The Relief of Resistance 11/05/2011
A thick paste is stuck to the bottom of my feet. With every stride forward there is resistance. Struggle. Ahead of me the Angels are calling with open arms. Patiently awaiting my arrival. Comfort. Within me a constant tug of war. Pulling between negative and positive. Fear. Surrounding me is the presence of love. In all shapes, sizes and forms. Trust. In this moment my feet are on the ground. Mama Earth and the Heavens above love me. Certainty. Your Choices Are Yours Alone 10/15/2011
No one else can ever make your choices for you. Your choices are yours alone. They are as much a part of you as every breath you will take, every moment of your life. -Dr. Shad Helmstetter Guided meditations + a giveaway Hey Everyone! I just wanted to let you know about my Guided Meditation CD. I only have a few left, so be sure to grab you one if you're interested. They're $10 (includes shipping). Also, the giveaway for A Course in Weight Loss is still in affect. I'll be announcing the winner on Monday, so if you haven't had a chance to enter - go ahead + do that! Have a great weekending, Megan Monique Last night during my SoulFire Coaching Group we did a really powerful exercise from A Course in Weight loss by Marianne Williamson. I do not use the word powerful lightly here. Disclaimer: I highly recommend doing this exercise with a group of close girlfriends where you have the option to do a burning bowl ceremony after. This exercise brings up some heavy emotional stuff that needs to be released to The Universe. The end result is your freedom from these heavy bricks that you knowingly + unknowingly carry. Here's how it works:
I was one of the ladies who did not. I cried. I felt nauseous. I was heartbroken that this lived within me. But after the burning bowl ceremony, I was able to release these things to the courageous full moon. It was, like I said, powerful. As I fell asleep last night, I surrendered these things to the Universe once more, asking for complete healing in my sleep. I woke up at 9:30 today crying. Hard. In my dream I killed off three people + since I know that this is often how our being clears what no longer serves us, I accepted. I would encourage anyone to do this shadow work. It's amazing what happens when we embrace the light with the dark. But do proceed with caution. A Giveaway In honor of this HUGE release I had last night + through my slumber, I am giving away the audio CD collection of A Course in Weight loss by Marianne Williamson to one lucky winner! Here is how you win: required*
Embracing My Shadows, Megan Monique 17 Comments 
Right now I am reading a book called Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life by Gregg Levoy. It was a gift from a friend, but this book has been on my radar for well over 2 years when I first heard about it from my previous boss, Lissa Rankin. She too said it was the bees knees. You could say I was beyond pleased when it's splendid glory showed up on my door step as a surprise belated birthday gift. I'm only on page 22 + already, my mind is more awake. Levoy talks about Gordon Hempton, the man who wrote The Vanishing Dawn Chorus, an Emmy Award winning PBS Documentary. Hempton tells a story about a particular time he was in the forest with his listening ears recording the sounds around him when suddenly he was overwhelmed with a state of panic. Though his logical mind was telling him there was nothing to run from, his listening ears + intuition insisted that there was. Hempton decided to leave his equipment behind + high-tail it out of there. When he returned in the morning, the footage showed that moments after he left a leopard had visited where he was. If he had listened to his logical mind, he might not be alive. But because he chose to listen to that voice of intuition even though it didn't make sense at the time, his life was spared. It made me wonder how much I miss out on because I choose to deny the voice that lives within. "We shy away from introspection because, however fearful the surface seels, we fear the depths still more. And we are right. There is much to fear there. If there is terror about darkness because we cannot see, there is also terror about light because we can see. Would rather not see. If we do not climb down willingly with our eyes open, he said, we risk falling in with our eyes closed. If we ignore seuketat [*], we end up turning our backs on the leopard, tempting fate, putting our souls in the position of having to come after us, teeth bared. The only conscious oveservations we'll make will be those forced on us by crises." I would love it if some of you would read this book along with me. As for now, I am turning my listening ears on. Trusting my intuition a little bit more + keeping my heart open to what this book has to teach me. "You have to be willing to suffer what you hear. It's probably fair to say that awakening is attached to suffering like a rope to a bell, and you're not going to pull on it withoutmaking some noise." *seuketat - the ear of the animal Putting on my super duper Listening Ears, Megan Monique 
I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now? ― John Lennon Whole body freedom 10/01/2011
 A couple weeks ago was finishing up the Unstoppable workshop I took hosted by the beautiful, Lisa Carmen. Through out the course she recommended a couple books to us. The one I remember + often think of most is Debbie Ford’s The Right Questions. I haven’t bought the book yet, but I looked up the questions online. I thought I would answer them for myself here, out loud, for you all to witness + invite you to do the same with me. The choice I am looking at today is creating an active, online, Goddess Community as a branch of If I Were A Rainbow. A place where we can grow + share together with love + patience. Here we go! Will this choice propel me toward an inspiring future or will it keep me stuck in the past? I believe a community like this could be the back bone of my inspiration and creation. I already find so many ideas through the conversations I have with my online friends on Twitter, Facebook + my blog - a community would only create a more solid foundation. Will this choice bring me long-term fulfillment or will it bring me short-term gratification? Definitely more of a long-term fulfillment idea. Of course there is some immediate gratification in the mix. But not at the cost of anything in the long term. Am I standing in my power or am I trying to please another? I am totally standing in my power. I thrive in communities. I love creating them. I love sharing them. I love watching others GROW in them. Beauty all around. Am I looking for what’s right or am I looking for what’s wrong? Right. Right. Right. Will this choice add to my life force or will it rob me of my energy? I believe as long as I take on this project in a conscious fashion, not overwhelming myself, that it will most certainly ADD to my life force energy. I know I can’t do it alone! Will I use this situation as a catalyst to grow and evolve or will I use it to beat myself up? At the moment I will use it as a catalyst. I think looking at this question now will help me be more aware of how I take on the growth and expansion in the future. Always creating things to flow with love and ease. Does this choice empower me or does it disempower me? Power Baby! Is this an act of self-love or is it an act of self-sabotage? Self-love + loving others! Is this an act of faith or is it an act of fear? FAITH. Am I choosing from my divinity or am I choosing from my humanity? DIVINITY! Well, that was easier than I thought it would be. Feels like all lights are GREEN for me right now! How about you? What choice did you tackle + what conclusion did these questions help you come to? If you would like to get more of a taste of Debbie Ford you can visit her website here + purchase this fabulous book, The Right Questions, on Amazon.  Sipping tea 09/17/2011
 Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future. Live the actual moment. -Thich Nhat Hanh It's time to let go 09/10/2011
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