The Angels Recommend Spinach!!

At the risk of sounding random, I have to talk about spinach today !

(Yes, the angels talk about food,too!)

One of the most frequent things that angels and spirit guides pass along to my clients is the need to eat leafy greens, specifically, spinach.

I've always wondered why spinach?  I mean I know it's a green and it's in some way good for the body, but I never really delved into why it's so highly recommended from the celestial realms!

So, today, the answer dropped into my email inbox from cyberspace!
I had to chuckle at that. I get these emails every day from the Doctor Oz show, and maybe once every 10 days, I will open one up.
The angels kept nudging me this morning, to open today's Oz email newlsletter about magnesium and fatigue, (which I blessedly don't have an issue with) and to keep paging through the 11 pages in the mini-article.
As I paged through the blurbs/pictures, I kept hearing 'spinach, spinach'. Forgive me if I sound ignorant, but I didn't even know there was magnesium in spinach!

On page 10, low and behold, there was spinach staring at me (in a virtual way!)

So, here's Dr. Oz's info about spinach:

"Spinach - Half a cup of boiled spinach contains 78 mg of magnesium. Cooked spinach is also rich in calcium. Raw spinach is still good for you, but cooked spinach makes it easier for your body to absorb the minerals it contains."
"Do you feel irritable, weak and exhausted all the time? You may be suffering from a magnesium deficiency. Magnesium is a crucial, but frequently overlooked, part of a balanced diet. It’s crucial in more than 300 bodily functions – many of which give you energy. Get your daily dose of this fatigue-fighting mineral by eating five servings of these magnesium-rich foods a day." -www.doctoroz.com

Now it all makes sense!
Most of my clients tell me how drained and tired they are and the angels/spirit guides are giving them, (via me as the messenger) , a natural, healthy solution! 

Please note, that Dr. Oz also recommends oatmeal, bananas, raisin bran, whole wheat bread, brown rice, kidney beans, black beans, etc. for obtaining magnesium as well. If you're fatigued, you may want to check out the food solutions offered at his website.

I also found the info below from www.cookingnook.com: 

"Why Eat Spinach?

Spinach nutrition is amazing.The calcium content in spinach strengthens bones.It contains A and C vitamins , fiber, folic acid, magnesium and other nutrients to help control cancer, especially colon, lung and breast cancers.Spinach also helps protect against heart disease because of the folate content.The flavonoids in spinach help protect against age related memory loss.The lutein in it helps to prevent cataracts, as well as age related macular degeneration, the leading cause of preventable blindness in the elderly. Foods rich in lutein are also thought to help prevent cancer.

How to Get More Spinach in your Diet:

• Add chopped fresh or frozen spinach to lasagna to up the nutrient content of this tasty comfort food.
• Add chopped or frozen spinach to your favorite vegetable soup recipe.
• Sauté spinach with a bit of garlic for a tasty super food combination. Try it on top of a baked potato.
• Make quick and easy spinach dips to eat with crunchy raw vegetables and whole grain breads like pumpernickel, and enjoy the health benefits of spinach while you nibble on your favorite veggies.
• Use fresh spinach instead of lettuce to add a twist to your favorite sandwiches.
• Add chopped fresh or frozen spinach to omelets and frittatas. Make sure frozen spinach is thawed and well drained."

So, "go green" for your body and get energized!

Autumnal Equinox 2012 - The Light of Autumn

Welcome to Fall, the Light of Autumn!

At this time of the Fall Equinox, it's a time for moving with the September wind that so gracefully touches the fading leaves in the trees, ushering them into a new phase, and the welcoming in of gratitude as we take stock of all of that our souls have harvested via lessons and blessings over the past year.

The Autumnal Equinox is the time when both night and day are the same length and marks the beginning of the Fall season. The Autumnal Equinox lands on September 22 in 2012, although typically the Autumnal Equinox falls on Sept 21. It is also known as the Fall equinox, Light of Autumn, Second Harvest Festival, Mabon, Festival of Dionysus, Wine harvest, Cornucopia, Winter Finding, and Harvest Home. 

In the Christian tradition, the celebration of Michaelmas (on Sept. 29th, a time of the Feast of St. Michael, the Archangel and all the angels) and the Chinese celebration of the Moon Festival is around this time as well.

Through time, many cultures have celebrated the equinox as a time of gratitude for the harvest abundance, since it was also when they would start storing food supplies for the winter months, when crops were dormant.

Spiritually, the Autumn Equinox represents equality, and an ending and a new beginning, as trees shed their leaves, and the nights grow longer, inviting more time for sleeping, dreaming and planning ahead. The equinox also symbolizes the light and the dark that exists in humanity too, as we all must face our own shadow in order to find our own light.

The cooler weather that is ushered in around this time invites a time of slowing down to rest, to appreciate the bounty born from hard work, a time for introspection, and a time for more dreams as the nights grow progressively longer now.

Many groups of people around the world join together on the equinox to drum, sing, dance, meditate or pray.

Although often misunderstood, the idea of gathering on the equinox is to promote getting in touch with the light and dark within the self, so that inner balance may be achieved and therefore balance/harmony may be broadcast outwards to others. It's also a time that reminds us to reflect upon the blessings in life and to show gratitude to God/Universal Source and to Mother Earth for giving us sustenance.

Whenever we find ourselves in a time of transition, such as the season change, it’s a good time to focus on what we want in our life, and to come up with affirmations that can help us manifest our goals in the coming months.

I now invite you to think about these affirmations:

I am grateful for the blessings and abundance in my life

I give and receive abundant blessings

My dreams are important

I bring truth and balance to my life easily

I know there is balance in both the light and the dark

I am happy and at Peace

I welcome change

I enjoy a wonderful life of love, health and abundance

Prayer:

As we call in God/ the Universal Source, Archangel Michael, Archaeia Faith and the Ascended Masters to surround us with universal love at this time of dark and light manifesting together, a time of balance and equality, in the universe and beyond,

We ask that we open our minds and hearts to simply listen quietly and walk in love, balance, gratitude and peace on Mother Earth and beyond, and 

To help us light the way for others into a new way of living, a way of equality, compassion and tolerance into

A greater reality of One-ness , as we join our light together,

Becoming a white flame of healing, love and positive change for all,

Gently transmuting what no longer serves us and the world and filling one and all in 

Gratititude

In Unity

In Perfection

In Peace

In Harmony

In Balance

In Love

And so it is.

Wishing you balance in all you do, and joy in your heart!

9/11/12- A day of Rememberance, a day of Hope

The idea of doing a good deed today, something I've heard advertised on the radio, is brilliant! We need to change the energy of the 9/11 date on the calendar to positive energy. 
So many memories of tragedy, violence and sadness surrounds that day globally. The past can't be changed, but what if we honor those who passed and the heroes of that time, by dedicating kindness and compassion on the anniversary date every year to help move the energy in a positive direction going forward, for the future.
Here's some of what I experienced as a medium, in the space around that unforgettable day, 9/11/01, from my safe, New Jersey home.
There was a brilliant blue sky, the weather a dreamy mix of summer and fall.
I'd had a migraine for 10 days leading up to 9/11 and had trouble sleeping for a few days leading up to it. (Eventually, I came to learn that many of my prolonged migraines back then were my brain processing the negative energy that was being put out for violence.)
So, I got up early for my daughter's first day of pre-school. I had an uneasy sense of foreboding. I got in and out of the shower, and went to use my blowdryer and it refused to work (spirits frequently communicate through the use of electricity). In that moment, I knew something was really wrong and turned on the tv (which I typically don't watch) to see the horrific news that a plane had crashed into one of the Twin Towers, and then we all know how it unfolded from there.

What surprised me in the hours and the days that followed were the communications I received from the other side. One in particular took me years to fathom and even to talk about!

While fully awake, I had a vision of one of the planes that crashed into a tower. In it were the passengers as well as the hi-jackers, in the moments right before they crashed. What confused me was the image of all of them going into the light as the plane crashed, even the hi-jackers. The hi-jackers went to the light too!!!!! I found this so disturbing. When I finally mentioned it to a psychic/medium mentor a year later, he explained that in God's eyes, we are all his children, he forgives all. The hi-jackers thought they were doing something for God, for good, somehow in their thinking. They didn't think of it as bad. Human perception is that bad men did a bad thing.

I'm still wrapping my thoughts around that one, to be honest, but what sticks with me the most is that all the people on the plane turned into light before they really suffered. 

They transformed so quickly into golden, white light beams of a sort and the feeling conveyed was of joy.

They had joy in the light.

That's what I choose to remember.

A little numerology on today:

 Tuesday, September 11, 2012 = 9+11+5= (25)=7

9 is the number of global consciousness, of peace, of love, of giving. 9 energy connects all mankind and is the most tolerant, least judgmental energy. 

11 is a master number, and as such, it represents the balance of female and male energy and symbolizes the potential to push the limitations of the human experience into spiritual realms, the difference between dark and light, the yin and the yang, and in that energy , sheds light on truth.

5 represents freedom, adventure, energy, courage and experience. 

The sum of all the numbers makes this a 7 day-a lucky number! :)  It also is the energy of intelligence, intuitiveness and insight of wisdom of the ages.

Overall, I find the numerology of the day fascinating. If we look to changing the energy from the original 9/11, we can learn from what experience has taught humanity on that day.

The numbers suggest that today, we as a people, be aware of the big global picture: that we are connected as one humanity, linked around the world, as the events of that day joined so many nations and communities together, regardless of language/culture, to help one another through the atrocities. That we live in and support freedom , new adventures and courage in intelligent, thoughtful ways towards others and Mother Earth.

Let's keep the positive energy flowing on 9/11. Pay it forward with a good deed or act. 

Thanks to all the unsung, unseen heroes from that time. God bless all who passed through the veil because of 9/11 and those left behind to mourn them.