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Pagan love doll spells to use in your wedding
Dolls are used for hexing but they’re also used for healing, protection, fertility, and romantic spells.
Spring boquets
I love weddings, I love spring flowers – So it’s the perfect time to share with you my 10 most favourite spring flowers for your bouquet.
Recipe for happy: 1 part synesthesia, 1 part Billi Eilish, 1 part magic headphones
My ears are in love and I have found the perfect recipe for brain joy. I take extreme pleasure in music (ok, not always pleasure, sometime its agony – but when its right – its ecstasy) because I have synaesthesia, specifically chromesthesia.
Finding the perfect bridesmaids dress
For decades, bridesmaids around the world have forcibly agreed to wear hideously tacky dresses in awful colours against their will…all for their bridezillas. I imagine each of these bridesmaids has faced herself in the mirror, taken a big swallow of pride, forced an...
Funerals and beliefs
I believe that funeral ceremonies, for those who want one, must offer greater emotional and, where appropriate, spiritual value. I believer that a funeral ceremony must reflect the person who has died and those that are grieving.
Creating your own new year ritual
New Year’s Eve is here!! What are you planning? I used to put a lot of pressure on myself to make December 31 the best night of the year, and to stay up late. That often led to disappointment. I look at it differently now. New Year’s Eve is not just another night, nor...
5 Things the Dying Want Us to Know
I originally read about this book Opening Heaven's Door: Investigating Stories of Life, Death, and What Comes After by journalist Patricia Pearson and thought it was quite interesting. I want to clearly state that I do not agree with all that Pearson states, but I...
Reading for a second marriage
They wanted their ceremony to demonstrate their belief that even though they had already lived full lives with their first partners, they still believed in the sacredness of marriage, and that they took their vows very seriously.
5 steps to secure your boutonniere
I love seeing a groom's boutonniere match the brides and bridesmaids bouquets. But have you ever thought about how you get them pinned on the suit lapel - it’s a bit tricky - but here are 5 quick steps to guide you. 1. Position the boutonniere on the left lapel...
Finding the perfect cake topper
it is essential that the cake topper reflects your style as well as the cake’s.
I will never be a well behaved woman
I would rather pass my days lying in the middle of dirt roads, staring at the full moon with a bottle of summer red in my palms. I would rather have kids when it suits me, not when society expects or throws shoulds. I would rather live in a hammock on a beach for six...
Transformation
The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are
Thinking about transformation.
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
The Spiritual Meaning of Colours
Colours are one of the most beautiful and also one of the most under-appreciated aspects of our physical realm. We are surrounded by colours, but how often do we notice the numerous subtleties in the myriad shades. One of my online course, 30 days of colour teaches us...
Writing and delivering a eulogy – 5 tips to make it easier.
Writing and delivering the a eulogy for a loved one can be and extremely difficult thing to do. For anyone preparing a eulogy for a loved one, this is my advice - keep it personal, and make it your own. 1. Try to make it fairly brief Keep telling yourself that...
Planning your ceremony
So much designing and planning goes into creating the perfect #wedding reception that it’s easy to overlook the most important part—your ceremony! Avoid wedding-day disappointment by getting started on your ceremony plans now. Here are some hot tips: Pick your music....
Art as a spiritual practice
Nancy Azara is a sculptor who has been teaching for 35 years. She came of age during the feminist movement of the 1960s and began a lifelong spiritual practice that has influenced her art and led her to teach and perform psychic healing circles. My personal goals are...
Mothers day – celebrating the mother in us all
To some, Mother’s day is just another day concocted by the greeting card and floral companies, a cultural holiday dominated by consumer pressures. For those whose mothers have died or are distant, and for those who have never been mothers, the day might touch deep...
Celebrating Samhain
As April turns into May, millions of people across the globe are observing the sacred time of Samhain Samhain, means"Summer's End" and pronounced saah-win or saa-ween, Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest and the start of the coldest half of the year....
Creating a home yoga nest
In my home, the two most important rooms in the house are the art studio and the yoga room. My yoga room was in need of a bit of a make over so last week I got stuck in to it. I wanted to create a space that has an overwhelming sense of calm that washes over me the...
Burial traditions around the world
Do you have your funeral planned? Maybe you have heard a song on the radio and know that is what you want played while throngs of people cry and wail at your passing? Maybe you have decided you want to be buried in a cemetery, or maybe you’ve decided to be cremated?...
Finding freedom in commitments
Among other things I am a marriage celebrant, so I regularly see couples who are committing to each other for the rest of their lives. For many people, just thinking of the word “commitment” can evoke a wide range of emotions. Some people greatly desire commitment,...
Rolling up from standing forward fold – is it worth it?
If you have been following me on Instagram or Facebook you would know that I joined these wonderful yoga practice intensives taught by the highly skilled and just plain wonderful Julie Smeardon at Shri Yoga in Brisbane. I am learning so very much in these workshops...
Creating Creative Ritual
I love the quote by painter Chuck Close: “Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work.” Real creative professionals know that creativity isn’t about a spark, or inspired moment. Sure those things happen, but they’re rare and can’t be...
Finding inspiration
It can be so hard to find inspiration at times. Especially for those of us who have a 9-5 job outside of art. We may be too tired to think straight, or distracted by our daily routine. In such situations, we have to search for sources of inspiration and creativity....
What is a funeral?
A #funeral is the word we use to describe the whole ‘event’ in which we honour some one who has died. A funeral comprises the rites, rituals, ceremonies and/or any other meaningful observances that we carry out in order to honour or memorialize a person who...
Rituals to increase passion and embody love
Since the very beginning of time, people have attempted rituals that induce love and stir desire. Some of the best stimulants of this type are naturally occurring foods like avocados, onions, ginseng, and ginger. These have a very subtle effect, so if you want...
Finding your artistic passion
Making art is part of the human experience. Whether it is painting, sculpture, poetry, cooking, even the way you dress each day, it doesn’t matter, its part of who we are. I really believe that anyone who says “I am not creative” is wrong. Its more likely they haven’t...
Open your heart chakra pranayama
Yoga postures, or asanas, are often the first thing people learn when they start yoga. Depending upon the style of yoga you are learning you could also have the pleasure of learning pranayama. [bctt tweet="Prana means life force energy, or energy of the universe. It...
Atelodemiourgiophobia
Can you believe this word? This is real – this word (that I cannot pronounce) means the fear of imperfect creative activity. It fits so perfectly with my thoughts of late. Its January, I am making a million plans about how much more I will paint, how I will start new...
Each of us have the ability to deepen our intuitive knowing.
When we develop this deep sense of knowing, we can make use of it to help navigate through the sometimes stormy waters of our daily lives; use it to help is make decision that are fulfilling; and most importantly, use it to discover a path that keeps us living in a life we love.
When we learn how to hone our skills and start to pay real attention to our inner voice, we soon discover that it points us in the right direction. Developing a strong intuition and learning to trust it gives us a new way of knowing or seeing the truth without need for explanation, double guessing yourself.