Meredith Kendall's Blog, page 45
May 4, 2014
Dylan Flint
Another author in the family.
My nephew kept a journal during a wilderness trek. He's editing and working on getting it published. It's compelling, a story of big trouble and spiritual awakening. A quest for balance, fulfillment, and the meaning of life.
My nephew kept a journal during a wilderness trek. He's editing and working on getting it published. It's compelling, a story of big trouble and spiritual awakening. A quest for balance, fulfillment, and the meaning of life.
cardinals
There's something good to eat under the burning bush.
The young cardinal pair are back again today. He's bright red, with the color concentrated most deeply around his face. She's dove gray with a dark pink beak.
They hop around like bunnies, rooting in the old leaves like truffle pigs. He's better at finding stuff than she, but he shares. Sweet.
I remember cardinals from childhood years in Illinois. Never saw them here in Maine til the climate change. Now we have cardinals.
The young cardinal pair are back again today. He's bright red, with the color concentrated most deeply around his face. She's dove gray with a dark pink beak.
They hop around like bunnies, rooting in the old leaves like truffle pigs. He's better at finding stuff than she, but he shares. Sweet.
I remember cardinals from childhood years in Illinois. Never saw them here in Maine til the climate change. Now we have cardinals.
Laundry detergent
Just mixed up another batch of laundry detergent. Big boxes of baking soda, washing soda, and borax cost me $10. My last batch lasted 7 months, would have lasted 8 or 9, I still had plenty left. Made a new batch so I could gift some.
Mix the dry ingredients, then add essential oil to scent as desired. Of course that increases the cost. I like lavender.
It's good to add some tea tree oil too, for its antiseptic properties (antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal).
Mix the dry ingredients, then add essential oil to scent as desired. Of course that increases the cost. I like lavender.
It's good to add some tea tree oil too, for its antiseptic properties (antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal).
April 26, 2014
Reiki Share
They insisted I get on the table first. Ok. Wait. Why? Do I seem like I need it the most? Frazzled, exhausted, double shifts every day- it shows? I'm worse than the person living with cancer, the person grieving 3 loved ones, and the person in chronic pain?
Well I jumped up on the table and felt rocked, safe, and loved. Felt like I was in the ocean, but supported, floating. Felt my angel. Felt my arms abducting and hoped I wouldn't hit anyone, but I couldn't help them moving inexorably away from my body. Felt my right arm shaking.
Felt like a minute and they were done. I said, "Thank you very much," and tried to open my eyes. Soon I could.
D said she saw a white horse. "Oh yes," I said, "my angel rides a big white horse and he was here."
"Did I hit you with my arms?" I asked. I apologized. "I couldn't help it, moving them, and they were shaking." They stared at me. "Your arms didn't move."
We all had a turn on the table.
Well I jumped up on the table and felt rocked, safe, and loved. Felt like I was in the ocean, but supported, floating. Felt my angel. Felt my arms abducting and hoped I wouldn't hit anyone, but I couldn't help them moving inexorably away from my body. Felt my right arm shaking.
Felt like a minute and they were done. I said, "Thank you very much," and tried to open my eyes. Soon I could.
D said she saw a white horse. "Oh yes," I said, "my angel rides a big white horse and he was here."
"Did I hit you with my arms?" I asked. I apologized. "I couldn't help it, moving them, and they were shaking." They stared at me. "Your arms didn't move."
We all had a turn on the table.
April 23, 2014
Reiki tonight
Shared Reiki tonight. Late this afternoon, I guess. Felt like night, since I usually get up at 5 am. This was 5 pm, end of another long day.
Needed to orient a new practitioner, a lovely young woman who is passionate about Reiki and health.
"I was stuck in a negative vortex," she told me. "Now I feel like I'm home."
Home is our local cancer center. There is so much love, air, and light there. As I sat in the lobby, waiting for her to arrive I kept looking at the clouds, at the sky, at the river. Buildings, hills, and trees. Seagulls. It's on the 5th floor: a skyscraper in this town. I sat on a comfy couch and flipped through a shiny local magazine. Thought I should grade papers, so started on that. Felt sleepy so kicked back and closed my eyes. Worried about snoring, so sat up and wrote comments on student's paper. She arrived.
Our Reiki room was warm and stuffy, but when we placed our hands I got so hot I could barely stand it. I kicked off my shoes and shucked off my cardigan. Fanned myself, but that didn't help.
When we started, I felt the Reiki pulses in my hands immediately. I checked the client: looked fine, relaxed and peaceful. I looked at the other practitioner and we smiled. The client snored.
All is good in Reiki world.
Needed to orient a new practitioner, a lovely young woman who is passionate about Reiki and health.
"I was stuck in a negative vortex," she told me. "Now I feel like I'm home."
Home is our local cancer center. There is so much love, air, and light there. As I sat in the lobby, waiting for her to arrive I kept looking at the clouds, at the sky, at the river. Buildings, hills, and trees. Seagulls. It's on the 5th floor: a skyscraper in this town. I sat on a comfy couch and flipped through a shiny local magazine. Thought I should grade papers, so started on that. Felt sleepy so kicked back and closed my eyes. Worried about snoring, so sat up and wrote comments on student's paper. She arrived.
Our Reiki room was warm and stuffy, but when we placed our hands I got so hot I could barely stand it. I kicked off my shoes and shucked off my cardigan. Fanned myself, but that didn't help.
When we started, I felt the Reiki pulses in my hands immediately. I checked the client: looked fine, relaxed and peaceful. I looked at the other practitioner and we smiled. The client snored.
All is good in Reiki world.
April 22, 2014
Who chewed
on my raspberry bushes?
The snow melted, revealing the bases of the raspberry stalks.
Many stalks were flat on the ground. I looked, and there were piles of chips, raspberry sawdust. There were pointy sticks, 6 inches high, and fallen spires.
Who chewed on my raspberry bushes? Tiny beavers? Maybe mice. Maybe mice tunneled up through the dirt, under the snow, and felled the canes.
Oh well. They needed to be thinned.
The snow melted, revealing the bases of the raspberry stalks.
Many stalks were flat on the ground. I looked, and there were piles of chips, raspberry sawdust. There were pointy sticks, 6 inches high, and fallen spires.
Who chewed on my raspberry bushes? Tiny beavers? Maybe mice. Maybe mice tunneled up through the dirt, under the snow, and felled the canes.
Oh well. They needed to be thinned.
April 21, 2014
gifts to students
A pen, because you always need a pen.
A candle, because you are the light of the world.
A shell I picked up on a beach in Florida: a shell to connect you to the ocean.
A stone, because it is beautiful.
And chocolate, because it's delicious.
A candle, because you are the light of the world.
A shell I picked up on a beach in Florida: a shell to connect you to the ocean.
A stone, because it is beautiful.
And chocolate, because it's delicious.
April 15, 2014
wind, rain, melting snow & ice, floods
watching the basement for a return of the streams and puddles of 2 weeks ago.
Have fan, dehumidifier, and wet vac ready to go.
Have fan, dehumidifier, and wet vac ready to go.
fly up
Fly up on your angel wings and look down on our beautiful Gaia.
See the blue oceans, rugged lands. See the light from all our Reiki souls and lightworkers. Send love to consenting friends and family. Drift back down.
See the blue oceans, rugged lands. See the light from all our Reiki souls and lightworkers. Send love to consenting friends and family. Drift back down.
April 14, 2014
just for this moment, listen
Tried my new script at Reiki class tonight.
Have a little problem with Reiki practitioners scaring the new clients. See, I offer this introduction to Reiki class. The students are a mixture of people who've never heard of Reiki, and Reiki practitioners. I found the practitioners were saying alarming things like, "Guilt causes cancer, what are you feeling guilty about?" "Reiki comes from other planets," and "Reiki angels work through me." "You won't need your medications if you try Reiki." The practitioners were scaring the potential clients. They were also being way too helpful in trying to teach my class for me.
So I practiced scripts and methods to handle this situation.
I came up with a script I liked and got to try it out tonight. This is what said. "Welcome new clients and experienced practitioners. I invite the Reiki practitioners to listen to how I present Reiki here. If you have a different understanding of Reiki, then I welcome you to speak with me at the end of class."
Seemed to work well, though I stumbled through the words. Luckily, the Reiki practitioners who happened to attend were people I respect immensely. They were gracious and understanding, and didn't seem at all offended.
So, listen. No scaring the potential clients! Thank you.
Have a little problem with Reiki practitioners scaring the new clients. See, I offer this introduction to Reiki class. The students are a mixture of people who've never heard of Reiki, and Reiki practitioners. I found the practitioners were saying alarming things like, "Guilt causes cancer, what are you feeling guilty about?" "Reiki comes from other planets," and "Reiki angels work through me." "You won't need your medications if you try Reiki." The practitioners were scaring the potential clients. They were also being way too helpful in trying to teach my class for me.
So I practiced scripts and methods to handle this situation.
I came up with a script I liked and got to try it out tonight. This is what said. "Welcome new clients and experienced practitioners. I invite the Reiki practitioners to listen to how I present Reiki here. If you have a different understanding of Reiki, then I welcome you to speak with me at the end of class."
Seemed to work well, though I stumbled through the words. Luckily, the Reiki practitioners who happened to attend were people I respect immensely. They were gracious and understanding, and didn't seem at all offended.
So, listen. No scaring the potential clients! Thank you.
