An Introduction to Faery Reiki

Fairies, also known as the nature angels, are part of the elemental realm of air, fire, water, earth and ether. They reside in a dimension very close to our earth realm where they perform their divine mission of protecting nature and the animals. Faery Reiki strengthens your connection to the faery realm and the elements. It helps to cleanse and release negative emotions (Water), connect to your higher self for inspiration (Air), release negative karma and aid manifesting of dreams and goals (Fire), provide grounding, balance and stability (Earth) and helps release doubt, fear and anger (Ether/Spirit). Faery Reiki balances the emotions, improves inspiration and motivation, increases your sense of wellbeing and helps clear blocks in the root chakra to improve creativity and manifesting of success and abundance. Each session includes a short Fairy Oracle card reading to give insight into a particular area of concern in your life.

 

How Faery Reiki has changed me

 

Connecting to the Faery Realm has probably been the biggest development on my spiritual journey since I was first attuned to Usui Reiki in 2001. Since my attunement I have noticed subtle but strong prompts: all my make-up, toiletries and skin care products must be totally cruelty-free from now on. I now feel a much closer connection to animals and have an even greater appreciation of nature than before. I’ve also found a new hobby or mission of buying the most sorry-looking plants I can find and reviving them with Reiki, water and lots of TLC, as well as an urge to pick up litter when walking round my local park. I can just imagine the kind of caring, compassionate world we could live in if large groups of people all over the world all felt the same.

 

Client Experiences

 

Having performed several treatments now, various patterns or similarities are emerging in terms of clients’ experiences during a Faery Reiki session. People usually report seeing their own visions of fairies, nature spirits and/or power animals. Many go on their own journey to the Faery Realm, often receiving their own guidance or sense of knowing regarding current matters of concern. One lady I treated had a very powerful visual experience: I will let her describe her experience in her own words in this extract from her testimonial:-

 

“I then lay on her couch where she took me through the most creative journey of colour, texture and what I can only describe as pure magic. For an artist I can only describe this as paradise.  I was cleansed with air, fire and water and felt them all right from the core of the earth up into the universe.  My fairy … opened a door into the natural world and I had a front row seat.  For 30 minutes I was transfixed by light and the most amazing colour that I would struggle to replicate with any artists’ paints. The words whispered were “Look after our Earth”.  If this is my job then I will abide. Whether you feel there is a vocation or just want to tap into this faerie realmI then lay on her bed as she took me through the most creative journey of colour, texture and what I can only describe as pure magic. For an artist I can only describe this as paradise. I was cleansed with air, fire and water and felt them all right from the core of the earth up into our Universe. My faerie from 32 years ago opened a door into the natural world and I had front row seat. For 30 minutes I was transfixed by light and the most amazing colour that I would struggle to replicate with any artist paints. The words that whispered was "Look after our Earth." If this is my job then I will abide. Whether you feel there is a vocation or you would just like to tap into this Faerie realm go onto Helen Shortland's Facebook page to read all about what she offers. It's not to be missed.I then lay on her bed as she took me through the most creative journey of colour, texture and what I can only describe as pure magic. For an artist I can only describe this as paradise. I was cleansed with air, fire and water and felt them all right from the core of the earth up into our Universe. My faerie from 32 years ago opened a door into the natural world and I had front row seat. For 30 minutes I was transfixed by light and the most amazing colour that I would struggle to replicate with any artist paints. The words that whispered was "Look after our Earth." If this is my job then I will abide. Whether you feel there is a vocation or you would just like to tap into this Faerie realm go onto Helen Shortland's Facebook page to read all about what she offers. It's not to be missed.I then lay on her bed as she took me through the most creative journey of colour, texture and what I can only describe as pure magic. For an artist I can only describe this as paradise. I was cleansed with air, fire and water and felt them all right from the core of the earth up into our Universe. My faerie from 32 years ago opened a door into the natural world and I had front row seat. For 30 minutes I was transfixed by light and the most amazing colour that I would struggle to replicate with any artist paints. The words that whispered was "Look after our Earth." If this is my job then I will abide. Whether you feel there is a vocation or you would just like to tap into this Faerie realm go onto Helen Shortland's Facebook page to read all about what she offers. It's not to be missed.I then lay on her bed as she took me through the most creative journey of colour, texture and what I can only describe as pure magic. For an artist I can only describe this as paradise. I was cleansed with air, fire and water and felt them all right from the core of the earth up into our Universe. My faerie from 32 years ago opened a door into the natural world and I had front row seat. For 30 minutes I was transfixed by light and the most amazing colour that I would struggle to replicate with any artist paints. The words that whispered was "Look after our Earth." If this is my job then I will abide. Whether you feel there is a vocation or you would just like to tap into this Faerie realm go onto Helen Shortland's Facebook page to read all about what she offers. It's not to be missed.I then lay on her bed as she took me through the most creative journey of colour, texture and what I can only describe as pure magic. For an artist I can only describe this as paradise. I was cleansed with air, fire and water and felt them all right from the core of the earth up into our Universe. My faerie from 32 years ago opened a door into the natural world and I had front row seat. For 30 minutes I was transfixed by light and the most amazing colour that I would struggle to replicate with any artist paints. The words that whispered was "Look after our Earth." If this is my job then I will abide. Whether you feel there is a vocation or you would just like to tap into this Faerie realm go onto Helen Shortland's Facebook page to read all about what she offers. It's not to be missed.I then lay on her bed as she took me through the most creative journey of colour, texture and what I can only describe as pure magic. For an artist I can only describe this as paradise. I was cleansed with air, fire and water and felt them all right from the core of the earth up into our Universe. My faerie from 32 years ago opened a door into the natural world and I had front row seat. For 30 minutes I was transfixed by light and the most amazing colour that I would struggle to replicate with any artist paints. The words that whispered was "Look after our Earth." If this is my job then I will abide. Whether you feel there is a vocation or you would just like to tap into this Faerie realm go onto Helen Shortland's Facebook page to read all about what she offers. It's not to be missed…… this treatment is not to be missed.”

 

Clients also seem to receive their own particular fairy blessing, whether it be creativity, emotional stability, peace etc. This energy is truly powerful and life-changing. A Faery Reiki session is a truly fascinating experience – ideal for anyone wanting to reconnect with the nature kingdom and the magic of life.

 

Special Introductory Offer

 

This unique 1 hr session, including short fairy card reading, is available on special introductory offer of £25 until end of July, after which it will be £30. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you would like to try it for yourself!

 

Helen Shortland is a Reiki Master Healer/Teacher, Faery Reiki Master, Spiritual Consultant and Holistic Therapist based at 15 Wheeler Gate in Nottingham city centre. Helen has been on the spiritual path for 15 years and has extensive knowledge of healing and the healing journey. For further information about her Reiki courses, therapies and workshops, please visit her website http://helenshortland.com or visit and ‘like’ her Facebook page Helen Shortland Holistics.

Recognising and Receiving Guidance

For several months now I have been asking the angels for guidance and clarity regarding my direction and how to create greater abundance and success in life. I’ve been meditating and reciting mantras but mostly feeling like I’m going over old ground and getting nowhere fast.

 

As the weeks went by with no apparent real improvement, I began to think my efforts and prayers were going unanswered. However, over the last couple of weeks I have been strangely drawn to find out more about and connect with the faery realm … Yes, that’s right, fairies! Now even though I love the countryside and being out in nature, I have never seen fairies or felt a strong connection to faery/elemental energy. I have now discovered that fairies, being closely connected to nature and the earth plane, can help you attract abundance and success as well as create more joy and fun in life, all of which are exactly what I need! I have now done a short meditation to clear away stagnant energy and blocks to manifesting that I held in my aura and could feel energy swirling around my knees and lower legs. What’s more amazing was that I could see tiny flecks of different coloured lights dancing around like fire flies in my aura!

 

In a further example of coincidence or synchronicity, for my birthday a few weeks ago one of my good friends gave me a Black Amethyst crystal. I was amazed to discover that this crystal helps ground spiritual energies in the physical world, clearing any blocks in the chakra system that may prevent spiritual energy flowing down to the root chakra. If spiritual energy cannot flow down to the root/base chakra, you will struggle to manifest in the physical plane.

 

So, it just goes to show that our prayers are being answered and we are being guided towards what we need even when we don’t realise it at the time. I would never have thought I would be connecting with fairies but I understand that I need their assistance at this time in my life. We just have to trust that our guides and higher self really do know best.

 

Asking for Guidance

 

I would definitely encourage you all to ask God or the Universe for whatever help you need, saying something along the following lines:  “Thank you Angels for guiding me to the perfect job/home/relationship for me and for enabling me to clearly recognise the signs of guidance”. Say this a few times throughout each day. The key then is to be open to receiving and following the ideas that come to you. Remember that the solution may not be what you expect but it may be just what you need!

 

Recognising Guidance

 

Guidance can come in various forms but here are some examples to look out for:-

 

• The same idea comes to you at least 3 times – it may be something mentioned by other people or you may keep seeing the same information on the internet, social media, in magazines and books etc.
• You are drawn to connect with someone who can help you.
• You are given a book by a friend with a message or some teaching you need.
• You are given a crystal whose energy you need.

 

Once you start following your guidance and have started on your new path or new project, you will feel a bit of a buzz about it. You will feel inspired and uplifted as your course of action resonates with the promptings of your soul and higher self.

 

Helen Shortland is a Spiritual Consultant, Reiki Master Healer/Teacher and Holistic Therapist based at 15 Wheeler Gate in Nottingham city centre. Helen has been on the spiritual path for 15 years and has extensive knowledge of healing and the healing journey. For further information about her Reiki courses, therapies and workshops, please visit her website http://helenshortland.com or visit and ‘like’ her Facebook page Helen Shortland Holistics.

Activating the Higher Heart Chakra

In my healing work I have encountered just a couple of people who appear to have their higher heart chakra open but there is very little understanding about the nature and purpose of this special chakra. I have therefore done some research and found some very interesting connections between the big spiritual leap forward that so many people have made in recent years and the sense of being stuck and blocked that still holds them back in their habitual patterns of 3rd dimensional thinking.


The Higher Heart Chakra is situated between the heart chakra and throat chakra, behind the upper breastbone, and is said to vibrate at the colour turquoise (a combination of green and blue). When it is open on a higher, 5th dimensional, level it is said to vibrate at a beautiful combination of rose pink and gold. This chakra activates higher consciousness and carries a white spiritual fire which is associated with healing and grace. It is also known as the Thymic Chakra due to its associations with the thymus gland which plays an important role in the immune system.


This chakra is the source of our intent and acts as the link between the emotions of the heart and our speech. It is where the intent behind our words starts to form. It is therefore a bridge between emotion and reason. This chakra is also linked to dreaming as it connects us to our astral body. If this chakra is open, you may find you dream about someone you later meet in real life.


The Higher Heart Chakra is the doorway to our inner spiritual centre, the source of meaning and spiritual longing in life. If it is clouded or blocked, you are unable to know your purpose in life and life can appear empty and meaningless. It can open naturally through compassion and unconditional love for others and through practising non-judgement of self and others. It is the most important chakra on the path to spirituality and enlightenment. It enables us to have compassion for others, empathy and understanding our of situation. It enables us to put others first when needed and understand that such service is often necessary. On a personal level, it allows you to forgive yourself and accept your own life journey.


The Higher Heart Chakra opens the gate to Christ Consciousness. A person with this chakra open is usually engaged in some form of healing work as a means of expressing their unconditional love and compassion for others. When open, you are connected to the guidance of your Higher Self, which will always be for your highest good and at the right time.


Spiritual Function


The opening of the Higher Heart Chakra moves you from 3D to 5D awareness. You have learned your life lessons, which are always love-based in nature, and moved away from the cycle of reincarnation and the wheel of karma as this is no longer necessary to your spiritual evolution. You are now moving forward on the path of Ascension. Don't resist it and be tempted to stay stuck in 3D reality with people who no longer share your beliefs. When open, people usually feel the need to heal people and the world en-masse instead of individually as before. Ascension can be frightening, especially when you feel the need to 'move on' in some way but parts of you are still fearful and resistant. Your energy body has shifted up a gear in vibrational frequency and is now waiting for the physical body to catch up. I am recognising patterns of resistance in myself, such as indulging in low vibration, heavy food which prevents my physical and energy bodies coming into alignment and making a big leap forward and a big change in life.  I guess the only solution is to let ourselves be guided by our Higher Self and have faith in our abilities to make the changes we wish to make.


Finding Balance


Open/balanced:  Higher spiritual awareness; love and aspiration for the Divine; selfless love for others; ability to trust innermost feelings, take emotional risks and share feelings.


Over-active: So open to higher levels that lacks grounding on a mundane, physical level.


Closed/blocked:  Fearful of and rejecting of higher spiritual realities; unable to express emotions; feels bitter and betrayed; doesn't trust self or others; weak immune system.


Methods to Open and Strengthen the Higher Heart Chakra


Crystals


Kunzite - release from negative patterns of behaviour, especially addictive behaviour; helps find detachment; connects to universal love; promotes willingness to serve and tolerance of self and others.


Dioptase - promotes higher levels of consciousness; overcomes sense of lack; helps fulfil potential; can help indicate direction if you don't know what to do next.


Rose Quartz - opens chakra; promotes spiritual growth, compassion and forgiveness; promotes trust and universal love.


Pink Petalite - provides reassurance and helps remove deep-seated guilt and grief.


Foods to energise chakra


Avocado, kiwi, cucumber, courgette, marrow, kale.


Essences


A Higher Heart Chakra Essence can be bought on line (see www.crystalherbs.com)


Natural Remedies  (available from www.all-ages-vitamins.co.uk)


Low energy - spirulina
Fatigue - Ginseng, valerian root
Boost immune system - Echinacea, cumin

Helen Shortland is a Spiritual Consultant, Reiki Master Healer/Teacher and Holistic Therapist based at 15 Wheeler Gate in Nottingham city centre. Helen has been on the spiritual path for 15 years and has extensive knowledge of healing and the healing journey. For further information about her Reiki courses, therapies and workshops, please visit her website http://helenshortland.com or visit and ‘like’ her Facebook page Helen Shortland Holistics.

Getting Over Yourself and Moving into You

We can all think of things we would love to do in life and we can all think of a hundred and one reasons why we can’t do them. But how many of these reasons are excuses and how many of these excuses are just our fears?

 

When I first started doing my complementary therapy work, I would often be invited along to various groups to give talks about what I did.  I had always been a very shy, quiet person so, needless to say, I would be  extremely anxious for several days beforehand but always made myself do it because “it was good for business”.  Just accepting the invitation was a hurdle; showing up on the day even more of a challenge.  I did several talks over the years, just bumbling my way through in the beginning.  Eventually I began to find it easier and, dare I say it, the last one I did, in a care home, I actually enjoyed. The funny thing was, once I’d got over my fear, the invitations dried up. I didn’t need to learn that lesson any more.

 

Around that time I came across a statement in a book I was reading that rocked me to the core:

 

“Being shy is the greatest form of self-obsession.”

 

As a shy person, I was rather indignant about this! However the more I pondered those words, the more I realised, albeit grudgingly, that they were right. By being shy and holding back from others, you are not sharing. You are more concerned with what people think about you. It’s all about you.  Your mind is filled with “I really can’t do that”, “I hate being centre of attention”, “I’ll start jabbering and dry up”, “I’ll do this wrong, I’ll do that wrong”… in other words, “It’s all about me, me, me!”

 

The moment you bring your own fears and dramas into the situation, you make it about you. The ego is going frantic, telling you that you can’t go through with it. The ego feels threatened and will do its best to sabotage any efforts you make towards personal growth.

 

Now, more than 10 years later, I can look at this from a more objective point of view and try to rationalise my former irrational reaction. If you really cared that much about what people thought, you wouldn’t speak or voice an opinion/viewpoint at all. When you think about it, whatever you say, in whichever environment you’re in (work, home, with friends etc), some people will agree with everything you say, some will agree with part and disagree with part and some will disagree with you whatever you say. And that really doesn’t bother you when you’re with people you know well! Public speaking is just speaking on a bigger scale than you usually do.  There will still be the same ratio of those who agree, those who part agree and those who disagree.

 

The challenge in life is to be yourself and let go of worrying about how you will be received. When you are being yourself you reflect the true you. You will then automatically attract the kinds of people who genuinely resonate with you and need to hear what you have to say. Every one of us possesses a unique set of gifts, passions and life experiences. All you need to do is share them honestly.  After all, people can’t like or admire the real you if they never get to see it. Doubts and fears are normal. Try stating your fears out loud – it makes them a little less scary.  When you have fear, you are afraid to be you. But if you can conquer one fear, then another, then another, you’re well on your way to finding and living your soul purpose. In other words you have moved out of ego (solar plexus chakra) and up into the heart.

 

Helen Shortland is a Spiritual Consultant, Reiki Master Teacher and Holistic Therapist based at 15 Wheeler Gate in Nottingham city centre. Helen has been on the spiritual path for 15 years and has extensive knowledge of healing and the healing journey. For further information about her Reiki courses, therapies and workshops, please visit her website http://helenshortland.com or visit and ‘like’ her Facebook page Helen Shortland Holistics.

 

TRUST YOUR GUT INSTINCTS!

I’m sure most of us have been in a situation when something we are being told just doesn’t feel right. You’re not sure why, you can’t put your finger on it, but something is telling you that something is wrong. So what are you sensing and what is it that is trying to communicate with you? Your energy body or aura is giving out and receiving communication on an energetic level all the time and it is your solar plexus chakra in particular where you  ‘sense’ or ‘feel’ energy.  This chakra connected to the psychic ability of clairsentience or ‘clear feeling’. The solar plexus is situated in our stomach just above the naval. For that reason, this feeling or intuition is also known as gut instinct. If you can strengthen your gut instinct and gain trust in it through practice, you can in effect become a human lie detector.

 

Everyone has a personal energy vibration made up of their thoughts and emotions. We respond subconsciously to a person’s energy vibration all the time – in other words, there are some people you instantly resonate with and others that you just wish to avoid. We make decisions about other people based on their vibration without even realising it. We can sense when someone is being authentic and equally when they are not being truthful. When someone is being authentic and truthful, the energy matches their words. When they are telling a lie, the energy they give out does not match what they are saying. This creates a feeling that something isn’t quite right and it is simply because the energy vibrations do not match. This is why you get that feeling that something just doesn’t feel right. Energy doesn’t lie.

 

Feeling Truth and Untruth in the Body

 

Your body works like a finely tuned biofeedback mechanism and is constantly giving you clues if you can learn how to interpret them. If you say a statement out loud, notice where you feel it in your body when you say something that is true, and again notice where you feel it in your body when you say something that is untrue.  When I say a true statement, I feel a nice healthy in/out type of bouncing energy in my solar plexus. However when I say an untrue statement, I feel a heavier energy swirling deeper, lower down from the solar plexus, around the belly button. Try practicing this yourself and determine your own responses for truth and untruth.  Please note that your responses reflect how you really feel about something, not fact or prediction.

 

Greater Awareness

 

Once you’ve practiced this a few times and found a consistent pattern, you will start to trust your gut instincts all the time. It can be very useful to find out how you really feel about something for instance. Do you really want what you are striving for or is it really what someone else wants for you? Try practicing with other people as well. Get a friend to make various statements and you will be able to develop your ability to sense other people’s energy as well as determine whether they are being honest with you! All psychic abilities can be developed with practice – it’s just like learning to strengthen a muscle you don’t normally use – and this is a skill that can be put to great use in a variety of situations.

 

 

Helen Shortland is a Spiritual Consultant, Reiki Master Teacher and Holistic Therapist based at 15 Wheeler Gate in Nottingham city centre. Helen has been on the spiritual path for 15 years and has extensive knowledge of healing and the healing journey. For further information about her Reiki courses, therapies and workshops, please visit her website http://helenshortland.com or visit and ‘like’ her Facebook page Helen Shortland Holistics.

 

 

Helen is running a Developing Intuition workshop on Sat 19^th March at 15 Wheeler Gate. This workshop is now fully booked but another one will be held at a later date at another city centre venue. If you would like to receive information about workshops, please ‘like’ her Facebook page or email helenshortland@live.co.uk to be added to her email database.

Healing the Heart

Years ago people usually stayed with the same partner, who they met at an early age, in the same job, in the same home. Nowadays there seems to be a quickening of pace which may be due to the higher frequencies of energies coming to the earth plane. People are evolving in a shorter space of time than before and are experiencing many lessons in one lifetime. We choose our ‘learning situations’ before we incarnate and these will inevitably involve romantic partners. Your most fundamental karmic lessons that you need to learn in life will most likely present themselves through the relationships you attract.

 

Over time you realise that you are repeating the same old mistakes over and over again in relationships. Unfortunately you will continue to attract an “opportunity to get it right” until you finally learn the lesson and break your habitual pattern of behaviour. Until you have learnt to value yourself as a lovable human being who deserves love and happiness, a successful relationship will elude you. Once you have reached that point, however, you will easily attract the right partner into your life.

 

Below are some healing techniques to help you work your way through repeating patterns of behaviour, along with information on crystals that can help heal heart issues and strengthen self-worth and the names of certain Archangels you can call upon to assist you to find love.

 

Healing Techniques

 

Energy Vacuuming – Call upon Archangel Michael daily and ask him to vacuum your energy field from head to toe to remove any fear-based energy and anything that is not serving your highest and greatest good. When I did this I saw Michael and his legions of angels approaching and sucking up negative dark energy with a large hose. You may also receive a message or insight into your love problem, such as “afraid to love”, as it is being released. Afterwards visualise your aura as lighter and brighter than before and thank Archangel Michael. I certainly find I feel clearer and energetically lighter after doing this.

 

Cord Cutting – Call upon Archangel Michael once more and ask him to cut the cords of fear and negativity that are preventing you from finding a loving, stable relationship. Allow a few minutes for the cords to be cut. You may feel a subtle shift of energy while this is being done and may have images or memories of past hurts that are still affecting you today. Repeat daily for a week.

 

Crystals

 

You can sit and meditate with crystals, hold them to your heart chakra or carry them around with you in your pocket.

 

Rose Quartz – increases self-love, self-worth and compassion for self and others; prevents negative self-talk (putting yourself down); promotes forgiveness; dissolves love blockages.

Rhodochrosite – self-acceptance.

Rhodonite – heals emotional wounds.

Amazonite – soothes emotional trauma, worry and fear.

Chrysoprase – heals a broken heart.

Angelite – releases fear.

Aquamarine – releases grief and helps you understand difficult situations.

Malachite – releases negative experiences (but use with rose quartz to soften as it is very powerful on its own).

 

Angels

 

Sit quietly and call upon the Angel you need, tell them your troubles and ask them for their help.

 

Chamuel – Angel of unconditional love (pink)

Gabriel – to guide you through a new relationship (copper/orange)

Raphael – healing past emotional wounds, to heal a relationship or if you’ve lost someone and don’t feel whole (emerald green)

Michael – to help you stand up for yourself; give you courage to demand changes in relationships if you always do what others want you to do; general emotional strain (blue).

Uriel – peace, forgiveness, exhausted from over-giving, releasing resentment (purple/gold).

 

 

Helen Shortland is a Spiritual Consultant, Reiki Master Teacher, Holistic Therapist and Angel Therapist based at 15 Wheeler Gate in Nottingham city centre. Helen has been on the spiritual path for 15 years and has extensive knowledge of healing and the healing journey. For further information about her Reiki courses and therapies please visit her website http://helenshortland.com or visit and ‘like’ her Facebook page Helen Shortland Holistics.

NEW YEAR, NEW VIBRATIONS!

In my work as a Healer and Holistic Therapist I meet many people who say they are “too open” and absorb too much from the people and environment around them. The problem of course is the negativity they are absorbing rather than the positive. The key here is to rise above and deflect the negative and be aware of and open to the positive.

 

Many healers, therapists and readers take on the lower energy vibration of their clients. Other people worry about the state of the world, their loved ones and their own problems, all of which lowers your vibration. The solution is to be at a high frequency but not so open that you lose energy to others. When you look at highly spiritual people like the Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa and Amma, you can see it is possible to remain in a high vibration state.

 

The biggest issue we have to face during our time on earth is overcoming the dense vibration of fear. The aim is to live without fear, replacing it with love. This can only be achieved by working through our own individual fears. So our challenge is to reach a high vibration and stay there, not letting other people, situations, worries and fears drag us down. We can all call in white then violet light with the intention of psychically cleansing the energy body and use psychic protection techniques such as surrounding ourselves in a gold, blue or violet bubble of light. From an energy perspective, rising above negativity literally involves getting over ourselves (ego/Solar Plexus chakra) and up into the heart centre where we experience love for others. After all, how can you inspire others to rise up out of their own darkness if you are sharing the darkness with them?

 

There are several ways to achieve a higher energy vibration which are also highly beneficial for our wellbeing and relationships with others. Here are some suggestions:-

 

1. Look for the beauty in everything. Nature is truly awesome if you stop and take the time to look.
2. Practice gratitude. Write a list of all the things you are grateful for or happy about, whether it is supportive friends, a loving family or simply an act of kindness you witnessed that day which reminded you that there is kindness in the world. When you start looking for positives you become a more positive person. On occasions when you have a negative thought about someone or yourself, it is said that you have 17 seconds to turn that negative thought into a positive one before it turns into a negative energy pattern, ie. you experience the negative impact in your energy body.
3. Look for something new every day which will increase your sensory awareness. It is amazing how much more you notice when you actually start looking, especially if you are someone who is usually rushing around living a very busy life.
4. Practice meditation to restore the energy body to do guided visualisations to a place of peace and serenity which you are observing nature with your inner sight, hearing and feeling.
5. Avoid speaking ill of others and stop yourself when you hear you are putting yourself down. When you see others as less than ideal, you are being judgmental and lowering your vibration because you are focussing on what is “wrong”. Accepting others as they are, and yourself as you are, is a form of unconditional love which keeps you in your heart centre. When you are coming from a place of love, your vibration is high.
6. Work through and release your own issues and energy blocks. This will help you distance yourself from similar problems in others, preventing you feeling low afterwards. Empathy is one thing but wallowing in mutual misery is another! You can help people far more if you can let them know what has worked for you and how you came through your own challenges.

Despite many appearances to the contrary, we are not meant to live in fear or in a state of manic busyness where we are too exhausted to cope. The greatest gift you can give yourself this New Year is the awareness of how negativity affects you and making time for spiritual practices you can use to improve your wellbeing and personal growth.

 

Helen Shortland is a Spiritual Consultant, Reiki Master Teacher, Holistic Therapist and Angel Therapist based at 15 Wheeler Gate in Nottingham city centre. Helen has been on the spiritual path for 15 years and has extensive knowledge of healing and the healing journey. For further information about her Reiki courses and therapies please visit her website http://helenshortland.com or ‘like’ her Facebook page Helen Shortland Holistics.