Boundless wisdom and guidance is available within and around us at all times.  It's an aspect of the energy field in which we live and that is our source.  This field is known by many names: Being, the Divine, God, the Onlyness, the Tao.  There are numerous ways to access Being: meditation, bodymind practices, walking in nature, listening to music, expressing creativity, or being with another person in deep and authentic communication.  Another way to connect to our source and tap into wisdom is to follow the sparks that present themselves to us as we move through the day.

Guidance is readily available for the entire range of choices and decisions we make each day.  Sparks of intuitive knowing direct us to parking places, provide us with ideas for creative projects, and present us with solutions to problems that we can't arrive at by logic alone.  Young children are masterful at following sparks.  An invisible force seems to guide them at the playground as they effortlessly move from the swings, to chasing birds, to frolicking with a newly found friend.  They don't second guess themselves as we do.  You can see by their absorption and delight that their instincts have guided them accurately.  They know what they need in each moment to be happy.

Sparks can be subtle, and quick.  We often overlook them because we're so busy or too identified with our thinking minds that there's no time to attend to subtle cues.  Catching flashes of insight requires an open mind and the ability to relax and let go of control.  We get out of our own way in order to attend to the whispers, hunches, moods, and spaces between our breaths and our thoughts.

A spark guided me to write this newsletter.  I didn't know what to write about this month.  After a rich and stimulating phone conversation with my friend Jen, in which we happened to be talking about creativity, I paused for a few minutes before moving on to the next task of the day.  The word "sparks" popped into my head.  I thought, "That's it - the October newsletter!"  Ideas starting flooding in, and I stopped to quickly jot them down before I lost them.

I could have easily missed this spark had I discounted it or quickly plunged into the next project without pausing for a bit.  I pause a lot these days, and am ever-reminded of the magic and bountiful inspiration within and all around us.

In this afternoon workshop, you will have opportunities to explore your relationship to joy and learn how to awaken and deepen the experience of joy in your daily life.

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In this 5 session certification telecourse you will learn innovative imagery techniques and guidelines for the successful use of imagery for your own healing and transformation and/or to expand the scope of your practice and your work with clients.  This course is for helping professionals of all kinds:  teachers, coaches, somatic practitioners, hypnotherapists, psychotherapists, social workers, nurses and physicians.  Nurses and hypnotherapists will receive CEUs.

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