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I Ching Wisdom Message {September 2018}

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting and Maintaining a Successful Meditation Practice

I Ching Summer Solstice Wisdom {June}

I Ching Summer Solstice Wisdom {June}

5 Signs Your Meditation Practice is Successful

5 Signs Your Meditation Practice is Successful

Dana Garced

Helping you create simple meditation and spiritual rituals, so you feel more consistently grounded, connected, and in control of your life.

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for anyone who needs to hear this today.... Patience is a powerful virtue. Honor the natural growth cycles in your life. And remember, forcing things to develop faster than they’re meant to, will only cause stress (and rob you of the beautiful experience of something in its infancy stage!) ✨✨💕 #dontrushtheprocess
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Also, I’m offering some free meditation jumpstart sessions this week and next! So if you’re curious about meditation, want to start a new practice, or want to reignite an old one, I can help 😊💕 {booking link in bio}

Anyone feeling like a hot mess lately? I’ve heard from so many people that their anxiety, obsessive thinking, etc. has been getting triggered a lot lately. This is really common during this Winter to Summer transition (also know as Spring). .
At the equinox last week, the energies of yin (dark) and yang (light) were equal. But now as we move closer to Summer, the days grow longer, and that more active and fiery yang energy is building. And so our own internal yang energy is building too. .

Experienced in a harmonious way, this growth of yang energy will help inspire lots of new creative ideas, excitement, and the motivation to take action! But if you don’t have tools to channel and balance this new surge of energy properly it can lead to overthinking, overwhelm, anxiety, fear, trouble sleeping, etc. .
This is why Spring is such an important time to start (or restart) a meditation practice. So if you have a practice that sort of fell off track this Winter, now is the perfect time to recommit and begin again. .

And if you don’t have a meditation practice yet, now is the perfect time to start one! And if you think you can’t meditate, I assure you, you can. Everyone can meditate. It’s simply about finding a practice that works for you! .
If you need support getting started or have questions about meditation, I’ve decided to open up time for some free mini-sessions this week! So if you know you want to meditate but are struggling to get started, grab a free session (via phone) before they book up 😊 I’m excited to connect with some of you this week!! (See link in bio to book + DM me if you want a session but none of times work) ❤️❤️🙏#anyonecanmeditate #meditationforpeace #meditationfortransformation

The return of energy and inspiration that Spring brings can be intoxicating!! Lately I’ve been waking up with so many new ideas and projects that I can’t wait to implement! Anyone else🙋‍♀️?! If you’re feeling this excitement and return of energy too, this message from turtle spirit is for you.
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Slow and steady wins the race. The active, yang energy is still building! And will continue build s l o w l y as we creep closer to the longest day of the year (aka. the Summer Solstice) on June 21, when that active yang energy peaks. For now, remember turtle spirit, and give yourself permission to s l o w l y begin to plant seeds for and grow your new ideas/projects/relationships/etc. Moving too quickly, too soon, will eventually cause difficulties, burn out, and confusion. But taking the time to let things develop slowly, will bring great ease and success! Just as forcing a baby/child to grow up faster than is normal would cause problems, so does forcing your new idea to fruition too soon.
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For now I’ve begun journaling on my new ideas, visioning them, telling others about them, and asking the universe to give me guidance and synchronicities for which new ideas are meant to be brought into the world at this time. So before you start diving head first into action and creating all those new things, maybe try some of my strategies above to see which ideas feel most aligned to focus on right now? Now get out there and enjoy your Saturday 😊🌸 #slowandsteadywinstherace #turtlespirit #thespiritanimaloracle #colettebaronreid

Every Full Moon I do an I Ching reading for my #moonandmeditationwomenscircle. This month our theme is “CONSTANCY”. The I Ching uses the idea of an ‘enduring marriage’ to describe the energies of this hexagram. If you want to align energetically in this early stage of Spring, incorporate more Constancy into your life through:
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1️⃣ COMMITMENT: A marriages strength begins with a vow or a commitment. And thus, in the early stages of creating anything new, it’s so important to commit and dedicate yourself to bringing that new idea or desire to fruition!
Ideas come and go easily, but staying in the game long enough to see them to full fruition is a different story.
Beginnings are also notorious for self-doubt, fear, and “failures” leading to quitting, as you get acquainted with the new thing. So you must keep committing and re-dedicating yourself to doing whatever it takes, to bring that new idea from youth to maturity (even through adversity)!****And that's why it's so important at this time to only choose new ideas and projects that are worth committing to and STANDING FIRM FOR!
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2️⃣ CONSISTENT HABITS and RITUALS:
Another aspect of creating constancy is making sure you have the daily habits and rituals that will grow your new ideas over time. The excitement that naturally comes with a new idea is a great motivator to try on new thoughts and behaviors. But once the novelty wears off and you're facing challenges, it'll be much harder to maintain thoughts and behaviors that you haven't turned into natural habits yet.
So now is the time to figure out exactly what new mindsets and behaviors are needed to nourish your new thang into the world...and then work to make them habits!
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3️⃣ CONSISTENT MEDITATION:
A meditation practice is one of the most important habits to have, to help you navigate the doubt, fear, and uncertainty that are a natural part of bringing anything new to life! If you don’t have a practice or yours has gotten off track, nows the perfect time to begin (again)!
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Where in your life have you struggled with “Constancy”? Where can you bring more constancy to your as you enter Spring? What exciting new ideas are you committing to growing now?🌸🌸💕

Wow! Feeling this so hard right now. Thanks for sharing @thewildfeminine via @philofemofficial .
My biggest lesson this equinox full moon week is this If it feels really hard for a really long time, it’s not right for me. ✨✨

Do you let the Divine (Universe, God, guides, etc.) guide you? Or do you try to think and analyze your way through every situation and decision on your own?
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So many of us try to use our rational minds to guide every aspect of our lives....every decision. And I’ll tell ya, this is really hard work! I know because I’ve been there- many years ago before I became aware of our constant connection to the Divine...and sometimes now, when I get caught up in fear or doubt, and forget it for a moment.
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Keeping a meditation and spiritual altar in my home helps remind me every single day of that connection to the Divine. And meditating at my altar regularly helps me feel deep inside my body, just how real and powerful that connection truly is. And I just refreshed my altar for the Spring season with things that really help me tap into that new, exciting Spring energy! 😊🌸
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If you want help connecting to your own source of Divine guidance, I’ve gathered lots of tools over the last decade that can help! DM me if you want to chat 😊 Happy Spring!! 🌸🌸🌸 #meditationfortransformation #ichingforchange

Equinox and Spring blessings! The Equinox, marks a day where the dark of night and light of day are equal in length. And so it’s a beautiful time to honor and reflect on the idea of balance, the cyclical nature of life, and of the space or pause between endings and new beginnings. As the Winter and Summer meet here at the Equinox, Spring is birthed!
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Spring is the season that represents birth and New Beginnings. This means it’s a time to embrace everything that comes along with a new beginning...The excitement, the influx of new ideas and possibilities, the newfound energy, curiosity, and sense of adventure...As well as the inexperience, doubts, and potentially nerve wracking trial and error period of figuring out how best to navigate and grow this new thing in your life.
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On this Equinox I’m feeling all the feels as I process the ending of a pretty big relationship in my life. I have very heavy moments of sadness and grief as I work to fully process and release it. And I also have beautiful moments of excitement and possibility for something new (and so much more aligned!) to take its place. For now though, I’m just honoring this space between ending and new beginning, and allowing whatever comes up now as part of the healing and transformation process. .
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Anyone else going through a big ending right now? If so, I see you, and I honor your courage and commitment to growth 😊🙏💕 .
And if you’re feeling confusion, fear, resistance, procrastination, or a sense of heaviness as we enter Spring, you likely have some big stuff to release and clear from your life. This could be a relationship, physical clutter, outdated mental patterns, non-serving behavioral patterns, etc. .

If you need help uncovering what’s keeping you from fully embodying the fresh new spring energy, an I Ching Session will help! With Spring, the Full Super Moon, and Mercury in retrograde until the end of the month, now is an especially powerful time to work with the I Ching (or any oracle system). DM me for more info✨❤️ I’ve got a handful of spots left for this month. #springequinox #ostara #iching
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Feeling this today! I’m so grateful for all the women in my life, who I may not see all the time, but are quick to offer support when I need it most. I’m grateful for the phone calls offering to just let me vent, offers to bring me pizza and drink tea, invites to a salt room date, and the early morning texts of love. I love and appreciate you ladies more than you know!! 💕🙏❤️ #girlfriendsmakeitallbetter

Have you felt that creating your dreams and goals has been really hard in the past? Maybe you’re trying to create the perfect relationship, or build a successful business, or discover your purpose and create a life around that...but the time and energy it’s been taking leaves you exhausted! And maybe you feel stuck a lot of time not really knowing what to focus on or what to do. And if you’re being honest with yourself, it’s been awhile since you really felt much peace or joy in your life in general.
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This is pretty much how I felt a lot, before stumbling upon a class about the I Ching 10 years ago! What I’ve learned since then is that when you learn to recognize the natural energetic cycles within and around you + focus on ALIGNMENT with them (vs. trying to control and force your desires into existence), life becomes filled with so much more ease, joy, and success!!
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The 4 tools I now use to recognize and align with energetic cycles are Mindfulness, basic Astrology, the wheel of the year, and the I Ching. And these tools have been key in helping me heal my anxiety and begin to move more powerfully towards my dreams year after year!
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This Thursday, at our Step Into Spring event, I’ll be sharing more about these practices and how you can start incorporating them into your own life! Plus I’ll be gifting all attendees with a 1:1 session and a spot at my Equinox Full Moon ritual this month 😊 Only a few tickets left for this intimate event, so grab your tickets now (link in bio)! #springiscoming #meditation #mooncycles
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📷 @biliana_bilimamaphotography (moon edits by me)

I let @bowiethebrewdog pick our Step Into Spring Giveaway winner 😂 see my stories to find out who won!!
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If you didn’t win you can still get your ticket to our Step Into Spring Self-Care event Thursday!! {link in bio} #springiscoming