Message from the Sloth

My dear friends,

It's been quite an adventure through life lately. I found some cool answers as I have progressed through this life journey. I love how life gives us exactly what we need.

Recently, I spent time pondering on the messages from a sloth. The idea of deep rest was appealing to me. I have participated in Intentional Resting for some time now. Could I take this technique to a new level?

As I was contemplating, I thought about how a friend of mine and I often will clear words and their opposites of all energy. We clear the opposite because sometimes we will stay in the lower vibration because we have blocks around the higher vibrations.

I began to clear "rest" and as I was clearing, the phrase "No rest for the weary" kept running through my head. Perfect, I cleared that too. Then I noticed there was a fear showing up, "If I rest deeply, I'll die." We do say, "Rest in peace," to those that are dead. So, I cleared that as well. I also did the energy of weary. What about opposites? The opposite of weary is energized and refreshed. Of course, I cleared those as well.

The most amazing thing started happening. I started feeling refreshed and rested. I felt so much tension ease from my body. 

With this new sense of resting, and knowing that I wouldn't die if I truly rested, I tried Intentional Resting again. I loved the technique before and now it's more powerful than I could have imagined. I felt deep resting as I said the resting phrases. I even added "deeply" to the phrase. "I am resting deeply for..."

I had some interesting experiences with this. Resting for and into my vagus nerve. The yawning was huge and continued for a few minutes. Allowing deep rest in the vagus nerve is kind of big. I rested for my jaw, again huge yawns that lasted for a few minutes. I even rested for my brain.

I wish I could explain how it feels to have my body rest. I have been in such a high alert state for so many years. It's pretty incredible to actually feel rested.

Michele

P.S. If you are interested in guidance for clearing some of these paradigms, beliefs, and such, feel free to reach out: soulmagicalmichele@gmail.com

Soul Shine Specialist
Let your soul shine big, bright, live, and beautiful!

Changes are Sometimes Good

Hello, my friends!

It has been so long. I wanted to share some changes and insight into my life purpose.

Today, someone posted on FB about being praised for things out of alignment with you. I didn't get this praise but I did become aware of all the times my mom shoulded on me. "You should teach piano lessons." "You should work at ... because you type well" (or ten-key well) "You should have kept going in the interpreting program." "You should have done something with interior design." The list goes on and on.

I decided it was time to clear some of this. Especially because the house cleaning and energy work I do is completely a should, because I can do it. I don't love it. I do it because I can and people seem to want it. In fact, I actually resent it and being known as a person to go to for energy work about the home.

I thought I had an inner rebel. When I decided to do some inner healing work, I found not a rebel but a crying young lady who was so attacked by all the shoulds that if she reacted to the world, it looked rebellious. After a while of working with her, I was led behind her where I saw a young 3 or 4 year old me. She too had shoulds coming at her. "You should be friends with so-and-so" and other shoulds were there too.

I don't know what I'm going to do now that I'm no longer holding onto the hurt. I know I feel a desire I have never felt before. I feel capable in ways I have never felt.

Let me tell you some other things. I got the name of my business because my soul sang when I thought of the words Soul Shine Live (and that's a long i as in alive, not short as in give.) I really didn't know what it was about. Later, I called myself a Soul Shine Specialist. I have gone through a lot of labels but this one also sang to me. I don't always use it but I never let it go. I just know there is something about this soul shine thing that is so important to me.

I did a course once on finding your modality. Which is basically your own tools for whatever work you do. One of the last things in the course was this guided meditation in which you saw your modality in its fullest. I wasn't cleaning house energy. I was working with relationships, especially those with self and God.

I didn't think I was really capable of this work. It feels so important. I knew that I had improved my relationship incredibly and had done extensive healing work in my relationship with God. I am a single mom and the relationship with my kids isn't always as wonderful as I would care to have. I felt like it was far from me.

A few months ago, I was given an incredible gift. I learned about Body of 9. It's incredible. It teaches us about 9 centers of the body and how each person is born with a different one as their dominant active one. It gives you physical things you can do to be more of you as well as ones you can use to gain insight into the other 8 numbers. It was a huge missing piece of my work.

I'm now learning to identify the numbers in people for myself. I'm very excited and I feel like this will be a huge piece to my work as a Soul Shine Specialist. If you want to learn more, you can go here. (It is an affiliate link.)

Back to the title of my post. Someone today said that common statement, "I hate change." I don't. I definitely prefer change on my terms. I love growing. Releasing all those should and heavy energy today was a form of change. It's the kind of change I love. It allows me to feel better and freer. It allows me to step more fully into my soul shine. I loved it when my son married and brought change into the family. When each baby born brings change into our family. When I learn new tools that change my life for the better. 

When you stop to think about it, you don't hate change either. In fact, you would hate life if there was no change. I invite you to embrace change, for change is growth. Nothing in your life can improve as long as you hate change.

With love from my heart to yours,

Michele

Soul Shine Specialist
Let your soul shine big, bright, live, and beautiful!

Permission to Know

This post might be a little different. I'm going to open up about some of my religious beliefs as I share with you an important tool in my toolbox. Permission to know is a powerful tool that allows me to get some clarity about truth. Be sure to read to the end for an important warning concerning this tool.

In my line of work, it is quite common for people to leave religious beliefs. The concept of being spiritual without religion is quite common, and many choose to leave religion. Just like a person can go to church every week and not actually be spiritual. For me, this means sometimes I question what I believe. I want to have a solid foundation in whatever I believe. I choose to be religious and spiritual.

A few years ago, I started questioning my beliefs in God. Was I making it all up? Is there really a separate all-knowing being or what? The thing I noticed was this desperate fear of letting go of everything I believed in. I knew in order to really know, I would have to be willing to let it go. I actually said, “I give myself permission for all of this God stuff to be a lie.” Energy moves and clears when we declare such things. Unlike many who give themselves this permission, I knew it wasn't enough.

It's too easy to give ourselves permission in one direction. Especially when some part of us thinks it could be easier. Think of all the rules I wouldn't have to follow if there was no God. After a couple of minutes, I made another declaration. “I give myself permission to know God is real.” Immediately my mind was reminded of miracles in my life, times when I could not deny God's hand in my life. My body was filled with lightness and love and I knew. I know God is real.

As time has passed, I have had other things to question. Things about church. Things about myself. I find that the experiences are similar. When I give myself permission in both directions, I allow myself to receive my truth. One side of the coin will come with light feelings and a sense of expansion. Sometimes you will have mixed energies on a subject. As you give yourself permission to know the truth, the false ideas will begin to dissipate. You will be left with the absolute truth when you are truly willing to know.

One way we can use this is with beliefs about ourselves. Say you feel unworthy. Declare, “I give myself permission to know I am unworthy.” Notice how that feels in your body. Does it bring you joy and expansive feelings or sorrow and contractive feelings? Now declare, “I give myself permission to know I am worthy.” Notice how this feels. You might even cry in joy and relief as your being begins to feel worthy. If you don't have clear answers, repeat the process until you actually know. 

Lies make energy contract. The lies we tell to ourselves. The lies we tell others. The lies they tell us. The lies that we have been raised with because no one knew better. Truth makes energy expand. Our truth. God's truth. Their truth. Expansive energy always leads to love, joy, and bliss. 

The reason this tool works is because of how we often either hold on so tight or push ideas so far away that we don't allow the truth in. When you hold on so tight to one idea, you don't allow any light to come in. Likewise, when you refuse to even entertain an idea, you can't let light in. Even the light you are trying to hold onto cannot fully come in when you hold so tight. When you give permission for both sides to be true, you let go of all the barriers and allow the truth to come in with all its glory.

WARNING! Sometimes when you give yourself permission on the first side of the coin, you will feel such a sense of relief as you let go of the tight controls. Do not mistake this for lightness and expansion. You must give yourself permission for both sides in order to really be able to compare both sides and receive the full truth. When you give permission to both sides, you get to a neutral place that allows all the truth to manifest. There may be bits of truth on both sides that can now be known.

Please let me know what happens when you try this. Did you resist trying this? Why or why not? I love to hear your feedback.

With love from my heart to yours,

Michele

Life Facilitator

I'm inviting you to wake up and live!