Diary of a Psychic Healer

When I was a student at the School of Intuition & Healing, circa 2011, we spent lots of time connecting with the Chakras and looking at how they influence our lives. Many of us are familiar with the seven chakra system, beginning with the Root Chakra at the base of the spine and working our way up the Crown.  In this scheme, the Heart Chakra is our center, with three chakras below and three above it. The ones found below the Heart Chakra are the Root, Sacral and Solar Plexus. In my book,  Chakra Healing & Magick , I refer to these as manifesting chakras because their energy relates to how present we are in the world, and if we are able to take an idea and see it to fruition.  The three Chakras above the Heart can be viewed as metaphysical in nature, taking our attention beyond the physical realm through the Throat, Brow and Crown where we experience clairaudience, clairvoyance and intuition.  Generally, we would begin with chakra meditations a...

Last month I went on a yoga retreat in tiny resort called Ollinyotl, Mexico. The place is amazing, surrounded by mountains that give off a constant vibe. We were in the middle of nowhere, with no internet and hardly any phone reception.  I am on-again-off-again with yoga, and sadly, I sprained my neck a few days before the retreat so I missed most of the yoga sessions and spent time in nature instead. The teachers were super kind and added a restorative yoga class.  Yoga Nidra was a nice surprise too: a guided meditation that puts us in a deep sleep. I'm sure I went somewhere else entirely!  Ollinyotl means "Movement from the Heart" in the Nahuatl language. The yoga-psychology part of the retreat was amazing. We learned tools to raise our physical vibration so that it is easier to connect with our spirit. The goal was to reach Sattvic mode (more on that later), so for example, we woke up at 6:30 AM for breathing exercises, followed a strictly ...

About two years ago I signed up for a Kabbalah class were we learn about the mystical side of Judaism. The idea is that any passage in the Torah or Old Testament can be interpreted on four levels; the first being a literal interpretation, the next levels being allegorical and figurative, and deep down, a mystical side that Kabbalists will look for. Below you will find an example.  The Exodus: A Closer Look In the Exodus there is a passage that most of us are familiar with, where Moses leads enslaved Jews out of Egypt. At one point, they are trapped in front an ocean with the Egyptian army coming up behind them. Something happens (a bit of singing is involved), the Red Sea parts and they make their way to safety.  In a literal sense, you would say that historically, the Jews escaped with this miracle, and that may be the case. I am just wondering how it might have happened.  Metaphorically, you could say that Egypt and ...

The past year I have been attending a yoga class where we sing mantras and sometimes dance songs. It is called Naam Yoga; I love that it puts me in a fantastic mood. One of my favourites is a mantra called Sacred Aum, by Dr Joseph Michael Levry. Listen to the clip here.  Some call Aum the sound of creation. This sound exists in several spiritual traditions: Amen in Christianity, OM in Hinduism and Aum in Kabbalah (one of the 72 Names of God from the Exodus). I love listening to music, but I didn't understand how it went with mantras until I came across Aum  again last week while reading Wayne Dyer's book,  Manifest Your Destiny .  In the book, Dyer walks us through nine principles that shift our worldview to one that is compassionate, collaborative and loving towards the people that we encounter. From this place of respect - where we genuinely listen to understand instead of listening to reply - he recommends meditations to manifest our heart's d...