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		<title>Your Clarity Moment and Healing Message</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 05:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Larsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you again to all who attended my event on Sunday, June 27, 2010.  I am honored to have had this opportunity to assist so many of you shift through a very, very busy week beginning with Summer Solstice and ending with a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse. 
Honestly, I was captivated and amazed by the energies [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://claritywithlaurenlarsen.com/wp-content/uploads/roadsunlight_thumb.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-409" title="roadsunlight_thumb" src="http://claritywithlaurenlarsen.com/wp-content/uploads/roadsunlight_thumb-300x202.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="202" /></a>Thank you again to all who attended my event on Sunday, June 27, 2010.  I am honored to have had this opportunity to assist so many of you shift through a very, very busy week beginning with Summer Solstice and ending with a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse. </p>
<p>Honestly, I was captivated and amazed by the energies shifting and changing preparing all of us for this major astrological planetary change. If you weren’t climbing the walls last week wondering what was going on, then you may be from another planet. Eclipses are like wild cards, however this type of energy can help you achieve things that you have only dreamed of. You now have the opportunity to have your best life. Like magic, doors open.. Miracles manifest. Stay steadfast in your convictions and know you will rise to the occasion.</p>
<p>The message I received to share was quite clear. But first…Ask yourself this. “<em>What have I been made aware of through this shift and healing event that I need to change about myself”?</em></p>
<p><em> </em>It is time to release the emotional attachments to your old ways. You will find that your old repetitive behavior will no longer work for you regardless.  So.. <em>Change is present</em>. <em>Embrace it</em>.  It is up to you whether you choose to be aware and make change, however, know if ignored, change that is inevitable will occur anyway. Do it on your own terms. Otherwise the universe will make it happen and not necessary in a manner that is comfortable for you. This is what is known as a crisis moment. A simple example of this might be, “Why this happening to me?”or“ Life’s not fair”.  I am sure, as you are, that we have all “been there”, “done that”. So take control of your life. Be productive and useful. Set your goals, make a plan to create your best life, buy that new suit, and follow your instinct. You may just get that dream job you always wanted. When you flow with synchronicity you will find the necessary tools, assets, gifts and opportunities to help you.</p>
<p>The second message I received to share&#8230; This new found awareness will come through others.  This was the most exciting message I received as I realized I am your &#8220;<em>agent of change&#8221;</em>. During the healing, I removed all your blockages and cleansed old emotions that no longer serve you. Its your time to begin with a clean slate and seek the truth in what&#8217;s real or not in your life.  Stay aware of your foundation and address each obstactle that may arise one step at a time. Initiating new action will be easier than usual after having this healing.</p>
<p>I thoroughly enjoyed healing all of you as a collective energy. Many of you came forward as well, but know you all received the same benefit.</p>
<p>I look forward to offering this healing event again in the near future. Please be sure to log in to my mailing list @ <a href="http://claritywithlaurenlarsen.com/contact/">http://claritywithlaurenlarsen.com/contact/</a> to receive information for the next scheduled free event.</p>
<p>Peace and Prosperity,</p>
<p>Lauren</p>


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		<title>FREE Distant Reiki Healing with Sheila Z. Stirling and Lauren Larsen Sunday, June 27, 2010 6:00pm pst</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 05:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<div class="mceTemp"><a href="http://claritywithlaurenlarsen.com/wp-content/uploads/reiki1.jpg"></a><a href="http://claritywithlaurenlarsen.com/wp-content/uploads/angel_heart_sticker-p217222778380867012q0ou_400.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-414" title="angel_heart_sticker-p217222778380867012q0ou_400" src="http://claritywithlaurenlarsen.com/wp-content/uploads/angel_heart_sticker-p217222778380867012q0ou_400-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a>Join us by using your intention to be included. If you wish to join us, be in a comfortable place at this time. State your intention to join in as you read this invitation. “I intend to be included in this session”. Close your eyes and take a few deep and cleansing breaths&#8217;. The healing energy will begin to flow to you.</div>
<p>This is not a telephone or internet session. All you need to do is just relax,  sit or lie down during the session. You can be anywhere and receive energy but it is best to be quiet and open during the session.</p>
<p><strong>What is Reiki and How Does it Work?</strong></p>
<p>Reiki is an ancient form of alternative healing. In recent years it has become a common phenomenon in the world of medicine, health care and relaxation.<br />
People all over the world are now taking an interest in Reiki, a form of hands-on healing. Countless people of all different backgrounds and skills have taken some type of Reiki training.</p>
<p>Today it is very difficult to keep pace with life in the fast lane and this causes a lot of pressure. Corporations are worried about the health of their employees due to the high rate of absence in the office. Many days are taken off because of nervous tension due to stress. Employers are now interested in introducing relaxation techniques such as Reiki in the workplace. Reiki can often be the perfect solution to this problem.</p>
<p><strong><em>How would we define Reiki?</em></strong> People are confused by the pronunciation of Reiki. It’s very simple; you can pronounce Reiki as Ray-Key. The meaning of Reiki is”Universal Energy”. In Chinese the letters Ki is referred to as Chi which actually means energy. Reiki is connected to the energies both inside of us as well as in the world around us.</p>
<p>The way Reiki works lies in the meaning of the word itself. It is based on working with and channeling energy. Some people consider Reiki a spiritual energy.</p>
<p>As Reiki practitioner&#8217;s we work with the energy that is all around us and connect this energy with your energy. This is a process of self healing and it brings a peaceful relaxation to the mind and body. It also keeps any energy source within a person free from any blockage. Whenever any energy flow is blocked, it causes some problem in your body. This energy blockage is usually related to worries and stress and manifests itself in physical problems. As Reiki practitioner&#8217;s we can feel this blockage and know how to send healing energy to clear out the blocks that keep the energy freely flowing.</p>
<p>Reiki is amazingly effective for emotional problems. Sometimes a person can’t express clearly how he feels but he knows something is really burdening his mind. Reiki works well for this type of problem. A few sessions of Reiki can help to unblock the throat and mind energy sources. Once it is cleared the person feels deeply relaxed and can express himself clearly. Physical problems are often related with the emotional problems inside a person’s psyche. The unblocking of these energy centers makes a person emotionally free. This in turn is beneficial in dealing with physical problems. Reiki can reach to the deepest recesses of the mind and helps maintain a proper balance between body and mind.</p>
<p>The impressive thing about Reiki is that it is completely harmless but still has great healing power. It is a great help in stress, panic attacks, depression, anxiety or nervousness. It works by re-balancing the energy within you and soothes your body and mind. Reiki is a holistic method of healing. Reiki practitioners ask their clients to try and find out underlying causes for the symptoms. Even a very small change in lifestyle may be all that is required to cure a patient’s problems.</p>
<p><strong>Experiences during or after a distant Reiki treatment can vary for each person.</strong> Here are a few examples.<br />
Feelings of peace, serenity, calmness and/or relaxation<br />
Feeling energetic<br />
Feeling lighter<br />
Euphoria (happiness, laughing, and/or positive thinking)<br />
Spiritual awareness<br />
Release of suppressed/buried feelings, emotions, and/or blockages<br />
Release of toxins that can trigger sweating and/or excessive thirst</p>
<p>Anything you experience is normal. Some people may not experience anything at all, this is also normal. It can mean that the Reiki healing energy is working on a different level of your body. Some people may start noticing a difference the next day, few days later, or even a week later. Some people are more sensitive than others but everybody receives the same healing benefit. As long as you accept and are open to the Reiki healing energy being sent to you, it will work!</p>
<p>Lauren Larsen is a holistic clarity consultant specializing in energy medicine, healing and spirituality. She offers private healing sessions and group programs that will assist you in becoming the “conscious observer” of your life by addressing your sense of identity, personal character, life goals, spiritual beliefs, and relationships. You will discover that true prosperity begins when you shift your mindset to become a “whole soul” total package. To register for this event sign in for newsletter or visit me on facebook at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/claritywithlaurenlarsen">http://www.facebook.com/claritywithlaurenlarsen</a></p>
<p>Sheila Z is a holistic healer and a catalyst for wellness. A well respected author and International Inspirational Speaker. Sheila is an Energy healer and has a nationally accredited all day Intentional Wellness Experience addressing emotional clarity and unraveling thoughts and patterns that may be holding you from your highest vision. Sheila offers private healing sessions, Reiki sessions and monthly specials, visit my website at: <a href="http://www.openwisdominstitute.com/">http://www.openwisdominstitute.com</a></p>


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<p>Everyone knows the proverb that money makes the world go around. Given how most of us feel about money, this may be only a slight exaggeration. The task of earning and managing money dominates many of our waking hours and our personal relationships are often affected by the intense emotion associated with it. Exploring money and how we relate to it, therefore, feels somewhat like bringing up an uncomfortable topic at a dinner party.</p>
<p>Why bother discussing it then?  Simply put, understanding the principles of money can help you manage your physical, mental and spiritual health.</p>
<p>Money is energy. Each dollar, nickel or penny in your pocket represents a unit of energy, specifically the energy you invested to earn it. You can use that unit of energy to get the things you want and need, things in which other people invested their energy to produce. This energetic nature of money is clearly evident in its development.</p>
<p>The money we earn can serve as an excellent barometer of our current energy conditions. The emotions we experience as we work are stored not just in our bodies, but also in the money we earn. The value of the money we possess infuses with the emotional energy experienced as we earn it. If we hate what we do for a living, our earnings stand for kind of sacrifice. Every paycheck seems diminished because the work never seems equal to the effort. In contrast, when we love what we do, the money takes on very little extra meaning.. it is just money.</p>
<p>Of course, whether earned in suffering or joy, that money does represent a certain value in society. The money we bring in and accumulate allows us to purchase goods and services. We may have positive or negative feelings about the amount of money we have stored, depending on the lifestyle we desire.  The more expensive our target lifestyle, the stronger our feelings about our monetary worth will be and the more intense our feelings if dissatisfaction will be if our earnings do not allow us to afford the lifestyle we desire.</p>
<p>However, we can learn to generate and accumulate money in a way that empowers us. The key is to have a clear and realistic purpose with regard to earning and saving money. Money, like Ki-energy, must circulate to remain healthy. It can be accumulated and stored to increase power. But it must be used or else it will stagnate. To use money does not mean to simply spend it, but rather to invest it. Investing some of your money towards the fulfillment of your life goals keeps it circulating and gathering value.</p>
<p>Ask yourself, “What is the purpose of earning money? Why do I need money?” Draw a clear relationship between money and how you plan to attain your specific goals. As you may have experienced, there are many times when the purpose of earning money is not clear to you as you thought. Money is not an extension of our identity. If we begin to equate our self-worth with our monetary worth, we create a false sense of self. The key is to realize that our true selves are far more powerful than any amount of status gained through money, and that money is simply an energetic tool to be used for the creation of a purposeful life.</p>
<p>Just as we can break the connection between our identity and our earnings by investing in the fulfillment of our life goals, we can dissipate the undercurrent of fear in our transactions by making sure our regular expenses do not exceed our regular income. This is commonly called budgeting. For a budget to reduce anxiety, it must not be designed out the same fear already connected to how you spend money. The start of this process is very simple, just pay at least as much attention to the energy half of your transactions as you do the monetary half.</p>
<p>You have already taken the first step; the <em>awakening </em>that money is energy. With this insight, practice paying attention to how you feel when you deal with money. Continue watching until you can see your behaviors, actions, and feelings around money. For the sake of your budget, write them down. Record how you actually spend your money and what you feel during each transaction. Then comes the hard part, <em>accept</em>. Without judgment,<em> accept</em> that this record of your expenses reflects your current spending habits and the emotional attachments related to them. Once you have completely exposed your relationship to how you spend your money, you can <em>choose </em>with confidence how you want to spend it going forward.</p>
<p>Ultimately the goal here of exploring money as energy is not just about improving our relationship with money; it is about empowering ourselves to create more fulfilling lives. The missing link between a renewed awareness of money’s energetic nature and living a more fulfilling life understands the source of the fears surrounding money. All of our fears around money are based on a simple, yet powerful belief, that the resources of the world are scarce, that there is not enough for everyone.</p>
<p>The catch is that it is hard to truly live in abundance with habits formed in scarcity. The tendency to hoard money rather than gather and circulate it is the biggest of these habits. Look again at your attitudes toward earning, saving and spending money and see if a belief in scarcity helps explain any anxiety you feel. The biggest paradox with the philosophy of a scarcity is that it is a self-fulfilling one. The fear of not having enough leads people to take more than they need and to hoard energy in all forms, which leads to the uneven distribution of wealth that plagues our world.</p>
<p>Once you remove this anxiety, and the related impulse to hoard, you can feel confident in using and consuming just enough. The moment you feel you or your family might go without, the urge to hoard arises immediately. Resist the urge and practice instead the techniques of money management based on the principles of energy. If you pay attention to your body and your soul, you will know when you have enough, in any given energy transaction. Living so that you use and consume only as much as you need to fulfill your commitments and life goals begins to create abundance.</p>
<p>As more and more of us subscribe to the belief in abundance, and manage our consumption accordingly, we will ensure that there is enough for everyone. As you master living in abundance, you will find that your capacity for peace, joy and fulfillment will expand.</p>
<p>By: Lauren Larsen</p>


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