do have in your life; every day!!!, every moment even...

Forgive yourself and others from the past, so you can be more present now.

Let go of anger, worry, resentment and guilt NOW.

Do not sweat the small stuff.

And most importantly: Be patient and loving with yourself.

For more on healing, contact me at: laurieleahlevine@gmail.com

See my book, Blessings of Gratitude and Spiritual Medicine

Release Stress and feel happier and healthier

2011-11-11T17:16:00.000-08:00

In this time of change and new energy on the planet it more important than ever to look after ourselves on every level on a daily basis and create new habits and patterns.

5 steps to release stress and feel healthier and happier

1. Breathe deeply. As if your life depended on it; because it does. When we are stressed, our breathing gets more shallow. It is important every day to practice breathing deeply. Your breathing needs to become more conscious in order to change the pattern.

2. Stretch and move your body every day. Do yoga or some sort of exercise that is good for body, mind and soul. Spinal twists are good way to release tension, stress and feel healthier.

3. Acu-tapping your stress away - from my book, Spiritual Medicine. Standing up and using your finger tips to tap your whole body from head to toe. This helps open the meridians, release stress and tension, gets the energy flowing better and helps all the systems of the body.

4. Do not take things to seriously. Lighten UP. Practice each day to let go of worrying about things that are not in your control. Laugh more and sweat more as my yoga teacher always says. Let go of taking on the energy of others and the planet...Release energy that is not yours.

5. Spend time each day being still and turning within and coming back to you.

Make your body, mind and soul a priority every day. Ask for help and support when you need it.

more to come...

Blessings, Laurie

http://www.laurielevine.com/

staying healthy

2011-11-02T18:32:00.000-07:00

Hi,
I am giving some free talks at our local library coming up in a few weeks and one is on the topic of
health and staying healthy. Staying healthy means so much more than just our body. Staying healthy takes in our mental outlook, our emotions, our body and our SPIRIT.
We have to consider and look after all of these aspects of ourselves.
It is always helpful to ask the question: "which part of me is needing more care and more attention right now"
You can always take a piece of paper and make 4 sections - body, mind, spirit, emotion.
List under each one how you feel you are doing in that area? Do you feel that area is in balance right now?
Write down what support do you need to give each area?

Under body it is vital to look at your diet, nutrition, are you breathing deeply, do you do regular exercise, stretching, yoga, etc. and list what you can do to become healthier.

Under emotions include how you are feeling and if there are any emotions you have pushed down. Also look at who you need to forgive. Do you laugh daily? if not, add this into your list for staying healthy.

Under Spiritual, do you have a daily spiritual practice? Do you take some time ech day to feed and nurture your soul?

Under Mind - look at your thoughts and self talk. What are you putting your attention and focus on right now? Where do you need to put your focus in order to stay healthy and happy?

This is a good start....let me know how you go. I want to hear from you....
Peace and blessings, Laurie
http://www.laurielevine.com/
0423 394 676
twitter: laurie__levine

taking the high road - trust, trust, trust

2011-10-25T14:50:00.000-07:00

Hi and blessings,

What does it mean to you to take the high road?

We have a choice every moment whether to take the high road or not, whether to TRUST or not. We do this by our thoughts, actions, behaviors, beliefs, etc.

We take the high road by getting out of our way, moving out of fear and judgment.

We choose the high road by being willing to trust in ourselves, our intuition and in the unknown. To know that we are being supported no matter what.

We chose the high road when we do not settle for less than what we deserve.

This is in relationships, work, vacations, where we live, etc.

We choose the high road when we have a daily spiritual practice of meditation, affirmative prayer and being still.

We choose the high road when we are in control of our thoughts and shifting the negative self talk to positive.

We choose the high road when we surrender, let go of judgment and turn things over to the creator.

We take the high road when we are loving and kind to ourselves and others.

We take the high road when we bless every cell and send love and appreciation to our body.

We take the high road when we do not gossip and do not go into reaction.

We take the high road when we let go of our need to be right and to be in control.

We choose the high road when we forgive ourselves and others.

We choose the high road when we take responsibility for our actions.

We choose the high road when we love unconditionally.

We choose the high road when we listen and speak our truth.

Write your thoughts down:

I take the high road when______________________________________________________________

Transformation

2011-10-23T17:07:00.000-07:00

Hi
I love the meaning and word transformation. It is a constant on this spiritual path for all of us. All we have to do is look at nature to see how things are constantly transforming and changing.

So what is transformation?

How does one Transform?

These are questions many people have asked me and I have certainly asked myself these same questions over the years. I always think of transformation as a moving forward process of change. As we move forward we transform and change into something new.
Transformation is certainly a choice that we as human beings make. We can choose to stay the same or we can choose to continue to grow and experience our life to the fullest. This involves stepping out and taking risks in order to transform ones life.

I remember hearing a wonderful speaker talk and he said, “Isn’t it a miracle that God could make a worm fly”. I was in awe as I thought of
the transformation it takes for a worm to turn into a beautiful butterfly and be able to fly so gracefully. When I see a butterfly and appreciate it’s beauty, I forget sometimes what it took for it to get there.

Lets look at the word, Transform. I have broken each letter down as my definition of my meaning of transformation. You can certainly make up your own as well.
T = Trust.

This is trust of self, others and trust in Spirit/God or whatever you call the source. Trust is such an important part of transformation. Without trust we are usually too afraid to move forward and to make any positive changes in our life. Trust in the good times as well as times of struggle.
R = Renewal.

This is about how our cells are constantly renewing and through our mind and thought processes we can continue to renew ourselves in the most positive and uplifting way. It is important to be aware of our thoughts and letting go of the ones that do not support our life. Take the time to rest and renew your body daily.
A = Abundance.

This is about creating all the love, joy, peace, money flow that we can ever imagine. As the bible says “ God wants to give us the kingdom”
and all we have to do is give ourselves permission and know that we deserve good things in our life. Flow is always happening and we can join in to whatever degree we feel we deserve and are will to receive.
N = Now & creating new beginnings.

This is about living in the moment. We can spend so much time living and expending our energy in the past and in the future and forget about really enjoying the present moment.
What if you could think of each present moment as a new beginning?
How would your life be then?
S = Surrender & letting go.

Surrender is such an important part of transformation and a challenge for so many of us. We may think we are letting go, but are we really.
It is hard sometimes for our minds to really let go and to trust in the process of life. One of the sayings that has helped me so much in my
life is “I Let go and let God”. Turnover to the Divine whatever feels too heavy for you or too much of a burden. Give it up and give your self permission to be lighter and not carry energy that is not yours.
F = Fulfillment.

This is about being truly grateful for our life and all that we have. We feel fulfilled and transformed when we can accept and appreciate ourselves, others and our life more rather than being in judgmental. Fulfillment comes from the inside out. It is not about how much we have
materialistically, but rather about what is in our heart and how we share our love with others.
O = Opportunity to grow and be more of who you truly are.

This is what transformation is all about. Through change and transformation we are able to grow and become more of who we are and to live our spiritual purpose here. Keep an acknowledgement and gratitude journal and write down all you have achieved and acknowledge yourself for the courageous person you are. Write down daily what you are grateful for.
R = Relationship with yourself and others.

We are here to learn how to be in relationship with ourselves and with others. Transformation begins when we become more aware of our relationships and actively choose to take the steps to make them more loving and healthier. Let people know how you feel about them and share from your heart.
M =Momentum & movement.

This is all about moving forward and letting go of fear and doubt so that we can “ fly”. Whenever we feel stuck in our life, it helps to get up
and physically move our body, either by exercising, changing our posture or doing something different. This helps break the pattern and
helps the energy to flow again.

All of these are parts of the process of transformation. Enjoy the wonderful changes that are always happening and embrace who you are and who you are becoming.

Witten by Laurie Levine
http://www.laurielevine.com/

What is calling us?

2011-10-13T17:37:00.000-07:00

What is calling to us, individually and as a whole?

How can we move forward in our lives?

How can we all keep our energy clear and not get affected by what is happening around us?

We are in a very big time of change and transformation on the planet and are all being called to
look within and find ways to stay as balanced as possible through the storm.
We look around and so many people are suffering, going through challenging times with cancer and other
illnesses and in so much fear of losing everything.
I am reminded to constantly keep things simple and not jump ahead too far or get into
worry, but stay anchored in the knowing that all is unfolding in a Divine Way.

The questions to ask and contemplate on is: How can I serve?
What can I do today that feeds my soul and makes me feel good?

If you know someone hurting or sick, send them love and light and see the highest happening for them.
It really helps to hold eachother in love, prayer and truth. This is the greatest gift we can give.
Keep letting go of clutter in your mind, house, office, car and take time to just BE without having to do something all the time.
Turn off the tv and just listen to the sounds of nature around you or just no sound at all.
Remember to keep taking deep and full breaths, to laugh daily, to do some kind of body movement and to lighten up.
More to come...
Peace and blessings, Laurie
http://www.laurielevine.com/
http://www.positivelivingspiritualcentre.com/
listen to my talks on youtube.

Emotional Intuititve

2011-10-04T17:57:00.000-07:00

What is an Emotional Intuitive?

I have been an emotional intuitive all my life. What does this mean exactly?

I have always known instinctively and felt in my body what emotions people were feeling and where they were holding emotions in their body.

I never quite understood this gift and thought there was something wrong with me. It was hard in the beginning to determine what was my energy and what was not mine but energy I was carrying from others. As you can imagine, this caused a lot of undue pain in me until I understood it and released the energy that was not mine.

It is important to remember that emotions that get locked in the body and are not acknowledged or expressed can eventually cause disease, chronic illness, pain, low self esteem, behavior changes, fatigue and imbalance.

The starting place is to ask the following questions and write down what comes up.

In what ways do you express your feelings?
Do you feel like there is something blocking you in your life?
What old emotional burdens are you carrying from the past?

In order to feel free in our lives and to be able to move forward, it is important to express how we are feeling, forgive ourselves and others and to make peace with the past.

This may seem like a difficult task to accomplish and it starts with the intention and expanding your awareness and believing that you can!

Ask yourself and get in touch with the following:

What emotions am I carrying in my body?
Who do I need to forgive?
Am I carrying any old resentment toward myself or any one else?

As we become more aware and acknowledge what is there; we are more able to let it go.

You may want to write down your feelings to get them out and then rip it up and take a step each day to forgiving your self and others. This is the best way to start to be more present and live in the NOW! Spend time each day forgiving yourself and others for the past. It is one step at a time. It is the movement forward that counts....

Peace and blessings, Laurie

http://www.laurielevine.com/

Ritual

2011-09-30T05:11:00.000-07:00

Hi
I wanted to share about the importance of ritual in our lives. I have always loved rituals and making them up for myself and others. I believe when we create rituals they add more meaning and purpose to our life and to whatever we are doing. In our society today we have lost our sense of importance through our busy lives and the lack of ritual. For the indigenous people, and for many cultures; rituals are a very important part of every day life.
I became a celebrant because I love creating spiritual ceremonies and rituals that are aligned with peoples hearts and souls.
My dear friend Lisa has asked me to plan some rituals for her upcoming 40th birthday. I know what is important to her so it becomes easy to allow the ceremony and ritual to unfold and be created. I will share what I have come up with for her after her birthday...stay tuned.
You can also practice creating a ritual for your self or a loved one. Think about what is important to you. Maybe you love nature and spending time there and that feeds your body and soul. You can do your ritual out in nature and bless all the flowers, trees, plants, the earth, sky etc. and ask what message nature has for you and spend time listening and sending your energy to the earth. What blessings do you want to give back to nature?
Having candles in your home and lighting them daily before you meditate or eat a meal and feel the blessing there for you. Ask you light the candle ask for whatever you want illuminated in your life to show up. Send a blessing and prayer out to you or anyone in need of healing.
I have always enjoyed doing house blessings clearing energy rituals for people and there living and work spaces. This also clears old energy and allows new opportunities and creativity to unfold in a divine way.
I would love to hear some of the rituals you love to partake in and ideas you may have for creating rituals in your life.
Peace and blessings, Laurie
http://www.laurielevine.com/

3 steps to living a more prosperous life - part 1

2011-09-22T16:13:00.000-07:00

"Prosperity begins with feeling good about ourselves" Louise Hay
This is so true as prosperity is a consciousness. It is a belief and feeling of things flowing in our life.
When we feel prosperous we feel abundant and joyful. Prosperity is not just about having money. It is about having more joy, love, success, health, grace, spiritual connection etc. This is what Spirit wants for us.

I was listening to a Louise Hay's dvd on prosperity and she mentioned 3 keys to having a more prosperous life. They are allowing, accepting and deserving. In order to do this we must acknowledge and release guilt, fear, unforgiveness and build up our ability to trust and believe in ourselves and the Universe.

Step One - Looking within - What areas of your life are prosperous and which ones are not?
Start looking at your fears and beliefs around prosperity. What did you learn from your family growing up?
Write them down and look at where they have come from.
Write down all the areas of your life and explore what beliefs and thoughts are there around being abundant and prosperous. When fear thoughts come up, bless them and do not give them power. Give power to the thoughts that support and empower you.
Begin to change them by affirming what you want instead of what you do not want.
Start to affirm daily that you deserve and accept good in your life and you are open to receive!

Remember that no one determines our self worth but us!

Step two - Loving you more. Look at ways you are not loving yourself right now and start to do something more loving each day for you, like taking time to eat healthier, buying a special shampoo for your hair, reading your favorite book, listening to beautiful uplifting music, getting exercise regularly, making time for you; etc.
What self talk do you say to yourself?
How often do you criticise and judge yourself?
Make a commitment each day to do one thing at least that is loving, nurturing and supportive to you.
How can you make yourself more of a priority?
If you are thinking thoughts or about to take an action that is not going to support the whole of you, stop and ask yourself: Is doing this action or thinking this thought; loving me? If not, do something that is.
Become more conscious of how to love you more. Bless yourself on a daily basis. Look in the mirror and see the beautiful soul looking back at you.
You are a Divine Creation of God!

Step three - Having a forgiving heart. It is hard to create a prosperity consciousness when we are holding on to past hurts and unforgiveness. Forgiveness is a daily practice and begins with self as always.
Write down or think about what you need to forgive yourself for and what you are still holding onto from the past. What are you getting by holding on to the past?
How is that affecting your prosperity and abundance now?
When we forgive ourselves and others we expand our heart and consciousness. We begin to vibrate at a higher frequency and in turn create more good in our lives.
A great meditation is to contemplate on asking and receiving forgiveness for everything you have ever done to harm others and for anything anyone has done to harm you.

Affirm daily: I open my heart and mind to forgive myself and others for anything that may have happened in the past and move forward with Love and Acceptance. I deserve to be happy and joyful and to share that with others. I forgive myself and I dwell in love and light and the truth of Spirit. AND So It Is

Peace and blessings, Laurie
http://www.laurielevine.com/
http://www.positivelivingspiritualcentre.com/

5 important steps to weight loss

2011-09-20T21:46:00.000-07:00

Hi
I wanted to share about a subject that is so vital to our health and wellbeing. It is something that I feel so passionate about helping empower people with. I am speaking of the epidemic of over eating and obesity.
I see all the diets that are out there and the struggles that people have with their weight. I believe that so much about eating is emotional and behavioral. We eat alot of the time to stuff down how we are feeling and we eat to feel better about ourselves. This is really a never ending battle. I know I have been there. I never had a big weight problem but I did binge eat sugars as a way to stuff down how I was feeling.

I believe that if we felt good about ourselves and had good self esteem and felt connected spiritually we would not over eat so much and we would take better care of ourselves.

Here are my 5 steps to weight loss and to feeling better about ourselves.

Step 1 - Look at your beliefs, emotions and habits around food and how you feel about yourself.
What did you learn about food growing up?
What emotion or emotions drive you to eat? Is it fear, guilt, shame, anger, grief?
How would you rate your self esteem 1-10.
One being the lowest and 10 being the highest. Where is your self esteem and self worth at this moment?
The more conscious we are about our habits and beliefs the easier it is to change them.

Step 2 - Forgiveness. This plays a big role in how much we hold onto the past and onto our old eating habits. We can go on all the diets in the world and if we have not forgiven ourselves and others than we tend to go right back into old eating habits and gaining weight.
Think about who you need to forgive?
What do you need to forgive yourself for?
What are you holding onto from the past?
A good starting place is to write a letter or letters to all those you need to forgive. Remember forgiveness is for you to let go and beable to move forward from a healthier and happier place.
Write a letter to your self and list all the things you want to forgive yourself for.

Step 3 - Clean out the clutter in your home, car, office. Throw away things you no longer wear or need. Clean out your kitchen of old food and food that is not good for you. We need to let the energy move. So many of us are hoarders and stuck in the past. This is a good place to start. Get Support. Ask family and friends to help you do this as it can seem overwhelming.

Step 4 - Let go of emotions. Give your self permission to have a good cry and acknowledge how you are feeling. People experience so many losses in life and don\t always get a chance to grieve them. So the emotions like food just gets stuffed down and we find we get heavier and more weighted down.
This is so vital for our health and wellbeing to cry and grieve. Think about all the losses you have experienced in your life and let yourself feel the emotions that are there.

Step 5 - Reconnect Spiritually - So often we eat and have trouble loosing weight because we feel so disconnected spiritually. If this is the case for you, take time each day to stop and reconnect to God and Spirit and your own heart and soul in whatever way works for you. It might be to put on beautiful music, go to church, go in nature, meditate, pray, read spirit books etc.
It is so important to feed and nurture our body and soul on a daily basis.

I would love to hear from you. I am available for phone as well as in person coaching and healing sessions.
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Life's wonder

2011-09-12T08:36:00.000-07:00

Peace and blessings,
I wanted to write about the cycle of life and all its beauty.
I am back in the US visiting my family and we had a beautiful gathering a week ago where
all the family came together to eat, laugh and share. My uncle Jules who had been very ill came as well. He wanted to be with everyone. I was so grateful to see him. I remember being in the room with everyone and feeling how important it is to stay in the moment and be in the wonder and love that each second can bring.
My Uncle Jules died one week later and my heart is filled with sadness and deep gratitude. I am reminded about how precious life is and how to appreciate each moment. We never know when our time is and all we have is now.
Live life fully. Love life fully. This is how my Uncle lived his life. This is the message for all of us. Don't hold onto the past or things that do not matter. Embrace the good and the beauty that is all around us.
Affirmation: Today I choose to live life fully and to love fully. I see the beauty and wonder all around me. And So It Is!

Love and blessings, Laurie
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5 Ways to Embrace Change

2011-08-25T19:28:00.000-07:00

Hi
Here are my 5 steps for positively dealing with change. Change is constantly happening. Just when we think things are one way it changes. Some changes we are in control of for example, changing jobs, moving house, while others we have no contol over like someone we love dying or a natural disasters.
For so many of us, change can be very challenging.
I hope these 5 steps help you to better handle changes in your life and start to see them in a different way.

Step 1 - Change your thinking - Start to change your attitude and thinking toward change and practice seeing it as an opportunity to grow and something to embrace rather than fear. Ask your self what is the blessing from this time of change and start to open up to seeing it as a blessing instead of a curse. Remember the old saying - when one door closes, another one opens.

Step 2 - Being Grateful - Go into gratitude for what you have right now instead of what you had before or could of had. Try to stay in the present as much as possible. We tend to dwell on the past or worry about the future when things are changing. Keep bringing your self back to the NOW and gratitude can help you to do this!

Step 3 - Let yourself grieve - If someone close to you has died or is no longer in your life, the most important thing is to let your self grieve and to express and acknowledge those feelings. So many of us never get the opportunity to grieve and when the next loss happens it feels even more painful. Get support and ask for help when you need it. Share with someone how you are feeling. Sometimes just expressing what we are feeling and having someone listen to us can help so much. It is also important to acknowlege our feelings and to grieve when things change in our life. When we grieve our heart can open again.

Step 4 - Celebrate the changes! I know this may sound a bit strange and difficult depending on what has changed but again it is all about having a new perspective on change. It is a wonderful spiritual practice to let go and Let God. When we celebrate something we open to the moment and see the wonder and excitement like a child would. Practice letting go of old pictures and seeing change as something new and affirm that
all is unfolding in a Divine Way now and always; because it is.

Step 5 - Acknowledge yourself for your courage and willingness to grow, learn and be more of who you are. Change helps us to do that. If things stayed the same all the time, it would not encourage us to gorw and expand. Tell your self 3 things right now you are proud of you for and then share them with your loved ones.
I would love to hear them too!
email: laurieleahlevine@aol.com

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Victim Consciousness

2011-08-14T15:30:00.000-07:00

I am reminded of how many people including myself have experienced a degree of victim consciousness.
It can be quite easy at times to fall back into it and be at "its" mercy. When we are feeling like a victim it is done to us and we do not have to be responsible for our life and our decisions. It certainly does not empower us and only disempowers.
In our human experience we have all suffered at times and the spiritual journey is to recognise, embrace and accept all of us and to grow as a person and spiritual being. We are here to remember who we truly are!
One of the keys to shifting out of the victim consciousness and move up the scale to a higher level of spiritual growth is to forgive. Forgiveness is a powerful practice and it takes practice to let go, trust, and to let our hearts be healed and opened. It is difficult to move forward from an empowered place when we have not forgiven ourselves or others.
Take the time to contemplate on this and practice forgiveness and know how powerful and amazing you are and we all are!
We are only victims if we THINK we are. It is not who we are. We are all made in the image and likeness of GOD.
Affirmation: I am one with Spirit and I move forward from a loving and forgiving heart, releasing the past and know that I create wonderful things in my life now!
And so it is
Laurie
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simplicity

2011-08-13T00:46:00.000-07:00

As I was thinking about my next message and blog, the word SIMPLICITY came to my mind.
It is a powerful word and meaning. Simplicity. What comes to mind when you say that word to yourself?
For me to brings me back to Keep It Simple, simplfy things. It is so easy for us humans to make things so difficult and dramatic. We can sometimes forget the simple things in life.
This is my message to stop and look at ways to simplifly your life.
Maybe it starts with decluttering your home, office, car and mind. Throwing or giving things away that you do not use and no longer serve you. This includes our thoughts as well. Not dwelling on the negative or problem, but focusing on the opportunity, positivity and divine solution.
It might be to just stop for a few minutes a day to be still, breathe and look at the beauty of nature around you.
I would love to hear the ways you simplify your life.
Till next time
Peace and blessings, Laurie
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body/emotion connection

2011-08-09T18:21:00.000-07:00

Hi
I have been so facinated with the connection between our body and our emotions most of my life and as an emotional intuitive I have been able to know and sense where people are holding emotions and blockages in their bodies. I have been so blessed to be able to help people to release these and get in touch with what they were feeling so the energy can move.
If you are feeling pain or are not feeling well, give your self permission to be still and start to contemplate and explore the emotional connection.
What is the emotion or feeling in your body?
What is the message it has for you?
What emotions are you holding in your body?

It may start to bring it up to the surface once you bring your focus on it.
It is so important for our health and wellbeing to send loving energy and light into our bodies and to
come into alignment on all levels; emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually.
See my book, Spiritual Medicine for more on this connection.
For example if you are having any kind of chest or lung difficulty, check inside to see if there is any old grief or loss you are feeling or holding onto from the past.
We all have so many things that happen in our lifetime that we need to grieve and let go of.

I offer phone as well as inperson sessions for healing and clearing.

I hope this starts you on your journey and more to come
Peace and blessings, Laurie
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women being there for each other

2011-08-04T00:18:00.000-07:00

Hi
We had our second womens group today and I am grateful to know that women can be there
for eachother unconditionally. I did not grow up being supported by my girl friends and never felt like I fit in, but I know now that it is so important for women to listen to each other and really be there as a support system.
We need to talk, share and to be heard.
This "sisterhood" can be a strong foundation for all of us women and make such a difference in all of our lives if we open up to it and to other women.
I never had sisters and now in my 50s feel like I am surrounded by wonderful women who are like sisters to me without all the family stuff that can get in the way.
Thank you to all the women friends in my life for your strength, support and wisdom.
Peace and blessings, Laurie
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Journey of life

2011-07-30T01:58:00.000-07:00

Hi
I have been thinking today about the journey of life. I spent a good many years about 15-20 being in the public eye. I did countless interviews on TV, radio, spoke in front of all size audiences and traveled to many countries teaching and speaking. I had my own radio show in Sydney and my own cable TV show in California. I appeared on major tv shows in Australia, Canada and the US.
I wrote 2 books, Spiritual Medicine and Blessings of Gratitude and did countless book signings and interviews.
I loved it. It was exciting. It felt good to share information and to help others in a bigger way.
Then one day I woke up and found life had changed. I was exhausted and my body needed a rest. Instead of being out there so much, I needed to come back inside and heal.
I had been on my own for so many years during all of this time and then at 47 I met my soul mate and married him. I look back now over the past 7 years and just after we met, I fell apart literally. I got cancer and my emotional state was so up and down. I had trouble coping with any kind of change. I still ran my Spiritual Centre each week. Not sure how I did that, I had Divine Helpers.

Thank you GOD and thank you to my beautiful husband who was there sometimes to pick up the pieces.

I am so grateful for this journey and for the love and support that is always around me.

I am grateful for the gift of coming back to me. I am grateful to GOD for my life.

I am now ready to step out again and be used by Spirit in whatever way I am meant to now.

AND SO IT IS, AND SO I LET IT BE

I say YES to life and YES to being of service to myself and to others.

Peace and blessings, Laurie

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5 steps to let go and flow

2011-07-29T18:10:00.000-07:00

Think about what stops the flow in your life?

Here are my 5 steps to let go and flow. When we allow the energy to flow in our lives; we feel good!
Practice these regularly to feel more alive, healthy and joyful! Pass them on to others.
These come from my book, Spiritual Medicine.
Peace and blessings, Laurie

#1
DO SOMETHING YOU ENJOY. Take time each day to do something you enjoy that makes you happy. Maybe it is to paint or garden or read a book. Only you know what feeds your soul and makes you feel good! The only restriction on time is the one we place in our minds. Give yourself this gift and see the difference it makes.

# 2
MOVE YOUR BODY. Make sure you do some kind of movement every day. It can be walking, yoga, stretching, swimming, dancing etc. Our body
needs to move and stretch. Have fun with it. Exercise with someone or whatever works for you. If you’re sitting watching television, do some stretching or some kind of movement while sitting on the couch.

# 3
BREATHE DEEPLY. Take several deep breaths many times a day. Become more aware of how you breathe and getting more life force energy into your being. Breathe into your belly, move the breath up to your diaphragm, then up to your collarbone and breathe out fully. Breathe in peace, breathe out stress. Breathe in good health and breathe out negativity. Breathe in love and breathe out fear.

# 4
TAKE TIME TO BE. Take time every day to be still and turn within. Come back to you. We are so busy and always doing that our adrenal glands gets very depleted and we can get sick. Make time for you to stop and be still. Go into nature or find a special place to sit for a few minutes every day. Close your eyes and connect back to your self and breathe. Fill your self up with light and love. Send loving energy to every cell in your body. Thank your body for all it does for you. Send loving thoughts and prayers out to all those you love and to the planet.

# 5
EXPRESS HOW YOU ARE FEELING AND GET IT OUT. It is so important to acknowledge how we are feeling and get the emotional energy to move out of the body - especially grief and sadness. It is ok to cry and to be vulnerable. If you are feeling angry or frustrated and cant speak about it, write it out, or exercise it out. Find someone to first acknowledge how you are feeling and then release it. Do not give it any power. We give our emotions a lot of power; especially FEAR and it can sometimes control our life and affect our health and our Spirit.
Be grateful each day for your each part of your body and for all you have in your life.

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5 steps to health and wellness

2011-07-27T15:32:00.000-07:00

Here are my 5 steps to health and wellness: Practice daily to feel more alive and energized. They are not in any particular order. Just important to do on a regular basis!

Step 1
CHANGE YOUR THINKING. Become aware of your thoughts and instead of focusing on the negative stuff and the things that are not working, focus on the positive. Focus on good health and energy flowing. Make sure you laugh and smile every day. Lighten up. Don't take things so personally. Be kind to you! Stop being so hard on yourself. Each day ask yourself: How can I be more loving to me today?

Step 2
MOVE YOUR BODY. Make sure you do some kind of movement every day. It can be walking, yoga, stretching, swimming, dancing etc. Our body's need to move and stretch. Have fun with it. Exercise with someone or whatever works for you. If your sitting watching television, do some stretching or some kind of movement while sitting on the couch.

Step 3
BREATHE. Take several deep breaths many times a day. Become more aware of how you breath and getting more life force energy into your being. Breathe into your belly, move the breathe up to your diaphram, then up to your collarbone and breathe out fully. Breathe in peace, breathe out stress. Breathe in good health and breathe out negativity. Breathe in love and breathe out fear.

Step 4
MEDITATE DAILY. Take time every day to be still and turn within. Come back to you. We are so busy and always doing that our adrenal glands get very depleted. Make time for you to stop and be still. Go into nature or find a special place to sit for a few minutes every day. Close your eyes and connect back to your self and breathe. Fill your self up with light and love. Send loving energy to every cell in your body. Thank your body for all it does for you. Send loving thoughts and prayers out to all those you love and to the planet.

Step 5
EXPRESS HOW YOU ARE FEELING AND GET IT OUT. It is so important for our health and wellbeing to acknowledge how we are feeling and get the emotional energy to move out of the body - especially grief and sadness. It is ok to cry and to be vulnerable. If you are feeling angry or frustrated and cant speak about it, write it out, or exercise it out. Find someone to first acknowledge how you are feeling and then release it. Do not give it any power. We give our emotions alot of power especially FEAR and it can sometimes control our life and affect our health and our Spirit.
Be grateful each day for your each part of your body and for all you have in your life.

Peace and blessings, Laurie
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disappointment

2011-07-22T16:34:00.000-07:00

Hi and blessings
It struck me today about how powerful and negative that emotion of disappointment can be if we hold onto it. I know I have felt disappointed so many times in my life. Like any emotion it is good to acknowledge it and then let it go. What we tend to do as humans is to hold onto it for years sometimes and it festures inside of us. This can only cause illness and lack of energy.
I was talking to my husband, Stan this morning and realized I have been disappointed about hm not being a part of our spiritual centre and not wanting to come along to our gatherings. I became so aware of the choice to hold onto the disappointment or just let it go and come back to a loving heart.

The question to keep asking is where do we want to put our energies and vibration?

What happens inside of us when we hold onto disappointment?

Whatever we focus on we create more of the same.
Good one to think about.
What disappointments are you holding onto from the past?
Give yourself permission to let them go today and be free...to open your heart and being to more love and light.

The affirmation for today is: I release the energy of disappointment and I open myself up to be free, happy, loving and know my life is flowing in a Divine Way always!
And So It is
Peace and blessings, Laurie

sharing about fear

2011-07-20T00:36:00.000-07:00

It is good to have this page to write my thoughts and what I want to share with you.
I always believe that as I share personal and private thoughts I open up the space for others to do the same.
It is interesting to me to watch when fears come up and to see it as a chance to go within and see what I need to do for me.
I have been experiencing some breast tenderness and was not sure if I had felt a lump or just breast tissue. My intuition was guiding me to have an ultrasound and get it checked out. I did this yesterday and they found a small cyst on my left breast. This was not the side I was concerned about. I realized that my attention was being called to my left side - my feminine side and to nurturing myself more and taking better care of me.
Since yesterday I have been watching the fear thoughts come up in my mind about needing to drain it to make sure it is a cyst and to keep practicing breathing deeply and releasing the fear.
I am a firm believer on checking things out and also holding that high knowing of health and wholeness at the same time. This is the life and work of a Spiritual practitioner and Minister.
I am grateful to know that healing is always taking place and that I am and we are each in charge of our own minds and thinking.
My affirmation for today is: I am healed, whole, healthy and grateful for the opportunitys to keep releasing fear and to change the thoughts in my mind to ones that support my highest good. Thank you Spirit for my life.
And So It Is.

Peace and blessings, Laurie
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Love the Skin your in

2011-07-17T04:45:00.000-07:00

It is amazing how much of the advertising we see and the messages we hear are about looking a certain way. We look at models and actresses and believe that is the way "we are suppose to look", and if we do not look like that then something is wrong or we will not be accepted.
Something is wrong with our society to give out such messages that foster pain and low self-esteem. I have seen so many people unhappy within themselves because their body did not look a certain way and all they wanted was to be was someone else. What a sad waste of precious life that is…Even if they did get their body to look like that it did not make them feel any happier or fulfilled inside. This is because they were not being who they are and that is really all we have.
When I was younger, I wanted my body to look different. The boys all seemed to be interested in my friends and never seemed to notice me. I was flat chested and this made me feel quite different and I started to see myself as unattractive. I remember an experience at camp when I was 11 years old. I had very short hair and had not started to develop yet. I walked into the girl's bathroom and the counselor there said, "I am sorry dear, but the boys bathroom is next store". I was so upset and they tried to make up for this by putting bows in my hair. Needless to say I was humiliated and carried this with me for about 20 years until I began to do a lot of inner healing and belief changing work around seeing my body and myself in a positive and loving way.
We are never too old to make positive changes and feel better about ourselves.
Our self-esteem and self-image is really our foundation for a happy and successful life.
No one can change our beliefs and the way we see ourselves, except for us. If we are unhappy, it is vitally important to address our beliefs, re-educate and look at positive ways to change and lift our own self- esteem and self- image. The truth is that we are all made in the image and likeness of God and Spirit. This is one of the main messages that I have learned from my lessons as a Metaphysical Minister.
If we want things to change, we must start to see ourselves with new glasses and treat ourselves as we would treat a best friend.
It is important to become more aware of the negative and hurtful thoughts that do not support us and to replace them with positive and supportive thoughts, even if we do not believe them at first. This is the way we can begin to change old patterns and to begin to love ourselves more.
It is easier to make positive changes when we are surrounded by positive and supported friends and colleagues that we can talk to and feel safe to be ourselves with. I know that being with loving and supportive people really helped me to lift my self confidence and I began to like myself more and to accept compliments from others.
Each time you look in the mirror, begin to see yourself as beautiful, whole and ok just the way you are. When any other thoughts come up in your mind, release them right away and affirm the positive. Remember that it takes lots of practice, patience and love to change old patterns and our self- image. It can be done and you can do it.
Peace and Blessings, Laurie
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self worth

2011-07-11T15:29:00.000-07:00

Divine Blessings to you,
The thought that popped into my mind while making a cup of tea this morning is:
No one determines our self worth except each of us.
This is powerful and empowering as we are the masters of our own minds and we are in charge of our lives not someone else.
No matter how old we are, we have the power to heal, make peace and release the past and change the limiting beliefs and start to see ourselves with new eyes. This is very exciting.
I remember doing a book signing with my book Spiritual Medicine many years back and was talking about self love.
When I finished a women in her 70's started to share with us that at 60 years old she started meditating and doing yoga and every day she looks in the mirror and tells her self "I love you". She then told us that she has a boyfriend as well.
So it is never too old to feel good about who we are and to love and accept ourselves just the way we are.
All it takes is willingness, patience and practice!!!!

Affirmation: Today I am grateful for who I am and celebrate ME!
And so it is!
Peace and blessings, Laurie
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Living in Faith

2011-07-10T01:02:00.000-07:00

Living in Faith More than ever we need to have faith in something greater than what we can see with our own two eyes. If is so easy to get caught up in the pain and fear of what is going on in the world and not be able to see the bigger picture.
Faith is built upon belief, love, acceptance and trust. Faith is the strongest belief that we can have and it is the energy and vibration that connects and brings us into oneness with ourselves, others and spirit. Faith can feel like it comes and goes at times in our life. The truth is that it is never really gone, it only needs to be rekindled with love, trust, patience, positive thought, prayer and meditation.

Think about the times in your life when you felt a strong faith, a strong knowing and trust in yourself, your life, your spiritual beliefs and your future. It is important to remember that it is always present, even when we cannot feel it. You can always tap into it by being still and calling forth that deep spiritual connection that is always present.

What do we experience when we are not in touch with our faith? Those have been the times for me when I felt the most fearful, alone, depressed and disconnected from myself and from God. Fear can really feel all consuming and at times like we are paralyzed. It is important to remember that fear is only a thought in our minds and it is said to be "False Evidence Appearing Real".

Dr. Ernest Holmes says in the Science of Mind, "We become conscious of darkness only when we are with out FAITH. For faith is ever the light of our day and the light on our way, making that way clearly visible to us, even when to all others it may be beset with obstacles and the ongoing rough".

To have faith takes an awareness and a deep trust to keep us in touch with our higher self- connection and to keep growing spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically. Having faith helps us to get though rough times, changes and to flow with life much easier.
When ever I feel lost or uncertain of what is ahead, I remember this quote from my book,
Spiritual Medicine:
"When you have come to the edge of all the light you know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, Faith is knowing two things will happen. You will find something solid to stand on and you will learn how to fly" Author unknown

Take time every day to be still and to just be with yourself without having to "DO" anything. In this stillness we can get more in touch with our authentic self and our faith. The more we can create peace inside the more we can help others to do the same. Be the presence you want to see in the world and so it is.

Laurie's tips to help reduce stress, adrenal exhaustion and enhance wellbeing

2011-07-07T22:33:00.000-07:00

Hi and blessings

The following stress release and wellness tips are from my book, 'Spiritual Medicine'.

These steps have helped me and others to change our stress habits and avoid adrenal exhaustion and help you if you are going through any type of imbalance to enhance health and wellness:

#1 Practice breathing more deeply, your breath is your life force. Breathing is one of the most unconscious patterns we have and in order to improve our breathing patterns we need to be more aware of them first. Many people I have found breathe very shallow. This puts a lot more stress on the physical body, adrenals and can create more tension, tightness and pain in our body. Begin now to become more aware of how you breathe and especially how you breathe when you are under pressure or concentrating on something. Breathe fully into your belly and then bring your breathe up into your chest; as if you are blowing up 2 balloons. Hold your breath in for a count of 2 and then breathe it out fully. You can imagine breathing in all the good things and breathing out the stress. Continue several times and do as often during the day as you can. You may need to write notes to yourself to be a reminder to breathe.

#2 Laurie's Acu-tapping your stress away technique

Lauries Acu-tapping will help you to release stress, tension, feel more alive and keep your energy moving. You will feel more alert and energised. It is quick, easy to do, and stimulates the organs and blood flow allowing the digestive and lymphatic system, organs and glands to work more effectively. Acu-tapping is great to do at any time, especially first thing in the morning, or in the shower, where it will really wake you up. If you are feelings tired during the day, or after work, spend approximately five minutes doing a full body energy tap to help you re-energize and let go of the pressures of the day. As you do the tapping, send healing energy into your body and remember to breathe fully as you do this exercise. Instead of reaching for another cup of coffee, try acu-tapping.

How to do Acu-tapping

Get in a standing position (works better than sitting).

Use your finger tips (the fleshy parts, not the nails).

Imagine sending loving, healing energy and light to your body as you tap. Notice which spots are sore or tight and breathe more deeply into those areas.

Begin to tap down one arm (front and back).

Move to the other arm and do the hands.

Move up and tap across the chest and diaphragm.

Move down and tap all across the belly.

Move down and tap the pelvis, hips and buttocks.

Move down the legs tapping both sides and the feet and toes (you will need to bend or sit to support your lower back when you do this).

Move up and tap your lower back and move up the back (if you have someone with you get them to tap on either side of the spine where you cannot reach).

Move up to tap your shoulders and neck. Finish tapping your head and face.

Stand for a moment after you finish, close your eyes and notice how you are feeling. Can you feel your body tingling?

Notice how you feel: Do you feel more awake and alert? This is the blood and energy circulating through your body.

Along with Acu-tapping, do some sort of exercise for at least 15-20 minutes every day. This could be anything from walking, stretching, yoga, sport, jogging, swimming, bike riding. Make sure it is something that you enjoy and feel motivated by. Get someone to do it with you as well. This can help us to get more enjoyment out of exercise.

#3 Create a daily Spiritual Practice. This can include going to Church, Temple, spending time in nature or whatever you can do that reconnects you with your spirit on a regular basis. Take the time to tune into your self daily. Start to build a relationship and rapport with your body by asking it on a daily basis what does it need from you and take the time to be still and listen. Bless, thank and send healing and loving energy to each part of your body on a regular basis. Take the time to meditate, pray and slow your mind down. Be grateful every day for what you have in your life.

#4 Your emotional health directly affects your physical health and wellbeing. Take care of your emotional health by recognizing and expressing how you are feeling and getting it to move. You can express your feelings in many ways such as; writing it out, speaking it out, dancing it out, exercising it out, singing it out, etc.

#5 Your mental health directly affects your physical wellbeing. Stop trying to be perfect. Make sure you spend time laughing, doing the things you enjoy and being creative. Watch your thoughts and stay conscious around your self-talk. If your thoughts are not supporting you positively, change them right away. Become more aware of self criticism and self judgment. What you focus your attention on is what you get. This helps to lessen your stress and tension levels and bring about more peace and balance in your life.

One of the things to ask your self is Am I loving myself by having this thought or taking this action? If the answer is no, then do something or say something that is loving yourself.

#6 What foods are you putting in your body? Become more aware and disciplined about the food you are eating. Spend more time making sure you feed yourself healthy, fresh, organic and nourishing food. Avoid fast food and eating on the run as much as possible. Eat and chew more slowly, so help your system digest better. Either silently or out loud (which ever you prefer), bless your food before you eat it whether it is at home or at restaurants. Keep your body hydrated

#7 Keep your home and work environment free from clutter. Spend the time making sure that your living and working environments support your health and well-being. Be more aware of the radiation and chemicals you use and have around your home. These can certainly affect our health, nervous system and can cause illness.

You are worth taking care of. Remember to be GRATEFUL everyday for what you have and for your life. Love and nurture yourself every day. We cannot take care of others unless we are taking care of ourselves first. Our health is one of the most important things we have!!!! Do not take things too seriously - lighten up more and worry less. Have an attitude of gratitude. Be grateful on a daily basis for all you have.

There is no time like the present. Make yourself a priority and take the time daily to replenish and recharge your body, mind, emotions and spirit. Do not wait until exhaustion sets in before you listen to body and take action to do something good for your self.

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The body knows how to heal...

2011-07-02T02:00:00.000-07:00

Hi and blessings
I wanted to share in this blog about some of the amazing experiences I have had doing my healing
work with others. Over the past 25 years my healing work has culminated into a powerful energy session that clears blockages and brings people back in touch with themselves again on a deep level.

I find that for whatever reason I do not always share some of the extraordinary things that have opened and happened for my clients and so I am sharing a few here now.
These are just a few of the wonderful experiences of healing that is possible. Everything is energy and energy needs to move in order for us to be healthy and vibrant.

I saw one woman who came with a complaint of ear pain. She saw numerous doctors and took many different kinds of medications and nothing seemed to help. She came to me knowing that there was more to be uncovered. I guess I am kind of a spiritual Sherlock Holmes with the body/emotional connection. I have always been an emotional intuitive and so we began her session. I worked with the correspondant meridian points and energy points and got her in touch with some old emotional patterns that were stuck and had to do with her family. She was able to get the connection and in that moment her ear made a loud sound and instantly cleared. She was amazed and so happy that she no longer had pain.

I saw a man in his late 50's who came with the complaint of shingles. They were not going away and he had been out of work for 3 weeks and not improving. He saw Doctors but nothing was helping.
I started to work with him and through the session asked him if whether he had been feeling sad or griefing a loss of some kind. His shingles were on his chest and I felt like alot was blocked in his lung meridian which deals with grief and loss. He sat up amazed and said he had just lost a very dear friend who had died. I asked him if he had cried and said goodbye to his friend and he said he had not. I suggested he go home and do whatever he needed to do to feel the grief and express it.
He returned a week later and the shingles were completely gone.

I love the saying from Robert Bly "The body cries the tears the eyes never shed".
This is so true and if we do not release the old emotional pain and blockages in our body, it will find
a way to do it for us.

A women came to me and was concerned that she could not loose weight. We started the session and her energy was blocked in her belly. She started to have memories of a loss of a child and how much pain and sadness she still had in her body. She began to cry and started releasing years of grief and at the end of the session when she got up she not only felt lighter and happier within her, she also noticed that her pants were much larger after the session than they were when we started. She was amazed of how much "weight" in the way of energy was released from her body by letting the emotions move.

I am extremely grateful and blessed to be doing this type of healing work with others and am most certainly Divinely Guided always.
I hope you enjoy these stories. I have written many of them in my book, Spiritual Medicine.
Until next time...
Peace and blessings, Laurie
http://www.laurielevine.com/
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Blessings for Cancer and other illnesses

2011-06-29T01:10:00.000-07:00

Hi and blessings to you
I wanted to share one of the blessings from my book, Blessings of Gratitude.
After I went through my experience with thryoid cancer I wrote this book and all the blessings came through in the most beautiful way.
I found that all the prayers and blessings I did personally and got from so many people globally really helped me to recover quicker and to come back to inner peace and balance.
One of the blessings I want to share is dedicated to all those personally and all those that we know
going through cancer and other illnesses.
My love and light goes out to each and every person on this healing journey. Please pass this on to someone you know who may be going through the journey with cancer....

Here is my blessing for cancer
"How would your life be different if you could bless your cancer and be willing to see it as a blessing, whether you are healed or not? This can be quite challenging I know, especially whnen we are first diagnosed. So many people are experiencing alot of pain and fear associated with having cancer. I know that I did.
What if you could see this as an opportunity to embrace your fears, ask for support and getr more in touch with your faith and inner strength?
It was quite a shock to me when I was told I had cancer and I had a hard time at first recognising all the ways it was a blessing in my life. Some the blessings I experienced included an opportunity to slow down, let people be there for me and receive more love.
For many it can be a time of receiving love and nurturing from others. If you are someone who has always been the care giver and have had a time time asking for help and letting your self receive, now is your chance to practice. People who care about you do want to be there to unconditionally love and support you."

The blessing:
I bless my cancer and send loving thoughts and energy into every cell of my body. I release and let go of my emotional burderns, fear, guilt, resentment and negativity that I may have repressed.
I am grateful for this opportunity to surrender to Divine Spirit for love, healing and letting go of my need to control. I deserve to be loved and to get the help I need. I am open and grateful for it all now. I allow my mind and body to be healed and I thank God for al lthe grace and love that surrrounds me."

Peace and blessings, Laurie

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setting up a healing altar in your home or office

2011-06-24T01:29:00.000-07:00

Hi and Blessings to you,
Have you ever set up an Altar?
What is the purpose of having an altar?
I find personally for me it helps to create such a beautiful spiritual energy wherever I am. I have one at home and at my healing centre.
What types of things do you put on an altar?
You can put anything that is symbolic for you and makes you feel good. You can change it, add to it, do whatever makes your heart and soul sing.
It is so healing and spiritually uplifting to set up an altar in your home or office that has meaning for you. It can really change the energy in your home by making it more spiritual and peaceful.
My altar has photos, crystals, candles, buddha, flower and more. You can put special shells, pictures of loved ones, any spiritual or religious symbol etc.
Give it a go and follow your intution and what feels good for you. Remember there is no one way to create an altar.
If you have children and want them to also add to it so it becomes a family altar.
I would love to hear from you and find out what you created.
Peace and blessings, Laurie

taking it personally

2011-06-22T02:27:00.000-07:00

Hi and blessings
I want to talk about how we can get affected by others and take what people say personally.
Wow, this is such a topic for discussion and truly something I have personally looked at and consciously worked on for years. As someone who is highly intuitive and an energy worker; I have experienced in my life being affected by what others have said to me and their actions. It is a constant reminder to keep coming back to my own heart and center and sending more love out as well as loving myself.
I know that for me through my life if my self esteem was not strong and I was not feeling that inner power within I would react more to others and get affected by what was said or by someone's else energy.

I would love to hear your experiences on this and what you do to not be affected by others.

A wonderful affirmation to use is:
I stand in my own power and light and respond from a loving and forgiving heart
And So It Is

Peace and blessings, Laurie

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planting in the garden

2011-06-18T21:44:00.000-07:00

Hi and happy day to you
It is such a beautiful and sunny day today. I feel so grateful for nature and creation all around me.
It is winter here and a time to plant and put things in plan to grow and nurture.
We have a good size veggie and herb garden and today I decided to go and buy 10 more vegetables and herbs to grow.
It felt so good to get my hands in the soil and to loveingly plant, water and then delight in watching them grow. It is really a metaphor for life. Plants wont grow any faster just because we want them to. As things do not happen at a faster pace just because we want them to.
We must water, nurture and take care of our seed and plants and when they are ready they just are!
So any time you feel like you need to ground yourself and feel more connected to the earth, put your hands in the soil and plant something or just pull weeds.
Always more weeds to pull out, just like the negative thoughts that pop up; we can choose to give them power or to plant a new thought.

Affirmation: I am grateful and know that all is unfolding in my life at the perfect time and way.
It is all good. I am planting the seeds for positive change and they are growing in a most miraculous way!

Peace and blessings, Laurie
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dont take life for granted - enjoy whatever you are doing

2011-06-16T20:48:00.000-07:00

Hi and blessings
I just came home from a funeral of a client of mine who was in her mid 40's.
As I stood in the back of the chapel I was reminded of just how sacred and precious life is.
It also struck me that if Ros did not know how loved she was while she was alive she certainly knows now.
The chapel was over flowing with people who came to celebrate her life and who loved her.
How many of us never know till we die that we are loved and adored?
As the saying goes, there is no time like the present to know how loved you are and that you make a difference just by being YOU.
It was also a reminder today that you only live fully and love fully when you live in the present.
We are not living fully when we live in the past or dwell too much in the future. Life is right now!
Grab it, make the most of it, let people you love know how you feel, be brave, be bold, take risks, dare to be more!!!!
The last song they played at the funeral was "Don't Worry Be Happy". I just smiled and thought how perfect...We can still grief, but also be happy to be alive and happy for LIFE and the wonderful opportunities to cry, laugh, and be REAL.
Love and blessings, Laurie
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We are what we eat

2011-06-13T17:52:00.000-07:00

hi and welcome to my latest blog
We are what we eat!!!!
I love this statement. It is so true and sometimes a bit dawnting to think that food and health and food and illness is so linked
What have you had to eat today?
Keep track each day for one week of what you eat and you may be surprised
Eating can be such an unconscious act.
Do not eat when you are angry or upset...The food cannot digest properly
It is so important to be conscious and aware of what we eat and choose the food that is the most alive and healthy for our bodys. Our body is our temple.
Check in and see how you feel after you eat.
Does your energy go down after a meal or do you feel more alive?
Everything is energy. There are so many fruits and vegetables at the markets that do not have much life force left. Choose to buy and eat veggies and fruit and food that has life force and energy to do so you can have happier and healthier cells.
Bless everything that you eat while your cooking and before you take the first bite.

Affirm: In this moment I am aware of what I choose to eat and put in my body.
My body is my temple.
I bless each and everything I make and eat.

Would love to hear from you

Peace and blessings, Laurie

It is not about the other person

2011-06-11T20:45:00.000-07:00

Hi and blessings
I want to talk about a spiritual principle and truth that is sometimes hard for the ego to hear.
It is easy to blame another or make it about someone else but the truth is we always need to look back at ourselves. People in our lives are here as mirrors for us to help us grow and become more of who we are.
So if there is someone in your life who you find challenging, see if you can look at them with a new perspective and a feeling of gratefulness.

What are they here to teach you?

My husband Stan is my best mirror and teacher. It is easy to sometimes think what if I was with someone else or in a job that was easier or fill in the blank, but the truth is we would just create a similar situation if we have not yet learned what we need to learn.
I am grateful for my marriage and for the person I am becoming as well as for the opportunity to keep on looking back at me and seeing what internal healing needs to be done and how to love myself more.

Every thing that happens is an opportunity to release judgement, love ourselves more and open our heart!

Peace and blessings, Laurie
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life purpose

2011-06-07T21:37:00.000-07:00

Hi and welcome to my blog
I have always loved sharing healing ideas and practical tools with others
You might say this has been an ongoing passion of mine for over 25 years.
Both of my published books have come out of all that I have taught and shared with my clients and students over the years. It is such a joy for me when someone shares with me how my books or teachings have helped them in their life. This is truly a life purpose for me, something that makes me happy and always motivates and propells me forward.
I know we all have so much to share and learn from one another. You can hear the same thing told over and over again and all it takes is the right moment where it sinks in even deeper and there is a shift.

This is always a wonderful question to contemplate -

What is my life and soul purpose?

What am I here for?

I have worked with so many people who have shared with me that they wanted to know what they were here for. This is an internal question, the answers lie within each of us.
I love asking the whole of me; meaning my body, mind and soul the question of what am I here for and just be open to sit in the stillness knowing that we will come into alignment with that truth. Some part of us already knows it, we just need to be still and be patient and to remember....

I believe that what we are here for is directly connected to what we love and what we feel passionate about.
It might be taking care of animals, or children or planting a garden and connecting to mother earth or being of service to another or making someone smile etc.

Our life purpose does not have to be something huge, like Oprahs, it can be something as simple as we are hear to remember who we are and to share love....

I would love to hear what you are here for?
What is your Soul's Purpose?

A good affirmation to use for this is: I am open to know what my life purpose is and to share it with others

Peace and blessings, Laurie
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we are never alone and we are always getting the support we need

2011-06-03T17:32:00.000-07:00

Hi and blessings to you
I want to talk about this idea and spiritual truth that we are never alone and always supported and loved
This may sound a bit strange and hard to believe at times we feel separate or cut off from others and from SPIRIT
No matter what is happening in your life, breathe in and affirm "I am surrounded by love and support from the Universe always".
You are never alone. All you need to do is start believing that and you will experience it for your self in the most wonderful ways.
Go out in nature today and be still and let yourself feel the sacred and beauty all around you. Take it in, connect with it. We are one with everything....
All we need to do is start to practice taking that in and acknowledging it.
Peace and blessings, Laurie
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creating miracles of healing

2011-05-30T18:03:00.000-07:00

Hi again and Divine blessings to you,
I had a wonderful memory this morning of an event I am so proud of that I would love to share with you.
In 1995 I went to Moscow to teach my healing techniques at a conferenc there. It was a beautiful experience to meet other healers from Russia and around the world.
I was asked by a man who had been teaching and counseling in Columbia, South America to run a workshop with him to help bring healing to the hearts of Russia men and women. I was excited to do this.

Since it was June summer time it wa light there until about 2 or 3 am. We ran our workshop from 11 pm to 2 am and had a couple hundred Russian men and women present.
I gathered all the women and with an interpreter present we began to talk to them and they shared with me quite openly deep issues affecting them; primarily how they felt about the men.
My colleague was doing the same with the men.
It was interesting that the women all felt fearful of the men especially when they would drink alcohol.
The men felt the women did not listen to them.
I asked the women to come up with a few ideas of something loving they could do with the men to help heal the fear and open their hearts.
They asked that the men sit in a circle and close their eyes and we would each go around the outside of the circle and gently massage the mens shoulders and stroke their hair and whisper loving messages in their ears.

It was so beautiful, words cannot express how much love was in the room.

It was then the mens turn. They had us do the same and came into the center of our circle and sang love songs in Russian to us. After that they came around and whispered in our ears. I had such goosebumps.
When it was done we all hugged and what I felt was if this could be done all around the world there would not be any wars and their would be so much more peace and harmony
I felt so blessed to have been able to facilitate and participate

We can make such a difference in this world in such simple ways.

Namaste
Peace and blessings, Laurie
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Letting go of guilt

2011-05-29T15:18:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my blog page
I have always been aware of where emotions were blocked in my body and in others as well. You might say I am an emotional intuititve. This has been the main focus in my healing work with others
When we do not express how we are feeling and we push it down, we end up getting sick. I have seen this time and time again. It is so important to get in touch with how we are feeling and release it
Guilt is one of the emotions that does not serve us at all. It only causes us to have low self esteem, low energy and ill health. It definately affects our ability to feel joyful.
In my experience working with thousands of people over the past 24 years that so many of us are still holding on to things we feel guilty about from the past.
Take a moment to think about if there is anything you feel guilty about?
Where are you holding guilt in your body?
When we feel guilty about something that has happened, it keeps us in the past takes us out of enjoying the present!
Take the time to get in touch with anything you may feel guilty about and practice releasing it and forgiving your self.
Replace the guilt with self love and self acceptance and you will have more energy, feel better and have more joy.

I would love to hear your stories. Here is to a GUILT FREE LIFE!!!!

Till next time
Peace and blessings, Laurie
http://www.laurielevine.com/

what is your story

2011-05-25T17:13:00.000-07:00

Hi and blessings
Been thinking alot about this theme as it is my topic for our Sunday Spiritual Gathering this week
This can have so many meanings and I can write many different articles on this title
What I want to talk about today is what story are you carrying from the past that no longer serves you?

It is so easy to get caught up in talking and sharing about the same thing all the time. Maybe it is how unhappy we are at work, or someone did something to us we did not like, or how lonely we are, or how we do not have enough money....
Stop for a moment and contemplate on this...is there a story you have been telling alot that is not allowing it to change?
Our ego loves the drama of it all....
How about making up a new story to tell????
What would that be?
Make it something you want and something that is positive and uplifting, then put your energy and focus into that and see what starts to emerge.
Whatever we focus on and put our emotional energy into is what we create.
So if we are putting alot of energy toward an old belief or thought, this is what will continue to manifest.

The wonderful part is that we can change things in an instant as long as we are aware of our thoughts and projections....

As Esther and Jerry Hicks and Abraham says: you can either paddle upstream or downstream and go with the flow...let go of the oars and go with the flow

Create a new positive story today and change your life for the better!!!

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Peace and blessings, Laurie

Laurie's 7 steps for living life more passionately

2011-05-20T22:03:00.000-07:00

Hi
I wanted to share with you my 7 steps for living life more passionately
They are from my book, Spiritual Medicine, ENJOY and share this with your friends and loved ones!

Step one- Dont take things to seriously - Laugh more at situations and at yourself. This is very healthy medicine. Life was not meant to be taken too seriously

Step two - Give yourself permission to express how you are feeling? Do not stuff down your emotions. If we do not express how we feel, our bodies will express it for us - Keep your self healthy and get your emotions out in whatever way you can -for example: write it down, speak it out, draw how you feel, dance it, sing it, yoga it out, exercise it out etc....

Step three - Do something loving for your self each day. Remember to acknowledge and love you on a daily basis and then share this with others. Take time to take care of your spirit, body, mind and soul each day. Meditate, be still, go in nature, be creative, pray, have fun, feed your self healthy food, smell the flowers, plant a veggie garden or just get your hands in the dirt, move your body...

Step four - Have an attitude of gratitude. Feel grateful for all you have right now. Feel grateful for you, for your body, for the roof over your head and for all those that you love and that love you. Feel grateful for all the little things we can so easily take for granted.

Step five - You are a powerful creator - become aware of the thoughts you think and the words you speak. Your thoughts and beliefs create your life. Take control of your thoughts Now and change them.
Focus on what you want instead of what you don't want.

Step six - Speak your truth and express what you need to say with compassion. Do not come from blame but speak your truth from how you are feeling - I feel.....when this happens I feel...

Step seven - Do work that you enjoy, are passionate and that makes you happy and gives you energy and ignites your spirit. Enjoy each and every moment. If you are not currently loving what you are doing, ask yourself what you need to do to turn that around and start enjoying it. - Be of service to another or to a charity or organization. This also helps to ignite your spirit...

I would love to hear from you
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Peace and blessings, Laurie

Letting Go

2011-05-18T18:51:00.000-07:00

Hi and Happy Day to you
This topic of Letting go is so big and I could write a book just on this subject.
As human beings it can be so challenging to let go. This can involve so many things such as; letting go of what "SHOULD" have been, letting go of a dream or wanting something to be a certain way and it is not, letting go of a relationship that is no longer working, letting go of job, letting go of someone who has passed away or just letting go of fear and worry...
I wanted to specifically share something very personal to me with you. I have someone in my life that has always been like my best friend. This person is my mother, Sylvia. She is the most beautiful, loving soul. I have always been able to share everything with my mom until the last few years. You see my mom has alzheimers. She still knows us, but it is different. She is not the person I knew, so my letting go is letting go of the mother I always knew and to embrace, unconditionally love and accept my mom as she is now.
The grief I feel inside is undescribable. It is always there, has moments of coming to the surface but the enormity of it is real and palpable.
My letting go process involves letting go of grief and letting myself acknowledge and feel it - rather than stuff it down into my body.
I know for so many of us it is so much easier to just push the feelings down. This only causes ill health and pain. Have the courage to share what is happening for you in whatever way suits you best....

A wonderful affirmation is:
I am willing each day to let go, release the emotions, begin to accept and embrace what is - with love, courage and inner peace.

AND DO IT IS...

Thank you and abundant blessings, Laurie
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Are you missing out on life?

2011-05-14T17:05:00.000-07:00

Hi and blessings
I am so reminded each moment how very precious life is
And if we are holding any unforgiveness or focusing on the past and not on now, we are MISSING OUT on LIFE
This is it, It is up to each one of us to be the master of our thoughts and reactions.
Take time to go into reflection and to ask if you are holding any past grudges or hurts from the past.
Take the time to write it down and to go into your heart and ask for forgiveness and begin to forgive yourself and others. It is never too late to do this. Do it regularly. It is the healthiest diet we can give ourselves.
What is done is done. All we can really do now is live fully and joyfully in each moment.
Smell the roses, look at the sunsets and sunrises in awe of the magnificience of SPIRIT and LIFE all around

How much of life we loose and cannot get back when we stay focused on what could have been or what should have happened or maybe I will be happier with another partner or a slimmer body, or what if I had made that decision instead of this one. STOP!!!

RELEASE AND LET GO of the guilt, regret, fear, remorse...It does not serve any of us. It only causes more pain and blockages.

FREE YOUR MIND NOW
Go into gratitude for all you have in your life and for the blessings that are always there.
ENJOY THIS MOMENT
Do something to be in this present moment - take a walk, hold a flower in your hand and look at the beauty of it, call a friend, ask for a hug, take a long bath, watch a funny movie.....choose something

I would love to hear from you
Life is precious
Make each moment count
Count your BLESSINGS

Love and blessings, Laurie
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Ego versus SPIRIT

2011-05-10T01:33:00.000-07:00

Hi and blessings to you
Have you ever noticed that when things go differently than what you think and what the ego thinks SHOULD happen it starts to scream and have what can look like a tantrum
This is good....it is pushing the boundaries
Have you ever experienced not feeling well and the internal struggle between being still and doing things?
The Ego says " You should be doing something and our BEING says good, stop, breathe, rest and be still.
This is actually such a important time to go within and just be with ourselves. This is the time we can get wonderful messages from our HIGHER SELF and SPIRIT....
Our daily practice is to learn how to create more balance between the need to do and the need to BE.
Let go of making things right or wrong...
Everything is unfolding in such a DIVINE Way...

What if you truly knew this...How different would your life be?

A wonderful blessing and affirmation is:
I am grateful for this moment and the opportunity to stop and practice BEING
I celebrate each moment and each breath I take
I know that all my needs are always met and all is unfolding in a Divine Way for me now
AND SO IT IS

Would love to hear from you

Send an email for any questions or for prayer request to
laurieleahlevine@gmail.com

Peace and blessings, Laurie
http://www.positivelivingspiritualcentre.com/

life situations as metaphors for something greater....

2011-05-07T01:55:00.000-07:00

Hi Again
It is always interesting to look at things that happen in our life each day as a metaphor.
Today my husband and I took our motor boat out on the lake we live on. It was such a beautiful day. The water was still; just like glass. The sky was so clear and blue. The birds we diving into the water to get fish and it felt so good to be alive.
All was going smoothly until the motor just stopped. We thought maybe it got some seaweed in it. Low and behold it had stopped because it was out of fuel.
There we were in the middle of this large lake not moving. We radioed for help and after about 20 minutes we were towed back to where we started.
I started to think about the metaphor for this experience and what came to mind was how we push ourselves and to do not pay attention to when we are out of GAS/PETROL. All of a sudden we find ourselves stopped and having to be still and BE instead of always doing. We are forced to go within....
I know that was so when I found out I had cancer. I had been pushing myself for years and did not listen to the signs my body was giving me and then all of a sudden I had to STOP!!!!

Take the time to listen, go within, fill your cup up before you run out of petrol
The messages are always there. All we have to do is to pay more attention to them and to ourselves.

All we had to do today to avoid running out of petrol in our boat was to check that there was enough in the tank...
How simple is that!!!!

Till the next time
Peace and blessings, Laurie
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communication break down

2011-04-30T04:23:00.000-07:00

Hi and welcome to my latest blog
I want to talk about how we can have a communication break down by making up
stories about someone else with out finding out what the truth really is
An example of this is: We try to reach someone and leave messages for them and they
do not call us back or respond. We then make up a reason or story in our minds as to why they
did not respond. Maybe they were mad at us or did not like us or something happened to them.....etc.
Has that ever been your experience?
It is so important to check things out and see what has really occurred and continue to stay in the present moment...
Good communication is about making sure our message got across and checking things out to see what the truth really is...
Next time you are not sure, ASK...

I would love to hear from you on this subject. What is your experience with communication and how do you keep it from breaking down....

Peace and blessings, Laurie
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prosperity

2011-04-24T23:07:00.000-07:00

Hi and welcome to my latest post
I want to share with you some of what I taught yesterday in my Prosperity Workshop
I asked my students yesterday "What is Prosperity"?
They said it was a feeling of good, having flow of money, joy, love, health etc.
I also believe that prosperity is a consciousness - we need to practice feeling and thinking prosperous thoughts and to look at our hidden beliefs that block our good

One of the beliefs that I stops our flow of prosperity is thinking and saying - I DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH
Think about how often you say that every day and what happens to your flow of prosperity when you do

A wonderful daily practice is to affirm: ALL MY NEEDS ARE MET and to feel grateful for what you do have each and ervery day
Feel grateful and thank for and prosperous for everything in your life...every time you eat something feel grateful and prosperous for the food and nourishment for your body.

Here is some wonderful quotes from Yoga for Prosperity book and teachings of Yogi Bhajan
"Prosperity consciousness is a state of harmony between mind, body and spirit. Despite our outer circumstances, rich or poor, when we live in a cozy manner, trusting the Universe to care for our needs, then we are truly wealthy. Prosperity is the opposite of neediness; prosperous peole know they have their needs met and the needs of those they care for are met also. Prosperity is insipiring and elevating and it touches our hearts and souls"

I would love to hear what prosperity means to you
We are each as prosperous as we believe

Peace and abundant blessings, Laurie
http://www.laurielevine.com/
see our positive living spiritual centre facebook page to hear my talk from Sundays service

Live for TODAY, LIVE YOUR DREAMS

2011-04-16T18:05:00.000-07:00

Hi and Welcome to my blog today
I love this quote. It is from one of my native american medicine cards.
It is a wonderful affirmation to use daily
“The present is my point of power.
All light, all love, all energy, pass through me now creating ongoing beauty,
From death, the pause of perfect peace, I am born to dance on top of the world”

A Native American Saying is: Today is a good day to die
This is all about living each day fully
We never truly know when we will leave this phyiscal world, so we need to make each day count
Is there something you have been wanting to do but have not done it for a variety of reasons?
Think about it
If so, do it now!
My husband Stan and I always wanted to live at the water. I had a belief that I could not live at the water because it was too expensive. Well we live on a beautiful lake. I changed my belief and we made our plans and it all unfolding perfectly
Write down all of your dreams and you can create them....What you believe comes into reality
If you think you can, YOU CAN!!!
Love and blessings, Laurie

what is real????

2011-04-07T15:34:00.000-07:00

Hi and welcome to my latest blog...wow, it is April already
Time is flying by....
Each moment counts!!!
I want to talk about WHAT IS REAL?
It is so interesting how in the human world we put so much
credence on what we can see. If we cant see it, then it is not happening.
We pray and ask for things we want to create and then when they do not come right away we feel like it is not happening
It is important to remember that so much is happening on a level that we cannot see, the invisible level. This is where it is REAL....
Does that sound strange?
Think about it for a moment. We cant physically see GOD or SPIRIT and that does not mean that they don't exist...Spirit is all around us and within us always whether we are awake or asleep....We are always being supported and loved!
We just have to know and believe this
I love the saying "Believe it and you will see it"
Open up to tthe possibility of seeing the invisible and being connected and tuned in to something that is REAL and PRESENT always...
You are so much more than you think and there is so much more taking place that you are always a part of
The Universe wants the best for you and LOVES YOU....
Peace and blessings, Laurie
Stay tuned to our website and facebook page for online classes and teleseminars coming up
http://www.positivelivingspiritualcentre.com/
I would love to hear from you. Let me know your thoughts on this blog

time of change

2011-03-23T18:50:00.000-07:00

Hi
In this time of such tremendous change and what seems like chaos on the planet, it is so important to make sure we stay in balance and have plenty of rest, time to meditate and to be still. If you are so used to doing it all yourself, make the effort to ask for help....we were not meant to do it all ourselves
I am seeing a great deal of illness especially people with cancer in my healing practice and yoga classes.
I do believe that everything that happens is an incredible opportunity to grow and to learn more about ourselves and make positive changes
This is a great time to stop and ask the questions:

What blessing or gift is revealing itself to me in this situation?

What am I learning from this experience?

A wonderful affirmation you can use is - I am open to see the blessing, gift and miracle in this moment and in this situation. I am open and ready to grow and be more authentic and loving.

Let us together send loving light and energy to Mother Earth and around the world.

Thank you
I would love to hear from you
Check out our facebook page under positive living spiritual centre and become part of our loving community
Peace and blessings, Laurie
http://www.positivelivingspiritualcentre.com/

What one person can do....

2011-03-16T18:07:00.000-07:00

Hi and abundant blessings to you
I wanted to talk about love and the difference one person can make. Sometimes in life
we say something or do something that makes such a profound difference to someone else and we never know about it.....
When we come from a loving open heart, magic happens!
I wanted to share with you about someone who is an inspiration to me. His name is Michael and he is the founder of Nepal Orphans home. Michael is from the US and went to Nepal as a volunteer many years ago and saw the plight of the children there and the dreadful conditions orphaned children were living in. He also found out about the girls who are sold to slavery and wanted to give them a better life. He followed his heart and soul and gave up his life in the US and now has over 150 children that he loves and takes care of.
I have been financially supporting the orphanage for the past few years and last October went there to meet Michael in person and get to know the children.
I have never experienced so much love before. Michael loves each and every one of these children as if they are his own. I call him the hugging man, as he hugs each child many times a day. Hugs are vital for our wellbeing!!!!
When you think about the lives these children experienced before coming to Nepal Orphans home, it is such a blessing to see them so happy, healthy and joyful!!!
I love John Denver's song What One Man Can DO....this is for sure..we can all make differences in this world.
Thank God for Michael Hess and his beautiful heart and soul and the difference he is making in the lives of so many children. They now have an opportunity to learn, grow and lead wonderful lives....
You can go onto there website at: http://www.nepalorphanshome.org/ and see all that they are doing to rescue more girls from slavery
Please help donate if you can and make a difference to these beautiful children. You can sponsor a child as well and that money goes to feeding, clothing and schooling that child.

Much love and blessings, Laurie
http://www.positivelivingspiritualcentre.com/

Spiritual Mind Treatment also known as affirmative prayer

2011-03-13T23:38:00.000-07:00

Hi and blessings to you
I am back in Australia and first off I would love it if we could all stop in this moment, close our eyes and send healing and loving energy to Japan and to the planet!!!!
Here is a prayer treatment for those in Japan and all over the world who are being affected by tragedy
Mother, Father, God
How good it is to recognize the one power and one presence that is every where in and through everything
We call it good, we call it Spirit, we call it GOD
I know this loving presence is my life, my source and my supply
I am the I AM of Spirit
There is no separation, only ONENESS
As I know this for myself I know this for all people
I speak this word for the people in Japan, Christchurch and all over this world who have been affected by tragedy and know that light, love and healing energy is flooding those areas right here and right now. I know
the people of Japan have all the help and support right now and those that have lost their lives are being supported and loved as they make their transition.
I claim healing and light energy to the earth and call forth Peace that goes beyond human understanding for all people.
I am grateful to know this truth and know that Divine Grace is present always
I release this prayer and know that it is done
AND SO IT IS, AMEN, AMEN

Much love and blessings, Laurie
http://www.positivelivingspiritualcentre.com/
You can put your prayer request on our website any time and we will hold you in prayer...

Hi and blessings from Los Angeles

2011-03-07T17:30:00.000-08:00

Hi and blessings
I am in LA visiting my family. It is always such a great opportunity when coming
back home to see it in a new way each time.
I am reallly seeing the blessing in each moment I spend with my parents. It is heart breaking sometimes to see my mom's journey through alzheimers. I am grateful that she remembers me and I see a spark in her eyes. I have so much love and respect for my dad and how his life at 82 has dramatically changed; as he is now taking care of her.
Funny about life, it has so many twists and turns along the way.
We just do not know what will change in the next moment.
Our mission and choice is to be able to live with an open and loving heart and see the blessings that are always there.
Every moment we have a choice to choose fear or to choose LOVE
I choose LOVE
I would love to hear from you and what you choose in this moment
Many blessings of love, Laurie
http://www.positivelivingspiritualcentre.com/

Tips for releasing Anger.....

2011-02-25T16:57:00.000-08:00

Blessings and welcome to my latest blog.

It seems to me that out of all the emotions; anger is one of the ones that has carried a bad reputation. Many people feel more comfortable expressing any other emotion rather than expressing their anger. Why is that you may ask? I would say that a lot of one’s beliefs and reactions to anger come from their childhood experiences.

Anger was much more covert in my family. No one admitted or acknowledged they were angry although you could feel it a mile away. This was much more confusing to me than if it had just been opening expressed in a responsible manner (not hurting another). The other side of anger is the overt or violent side. This is a hard one to deal with and to overcome. For those people who grew up with violence or overt anger, either end up being afraid of confrontation, not wanting to express it or have trouble keeping their anger from being aggressive.

So how can we understand and look at anger in a whole new healthy way?

You will find that the more you learn to express your anger in a positive manner, the more passion you will feel in your life. I would like to give you some helpful steps for dealing with anger.

Step 1 Become more aware of your anger and what you are really upset about. It is important to look at what was triggered for you and if it brought up any old memories.

Step 2 Write it out. Sometimes it is hard to know when we are angry because we have become used to pushing it down and ignoring those feelings. To help you understand yourself better, start writing down whatever you may be feeling and even start with writing down all the things that make you angry without judging your self for it.

Step 3 Take responsibility for your anger. Learn how to express it without hurting yourself or taking it out on someone else. Some of the ways I suggest include:

Talking it out with a neutral party, which can be a colleague, friend or therapist.
Exercise it out in whatever way works for you. Do something physical like yoga, walking, jogging, swimming, doing weights, aerobics etc.
Get a punching bag, if you feel you need to hit something.
Sing it, dance it out and as 2 year olds do, tantrum it out.
Be as creative as you can with expressing your anger.

Step 4 FORGIVE yourself and others for the times that anger was expressed in a non-productive way. We are doing the best we can and this is how we can learn what works for us and what does not. When we do not forgive ourselves and others for the past, it is hard to take steps forward and these feelings are carried into the future and can affect all aspects of our life.It is hard to move on and have a positive life if we are holding on to past hurts and events....

Step 5 Be gentle, loving and patient with yourself and know that there is a lot to learn and understand about yourself and about the emotion of anger and the more aware you are, the more you will learn and grow passionately. Find more things to laugh about and start to simplify your life....

It is important to acknowledge how we are feeling and to be still and look at what is underneath the feeling.

Do not make your self wrong for how you are feeling....Emotions are energy that needs to move. When it does not move, we get sick..

See my book, Spiritual Medicine for more tips and info. Kundalini yoga has certainly helped me to be more balanced emotionally. It is good to have a daily physical and spiritual practice.

My healing sessions also help to move the energy out of the body and help you to be more balanced

Remember to Breath deeply....I would love to hear from you.

Peace and blessings, Laurie

http://www.laurielevine.com/

Maintaining Health and Wellbeing

2011-02-20T15:13:00.000-08:00

Hi and welcome to this next blog...

Would love to hear from you and find out what you would like info. on or to read about...

In this very busy life that we are living, it is no wonder that we feel tired and out of balance some of the time.

The question is, How can we get everything done we want to and still feel energised and healthy?

One of the first steps is to become more aware of how we breathe and to find ways to get more balance into our hectic lives.

How are you breathing right now?

As a healer and holistic therapist, I have noticed over the years how shallow most of us breathe and how breathing this way can affect our health, vitality and emotional balance. I can say that I have had to really work on improving my breathing over the years and to change such an unconscious pattern, I had to write reminder notes to myself in order to focus my attention on my breathing and to practice different types of breathing exercises on a daily basis.

About 5 years ago I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and had my thyroid removed, due to chronic stress and not taking good enough care of myself. Getting cancer was quite a shock at first and was definitely a wake up call for me to stop, listen and fill myself up again. After this experience, I decided to become a kundalini yoga teacher so I could not only continue to improve my health and wellbeing but to help other women and men as well to do the same. This certainly has changed and improved my life along with my daily spiritual practices.

Chronic stress plays a big part in affecting our health and wellbeing on all levels including our glands and other systems. Our glands are the guardians of our health. We age much faster when our glandular system is affected. It gets affected by all that we do and not having enough balance in our lives.

Where is your life out of balance?

Who we are, what we think about and feel about and the way we breathe all affects our endocrine glands.

I would like to share with you some pranayam exercises from Yogi Bhajan you can practice on a daily basis to give yourself an energy lift as well as help you to feel calmer, have better concentration and cope more easily with stresses of daily life.

To Energise Yourself: sit with a straight spine either in a chair or on the floor. Block your left nostril with your left thumb. Keep the other fingers straight up like an antennae. Take 26 long, deep breathes; breathing into your belly, bring the breath up to your solar plexus and then up to your collar bone through your right nostril. Then inhale through both nostrils and relax for 1-2 minutes or longer if you can.

To Feel More Calm: When you are feeling overanxious. stressed and nervous and want to feel more calm and balanced, sit with a straight spine and block off your right nostril with your right thumb and keep the other fingers straight up. Take 26 long, deep and complete breaths through your left nostril. Then inhale through both nostrils and relax for a few minutes

Practice long deep yogic breathing every day for at least 3-5 minutes and then increase the time as you are able. Imagine you are breathing into 3 balloons. Breathe deeply into your navel centre and then bring your breathe up to your diaphragm and then up to your collarbone and then exhale all the way out. This will get much more oxygen into your blood cells and body. Imagine breathing out all of your stress and tension with your exhale and breathing in energy, light and peace with each inhale. This will begin to not only improve your energy levels but your health and wellbeing as well.

Kundalini Yoga was brought to the west in the 1960s by Yogi Bhajan from India. Each class combines postures, breath, chanting, meditation and relaxation to give the student a full experience of healing and rejuvenation for body, mind and spirit. It is a non-stressful way to promote flexibility, cardiovascular capability, and to cultivate energy, serenity, personal power and spiritual awakening.

No matter how stressed or tired you are feeling when you come into the class; afterwards you will feel much more peaceful and re-energised. This yoga brings you back to a deeper place within yourself.

There are teachers world wide. For Australia/New Zealand, visit: kundalini yoga association - KYTANZ

You can find out more at: www.laurielevine.com & http://www.positivelivingspiritualcentre.com/

Laurie is also on facebook

SAT NAM - Truth is my identity
Peace and blessings, Laurie

Love the Skin your in....

2011-02-13T15:33:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines Day...
This is a great opportunity to become more loving and forgiving of ourselves...Start now as this is the only moment. Begin to be open and willing with each breath you take to send love and light into your being!
We as human beings seem to be so hard on ourselves, don't we?
We are our worst critics and enemies. Boy if we treated others like we treat ourselves we would not have many friends or people wanting to be with us...
In order to have loving and healthy relationships with others we must first have it with ourselves.
Our human journey is to love the skin we are in or at least start by learning how to accept ourselves for the good and so called bad bits...
Stop in this moment and I invite you to make an agreement with your self to be much more aware and conscious of your beliefs and thoughts about YOU....If you catch yourself thinking of doing an action that is not loving and supportive of you, then stop and ask yourself
"WHAT CAN I DO OR SAY IN THIS MOMENT THAT IS MORE LOVING?"
Look at the areas that you can be more accepting of your self. Maybe you dont like a part of your body or how your hair looks or that your nose is too big or you are not smart enough...
We are the only one's who can change how we see ourselves....Put on some new glasses today and start to affirm a new positive way to accept, see and love yourself.
Buy your self a chocolate or rose or a love card; something you would like to receive....it starts with YOU.
Take several deep breaths and daily affirm:
I am open and willing to seeing myself in a brand new loving way and
I love myself just the way I am !!!!

For more ways to love yourself see my book, Spiritual Medicine
Peace and blessings, Laurie

living with pain - living through pain

2011-02-05T17:36:00.000-08:00

Namaste and Divine Blessings to you,
I wanted to go to a deeper more personal level with this blog. I have always felt that as a Spiritual Healer & Teacher it is important and my duty to share personal things as to beable to relate to the journey we are all on....We are all connected and can all help each other grow and know we are not alone by sharing our experiences and ourpain....
Things happen to all of us and it is how we deal with those things that makes all the difference.
Everything that happens is an opportunity to grow and learn more about ourselves.

Pain is an interesting topic. We all have experienced pain in one sort or another. It might be physical pain, or mental pain, emotional pain or even spiritual pain. For some reason there seems to be shame around sometimes expressing our pain.
As a healer and intuitive I always felt that pain was our bodys way of communicating with us by getting our attention and letting us know something is out of balance and needs our attention.
I have had vaginal pain for most of my adult life and mixed with that has been shame around it. I am sure it is a mixture of my muscles tightening or what the Medical community call vaganismus along with emotional blockages from past sexual trauma. I know for many of us there is shame or embarrassment around discussing sexual matters. I believe that as we do we begin to free ourselves from those old patterns. The truth for me is that having intercourse has mostly been a painful experience and much worse since I have been going through menopause. It is freeing to talk about it now as I see this as an opportunity to heal at such a deeper level and to be more patient and loving with myself.
I would like to hear from others experiencing similar situations. This is a subject that is not so easy to speak about but is happening to many women. We might be able to help support eachother with sharing our experiences and things that have helped us...
I know that the more I can lighten up and relax around this, the easier it becomes.

In my healing sessions and workshops I have taught people that the answers are always inside of us. One way to find out what is happening is to sit still, close your eyes and tune into the pain area in your body and ask what it needs from you. What message does it have for you?
You may not hear it right away, but be patient and be open to get a message which you might think your mind is making up...Send loving energy and light into the area that is painful and most importantly breathe deeply into that area.

Till next time
Peace and blessings, Laurie
http://www.laurielevine.com/
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and positive living spiritual centre...

The power of Prayer

2011-01-31T19:23:00.000-08:00

Hi and welcome to my latest blog...
I have been so blessed to have found the Spiritual teachings of Ernest Holmes and to utilize and teach them as well. I became a Science of Mind Minister and Spiritual Teacher many years ago. This spiritual practice is all about our Divine Connection with ourselves and God or whatever you choose to call source energy. It is about ONENESS and that we are all connected to that one power and presence that is every where in and through everything. There is no separation. It is all about changing our thinking and thoughts and by doing so we change our life for the better.
We are all one with that Creative Energy and our life is ruled by what we think and our belief systems.
One of the powerful tools that is a foundation of these teachings is called Spiritual Mind Treatment also known as Affirmative Prayer.
It is a 5 step process that has truly transformed my life. It is a daily practice for shifting our mind and coming into alignment with our Divine Nature and God...

The first step is Recognition. This is where we recognize that there is a Universal Intelligence, higher power, God everywhere, in and through everything. There is no place that God/Spirit is not....

The next step is Unification. This is where we unify ourselves with this power. I am one with the Divine Presence of Spirit. It is my true nature, my source and supply. These first 2 steps are very deep and can be used to take you deeper into meditation

The third step is Realization. This is more active and an affirmation in the present time and you are calling forth what you want to create or bring into your life. For example: I may say " I now call forth peace, joy and abundant flow into my life and claim that the perfect creative opportunity is now opening up in my life at the right time and for my highest good"

The fourth step is Gratitude and Thanksgiving. We create more good with a grateful heart. This stage allows you to express and feel gratitude for your life and for all that is manifesting for you at the perfect time and the perfect way. We give thanks in advance, knowing that all is good right now.

The last step is Release. This is where we let it go and know it is done in Spirit!!!
We finish it off with: AND SO IT IS, AND SO I LET IT BE....AMEN

I will do a short treatment to give you an idea how it flows. You can use this or make up your own treatment on our website: http://www.positivelivingspiritualcentre.com/
Feel free to ask for prayer as well....

I speak this word and recognize Divine Spirit/ GOD everywhere, in and through everything. This power and presence is love, peace, beauty and grace.

I am one with Spirit and know it is my source and supply. I one with the Grace and love of God and radiate this peace and presence in and through every part of my being.

I claim and know that Divine right action and abundant flow is happening in all areas of my life. Health and Wholeness is my Divine Nature and anything blocking or hindering this flow is now released. I call forth peace, love, light and joy as my life right now. Radiant health flows thorogh my body and is expressed in every part of my being. All is well.

I am so grateful and thankful for this prayer and know all is good, no matter what is showing up. I know the perfect unfolding is always taking place and I receive all is need always.

I release this treatment knowing the highest and best is happening right now. All is in perfect timing and order.

And so it is, Amen

Would love to hear your comments and what you would like prayer for....

Tips for greater intimacy with yourself and others

2011-01-25T16:06:00.000-08:00

Hi and welcome to my latest blog
I will be sharing tips and tools that have helped to change and improve my life and that I have taught to others
Please pass this blog page on to others

I have been married for almost 7 years and did not meet my husband till I was in my late 40s. I think sometimes the older we get the more challenging it can be sometimes to change old habits; especially around intimacy. My husband Stan and I consciously work alot on how to keep improving our intimacy. Whether you are in a relationship or not, it is important to start with feeling comfortable about your own body and spending time loving, accepting and nurturing your self in whatever way you choose.
What is intimacy anyways? I did a course years ago and they defined intimacy as "INTO ME YOU SEE"
It is about being REAL and authentic and being truly present with you and another.

3 keys to building intimacy: All of these keys have helped Stan and I in our relationships and we continue to work on them individually and together.

Truthful and Honest Communicaitons -
I have written before how difficult it can be sometimes to speak our truth. This is a very important thing to practice if you want to have greater intimacy and improved relationships with others.
Communication breakdown creates really can affect our intimacy in any relationship. People cannot generally read our minds. We need to share what we are feeling and ask for what we need. Practice not taking what someone else says to you personally. Listen and really hear what your partner is communicating with out interupting them. So often we just need to be heard and then we can open up more.

2. Intimacy with Self - We cannot be intimate with others until we are more loving, accepting and nurturing with ourselves. We tend to be very critical and judge ourselves so much. The more we do this the more we push intimacy away. Start today to become more aware of how often you criticize yourself and make yourself wrong or apologize for being you. I like to ask the question "Is thinking or doing this action loving me"? and then if it is not, I consciously chose to do something that is.

3. Do Not Settle for Anyting Less Than What You Deserve And Want
This one is a big one. How many times have you settled in your life? This can be in every area of life.
I certainly have settled for things that I knew where not what I wanted but I did not feel deserving of better.
I want to say to you that YOU ARE DESERVING!!!!
You just need to believe and know this. Once you do things will change and you will not settle any longer in relationships, friendships or any other area.
What limits have you put on yourself?Start today to give yourself permission to take the limits off of you, so you can create more good in your life. Be aware of not bringing the past into your present, so that each moment is a new start.
A great affirmation is: I RELEASE THE PAST LIMITATIONS AND KNOW I AM DESERVING OF LOVE, HAPPINESS AND GOOD THINGS IN MY LIFE

4. Bless yourself daily and if you are in relationship bless your partner too.
Be grateful for your body, sexuality and life on a daily basis. Start with baby steps if this feels too hard.
Treat yourself as you would like your partner to treat you and know you deserve to be loved and cherished.

I would love to hear your questions and comments so I can add more that people want to read and learn about.
Much love and blessings to you, Laurie
http://www.laurielevine.com/
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Kundalini yoga update

2011-01-22T13:00:00.000-08:00

Hi
I put down the wrong website for more info. on Kundalini Yoga
To find out more go to: http://www.3ho.org/kundalini-yoga/
More to come...
Blessings, Laurie

Yoga - Union with our Divine Self

2011-01-21T20:05:00.000-08:00

Welcome to my latest Blog.
I wanted to talk about something quite close to my heart...this is yoga. Actually Kundalini Yoga to be exact.
I have been practicing Kundalini yoga since the 80's and teaching it now for 3 years. What a privaledge it is to practice and teach this yoga...It is truly a Soul yoga. It connects you back to your Divine Soul.
We tend to think of yoga as something only certain people can do. That you have to have rubber legs to get in some of the postures.
What I have love about Kundalini Yoga is that it feeds my body, mind and soul. It combines the breath, chanting, postures, meditation and relaxation all together. It was brought to the West in the 60's by Yogi Bhajan. It helps you get in touch with your Truth. We have a mantra we say which is SAT NAM. It means Truth is my identity. With every breath in we silently chant SAT and with every exhale we silently chant NAM. This helps our mind to focus on our truth.
It is a nice meditation to practice to calm the mind and being.
Try it for your self.
Close your eyes and focus on your third eye point (your intuitive center and pituitary gland) and take some deep full breaths, breathing into your belly, then move the breath up to your diaphram and then up to your collarbone. With the inhale silently chant Sat and then breath out fully silently chanting Nam. Try this for 3-5 minutes to start and build the time up. This is a simple but powerful meditation. When we focus on our third eye we get in touch with our intuition as well as strenghtening our pituitary gland or master gland.

Please share with me your experience....I look forward to hearing from you
Please ask any questions you may have....

I will share more with you next time. For info on Kundalini yoga check out my website: http://www.laurielevine.com/ and http://www.3ho.com/

"May the long time sun shine upon you, all love surround you and the pure light within you, guide your way on" Yogi Bhajan
Sat Nam
Many blessings, Laurie

Speaking your truth

2011-01-17T21:20:00.000-08:00

Hi and welcome to my blog
I wanted to talk today about how important and vital to our health and wellbeing that we express what we are feeling. I like to call it speaking our truth.
This sounds so simple, but for so many of us is very challenging. Are we afraid of people's reactions, that they may be upset or not like us if we speak up????
If we are ok and clear in our communication, usually others will be as well....it is all energy is it not?
In order to empower ourself and others as well as to say healthy, we must begin to say what we need to an express ourselves more.
What I have found is that we tend to get so anxious and worked up about speaking our truth but when we finally do it turns out ok and we feel so much ligther.
I had an experience with this just the other day. I decided to not resign my lease but go month to month. I found myself feeling anxious about speaking to my landlord about this and asking for what I needed.
When I finally did talk to him and let him know what was going on and how I was feeling he was fantastic. He was very understanding and just wanted to help me. What a weight was lifted off of my shoulders and mind after speaking to him.

Who do you need to speak your truth with?

If it feels too scary at first you can start by practicing going over what you want to say in your mind or write it on paper, or even practice it out loud in front of a mirror.

It usually turns out much better than we think it will. Have a litle trust and faith. If you come from your own experience and not make it about the other person or blame them; you will have a much better outcome.

Surround yourself with love and light and surround the other person with love and light as well.

Let me know how it goes for you.

It is always helpful to say an affirmation daily to make it a bit easie for yourself - Try
It is easy and safe for me to speak my truth or I confidently speak my truth with ease and grace
You can make up your own affirmation as well.
Remember to see and know the highest and best outcome for you and the other person always.

Looking forward to hearing from you

Peace and blessings, laurie
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Good Grief - It is ok to grieve

2011-01-15T16:50:00.000-08:00

Hi and Blessings to you
I wanted to write a blog today about grief. In our society we are taught to get over things that happen and not to cry. In my healing work and workshops with people over the years, I have found that the main emotion held in people's cells was grief and loss. We sometimes can express anger much more easily than we can grief. I am writing a book on this at present because I feel it is such an important subject and have written about it in both my books, Blessings of Gratitude and Spiritual Medicine.
If you think about it there is so much we grieve in our lifetime. We do not just grieve when someone we love dies we grieve for so much more we never acknowledge. Some examples are when we are fired from our jobs, or move from a home we have lived in for many years, getting divorced or separated or a friend moves away and we loose contact. We need to grieve for the many changes that happen in our life especially when we get older or get sick or have a part of our body surgically removed or have an accident. I had my thyroid removed many years ago and needed to cry and grieve the loss of such an important gland as well as now having to be dependent on medication the rest of my life.
Grief takes on many appearances and can be layered by other emotions such as anger, fear, numbness and resentment. Some people go within to grieve and withdraw. It is important to acknowledge your grief and loss in whatever way works for you and please do cry when you need to. If we hold grief inside; the body has to deal with that and we in turn can get sick. In Chinese Medicine the lungs are associated with the emotion of grief and loss. So if you get alot of respiratory problems you may want to ask yourself if there is some grieve or loss you have not expressed or acknowledged.
I remember years ago being in Russia and working on a woman there. During the healing session I felt her tears and I began to cry. I knew I was feeling her grief, that it was not my tears. I told her so and got her to get in touch with the grief inside and she started to cry very deeply. When she was finished grieving and crying, she looked years younger and felt so much lighter. She released emotional pain from years of hardship and bad things that had happened in her life.

A blessing from my book, Blessings of Gratitude:
"I bless and am grateful for all the feelings I am experiencing as they are a reminder of my loving heart and how much I care. I know that as I express and release my feelings of grief over my losses, I open myself up to greater love and compassion for myself and others. I let myself receive love and support from people that care about me. I am blessed and know that all is unfolding in divine order and I am spiritually held and loved always".

I would love to hear your stories about grief and loss and ways you have expressed your grief.

Until the next blog
Much love and light, Laurie
Check out my facebook page under laurie levine and positive living spiritual centre

Keeping your energy clear

2011-01-12T18:03:00.000-08:00

Blessings to you today
I wanted to talk about how important it is to keep our energy clean and clear. What I mean by this is that for many of us especially those sensitive to other people's energy and to energy in general we can become like sponges and soak up the energy around us. That is great when we are around joy and light, it is a bit different when we are around anger or negativity.
I have a great story to share about this. When I first studied massage; this goes back 25 years ago, I went to a friends house to give her my first massage. When she came to the door she was crying and had just had an argument with her husband. I was feeling good and excited to give her a massage.
I could feel as I was working on her that I was feeling heavier by the minute.
When I finished the massage she was feeling great and I was feeling quite the opposite. I had not protected my own energy and took on hers. It took me some time to clear her energy and come back to me.
I have been teaching others about this for over 20 years now...

THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR ANYONE DOING HEALING WORK WITH OTHERS:

Have you ever felt good and then went to see a friend that may have been feeling upset or angry and then you went away feeling abit low energy?

What you can do:
I have a wonderful mantra that I use daily:
ANY ENERGY THAT IS NOT MINE AND NOT OF LOVE AND LIGHT I RELEASE IT RIGHT NOW

Some people like to imagine a white light or colored light around there energy field for protection. While others imagine they have a forcefield around them.

Use whatever works for you. The first step is to be more aware and conscious about your own energy levels. If you are feeling good one minute and then it changes rather quickly; ask yourself "have I taken on energy that is not mine"?

I have also found that taking a bath or a shower with sea salt or a swim in the ocean really helps to clean our energy fields....give this a go as well.
I would love to hear your stories on how you have been affected by energy and what you do to keep your energy clear.
More, next blog
Many blessings, Laurie
http://www.laurielevine.com/

Gratitude, One of the most powerful Spiritual tools

2011-01-09T17:26:00.000-08:00

Hi and Namaste
I wanted to talk about a powerful spiritual tool that can shift you from fear and negativity to feeling much more peace inside in just moments.
When we take a moment to think about all we are grateful for it takes us out of our mind and into our heart and spirit. Yes, gratitude can help to do this. It is important to spend a few minutes every day feeling and thinking about what you are grateful for in this moment....
If you are going through a difficult time in your life, I would love to encourage you to stop right now and think about the people that love you and what you have in this moment to be thankful for.
When I was going through my experience with thyroid cancer it really took me to a deeper place of gratitude for my life and all the wonderful people that were there for me. I felt so grateful for my inner strength and for all the blessings that came out of this experience.
One of the blessings was; it allowed me to stop and take stock of my life and change some things that were not supporting me and do somethings differently, like taking better care of ME.

What are you grateful for in this moment?
Who are you grateful for?

When you are going through a challenging time, remember to be grateful and ask what is the blessing from this experience?
Sometimes we do not understand the blessing right away, but it will come

I would love to hear from you and find out what you are grateful for.
My teacher, Michael Beckwith once said, " We cannot create new things in our life until we are grateful for what we have right now"
This statement has changed my life. I hope it helps you too!
Until the next blog
Peace and blessings, Laurie
Founder of Positive Living Spiritual Centre - check out our facebook page

Guided Visualization for letting go of the past

2011-01-04T22:00:00.000-08:00

Hi
This is my second blog entry.
My intention and vision for my blog page is to share with you the many
tools and techniques for healing on every level that I have been teaching from my book, Spiritual Medicine.
I see this as an opportunity for me to share with you and for you to ASK me any questions you may have.
As a spiritual healer I believe that the answers are within us and not outside of us. The more we learn to turn within and build a relationship from the inside out the easier it is to build that inner connection and in turn have better health and wellbeing.
This guided meditation or visualization will help you to release any negative thoughts and emotions that no longer serve you. It gives you a place to put that negative self talk, fear and burdens from the past that we still carry around with us.
First step. Make sure you are comfortable and wont be interupted. You can put this on a tape or cd as well to listen to it.
Begin to breathe fully and deeply and close your eyes
Take your self in my mind and imagination to a beautiful place in nature that you love; like the beach or mountains. Visualize your self there. See the beauty all around you. Feel the sun on your skin, smell the smells of nature, hear the sounds....
Feel your feet grounded in mother earth, feel that you are fully supported and loved
Visualize a fire, like a camp fire or bonfire. This is a fire of purification and transmutes energy.

Give yourself permission to put into the fire any fears, doubts, burdens, worries that you want to let go of
Imagine you are releasing this energy from the whole of you - body, mind, emotional body and spirit.
Do it in whatever way is powerful for you. You can consciously say "I now release ____________and free myself.
Keep letting go of whatever you are ready to release and then stop and notice how you feel. You will feel lighter, as if a heavy burden has been lifted. Sometimes we need to let go of other people's energy that we are carrying.
Take a moment and think about what good things you want to bring into your life and breathe them in....

Let me know how you found this exercise and any questions you may have
Peace and blessings, Laurie

Do you want to find out how to make a new start this new year!

2011-01-01T21:45:00.000-08:00

Welcome to my blog. Some people know me through my books, Spiritual Medicine and Blessings of Gratiude, the Positive Living Spiritual centre in Sydney and my website, laurielevine.com
I have been a holistic and spiritual healer all my life and professionally for 25 years. My main work has been in helping people get in touch with and releasing emotional blockages from the past. I am also a kundalini yoga teacher. I have written for many magazines and newspapers and had my own column for years.

Do you find yourself every new year setting goals that you never seem to fulfill?
Would you like more support in achieving the things you want this year, such as greater health, wholeness, feeling more connected spiritually, happier relationship with yourself and others?
I am here to listen, give suggestions and support you in any way I can.

Please let me know any questions you may have
What is one thing you would like to change health wise this year?