My Happy Path's Online Yoga Studio

I'm pleased to feature this guest post by Shanie Matthews from My Happy Path. Her plans for an online yoga studio are pretty amazing. If you like her pitch, please support the Indiegogo campaign to get it off the ground. I received a month-long subscription in exchange for this post. 

Olympic Valley, CA - For the past eight years, Shanie Matthews has been helping thousands of people improve their mental and physical health through her My Happy Path website (www.myhappypath.com). The site, which has 2,700 Facebook followers, offers online mediation, inspirational stories and health advice. Matthews wants to take a giant leap forward and transition her website into a full-service online yoga studio. This online yoga studio is really just the beginning of the dream, though. Her bigger vision is to have the online yoga studio that is acting as the face for her developing nonprofit, My Happy Place, which is creating empowerment homes for trafficking victims.

"Other online yoga classes are available on the Internet," she said. "What I am doing is unique. I'm offering two yoga classes, a guided meditation and a corresponding affirmation that are all interlinked, focusing on a specific empowerment theme. No one else currently online is combining the three. The goal is for people to become healthier and happier."

Matthews has mapped out a schedule of online yoga classes and subjects that will be covered. "Each week will spotlight different ways we can embrace our highest self," she said.

The schedule includes:

• reducing fear
• expanding calmness
• releasing stress
• enriching the relationship with inner self
• letting go of anger
• connecting with forgiveness
• nurturing the heart

Matthews has found yoga to be an effective healing tool in her own personal life. "In the last two years yoga helped me recover from a divorce and a serious leg injury," she said. 

"This new website will help people become healthier and happier in their daily lives. And with the increase in happiness, I'm hoping it will overflow into creating places of empowerment for those forced into trafficking, so that they may find a nurturing way to their own happiness."

A weekly package of these tools will go for $11 and that includes access to past videos. There will be an introductory offer of free access for two weeks and a yearly membership is $89.95. 

MyHappyPath.com will need some technical upgrades in order to offer these new services. Matthews estimates that she'll need $5,000 to develop platforms for membership services and streaming videos. Funding is also necessary for business expansion and licensing fees. In order to generate this start-up capital, she has launched an Indiegogo campaign, which can be viewed at www.indiegogo.com/projects/my-happy-path-online-yoga-studio

Donations of any amount are welcome. For a $25 contribution, backers will receive a three-month subscription to the new site. A $100 pledge is rewarded with a one-year subscription, a healing stone, a downloadable meditation session and a set of limited edition My Happy Path cards.

For additional information, visit Shanie's My Happy Path (myhappypath.com). Shanie can also be reached directly on shanie@shaniematthews.com

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Intuition vs Imagination: How to Know the Difference

I'm behind with the transcript from last week's radio show. Life got in the way but back on track! The topic was how to tell the difference between intuition and imagination. There will be moments when we wonder if the message we receive is wishful thinking or fear. While I am still figuring this out for myself, these tools have helped me find my confidence. Without further ado, here they are ...  

1) Say What Comes to You 

If you are giving a reading to someone else, whether it is an oracle reading where we look at cards - or a clairvoyant reading where images come to mind - just put the message out there. The best we can do is to trust what is coming to us, no matter how goofy or illogical, and just say it. This opens up the channel through which we receive information so that more of it will come through. There is a certain degree of risk to the ego in readings. Our ego doesn't want to be wrong, to lose face. Just go ahead and say it, you can also take the pressure off by telling the recipient that you're unsure about it. Its the best way to learn. 

A couple years ago I was sitting in a clairvoyance class. One of my classmates was connecting with my spirit guides to give me a message. She saw a wizard, but pushed the image away when she thought it had to be her imagination. I had been seeing the same wizard, and I had also pushed him away because I thought it was MY imagination. Luckily she mentioned it as a laugh, and wouldn’t you know, the message was to trust the wizardly image and listen. He was there to teach me about manifesting, co-creating and healing. So if something ludicrous comes to mind, say it anyway.

2) Ground and Clear Yourself 

Of course when we are reading for ourselves, it can be harder to make that distinction, which brings me to the second part of the answer. Intuitive thoughts that scare us are usually our ego/imagination. In my experience, if our angels want to alert us they do it in a matter of fact way, without fear. The more grounded, clear and protected our energy is, the less we access that side of our subconscious.  

Or you maybe you got an message that sounds an awful lot like wishful thinking. Play the Lottery! Go to the Casino! Wouldn't that be nice? If it sounds too good to be true, slow down and do a sense check. Ground yourself, be realistic and sleep on it. 

3) When in doubt, ask for confirmation! 

We can ask our angels, our guides and our intuition to confirm the message with a sign. Tell the universe to show you three butterflies, or three green cars in the next hour if the message you received is real. Make sure the sign is relatively rare but not possible. If you are going to be in a room with no windows for three hours, a butterfly might be hard to come by (unless it randomly pops up on your computer, in an email or on a screensaver, etc). Set a time limit, a day if you can wait. An hour if you can't. And relax! 

You can also ask your body for confirmation. A friend introduced me to the idea of the human body as a pendulum that gives yes or no answers. Stand up and lean back just a bit, so your weight is on your heels and you’re teetering off balance (somewhere safe, please!) Start by saying a phrase that is 100% true: My name is REGINA, for example.  When you tell the truth, your body should tilt forward ever so slightly. Then go with an obvious lie: I was born in outer space. Your body will tilt backward quickly, careful not to fall down! 

When you get the hang of this, you can use it to test your intuition on the go. Otherwise you can also use angel cards, tarot or another oracle to ask for confirmation. With tarot card you could set the intention that odd numbers are yes, even numbers are NO and all the rest are "we don't know/or can't answer" If for example, you pull the Five of Swords it means YES, while cautioning you to think it through. The suit of swords is about mental acuity, planning and the use of reason. The details may need ironing out and revision before moving forward. 

Bonus Tip on Clairvoyant Images .... 

One of the first classes I attended was with a wonderful teacher named Sue Allen - we were introduced to archangels and teacher guides that day in a workshop that consisted of clairvoyant meditations. Sue told us that when we ask to see the angel or the guide, and an image came to mind, just try to change it. If it is real you won't be able to manipulate the image - it keeps switching back! 

For example if we see a pair of big dusty angel wings and try to make them look light and fluffy (the way we think angels are), the wings will go back to heavy and dusty. When an image is real, it reverts to the original image. If it comes from our imagination we are easily able to change it. That particular tip has come in very handy. And always, we ground, clear and shield our space before meditating to be sure we only connect with angels and guides that are there to help us heal and evolve. 

2020 Update! Intuition Meditation ✨

Here is a guided meditation to activate your intuition. The script is in my book, Chakra Healing & Magick. Trust what comes to you and apply the tips above 💗  

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Heart Chakra Healings

Today I am going to share one of the tools from my Self-Healing, Cancer & Love book (available here). The passage is about the Heart Chakra meditations, and how we can send the energy of unconditional love to any part of our life. It's also a nice followup from last week's post on Releasing Negativity. 

The heart’s capacity for love may be one of the most powerful healing tools at our disposal. Love heals fear, anger, anguish and other unpleasant emotions. It can also revitalize the spirit. I am not referring to romantic or familial love, which is loving someone because of who they are to us. Instead, it is universal love and appreciation. Recognizing and cherishing that spark of light in yourself and others. Some people find it easiest to describe this concept in religious terms, telling us that God, Jesus or Allah are about unconditional love – and wouldn’t it be nice if everyone lived that way. We wouldn’t have separation, judgment, discrimination, blame or guilt. Healing these qualities, as well as anger and resentment, is precisely what we need to find peace and harmony.

On a personal level, Heart Chakra meditations can be profoundly healing. I like to imagine a soft violet flame filling my Heart Chakra with warmth. The flame transmutes the energy in my Heart to unconditional love, filling it with warmth until it overflows into the rest of my Chakras and to the physical body. If I run into resistance, in the form of fear, pain or anxiety, the violet flame releases it too. Nothing to worry about. This technique also enables me to extend that violet flame to any people or situations around me who need it. To do this, I visualize a similar violet flame filling their Heart Chakras. From this place of love it is easier to handle any personal issues that resurface during self-healing. We merely observe them from a place of love."

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Regina Chouza is an energy healer, angel medium and the author of A Personal Guide to Self-Healing, Cancer & Love and Chakra Healing & Magick. Blogging at Diary of a Psychic Healer since 2010, her passion is bringing the qualities of love, joy and empowerment to healing pursuits. Read her books to unlock your intuition. 

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Releasing Negativity

Today I would like to address a question that came in via Facebook. One of my followers wants to know how she can release negativity, especially vibes that she picks up from friends, family and colleagues when they are down in the dumps. I am sure we have all been in that situation at some point. The person next to you is going through rough patch and their mood rubs off on you. Today I am going to give you three tools that will put a stop to this. 

• 1) Energy Basics: Let’s start by Grounding, Clearing and Protecting our energy every day. Grounding anchors our energy, connecting us to the earth’s solid foundations. You can do this by visualizing tree roots growing out of your feet to the bottom of the ground. Intend for it to anchor you. Then clear your energy by visualizing and feeling a shower of white light running through your body. This releases any tension, stress or unhappy vibes from your energy system. Finally, protect your energy by placing a bubble of light around your energy field. White, blue and purple work best for me, but you can use any color that makes you feel safe. Follow these steps twice daily and they will become more and more effective. 

• 2) Step Away: The next technique can be harder to pull off, at least initially, because it involves a mental switch. When you start to feel overwhelmed, remind yourself that it’s not your problem. We each attract and create situations that mirror our beliefs. The person next to you may be operating on a whole other level of drama. Bless them and detach from the situation. If you’re the kind of person who wants to rescue others, it will be difficult at first and you may feel tempted to take on some of their baggage. It’s important to step away from it all. At school, my tutors called it objectivity. For me it's striking a balance between compassion and indifference. Not needing to rescue, to be right, etc. 

• 3) Send Them Light: Finally, we move onto helping our neighbour release that negativity and send it back to the universe. I would suggest waiting until you’ve mastered the first two before trying this. Otherwise, you risk falling back into the whirlwind of emotions that surround you. Wait until you are grounded, objective and “indifferent” before trying this: Send them light, send their soul light, and encourage it to release the filter, if it can. Then offer a different way of looking at things. It doesn’t matter who is right or wrong, so long as they’re given a new perspective. Offer it kindly, without too many arguments or trying to reason with them. A simple observation is more than enough. Remind them of a time when "it" wasn't true. When someone was kind or helpful, etc. 

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Regina Chouza is an energy healer, angel medium and the author of A Personal Guide to Self-Healing, Cancer & Love and Chakra Healing & Magick. Blogging at Diary of a Psychic Healer since 2010, her passion is bringing the qualities of love, joy and empowerment to healing pursuits. Read her books to unlock your intuition. 

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Certified Angel Card Reader Course!

I just signed up to take Hay House's online Certified Angel Card Reader course! So excited! Doreen Virtue and Radleigh Valentine have been travelling the world teaching this course for a few years, but I had never been in the right place at the right time. My mom forwarded me an email a couple days ago - and voila! 

It will be fun to see how the theory lines up with my own approach. The past five years I have taught myself to read cards, starting with the classic Tarot and then moving onto many of Doreen's decks and a few by Colette Baron-Reid. All fantastic. Oracle Cards are fun and also a bit of a cheat. My Angel Reading tutor always encouraged us to rely on intuition and clairvoyance. If you develop that connection first, the oracle cards speak to you on a whole other level (and you don't need them so much). But oracle cards are loads of fun, and if you try both, the details that come through can be more precise. =) 

You'll also get four decks in the mail. One of them is the Angel Tarot deck, which I looooove using because of the simplicity and beauty of it.

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