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January/February 2012

Content of this Newsletter:

• 2012 Year of the Water Dragon
• Living Authentically
• Gratitude Poem
• What’s new at Release…Peace
• One the Road again
• Looking Up
• Quick, powerful tool for releasing stress
• Saying What is So
• Ten Pillars of Inner Strength

Happy New Year and Happy Chinese New Year!

Hello Everyone…

This is the year of the Water Dragon and it will arrive on February 4, 2012! According to Water Dragon Inc:  “the Dragon is a legendary animal and it is a symbol of the emperor in China. Dragons signify powerful energy, growth & creativity; this is ESPECIALLY true in 2012. Since the Dragon is coated with a mysterious colour, the Chinese consider that the dragon is unpredictable, untouchable as people cannot see its head and tail at the same time. Therefore, we could see something unexpected happening in 2012. From a Feng Shui standpoint 2012, the year of the Yang Water Dragon, brings many possibilities for good fortune.”

Sounds good don’t you think?

Looking back from where we have come so much happened in 2011. It was a challenging year and one that gave me much to think about. Because of the events of 2011 I decided to make a number of changes in my business and life. A recent report I read from Tabaash shared - “The end of 2011, is the end of an emotional, mental, physical and spiritual cycle that has been in motion for the last 500 years.”

Thank goodness for that! It certainly felt like it for me. Happy that this is now behind me and that we can focus on harness the power and possibilities of 2012.

Tabaash continues “In a way it is a time of your own “personal truth”.

I totally agree, I had to look closely at my business; life and my physical body that has undergone so much in 2011. I also see that the more we are in touch with our own truth and share that truth with love to others, the more potent transformations we will experience. I think the most important part of the truth is the act of being true to ourselves.

For many years I was spellbound with my ego illusions and justifications and over the past year these have come up for reassessment. Happy that I still utilize my tools to clear the blockages that crop up from time to time in my life. They come up so powerfully and then luckily when I face them squarely in the eye of truth, they dissolve away into nothingness.

To continue the theme of exploring what is to come in 2012, Barbara Marciniak gives us some more hope as she shares that 2012 is “A year of supreme personal empowerment, 2012 will be greatly rewarding for those focused on the expansion of consciousness. To gain the benefit of and effectively integrate the ultra high-speed energies, we advise you to be fully present and aware, and completely in charge of your physical body… <snip>

People will be challenged to discern between truth and deceit and recognize the fool, the fantasy seeker, the sucker and the rigid believer for what they are. At some point everyone will begin to wonder what is really real…”

I believe that is truly happening right now all over the world. She adds: “There is a great and noble purpose behind the upheavals in the world, for the rising chaos is compelling people to think in bigger terms, which is the very process that expands consciousness…”

I also understand that this is now the year to be fully living from our expanded consciousness in union with our hearts. In previous years we have operated mainly from our heads/egos and minds forcing and trying to make things happen rather than allowing them to happen. Think with your heart author Lauren also echo’s these sentiments about 2012:

“2012 promises to be amazing in one extra-ordinary way: LOVE is f-i-n-a-l-l-y in first place and here to support you to the fullest.” She continues, “the time lapse between what we feel and what we attract is instantaneous”.

I feel this is absolutely true. Have you noticed this in your own lives?

She continues, “Every action, everything we think & do must come from LOVE (& not fear) to be fully supported by the energies here. Thinking with our brains is like shooting blanks now, whereby thinking with our hearts will be like shooting stars.”

What a wonderful way of expressing where we are headed over the next 12 months and how we can be.

In addition, Lauren shares 2012 from a numerological perspective:
“-2012 is a 5 year (2+0+1+2 = 5)
-2012 is the year we engage the energies of the 5th Dimension
-2012 is the year we fully open/activate/master the 5th (throat) chakra
And FIVE is a big number…its all about transformation, freedom, change, honest expression, communication. In 5D, the combined & purified energy of the heart and throat speaks to our ability to express our truth with the Voice of LOVE, so this will be an important year to live authentically, with integrity, and while nurturing an new and unprecedented ability to express ourselves.”

I have been talking about this in 2011 during the Soul Connection Workshops so it's great to have this information affirmed from another source.

Quote
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy;
they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom”
Marcel Proust

Living Authentically

So how do we begin to live authentically? Try this exercise shared by Anne Jirsch and see how it feels:

“Just for one day do exactly what you want, eat what you want to eat, wear what you want to wear, watch whatever movies or shows you want to watch. Hang out with whoever you want to hang out with.

Often when you ask people what they want they will tell you ‘what everyone else wants’ and ‘what everyone else thinks they should have, do or be’. A major lesson for many is to learn to spoil themselves.”

[Michelle adds: Have fun, be in the vibration of joy and therefore be authentic]

Anne continues: “So take a day to just please yourself and then after that each day do something just for you. This will align you and once you are aligned all sort of wonderful things can flow your way. So if you want to dye your hair green you have full universal permission to do so!”

[Michelle adds: This reminds of a time in my 20’s. I had been studying and training hard to get my Diploma in Hotel Catering and before returning home for Christmas, I decided I would treat myself and have a change of hairstyle and colour.  I got my hair cut very short and had it dyed “holly red” which I felt was in-keeping with the season and the Christmas spirit.

Feeling pleased with myself, I decided I would surprise my parents by just arriving and ringing the doorbell, instead of calling them in advance to tell them I was on my way and when to expect me. My surprise back-fired as I stood posed at the entrance to my parents’ home. I rang the doorbell smiling to myself delighted with my new ‘gorgeous’ look. However instead of being welcomed as the prodigal child, my Mother opened the door and with a puzzled look on her face, said ‘Yes… Hello… Can I help you?’

My own Mother didn’t recognize me!

Totally shattered I had to explain to my own Mother that standing before her, was her “long-lost daughter”. The joke was on me. Not what I had hoped or planned my home-coming to be. In the end we saw the funny side of it and it was hilarious – once we both got over the shock and disappointment.

So my advice if you decide to dye your hair, warn people or don’t be disappointed when a few people don’t recognize you! Ah…happy days!]

Gratitude

Thank you for Anita for sharing this delightful poem of gratitude!
“From the God/ Goddess of my being, I give forth thanks
For the love that I am, for the love in my life and the love that surrounds me, thank you.
Thank you for the miracle of life that I am and thank you for the miracle of life I see reflected all about me.
Thank you for the gift of life that I am.
Thank you for this perfect body, my health and well-being, thank you.
Thank you for the abundance that I am and thank you for the abundance I see reflected all about me.
Thank you for the riches and the richness of my life and thank you for the river of money which flows to me and through me, thank you.
Thank you for the excitement and adventure of the millions of wondrous possibilities and wondrous probabilities, thank you.
Thank you for the wonderment and thank you for the joy.
Thank you for the beauty and harmony.
Thank you for the peace and tranquillity.
Thank you for the laughter and thank you for the play.
And thank you for the privilege of serving and sharing the gift that I am.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!”

Taken from Ptaah.com

What’s New at Release….Peace?

It’s been a busy start to the year here at Release…Peace; I’m really excited about what 2012 has in store. By signing up to my newsletter, or becoming a fan on : Facebook  Twitter or  Linkedin  you’re a Release…Peace priority and will be the first to hear my news.

Keep your eyes peeled for my updates – there will be lots of interesting things happening over the next few months.

In the meantime, I’d like to share the news that the Inner Mystery Initiation has been planned for Bali! The dates will be 11-16th November 2012. More details here

I have also managed to complete the first of 4 parts in the new EFT Foundation course which I will be teaching in Oslo at the end of February. For more details about what’s in store in this evolutionary programme click here.

On the Road Again 

I’m delighted to share with you that I will be in Zurich, Switzerland from 10th -18th February offering my new Soul Connection and Evolution consultations and workshops.  

I will be teaming up again with Marianne Niederer (some of you will remember ‘superwoman’ Marianne from Shanghai where she offered visiting practitioners and the public of Shanghai and China amazing service). I am thrilled that Marianne will organising all the consultations, events and workshops in Zurich – incredible that she “happens” to be in Zurich at the same time as myself! All divinely co-created don’t you think?

More details about what’s on offer in Zurich, Switzerland here. Please feel free to share it with friends you know who live in Switzerland - thank you!

Quote
“We either make ourselves happy or miserable.
The amount of work is the same”
Carlos Castaneda

Looking Up

In one of my own Soul Connection sessions, my soul and guidance told me it was important for me when I am walking to look up – to look at the horizon rather than looking down at the pavement. Often I walk and meditate (I’m not the sitting-and-meditating type) so I am often focused on and looking down at each step. There are times I must admit when I am totally in my head thinking, thinking and thinking.

My excuse has been that the pavements are so uneven that I had to look down to avoid falling or stepping in dog dirt!

Interestingly my soul said when I look up I see so much more – the light, the energies, opportunities and so forth. I have been experimenting with it and it is true.

When I have needed encouragement I look up and see a rainbow before me. Another time I looked up and saw light streaming down through the clouds. Or I hear birdsong as I walk past. These to me, are all powerful messages of hope from the Universe that keep me positive and in the present moment.  Try it and discover for yourself the power of looking up!

Quote
“We tend to look down and inward.
Our power diminishes that way
and your soul shrinks.
Begin to look at the horizon and
 things expand”
Paul Coelho

Quick, Powerful Tool for Releasing Stress

As I began sorting out all the programmes for 2012 – some of them are still being birthed within me - my guidance shared a wonderful breathing exercise to help with stress as I began to get overwhelmed at the enormity of the tasks ahead of me. This helped me in a profound way each time I did it. Try this technique and let me know how you go with it too:

1. Place your right hand on your heart (or heart chakra)
   
2. Then place your left hand on back of your skull, where your head and neck connect.
   
3. First breathe in deeply through your mouth
   
4. Second time breathe deeply through your nose
   
5. Third time breathe in through your 3rd eye chakra

I am told that this process will help you get focused, balanced and stay calm.

Quote
“The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions,
and not on our circumstances.
We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us in our minds
wherever we go”
Martha Washington

“Saying What Is So”

As an alternative to the above try this exercise. I found this recently in the Goddess Oracle card deck. ‘Saying What Is So’ suggests:

“Take a deep breath and connect with yourself. Breathe into all the cells of your body. Inhale and exhale through your skin. Take the time to feel present and focused in your body. Then open up and ask:

“What am I feeling?” Listen for an answer.

If one doesn’t bubble up, then ask “Am I angry, sad, joyful, nervous, upset, fearful etc.

Ask your body to speak. You might want to say it over and over to yourself. It is important to get in touch with your feeling and state it clearly. For example, saying “I feel angry” or “I feel fear” and as you do that you honour your feelings, you are more present with yourself and you also keep the feeling from escalating into full on emotions.”

I feel that the more we honour how we feel, express it to ourselves and others, the more we will live our truth and continue to be authentic each day of our lives. As we go step more fully into 2012, remember this pearl of wisdom from Paul Coelho:  “The two of the hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what you encounter.”  
Taken from the book ‘The Valkyries’.

WOW – ain’t that the truth?

I often talk in the groups I facilitate about the last sense that we need to embrace. We have the 5 senses; smell, sight, hearing, touch and taste but the one that is often ignored is the sense of timing.

Now I notice when things don’t feel right. I am not sure what will happen, but I sense that what I am about to do doesn’t feel right. When I let go and wait, incredible things show up – that all seem to get divinely orchestrated, even better than I could have arranged them myself.

We need courage - one of the great virtues of those who seek to be on the spiritual path. Having courage requires that you open your heart and listen to what your dreams tell you. It is essential that we follow those dreams, because only a person who is not ashamed can manifest.

Fear is a debilitating emotion that prevents us from being connected to our real self. When we are in a place of fear we are not able to achieve our life purpose, our goals and mission. The more we trust, in ourselves, the Universe and our Soul the more we can begin to nullify the effects of fear in our lives. Check out this report for a more detailed insight into Fear from Tabaash:

One of the hardest emotions or feelings to deal with is disappointment. A bitter blow that can hit us to our core – if we let it. As Gary Craig (EFT Founder) shares – in each experience we have the ability or choice to see ‘Garbage or Gold’. We can either look at the pain and disappointment in the situation (which is of course ego driven) or to dig deeper and discover the positive in the experience  i.e. the ‘gold’ (which is heart and soul based). Not easy to do, but worth it as we then can evolve from being a ‘victim’ to being empowered.

Quote
“To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy…
is to set our own conditions to the events of each day.
To do this is to condition circumstances
instead of being conditioned by them”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Ten Pillars of Inner Strength

When we are empowered we have a sense of Inner Strength. I found this quote taken from Bears Kaufman, Option Institute, which also helps remind me of maintaining my inner power.  You could use it as part of your Set Up Statements or Reminder Phrases when you are using EFT:

1. “Love first, act second
   
2. Clear intention
   
3. Be present
   
4. Be authentic
   
5. Be nonjudgmental
   
6. Let go of the outcome
   
7. Explain yourself to yourself
   
8. Be passionate
   
9. See opportunities in every situation, and
10. Own your choices”
    

Quote
What a wonderful life I've had!
I only wish I'd realized it sooner”
Colette

Resources

• Inner Mystery Initiation – Bali 11th November -16th November 2012. More details here
• EFT community gathering 27th - 30th January 2012 in York, England, UK.  For more details and a short video on the event please click this link
• EFT community gathering March 10th at Bastyr University near Seattle, Washington. Modeled after the Gatherings in the UK. All net proceeds go to EFT research. Click this link for more details
•  EFT Hub Tapalong Tap’a’thon is on the 4th of March and they would like you to take part, so send a video or just watch on the day, more details here
• New EFT book coming out on the 1st February called Energy EFT. This contains many of the new patterns for working with EFT. More details

Quote
“The really happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery
when on a detour”
Unknown

Wishing you a wonderful courageous start to 2012. May all your dreams come true in this auspicious year! Best wishes to you all from wet and rainy Ireland -
Michelle

Read this newsletter is pdf format here

November/December 2011

- Note from Michelle
- Forthcoming Training: Norway (December + January); North Wales (January): Switzerland (February)
- Aftermath of 11-11-11
- Love
- Shift in Inner Focus
- Diaphragmatic Breathing exercise
- Lessons from Oprah
- Soul Wisdom - Soul Truth
- Workshop Cancellation Policy – NEW!
- Resources
- Time Out for Michelle from 26th December 2011 – 3rd January 2012

Note from Michelle

Hi everyone! Thank you for continuing to be a part of this newsletter and global family. I would like to wish you all a wonderful festive season. May it be stress-free and enjoyable for you. I also hope you begin the ‘New Year 2012’ with lots of happiness & peace and that these wonderful feelings accompany you throughout each and every month.

I travel to Norway this Thursday to offer the last of the Level 2 EFT training for the year. I return to Ireland Monday 12th and I will be going to Wales on 19th to be with my family for Christmas. I am really looking forward to all the celebrations!

What a difference from last year in Bali – when I was alone. Even though it was a beautiful island - holidaying alone was very tough for me. Totally different from travelling/working alone. The ‘holiday’ turned out to be very challenging at first, but as some of you may remember it all worked out magically in the end. I look forward to a different Christmas and New Year this year – with by friends and family!

Quote
"The secret of health for both mind and body
is not to mourn for the past,
worry about the future
or anticipate troubles
but to live in the present moment
wisely and earnestly"
Buddha

Forthcoming Training

• Nydalen, Norway – EFT level 2 training Friday 9th December – Sunday 11th 2011. There will be a new form of evolutionary EFT/NLP training commencing in Norway in 2012 as well as Soul Connection Hypnotherapy Training for qualified Hypnotherapists

• Prestatyn, North Wales - Soul Connection Level 1 - Sunday 8 January 2012 2pm-6pm and personal consultations from 4th-7th January 2012. Location: The Media Suite, 3rd Floor, The Scala Cinema, Prestatyn. Early bird for Soul Connection (UK) payment is to be made before December 25th 2011 - £55 per person. Terms and conditions apply - click here to read more. After 25th December 2011, the fee per person will be £80. Special offer for two! Bring a friend and you each pay £50! (payment to be made before December 25th 2011). Be quick - cash in on this special offer. Numbers are limited for this workshop Feel free to reserve your place now - click here
• Zürich, Switzerland – Soul Connection Levels 1,2 and 3 as well as personal consultations from 10th – 18th February 2012. Location to be advised on registration
• More details about these listings here

Aftermath of 11-11-11

Many of us are still experiencing a lot of incredible and/or challenging things coming up in our lives since 11-11-11. As usual, there is still more to come! We will have a total lunar eclipse on the full moon of 10th December… after that there will be a stargate/portal opening on 12th December (12:12)...this will be followed by Winter solstice! Big planetary and energetic shifts indeed.

Personally since 11-11-11 I have been in a process of releasing what no longer resonates with me, coming back to my own truth and attempting to communicate this more clearly and sometimes I even managed to do it gracefully more so than I have in the past.

According to the Mayan Culture, we are currently in a "time of no time" when old values are being replaced by new. We are leaving darkness behind. (About time! Pardon the pun)

It still amazes me what can lurk in the depths/darkness of our own inner being - even for me - after years of tapping. Experiences that have been dormant suddenly explode into life as someone inadvertently pushes our ‘button’. Unprocessed unconscious pain from my past was triggered recently on my return to Ireland. Thank goodness for the tools I have, they were extremely useful in this case. Not pleasant as many of you know - but essential for evolution and growth.

I recently read a blog from Denise Le Fay where she discussed darkness. She said:

‘I’ve learned that the “Dark” has its purpose too and that it’s wise to shine that Light into one’s own inner dark corners to see what might still be hiding in there (no matter how small) that’s holding you back from progressing on to the next level and phase of your spiritual Mission Work.

In other words, it took a long time but I’ve learned to respect the dark and what it has forced me to face, do, transmute, and remember. In a polarized world negativity can just as easily be USED to push-off of to propel oneself to where one needs to evolve to.’

I really like this concept and reframe. Time to leave the old ‘darkness’ behind and embrace the new energies that are almost upon us!

Quote
“Feelings and emotions
I felt it all
The rage the anger
The joy the happiness
The tearing the anguish
And I searched for the middle ground
The sure path
Between what I felt
And what I did with it
Then I shed the skins
The layers that build up
When feelings aren’t voiced
Aren’t heard
Aren’t acknowledged
By giving my feelings
Their rightful place
I keep myself far
From the intensity
Sheer density
And cost
Of emotion”
Amy Sophia Marashinsky

Love

Reading through the latest posting from ‘Think With Your Heart’ helped make what had been happening more understandable for me.

Lauren shares:
‘we are moving into a very powerful phase of embodying the frequency of universal LOVE. It seems that 2012 will be about mastery of the physical domain, of physical matter…including our biology. We will be learning all kinds of new things including how to co-create with the forces of the universe through the gateway of our magnetic (high) heart.’

What came up in my life highlighted deeply buried grief and gave me an opportunity to move toward and begin to connect to, this new energy of love. It feels incredible and amazing. I am only just beginning to experience and integrate it, so I will keep you posted on how things go for me in later newsletters. Watch this space!

How about you? How have things been for you? Are ready for the new love frequency that is about to ascend? Join me on Facebook or LinkedIn to chat more about this with our global network.

Poem by Kahlil Gibran:
“She threshes you to make you naked.
She sifts you to free you from your husks.
She grinds you to whiteness.
She kneads you until you are pliant;

And then She assigns you to Her fire,
that you may become sacred bread
for Her sacred feast.

All these things shall Love do unto you

that you may know the secrets of your own heart.”

Creating a New Shift in Inner Focus

The business focus has been changing too. What is required now is very much the energy of ‘allowing, flowing and acceptance with what is’ rather than the old energy of pushing with fear or resistance.

I have noticed that when I resist the natural transition to the next phase of my business/life I experience pain and fear (created by the ego). When I let go and allow (thereby aligning myself with my soul) I connect to the beauty of the change. Easy to say - not so easy to do sometimes!

Our lives are constantly changing, just like nature. Seasons change whether we want them to or not. We can’t control them. What we can control is how we feel about them. And as many of you know, how we feel about change is totally up to us. We can decide to experience peace or we can align with our ego and experience pain/fear.

Breathing deeply can really help in these situations (see the exercise below as found on Yahoo Health).

Breathing disconnects us from our ego and/or mind and returns us back to our own internal compass/heart/soul. By doing this we gain more clarity. Our inner compass is always attempting to pull and guide us in miraculous ways ~ if we would only stop and listen to it.

“Diaphragmatic Breathing

This breathing exercise can really help. It focuses on the contraction and release of your diaphragm muscle, which separates your chest from your abdomen – your heart centre from your will. As you breathe in, you fully inflate your lungs which can help you unwind; come back to yourself and stop the mind chatter for a little while. Here’s what you can do:

• Sit or lie comfortably, loosen your clothing
• Put one hand on your chest and one on your stomach
• Breathe in through your nose and slowly count to three in your head
• As you breathe in, feel your stomach – not your chest - inflate with your hand
• Slowly breathe out through pursed lips and count to six
• Repeat at least two or more times”

Enjoy!

Lessons from Oprah

Oprah made some huge changes personally and professionally this year. On 25th May 2011, Oprah aired her last episode after 25 years in the business. It was the end of an era, and left a void in the lives of many people who’ve learnt, developed and created a better life by watching ‘the Oprah Winfrey Show’.

TV stations were bracing for a slump in the afternoon ratings with Oprah bidding farewell. Oprah moved on to her next big venture OWN – (Oprah Winfrey Network). Naturally sceptics questioned if this new venture would bear the same success.

Oprah has often proved her detractors wrong in the past. Whatever the future holds, she continues to teach us all a great lesson – that we should all strive to do what we want to do, how we want to do it and just go for it!
[Source: travel3sixty magazine July 2011]

Quote
“She had died many times,
and was stronger each time she was reborn”
Paul Coelho The Valkyries

Soul Wisdom - Soul Truth

How many of us have known in our lives that there is - or must be - something more, something grander and more significant waiting for us in our relationships or our work?

Often there is a knowledge that we have a mission or a purpose – but what is it?

How do we connect to this deep inner knowing or feeling? How do we attain this wisdom that is held within our soul?

The answer has been in the new style of work I have been developing:
Soul Connection Hypnotherapy.

I have been working with numerous process and methods for over 2 years; searching for ever deeper and more intimate levels of connection to our soul, truth and wisdom. It may be in its’ evolutionary phase for a while (perhaps the rest of my life!!!), but I know and feel I am really onto something very powerful. It is amazing to watch as the sessions and work grows ever more profound. 

What I am beginning to understand about this process is that if there are still things that block the truth and soul from coming through then we will need to first release them. These blockages can be in the form of stuck beliefs, energies, patterns, contracts and programs. The release can take the form of past life regression, or future life progression or releasing energy that is stuck in a particular time or space.

At the completion of this release (which sometimes that can take a session or two – especially if the client has lots of unprocessed ‘stuff’) we co-create a connection so that we can ask questions and communicate with the soul. We can explore so much for you in terms of inner guidance and wisdom; truth about your life; body/health, as well as your mission. Your soul is all-knowing and is an incredible storehouse of wisdom and truth.

It is such a humbling experience to be able to communicate with your soul and to ask the questions you have of it, and to uncover the guidance and wisdom that is within. This part is recorded so that you can listen and understand the depth of your souls’ wisdom and sharing.

The soul connection only happens if the timing is appropriate for you, and if it is in your highest good. Once the unprocessed ‘stuff’ has been released; it can be possible to make a direct connection with your soul.

This part of the session is profound and exciting as the answers come directly from your own inner wellspring of knowledge and truth - specifically for you.

So what are you waiting for? As the New Year 2012 approaches are you ready to discover the truth inside you? Discover what it is that your soul really has in store for you or expects of you while you are here on Earth – contact me or book your Soul Connection consultation now!

Quote
“There is nothing capricious in the spiritual world.
Either you accept it, or you don't”
Paul Coelho

Workshop Cancellation Policy – NEW!

We know things "come up" from time to time and there could be a possibility that you have to cancel your place in a workshop.

We also know and appreciate your understanding in regards to operation and overhead costs involved when planning workshops; therefore, cancellations will be handled in a new way - click here to read more.

Quote
“People do not decide to become extraordinary
they decide to accomplish extraordinary things”
Sir Edmund Hillary

Resources

Here are a few useful resources to download or connect to:

1. Information about Indigo Children - click here for more
2. EFT Gathering UK. Friday, 27 January 2012 at 10:00 until Monday, 30 January 2012 at 17:00. For more details click here

3. There are copies of the two part from 11-11-2011 Meditation in KL, Malaysia which is available free as an MP3 download here:
   
   The 11-11-11 portal saw many powerful meditations facilitated around the world. 11-11-11 was the first major global Conscious Co-Creational Group Event we’ve co-created after the great transition of October 28, 2011
   
4. Follow this link for the free MP3 recording of the 22-11-2011 Meditation which was held in KL, Malaysia
   

Quote
“Every movement
needs to pause at times”
The Laws of Nature

Time Out

From 26th December 2011 - January 3rd 2012, I will be taking some time out and relaxing (yes me!). I do hope and trust you will enjoy your celebrations and have a really wonderful time wherever you are and whatever you do.

Best wishes to you all from

Michelle

To read a pdf version of this click here

September/October 2011

Here it is - sorry for the delay!

- 11-11-11 Meditation – new! In person and online for those living outside KL
- Note from Michelle
- A Gift from Nature
- Being ‘Selfish’
- Reality Check c/o Mr R Hardwick
- A Different Rhythm
- Being Tested (story)
- Unhappiness and Life Purpose
- Forthcoming Training – Malaysia; and Norway
- Resources
- Change in Fees

11-11-11 Meditation

While I am in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia I will be holding a special channelled guided Meditation on 11th November 2011 at 11:11am. This is a very important and significant time. More details here.

If you are interested in joining us in person please contact Nallini on PH: 011 1281 2968 or send email to nallini@monikawyss.com. To join us online and attend this event virtually please contact Michelle directly and she will email you the link-up details! Alternatively go to our Facebook page and click LIKE. Then join the 11-11-11 event - and then you will receive the link up details and website as soon as we hear from you! Thank you.

What time will it be where you live? Click here to find out!

Here’s a great quote shared by Jo:

Quote
“Some things you're not letting happen right now because the timing isn't perfect for you. Some you're not letting happen because you are very aware of where you are. But all things, as they are happening, are happening in perfect order.
And if you will relax and begin saying, ‘Everything in its perfect time. Everything is unfolding. And I'm enjoying where I am now, in relationship to where I'm going. Content where I am, and eager for more’ that is the perfect vibrational stance”
 Abraham

A Note from Michelle

I was dreading writing this newsletter. “What was I going to say? What did I have to share this time?” It seems like so much is happening every day that it is hard to keep up! Typically it takes a day to compose; write and create a newsletter so it’s ready to be published. I have started one about 7 times, but it didn’t feel right. Also I felt I had ‘no time in my schedule’ to complete one.  I do like writing the newsletter as it is an important part of my processing, however time is often a challenge for me with the schedule that I have/create and while I am on the road.

While walking back to my hotel in Singapore a few days’ ago, I reflected on my ‘looming’ task.

Actually it was incorrect to say that I haven’t enough time. I do.

It’s just that I have not made the newsletter a priority. I am still using the same system to do it that I learnt a number of years ago. This needs to change and all of it needs an upgrade!  [Think this will be one of my many tasks when I return home at the end of November.]

Know that if I am not writing or have not written a newsletter for a while it means that I am processing something personally.

Quote
“Faith is a difficult conquest
and it requires daily combat in order to be maintained”
Paul Coelho The Valkyries

A Gift from Nature

Deep in thought regarding the newsletter I took a short cut back to my hotel. I walked down an alleyway and somehow I became aware of a little bird that at first appeared motionless on the ground. Despite numerous passersby, the bird did not move. Then it repeatedly dropped its’ beak into the same place. I stopped to get a closer look. (Interestingly I had/made time for this!)

From where I now stood I could see that the small bird was dipping its’ head into a small crack in the pavement where a small pool of dirty water had collected. This bird was having a drink. Here was a gift from nature, a beautiful bird totally focused on its’ needs. This bird had one task, was doing it with full focus and consciousness and still aware of the passersby so that it could remain safe.

I also realised I had not seen any fountains for birds to drink from in Singapores’ Chinatown... I had not been focused on looking for one, so I had not seen any.

Being Selfish

When we as humans focus on our own needs it sometimes upsets others and can often push ‘their buttons’. When we don’t do what others want us to do, we get labelled as being selfish. We often have been told that we ‘should’ think of everyone else first. Sometimes though we HAVE to think about our own needs and feelings, and put ourselves at the position of Number One in our lives. The result if we don’t is that WE become unhappy; unhealthy; resentful and out of balance.

Here in Singapore this bird was sharing with me the lesson of ‘selfishness’. Self-nurturing and being totally focused on its needs. In the heat of the day it had to drink to nourish/nurture itself, otherwise it would die.

Wonderful gifts and messages from Nature are around us all the time. We are often in our own thoughts and worries though so we don’t notice/hear them. Just like that bird, I know,  I can do anything I put my mind on and it’s up to me to put my focus where I want it, to use my tools to achieve what is best at that time. There are bound to be other distractions (like passersby) but if I remain focused I will achieve my goals. I took heed from this Divine message. And you are now reading the result. 

Reality Check from Mr R Hardwick

I too have been so focused on work, sharing workshops, doing sessions and more recently also hosting many visitors as well as the Inner Mystery Retreat in Ireland that I did not listen to some important messages – these came in the form of information from my own body. I kept pushing my body beyond its’ limits – even when I was totally exhausted.

After all that in mid-September, I went back on the road again, travelling first to Hong Kong and then to Shanghai. In both places I was delighted that I was in demand and busy. Helping clients is what I love. For me it is such a gift and a joy to share my work and tools with those who are ready/willing/able.

However, while in Shanghai, I got a surprise regarding my own health. My body was not as healthy as I thought. Some organs weren’t doing very well at all - they were out of balance. I am also aware that despite what I eat I am still lacking in certain minerals. This information came as a result from three profound visits with two amazing T.C.M. doctors there (Traditional Chinese Medicine). Signs of my body changing (I thought these were minor niggles) were clearly messages from my body and there for the trained eye to see, messages that needed to be listened to.

I shared these experiences with my parents on Skype afterwards. My 78-year-old Father kindly said “well…YOU’RE not getting any younger!”  Indeed. Thanks Dad for the reality check!

Some changes need to be made and I need to take heed of them NOW. I think, just like the bird I saw in Singapore, I need to put my own health and body number one on my priority list now.

Our bodies are so amazing and continually regenerate themselves despite what we do, what we feed them, how we treat them. I remember Liz MacDonald saying to me a while ago ‘if someone treated me the way I treated myself I would have divorced myself a long time ago!’ Funny, yet true. 

This wake-up call made me decide to give something BACK to my body. Since then I have been more appreciative of my body in the form of thanks and gratitude, eating good quality food that feels good to eat, eating more veggies and fruit, juices and smoothies (i.e. lighter foods), taking higher vibrational supplements (i.e. superfoods), drinking healthy energized water, AND taking time out, as well as getting more rest and sleep. And you know what – it feels great!

A Different Rhythm

In my own mind I am 20. I still feel as though I am 20 (even though I am not!) I know I have crammed endless commitments into my schedule thinking I could handle it all. I have treated my body the way I did when I was 20.

So this trip, for the first time, I scheduled pauses (yes! Days off and short holidays) between countries instead of rolling the entire trip into 6-8-12 weeks. Sometimes it’s hard to see at point blank range…

I way I am working with Soul Connection is changing too. I am following a different rhythm dictated by the mind, as well as the cosmic mind and super conscious while the client is in trance. Amazingly most of it gets done in the time we have. Sometimes we need more sessions, and that’s fine too. I stop and allow more space for the mind and soul to share what they need as well as what the body needs.  This new style of work is so rewarding for me! Thanks for being a part of it all!

Below are some kind comments some of you have shared:

“Thank you for all your support over the last 2 weeks and inviting me to this very special journey today. It has truly helped me though I am still ‘walking on clouds’“

“Michelle it was wonderful to see you as always. A profound shift has happened for me over the last two weekends which feels empowering and exciting”

“I'd like to say thank you again. This past weekend and Tuesday night were great experiences for me and I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to work with you!”

“Deep thanks for the session, Michelle. It also helped answer an unspoken question”

“Thank you so much for the session today. I still have such a nice sense of calm inside me. Today was one big step forward. Thank you for doing this work in the world”

Being Tested - Story

I wanted to share with you this story which appears in Paul Coelho’s book The Valkyries. It really resonated with me and I do hope you enjoy it too:

“A Master and his Disciple were walking together in the desert.

The Master was teaching his charge that he could always trust in God, since God was aware of everything. Night fell and they decided to pitch camp. The Master raised the tent and the Disciple was given the assignment of tethering the horses to a rock.

But, as the Disciple stood by the rock, he thought to himself: ‘The Master is testing me. He said that God is aware of everything, and then asked me to tie up the horses. He wants to see whether or not I believe in God.’

Instead of tethering the animals, he said a long prayer, and left the fate of the horses in God’s hands.

Next day, when they woke, the horses were gone.

Disappointed, the Disciple complained to the Master, saying that he no longer believed in him, since God had not taken care of everything, and had forgotten to watch over the horses.

‘You are wrong’, the Master answered. ‘God wanted to take care of the horses. But in order to do so, he needed to make use of your hands to tether them to the stone.’

We have all the tools we need within us and in our own hands. It’s up to us whether we use them to our full advantage or allow our thoughts/mind-chatter/distractions/blocks/fears/judgments/shame (or whatever it is that holds us back) to prevent us from doing what we know is right or allowing our ego to talk us out of it.

Unhappiness & Life Purpose

This trip saw me meeting lots of people for sessions, many of whom are unhappy in relationships, in their life, and/or their work. Some are taking the bold step and making big changes. Congratulations to those of you who are! Well done…What courage that requires! Yet it is for the good of each of us to do it. Routine kills the soul and comforts the ego. As challenging and painful as it is (and I speak from experience) it is essential for our own growth and development.

On my travels to Rome this summer, I read this book of which I would like to share an excerpt. The book is called ‘The Witch of Portobello’ by Paul Coelho.
“I was unhappy as a biologist, because my dream was to make rigid metal take on soft shapes.

The Master asked me ‘If you weren’t a biologist, what would you be?’

‘A blacksmith, but they don’t earn enough money’ I answered.

‘Well, when you grow tired of being what you’re not, go and have fun and celebrate life, hammering metal into shape. In time you’ll discover that it will give you more pleasure, it will give you meaning. Start doing what you want to do and everything else will be revealed to you. Believe that God is the Mother and looks after her children and never lets anything bad happen to them.’

I did that and I survived. I discovered that there were other people who did the same but who are considered to be mad, irresponsible, and superstitious.
Hard though it was, one evening I told my family that, although I had everything a man could dream of having I was unhappy, and that I had, in fact, been born to be a blacksmith.

My wife protested, saying: ‘You were born a gypsy and had to face endless humiliations to get where you are, and yet you want to go back?’

My son, however, was thrilled, because he too liked to watch the blacksmiths in our village and hated the laboratories in the big cities.

I started dividing my time between biological research and working as a blacksmith’s apprentice. I was always tired, but I was much happier. One day I left my job and set up my own blacksmith’s business, which went completely wrong from the start. Just when I was starting to believe in life, things got markedly worse. One day I was working away and I saw that there before me was a symbol.

The unworked steel arrives in my workshop and I have to transform it into parts for cars, agricultural machinery and kitchen utensils. Do you know how that’s done?

First I heat the metal until it is red-hot, then I beat it mercilessly with my heaviest hammer until the metal takes on the form I need. Then I plunge it into a bucket of cold water and the whole workshop is filled with the roar of steam as the metal sizzles and crackles in response to the sudden change in temperature. I have to keep repeating the process until the object I’m making is perfect: once is not enough.

Sometimes the steel I get, simply can’t withstand such treatment. The heat, the hammer blows, the cold water cause it to crack. And I know that I’ll never be able to make it into a good ploughshare or an engine shaft. Then I throw it on the pile of scrap metal at the entrance of my forge.

I know that God is putting me through the fire of afflictions. I’ve accepted the blows that life has dealt me, and sometimes I feel as cold and indifferent as the water that inflicts such pain on the steel. But my one prayer is this:

“Please, God, my Mother, don’t give up until I’ve taken on the shape that you wish for me. Do this by whatever means you think best, for as long as you like, but never ever throw me on the scrap heap of souls.”

Coelho asks  
“Are you happy doing what you are doing? And that’s enough?”

He shares, there are two traditions, one that makes us repeat the same thing for centuries at a time, and another that opens the door unto the unknown.

The second tradition is difficult, uncomfortable, and dangerous, and if it attracted too many followers, it would end up destroying the society which, took so long to build.

He says we are afraid of taking those steps that are not on the map. But by taking those steps despite our fears, we have a much more interesting life.

Quote
“Fear doesn't help anything.
Compassion creates quantum energy.
Fear creates darkness”
Kryon – Channelled by Lee Carroll

Forthcoming Training

• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  KL, Malaysia - Guided Meditation - 11th November 2011 at 11:11am. More specific details here. Michelle will be hosted this time by Monika Weiss and her team. Please call Nallini 011 1281 2968 or send email to nallini@monikawyss.com for more details. If you are interested in joining us online for this event and would like more details please contact Michelle directly and she will email you the link-up details! Alternatively go to our Facebook page and click LIKE -  Then join the 11-11-11 event - and then you will receive the link up details and website as soon as we hear from you! Thank you!
• What time will it be where you live? Click here to find out!
• KL, Malaysia - Free talk - 7pm-8.30pm Friday 11th November. Please call Nallini 011 1281 2968 or send email to nallini@monikawyss.com for more details.
• KL, Malaysia - Soul Connection Level 1 Workshop - Journey to Atlantis. Saturday 12th November 11am-3pm. Please call Nallini 011 1281 2968 or send email to nallini@monikawyss.com for more details.
• KL, Malaysia - Soul Connection Level 2 Workshop – Reclaiming your gifts and talents from Egypt. Sunday 13th November 11am-3pm. Please call Nallini 011 1281 2968 or send email to nallini@monikawyss.com for more details.

• KL, Malaysia - 14-16th November. Personal Soul Connection consultations. Please bring a litre of bottled water with you into the session, to assist your integration. Please call Nallini 011 1281 2968 or send email to nallini@monikawyss.com for more details! Thanks.
  

Quote
"Ignore the fears & protests and stay anchored in your heart-centre…neutral to chaos and while maintaining a sense of trust in the overall plan.
Switch your focus to the undeniable feelings of optimism rising within you instead.  These feelings that are emerging are a true indication of what is around the next bend...
not what it appears to be, but what it feels to be." 
Seven Sisters

Penang, Malaysia 18th - 22nd November

• Penang, Malaysia - 18th - 22nd November. Personal Soul Connection consultations. More details click here. Please bring a litre of bottled water with you into the session, to assist your integration. Please feel free to contact Lifeworks, Penang, Malaysia for more details
• Penang, Malaysia - Saturday 19th November 11am-3pm Soul Connection Level 1 Workshop - Journey to Atlantis. Please free to contact Lifeworks, Penang, Malaysia for more details
• Penang, Malaysia - Soul Connection Level 2 Workshop – Reclaiming your gifts and talents from Egypt. Depending on numbers to be held on 22 November. To be confirmed.
  

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 23rd-26th November

• KL, Malaysia - 23rd-26th November. Personal Soul Connection consultations. More details click here. Please bring a litre of bottled water with you into the session, to assist your integration. Please feel free to contact Simone or Edwin at Lightworks Malaysia for more details and for bookings
• KL, Malaysia - Saturday 25th November 11am-3pm - Soul Connection Level 3 Workshop - more details here – Soul Connection Level 3 is the journey to Lemuria and also a relaxation to meet your Future Self. Please free to contact Simone or Edwin at Lightworks Malaysia for more details and for bookings.
  

Sandvika, Norway - December 2011

• Sandvika, Oslo - Norway. New style EFT Level 2 Training over 3 days on 9th-11th December 2011.

Then I will be going home to Ireland for a rest, to see my friends, loved ones and go to Wales to see my family for Christmas and then decide on what’s the best plan for me for 2012 - working in and with this different rhythm.

Resources

1. 11-11-11 Meditation in Malaysia – go to my Facebook page for more details, click like and we will send you link up details.
2. Hypnotherapeutic Recordings – Future Life Progression – some of you have asked me for an mp3 recording for the future life progression, so that you can connect with your future self, gain wisdom from him/her and get guidance about where you should be heading next. This has proved very popular and helpful in the workshops I have been running in and around Asia. Contact Michelle for more details.

3. Even though Michelle is travelling Skype and Phone consultations are always available. Contact Michelle for more details
4. I am still offering the maintenance programme as well as supervision too. Here’s what one person said recently:
   "Thanks for your great advice! I have not told you about the result for the girl I worked with OCD and EFT. I did only 3 hours with great results!!! She is using EFT herself and is now going to school"
   A., Norway

Changes in Fees

It has been a very long time since I raised my rates 9in fact I discovered that in the past 8 years I have only raised them 2x!). For your information, this coming January 2012 I will be raising my fees. The prices of the workshops and maintenance programme will also increase. Those of you who have set up the maintenance programme up until 31 December will still be on the rates you agreed. Thank you for understanding.
 
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July/August 2011

- Note from Michelle
- The People Pleaser
- Bali
- Co-Creation
- Soul Connection Overview
- Feedback from the first 5 day Inner Mystery Initiation in Bali June 2011
- 5 day Inner Mystery Initiation in Ireland – from 10th- 15th August 2011
- Consultation Page update
- Forthcoming Training – Europe; Asia and Norway
- Resources

Note from Michelle

Hi Everyone! I hope you are enjoying your Summer (or Winter in NZ/Oz). We have had some beautiful sunny days here in Ireland. It is great to be back.
 
However, the sad situation of what happened in Norway gave me lots to think about. I wanted to focus and spend time sending love, light and oneness to the people of Norway and their land. I look forward to returning there in December and doing what I can while I am there.

Thank you for your patience regarding the lateness of this newsletter. I have not really known what to write these past few weeks as I am still processing the Bali Inner Mystery Initiation.

Things have also been incredibly busy for me personally in Ireland. I arrived back from 5 weeks in Asia mid-July. Even I had trouble keeping up with myself (!); my plans and other peoples’ arrangements. It has been an intense time with little rest/respite. Something I planned myself and thought I could ‘handle’ - with hindsight I have really overstretched myself.

The People Pleaser

The overstretching; the ‘busy-ness’; the trouble I mentioned in the previous section stems from me ‘trying’ to be all things to all people - still. This is an old pattern coming from the need to please everyone. This coupled with my inability say no ensured that I continued to cram in endless things/work/people/visits/trips (which I love) but not factoring in alone time for me; rest time and time to breathe and just ‘BE’.

I have had awareness about this pattern for some time – but I have even been too ‘busy’ to stop and do anything about it! Not a great excuse I know…

What transpired was that I ended up doing so much for everyone else and fitting in what THEY needed/wanted I stopped taking care of - or even listening to - my own needs and especially my body’s needs.

Therefore my first wakeup call was that I could hardly speak while working in Penang, Malaysia. I got a cough and sore throat = not speaking up for my needs/my body’s needs. I know…. sometimes I have to be literally ‘hit over the head with something’ before I do something about it.

So last night I had a melt down with friends. No-one usually sees this as I try to ensure that it happens when I am alone. Before it comes on I spend a day or two all to myself in bed and recharge my batteries.  Not this time, I had back to back visitors. I had literally tidied up the place a little closed the door and within 10 minutes the next person walked in. Absolutely no time for me. All of my own doing too. A lack of noting details and a lack of understanding of the sheer amount of energy it takes for me to host large numbers/children and people at my place.

So instead of saying no that I needed time for myself to recharge after my trip to Asia (and have 2 days in bed) and complete my necessary work after my tried, I tried to squeeze everyone in anyway and please them.

It didn’t work. My pattern ended up affecting other people and their holidays too – not just myself. Another big learning curve for me. I have also realised that my concept of time has changed and that I am working with a different rhythm here in Ireland and overseas and that I need more time for me than I did previously.

Bali

The old pattern also surfaced during the Bali Inner Mystery Initiation.  I tried so hard to take into account everyone else’s needs; that I actually couldn’t think clearly anymore. I lost sight of the established programme and what we/they had originally agreed to.

I ended up bending so far backwards for the group and their needs, that I lost my own balance and clarity. I mentally, emotionally and spiritually contorted myself (luckily the physical part didn’t have to manifest for me to get it!)

Listening to everyone else’s needs resulted in my losing contact with my own inner silence and voice. A bit (!) of chaos ensued, initially with the room allocations and then with the programme itself. Luckily we were able to sort it and the Soul Connections that followed after my ‘getting it’ were very powerful indeed.

I will utilise what I have learnt in future Inner Mystery Initiations now. Here’s a little insight into some of them:

• To ensure that anything extra over and above the programme, needs to be done by the participants either prior to or after the Inner Mystery Initiation
• All rooms will be on a first come first served basis
• Say ‘no’ with love and compassion to clients/group participants and even close friends and family

• Release my fear of not being liked/loved for saying no and my want to be liked and loved in all situations
• To breathe when/as someone has a need and expresses it to me
• To release the huge urge to fix their need; to do something or to go into my usual pattern of ‘what can I do for them in this situation?’
• To remain clear and to communicate my needs more fully and set intentions that are based in love; and be emotionally authentic all the time now
• To live my life and run my business in an even more conscious, integrative way
• To understand and accept that I am learning to do many new things almost as if for the first time (like the new higher vibrational Soul Connection Consultations; the Soul Connection Workshops Levels 1-3; the new Inner Mystery Initiations; and in my close relationships)
• Have time for fun and for me!

Many of you who have been with me on this journey for a while are aware that I don’t proclaim to be perfect and never have. I simply try to be the best person I can be. I too make mistakes, screw up and am here on earth to learn; to grow and to evolve. There have been - will be - and are - numerous situations that trip me up. I too have challenges that I need to overcome and understand in this life. That helps me to help myself and others when I share what I have learnt. As I have told many of you - if I had it all sorted and was perfect - I wouldn’t even be here. (Those of you new to my newsletter may discover more about my sharing by reading some of my previous newsletters.)

Co-Creation

So with all of these challenges recently I reflected on what my guides had shared with me a while back. They said that “I am an equal to the co-creation of the situation”.

I am only just starting to get it. In any situation now it is no longer necessary for me to punish myself about what happened; or for me to take the full responsibility for what occurred if others are involved. I will still clear my part of it but I must also remember that:

I am an equal to the co-creation of the situation.

The other people who are also in the situation are there with me by choice i.e. soul choice; free will or as part of their evolution. They too are co-creating. If they choose to, they can learn with me. If not, that’s ok too, but that is then no longer my responsibility to ensure that they ‘get it’.

In previous relationships/marriage I have wanted to bring my partner/family/students/everyone along with me in this ascension process and ensure they get it too. Now I realize I cannot expect or force another person to learn something they are not yet prepared for, or that they are simply unwilling or not yet open to learning in that moment. Perhaps the timing is not yet right for them to learn this or for me to learn for that matter (like the people pleaser programme I have still been running).

Perhaps it is to remember that we can co-create as enlightened beings that we truly are now rather than just from the mind without heart; or from our disconnection of fear and ego… This helps move us from a victim mentality where it is ‘begin done to me’ to taking responsibility for our part in the co-creation.

This statement helps me to remember that my soul requires me to learn certain things while I am on this earth plane and it too is an equal to the co-creation of the situation. My guides are also co-creating this with me and my soul. The people I share the situation with are also co-creators who are also working with their soul (consciously or unconsciously) and their guides too for their own evolution. This is a powerful combination!

I feel that this statement is very deep and I am only at the surface of understanding it.

Anyone else have anything they wish to add or share or comment about this statement? If so – please contact me!

Inner Mystery Initiations

My guidance shared that there will be retreats in various parts of the world in the future. I am told that to reach higher vibrations and experience Soul Connection some people initially will need to be in a place that’s different.

Things that are common to us and what we know wind up getting in the way of our ascension and growth… People who are wishing to begin this journey may need to be in some place that is different to get to where they wish to be. It is essential for us to get away from everything else that pulls our attention so that we can reach those places where there is that ‘inner quiet’.

Rest assured, the being ‘away from home and from what’s comfortable and familiar’ is only as part of the growth process - and not something that is permanent! You will not need to be permanently outside of your normal place or space once the process is complete.

I understand that this also applies to me. Hence all the travelling this year. As I travel, develop myself, I shift and grow with the new services of ‘Inner Mystery Initiations’; the Soul Connection Workshops and Consultations. I too need to be in different places rather than at home in the same energy.

These experiences are an opportunity to move beyond what is familiar as expansion/growth depends on our willingness to move beyond our comfort zones. If you are interested in holding an Inner Mystery Initiation or committed to joining me on this journey of evolution, growth, deep healing, rejuvenation and trust – then please contact me.

Kind Comments From The First Inner Mystery Initiation in Bali June 2011

“I really appreciate the time we spent together last week. Thank you very much for sharing and the enlightenment. I learned more new things about myself and found some peace in myself.”

“It is difficult to put into words what I got out of the Inner Mystery Initiation - lots of feelings, pictures, colours and energy etc. Every participant got exactly what she needed. You master so many tools. How you work is amazing. It was fascinating to see you work with each person. I got something from that as well. My advice is that ‘it is best to be open and go with what comes up for oneself and the group participants’.

Each event is a surprise - not one of them is the same. The event goes with the flow and with the participants’ energy.... The sacred places we visited where worthwhile. It was an authentic and a true workshop not some ‘blablabla’.... thing. I still feel very centred and know what I want more than ever before.

I am looking forward where you will go and how you develop yourself further. I can't wait for the next soul connection work.....Lots of love and blessings”

“I want to thank you again for the life-changing experience you gave us here in Bali. I am moved by your generosity, love and patience, you're a true role model!  It was fun being a ground-breaking pioneer!”

“From the Bali Initiation, I got a feeling of knowing where to go and what to do in my life. I still feel that I am in this flow. It is like a new feeling of myself; my body and my intention in life or my life purpose is much clearer. I also feel my connection to the sky is much stronger and also with the goddess Kwan Yin... I can still recall the picture of her standing behind me and I can feel her and her power. I am living more in the flow. For example, yesterday I walked down a specific street in town - I wanted to take another one - but something inside me said I have to take this one. Then I passed my insurance company office - I didn't know it was there. I thought ‘great I can get the forms I forgot to bring....and so I don't have to call them’.

I can still go back to the soul connection we did and connect with the feelings and pictures I had as well as the cleansing ceremony you did with me. I can also still connect with the nature in Bali; the Waterfall and the calmness and relaxation there...

Each Inner Mystery Initiation will be different to what I received, learned or was taught.  In the programme you stated for us to be “open as not everything may go according to the schedule”. This was very necessary and absolutely true. I think everyone got out of it what they could handle at that moment; and for what they were ready to know and receive. I felt the teaching was so individual (just perfect). I learnt from the others too...”

"The week was powerful! It feels like it's how we got to that point of it becoming powerful that has made the most impact on your thoughts. Yes, you did try and people please but actually I was really enjoying the first hours and days before we had to get serious. I still had fun, but it became more serious fun. I also felt pain & humiliation in some of the things you said to me but I guess that was part of the plan for my growth. I know I can be stubborn and very annoying so I can only apolgise if I did or said anything to offend you. Maybe that was part of your/our evolution....to be tested to your physical and spiritual limits...to grow like you never have before and so you can start to honour yourself and value your talents and abilities. I thought the start was perfect and so was the end. It just got a bit muddy in the middle but those were also the powerful bits.

I loved meeting Agus and Made and the family. I felt very humble and have thought about the family home and the priest and his wife and of course the lovely children. So much love and happiness was to be witnessed. I loved the feel of Bali and will return even if it's just to buy a carving or picture or two.

I hope you are kinder to yourself in the future workshops so you don't get too stressed. Everyone wanted to find their changes so much so it became very important and I think we all took something home to go with the holy water. Releasing old patterns is never easy...it reminds us of who we once were but then we remember we never want to return, how far we've come, and how much further we need to go. Take care of yourself and I hope the future workshops go well for you."

Quote
“You have to leave the city of your comfort
and go into the wilderness of your intuition. 
What you'll discover will be wonderful. 
What you'll discover is yourself.”
Alan Alda

Soul Connection Explanation

Our soul communicates to us through our thoughts, feelings, and emotions. In times of silence it is our soul that speaks to us through our small quiet voice within. As children we are taught go with our logic rather than listen to our feelings - often paying more attention to outer authority figures instead of our ‘inner authority’.

Sometimes events occur in our lives and our inner safety and trust is compromised. A deep sense of fear results. Fear is the language of the ego and disconnects us from our soul.

Longstanding issues can be symptoms from our soul and our disconnection from it. They relate to fundamental aspects of who we are as a person and spiritual being. We struggle between what our ego ‘wants’ in order to be safe and what our soul ‘needs’ to experience for our spiritual evolution. Often we become ‘too human’ avoiding the truth of our soul and listening to messages from our ego. We yearn for a sense of belonging – a sense of connection. Yet are get stuck in the disconnection or illusion. We have stopped living a life of potential with trust and love.

A lot of the long standing issues can be messages from our soul as to the fact that we are so disconnected from it and our Spirit. We try various types of therapy but the issue is not resolved or does not get resolved. My understanding is that the soul is saying to us....'get more spirit into me and love me!' When we are disconnected from our soul it may try in a number of different ways to get our attention.

The more longstanding our challenge is, the more we try to sort it and so that forces us onto paths that we might not necessarily have gone down if the issue has been quickly fixed/resolved.

Long standing issues (if the person has moved to look at the condition from a more spiritual perspective) can be viewed as gifts, demanding that we change course, slow down or go inward rather than looking outside of ourselves for the answers. For example the word incurable can be broken down into a different message. The body is saying that the only solution is IN-curable. The cure comes from within. The more we listen to our soul - that quiet voice inside, connect more to the silence and nature, speak our truth, do what we love and give ourselves what we need the more we come back to balance and harmony and reconnect to our soul.

When we are connected to our soul we are more emotionally authentic, more fully connected to our intuition, our purpose here on Earth and the truth of who we are. We reclaim gifts that our inherently ours.

Now is the time to develop a deeper, more loving relationship with your soul, your Self, your intuition and your body. Contact Michelle for more details about Soul Connection Consultations. Ph: Ireland (+353) 0871 492338

Kind Comments From The Soul Connection Consultations

Instead of me telling you about the Soul Connections Consultations I decided to share some of the feedback I have received by email from clients who have ventured into unknown territory! Thanks to all those who have taken time to email me and share your experiences:

“I am doing really well after receiving messages from my Soul/Higher Self during my private session with you. I don't have to depend on strong tea to keep myself going anymore. I feel healthier, happier, and more energetic, too. So thank you for your help once again.”

“Today it was amazing. The new work you are doing is sooo profound and deep. Unbelievable. Through you my soul was able to show me who I really am. It all felt true to me. It came from my soul and you went with it so beautifully. I love you for what you are and what you became and where you will go.
You have grown so much and everything you learn you give to us in an incredibly humble way with fun and laughter (so it doesn't get too heavy). You changed my life. You will help others become true to themselves. I am very, very blessed that you came into my life. Thanks Michelle from the bottom of my heart that you are what you are. I look forward to more to come”

“Since the soul connection with you I feel compete, with this inner peace that has its seat deep down inside the heart. It is a spot I never felt before. I feel it physically where the seat of the soul is. Before it was just theory.
I feel differently around men. Confident, I have nothing to prove, nothing to fight for, I am totally relaxed in my centre. It is so nice and peaceful and I enjoy every moment. THANK YOU SOOO MUCH for that session that made me complete again.”

“Michelle Hardwick is one of the most inspirational & motivational practitioners I know. If you have ever met or worked with her in a private session you will know what I mean and agree with me. If you have not yet had the pleasure of doing so - then you better buckle up - because you are in for an incredible journey of personal development/evolution. Michelle's teachings are profound, full of insight & wisdom which she has acquired over many years.”

“My personal experience of a private SOUL CONNECTION CONSULTATION:
Over the course of the past 7 years of my spiritual journey I have experienced numerous holistic modalities. They helped me solve different issues I was ready to deal with at that particular moment in time. But for some issues - gosh! - I could just NOT get to the root-cause.
I knew the underlying ‘thing’ was there, but had no way of accessing it with the tools I had at hand. What I have been yearning to clear for 2 decades managed to be resolved within a 2 hour personal Soul Connection Consultation with Michelle!!  By her gently guiding me through a state of hypnosis "I FINALLY GOT IT”!!!!

And, more importantly:
- I understood the karmic aspect of the situation
- the soul-agreements I had made prior to this life
- the lessons to be learned by all parties involved...
I made peace with the past. I was enabled to re-connect with parts of my soul which I left behind. I had left them behind as a consequence of the traumatic experiences I - subconsciously - had refused to be a part of me since that time. This profound experience resulted in me becoming whole again giving me a glimpse of what 2012 could be like in terms of ‘raising the consciousness of humanity’.
Michelle describes her new work as being ‘designed for 2012 and beyond’. Now I understand that this does not only refer to my timeline of the next few years e.g. 2012…2013 etc. it also describes that I can go beyond what I imagine would be possible for 2012 and beyond within myself!”

“Thank you for the wonderful session! I am being made aware of many issues with much more clarity”

Quote
There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful
than the risk it took to blossom.
Anaïs Nin

Kind Comments From Soul Connection Workshops Levels 1-3:

Here are a few comments from participants in Asia who have experience the new Soul Connection Workshops. Each time I do these workshops the people and energy are different. The right information comes through for people at the perfect time. The more I do them, the more profound the energy that comes through becomes:

“I am sooo glad I participated in all of Michelle’s new WORKSHOP SERIES called ‘Soul Connection Level 1-3’ plus ‘Living Life without Fear’. How would I describe these SOUL JOURNEY workshops? Well, they are...
- tailored to the needs of each participant
- co-created with the group
- respectful of the group’s dynamic
- unique
- eye & heart opening
- PRACTICAL
- healing on all levels of our being!!
- plus they are a lot FUN cause Michelle’s sense of humour and positive outlook on life is just contagious :-)))
Michelle shares her tools to empower us all; ensuring we can once again be in the drivers’ seat of our own lives.”

“I managed to get my Soul Gift, which was unexpected. I am clearer with messages downloaded by Source. I am much more connected with my soul and the information downloaded is easily grounded. The messages are deeper and profound. It’s no longer intuition, but it’s JUST KNOWINGNESS that I integrate and take action based on clarity and sureness.

E.g.: I ask my Divine-Self what's the best way to go KL, in the shortest time and yet for my highest good? Immediately, I got a message to call my colleague to counter check info, to use the highway. I never used this highway before but I was very sure this is the fastest route. Sure enough, I just drove my car and followed a new way with no worries. Guess what, at 5.45pm there was not many cars on this highway (less than 20 cars moving on this way). I was surprised while enjoying the drive. I arrived within 25mins at peak hour and I was just amazed I went the less travelled road, spent a small amount on tolls with total gladness. Usually, if I leave at 5.45pm and took my normal MENTAL old beliefs, I would have arrived by 7.15 or 7.20pm!!
By me embracing, Lady Isis’s energy (which was my personal download in the workshop) – I have taken on her Values and Being-ness:

• I not only feel my own Soul but I can also tap into other Souls around me clearly with humility
• I can embrace light/dark, negative/positive in fullness and sureness with little guilt or anxiety
• My faith in myself deepens. There is no doubt in my daily decision but clarity, and peacefulness.
• If it is not time to do certain task, I’m aware and embrace patience (though corporate culture requires one to act immediately, I will still adhere to the company's instruction by just doing what is needed by just 'showing enough' of what they want to see, but in the end after a day, the Management decide to postpone the timeline or I’m asked to do other matters leaving the initial task on standby
• I have the ability to predict ahead (a gift reclaimed for earth plane usage during the hypnosis part of the workshop). I am able to predict or KNOW ahead of outcome, I can control and compose my energy quietly. When divine timing acts for me and wellbeing for the mass consciousness (company's activities and people), I act with sureness and the tasks are completed in the simplest manner.

The Gift: Is about simplicity but in totality all creations are grounded by unconditional love and wholeness for humanity. Its core of Soul Gifts in Essence is about Oneness’s with Self and Humanity.

Nevertheless, when the GIFTs is/are presented, it has/have to be tested with deep faith through trial and exploration and personal reflection what works for one may not work for the other. So enjoy the journey for Soul discovery!”

“Namaste Michelle. Again, thank you profoundly in opening your heart to humanity and always wanting to improve to reach and give your best in your Soul work! In deep gratitude infinite blessings and love”

“I got clarity in soul's work/direction; this is still happening after the workshop. Things began unfolding for me very rapidly after the releasing work during the workshop - that was some powerful releasing! Getting a better connection to my soul & I AM Presence during the workshop helped tremendously in maintaining that connection after the workshop.

The connection exercises from the workshop help to maintain the stronger connection. In everyday life, among the routines of daily work or in social interactions we sometimes inadvertently get drawn to the dramas around us especially when it relates to people we care about and love; or issues that are close to our hearts - this is when the disconnection may occur. Doing the exercises regularly helps me stay aligned with my soul's purpose/direction.
Perhaps I should not have been lying down for the some of the journeys that I wasn't conscious - even though it's divine plan or timing - I think if I remembered more of the journeys, I could apply to the exercises.”

“Thanks for the teaching and sharing such a wonderful class. I felt the connection with the peace of energy within me that is same for all the creation around us. It linked us and the universal together. I am not alone and getting the guidance clearer by focus within me and connect with soul. It brought me peace and joy.
The workshop can help me to get clearer guidance during my meditation, I Ching reading, as well as daily activities. I can remember names and get clearer pictures/objects from my dreams, am waiting for the time for me to fully understand the messages. I think the class structure was good. We just need to trust ourselves that we will get what we need. Thanks”

“Hi Michelle! Thank you for your presence during Soul Connection 2. My feedback is quite short, simply because I can't really articulate much other than the feeling that the workshop was integrating what I was going through in the weeks leading up to it. There was a sense of 'completion' to the phase I was in, almost like a ';' before I moved on after Sunday. Life is a series of ';' before the end of the sentence can be reached : ) So it is difficult to explain the inner knowing that I was there at the right place and time. Nothing to improve, as it was perfect for me :)”

Consultation Page Update

Just to let you all know that I have reviewed the requirements and information on my consultation page as well as for my Skype consultations. Please note, from now on all clients will need to ensure that payment is made at least 24 hours prior to the Skype consultation. Thank you! For more details click here

Quote
“The Awakening of true Love lies in
finding peace within Yourself...
This peace is found
through an open Heart"
Deepak Chopra

Forthcoming Training - Europe

• Dublin, Ireland - Personal Consultations - Wednesday 3rd August 2011 at specially reduced rate of €111 for 2 hours. Contact me now to reserve your time!

• Cobh, Ireland - Inner Mystery Initiation – 10th – 15th August.
• Zurich, Switzerland - Personal Soul Connection Consultations 23rd August 2011
• Dublin, Ireland - A Soul Connection Experiential Presentation will be held in Dublin on Sept 1st at 7.30pm hosted by the Buddha Bag, Dublin at the Oscailt rooms and receive a gift from your soul. The Buddha Bag asks for a €10 contribution which goes towards the cost of the room plus the purchase of books, CDs and DVDs for the library. I look forward to seeing you there! For more details please contact Michelle in Ireland on Ph: 0871492338
• Dublin, Ireland - Personal Consultations from 2nd-4th September 2011. Michelle will be offering Personal Soul Connection Consultations (location to be confirmed) on Friday 2nd September until Sunday 4th September 2011. I am offering 2 hour sessions at a specially reduced rate of €111 for 2 hours. Contact me now to reserve your time.

Forthcoming Training - Asia

• Hong Kong - 14-30 September 2011. More details here
• Shanghai - China 10th-19th October 2011. Click here to discover more
• Singapore - 24th - 30th October 2011. More details here
• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 11-16 November. Click here for more details
• Penang, Malaysia 18-24 November 2011. Click here for more details
• Lightworks, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 25th-27th November 2011. Click here for more details

Forthcoming Training - Norway

• Sandvika, Oslo. The new style EFT Level 2 Training over 3 days on 9th-11th December 2011

Quote
“There is no unnatural or supernatural experience.
There is just experience”
Dr. Edgar Mitchell

Resources

1. Some of you asked for the Information I shared at the Soul Connection Workshop, in Shanghai. Here it is ladies!

• “Pray everyday. Prayer is power. Use it to be of service to the world
• Be virtuous. Be kind of heart and compassionate
• Be bold and stand for your principles
• Take care of your physical body. It is a gift from the Universe. Your body is an important vehicle for your soul
• Let grace penetrate deeply into your soul, cell tissue, thoughts, memories and fears
• Find your way into your soul, your purpose; take out your unique quality of grace into the world as a mystic without a monastery.”
  (Sorry I have no idea who/where this comes from).

2. Expanding Horizons - joint 2011 KANZ and Emotional Freedom Technique Conference 19 – 21 August 2011. West Plaza Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand. Click here for the website. This Conference will have a very New Zealand flavour. There will also be a panel discussion about “EFT Practice and Training in NZ”. Contact mayan@mayanschraders.co.nz  for more details
   
3. The EFT Masterclass 2011 will be held in York, U.K. in October 2011. More details here
   

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Warm regards everyone, enjoy your summer!
Bye for now, Michelle

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May/June 2011

- Update from Michelle
- Norway – Soul Connection Hypnotherapy
- Adding Soul – short story
- New MP3 recordings for sale
- Inner Mystery Initiations in Bali
- Canterbury Earthquake Appeal, New Zealand
- Forthcoming Training – Europe and Asia
- Resources

Update from Michelle

Hi Everyone! How are you all doing in this beautiful month of May?

What a whirlwind of a time it has been for me since I last wrote to you. I am not even sure where to start… First apologies are in order for the lateness of my May/June Newsletter. I have been writing up the manual for the teaching of my new work and service called ‘Soul Connection Hypnotherapy’. I feel that I have been moving towards this for many years, and last weekend I finally ‘birthed’ this new ‘baby’! Phew! Am exhausted!

I presented the 3 day workshop experience to a wonderful group of dedicated Hypnotherapists, Regressionists - ‘Pioneers’ really, in Sandvika, Norway from 13-15th May 2011. The challenge for me was to document a number of processes I have been using and working with solely from my intuition. I felt strongly I needed to share the tools and also give an experience of this style of work that I have been using with only selected clients ready to work at this level for the past 2-3 years. [More on the training in Norway in the next main heading below.]

All of my energy and focus this year has been creating steps that other Hypnotherapists could use with themselves and their clients. I needed to complete a Soul Connection Hypnotherapy manual, (which will become a future book) clarifying processes in a step by step way as well as induction processes and spiritual reframes for when the client is in a deep state of trace.

Each time I sat at my computer to write and document, my heart and soul felt so much happiness. I felt lightness and a real sense of excitement. I knew strongly that although I could have written non-stop for hours/days/weeks even, which is an old pattern, this journey was different – it was all about keeping balanced. A new thing for me lol! I know some of you know me, and this could present a challenge especially when I am passionate about something - it doesn’t feel like work to me. I have endless energy and time just disappears and I keep going and going and going!!! Any of you who have been on one of my training courses will understand – I forget breaks/lunch/toilets in my utter enthusiasm! You’ll be pleased to know that I am now working with a different energy and rhythm. I must say I am delighted too….

I noticed the work also had its’ own rhythm; it wasn’t to be rushed. There were days when the energy was in alignment and everything flowed and I was able to get pages done in a relatively short amount of time and I had plenty of food in the house so I just kept on going. Then after that burst of energy it was like something was turned off for a while and nothing flowed. That was a little scary as the deadline and dates were ticking ever closer, but I had to let it go and trust. I decided those where the days when I caught up with other jobs around the apartment; or took myself away from the computer; met friends; had a life; went shopping to get supplies (ha-ha for my next burst of work); and also went walking and taking in the beauty of the land and sacred sites here in Ireland.

In that time I learned a lot about patience. Waiting for the right information to present itself, and for things to unfold in their own way and time. I waited for people to be ready; waited for the time when things were in alignment so I could write; waited to prepare flights/details/information for my forthcoming trips and retreats.

I thought about this phase. Why was patience so difficult for me? For the most part patience was frustrating but deeper than that, it made me pay attention - much more attention than I would normally pay to a situation or scenario. Patience allowed me to nurture an inner silence and I began to understand that silence was the language of my soul. The quality and level of silence where I am living is exquisite. And I totally appreciate now my need for silence when I am on the road teaching and travelling. As grew in awareness and understanding of patience, other amazing things unfolded for me -

I was treated to 3 separate day-trips to West Cork with different friends. They very kindly took me to some sacred sites, stone circles and powerful holy wells. I later understood – this was all part of the work and was also part of my evolution.

I was delighted to have an opportunity to visit these beautiful places and connect more deeply with Ireland and with the ancestors of this amazing land.

The day trips were incredibly powerful for me on so many different levels. One day with two wonderful friends we took a whirlwind tour and visited 3 sacred wells - in one day! Not for the faint-hearted! The last well we visited was so beautiful. The energy there was all embracing and loving. There was so much reverence at this site it was breathtaking. It actually took me 2 days to integrate all the energy and powerful grace from that site.

On another trip we set off early at 8.30am with high hopes. The day soon turned to be a combination of some success and heaps of frustrations. By 5pm I was absolutely exhausted, disappointed, cold and very ready to give up! Not all of the sacred sites in Ireland are marked, some have no car parking, others are returning to nature and not looked after and for the most part the ones we searched for had no signage! At the start of the day this was very exciting – like exploring unchartered territory - however it became a mission as the day progressed. We drove around the same countryside back and forth for hours with a tiny hand drawn map. I was tapping and breathing deeply as my Irish friend and driver searched in vain for the stone circles that I had intuitively chosen that we were to visit.

Interestingly there are 145 stone circles in Ireland and 100 of them are in Cork and Kerry (near to where I am based). Clearly the energy in these two counties are powerful, enough to have the majority of circles built here. All we wanted to do was find some of them!!!

Once again, the land had its’ own rhythm and it was about ‘allowing things to unfold’ rather than forcing or trying to ‘make’ anything happen. My friend who was driving, said he was knew the location of one that hadn’t been selected and he was determined to find it, so that we ended the day on a positive note after all our hard work and frustrations.

He found the road easily. Again no signage. By this time I didn’t really care whether we spotted a circle or not. We walked up the road, saw nothing. No surprises there. Finally we came to a house, knocked on the door to ask if the person living there had any idea where the stone circle was. I wasn’t holding up much hope.

During the day we had knocked on about 8 doors and no-one had known anything about their local stone circles. However that just proves what we talk about in EFT level 2, that if you have no interest in a certain thing your radar is not ‘switched on’ and you won’t attract information about it.  Some of the people looked at us as if we were from another planet…. When we knocked at the door.

To give you an example - One stone circle (we did eventually find after over two hours of searching), was right next door to one of the people we had asked. The home owner was totally unaware of its existence! I digress, to return to my story… we knocked at the door.

Then the window opened and a lady put her head out of the window, leaned out and asked ‘are you looking for the stone circle?’

Wow- ok …that really got my attention! I was delighted to be back on track! Finally….
I was tired of wandering around ‘in the dark!’ She gave us exact directions (phew) and the circle was easy to find - just about 10 minutes away from the main road! Unreal.

We began to make our way to the top of the hill. What greeted us was remarkable. We were treated to an incredible experience. Again the energy was breathtaking like the last well, with no bells and whistles (no signage), yet very powerful and very subtle. To be honest - I wept. The energy there was unbelievable. There was such love there for us. I felt a total and complete embrace. It was overwhelming. I have never before been welcomed by a land and it’s ancestors in such a way.

I have had previous connections like this with other Deities – [especially Qwan Yin (Kwan Yin) who I feel blessed to have experienced;] however what I felt walking up to the stone circle and standing in it was indescribable. I felt like I had come home ….to the land … to the ancestors …..and more importantly….my myself. A true gift.  

I felt a pulsing in my third eye region and so did my friend! I began to move into the site and gave offerings and began writing messages from the land, the circle and the ancestors. Beautiful messages of love and hope. A real treasure gifted from the heart of the land and circle to our hearts. Suddenly the day was transformed. The channelling shared more details and gave me understanding about why we had not found the other places and why we had had to come to this one last. In that moment it all made sense. This helped me so much for the Soul Connection work as I understood that I AM being guided and led, even though sometimes I don’t always get why in that moment, or understand why things have to happen in a certain way or why they don’t always happen in a way that I think it should go. (There is the different – thinking as opposed to feeling).

I felt completely humbled and just connecting with that energy still brings me to tears. I am so delighted I followed my guidance to come and live in Ireland. There have been so many gifts here for me and for my work. I am blessed to be here and honoured to share my experiences with you all.

I hope to be able to take those of you who will be joining me for the ‘Inner Mystery Initiations’ here in Ireland in August this year … and I am very sure too that Bali will also offer us all some very powerful experiences in June. If you have been thinking about your own growth and evolution please contact me for more details about these experiences.

Quote - Poem called ‘Letters to a Young Poet’
“I want to beg you, as much as I can,
to be patient toward all that is unsolved
in your heart and try to love the questions
themselves like locked rooms and like books
that are written in a foreign tongue.
Do not seek the answers that cannot be given you
because you would not be able to live them.
And the point is to live everything
live the questions now.
Perhaps you will then gradually,
without noticing it, live along
some distant day into the answer.”
Rainer Maria Rilke 

Norway – Soul Connection Hypnotherapy

To continue with the story about Norway, the whole journey of this year has been about trust more, going more deeply into Divine Trust and allowing - going with the flow. 

Each time I tried to complete the slide presentation for Soul Connection Hypnotherapy it just wouldn’t flow. I would take myself out for a walk; look at the scenery and beauty and come back to my desk. Still I felt an inner feeling of being uncomfortable knowing something was just not right. But what was it?

In my mind I went between thoughts of ‘ok well I won’t do a slide show then, I will just trust and go with what the group needs’ - when I was feeling in alignment; and then moved to the more ego/fear response when I wasn’t connected; ‘I need to have a slide show so I know where I am going and what is next. What if I forget to say something? I need slides, and so do my students!!!’ Ah the ego is a sneaky, tricky thing! Trying always to keep us safe and avoid humiliation/pain/or even what it perceives as certain death….

On one of my many walks, I realised that this was new work, that I actually needed a different format to work with and flow with. I was still operating from my childhood mind set of “either-or”. E.g. ‘You can’t have both Michelle, you have to make a choice. Either this or that!’

Suddenly I realised that with my slides I could also have ‘that and that’ instead of either this – or that. Revelation time! Not a moment too soon….

I would prepare some slides for the first day (when I might be a little nervous) and then go with the flow for the other 2 days and allow whatever needed to come up to come up.…that way I wasn’t locking myself into a format that had flowed at home, but didn’t flow or make any sense while I was in front of the group; working with the group and in the group energy. Finally a solution and suddenly I felt inner peace!

Then the slides began to flow. Hallelujah!

I thought about the participants and their wish/need to have slide copies. I came to the conclusion that I could send the slides afterwards, once I had done the training and the format had been established in accordance with the group needs at that particular time.

I have a feeling that this is the way to go from now on. Each group has it’s own energy and will have a different flow, I will be different the next time I present it too, so I plan to adopt the ‘that and that’ attitude in future, so that I have much more flexibility in my presentations. This allows me to work much more closely with my own guidance, guides, soul and intuition rather than being restricted by fear and my ego. Bingo. Lesson learned.

I also knew that it was essential that the group ‘felt’ the energy and experienced Soul Connection themselves. I know that practising a technique is very important when teaching; however I felt strongly that for this group and this first time that the energy needed to be grounded in Norway with the help of this group. Again not what I would normally do, but it seemed that that was the way the weekend unfolded.

I understood that while I was writing I was in one type of energy and thought field. When I travel, I am in a different one. When I am on the road teaching, things happen in readiness well before I need them. I sometimes think of things and end up showing up in my life about 1-6-12 or 48 hours later. So I began to integrate this in the new workshop.

As I began the workshop I asked for assistance from my guides, I told the truth to the group – that I had not done this for years or had 1000’s of clients. This was a new process and I expressed my thanks to them for making the step to join me on this journey of discovery.

Things amazingly fell into place. The demonstrations showed exactly what needed to happen and what needed to be understand about this new style of therapy. I worked more openly with my guidance, my intuition in a public way and worked alongside the group… it was a very co-creative way of presenting, one that really embodied the concept of “teamwork” that had began while I was in Penang.[Thank you Jenn and everyone at Lifeworks!]

I was given very constructive and helpful feedback. Sometimes it was difficult for me to logically explain why I knew what I did; or why certain things meant something; or why I did or said a certain thing at a particular time. I was leaning heavily on my intuition; guidance and my guides. Sometimes things happened in the moment and I had trusted my intuition and gone that route. It might not have made ‘sense’ logically but when we checked back with the ‘client’ it was exactly what was needed.

This was a huge lesson for me in really walking my talk and working hand in hand with my guidance/intuition. Getting out of my way and allowing things to happen as they are meant to and not as I wanted them to! Each day flowed, the time went fast, we had some incredible discussions, some great sharings, some irritations too (that goes without saying) some opportunities for re-design. To top it all we finished at the perfect time, (one of my pet fears from my EFT Training days). I got to the airport on time and those participants who had asked at the very start to be a volunteer for demonstrations got their wish. What a journey – for me a massive step into the unknown. One that I felt was hugely rewarding on so many different levels for me.

Interestingly too, there were 11 participants. 11 is a master number in numerology, of doubled new beginnings and purity. In numerology the number 11 represents - Higher ideals, Invention, Refinement, Congruency, Balance, Fulfillment, Vision. The 11 carries a vibrational frequency of balance. It represents male and female equality. It contains both sun energy and moon energy simultaneously yet holding them both in perspective separate-ness. Perfect balance. Consequently, constant reoccurrences of number 11 in our lives often signal us to be aware of our balance:

• Balance emotion, thought and spirit
• Balance of masculine and feminine aspects
• Balance of work and play

Wow – certainly make a lot of sense to me. I resonate with 11 very strongly as it has been a gateway for me - into the divine.   The above info and to read more about the number eleven can be found on this site

So a big thank you to the 11 who followed their hearts/souls/intuition to be part of the first group of Hypnotherapists to undertake this work and be able to help others in their evolution and connect to their souls.
So even though I have been based at home in my apartment for much of the time, I have been journeying heaps….sometimes outside by mainly this time on an inward journey to the inner planes….it has been a very profound journey.

Kind feedback about Soul Connection
“Dear Michelle. I returned from Oslo yesterday after you fantastic course in Soul Connection Hypnotherapy. Today I have been trying it out for the first time with amazing results. I am so grateful to you, Michelle. I feel so lucky given the possibilities to learn from you this fantastic way of connecting with the soul and its guidance. It is just brilliant.”
Olaug Taklo

“One week since the start of your first Soul Connection Hypnotherapy weekend in Norway - WooHoo!
Thank you so much for your willingness and courage to stand in your essence. By doing that it makes a difference to me and to the world. I’m waking up at 4:50 AM - by myself, 5 min before the alarm clock goes off. [This had been a challenge for Marina]. The clearing was fantastic for me personally - and I soo....look forward to be in service and letting my clients in on the "goodies" of this powerful and life changing work method. Thank you! Love” 
Name withheld

“Thank you for a fabulous weekend course Michelle. Thank you for your course in Soul Connection. It was a very exciting and thoughtful experience I got a very good experience out of the training, and much to think about after the course. I look forward to trying it a lot more; it was a whole new place to go - only sorry that I cannot express my thoughts in English well enough. I think I can use it first to let the client know they got a soul :) and let them get a whole new journey to go into! It will be something new for them to experience and I think they will enjoy it. I think the learning was very good”
Name withheld

"Hi Michelle! Thank you for a very special weekend. We’re grateful you gave us this wonderful experience. You must have been exhausted by the time you sat down on the train. The course has to sink in now, and we will read through the course notes. Then we’ll be ready to convert the tools to be used on our clients."
Name withheld

My thanks also go to Ronny & Karin of the Hypnose Akademiet in Norway for putting their faith and trust in me and helping the entire weekend flow so smoothly. They believed in my work enough to offer it as part of their Advance Hypnotherapy Training Module for their students.

Thanks to my friend Steve Burgess for recommending my work to them. Finally thanks also to my soul, my guidance and team for helping me every day of my life. I am eternally grateful!

For more details about Soul Connection Consultations please click here

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“The longest and most exciting journey
is the journey inwards”
Stanislavsky

Adding Soul – A Short Story

I wanted to share an excerpt taken from a writer I enjoy from the book titled ‘The Witch of Portobello’ by Paul Coelho. It describes the art of calligraphy and explains how a teacher shares skills and the essence of Calligraphy to one of his students:

“I taught her not only calligraphy techniques. I also tried to pass on to her the philosophy of the calligraphers.

‘The brush with which you are making these lines is just an instrument. It has no consciousness; it follows the desires of the person holding it. And in that it is very like what we call ‘life’. Many people in this world are merely playing a role, unaware that there is an Invisible Hand guiding them. At this moment, in your hands, in the brush tracing each letter, lie all the intentions of your soul. Try to understand the importance of this.’

Naturally if she respected the brush that she used, she would realize that in order to learn to write she must cultivate serenity and elegance. And serenity comes from the heart.

 ‘There are two kinds of letters’, I explained. ‘The first is precise but lacks soul. In this case, although the calligrapher may have mastered the technique, he has focused solely on the craft, which is why it hasn’t evolved, but become repetitive; he hasn’t grown at all, and one day he’ll give up the practice of writing, because he feels it is mere routine.

The second kind is done with great technique but with soul as well. For that to happen, the intention of the writer must be in harmony with the word. In this case, the saddest verses cease to be clothed in tragedy and are transformed into simple facts encountered along the way.’”

I agree - it is now time to add soul to everything you do! I can bring rich rewards on so any different levels. More than you ever dreamed possible! Are you ready to connect more fully with your soul?

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“What is a teacher?
It isn’t someone who teaches something,
but someone who inspires the student
to give of their best in order to discover
what they already know.”
Paul Coelho

New MP3 Recordings

In alignment with the new work I am nowoffering , I have created a number of MP3’s to help with your inner journey and growth. There are now 3 in this new range:

1. Connecting to your Intuition - designed specifically with positive suggestions to enhance and strengthen your trust in your intuition. It begins a process of strengthening your connection to your soul and intuition. Listen to the recording for 21 days for best results. This is part one of this new series. Go straight to our shop to purchase your copy now. Investment in your evolution £20
2. Introduction to Soul Connection - This recording is designed to help you begin the process of connecting more fully and deeply to your soul, to resonate more to your inner truth; follow your inner guidance and wisdom and achieve the kind of personal successes your life has been waiting for. This is part two of the series. Go straight to our shop to purchase your copy now. Investment in your evolution £20
3. Journeying to the Akashic Records - this recording is designed to help you begin to journey to the Temple that holds the Akashic records and to spend some time there exploring your personal information. There will be time for you to gain guidance and wisdom from your records, ask questions of the karmic board and understand more about yourself and your truth. This recording is over 60 minutes in length. This is part three of the series. Go straight to our shop to purchase your copy now. Investment in your evolution £30

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“Find your heart
and you will find your way"
Mayan Elders

Inner Mystery Ininitations – Bali – June 2011

It’s almost here! Thank you to the pioneers who have agreed to take part in my new work of Inner Mystery Initiations. I am told by my guidance that big shifts will happen when the participant does the Initiations away from home. I understand that the energies in the places we are going will help shift and change things at a very powerful level.

There is still time to join us for the 5 day Inner Mystery Initiation in Bali from 27th June 2011 offering a combination of new Emotional Release work, my new form of work known as Soul Connection. We will experience journeys to integration & connect with your purpose. In addition, we will visit sacred Balinese sites as well as the purification ceremony with the gentle and humble 4th Level High Priest (similar to the one described in my previous newsletter). If you are interested and committed to joining me on this journey of evolution, growth, deep healing, rejuvenation and trust – then please contact me. More specific details here

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“The ways in which fate changes people
are always favourable
if we only know how
to decipher them.”
Paul Coelho

Canterbury Earthquake Appeal

I would like to help raise funds for the people in Christchurch, Canterbury who have been affected by the Earthquake. I will donate £2.00 to the Canterbury Earthquake Appeal from every sale of my new MP3 recording*.

Wonderfully, the appeal has already reached more than $2.1 million (as of, 28 February 2011) and ANZ New Zealand has also donated $1 million. For more details about the appeal - or of you wish to donate directly to the fund please go to this link

Thank you!

*Hypnotherapeutic Recording – “Connection to your Intuition” is a new mp3 recording created by Michelle. It has been designed specifically with positive suggestions to enhance and strengthen your trust in your intuition. It begins a process of strengthening your connection to your soul and intuition. To purchase your copy, for an investment of £20, please go straight to this link and you will be sent your MP3 copy by email:

I am grateful to each of you who have already purchased this recording and are committing to listening to it for 21 days. I am delighted with the feedback you have shared with me on Skype and in person about how this recording is helping you and how you are seeing results! Many thanks

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“Spirituality is the art of transfiguration.
We should not force ourselves to change by hammering
our lives into any predetermined shape.
Rather we need to practise a new art of attention
to the inner rhythm of our days and lives”
John O’Donohue

Forthcoming Training – Europe

• Dublin, Ireland – Live Life Without Fear - Sunday 22nd May 2011 2.30pm-5pm. Fear is the biggest block to your soul connection and to having stronger intuition. Join us this afternoon to release yourself from the bonds of fear! The workshop includes a past life regression experience. Investment is €45. A deposit of €20 is required to secure your place, limited numbers apply. Email me with your questions or contact me on my Irish mobile number 0871 49 2338. Click here to pay for your place. The workshop will be held in 'Oscailt' Integrative Health Centre, 8 Pembroke Road, Dublin 4. Click here for more details and what to bring
  
• Dublin, Ireland – Personal Consultations in the Oak Room in 'Oscailt' Integrative Health Centre, 8 Pembroke Road, Dublin 4 on Monday 23rd May 2011. I am offering 2 hour sessions at a specially reduced rate of €111 for 2 hours.
  
• Switzerland – Zurich I will be available for personal consultations on 26th and 27th May. Please contact me if you are keen to attend or can help organise this event!
  
• Ireland - Cobh Inner Mystery Initiation – I am delighted that one person has already paid their deposit for this experience! Join us on 10th – 15th August in Cobh for a combination of spiritual and emotional education & expansion; reconnection to your Soul, as well as visits to sacred sites and wells in the Cork area. More details here. To go straight to our shop to pay for your place please click here.
• Sandvika - Norway – 9th-11th December 2011 3 day EFT Level 2 training (New style)

Forthcoming Training – Asia

• Shanghai - China from 13th – 22nd June – includes a free talk at Spiritual Shanghai please click here to find out more
  
• Shanghai - China EFT Gathering for Q & A  for EFT students. Thurs 16th June.6-9 pm  Donations please – contact me or Marianne Niederer in Shanghai for more details Ph: 13040602645
  

• Bali – Indonesia - Inner Mystery Initiation – 27th June to 1st July 2011. Thank you so much to everyone who have paid their deposit. There is still tiem if you are considering joining us! For more details please go to this link. To pay your deposit please follow this link
  
• Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia - July 5th – 10th  More details here
  
• Penang - Malaysia - July 12th – 18th More details here
  
• Hong Kong - China - 14-30 September 2011 More details here
  
• Asia - I will be in Asia from September through to the end of November and then back to Europe. More details coming soon!

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“Fear paralyzes the person,
leaves them unable to react;
the body doesn’t respond
as the soul is no longer there”
Paul Coelho

Resources

Hypnotherapeutic Recordings

1. Connecting to your Intuition* - designed specifically with positive suggestions to enhance and strengthen your trust in your intuition. It begins a process of strengthening your connection to your soul and intuition. Listen to the recording for 21 days for best results. This is part one of this new series. Go straight to our shop to purchase your copy now. Investment in your evolution £20. I will donate £2.00 from every sale of this MP3* recording to the Canterbury Earthquake Appeal to help those in Christchurch, New Zealand who have been affected by the Earth quake. For more details about the appeal or to donate directly please go to this link. Thank you everyone for your support!

2. Introduction to Soul Connection - This recording is designed to help you begin the process of connecting more fully and deeply to your soul, to resonate more to your inner truth; follow your inner guidance and wisdom and achieve the kind of personal successes your life has been waiting for. This is part two of the series. Go straight to our shop to purchase your copy now. Investment in your evolution £20
3. Journeying to the Akashic Records - this recording is designed to help you begin to journey to the Temple that holds the Akashic records and to spend some time there exploring your personal information. There will be time for you to gain guidance and wisdom from your records, ask questions of the karmic board and understand more about yourself and your truth. This recording is over 60 minutes in length. This is part three of the series. Go straight to our shop to purchase your copy now. Investment in your evolution £30
4. The next EFT Gathering event will be held this weekend in the Midlands in the UK on May 21-22
5. The EFT Masterclass 2011 will be held in York in October 2011.

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“Light is the mother of Life. The sun brings light and colour.
It causes grasses, crops, leaves and flowers to grow.
The sun brings forth the erotic charge of the curved earth;
it awakens her wild sensuousness”
John O’Donohue

Warm regards everyone, thanks for your patience - bye for now
Michelle

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