Have fun, create, get motivated, gain clarity and inspiration……….

This day filled with  AHHA moments will help you to get clear and dissolve any blocks and negative beliefs that stand in the way of your ideal life.

You will Create a visionary picture of your desires

Learn how to manifest your ideal life

Get Clear and Motivated.

A wonderful day of creating and fun

We start at 9:30am – 4:30pm  Saturday 7th May 2011.

In the Dining Room at Riverdell Spiritual Centre, 8 Clifford Road, Hillier (5 mins from Gawler)

You will need to bring a plate of lunch to share, and your own scissors.  Cost is $30pp

Please ring Deborah 0466831709 to register. Numbers are limited and this fills really fast so be quick.

See what others have said………….

I feel that I have gained a lot of insights into myself whilst participating in the workshop. The introspection aspect certainly gave me all “Ah ha” moments and some personal clarity. The choosing of the content for the collage was interesting and challenging. I was happy with the end result and am focusing on manifesting the outcomes that were highlighted for me.         Lin.

I had a fabulous day at the vision Board workshop with Deb. She helped me gain clarity and focus and create a vision Board true to me. I wish we had longer!

I really enjoyed my first ever workshop. I learned alot and went to places I didnt expect. I found you a warm fun person and felt very at ease. Thank you for a fun day. I feel very inspired.     Belinda

It has been a wonderful experience sharing this day, meditating, learning and experiencing also celebrating the creative process….. Vision Boarding. Thanks Deborah.

Thought it was fantastic. Loved the Vision Board, the meditation was good. The pair offs made me uncomfortable but I think it was because I didnt know the people enough. It actually told me something I had no idea about myself. Hugs and thanks xx

Thankyou so much for a great experience. I was already excited about my goals and dreams and it was wonderful to put them in picture form and to visualise them. Your guidance helped me identify some of the blocks in my life that have held me back in the past and where they came from which will be freeing in the future. I love your energy, sense of fun and loving nature. Love Tanya.

I found the meditation exercises very beneficial in grounding my energy and a launch pad for expressing my goals through the collage. Richard.

Today I encountered deep emotions from memories that I had forgotten about and realised where my insecurities and disbelief came from. During meditation and a couple of activitites, i was able to heal, let go, forgive and give myself permission to trust. I have no doubt from today I will reflect the love and grace all around me so that people can see the presence of God in me.  Thank you, forever grateful Lia.

Be Quick to register for this insightful, fun filled amazing day. Telephone Deborah 0466831709.

What a talented bunch of Artists(including me ) . Please see below some paintings from various Art Workshops in March…

These Wonderful

Vision Boards

were created

by all who attended see testimonials for what they said about the day!

Studies have shown the successful use of creativity generates feelings of pleasure and self-esteem that are beneficial to health. In particular, it can help depression, stuckness, moodiness and anger outbursts. Current values do not give adequate importance to creativity and yet the practice of it produces massive health benefits.

Ruth Richards author of Eminent Creativity, Everyday Creativity, and Health, A psychologist who uses creative art therapies to work with at-risk children and their families as well as with traumatized adults found there is a strong case for fostering creativity in children, as well as in their families, in order to develop self-actualized, open-minded citizens who can address societal and global problems in an evolved manner. In practice, promoting a child’s creativity helps develop self-confidence to overcome family and societal obstacles to their growth and strengthens their resiliency. Richards also speaks of the “natural high”—the release of endorphins—that results from a joyous creative experience!

As a child you may have tried out something at school, music, drama, creative writing, painting, drawing and if you were criticised for your results, felt inadequate, believed that you couldn’t do it right, (always going over the lines) or if you were ridiculed or asked to share in front of the class this might have undermined your confidence and you naturally link humiliation or not good enough with creativity, forming beliefs, concepts and self judgement, that limit your potential for creativity now, even though you are an Adult.

You CAN clear these blocks and discover your own unique creativity.

Not all of us are Rembrants, Shakespeares, or Michael Angelo’s but it is the very immersion of ourselves in the creative inspiration that is the true delight. It is the act itself that has the healing power, and the results that can surprise us in unexpected ways.

Creating comes into form in many ways, music, painting, dance, acting, flower arranging, pottery, belly dancing, singing, interior design, writing, story telling, and other ways we don’t necessary think of like cooking, organisation, planning,  gardening, sewing, driving, even making the bed.

How many times have you struggled to find an answer or solution to a problem by over thinking it? and when you have gone for a walk, played sport, taken a bath, played music or laughed, the answer has just come like magic! By doing these things we are automatically shifted into the moment, the Now! We have made room for creative inspiration to flow. We let go of mind and move into heart. When we stop thinking our creativity and inspiration naturally comes through.

Letting go of the past, and any self judgement, not having any expectation of perfection or comparative results is the best way to “tap in” to your own creative expression.  Giving yourself permission to play and really mess up and just surrender to the moment, so that whatever you are doing is just expressed.

Try writing without full stops, punctuation, or perfect spelling, just write until you stop. Try painting with your eyes closed or with your fingers, or purely on colour. Try picking up whatever takes your eye at the beach or in nature and making an altar, or a picture, or display in the home. Try planting a tree, walking in nature, paddling in the sea, playing with play doe, singing with the kids in the car. Dance like no-ones watching, sing like no-ones listening and laugh for the sake of it.

Our society, plagued by massive addiction problems that destroy families and communities, could surely benefit from a widespread effort to promote creativity, that in turn creates health and wellbeing, and it starts with you.

Awaken Your Passionate Creative Heart  – the next Workshop is on 19th March 2011. This is a great workshop to GET CREATIVE! No experience necessary Call 0466831709.

Having recently returned from an “Art of Living” Workshop presented at the Riverdell Spiritual Center by wonderful teachers,I have to question myself on what it all means. And I have come to the conclusion that we have simply Forgotten the Art of a number of things.

Most of us are in Survivor mode! its all about surviving the day/week until we can rest/ relax at the end of it!  We are focussed ahead of time to some time in the future that is better than now! We are on auto pilot, already switched on well before we get to work! We enter conversations without really listening to other people, our minds already planning whats next, or comparing  to the past. We have automatic conversation starters and questions Like “How are you today?” and we answer, “Yeah good”  without even checking in our body or checking the other persons reactions.

1.  We have forgotten the  Art of Listening

Being of English descent and coming to Oz in the 1970’s  it was said that Australia was the land of opportunity and that we were “winging pomes” a nickname that has been well used over time. And yet I ask has Oz become a land of complaining? Most of us are winging about our work, the mortgage (which we are lucky to have in the first place), the banks, the price of petrol, the economy, politicians, how expensive everything is, how there’s no time for anything or that it costs too much.  Where is the talk on opportunities? on the abundance of food choices we have, in the supermarket and restaurants, the wide diversity of culture, the quality of our schools, universities, hospitals and health care compared to other countries. The jobs available and even the public service! Where is the talk on our many many blessings! our abundance that abounds daily!

2. We have forgotten to look for and count our blessings and be grateful for what we have.

And in doing this we have forgotten to take care of our neighbours and connect in the community and indeed put something back into the community.  Admitedly there are great groups of volunteers who are doing just that and I apologise if you are one of them, but most of us are not contributing actively to our community or even our neighbours! (I just want to say here that the recent floods in Qld and other disasters that happen, bring out this true Aussie spirit and love ) and then few weeks/months later it seems we go back to old ways.

3. We have forgotten to connect and give back regularly.

and lastly most of us are resisting change of any sort and bemoaning and grumbling about even the smallest of change, when it is infact inevitable!  The whole universe works on change, Seasons change, Snakes shed their skin, caterpillers become butterflys, flowers bud, bloom, decay and die! Nature never resists itself!  it flows in a divine rythm! We are part of that rythm, and yet we struggle against change, feeling ourselves out of control, if we dont know whats going to happen next!

4. We have forgotten to go with the flow!

How can we change this and turn living into an Art?

1. Take time to “smell the Roses” each day, and notice beauty!

2. Find a blessing in every situation, and express Gratitude, even when it doesnt appear so, and make this a habbit!

3. Do something different on a daily basis, eat something you never ate before, take a different route to work, give a stranger a compliment! Step out of your comfort zone and learn to get comfortable with being uncomfortable!

3. Bless and forgive those in our world

4. Bless and forgive ourselves

5. Look to ourselves for our own answers and remember when we point the finger at someone else, there are 4 fingers pointing back to ourselves!

I will leave you with the newest version of the Serenity Prayer!

God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change,

the courage to change the one I can,

and the wisdom to know its me!

Come Paint with Me!

• Awaken your Inner Artist
• Paint your own painting
• Surprise yourself
• Have Fun
• Get access to your own creativity & unlimited potential.

This fun workshop opens your senses and unleashes your creative spirit. A day of exploration, movement and creating!    No experience necessary.

Saturday 19^th March 2011 from 9:30am – 6:30pm

Cost $120  Venue Riverdell Spiritual Centre, 8 Clifford Road, Hillier.

You will need to bring a 60×60cm canvas – old clothes/shirt to paint in, an empty decorative plate or platter, open heart, and willingness to have FUN!!!! Lunch will be supplied by all, the ingredients you are requested to bring. ( I will let you know beforehand and please let me know if you have any special requirements or food allergies)

Check out Testimonials for what others have said about this workshop!

Ring 0466831709 to book

Hi Everyone,

Meditation Circle is starting again on 31st January 2011 from 7pm. Phone for more details.

Meditation is good for you on so many levels. Connecting you to your inner wisdom and higher self. Reducing stress in your life and bringing an inner peace and calmness.

I have been meditating regularly now for 16 years and it has made such a difference to my life. Everything  just falls away and you can deeply RELAX, with nothing to do & no where to go.

Come and try or ring me on 0466831709 for more information.

Much Love Deborah

This is my Vision Board for 2011.

Be encouraged to give it a go for your self. First check out the previous post on Vision Forward, then GO FOR IT!  Just get yourself a bunch of Magazines and sift through just tearing out all the pictures and words that you like and stand out for you. Then neaten them down and cut around pictures, (just like you did when you were a kid and had to cut out at school), then get yourself some cardboard and glue stick and be Creative, and put it all in place.  Lastly Office works will Laminate for about $10.  Have Fun! and guess what, THEY REALLY DO WORK!

• Acknowledge your successes from 2010
• Look at the insights you have learnt and ask yourself how could I have handled those differently?
• “Big” gratitude for the love & support you received not matter how big or small
• If there is anything that you need to let go of LET IT GO, don’t concentrate on it, let go of the story that has  triggered your behaviours that keeps you stuck in any negativity.
• So, what sort of a year would you like 2011 to be? Can you be bothered to get excited about it, are you complacent and are ok just to slip into anything that may fall my way type of year!
• Firstly I suggest you write a gratitude list for 2010. See how well you manifested what you asked for and how much you have grown. Be proud of yourself and for what you have achieved.
• Begin your vision board for 2011. if you havent already. I use a large piece of Cardboard and cut pictures out and words that represent what and where I am heading. Glue them down, and then Laminate at Office Works.
• Be specific about what you would like to bring into your life. Reach for the stars and don’t entertain any negative feed back that comes in from your self talk. Let that go. If you feel saddened or overwhelmed at all, go for a walk have a cry, acknowledge what you are feeling then let it go and get back to work with your vision board. Be your own coach in daring to ask for the Best Life Ever.
• What Action do you need to take to begin the process?
• Don’t worry about the ‘HOW’ it will manifest. That’s not your job.

The meaning of Patience in the dictionary is:

Endurance, staying power, tolerance, lack of complaint, persistence, fortitude. Patience is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without acting on annoyance/anger in a negative way; or exhibiting forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties. Patience is the level of endurance one’s character can take before negativity. It is also used to refer to the character trait of being steadfast. Or which you can wait for things.

Some quotes about Patience I found:-

“Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.”  ~Mac McCleary
“Patience is the ability to count down before you blast off.”  ~Author Unknown
“Patience:  A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.”  ~Ambrose Bierce
“You can learn many things from children.  How much patience you have, for instance.”  ~Franklin P. Jones

I have come to believe that Patience is not any of those things.  There is a perception here that Patience requires effort, that it is hard work! That it is connected to time.  And I believe it isn’t. Patience is effortless, easy, serene. Patience waits for no Man, it just is.

As a Kid I was always told BE PATIENT, along with some other sayings like, “All good things come to those who wait”.  I was always dreaming of what was coming in the future, like Christmas, Birthday, the holidays etc. I had no concept that I was being Impatient, I just wanted the good things in life, the excitement as opposed to the mundane and ordinary, like doing my chores, going to school etc!

If I was lying around in the grass watching clouds and playing in the fields, I was told to do something constructive, to stop wasting time.

Wasting time was not encouraged in my house. “Empty hands make idle hands.” – Find something to DO! So as a Kid I did a lot of chores and dreamed about being rich. I  read a lot of books, coz that was considered ok, you were not lazy when you read, coz anything to do with expanding your knowledge was acceptable.

Being told that you have to wait for what you perceive to be Happiness, gave me a belief that ‘happiness’ was always one step away. That in TIME I would have all the things I wanted. Reading about far off lands and things that other people did, gave me a belief that “happiness happens to other people, not me.”  They didn’t have to wait, they were already living happiness.

Patience was never explained properly to me as a Child and I never really learned it as an Adult either, not for a long long time, it took Patience to Learn Patience J

Paul Sweeney  Says ; “How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?”  ~  and if you take that even further to the convenience of mobile phones, instant messaging, GPS, Credit Cards, Internet, fast food,   a whole generation  is all about Instant Gratification, they don’t have to wait for much these days and still there is impatience!

I grew up impatient, and full of curiosity about what I didn’t have, didn’t know about and didn’t do! I didn’t know that it was masking the fear, that I would never be good enough, that those beliefs and concepts from childhood were actively sabotaging my finding happiness. Beliefs were born that I always had to work for it, Wait for it.

So as an adult, I learned some lessons about Patience, planting seeds, ideas and waiting for them to be born into the world, sometimes waiting patiently for Universal Timing, sometimes struggling against it with all my might. Sometimes white knuckling (holding on) so tightly to what I believed should be happening and growing more inpatient by the day, and not understanding myself and then in despair, letting go, which would finally allow it to manifest.  I spent so much time being in my own way and believing I was being Patient!

It wasn’t until I went to India, that I began to really see Patience in Action. Really get an understanding of what Patience means. In India the TIME consciousness is different. They simply do not measure importance of things by Time. We have an example of this just a few short weeks ago with the Opening of the Commonwealth Games. The rest of the world was up in arms, impatient and angry at India for not having everything ready a month before the Commonwealth Games. There was outrage and India just told us to be Patient, it would be ready, it was ok. J

And it was ok, by Indian Standards anyway. India doesn’t seek to impress with materialistic illusions, India knows everything happens when its meant to.

In India, I was fascinated by the amount of Men who appeared to be sitting around, on the side of the road, chatting and literally doing nothing! India is a hive of activity and yet there is little going on. It’s the noisiest place and yet there is a peace so sublime. The traffic is crazy and yet everything flows. There is no Road Rage, and minimum traffic lights & rules,  and the traffic just flows. Its like a symphony, a river, a natural flow.   It is the physical manifestation of action from the Heart of Patience.

There is so much JOY in the faces of those who have nothing. They are not patiently waiting for another life, they accept and love the one they have. They are grateful.

In India you accept what is and love what is. We in the west are so in control of everything and so controlled by everything, believing that Time is of the utmost importance and that if we stick to a Time-Line that somehow we stay in control. That we are following the Rules.  We also want it now! And yet know nothing about the Now!

We often enter conversations without listening to other people, our mind is already thinking ahead to “what’s for tea” or what’s next?

If we are stuck in traffic we get impatient, because we are gonna be late for work, and being late is triggering whatever beliefs we have about ourselves or what other people will think of us!  it will mess up the day, we will be behind or upset someone else or whatever it is we are creating drama about. The truth is we are just having a pointless conversation with our minds, about what may or may not happen, and all that’s happening is that for the moment we are stuck in traffic. So instead of taking the opportunity to breathe and take notice of our surroundings. We get impatient.  We often drive to work without seeing anything at all of our surroundings.  We are totally Unconscious to the beauty that is everywhere. Do you know how many beautiful birds you can see at McDonalds? If you look at the cloud formations and the colours in the sky, and the trees,  they are forever changing.  There is a reminder in nature everywhere you look, of the seasons, the rhythm of life and the peace available to you.

In India, It was tough to let go of control in the first few days, I gave myself a headache trying to hold on to what was supposed to be, … my suitcase fell apart, it was taped up and I couldn’t get another one for 2 weeks.  Nothing was on time, or worked properly…The power went out, the power went on, the shower water was hot, the shower was cold, I kept losing things and finding them again a few days later, everything was contrary to my beliefs and concepts, it was so wrong..…. and then just like that I couldn’t fight it anymore and I just surrendered and began to trust.  Trust that everything was happening as it should, Trust that I had it right, Trust that there was nothing for me to do, Trust that all was well. Trust that my suitcase would turn up. I let go of my expectations, my judgement of myself and others, and India itself, and  I lived in the moment, I found a peace so sublime, that it has stayed with me even to this day.  I gave myself permission to DO Nothing, and in me DOING Nothing, everything got Done.

One day in the trip, I lost my Yoga Mat, they were a very special gift given to us by Brandon and Kevin and we used them everywhere we went. This day I had put my Yoga Mat down whilst we were in Satsang and then afterwards it was not in the place I had left it. When I couldn’t find it, I can remember thinking Oh I wonder where it could be, and then……. It will turn up! And if it doesn’t well that’s ok.  When we got back to the hotel, I heard my name called from across the Lobby and there was a Trainer with my Yoga Mat.

In the past I would have stressed out so badly I would have been so impatient and so rude and angry to myself and others, demanding that someone Do something.  I laugh at this picture of myself now, and yet in the past, when in impatience, I didn’t   recognise what a tool I was being. I was so caught up in my own justifications, my importance, my need to get it right now.

Coming home to Oz, my life turned upside down! My income dropped significantly, my business partner and I separated our business and went our separate ways. My Family dynamics changed, I was a Grandmother, My relationships changed,  I opened myself up to love a significant other, to be in business on my own, to put myself fully out there, like I never had before. I started a whole new path, that I had not trodden before.  Patience became a doorway for me to become aware of my EGO  patterns, my concepts, my fears.

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions” “Live your questions now, and then even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers.”

And so in conclusion I have discovered that the meaning for Patience to me is:-

Living in Present time, surrendering to what is, having no expectations, believing in myself and my purpose, letting go of timing and control, opening myself up to love and experiences, having awareness of my drama and catching myself out. In living Patience, it makes room for silence and in silence, I hear my soul, my spirit, my very essence calling me forth to be born into every second, every precious moment, every new discovery of myself. I become a drop in the ocean that is part of the whole that brings forth the spirit of a New Earth.  I trust and follow a very different path, to the one of Impatience.  Guided by grace and my spirit, my life unfolds perfectly.

“Life is not about waiting for the Storm to pass, its about Learning to Dance in the Rain.” And in that joy, expressing and creating miracles.  That to me is Grace expressed as PATIENCE.