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I found these words that I had written a short time ago. I wanted to share them with you.

As I settle into the reality of publishing a book and creating a CD, I am noticing that the book is a metaphor of my own “personal” growth and expansion. It reminds me of the evolution of a chrysalis, a caterpillar, within its cocoon as it is metamorphosing into a beautiful butterfly. What is amazing is that during this metamorphosis, every one of the cells of the caterpillar is turning into mush, except for the eyes. It is literally reorganizing itself from the inside out. As the butterfly emerges into the world, it is completely different than it was while in the cocoon. Similarly, when one is doing deep transformational work from the inside out, one is changing their internal world right down to the cells. When this occurs, one may “see” and experience themselves differently. At times there is a bit of awkwardness as they step into their new identity. I have noticed this as my own internal self of who I see myself as being, is shifting and changing. I have noticed at times that I see through my old “eyes” of how I see myself, and it is often very different than how others see me. My book has been my inner mirror and metaphor of my own metamorphosis deeply from the inside out.

It is as if I am shedding my old skin, a cocoon of sorts, and changing into something quite different. At times this can be disconcerting because it is so fresh and new, and there is a certain level of vulnerability underneath a thick layer of comfort and ease. As this shift continues, I am acutely aware of my feelings of insecurities and reminded that as one shifts into a new paradigm of being, that it is imperative that one is secure within their insecurities. That is to stand up and look the insecurity in the eye and bow deeply to it and release it with love. During this time of transition, it is very important to find comfort in resting, exercising, being in nature, meditating, eating right, and connecting with good friends. It is a wonderful invitation to acknowledge that all of the beautiful unfolding of “Self” is happening in perfect and divine order, and that all is well.

Namaste,
Catherine

Catherine VanWetter is a holistic practitioner trained in a variety of healing techniques that helps people come to a place of peace within themselves. She is the founder and owner of “To The Heart of the Matter” located in Corvallis, Oregon.

Her newest book and meditation CD, “The Soul of the Heart", offers inspiration, deep healing and hope during these turbulent times. Catherine’s worldwide workshops and retreats offer resolution to lead you gently back to the Soul of Your Heart.

Download Catherine’s Morning Meditation Free at http://www.ToTheHeartOfTheMatter.com.

Interact with Catherine: Twitter: @SouloftheHeart Facebook: Catherine VanWetter YouTube Videos of Catherine’s work: CatherineVanWetter

Catherine is a member in good standing with Online Wellness Association. http://www.onlinewellnessassociation.com

I believe without a shadow of a doubt that we are all unique individual expressions of God that came to this planet to unfold in the realization that we are co-creators with God. I believe each of our souls have a mandate to express itself to its fullest potential The specifics of our individual soul expression is determined by our life experiences, interests and talents all seeking to add our flavor to the pot of humanity.

Coming to this lifetime we are immediately bombard with rules, laws, concepts and belief systems that oftentimes confuses us and temporarily divert us from what our souls is trying to express. We spend a huge amount of time fitting ourselves into a mold that in the beginning, may offer us relief from the pressures of appearing strange or a misfit. but as we begin to awaken to the urgings of sou,the shelter of relief begins to feel more and more like a prison. Fitting in and appeasing the demands of others become less of a priority as the souls hunger to express itself begins to rise to the surface.

As we set out to integrate our unique ideas and inspirations that come from our soul, we find that it is no easy feat. The unfoldment process is not a matter of taking a pen and paper and listing our goals, our likes and dislikes or even what we desire to manifest The unfoldment process is oftentimes a process of elimination rather than accumulation. The unfoldment of our soul can be likened to the tides that hits up against a beaches’ edge As each tide collides with the earth it eliminates objects that are not of itself and things that cannot handle the force of its currents. The ocean’s process of elimination is for the purpose of retaining its purity. As our souls expression begin to rise, there are often three impediments that keeps us from boldly stepping into our authenticity and purity.

The first of the impediments is our inability to set our own standards of living. As we reach adulthood. We know more about the ‘wrong’ things to do than what’s right for us. Our society has set this impossible standard of conformity that leaves little if any room for individual growth and expression. These external standards are so ingrained in our day to day living and choices that when left to our own devices, we find ourselves clueless. Fortunately, as we begin to understand that all laws, rules and concepts are thought forms that are not set in stone we begin to allow ourselves to experience the freedom of creating standards of living that are congruent to our inner well being.

The second impediment is all about trusting the wisdom of our soul. How many times have you second guessed a hunch or an inner prompting to do something, say something, or go somewhere? Trusting that our soul has wisdom that guides us to the next step of our unfoldment is a huge block for us. Again, from the moment we began moving and experiencing the world from an individual state of being, we were taught not to trust. So many ‘harmful’ things or ‘consequences’ have been pointed out to us that our ability to discern and experiment with our own thoughts and ideas became hampered down. We become immobilized and give more weight to the things outside of ourselves as being more real than what we feel our soul is seeking to express.

The third impediment that prevents us from living authentically is the fear of rocking the boat. Prior to our awakening, we made painstaking efforts to craft a life that suited our level of consciousness at the time. We have included people, possessions and belief systems that may or may not serves us in our now awakened state. Our ego whose purpose is to accumulate and posse puts us in the state of panic. It will have us to believe that the things, people and beliefs are the totality of who we are. So we cling tighter and tighter for fear that if we disrupt any parts of our lives, surely it would be the death of us. But in actuality, as the soul’s expression begins to take form in our outer reality, the things, people and beliefs that no longer serve our unfoldment will naturally fall away. There are times when we have to make a conscious decision to let things go but since the soul will never leave you with a void, it will be your opportunity to fill that void with a life that is more in alignment with who you really are.

Living from the soul means living from the truth of who you are. Having the courage to examine the life we have been living is the first step of freeing ourselves from the self imposed imprisonment. The next step is learning how to trust our inner urges and intuitions. And finally, taking a step out on faith to begin to experiment with our own ideas and ways of expressions.

I am KEESHA MAYES-WASHINGTON, INNER WISDOMS WAY:a life coach, radio host, public speaker, and spiritual guide. Let me enlighten and encourage you to come into oneness with your spiritual nature on my ESOTERIC CHICK TALK RADIO SHOW: http://www.blogtalkradio.com. I would appreciate comments and feedback on this blog at: keesha@innerwisdomsway.com. And please visit my website to learn more about me: http://www.innerwisdomsway.com.

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Online Wellness Association was founded in Eugene, Oregon. On a local level, wellness practitioners are beginning to apply for memberships. As a person in private practice, it is beneficial to not only be listed as a member in good standing with OWA, but the directory is useful when you need to have a referral to another practitioner. Knowing that all OWA members go through a screening process, adds confidence to referring to someone. The OWA Seal of Approval is a sign of credibility to wellness practitioners. ONLINE WELLNESS ASSOCIATION’s goal is worldwide members. Where do you practice? What is your reason for holding back having the OWA SEAL OF APPROVAL on your website?

Please send your feedback and comments about why you haven’t considered membership in ONLINE WELLNESS ASSOCIATION to

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CONGRATULATIONS to AVA STOCKER of EFT HEALING TOUCH. Ava is an EFT Specialist and a Hypnotherpist.

This is one of the latest testimonials sent to Ava:

“It is difficult to know what to say when I realize the extraordinary healing I have received in a very short time through the intervention of Ava Stoecker, EFT Specialist. I was a licensed and well respected therapist and initially felt unease with this treatment. I tried everything else first but felt desperate enough to attempt this unique approach. I had increasingly stressful dreams for more than 30 years concerning my husband and for the next 13 years they became worse, even after a divorce. He was the love of my life in spite of shattering many of the moral and ethical laws I cherished. We had four appointments to deal with underlying issues and then I had the courage to approach a significan symptom of the pathology. In one session, Ava was able to alter those dreams. I now see my self peacefully floating away from him and finally KNOWING that he cannot hurt me anymore.”

Other testimonials:

“I am a better mother now through our sessions.”

“This work is helping me deal with my daughter”

“My relationship with my mother was extremely complex and I now have more peace. The sessions we had during her dying process helped tremendously.”

“I have had asthma most of my life and my lungs have never felt this good ever!”

EFT was introduced in 1995 by Gary Craig, Stanford Engineering graduate in lifelong pursuit of personal well-being. Gary is an ordained minister through the Universal Church of God in Sourthern California. He is a dedicated student of A Course in Miracles, and approaches his work with a decidedly spiritual perspective.

EFT is based on the ancient principles of acupuncture. It is a simple tapping procedure that gently realigns the body’s energy system, without the discomfort of needles. EFT also incorporates an emotional element to the healing process that addresses unresolved emotion issues as a likely cause of physical disease, personal performance limits, and psychological dysfunctions.

Learn more about Ava Stocker and EFT at: http://www.EFTHealingTouch.com

ONLINE WELLNESS ASSOCIATIONS invites all qualified wellness practitioners to apply for professional membership. Visit http://www.onlinewellnessassociation.com

Time Empowerment Techniques™ were developed by Richard Bandler and Tad James in the 1980s (who called it Time Line Therapy™), as an extension of NLP and Ericksonian Hypnosis. Using guided imagery, quantum linguistics and the mind’s organization of memory, these techniques quickly and effortlessly allow a client to release negative emotions and limiting decisions. The release of the negative emotions around the initial event causes the gestalt of emotions/memories to release at once. Elicitation of the initial event is crucial to the effectiveness of Time Empowerment Techniques™.

Time Empowerment Techniques™ differ from other therapeutic modalities that use past memories, in that the client is generally not associated into the memories, thereby allowing the client to release the memories or decisions without reliving the trauma of the events associated with them. Additionally, the client is in an imagined visual position with regard to the event that allows them to “disconnect” the negative emotions from the event or series of events. This provides a powerful release, allowing the client to move into their future without the baggage of the past.

Time Empowerment Techniques™ are useful in releasing phobias as well as negative emotions.

The release of negative emotions does not mean that the person will never feel those emotions again - it just means the the emotions attached to past experiences are released, allowing the client to have a new view of the world, one not shaped by old habits or feelings. Indeed, the person who has released the negative emotions associated with past events now can live life with renewed enthusiasm, knowing that whatever happens tomorrow will be experienced with a clear mind and no preconceptions.

Releasing a limiting decision affords the client a new perspective on what is possible for them. Giving the client more choices is one of the primary outcomes we focus on as trainers and changeworkers.

A great reference book is “Time Line Therapy and the Basis of Personality” by Tad James and Wyatt Woodsmall.

These techniques were created by applying a therapeutic process to this concept of an internal memory storage system. The result was a collection of techniques which produces long-lasting transformation very quickly–faster than what is currently called Brief Therapy. These powerful Time Empowerment™ techniques are becoming the method of choice to make fast, effective, long-term changes in behavior.

Background

Throughout history, humankind has been aware of the passage of time. Aristotle was the first to mention the “stream of time” in his book Physics IV. William James spoke of linear memory storage as early as 1890. Finally, the concept, nearly forgotten, was revived in the late 1970’s by the developers of NLP.

Your “Time Line” is how you unconsciously store your memories or how you unconsciously know the difference between a memory from the past and a projection of the future. Behavioral change in an individual takes place at an unconscious level. People don’t change consciously. The Time Empowerment™ process allows you to work at the unconscious level and release the effects of past negative experiences and change “inappropriate” programming in minutes rather than days, months or years.

Compared to other older techniques like Time Line Therapy or hypnotic regression, Time Empowerment™ Techniques adds current research and it focuses on the application of the technique in different modalities. Business requires a much different approach than self-help. Therefore, we use different approaches, ones based on the different modalities or contexts of use.

As an application of NLP, Time Empowerment™ is a collection of techniques that allow you to gain emotional control over your life. Inappropriate emotional reactions, such as bursts of anger, periods of apathy, depression, sadness, anxiety, and chronic fear, are responsible for preventing people from achieving the quality of life they desire. Limiting decisions, such as “I’m not good enough,” “I’ll never be rich,” or “I don’t deserve a great marriage,” create false limitations and hamper your ability to create reachable and attainable goals and outcomes. Time Empowerment™ techniques enable you to eliminate many types of issues in your past, thus allowing you to move forward toward your goals and desires.

Applications of NLP and Time Empowerment™ Techniques:

Achieving Professional Excellence: Whether you’re already succeeding in your profession, having some difficulties, or if you’re transitioning into a new position, NLP and Time Empowerment™ techniques can help you achieve, maintain and enhance excellence.
Achieving Personal Excellence: Whether in your family life, personal relationships, health, or breaking through a creative barrier, Time Empowerment™ techniques can help you break through limitations and achieve the results you desire.

Dan DeLuca is the President of World Tree, Incorporated. He is a Certified Hypnotherapist, Trainer and Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Author, and Speaker in the fields of Personal Growth, Motivation and Communication.and is a member of the Association for Integretive Psychology, The National Guild of Hypnotists, The American Board of Hypnotherapy and The Online Wellness Association.

His website is www.worldtreetraining.com
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OWA member, Catherine Van Wetter, recently published and released book and meditation CD THE SOUL OF THE HEART, is a hit! This book of inspirational words acts as a guide to the soul. I recently gave the book to a couple I have been counseling. Their homework assignment was to start by reading page 7 together out loud, discuss what they each feel the page is saying, then close the discussion with page 8; repeat throughout the book. They reported that doing this brought them spiritually closer together. I will continue to use this exercise with other clients. Thank you, Catherine, for providing such a wonderful gift to all of us.

OWA supports the growth of OWA members. If you are a member and have a project you are working on, please contact us to allow us to support you.

If you are not yet a member, go to the website and check out the benefits of belonging to ONLINE WELLNESS ASSOCIATION. If there is a reason you don’t want to join, or don’t see the value in joining, we would appreciate hearing your feedback.

MAx Fabry, President, Online Wellness Association
http://www.onlinewellnessassociation.com

I’m excited about NLP as a transformational tool because it works, pure and simple. I sometimes introduce it to people as “knowing how our language and neurology team up to produce our results”. You can think of it as a study of the basic building blocks of how we process information and then behave based on how we have processed that information. The results we produce in our life are based on our behavior and actions. So you can think of NLP as learning your personal “owners manual” for how to produce the results you want in life.

In my work with people, I teach them to produce change that is powerful, because we work on the level that the building blocks were installed or created– the unconscious. And, mostly, because when you learn NLP you learn how to ongoingly and forever produce your OWN transformations. I am primarily interested in teaching you to fish – so you can eat for life.

You can READ a lot ABOUT Neuro-Linguistic Programming in different places. I hope that you will be interested enough to visit my website and find out more there. By registering, you gain access to lots of free articles and downloads as well!

Dan DeLuca is the President of World Tree, Incorporated. He is a Certified Hypnotherapist, Trainer, Author, and Speaker in the fields of Personal Growth, Motivation and Communication.and is a member of the Association for Integretive Psychology, The National Guild of Hypnotists, and the American Board of Hypnotherapy.

His website is www.worldtreetraining.com
Follow him on Twitter

I am a member in good standing with Online Wellness Association: http://www.onlinewellnessassociation.com