Stories to Share

What am I doing here?  I don’t mean that in a philosophical sense.  (We’ll leave that for another day!) What I mean is, what am I doing here writing this blog?  I suppose many bloggers ask themselves this question when they first set about putting musings to paper/computer screen. 

Quite simply (I hope): I am a Light Worker and a Healer.  What does that mean? I am an energy healer, a compassionate listener, a teacher, and a spiritual seeker who, in this current incarnation, has been dubbed Peter Fox. 

I live a fairly simple, fairly healthful life, and actually make my simple living doing the “work” that I love ~ energy healing and teaching.  About half-and-half at this point in time.  As an L.M.T., I teach what I do at a local career college here in south Florida.  For this and other reasons, I consider myself truly blessed.  I also enjoy the challenge of writing good prose, and occasional poetry.  Put all the pieces together, and I guess I have stories to share about the people I encounter along the way on my healing journey.  My students, my clients, my friends, my spiritual mentors, my fellow travelers.

When I first took on my teaching job a year and a half ago, I asked my higher self what was the purpose of this teaching position (in addition to helping keep a decent roof over my head).  The answer came quickly during meditation one day: I was there to inspire my students.  Not simply to inform, but to inspire ~ That’s not always easy, but it seems to be happening more often than not.  I hope this budding blog inspires you, the reader, as well.   Feedback is greatly appreciated!

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Here’s an excerpt from the “Spring 2011” Peter Fox Healing Hands newsletter, to which you may already be a subscriber. What’s the difference between a blog and a newsletter?  One difference that comes to mind is that, while with the newsletter I may inform and entertain my readers, ultimately it’s meant to promote my healing practice.  This blog, on the other hand, seeks merely to entertain and inspire.  Nothing to sell here ~ other than my musings and tall tales…

Rites of Spring

We all have our special rites of spring.  Growing up in the Northeast, I always thrilled to the Earth's rebirth in springtime.  I would quiver with excitement upon discovering the first snowdrops poking up through melting snow banks.  Soon enough, daffodils, pussy willows, and spring peepers came to life in quick succession, proof positive that we had survived another winter!  

Other annual rites of spring include our modern "Earth Day" homage to Gaia/Mother Earth, as April wanes and the northern hemisphere turns more definitively toward the sun.  And we turn to salute our birth mother the second Sunday in May.  My Mom has long since left this mortal realm, but I still hold her close in my heart and will quietly celebrate her life on Mother’s Day.

What are your rites of spring?  Do you find them in nature, in music, in art, in dance?  Wherever and however you encounter them, I hope you take the time to pause, recognize, and celebrate.  

Sat Nam (Truth Is My Identity)

Peter Fox

Bookends

This past Friday, at my Kundalini Yoga class (which I’ve been enjoying, embracing, and benefiting from two mornings a week for the past six months or more), our final meditation focused on letting go of a specific fear; identifying something holding me back.  So I created a simple mantra, focusing on letting go of my fears of not having enough $$$, moving from fear to faith, manifesting through silence and serenity, turning the negative of fear to a positive, affirming, abundant place. 

So, whenever a thought about losing a client (clients come and go in my business) threatens to turn fearful, I resolve to simply say “The space will be filled, embrace the change.” I LOVE my Kundalini practice; such a wonderful way to connect with Spirit; to get out of my mind and into my heart and soul.

That night I attended Shabbos services, dancing, singing, praying, evoking the presence of Hashem, of Spirit, with my mystical Judaic sisters and brothers.  Know what?  Rabbi Marc channeled the same message as he spoke about change: Change can seem full of promise yet hold both known and unknown threats; witness the recent events of the Middle East and Japan.  Life certainly has its chaotic moments. 

Partner change with silence, with serenity, and you will find your way to grace, Rabbi Marc said. Change, while so potentially fearful and fraught with peril, can be welcomed if we but find the strength within.  Through our connection to Spirit, in prayer and in silence, we emerge into grace.  We cannot be buffeted by change when we find ourselves a state of grace.

Sooooooo, what happened while I was singing and dancing?  A client, who had been seeing me regularly and often (and very generously compensating me) since the first of the year, sent me a text canceling all future sessions.  I discovered this when I got around to checking my not-so-smart phone after services.  Instead of bemoaning my fate, however, I laughed (truly), moved into silence, and reminded myself that “the space will be filled; embrace the change.”

On Saturday and Sunday, I wound up treating two previously unscheduled young people (a 12-year-old and a 5-yr-old) in place of the one who abruptly bailed. This morning, two new people at hot yoga asked for my card. The space is already being filled. 

Sat Nam