http://www.yvonneryves.com en-gb yvonneryves.com 2012-5-16T00:00:00Z yvonneryves.com http://www.yvonneryves.com/page2.htm#118409 I have just realised how unusual and unpredictable my work is at least compared to some peoples that is. It is not the first time I have noticed this but this was the stop and take note kind of noticing the type it is impossible to ignore. So what was I doing when this revelation hit me I was collecting armfuls of wood windfall from the ash trees in our garden ready to build a fire for tonights fire ceremony. Even on its own a fire ceremony is a little unusual for the sleepy West Cork village I live in but preceding the collection of wood I had been collecting seeds nuts raisins red and white wine sugar rice fresh herbs coloured thread shells gold and silver paper beads flowers from the garden and laying them out in my beautiful log cabin ready for making despachos Andean Prayer bundles with one of my masters students tonight. On any one day I could be doing something similar or I could be making shamanic drums doing hands on energy healing shama... 2012-5-16 15:35:58 http://www.yvonneryves.com/page2.htm#111072 2012-1-24 13:19:39 http://www.yvonneryves.com/page2.htm#111073 There I was sat bundled up in blankets cosy relaxed and for once not fighting against having to rest. This was very unusual for me I am hardly ever unwell and even when I do succumb to some bug that is doing the rounds I shake it off quickly and throw myself back into the myriad of things that need doing every day not because I have to but because I can. So what was different this time This time I had given myself permission to rest and to regain all my energy rather than assume it will return once I start doing things I cancelled appointments put work to one side allowed myself to be waited on laid on the couch when too lacking in energy to sit and sat in the armchair relaxing once I was able to. And what happened because I had done so....absolutely nothing. The world still turned there was still food in the house no one complained about my not being available in other words I discovered I am far from indispensable. On the other hand I also discovered how ... 2012-1-24 13:19:39 http://www.yvonneryves.com/page2.htm#111071 2012-1-24 13:18:47 http://www.yvonneryves.com/page2.htm#109228 Ive been going through a tough time recently having returned back from holiday with a sick husband only to be met by a very sick cat. It has been a period where having a selection of possibilities for healing really came in useful.I made up a prescription of Bush Flower Essences for my husband to help with his cough and which worked quite happily alongside the conventional medicine and a prescription for the cat to help with the trauma of having to have a major operation to remove a tumour.Although many animals love taking essences mine was not one of these so instead of giving them orally I rubbed them into her fur and into her energy field so they could be absorbed into her system.Alongside this I was busy sending Reiki and I have really valued the community of friends I have locally and worldwide who I could call upon to send healing a resource it would be lovely if everyone could have available to them.Our cat Harrie sailed through the operation and we had a couple of weeks with he... 2011-12-27 11:22:57 http://www.yvonneryves.com/page2.htm#102979 What seems like a lifetime ago now before I got involved with healing a therapist told me that the best time for receiving a treatment was as the seasons change. As the Autumn Equinox approaches this advice came flooding back to me along with the understanding of why it is useful maintenance to undergo a healing in some way at these times of the year. Our ancestors would have marked the passing of time by not only recognising but celebrating the wheel of the year. They would have celebrated each of the Solar Festivals as the seasons known to them as Ostara Lithia Mabon and Yule and to us as Spring Summer Autumn and Winter changed. In addition they also marked the passing of time at the Fire Festivals of Beltane Lammas Samhain and Imbolc thus giving them eight opportunities to reflect on the seasons keeping them in close contact with the active and dormant states of nature. Our bodies are still more intune with seasonal changes moon cycles planetary movement and e... 2011-9-21 16:44:57 http://www.yvonneryves.com/page2.htm#102582 One of the things my guides have been working on with me recently is the ability or lack of it to completely focus on one thing at a time and one thing only. A strange thing to have to do after years of multitasking but I am beginning to see how important it is to be able to focus. When we are scattered or doing one thing whilst we think of something else it can be very hard for our guides or spirit helpers to get through to us. Messages go unheard signs and symbols go unseen and the help that is there for us gets lost. We then complain that no one is there to help us. They are we are just too distracted to listen to or to see them. We can seriously hamper communication with our guides sometimes. This then got me thinking about how difficult it can be at times even for us humans to communicate with one and other. How it can sometimes feel that you are speaking a completely different language to other people you know the Men are from Mars the Women from Venus... 2011-9-15 14:45:59 http://www.yvonneryves.com/page2.htm#102363 Being still is not a state that comes naturally to me Im afraid. As a child I was always on the go or I was bored. As an adult I could never stand to be doing only one thing. Multitasking was made for me. Over the years though Reiki and my work in general have helped me with this and I am happy now to be still whilst giving myself Reiki when working shamanically especially when journeying and can even sit quietly drawing or sketching. I am often described now as being calm and happy in my own company and it has taken considerable time to see that this is who I am now not the 5 or even 25 year old who was constantly moving. In learning to be still I have understood that while I am busy rushing around it is hard for me not to miss things. I also skim when I am rushing rather than looking reading or listening carefully. If I am still then I am far more likely to see or hear what is really there rather than what my busy mind wishes to be there.Life is busy we tend to m... 2011-9-12 13:21:58