My purpose is to explore and express my love of beauty and the beauty of love. Here’s some of what I’ve come up with.

Do Chickens Fly? Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway

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intuitive painting of a snow owl in flight

“Night Vision” (12″x36″) – Prints available in many sizes & mediums. 

Chickens don’t fly very high, very far, or very long. The longest flight recorded was 13 seconds – 10 feet high and 300 feet in distance. So often, they just don’t bother flying at all.

Believe it or not, I’m a big chicken. I’m scared of so much.

People can’t believe that when they look at my life – living and working intuitively in 3 careers on 3 continents and 5 provinces, several returns to school, and now living as a full-time artist & Lightworker.

So maybe it’s not true. But I keep saying it.

After all, I’m concerned at having to figure out my way from the Gatwick airport to Glastonbury with a heavy suitcase in 2 days – 2 trains, a bus, and a taxi after an overnight flight…. scary, right?!

So is the idea of being in a huge crowd of strangers at a Goddess Conference for 9 days. Will I be drained by so much people time? Will I be able to take full advantage of the morning-til-night schedule? Will I have the right clothing for the weather? Will I like my B & B?  Will I have enough sun screen and if not, will I be able to find hypoallergenic natural stuff?  What is this “Gateway” my Team of Divine Helpers told me about?

Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway

I’m just not a natural risk-taker. I’m not a big fan of change either… but the only thing constant in life is change itself.

The upside to all this is that if I’m guided, nothing stops me. 

I’ve come to trust my intuition. I still feel the fear, but it gets mixed with a level of excitement that’s a sure sign of impending growth. 

Intuition is always a call for growth. Growth means stretching your comfort zones. And stretching can be uncomfortable. Unfamiliar. But oh so worth it!

We’re not meant to stay small. We have to break through that shell that’s our limiting beliefs and fears to spread our wings and fly!

Breath by breath, step by step, keep asking “What would love do now?” Tune into your heart and soar.

One book that really helped me years ago is Susan Jeffers classic ” Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway“. If being a chicken has kept you on the ground or limited the scope of your flight, get yourself a copy. You won’t regret it.

And perhaps stop affirming that you’re a chicken.  Oops, didn’t I just do that?!

Spread Your Owl Wings

Instead, recognize yourself for the wise, powerful, sensitive & agile owl that you are.

You have it in you to appreciate the mystery of the dark nights, seeing with a vision that pierces through the shadows. You too can navigate through the dreamtime to access your Guidance. Through intuition and awareness, you can find your way to new heights and journey new distances.

Emulate the owl. Turn your neck to see a situation from all angles. Your awareness of your fears and of the reality before you will help you gain a more realistic perception of a situation.

Through strategy and awe-inspiring maneuvering, you’ll fly through the challenges to grasp the opportunities.

There’s nothing wrong with chickens. But if you’re ready to claim dominion in this sacred realm that is your life, you may want to start calling yourself an owl instead.

Embrace your magical ability to shift form and reality through the power of your thoughts and actions.

I am.

So here I go. I’m flying to England, embracing the mystery of what my weeks there hold. I’m excited! I’ve done all my research & reservations and now, I just have to trust.

Yes, I feel the fear. I recognize my ego’s desire to keep me in the status quo, to keep me living small, to worry about the “what ifs” and “hows”.

But I also recognize the presence of my True Self. Like the owl, I’m connected to Spirit. I trust that my Guidance can see the big picture and is guiding me each step of the way.

Where are you being a chicken in your life? Are you ready to call in your inner owl instead?

Feel the fear and do it anyway. It’s a much more fulling way to be.

Disclaimer: No identification with actual chickens (living or deceased) is intended or should be inferred. God loves chickens as much as owls. It’s just an expression.

A Close Look at Night Vision II – The Painting

Allow this wise and benevolent owl to open your eyes to a new way of seeing – yourself & the world.  “Night Vision II” has come out of the enchanted forest to guide the way to freer & happier insight.

Note:  The mist in the forest appears white from some angles and iridescent violet and blue from others.

“Night Vision” (12″ x 36″)
Acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas. No framing required.
SOLD

Prints are available in many sizes & mediums.  Order here.

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Are You Aligned With Your Core Values?

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Are you aligned with your core values? dragonfly painting

“Aligned” (20″ x 20″) – SOLD

Are you living in alignment with your core values?

Are your choices aligned with your Higher Self vision of your life?

I woke up beating myself up because it was already 8:30 AM. My productive hours usually start at 5 AM.  But I stayed up until midnight watching a Bollywood movie, and my body claimed the next 8 hours for sleep.

I could have gone on beating myself up for my poor choice and dove into my work (writing several blog posts).

Instead, I accepted the sun’s rare appearance as an invitation to get myself back on the loving track.

I wouldn’t be spending the whole day until sundown at the computer or in the studio. Nope!

I brushed my teeth, packed my breakfast & pad of paper, and headed out to Fort Amherst on my bike – a seaside spot on the cliffs 20-30 minutes away.  There, I sat for a couple of hours drafting a few blog posts and enjoying just being.

This was only my 2nd time on my bike this year – the weather being only one of the reasons. It felt great to get my body moving with such beauty all around. It was grounding. It was connecting. The sound of the crashing waves on the cliffs nourished my heart while my smoothie and organic grapes nourished my body.

Was I still in negative self-talk? Absolutely not. What I’d perceived as a ‘failure’ was simply motivation to make a better choice for the rest of my day.

My body, mind & spirit were now in the right space to write to you.

That’s what this painting is all about. “Aligned” is a reminder that our life flows from our essence, our core values, towards our Higher Self vision of our life.

The upside down rose quartz worry stone in the top corner represents the dissipation of worries when love & compassion guides our perspective & choices.

Which Way Feels Aligned to You?

Dragonfly energy helps us to look past the illusions and delusions of the shoulds, woulds, and coulds of life to know our own Truth and set our own direction.

This is why I wired the back of the painting in a way that lets you choose to hang “Aligned” in a way that speaks to you on any given day.

Living in alignment isn’t about being and doing for others’ approval. It’s about designing your own best life that reflects your values.

When we let go of those illusions and delusions that we’ve authored or adopted, we naturally become happier and healthier.

What Are Your Core Values?

There’s no one telling me but me what time is best to go to bed or to wake up at. I’ve come to learn with time what my optimal conditions are for a great day. Beating myself up when I change that around a bit, however, is definitely not in alignment with my values of love, including self-love.

Time in nature, exercise, writing from a space of love (vs. obligation/scheduling) – those are in alignment with my core values of spirituality, love, beauty, integrity, and freedom.

What are your core values? What matters most to you?

Take a look at Scott Jeffrey’s list of 200 if you want to dive into this exercise.

Which Areas Are Not Aligned With Your Core Values?

Now take a look at the 8 areas of your life. How can you better live in alignment to your values?

As you read through this list, pay attention to what comes to mind/heart. If it feels loving, it’s your intuition speaking. If it doesn’t, it’s your critical self-talk.

What can you let go of in the areas that feel out of alignment? What can you add more of or change?

The 8 Areas:

  1. Physical Environment
  2. Fun / Recreation
  3. Business / Career
  4. Personal / Spiritual Development
  5. Wellness & Health
  6. Romance / Family
  7. Finances / Life Planning
  8. Society / Community

Awareness is key to emerging more fully as your True Self.

No Regrets

Writing this at the end of a bike ride, sitting on a cliff overlooking the ocean was a great choice. My whole day turned out happier & healthier because I chose not to spiral down the rabbit hole of critical self-talk then dive into my work resenting the fact I was behind schedule and couldn’t enjoy the sunshine while it lasted.

I’ve designed a life and career that allows me the freedom to do so. Sure, sometimes I may not make the best choices. But that’s no reason to beat myself up. That wouldn’t be very loving. Instead, I continue to strive to live in a way that I’ll be able to say on my deathbed – “I have no regrets”.

You? What signals is your body, mind, or spirit giving you today to get your life back on track? These are gifts! Accept and act on those intuitive taps on the shoulders before they become a 2′ x 4′. It becomes harder then to live without regrets.

Aligned – The Painting

“Aligned” – SOLD
(20″ x 20″)
Acrylics & rose quarts on gallery-wrapped canvas. No framing required.

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Get On the Beam – How to Become a Clear Channel

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How to become a clear channel

“On the Beam” (12″ x 24″) – $867 CAD – Purchase through “Earth & Sky Gallery” (summer 2021)

Have you heard the Peace Prayer of Saint Francis that starts with “Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace”? That’s part of what channeling means to me.

It’s allowing Source, The Universe, our Higher Self and Teams of Divine Helpers to speak to and work through us. It’s about receiving Guidance and co-creating.

For that to happen, it’s important to be a clear channel.

This is as true when

  • I’m inviting a painting to be created through me as it is
  • when I’m tuning into my intuition to take the next inspired action or
  • receiving one of my long vision sequences for a Divine Storytelling Time intuitive reading client.

The tips I share below on how to become a clear channel will help whether you’re interested in channeling intuitive guidance (my focus), healing energy, or becoming a psychic medium.

Becoming a clear channel is a constant practice of fine tuning through conscious effort. That’s why I like to paint reminders for both of us, including this new painting called “On the Beam”, an idiom that means

“on or along the correct or proper track or way of thinking. A reference to the former practice in which aircraft would home in on a radio beam in order to navigate to their destination.”

Do you recognize the symbolism in the painting? It’s a smaller version of “Time of Ascension“. Usually, artists create a smaller one before the larger one, but I had so much fun with the larger one, I wanted to make a smaller variation in monochromatic tones. It’s not the first time I do things differently – lol.

To be on the beam, to live on track, to be guided by the Light is so important if we want to live our Higher Self version of our life. It makes the difference between living small or living big within your Self and in the service of others. Universal energy and Our Teams of Divine Helpers  are happy to help – we just need to remember to ask for that support and to connect to the resources available to do so.

I’m feeling called right now to become an even cleaner clearer channel. I feel like I’m preparing for something big.

Back in November, I was told that my time in Glastonbury would be a gateway. That’s all I know. I’ll be there for the Sun Lover Goddess Conference (which happened to be at the same time as when I was guided to go) and a solo retreat at the Chalice Well Gardens.

When I was a practicing Catholic, we had the 40 days of Lent to prepare us for the celebration of the resurrection of Christ. Last week, I was asked to take 40 days to consciously prepare for the birth or rebirth of something new in my life.

Co-Creating the “Re-Connecting Collection” of paintings  was part of the original Guided preparation. Now, I’m embracing the mystery and following a call to get more fully on the beam before my trip to the UK.

So this is perfect timing to share some tips on becoming a clear channel. May this also help you tune into your intuition so that you too can allow peace and love to flow through your doing & being.

 

How to Become a Clear Channel

3 Basic Guidelines:

There are 3 basic guidelines that help you prepare in body, mind & spirit to be a channel.

  1.  Clean Up the Channels:
    Let go of anything that either numbs or overexcites you. Depression and anxiety are like static on the line when trying to communicate with your intuition / Team of Divine Helpers. So avoid what affects any of your senses negatively.
  2. Raise Your Vibration:
    Your Team of Divine Helpers (angels,  Spirit Guides,  Higher Self, Jesus, etc.) vibrate at a very high level, so whatever you can do to raise your vibration will help bridge the gap of communication. Do, be, and have what lifts you up!
  3. Trust & Pay Attention: One reason a child finds the eggs at an Easter egg hunt is because she believes they’re out there and won’t stop until she finds some. The child’s curiosity, wonder, and sense of play fill her heart and open her eyes. Her focus is sharp!  These are all necessary ingredients to being a clear channel. Pay attention with all your inner and outer senses to the psychic signs . Learn more about these in my free 75-minute tutorial. Your trust will grow from baby steps to leaps of faith, making it easier to embrace the mystery.

10 Tips to Become a Clear Channel:

  1. Set Your Intention & Ask: Whether it’s through prayer, journaling, goal-setting, etc. make it clear to yourself and The Universe that you want to become a clear channel for Love & Light (use the words that fit your belief system).  Ask and you shall receive. Because of free will, however, you need to ask. Then, open to receiving. If what you receive feels loving, it’s your intuition / Team of Divine Helpers. If it’s not, it’s your ego or an unwelcome presence. So make sure to ask for Guidance from sources of Light & Love working at the Highest Vibration. With a prayer like: “Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace”,  the intention and request is there.
  2. Eat Clean: Healthy eating nourishes your body and a healthy body leads to a healthy mind. Some Buddhists abstain from onions, garlic & leeks because they excite the senses. I’ve never tasted coffee, so I’m sensitive to anything with caffeine in it. I try to avoid sugar because the effects are immediately clear – it hits my brain like a steam train! Now if I could only cut back on chips! Gluten and processed foods can cause depression, anxiety or fatigue for some people. Get to know how your body reacts to certain foods. What’s healthy for some may not be for you. What’s important is that you eat in a way that elevates your vibration.
  3. Avoid Drugs & Alcohol: I can’t speak from personal experience as I don’t drink and am one of the rare visionary artist who has never tried drugs. But it seems logical to me that if these things affect your competency behind the wheel, they’ll affect your ability to be a clear channel.
  4. Create Space – Meditate:  Meditation is a great way to create space for listening. When you’re constantly running around distracted, you’re likely missing your Team’s many attempts at communicating with you. Life is noisy. You need to be quiet to hear your Self & Team of Divine Helpers. So make space in your schedule as well as your mind. There are many kinds of meditation to help relax the mind, ground in the body, connect through the breath. Find what works for you.  When I’m not listening to one of the visioning mediations that I channel (which help connect you to your intuition for inspired action), then I’m listening to one of Steve Nobel’s transmissions. These bring in the archangels and the crystalline and central sun grids featured in my paintings “On the Beam” (above) and “Time of Ascension”. I also consider some of my painting sessions meditation. You might meditate while doing the dishes. Or do you spend time in quiet contemplation after your prayers? Again, find what works for you.
  5. Breathe: Your breath is your connection to Spirit. Breathe deeply through various yoga practices or get moving outside in the fresh air.  When you get scared, your breath becomes shallow or cut off , disconnecting you from your Self & Guidance. Unfortunately, many of us have learned to breathe up in our chests instead of deep down in our abdomens. So get back to how you breathed when you were a baby – you were super connected to Spirit back  then and can be again!
  6. Get Centered:  Exercise and gentle stretching can help get that oxygen flowing. It also centres & grounds you in your body. I like to do some restorative yoga and dancing on my mini-trampoline before I channel one of my Divine Storytelling Time packages for a client. What does your body crave?
  7. Nature Time:  Yes, being out in nature gets fresh air in your lungs and grounds you. It’s more than that. The Elements and Elementals are there to support your intentions. Next time you’re anxious, try hugging a tree. Just let it suck all the negativity out of you and down into the earth to be recycled into something that will serve the planet. Then let it connect you to the Heavens. Your whole chakra system will benefit from a nice long tree hug or lying down on the ground. Mother Earth nurtures, cleanses, and raises your vibration.  Go where you feel most uplifted. Every time I’m near a creek, river, lake, or ocean, I become an open vessel. Being in beauty (which is abundant in the great outdoors) brings me even higher and closer to the Light and Love that wants to flow through me.  If you haven’t tried an intuitive walkabout yet, it’s one of the fun & easy ways I teach to access your Guidance, especially in nature. And if you can’t get outside, the energy of crystals can be helpful.
  8. Solo Time: Is it easier for an introvert than an extrovert to channel? Maybe. What’s important is to take the time to be quiet and aware of all your senses and the signs. It’s about becoming a good listener.  Watching movies on your own isn’t what I’m talking about… even though that’s my favourite way to disconnect. It’s more about quiet contemplation or conscious channeling exercises like automatic writing, visioning, etc. Daydreaming is good too – imagination is the first of the higher levels of knowledge. Next comes inspiration and intuition.
  9. Record:  Don’t trust your memory! Use a dream journal, intuition notebook, camera, or voice memo app to record your data. I may take notes or photos on an intuitive walkabout but use my voice memo app to record the 1-hour Divine Storytelling Time sessions. When I used these channeled visions/ teachings for my Enter the Mandala: The 12 Universal Laws project, I was often surprised by what I heard but hadn’t remembered. And once, decades ago, I was confused why I was having such difficulty getting into a college program only to discover in my dream journal that I’d misremembered the Guidance I’d written down. When I applied at the suggested neighbouring university instead, I got in without a problem.
  10. Gratitude: Recognize when you’ve received Guidance, act on it, and be grateful for it. Imagine your appreciation opening the door wider each time. As your Team of Divine Helpers experience your gratitude and witness your willingness to take inspired action, it’ll become easier and easier to communicate with them. Your continued practice at creating a welcoming space and clear strong channels will pave the way to a happier & healthier life.

We Are Not Alone

How to become a clear channel. Get on the beam.We’re not alone. We’re all part of the Divine Oneness. So let’s connect to the flow of love & light that’s always available to us – that’s a part of us.

You’ll see. Co-creating is a lot more fun than trying to do everything on your own.

We knew all this as young kids. We just have to remember how to do it. Hopefully, these tips have helped. They’re all meant to help you be the joyous you that can more easily connect to your Truth.

I’d love to hear which of these tips you find most useful. Please share your experiences in the comments below.

Title: On the Beam – SOLD
Year: © 2019
Size: 24 “ x 12 “ (60.96 cm x 30.48 cm)
Artist: Dominique Hurley
Materials: Professional acrylics & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required. 
Genre: intuitive painting, visionary art, energism art, spiritual art, inspirational art

 

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Relax, Release & Re-Connect Meditation

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This is the last of the guided visioning meditations I recorded live while Artist in Residence in Carbonear last April.

I listened to it twice in the week before writing this post and both experiences were completely different:

  • my intentions
  • the scenery
  • what I released
  • my inner child memories
  • emerging qualities
  • the area of my life I chose to explore
  • the people and members of my team of Divine Helpers that I connected with
  • the inspired actions I’m inspired to follow up with

That’s the beauty of guided visioning meditations. They’re different every time you listen to them, depending on what you need, what you ask for.

Interestingly, some of what happened in this inner story that evolved as I listened didn’t seem to have anything to do with the initial intention.

That’s where further reflection helped me realize how they were indeed connected.

Remember that song, “Dem Bones” with lyrics such as:

Hip bone connected to the back bone
Back bone connected to the shoulder bone
Shoulder bone connected to the neck bone
Neck bone connected to the head bone

Everything in our lives is connected to everything else.

I may have been asking about cashflow, which may not seem related to the person’s inner child I met in the Cavern of Joy, but with further thought, it makes a lot of sense.

So give it a try for yourself. See how your story evolves and what or who comes up for you.

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“I was a little reluctant to try the meditation as I don’t sit still well… my mind and body always keep me busy. I was so surprised to see that I was able to sit still, relax, and disconnect my busy mind and allow myself to follow Dominique’s voice. I highly recommend giving it a try and taking some time for yourself. You will not regret it.”

Are you ready to give yourself this 42 minutes to explore your inner landscape, relax, release, and re-connect to who you truly are?

Enjoy the journey! And journal or reflect upon its various elements after to see how everything is connected. Deeper layers of meaning await beyond the experience itself.

Relax, Release & Re-Connect Meditation

(audio-only version below)

Music: “A Pure Embrace” by Christopher Lloyd Clarke

Featured painting:”Time of Ascension” – (previous blog post) –  Original & prints available now. 

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The Crystal Cave Meditation

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What a blessing it was to channel a guided visioning meditation at 7am five days in a row during my Artist in Residence week in Carbonear, NL last April.

The visions I receive are exhilarating! They’re very similar to a Disney Pixar movie without the bad guys. Add to that the unconditionally loving energy of Source and our Teams of Divine Helpers, and there’s no better way to start the day.

Guiding and listening to the recording of one of my meditations is quite a different experience.

At first, I’m sharing what I’m seeing, with pauses when you’re invited to elaborate on the story depending on what comes through one of your intuitive channels. In those space, my “movie” is on pause.

When I listen to them myself, however, the scenes change and the story fills out with guidance specific to my intention or question. And it changes every time I listen. Fascinating!

That’s what I trust it will do for you too. It certainly did for those who attended these meditations live. You may be moved by emotion, connection, inspiration, guidance, and more.

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“Dominque’s visioning Meditation was an amazing experience of self discovery. Her soothing voice allowed me to follow along effortlessly and with focus to explore the inner depths of my soul.”

And if you fall asleep, as many say my voice will do for them, then trust that you’re getting something you need on an unconscious level, as well as well-deserved sleep.

But if you can manage to stay awake, you’ll get a lot more actionable intuitive guidance as a bonus. It’s worth it!

Ready to give it a try?

P.S, It was raining this day and so traffic noise was louder than usual … just imagine the occasional truck driving by like the sound of waves or thunder – whatever works for you.

The Crystal Cave Meditation – Video

Enjoy this 42-minute journey through your inner landscape to the core of the planet and beyond.

Make sure to have a journal nearby to take notes after on the messages and inspired actions that require follow-up.

Remember that you can access all my gifted meditations using the “Meditation” category on my website sidebar or on my YouTube Channel.

Music: “Breathing Light” by Christopher Lloyd Clarke

Featured Painting: Peace Garden II. Learn more here…

What Inspired Action Are You Going to Take?

Since guided visioning meditations are meant to help you connect to your intuition for a happier, healthier life, they’re designed to lead to taking inspired action.

Name one inspired action in the comments below that you came out of this meditation with. It’ll give other listeners an idea of the variety of experiences these can offer. I’d love to hear how they’re inspiring you!

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The Perfect Unfolding Meditation

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Today’s gift is another meditation I recorded live during my April Artist in Residence week in Carbonear.

In this one, you’ll get to:

  • open to all you can be,
  • blossom,
  • grow wings,
  • travel to where answers await,
  • connect to someone you need to in order to emerge more fully as your loving self,
  • feel unconditional love
  • move in the interconnected particle dance of life,
  • grow into what can serve you in this next phase of your journey, and
  • receive guidance on your next inspired actions.

Intrigued?

Know that each time you listen to this visioning meditation, you’ll have a different experience.

Give yourself this time and structure to live a happier and healthier life. Open to your intuition through intention. Trust the process.

Let the good vibes lift you higher. The more you exercise your intuition, the stronger it becomes. 

The more you allow it, the more you will experience your perfect unfolding.

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“I attended Dominique’s morning visioning meditations every day for a week while she was artist in residence at Ocean View Art Gallery in Carbonear. They were thought provoking and inspiring. By being open and embracing the experience, it allows you to connect to whatever you need at that particular time in your life. Although we all heard the same words to guide us, we all experienced something unique and wonderful. You may connect with a loved one who has passed or strengthen current relationships. Maybe a situation that was causing stress could be viewed in a different light with more clarity. Whatever you need to experience will occur as Dominique’s soothing voice and channeled guidance leads you where you need to go. Thank you Dominique!”

Enjoy the journey into your Self.

The Perfect Unfolding Meditation – YouTube Version

37 minutes

Music: “Adrift Volume 2” by Christopher Lloyd Clarke

Featured painting:”The Perfect Unfolding” –  Learn more about it here…

You can always access my meditations by using the Category finder for “Guided Meditations” in the sidebar on my blog or on my YouTube Channel.

 

 

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Sacred Journey Meditation

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Guided visioning meditations are designed to help you feel good and access your intuition.

I like to think of them as entertaining participatory contemplations that nourish your transformational journey.

When I close my eyes and ask for Guidance for those in the room and for you who will listen to the recording in the future, I receive what looks like a Disney-Pixar movie (without the bad guys).

This is the same kind of vision as when I do one of my intuitive reading recordings for my Divine Storytelling Time packages.

This time, it’s not a non-stop story.

Instead, it sometimes freeze-frames or goes blurry for me, giving you a chance to experience whatever you’re meant to experience during that musical interlude.  

That’s the time for you to open up to receiving guidance, messages, images, knowings, visions, feelings, memories, etc.  Your intuition comes through many channels.  Even through your imagination.

So let the music carry you deeper into your inner landscape to experience your very own sacred journey.

And the next time you listen, know that it could be completely different – different Guides, scenery, gifts, messages – all leading to different inspired actions in your life.

Are you ready for your sacred journey?

This meditation was the first of five that I channeled live in Carbonear, Newfoundland & Labrador during my week as Artist in Residence at Ocean View Gallery.

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“It was exhilarating to participate in Dominque’s Visioning Meditations. Her gifted ability enabled me to go on a journey to my Soul and with clearer understanding of answers I was seeking. She is truly inspiring!”

I’ll be sharing many of the blessings that came from that week in future blog posts and bi-weekly newsletter.

For now, grab your journal and sit back or lie down, close your eyes, and enjoy this half-hour sacred journey into your inner landscape.

Then write down the symbolism, messages, gifts, and inspired actions that came through. It’ll help you explore deeper layers of your experience.

Note: Audio-only is below the video if that’s easier on your technology.

Music: “Across the Sky” by Christopher Lloyd Clarke

Painting: “Birds of a Feather” – learn more about it here…

Your Sacred Journey Symbolism

What creature came through for you? Did you receive any symbolic gifts?  

First, tune into your heart and ask what their personal meanings are for you.

Once you’ve done that, Google it for further layers of universal meaning. Always check with your Self if what you’re reading is true for you.

When I listened to this meditation before publishing it, I found myself riding a hippo. When I asked my heart for its personal symbolism, I got that this water beast was a reminder of how my recent weekly swims aren’t only good for my body, but for my connection to Spirit. I’m to continue. So I’ve just decided to head to the pool as soon as I hit the publish button on this blog post.

When I went to my favourite symbolism website, I discovered that hippo symbolism “reminds us of our birthright for greatness” through intuition, creativity & faith. Good stuff!

What creature came through for you? What personal and universal symbolism resonates with your journey? Please share in the comments below.

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Affirmation Booster 7

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This Oprah Winfrey quote in my planner inspired this latest edition of my Affirmation Booster series.

I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.”

Isn’t that the truth! It’s another way of saying “Where attention goes, energy flows.”, a principle that keeps coming up for me.

We’re always thinking of something. In fact, I’ve read that experts say we have anywhere from 50,000 to 80,000 thoughts a day. That’s 2,100 – 3,300 thoughts an hour!

Some research claims that up to 98% of those thoughts are the same as those from the day before. Shocking, right?!

If water keeps running the same course, it forms a groove and becomes a river. If a thought keeps being thought, it forms a neurochemical dynamic process that becomes a belief.

So the question is, what do you believe about yourself? What repeated thought formed that belief?

More importantly, is it true? Is it really true? Who would you be if you didn’t believe that thought?

If you don’t recognize this line of questioning, it’s part of Byron Katie’s life-changing The Work. I recommend her book “Loving What Is”as a introduction to her process.

Affirmations Create New Beliefs

Affirmations are a great way to form new grooves in your belief system. They work if you use them often enough to change the current limiting patterns of belief.

Give these 11 affirmations a try to see how they impact your emotions, decisions & actions.

Then pick your favourite and post it on your mirror to repeat every day this month. It just may be the one that creates the most resistance as this shows you where your groove is currently running deep and going in the opposite direction.

Pause the slideshow and repeat one at a time as often as you need with feeling until you can find an example of it in your life. Let the energy of my art support your process. Then focus on that truth and amplify the feeling. 

Give yourself a high five before going to the next.

Going back to Oprah’s quote, as you dwell on each one, you’ll become it more and more.

Life will then give you opportunities to practice being the truth of that affirmation.

It’ll also provide mirrors for you to recognize your True Self in them.

Enjoy the process!

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The 11 affirmations are:

  1. I am forgiveness.
  2. I am humbleness.
  3. I am mindfulness.
  4. I am Oneness.
  5. I am radiance.
  6. I am reflection.
  7. I am serenity.
  8. I am softness.
  9. I am unconditional love.
  10. I am wellness.
  11. I am a witness.

 

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Let Go of Labels & Do It Your Way

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What would you think if I told you my friend sometimes spends the whole day in bed watching 8-10 movies in a row?

Would you think she’s lazy? depressed? antisocial?

There’s definitely something wrong, right?

In this day & age, there’s a label for everything.

I remember a discourse analysis class in university. The professor said that if you put a video camera in anyone’s house, you could find proof that the person was mentally ill.

Just pause and think which of your behaviours might lead to such a diagnosis.

Now, you may suffer from mental illness and need help. Sometimes a diagnosis and medication may lead to a happier healthier life.  This is not what I’m talking about here.

I’m talking about the labels and judgements we put on ourselves and others when our rhythms and ways of going through life don’t follow the standards of society.

Me the Movie Buff

That’s right. Once in a while, I’m the one who loves to spend the whole day & night in bed watching movies. I get up to go to the washroom and get my meals, but bring my TV tray right back to bed to continue my Netflix binge.

My housesister doesn’t worry. She doesn’t judge. She may frown or remark if I express guilt or remorse at my choices. She doesn’t like to see me take the fun out of my fun. She also knows how focused, productive, and hard-working I can be.

When I stopped feeling guilty or telling myself “Ok, just 1 movie and then I’ll get this or that done”, I started enjoying these movie days a lot more. I know that I if I start with one, I’m likely going to follow through with more.

When I hit perimenopause then menopause, my body called for more rest. I was working from home and so it was easier to follow my flow. I’ll admit, I struggled at first. I judged myself.

I imposed all sorts of programs on myself: Netflix-free weeks, 21-day nature challenges, etc.  These had their advantages for sure.

Now, when I choose to have a movie day, I just allow & enjoy. Mostly.

I’ve designed a life for myself with a flexible schedule that can accommodate my painting, writing, or movie-watching marathons.

I sometimes have to make a conscious effort to get out of my happy hermit home to be social or physically active in nature. But I do.

I go skating, walking, chanting, to my improv comedy class, and weekly business training days with my best friend.

And if you follow me, you know I’m not lazy. I haven’t missed a Tuesday blog or bi-weekly newsletter since I started, filled with news of the projects I’m working on.

I also love movies!

As a child of 7, I used to bike by myself across the forest from the PMQs to the base in Germany to go to the cinema. We didn’t have a TV at home yet. It was also a time when children were a lot freer to explore the world on their own.

Sometimes, I just need to disconnect and immerse myself in stories. The only time I don’t enjoy my movie days is when I start feeling guilty. I get caught up in the shoulda woulda coulda … and that’s not healthy.

But if I truly listen to my body, mind and spirit and my flow is to be in bed the whole day, then so be it.

Last Friday, after dropping off a painting at a customer’s house at 6am, going swimming for 1.5 hours, doing my grocery shopping and laundry, I prepared the feast in the photo above and giggled my way past my housesister back to bed at 10am for a movie day. No guilt. Pure delight.

I started with the DVD “Speed” (1984). That movie had crossed my mind a few times in the previous weeks, but it wasn’t on Netflix. I spotted the DVD for sale at the library the day before while I was helping my friend set up her photography exhibit. I’m still not sure why it kept crossing my mind, but I’d manifested it and so was glad to explore the possibilities.

And since I know myself and accept myself better than ever, I knew that this first movie at 10am would lead to another and another. I was just fine with that. Depressed? Definitely not!

Instead of feeling guilty or wondering what others would think if they found out (and now you definitely have – lol), I celebrated my freedom and my choices.

We all have our rhythms. This was mine.

Do No Harm

Now there may be labels for my behaviour. And watching movies in bed all day may not be the healthiest. It certainly wouldn’t be if I did it every day or allowed it to interfere with my life, my relationships, my work or sense of fulfillment.

Does it at times? Maybe. But then I self-correct.

We’re all learning to be ourselves in a very prescriptive world.

As long as you’re not harming yourself or others, why not explore your unique ways of going through life. Find your rhythm. Accept yourself.

If you need help, get it.  If you simply need to let go of labels and guilt for being different, do that too.

Where in your life are you not accepting yourself because of the fear of others not approving of your choices?

Which of your behaviours do you feel are sometimes healthy but at other times not?

How can being more loving towards yourself (and others) help you find greater peace about your rhythms & patterns so they are more aligned with your Highest Good?

2 people in different houses in bed all day watching movies could be having very different experiences. One may be celebrating life and the other may need help, love, or medication.

Don’t be too quick to judge or to try and change others.

In every situation, be it for yourself or others, ask “What would love do now?”.

Sometimes, it’s about accepting that others are different than ourselves. And sometimes it’s about accepting that we are.

And if any part of you is judging me right now for my behaviour… love yourself through that mirror too.

Namaste – the Spirit in me honours the Spirit in you.

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Try This Spirit Calling Card Meditation

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Do you want to try the Spirit Calling Card Meditation I recorded live at Sunday’s launch party for my fundraising deck of oracle cards?

You don’t need to have your own deck. Of course that would be ideal for both of us!

But since I love to share, here’s your chance to experience it with a limited selection of cards below.

As you play the 13-minute audio track, click on one of your image choices at a time instead of picking 5 face down as instructed in the meditation.

This is one more way to use my Limited Edition Spirit Calling Cards to tune into your inner guidance.  For more, ways to use my 88-card deck, see last week’s introduction post.

And if you’re ready to buy yours now, they’re $111 Canadian. Thanks for your support! 

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