Using Gifts from the Rainforest to Clear Distractions
Animal Energy Medicine for Healing the Modern Mind – Tutorial VI
Enhance your intuition and self-healing abilities
Heal negative karmic and energetic patterns
Change destructive attitudes, habits and behaviors
Create new templates for self-love and joy
Guided meditations to hear your inner guidance
CLEAR DISTRACTIONS FROM YOUR MIND
w/ Rheanni Lightwater
As you learned in the previous Tutorials, each Circle has a different healing action or medicine and are often used in sequence with positive affirmations to help you focus your intent. to support the positive changes that you’re asking for.
When the Circle are put together in different sequences, they can help us accomplish different mental and emotional tasks. In this case, let’s go through a short sequence where you will utilize your personal Power Animal to help you clear distractions and focus on your goals more effectively.
Access and Utilize Your Natural Creative Abilities.
Sometimes people are overstimulated or have learning difficulties that interfere with their ability to focus and productivity. Sometimes, a more creative and instinctual approach will help.
Use these positive affirmations with the Circles to access your intuition, gut instincts and the creative magic of Nature through #31 Dragonfly.
“I actively seek out the wisdom of my Animal Instincts and the Natural World.”
“I accept help from the generous, abundant resources of life
and listen to their promptings.”
“I connect to the natural
protective and creative abilities of my Psyche and Soul.”
“I allow my Power Animal to help me see this project from the perspective of my Higher Self.”
Are there any distractions pulling at you? If so, intend to withdraw from any harmful intentions, extremes or life trajectories that are harmful to you.
When you have a lot of noise or buzzing going on in your head, Mosquito Medicine can help you.
“I move the buzzing and excess noise from my head.”
Imagine that your mind just has too many windows open that allow random thoughts to come flying in. Another analogy is having too many tabs open on your computer. Piranha Medicine #8 will help you close them down. Use these positive affirmations to help:
“All holes are sealed and healed.”
“I follow the direction of healthy protection.”
Once the noise has subsided, let Paying Mantis help you refocus your attention on whatever your current task is.
“I am able to pull my energy and attention in and focus on what I’m doing.”
Do that both crossed and uncrossed so complete the correction in the best way possible.
Remember, as you breathe and visualize, the Circle is working with your Higher Self – helping you to shift and change in just the way that is best for you.
You are in charge of your attention, unless you’ve given that power away!
Remember all that you learned from Tutorial V? This is an excellent example of when and how old agreements could be interfering with your well being.
“I release all agreements to allow my mind to be distracted.”
“I let go of second guessing myself.”
“I reclaim my power and my attention.”
Wasp Medicine will help you pull your energy away from negative situations or even old memories of painful experiences.
“I pull myself and my energy out of negative spaces and experiences that are detrimental to me.”
The Wasp also reminds you to keep yourself protected. Do you have proper protection now? If not, what might help?
It is possible that you’ve been taking your project a little too seriously and the energy around it has gotten too heavy.
Gather yourself in your center with Otter Medicine and bring some fun and lightness into whatever you’re working on.
“I decide to bring a healthy sense of fun into what I’m doing.”
You might also have lost track of what the purpose for your original goal was. Garden can help you place it again. Use the Circle to remember what this activity has to do with your life and the personal dream you hold for yourself.
“The purpose of this activity is to ______________.”
Be sure that your agreements confirm who is in charge of what you’re doing and how you get it done.
“My Soul is in charge of how my energy is used –
even when I’m distracted by ____________.”
Butterfly Medicine can help you remember to tap into the most positive energies available to you, no matter where you are.
“I relax and use the most beneficial energies possible to manifest this project.”
Now that you have the proper focus, position, agreements, purpose and energy, let Starlight Medicine help you put it all together. What is the next best step for you to take to help you with your project?
Congratulations! You’ve just pulled yourself back from the dangers of a distracted mind. Get up and move around a bit to help this settle and get integrated.
Next Time:
In the Seventh Tutorial, you’ll get an opportunity to experience how Gifts from the Rainforest can help you take aim at the concept of reciprocity.
Disclaimer:
The Intuitive Learning Circles should not be considered as an exclusive method of treatment. The appropriate medical or psychotherapeutic authorities should be consulted for the diagnosis and treatment for any medical or psychological condition. The information and practices described in Gifts from the Rainforest or this website are best considered as an adjunct to orthodox medical or psychological treatments.
Taking Aim on Reciprocity with Gifts from the Rainforest
Animal Energy Medicine for Healing the Modern Mind – Tutorial VII
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RECIPROCITY – UNDERSTANDING GIVE AND TAKE
w/ Rheanni Lightwater
There are 58 Intuitive Learning Circles in Gifts from the Rainforest. Each one represents and transmits the healing medicine of a plant, animal or nature spirit that lives in the rainforest.
In this tutorial, we’re going to learn how we can use the Intuitive Learning Circles to train our ability to direct and control our personal energy to manifest our highest good!
Organizing Principle of the Intuitive Learning Circles: Use Your Energy Effectively.
You can use the Intuitive Learning Circles to practice how you’re using your energy to create better outcomes, however, your intention, whatever it may be, cannot be completed until you have followed through and taken action in the real, physical world.
That’s why whenever I really want to accomplish something, I spend time with #14, River Otter. That’s because River Otter is a Master of cause and effect, reciprocity and knowing how to have fun while doing it! He knows that no matter how difficult life gets, things are not as bad as they seem.You can bring fun into doing almost anything.
Let Otter give you a quick lesson in reciprocity.
Gaze into the Circle and imagine that Otter is there with your Soul, coaching you with a smile. He wants you to know that good-natured fun comes from the sheer joy of doing things just for the pleasure of doing them. Take away the have to’s, should haves and second guessing!
Step One: Centering.Get present in your body. Use your breath with Otter’s Circle to gather up your energy and awareness into the central area of your solar plexus and heart. This is your potential energy or life force – what some people call chi’, mana or life force.
Practice this step alone to improve your balance and self-confidence.
Breathe into it. Eventually, you’ll feel a ball of potential energy to fuel your objective and be able to hold it!
Be sure to do that both crossed over the midline of your body and uncrossed.
Organizing Principle:The Golden Mean.
Otter knows that “what you put out come back to you” is an essential principle to master if you want to create the preferred karma and good will needed for true prosperity and happiness.
Step Two: Self Awareness. Let Otter help you examine what kind of energy you’ve been sending out into the World. Soften your gaze at his Circle, and ask yourself:
“At the moment, what am I putting out?
Fear?
Conflict?
Irritation?
Resentment?
Confusion?
Hopelessness?
Dissatisfaction?
Am I being positive? Negative?
Am I being too extreme?
When I send this life force out, is it splattering all over the place? Do I know where or to whom that energy has been going to?”
Whatever you’re putting out, is that what you would like to experience in return? Consider for a few moments how what you’re putting out might be related to what you’ve been experiencing. What has been coming back to you?
Step Three: Focused Attention.Now let Otter help you change your experience for the better. Place the words ‘focused attention” in the center open space of Otter’s Circle. Then, consciously bring your full attention to those words, until you have a clear focus on them. Next, you may ask yourself what you would like your attention to be focused on. Once you have the words that express your objective, place those words into the center open space and bring your attention in on them.
Especially if it feels like your energy is scattered, use the Circle to aim your energy clearly and directly into the center.
Step Four: Reciprocity – the Game of Taking Aim.Now you’re ready to play target practice by engaging with the center of the Circle like a bull’s eye. Wait until you can sense clear, direct energy coming back to your center. It’s like playing a game of ball, whatever you toss out to the bull’s eye in Otter’s Circle, he will toss it back to you and you can feel it in your gut!
Practice with this for a few minutes to improve your concentration and control over how you use your energy.
Now check to see what happens when you add the intention of having fun. While you keep playing with it you’re learning how to consciously direct your energy toward a goal and align multiple objectives with each other. This creates unity of thought and an improved sense of direction!
Even better, if you want to change what you’re putting out, you can practice with Otter before you actually go out into the world and do it. What other things might you prefer to experience? Confidence? Courage? Trust? Joy? Clear communication? Try adding them one at a time. Keep throwing the ball back and forth until you get a good flow going. This “game of taking aim” increases your stamina, enriches your intentions and is the essence of reciprocity.
What else can you learn from Otter? As you can see, this fun little game is a great way to re-align your goals if you’ve been having trouble with that. Maybe you have a project you’re working on that just never seems to line up or fit together. Take each component of the plan one at a time and add them to the center bull’s eye until you can get that reciprocal back and forth going.
Healing Tips:
If there’s an aspect of your project that just won’t go into the center, it’s a good indication that something about it needs to be reconsidered or let go of entirely.
You can use the Intuitive Learning Circles to practice how you’re using your energy to create better outcomes, however, your intention, whatever it may be, cannot be completed until you have followed through and taken action in the real, physical world.
Summary: If you send out negative energy that scatters out in a lot of different directions, you get a lot of scattered, negative energy back. If you send positive, focused energy out, you get clearer, more positive energy back. If your intention includes things like fun and gratitude, what you get back is even better!
Now that you’ve learned to play the game of give and take, Otter and the Circles in the next Tutorial can help you create a whole new template for reciprocity and sustainable prosperity by Understanding Karma.When you learn how to include yourself in the equation, lots of things get a whole lot more fun.
Disclaimer:
The Intuitive Learning Circles should not be considered as an exclusive method of treatment. The appropriate medical or psychotherapeutic authorities should be consulted for the diagnosis and treatment for any medical or psychological condition. The information and practices described in Gifts from the Rainforest or this website are best considered as an adjunct to orthodox medical or psychological treatments.
One of the biggest challenges we face is how to get past all the catastrophizing that’s going on.
When a person is CATASTROPHIZING, they are imagining the worst possible outcome of an action or event. It’s so easy to blow everything out of proportion, especially after all we’ve been through! Turn on any form of media and within minutes you’re hit with intense waves of anger, fear, outrage, even paranoia. Before you know it, your energy is scattered all over the place and you’re feeling hopeless.
Certainly, there are plenty of disastrous events that are actually happening. I’m not suggesting that we isolate, live in denial or surround ourselves with ‘nothing to see here’ apathy.
However, making a big drama over problems while ignoring the solutions is like feeding a shark and then expecting it to just peacefully swim away. It ain’t gonna happen!
Our problems can’t be solved from the same mental position they were created from. A positive balance can be struck by consciously pulling your attention and energy away from all those problems and redirecting them to genuinely helpful solutions.
It may sound hard to do, but learning to stop catastrophizing is possible.
With this simple sequence of Intuitive Learning Circles, you can easily refocus and let go of some of that fear you’ve been feeling. All you have to do is be open and follow the simple directions. Each Circle helps gather unconscious information, organize awareness and illuminate solutions that come directly from your Soul. You are in charge!
Start out by taking a moment to consider what situations are bothering you the most. What seems to be the most upsetting to you?
You could be catastrophizing about anything – environment, work, family, politics, AI technology, social media or even a personal relationship.
What emotional upset comes to mind first?
With that upset in mind, scroll down and gaze softly at the short sequence of Intuitive Learning Circles below. Let each Circle help you access intuitive answers to the questions that go along with them.
Step 1:
Take a moment to relax and take a few deep breaths. Let your shoulders drop and gently look at the Circle in whatever way that appeals to you. Once you feel pretty relaxed, ask yourself this question:
“What am I paying too much attention to that isn’t in my best interests?”
It’s important to accept whatever comes to you because that answer is your Inner Guidance sending a warning to you.
Step 2:
Gaze softly at this next Circle that helps you access your unconscious decisions:
“What decisions am I making about this situation? What have I decided about other people? What have I decided about myself? Are those productive thoughts?”
If they are productive, great! Make them even stronger.
If they’re not productive, what kind of thoughts and decisions would be better for you to make? Would you be willing to give yourself and other people a break? Don’t judge, just keep a mental note. Oftentimes when we change our decisions, the situation begins to change too.
Step 3:
Use this Circle to help you connect with a more positive energy that lives within.
“I decide to empower a healthier and more hopeful frame of mind.”
This may take a few minutes, so take all the time you need. Move around and stretch if you like.
Step 4.
As you gaze at this Correction Key for repairing your energy field, ask yourself:
“Am I willing to heal the pathways in my energy that are jagged, torn, blocked or turned inside out?”
If you are, use your imagination with this Key to smooth the energy out.
If you’re not, can you tell what’s holding you up?
Step 5:
Bring yourself fully into the present. Open and close your hands. Take a look at the time… remember how old you are… find something in your space that you can really connect to.
These are all things that can help pull you back together.
What do you need to do to get grounded?
Step 6.
Put your hand on your heart and meditate on this symbol for a few minutes with this positive affirmation:
“I connect my consciousness with Hope.”
Make sure you’re relaxing as much as possible. Roll your shoulders if you need to. Adjust how you’re seated. Hope is a virtue that connects you with your Soul.
Step. 7
When you’re ready, check your progress…
“Does it feel like I’m moving in a better direction?”
Step 8.
If the answer you get is “no” or “I’m not sure,” use this Circle to imagine that your Soul can turn you towards the direction of your highest good and close the door completely on all that catastrophizing.
“The path in my mind that leads to disaster is sealing and healing. I follow the direction of healthy protection.”
Once you’re clear that you’re heading in a positive direction, you can thank your lucky stars that you have successfully pulled your mind out of emotional chaos.
Congratulations!
Now that you know what kind of issues are especially upsetting, you can make a plan to find some good solutions. For now, though, you probably need to rest. After all, catastrophizing is hard work!
Take a few minutes for yourself to walk, get out in nature or do something that will help you relax.
Rheanni Lightwater CHT, CKT lives and practices in Santa Fe, NM. She specializes in learning difficulties and mind body healing using Kinesiology, the Intuitive Learning Circles, Reiki as a Master/Teacher, Hypnotherapy and Shamanic Clearing Techniques.
Schedule with Rheanni via Zoom or in person when you visit Santa Fe, New Mexico. Email your request to: [email protected] or text her at (505) 271-4612 between 10:00am – 5:00pm, MST, Monday through Friday.
Disclaimer:
This Mind Exercise should not be considered as an exclusive method of treatment. The appropriate medical or psychotherapeutic authorities should be consulted for the diagnosis and treatment if there is any medical or psychological condition. The information and practices described on this website are best considered as an adjunct to orthodox medical or psychological treatments.
Kuan Yin has been helping us through these Transformation Games to transition from the old economic paradigm based on greed and fear to a new paradigm of co-operation and sustainable prosperity. Today, her advice about following your path is from the I Ching, an ancient book of divination that follows the flow of the cosmos. Because of that, her advice and instruction comes from a different perspective than ours.
To help you better connect with her assistance, she uses the Intuitive Learning Circles to communicate with you through meditation, affirmations and visualization.
Simply relax and gaze at the Circles while contemplating Kuan Yins words. Your intuition will come forward and give you the help that you seek.
Mind Body Integration
For best results playing a Transformation Game, look at each Circle both crossed over the midline of the body and uncrossed so that the correction is more complete.
Welcome to the I Ching Reading and Transformation Game for: Following Your Path with The CHARIOT:
The collective unconscious has long looked for guidance from the Tarot to guide them. Because of our collective experience, we have universal symbols and patterns that affect us, whether or not they are often used in our own culture. Many archetypal symbols give us a sense of peace and focus, and are used more and more commonly.
The Tarot Major Arcana Card for 2023 is # VII: The Chariot
In numerology, the year 2023 breaks down to the number 7. 2 +2 +3 = 7.
The sacred number 7 represents completeness and is considered the number that connects Heaven and Earth. Gathering together disparate things makes a unified whole, as in 7 days in a week, 7 chakras, 7 musical tones, color rays and vowels. God rested on the 7th day, etc. In reverse, it can pull things apart as in the 7 Deadly Sins, the 7 Karmic Cycles or 7 Levels of Karmic Debt.
VII: THE CHARIOT represents several constructive ideas that can definitely help when so much is going on. The basic meanings of this card are forward momentum, action or progressive activity through the balancing of opposing forces.
The CHARIOT from the Cosmic Tarot
The image of the charioteer suggests that we be the drivers (mind) in charge of our own vehicle (body) and that we steer with the long view in mind (spiritual). Through determined effort and willpower The Chariot inspires us to take courage as we embark on our journey.
On the reverse side, it could also be a warning to us that we’re heading for danger and it would be better to stop and wait for a solution to reveal itself.
Perhaps we can tap into the positive aspects of this archetype to overcome adversity and develop the self-control needed to stay on track in the midst of so much confusion.
Good questions to ask when the Chariot card shows up are:
Am I in the Driver’s Seat?
Am I the Driver in my own chariot? Am I safe in the vehicle I’m using?
Do I know where I’m going and whether or not it’s a good idea?
Am I going off in the wrong or too many directions?
Am I sensing and deciphering the meaning of this situation correctly?
Am I operating under an illusion?Am I heading for danger?
What is needed to regain healthy control of this situation?
If you’re feeling as though you’ve gotten off track, here is a quiz to help you figure out how you might get back in the driver’s seat and head in the right direction.
Is something happening that’s keeping you from following your path?
Being on your true path implies that you are following a course of action that fulfills the needs and desires of your Soul. Multiple paths conjure images of choices, confusion, free will and getting lost. Last year, the karma for a lot of CONTRADICTIONS, serious CONFLICT and no win situations was activated. As we move fully into into 2023, collective fear, confusion and disorientation continues to run rampant. To see where you are with that, use this sequence of Circles:
Does it feel as though you’re heading back into an old, repetitive and abusive cycle?
Are you chasing after a no-win situation that’s in CONFLICT with what’s best for you?
Do you feel your vibration is low? Is something draining your vitality?
Are toxins and attachments clogging you up and bogging you down?
Are you feeling out of sync with your natural cycles or the cycles of Nature?
Angry and Abusive Energies Can Cause Confusion, Fear, Defensiveness and Blockages in Our Minds.
Remember that the primary purpose of the unconscious mind is to preserve and protect the body. Therefore, if you’re exposed to things that are abusive or taking you into harm’s way, your mind would normally take action to protect you.
But what if part of you is still caught up in the past? Is it possible that you (or a part of you) is motivated by fear or running down a path that isn’t in your best interest?
Your mind might get confused and unable to recognize what’s happening. And, if your mind tends to be stubborn, it could even double down on getting defensive, fighting or running even faster.
Confusion could become even more difficult if you spend a lot of time around people who are projecting their own fears and confusions onto you. One example is when society, television advertising and the media make huge investments into influencing your choices through fear, rather than Love.
If you recognize any part of this as being a problem for you, take a look at a few steps for following your path that will help you move with the positive influences of The CHARIOT with fewer detours and diversions.
Following Your Path
Step One – Identify fears and procrastination:
If you’re ready and willing, you might be able to identify a harmful obstruction and decide that you want to free yourself from it.
This Intuitive Learning Circle from Gifts from the Rainforest transmits a distinct warning. Gaze at the Circle softly and tune into your body. Do you feel uneasy or exposed to danger?
Vulture Medicine
Notice how distracting this energy is. Sometimes it warns you about a real danger and sometimes it’s just pulling you off track. It could be coming from the media or other people. Ask your gut, “Am I actually in danger? Are any of my important intentions at risk? If so, what is going on? Where is it coming from and what’s it about?”
Find A Solution for Following Your Path
Step Two: Clear the Conflicts
Notice how this energy might bring up feelings of confusion or powerlessness. These conflicts could impair your health or well-being in serious ways, so it’s well worth it to address them and clear out the landscape of your mind right away.
“Am I experiencing distractions, confusion or poor health?” Note: There may be more than one.
To help you release any CONFLICT, imagine that the lines in this Circle are going loose and limp like strings of spaghetti. Do that both crossed and uncrossed. It’s time to let go and incorporate some courage!
Use the Intuitive Learning Circle below to release conflicting or harmful agreements on a neurological level. Look at the Circle and consciously imagine any “contracts” that are outdated or causing confusion are unlocking all the way up and down your spine. Here are some global agreements that might be useful for you to release:
“I release all agreements or obligations that keep me stuck in the past or pull me into someone else’s agenda.”
“I release agreements to be motivated or trapped by fear.”
“I let go of any lies that restrict my freedom and autonomy.”
“I release all agreements, beliefs, or obligations that I’ve been tricked or forced into against my free will.”
What other agreements can you think of that might be good for you to release? “I release ___________.”
You may have been misled by other people’s agendas or pulled into CONFLICT against your will. This includes early child-rearing techniques, mistaken ideas or expectations from society through education, the media or religious upbringing.
Gaze softly at this Soul Prayer Chart and consciously imagine uprooting any out-dated conditioning that’s planted in the landscape of your mind like old, dead roots and throw them into a fire to burn up. Here are some sample agreements that might be useful for you to uproot:
“I uproot conditioning I have about people pleasing and needing to follow other people’s paths or agendas.”
“I let go of burdens that are imposed on me through family expectations or through outdated genetic conditioning.”
“I release conditioning that I’ve been tricked, coerced or forced into.”
Step Three: Clarify Your Energy
Rational Thought Chakras
After releasing all that, your senses may have gotten clogged, leaving you disoriented. Clearing them up will help you as you’re following your path. This Reiki Chakra Key to help you get them back online.
“I gather up all of my senses and use them to perceive what I need now to be healthy and more co-operative with my Soul.”
“I use them to discern the difference between healthy life force and a negative or invading energy.”
“I use my senses to ________ and _________.”
Soul Star Detachment and Correction Keys:
Your energy may also get stuck on distractions, distortions, harmful entanglements or toxic influences. Relax and meditate on this Soul Star Detachment Key for a few minutes to help you detach from them. Like a healing balm, imagine that a loving coat of peace and comfort is pouring down over you – soothing your body and mind.
Use this affirmation: “I am willing to neutralize obstacles and detach from them.”
You might also be having a difficult time adjusting to all the significant environmental changes that are taking place.
Sudden reversals, blockages and changes in momentum can cause the subtle energy fields to react in unusual ways.
As you look at this Soul Star Correction Key, do you notice any rough glitches or reversed energies going on?
Relax with it for a few minutes until things smooth out.
Repair any jagged or disjointed glitches in your sensory system.
Balance Your Senses
Making these simple corrections will help to reduce feelings of anxiety and overwhelm.
When you’re relaxed, your senses can balance out and create a more harmonious state of mind. That’s when your imagination can gently open up, like a beautiful daydream. This softer, lighter way of being has a way of untangling problems and blockages.
Use this simple affirmation to help you:
“My mind is calm and relaxed – like a boat floating on the water.”
Step Four: Set Up Your Chariot To Navigate Freely
If you’re feeling better, you could clear out some toxic entanglements and attachments that interfere with how well you can navigate. If you don’t have correct autonomy in your energy field, your spiritual growth can easily be stunted. By developing a strong Soul Connection, your boundaries become stronger, your inner guidance improves and you can stop being pulled this way and that by external forces that are trying to manipulate you.
“I release manipulations and controlling energies from my field.”
“I take the reins and responsibility for my own Chariot and direction.” “I put my Psyche and Soul in the Driver’s seat.”
At this point, it will really help to clear attachments* to important Secondary Chakras that have a lot to do with how well you’re able to navigate without interference.
*With each of these symbols, feel free to scroll back up to the Soul Star Detachment and Correction Keys for deeper clearing.
Life Path Chakras ~
These two chakras are located on either side of the Crown Chakra and help to make sure you’re following your Soul’s Life Path, not someone else’s.
Challenge Chakra ~
This energy center is located just under the chin on the soft, fleshy part of the throat and helps you to keep your free will intact. Turn your weaknesses into strengths with patience and optimism.
Balance Chakra ~
This Chakra is located on the tailbone and regulates balance within the Tao. It keeps us stable when dealing with difficult or threatening situations.
Desire and Limit Chakras ~
These two chakras are located at each wrist and are often magnetically bound to each other – like handcuffs do in the material world. Imagine you can release the gridlock and redirect their energy to your Heart center.
Maturity Chakras ~
The will centers of these two chakras are located just below the tip of each shoulder blade. When the polarity between them is in opposition, it causes inner turmoil, indecision, resentment, and stubborn resistance to unity. Balance the male and female aspects of your personality to be in harmony with each other.
Sub-conscious Self Chakras ~
These two chakras are located over the Large Intestine one inch down and out from each side of the navel. The hold innumerable ancestral agreements and assumptions in place. Let go of rigid rules that restrict harmony and peace.
Step Five: Confirm You’re Using Your Own Energy
Use this Soul Prayer Chart help you tune into your own unique Soul vibration. As you gaze lightly into its center, allow your mind to drift to a time when you were happy or had successfully manifested an important physical goal. Notice if a particular color or felt sense comes to mind. What color or felt sense relaxes you and feels good?
Relax into it even more. See if you can make it stronger and more vibrant. If so, that is your creative vibration or Soul Color.
Note: This may be a good time to go through Future Pacing if you feel as though there’s a lot of debris for you to clear away.
As you move forward with the Chariot, are you utilizing your preferred element for creating harmony, optimal health, financial stability and happiness?
The elements you could be using are: Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, Wood, Air or Ether. Each element has a particular style that your Soul resonates best with. Use the same test that you did for your Soul Color. If you’re using the style of an element that doesn’t work very well for you, it could cause a downturn in health, a lot of internal struggle or even unnecessary failure.
Make a decision to use your preferred element from now on to manifest success.
Get Centered in your Solar Plexus:
Relax now and let your 3rd Primary Chakra get connected, open and balanced at your solar plexus (the area where your ribs go up in the front).
Your Essential Self is also known as the Psyche and is most efficiently located there to help you manifest, create happiness and maintain health. When encountering this low vibration, your Essential Self could react and run away. You can correct that now.
It may take a little bit of time because this obstruction has probably been around for a very long time and really knows how to throw you off! Use these affirmations to help you:
“My 3rd Chakra is open and balanced to accommodate my Essential Self.”
As the Driver in your own Chariot, confirm that you’re positioned in the “driver’s seat” of your solar plexus. Use these positive affirmations to help you:
“I am grounded and positioned correctly in my solar plexus.” “I am upright and facing forward.”
“I expel any ‘drivers’ that do not belong there.”
Connect Consciousness for Clear Direction ~
Take all the time you need to reorient yourself to all the changes that are happening. Get centered you so that you don’t get confused or dyslexic. This affirmation works well:
“I am inside of me. Everything else is outside of me.”
This is especially helpful for those who are feeling dissociated or losing a sense of where their body is in space.
Connect with your Natural Instincts ~
Get back in touch with your gut instincts, your environment and the events that you’re currently navigating through. Ask yourself:
“Is there any part of me that’s holding onto old energy, mistaken ideas or keeping me connected to old CONFLICTS or false paths?”
If your answer is “yes,” it would be wise to stop and gather up your Soul Resources. Figure out what’s missing or out of sync.
Disengage from Pathways that Are Not Yours to Follow ~
This Circle will help you close any pathways that no longer serve you.
“Not this way, go another way – the Sun has set on these paths.”
Align with Your Soul’s Path ~
“The correct path for me to follow is clearly imprinted with my unique Soul vibration and signature. I make a new agreement to follow it.”
Ask For Guidance From Your Higher Self ~
What action(s) will support you in following your path with your Chariot?
Finish by Making Sure You’re Grounded in the New Paradigm.
Place both feet on the floor and give yourself a few minutes to ground yourself on your Souls true pathway in the New Paradigm.
“My energy is aligned with my true spiritual path and purpose.”
Congratulations! Through this transformation game you’ve let go of a lot and enhanced your spiritual guidance about following your path. Be sure to take some time relaxing and being out in nature to integrate the benefits of this new awareness.
Rheanni Lightwater CHT, CKT lives and practices in Santa Fe, NM. She specializes in mind body healing with family, environment and relationship clearing using Kinesiology, the Intuitive Learning Circles, Reiki as a Master/Teacher, Hypnotherapy and Shamanic Clearing Techniques.
Schedule with Rheanni via Zoom or in person when you visit Santa Fe, New Mexico. Call or text her at (505) 271-4612 between 10:00am – 5:00pm, MST, Monday through Friday to schedule.
Disclaimer:
Following Your Path should not be considered as an exclusive method of treatment for any ailment. The appropriate medical or psychotherapeutic authorities should be consulted for the diagnosis and treatment if there is any medical or psychological condition. The information and practices described on this website are best considered as an adjunct to orthodox medical or psychological treatments.
Self-care and Personal Growth through Gifts from the Rainforest:
6. Praying Mantis Medicine – the Praying Mantis instructs us in mastery over our base instincts. When you can still your mind and place focus on your true priorities, success is far more likely.
What are you paying attention to? Is this a productive use of your time and attention? What would your spirit ask you to focus on instead?
Healing Action: Focus. Clarify your attention and intention. Dispel confusion. Be ready to act.
The Prayer of Praying Mantis
Combine the stillness of meditation
with clarity of purpose.
Praying Mantis instructs us in mastery
over our base instincts.
It lives in stillness – the keen observer.
It waits with precision until the exact time
when action will produce the desired results.
Cease all action that is without purpose.
Still the mind and consciously
become an instrument that spirit moves through
effortlessly.
Focus all energies on the truth of your being.
There is no fear,
except that which you allow to exist.
Discipline.
Direction.
Divinity.
Mind Body Integration
For best results, gaze softly at the Circle both crossed over the midline of the body and uncrossed so that the communication is more complete.
Intuitive Learning Circles help you access your inner guidance and self-confidence to make proactive changes. Simply relax and gaze at the Circles while contemplating its message and positive affirmations. Your intuition will come forward and give you the help that you seek.
Further Exploration into Praying Mantis Medicine:
Praying Mantis Medicine
The medicine of Praying Mantis suggests that you’re being impulsive and would do well to center yourself before taking action. Your focus is off or distracted. Gaze softly at the Circle and consciously focus on what matters now.
Perhaps you are pushing yourself to get something done, however, it is not necessary and may cause you trouble in the long run.
Take a deep breath and ask your heart as you look at the Circle: “What is the reason for pushing myself?” Then hand it over to your Higher Power. Ask to be aligned with that Higher Power, which is your Source. Once you have done this you can inspire others to do the same. Or
You are trying to do it all yourself, causing exhaustion and burnout. Hand over some parts of the process to others who can assist. Relationship to oneself and others is about the process of creating together, not an ego-driven goal like money, fame or popularity. Align your purpose with your Source and answers will come.
Praying Mantis Medicine is an excerpt from Gifts from the Rainforest
Inspired by Design Therapy from the native tribes of the Amazon, the fifty-eight Intuitive Learning Circles and animal totems from Gifts from the Rainforest are self-healing tools for nature lovers who want to accelerate their spiritual growth and intuition.
♦ Find emotional healing ♦ Deal with repetitive habits & attitudes that keep you stuck ♦ Develop common sense ♦ Learn to trust your gut instincts. ♦ Receive messages from plant, animal & nature spirits.
Disclaimer: The Intuitive Learning Circles should not be considered as an exclusive method of treatment. The appropriate medical or psychotherapeutic authorities should be consulted for the diagnosis and treatment of any medical or psychological condition. The information and practices described on this website are best considered as an adjunct to orthodox medical or psychological treatments.
Especially when the stakes are high, you need to remember the important things. However, people often times have memory problems when they’re under a lot of emotional stress, especially if they’re highly sensitive. Why is that and what can be done to help?
If this sounds like you, you are probably overwhelmed by the uncertainty and ungrounded by the sheer amount of information that you feel you have to process. You might be having experiences like the ones below.
Processing difficult news
Feeling weak or mentally exhausted
Disoriented due to grief or sudden loss
Picking up on other peoples pain
Noticing an increase in forgetfulness
Getting confused more easily than usual
If you are, you’re not alone and you can easily get some relief by going through the Emotional Stress that Affects Memory Exercise out of our Soul Oriented Solutions series.
Directions: Start by confirming that this is the best formula for you with the SOS Symbol.
SOS Symbol
Next, go through this short mind exercise to understand how emotional stress might be causing memory lapses in your case and what you can do to help yourself. Read each step and then gaze softly at its Circle, one at a time.
Give yourself permission to look at the Circles in any way or from any angle that you like. All you have to do is stay relaxed. If you’re drawn to focus on the center of a Circle, great!
If you come up with a message, an image or instinctively want to trace over the lines, let your imagination guide you. A playful approach reduces stress and opens up possibilities so you can look at your situation from different perspectives.
Developing intuition in this way enhances your personal growth and can keep those creative juices flowing for better mind function.
Caution: the use of this exercise is not intended take the place of appropriate medical and/or psychiatric care. If you are having prolonged or increasing bouts of memory loss, seek the appropriate medical help.
Mind Body Integration
For best results, look at each symbol both crossed over the midline of your body and uncrossed so that the correction is more complete.
Feel free to move at anytime in any way to help you embody your experience!
Stress That Affects Memory ~
How Are You Experiencing Disorientation?
1. We’re going to look at several possible reasons why emotional stress might be affecting your memory. One reason could be that you are disoriented due to a sudden recent change. You might also be picking up on other people’s stress. Another possibility could be that your mind has been exposed to an overwhelming amount of information. It helps to be aware of what is involved.
Let this Circle help you gather up any important information involved. Your unconscious mind knows what’s pertinent and what’s not.
You might want to jot down any impressions you notice.However, don’t be surprised if nothing definite comes to you. There may not be any words because the unconscious mind is not linear.
Just make note of what your experience is for now.
What is a Clear Intention That will Help?
2. To help bring your mind into focus, establish a simple and clear intention for this exercise.
“I improve mental acuity and brain function.”
Go ahead and meditate on the center open space of this chart with that intention in mind.Breathe deeply and relax. Don’t try to make anything happen.A relaxed mind will lead you to a more relaxed body!
When the energy of the chart slows down, you’re ready to move onto the next step.
What Would You Like to Shine Light On?
3. The pineal gland is an important part of your brain because of its main function of regulating light and darkness through its production and secretion of melatonin. In addition, the pineal contains light-sensitive cells that control your equilibrium through the circadian cycle of sleep and wakefulness.
Melatonin also supports healthy memory function and reproductive cycles.
Relax and breathe for a minute or two and let this Chakra Key help you clear toxins from your pineal gland so that your natural rhythms and cycles can come into better balance.
How Would You Like to Feel?
4. The hypothalamus is a part of your brain that regulates homeostasis. Through it, you have the ability to maintain inner balance and a calm state of mind. It also regulates a variety of functions including your physical development, digestive health and metabolism.
Allow this Chakra Key to help you clear and balance your hypothalamus.
What Would You Like to Remember?
5. The hippocampus is actually two structures located on either side of the temporal lobe that are involved with memory development, verbal, spacial and directional skills.
Repeat what you just did in the previous steps. Relax and breathe while you gaze at this Chakra Key to clear out toxins and bring both areas of your hippocampus into balance.
Once you’ve really relaxed with it, check in with a question:
“Is there something I’ve forgotten that’s important? More than one?”
Make a note of it and continue with your mind exercise.
What Would Bring You More Ease?
6. There’s another part of your brain function that taps into the wisdom of your Soul. Some call it the Third Eye Chakra. Through it, the pineal, hippocampus and hypothalamus can connect and work together to enhance learning and create coherent thoughts. Intuition and common sense can then blossom and communicate meaningful insights to your Heart Center.
Keep relaxed and gaze softly at the Circle with each affirmation:
“My common sense and intuition are working together.”
“I receive meaningful insights about my situation.”
“My mind helps me to reduce stress and integrate joy into my life.”
What Needs to Get Connected?
7. Keep relaxed and gaze softly at the Circle with each affirmation:
“My mind is connected and balanced to create improved mental acuity and brain function.”
“I improve my comprehension and understanding.”
“I connect with solutions.”
What Would Support You?
8. It’s possible that you’re dehydrated or not getting the right nutrition. While you gently focus on this Circle, ask yourself:
“Is there something I could eat or drink that would help me?”
“Is there something I’m eating or drinking too much of?”
Is There Something That You Need To Let Go Of?
9. If there is, let this Circle help you open up and let it go.
Just keep letting go and release all that emotional stress. See yourself relaxing under an afternoon Sun. Take all the time you like. It’s okay to let go and rest.
What Would Help Your Emotional Stress?
10. Is there something that you could do to help your mental emotional stress?
Is there something it would be best to stop doing?
Use this Circle to consider actions you could take that would help in this situation. Make sure they would be genuinely helpful to you now.
Is there anything you could do or stop doing that would be genuinely helpful to others?
What Is Your heart Saying?
11. It could be that things are just moving too fast and your mind is trying to keep up. Take a moment to slow down and tune into your Heart Center.Ask yourself:
“What is my heart telling me?”
“Am I worried about something (physical, financial, family issue, etc)?”
“What have I been doing? Has that helped?”
“What do I feel?”
How Will Life Be Better Without This Emotional Stress?
12. Your physical body is the foundation for your vitality and your instinct to take care of yourself. Clearing energy, especially in your lower body, will give you strength and support to make necessary changes. Put both feet on the floor to help you ground. Take whatever time you need.
Once you feel stronger, ask yourself:
“What, if anything, am I forgetting about my physical health?
“Is there something I need to remember?”
There’s always more than one way to do things, what new way comes to mind in this case?
What Would Keep You Grounded?
13. A strong connection to the Earth gives you support to make the necessary changes and stay balanced at the same time. Put both feet on the floor to help you ground.
If needed, go back to Step 7 and connect with your other chakras.
Take whatever time you need.
“What do I need to remember?”
“Do I need to change anything?”
“Do I have the connections and resources I need to resolve this stress?”
“What would be involved? Is anything missing?”
Ask For Blessings On Your Life Path.
14. Finish by balancing out your Life Path Chakras. They help you stay on your own path and tune into the promptings of your Soul – a very important thing to remember!
“I open up to my potential and stay positive.”
“I stay true to my Souls path.”
You may want to sit with this for quite a while.
Plan to take a walk or relax for a bit out in Nature once you feel ready.
Releasing emotional stress takes time and space!
Disclaimer:
Emotional Stress should not be considered as an exclusive method of treatment. The appropriate medical or psychotherapeutic authorities should be consulted for the diagnosis and treatment if there is any medical or psychological condition. The information and practices described on this website are best considered as an adjunct to orthodox medical or psychological treatments.
Self-care and Personal Growth through Gifts from the Rainforest:
23. Sloth Medicine – the tree sloth peers out into the darkness with clarity of vision and moves very slowly, if at all. He advises that it’s often very wise to watch and wait. Know what you want before taking action.
Are you trying to do too much at one time? Are you clear about what your true priorities are? Is there so much going on that you can’t follow it all? If so, what will help?
Healing Action: Slow down. Narrow your focus. Be more selective. Make some priorities for yourself.
The Eye of Truth
The sloth lives quietly in his tree
watching the world around him.
He rarely moves unless he has something
very specific he wants to accomplish.
The birds and monkeys chatter endlessly
and rush about doing their daily business.
But this is not sloth’s way.
To him, all that screeching and squawking
and rushing around
is a distraction to clear thinking.
His motto is:
“Say what you mean and mean what you say.
Know your intention and brighten your day.
One thought at a time will make a soul wise.
When looking for truth, I use my own eyes.”
Mind Body Integration
For best results, gaze softly at the Circle both crossed over the midline of the body and uncrossed so that the communication is more complete.
Intuitive Learning Circles help you access your inner guidance and self-confidence to make proactive changes. Simply relax and gaze at the Circles while contemplating its message and positive affirmations. Your intuition will come forward and give you the help that you seek.
Further Exploration into Tree Sloth Medicine:
Sloth Medicine
It’s time to slow down and focus your energies on what you want to accomplish. Turn your attention 100% toward your intention. This is not the time for multi-tasking. If you have too many things going on, you won’t be able to keep track of what’s really important, and something really important is happening in this situation. Save yourself future regrets and resentments by paying attention now. Or
You may be in too much of a hurry to properly appreciate some very insightful information that is coming your way. Slow down. Or
Your mind keeps jumping ahead and that’s preventing you from finishing your task. Or
Your communication with others will benefit now by being especially clear and direct. It may be that others are in too much of a hurry to hear you. Get it in writing and insist on their signature. This particular situation strongly affects your well-being. If they are unwilling it may be time to re-evaluate the relationship.
Tree Sloth Medicine is an excerpt from Gifts from the Rainforest
Inspired by Design Therapy from the native tribes of the Amazon, the fifty-eight Intuitive Learning Circles and animal totems from Gifts from the Rainforest are self-healing tools for nature lovers who want to accelerate their spiritual growth and intuition.
♦ Find emotional healing ♦ Deal with repetitive habits & attitudes that keep you stuck ♦ Develop common sense ♦ Learn to trust your gut instincts. ♦ Receive messages from plant, animal & nature spirits.
Disclaimer: The Intuitive Learning Circles should not be considered as an exclusive method of treatment. The appropriate medical or psychotherapeutic authorities should be consulted for the diagnosis and treatment of any medical or psychological condition. The information and practices described on this website are best considered as an adjunct to orthodox medical or psychological treatments.
Self-care and Personal Growth through Gifts from the Rainforest:
1. Animal Spirits – the animals are our partners in creating an abundant and peaceful life.
By observing their behavior and the role they play in their environment, we can learn to adapt and make the most of the circumstances we find ourselves in.
Healing Action: It’s time to take ownership over your communications. Befriend the animal world and your own animal nature. Adapt to your circumstances.
Invoking the Animal Spirits
Long ago in the Garden of Eden the animals walked with us in peace and cooperation.
We were given healthy dominion over them, and prosperity was there for all.
Much of the civilized world has forgotten this ancient partnership, yet the animals still remember.
We can remember too. Listen. Watch. Animal messages are everywhere.
Ask that the animal spirits teach, assist, and guide us in all aspects of our lives so that we may return to the abundant lives we were created for.
Mind Body Integration
For best results, gaze softly at the Circle both crossed over the midline of the body and uncrossed so that the communication is more complete.
Intuitive Learning Circles help you access your inner guidance, identify problems and make proactive changes. Simply relax and gaze at the Circles while contemplating its message and positive affirmations. Your intuition will come forward and give you the help that you seek.
Further Exploration into Animal Spirits:
Animal Spirits
This Circle indicates that better communication will improve the situation you are dealing with now. Scattered or disjointed communication, whether written or verbal, comes out of scattered and disjointed thinking. It’s time to simplify and get to the bare truth of the matter. Or You may be ignoring subtle forms of communication, such as body language or events that keep repeating themselves. Missed communication is probably holding up the works somewhere. Consider the possibility that your priorities might be out of order. Examine the following steps to effective communication. If any step is missing in regard to your current circumstance, look at the Circle to help you gain more clarity and get back on track.
1. Form a clear idea. 2. Focus your ability to focus on that idea without distractions. 3. Find the purpose – what you want to accomplish with this idea. 4. Be flexible to expand or refine the idea. 5. Be able to visualize the finished product or result. 6. Prioritize what is important about the idea and its purpose. 7. Make a decision to do it or not. 8. Follow through on the decision. 9. Achieve a satisfactory finished product. 10. Accept the responsibility for the communication.
Successful communication is the essence of being able to manifest your dreams in physical reality. Be aware that people will now listen to you with greater respect and cooperation. Or If you are hurting, especially from matters of the heart or even PTSD, working with animals or studying them would hold unusually potent healing.
Animal Medicine is an excerpt from Gifts from the Rainforest
Inspired by Design Therapy from the native tribes of the Amazon, the fifty-eight Intuitive Learning Circles and animal totems from Gifts from the Rainforest are healing and divination tools for nature lovers who want to accelerate their spiritual growth and intuition.
♦ Find emotional healing ♦ Deal with repetitive habits & attitudes that keep you stuck ♦ Develop common sense ♦ Learn to trust your gut instincts. ♦ Receive messages from plant, animal & nature spirits.
Disclaimer: The Intuitive Learning Circles should not be considered as an exclusive method of treatment. The appropriate medical or psychotherapeutic authorities should be consulted for the diagnosis and treatment of any medical or psychological condition. The information and practices described on this website are best considered as an adjunct to orthodox medical or psychological treatments.
Animal Energy Medicine for Healing the Modern Mind – Tutorial VI
Remember, as you breathe and visualize, the Circle is working with your Higher Self – helping you to shift and change in just the way that is best for you.
