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Self-care for Grief, illness and Loss
A Soul Oriented Solutions Formula: Self-care for Grief ~
Many people are experiencing deep levels of grief and mourning over events happening both near and far. Feelings of anxiousness, distress and even PTSD can come on suddenly and be very overwhelming. What are some things that can bring some relief and self-care for grief?
This brief exercise from RESOLVE uses affirmations and the Intuitive Learning Circles to quickly help you when you are:
- Grieving
- Recovering from abuse – past or present
- Dealing with a serious or long-term illness
- Preparing for surgery
- Coming to terms with tragedy, loss or death.
Here’s an example of how the Circles can help you relax:
“I bring my senses into balance.”
“I focus them so that I can feel calmer and more aware of what’s important.”
“I use them to help me be more aware of where I am and what I’m doing.”
“I focus on thoughts and actions that are in my best interest.”
You may feel as though your energy is being drained right out of you. Relax and gaze softly at this Circle. Let it help you close the drains in your heart.
Mind Body Integration
For best results, look at each symbol both crossed over the midline of the 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!
When you’re ready, you can begin self-care for grief by allowing this Soul Prayer Chart to help you reclaim your connection to Creator and Soul through your heart center. It can help to put both feet flat on the floor and place your hands on your heart with this symbol. Simply gaze softly at the image while you contemplate the positive affirmation that goes with it for for a minute or so. Relax and breathe. Here’s some suggestions:
“I reclaim my power and fill my heart with courage, faith and determination.”
Strong emotions or insights may come up. The image may move, rotate, vibrate or change color. Don’t worry. That happens sometimes. It just means they are working to help you feel better. Once the energy calms down a bit, you can move on to the remaining Circles with each of their affirmations to complete the process.
You might want to journal some of your thoughts so that you can speak with a trusted counselor or friend about what comes up. If so, get out some paper and something to write with as you go through the steps.
Step One: Asking for Help
Breathe in deeply, all the way to your belly while you look at this Circle and then exhale. Breathe in through your nose, if you can. Do that several times.
If you could ask for something that would help you feel better, what would that be?
Step Two – Support
Imagine that you can bring healing and release into all parts of your body, mind and spirit while you continue to breathe and gaze softly with this next symbol.
Step Three ~ Peace
What do you think is the main difficulty or burden you’re dealing with right now?
Are you ready to let go of that burden and find a solution? If not, why not? Be sure to respect your process.
Step Four – Release
Where are you holding tension?
You can release the tension around anything that’s bothering you right now. Your shoulders are dropped. Your jaw is relaxed. Rub them if you like. Keep melting the tension until it’s all gone.
Step Five – Soul Vision
Consider what your Soul would tell you about this situation. Connect with the Love that comes from within as much as you are able to. Allow your heart to open to it.
Step Six – Remove Your Burdens
Imagine that you can send all those burdens to where ever they need to go to resolve themselves. Imagine the heaviness lifting up and off of you.
You have done the best that you can under the circumstances.
Step Six – Rebalance
Breathe again.
Feel a calmness coming over you.
You feel calmer and calmer with every breath.
Step Seven – Cleansing
Send away any illness or pain that you’re experiencing. Send it to the Sun or wherever it needs to go to heal.
Step Eight – Faith
Fill yourself with strength and the knowledge that you are loved.
Let yourself rest now. You might feel tired or sad. That’s okay. It means that you’re feeling safe enough to really let go and rest.
Some people have gotten extra support out of going through this self-care for grief exercise every day for twenty-one days. It helps to retrain your mind to think more positively and keep you on track toward your full recovery.
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Disclaimer:
Self-care for Grief 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.
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Trauma Resolution and Self-care
Rheanni Lightwater is an author and creator of the Intuitive Learning Circles, a unique method for teaching self-care and trauma resolution.
Energy Medicine for Self-care and Trauma Resolution
As a Reiki educator and medical intuitive, Rheanni Lightwater has taught extensively about mental, emotional and spiritual issues relating to trauma resolution, PTSD, abuse and how they are reflected in our subtle energetic fields.
Rheanni has herself, also experienced recurring episodes of post traumatic stress and learning disabilities resulting from traumatic early life situations. From early childhood and on into her adult life, she suffered from dyslexia, fixated shock and poor concentration. Her mind would often become overwhelmed and anxiety attacks were frequent and debilitating.
She has made it her life’s work to find a way to bridge the gap between the limited life trauma survivor’s live and the life they dream of having. At the beginning of her journey, the books all said that victims of trauma and abuse could never fully recover and that they would at best, just learn to live with it. She has never been willing to settle for that answer.
She has pursued every modality available to her, including Hypnotherapy, Hanna Somatics, Cranial-sacral Therapy, Structural Integration and dozens of other forms of bodywork. I learned about Homeopathy and put myself in the care of a fine Homeopathic Nurse Practitioner in Los Angeles.
As a result of studying the indigenous healing practices of Tibet, Japan, Hawaii and Peru, Ms. Lightwater developed a unique understanding of the subtle human energy field.
During a visit to the Amazon in 2001, she participated in numerous ceremonies with the Shipibo shamans. Her experiences there gave birth to the Intuitive Learning Circles and other healing symbols. Gifts from the Rainforest and Reiki Chakra Keys are the primary collections in the series.
In 2008, Ms. Lightwater received First Place in the New Age Category of the New Mexico Book Awards for her first edition of Soul Oriented Solutions. She has won awards numerous times since then.
As part of her pioneering work, Rheanni has developed hundreds of healing symbols that she’s integrated with the Intuitive Learning Circles. Over the years, a variety of applications have been researched in medical clinics, detox centers, business settings, workshops, schoolrooms, online classes and in individual sessions.
As a result, Rheanni has extensive experience helping people deal with serious illnesses, heavy metal poisoning, chemical sensitivity, immune deficiency and a wide range of trauma and stress induced disorders.
The positive response to the Intuitive Learning Circles show them to provide an interactive educational experience that effectively shifts negativity and dysfunctional brain patterns in both children and adults, freeing them from destructive thoughts and behaviors that contribute to serious illness, learning difficulties and emotional distress.
In addition, Rheanni has conducted intuitive trainings with many Somatic Educators, Acupuncturists, Chiropractors, Yoga Instructors, Massage Therapists, Hypnotherapists, Naturopathic and Allopathic Physicians. about Energy Medicine and how to develop their own clairvoyant skills.
In her latest projects, Rheanni continues the Soul Oriented Solutions series with several online collections of self care formulas and mind exercises that provide mental, emotional and spiritual support in these times of uncertainty, loss and radical change.
1. Help for Overwhelm
You are invited to experience one or several interactive “games” from Navigating Serious Loss and Compassion Fatigue, an online book and resource for mental/emotional self-care & promoting resilience as we adapt to the many challenges ahead in this New Paradigm we’ve entered.
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2. Resolve – Staying True and Following Through in Difficult Times.
RESOLVE is a unique stress management handbook that is meant to help you reclaim your power, strengthen good boundaries, clear creative blocks and create the life you dream of living.
♦ Keep yourself on track with your goals ♦ Stay calm in the midst of chaos ♦ Maintain healthy boundaries ♦ Quickly let go of distractions ♦ Enhance your ability to navigate and make positive, life affirming decisions.
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3. Healing Emotional Pain and Stress During the Holidays.
Online support for the stresses and emotional distractions of the season.
What the EXPERTS say about SOS – Soul Oriented Solutions:
“What I love about Rheanni’s approach is its simplicity. I don’t need to go to therapy for years or rehash trauma from the past to create positive change in my life. Instead I can look at a picture and read a short paragraph and then let life do the rest. Her methods only take about 5 minutes and are available to me at any time and in any place. They bring instant stress relief with long-term healing impact.” ~ Pi Luna – Artist & Business Coach for Creatives
“Combining healing insights from many sources, Ms. Lightwater has created a system of powerful yet easy to use visualization tools that, used in conjunction with breathing and meditation prompts, allow both mind and body to relax, expand and generate positive energy…” ~ Victoria Erhart, Reading New Mexico
“This process is like coming up from underwater and taking a fresh breath.” ~ Cornelia Sachs, Eutony Movement Practitioner
“Whoever uses this work will find it beneficial for their growth in unfolding more of who they are. Old emotions come up as well as memories that need new perspectives, which the exercises handle beautifully. In a way, they are washed away and lifted to higher grounds, leaving behind gifts of healing and new beginnings.” ~ D.G.Villena-Mata, Ph.D., Fellow and Diplomate in Traumatic Stress
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Disclaimer:
Trauma Resolution should not be considered as an exclusive method of stress management. Soul Resources LLC and Rheanni Lightwater are not licensed to practice medicine. 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 on this website are best considered educational and complementary to orthodox medical or psychological treatments.
Overcoming Indecision with Courage
Are You Having Difficulty Overcoming Indecision? Play a Transformation Game for Being Too Hard on Yourself ~
Kuan Yin has been helping us through these I Ching Readings to transition from the old economic paradigm based on greed and fear to a new paradigm of equality, balanced prosperity and co-operation with each other and Nature.
Her advice springs from the I Ching, an ancient book of divination that follows the flow of the Tao. 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. If you have questions about the Circles, you can check out Exploring the Intuitive Learning Circles here >
Kuan Yin’s I Ching Readings and Transformation Games are meant to support your self-care and personal growth. 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.
Welcome to the I Ching Reading and Transformation Game for:
Hexagram #57 – Overcoming Indecision with PENETRATING INFLUENCE (The Gentle)
“By attempting to penetrate all the myriad possibilities of the situation, you have dissipated the energy to influence. Great understanding means little without decisive action. Negativity can no longer be prevented.” ~ The I Ching Workbook, R.L. Wing
This particular line in the I Ching text for Hexagram #57 PENETRATING INFLUENCE serves as a warning to those who would like to avoid falling further into the collective holes of chaos and confusion by overcoming indecision in their personal lives. This idea can be compared to the modern meme, “making no decision is still a decision.”
Relax and allow your eyes to gently rest on Snake’s Circle. Slow down so you can get insightful answers about the overall situation and instinctual information about what you personally need to watch out for.
Transformation Game: Overcoming Indecision through Gentleness and Patience
Start with this Circle that helps you check into decisions that are currently affecting your health, wealth and general wellbeing. See if you have one or more decisions that need to be made in order to keep you safe and on track with your goals. Gaze softly at the Circle and ask yourself:
“Is there a decision on my horizon that needs to be made?”
Relax your shoulders. Take a few breaths and see if you can identify it. There may be more than one. Start with the one that comes to mind first.
Your answer might come in the form of words, like “yes”, “no” or “maybe.” Or you could get a vague sense of something, a flash or a feeling in your gut. You could also come up blank and get nothing at all! Whatever comes, be patient and gentle with yourself. Trust your gut. After all, there’s a reason why you haven’t made this decision yet.
“I decide to be gentle with myself and ground in my own center.”
Turn your attention to this Circle and imagine all that urgency – the have to’s, supposed to’s and musts – are gently melting away. Notice how you can let the lines move around and go wavey while you relax some more.
“I decide to be gentle with myself. I melt away the harsh thoughts, judgements and pressures. I let my body relax.”
Take your time and move around if you feel the need. Be sure to breathe deeply and often!
Continue until you’re able to imagine a positive outcome that provides some possible solutions and/or steps to take.
“I let myself visualize a realistic, positive outcome.”
Mind Body Integration
If you’re having difficulty, look at the symbol both crossed over the midline of your body and uncrossed to help you access the information more completely.
Where You Ground Your True Self Matters.
A person can definitely get lost in the chaos of the ego and lose their footing.
You may need to pull yourself out of any confusion and fully connect with a new template based on Common Ground for the Common Good:
“I decide to connect with the imprint of Common Ground.”
“I ground myself in Common Good based in equality and balanced prosperity where I can work cooperatively with others and Nature.”
Integrate with the new protective flow of chi’ that’s helping us through the Element of Air.
Make an intention to utilize life affirming and generative life force to bring your decisions to life – in accordance with your highest good:
“I adapt to the positive flow of chi’ available in the New Paradigm to the best of my ability.”
“I close down harmful energy channels from the past.”
“I integrate with the new, life affirming channels of communication.”
To help you connect properly, access your potential. To do that, use the Reiki Chakra Key for the Life Path Chakras, positioned on either side of the top of the head, about one inch out from the Crown Chakra.
When these two energy centers are disconnected or carrying a negative charge, it takes a lot more effort to achieve our aims.
When they’re connected and their polarity is positive and balanced, things get a lot easier. That includes the clarity needed to make good decisions. Breathe deeply and allow them to integrate.
“These chakras are connected and have a positive charge.”
“I am opening up to my potential and following my own life path.”
“I integrate using the protective chi’ from the Element of Air.”
Gently bring your Crown Chakra into the formula. When this energy center at the top of your head is integrated, you can more easily receive accurate information and inspiration from your Higher Self and spiritual guidance. Relax and let the energy get connected and balanced.
“This chakra is connected and flowing in accordance with my highest good.”
“I utilize the protective chi’ from the Element of Air.”
“I intend that my spiritual connection be receptive and nourished by all fourteen of my meridians.”
Empower your ability to make truly beneficial decisions by connecting with your internal fountain of Joy and Gratitude that comes from your heart.
“I exist and am able to focus on decisions that are informed by my highest good.”
“I am empowered to release any fears of punishment, loss or retribution.”
“I empower my ability to be healthy, happy and prosperous.”
“I am okay. All is well.”
“I am able to ___________.”
Continue relaxing while Dragonfly’s Circle gets you in touch with your inner resources and natural self-healing abilities. That includes your Power Animal.
“I have access to my natural gifts and creative abilities. I use them to benefit me.”
“I call on my Power Animal to protect me and _________.”
Use Bat Medicine to remember a time when you successfully manifested an important physical goal that significantly contributed to your happiness. Notice the “vibe” of that experience.
“I surrender to the guidance of my Soul’s unique vibration.”
“Solutions appear out of nowhere.”
“I am open and receptive to the power of not knowing.”
Relax and let your mind ride on that vibration for several minutes.
Give yourself the gift of extra courage and confidence with Jaguar medicine. Imagine you can completely surround yourself with a ring of light and determination.
“I am surrounded by the Light of courage and determination.”
Now, gently bring the decision that you thought you needed to make back into your mind and balance your senses so you can examine it again.
With what you know now, do you want to follow through with it or would it be better to let it go?
Does it need revisioning?
If so, see the outdated parts of the vision or plan falling apart.
If you do want to follow through on some or part of it, imagine your Soul’s vision or plan of it coming together.
“In this case, I patiently put together the pieces. My vision of it is positive.”
“I’m seeing it clearly. I understand what to do.”
If you don’t, it’s best to let it go completely. Use your imagination to erase what no longer serves you.
“In this case, I stop holding onto the pieces. I’m taking apart any harmful plans in my head.”
“I stop wasting my time and attention and definitively decide it’s not for me.”
Congratulations! You have just become aware of a decision that needs to be made. Now you have more resources to help you sort it out and navigate the details. This would be a good time to take a break and do something completely different!
If you’d like, there are a couple other steps you could take that would gently help you in overcoming indecision.
Setting Things Right on an Epigenetic Level
If you’d like, there are a couple other steps you could take that would gently help you in overcoming indecision.
Use this Soul Prayer Chart for Earth to help you identify and release conditioning from your early childhood or upbringing that encourages you to be indecisive or hard on yourself.
Simply gaze softly at the Circle while you use the affirmations. It can be helpful to imagine the roots being pulled from the ground as you go through this process.
“I uproot any conditioning to be harsh, demanding or put pressure on myself.”
“I unearth patterns of behavior that prevent me from taking good care of myself.”
Clear your inner garden of any noxious weeds that are interfering with your ability to take positive, proactive action on your behalf. By doing so, you free up a lot of energy and effort that’s fighting with the way things used to be or the way others want them to be.
It’s also possible that you’ve been working to cultivate someone else’s garden, rather than your own. That happens a lot when you’re trying to fulfill other people’s expectations. You now have an opportunity to decide whether or not you want to do that anymore.
Being loyal to yourself is always a good basis for decision making. Use this Circle to help you imprint these positive affirmation about yourself:
“I am true to myself. I am ___________.”
“I make choices that are productive and that keep me on a positive path.”
“I let go of _________. I prepare for __________. I take care of __________.”
In this case, how much unconscious energy have you been sending to being hard on yourself or indecisive?
If it were a percentage, what would Otter Medicine say it might it be? 10%? 20%? 50% or more?
Would you like to change that?
Pull yourself up out of the doldrums and ask for help:
“I make a choice to redirect my attention, intention and energy towards healthy spiritual guidance.”
I decide to reconnect with Love.”
“I decide _____________.”
Release Harmful Family Patterns:
Most of us have family karma and genetic trauma that we’re ready to rise above. Take this opportunity to release harmful epigenetic tags and replace them with imprints from your Soul and Divine Nature. To find them, ask for a number between 1 – 73, then go to that number in Divine Nature Activated and clear the energy out.
With the symbols, it’s very important to relax as much as possible. Accept that you’re likely to feel interference or blockage. Accept whatever you’re feeling and meet your vibration with it. Stay with it until the emotions and/or feeling are excavated, dispelled and sent to the Light. Then, be sure to bring in that new positive energy from your Soul.
Now it’s time to dissolve mental and emotional patterns that pull you off track. Use this symbol for dissolving destructive blueprints to identify and let go of any societal or familial patterns that are still affecting you in a negative way. See them disappear as you send them to the Sun:
“I dissolve the destructive energies of distraction, avoidance and confusion.
I send any harmful interference to the Light to be transformed.”
Please note: It’s time to stop sending pain or destructive energies into the Earth to be neutralized, she already has too much to handle now. Use the Earth for planting seeds of health, happiness and life – not illness, unhappiness and death!
Instead, plant beneficial intentions and send positive energy to those seeds so that your new decisions can genuinely benefit you and the Earth.
If you like, you can plant new seeds for Virtues like Compassion, Gentleness, Respect, Wisdom, or Kindness, etc!
Once the patterns are cleared and your beneficial seeds of karma are nourished properly in your own garden, give your mind some relief through closure.
Whenever an important decision is being made, take several moments to close the energy leaks or pathways of suffering between you and everyone involved with your decision.
Otherwise, a channel remains open, allowing all kinds of confusion and opportunities for manipulation to pass back and forth between the participants. This can manifest in overwhelming states of mental confusion, issues with prosperity or abuse of power. This final step is especially important for highly sensitive people.
By closing the door to pathways that lead you back to chaos, confusion and negativity, you make a fresh start.
“All pathways of suffering and confusion are sealed and healed.
I follow the direction of my Soul’s protection.”
Congratulations! Once you begin to take responsibility for overcoming indecision, you are on the path to creating your Soul’s destiny!”
This Mind Exercise is Part of Spirit Animal Tracks for Self-healing
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About the Author
Rheanni Lightwater CHT, CKT lives and practices in Santa Fe, NM. She specializes in mind body healing with family and relationship clearing using Kinesiology, the Intuitive Learning Circles, Reiki as a Master/Teacher, Hypnotherapy and Shamanic Clearing Techniques.
Schedule with Rheanni online via Zoom or in person when you visit Santa Fe, New Mexico. Call her at (505) 271-4612 between 10:00am – 5:00pm, MST, Monday through Friday to schedule. Email: info@soulresourcesllc.com
Disclaimer:
This Transformation Game 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.
