Pondering Retrogrades and Time

I have been busy working with my other blog and it seems I have been neglecting this one.  I had hopes that my partner would pick up the slack but she doesn't like to write as much as I do. Besides, it is kind of hard for her to get on the computer when I am almost always on it.


What is important to you, my readers?

What is it that you would like to know more of? 

What would you like to understand better? 

You can email me your answers if you prefer or you can leave them in the comment section below but I would really like to know what you would like to read here at Dragonwillow Journeys.  I look forward to seeing your answers.

We are still within the Mercury Retrograde window for the next nine days as well as being in Pluto and Saturn Retrograde.  Most of you probably are doing your best just to get through the day.  Some of you may be wondering why you have suddenly become so introspective and not as chipper.  

Well, Saturn really wants you to take a look at what isn't working. Pluto is the underworld and wants you to look at your fears.  And of course Retrograde is all about the past.  Put this all together and you are thinking about the past alot more than usual, trying to figure out why things are not working the way they used to and why your stomach is making you aware of things that feel a little scary. 

This site is all about transformational journeys.  What transformation are you avoiding? What journey have you been ignoring or putting off because the time hasn't been just right?  There is no time like the present, well actually the present is all there is.  If you are not doing what you love, if you are not where you love, if you are not with whom you love, then I would say now is the best time to look at that and decide what you really want.  It is your life right?  What are you really afraid of, really?  And time marches on.

I am going to sit and ponder my life and ask myself those same questions.  Let us hope that we all come up with some good answers

Much love to you,

Morgan

Mercury Retrograde

This is coming up very soon and many people only see this as a time of trouble. They are unable to see the opportunity it presents. It is a time to renew, reaffirm, re-energize, reanalyze and those are only a few of the possibilities. It actually can be a very empowering and creative time to explore shadow.

If you are on a transformational path this is a wonderful time to explore what is going on in your life and reassess the direction your healing journey is taking.

A time to rediscover and reevaluate. Does the direction still feel good to you?

Reclaim your inner power by creating a living ceremony.

Recheck your writing, your plans, your car, and remember that this is a time to reemphasize that complications and break downs happen when we aren't paying attention to our needs and the needs of the equipment that we use.

Reaffirm your commitments to yourself and others.

Reorganize and resupply at home and at work. Do you see how much fun this time can be if used wisely; staying conscious in the moment instead of sleep walking into a wall?

May you have many happy adventures during this Mercury Retrograde.

Journeying with Shadow

Everyday is a journey into Shadow for me.

It has become habit for me to stop and ask myself:

• What am I feeling now?


• What is it that I need to delve into today?
  
• What is it that I need to do in this moment?


• What am I not seeing that I need to?
  
• What creation is pushing through to be birthed?


• What old thoughts need to be recognized, forgiven, loved, and integrated?


• What powerful healing needs to happen today in this moment?


• What Blessings am I not seeing through the Shadows obscuring them?

You may use any of these questions to journal with and help you look at your Shadow. Enjoy your exploring and experiences.

That is what we are here for, experiencing in all aspects. If you are not trying new experiences, (from one a month to one a week) then you are probably walking in a fog, feeling numb and just trying to get through each day never really seeing anything.

I hope you decide to open your eyes, to experience all that you can experience. If we are not feeling, we are not living.

May Love find the darkest places within you, bringing them to light, allowing for deep healing and transformation.

Transform and Empower -- Understanding Divine Oneness

Each of us has the opportunity and the responsibility to transform and empower ourselves. I don't believe this is anything that most people don't already know. Each of us need to step it up or our beautiful Mother/Sister Earth is going to take care of herself and though that would be good for her I don't think we will like it.

I am concerned but I feel very centered and calm. Never before has there been a major catastrophe on this planet that didn't affect me, depress me and bring an overall sadness to me. This time is different. I choose what I focus on, what not to focus on, and to stay empowered and send love out to where it is needed.

Do you understand how much your thoughts affect your environment? It isn't about positive and negative. It is that everything you think and feel not only affects you but emanates outward to everyone and everything around you. You are connected, mind, body, emotion, and spirit to all.

It is discovering what triggers you so that you can transform what you feel and think to heal yourself and thereby healing all.

We are all connected. We are all Divine. We are all one. If you hurt yourself you are hurting others; empower yourself and you empower others.

• Dance
• Play
• Sing
• Volunteer
• Help a neighbor
• Help a friend
• Plant a garden
• Have a picnic
• Go to the Lake or Ocean
• Go camping

Get out of your home and move your body. It is spring and the best time to do it. Create new and good habits. Challenge yourself and take action now! Have fun, smile, and enjoy life.

I am you, you are me, we are one. Much Love to you All.

Honoring Samhain

Samhain is about gratitude for the harvest for all that has come into our lives this past season and year. Having gratitude for the nourishment for out bodies and for the earth. It is also a time to Honor the passing/transition of all those that have gone on to the next phase of their existence in this past year. Recognizing them for their life on this earth, their contributions, their love and all they brought to us, all that they mean to us. We will miss them but we know that they are not gone just transformed to a new way of being.

Transformation happens on all levels in all ways. We are always transforming. The more we are able to flow with transformation the less it will wreck havoc on our lives.

Falling into a river and flailing about you are getting water up your nose and in your mouth, you hit rocks and are tumbled about. Now if you stay calm, you are still in the river but you can flow with the current, keeping your arms close in to your body, floating down the river gently maybe getting a few bumps and bruises but over all much gentler. Allowing yourself to flow with guidance, awareness until you find yourself able to pull yourself out.

How can you apply this to your life? What in your life feels out of control? Take time to sit quietly, going within, breathing deeply. What comes to you that you couldn't see while you were flailing about in the chaos? Allow yourself to take time to journal and dive deeply into the places that feel out of control. Where do you need to float? What do you have to be grateful for? What have you harvested in this past season? Whom do you have unfinished business with that you can journal through, discovering what actions if any are needed on your part.

When you feel complete put music on that feels appropriate for you, swaying, moving, dancing out what nolonger serves you and dancing in the energies that are needed.

Remember to be grateful for all that is in your life, the light the dark no difference.

Much love and blessings to you,
Magdalene Althea Morgan - Dancing Shamanic Priestess
Facilitator, Creatrix, Multi-Dimensional traveler, Transformative Bodywork Therapist. Dancing the Sacred & Creation into being.
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