Blog Archives - Journey with the Seasons

Earth within Fire...

7/24/2017

Morning journeyers, I love this picture from my morning walk last week and it perfectly illustrates how the Five elements blend into eachother as we move through the year and how within each element we find all the other elements.The gorgeous yellow of the Late Summer amongst the fullness of Summer here in Mid Devon shows the slow transition towards the gloriously mellow Late Summer Harvest; when I see the change in the land I can also feel it in my body.
Can you feel and see any changes where you live journeyers?
Have a fab Monday, lots of love Carol xx

Sit with the darkness...

7/23/2017

Hello journeyers, we are at the new moon, this is a chance to sink deep into the darkness and feel the potential within.; all glorious and shining nuggets start off in the darkness.
With new moon blessings Carol and Sarah-Jayne xxx

Patience...

7/20/2017

Happy Thursday Journeyers. Our sunflowers are teaching us about patience here- we are desperate for them to burst out in all their bright yellow bee attracting glory- but they are not ready yet! They have got me thinking about the Business course I run through the Creative Kinesiology School based on the five elements- these sunflowers are still in their WOOD phase- soon to burst into FIRE. Some highlights below- hope you have a day fill of PATIENCE, SJ x

The Wood Element: Formation & Growth
Securing The Vision, Getting Everything Into Place

The process of translating your idea into reality – putting everything in place to be able to manifest your vision. A proper structure allows potential energy to be harnessed and grow. The trunk and roots of the tree grow, take shape and form. This process necessitates faith, dedication and patience as it can be incredibly slow. The tree grows imperceptibly. Your innovation is in the incubation period, within a chrysalis. It can feel that the amount of effort expended is immense compared with the results. Self-belief and commitment to the vision are required here.

Fire Element – Catching Fire
Responding & Grasping Opportunities With Lightning Speed

Once you are through the doubting that can come in the Wood phase, there will come a tipping point as the energy gathers pace. This is the critical mass needed to begin manifesting. At this point your business will start to Fire Up, the touch paper is lit and you can feel On Fire.

Flickering flames

7/19/2017

Morning journeyers, my musings today are about how we can observe the Fire element in people. The key with Fire is it's volatility, the fact that it changes its state rapidly just like the flickering flames of a fire. Here are a few ways you can witness it...
🔥when people blush there is a rapid colouring and then a fading away
🔥 a grey palor is also associated with Fire, this is more static and is like the ash of a fire.
🔥 vivaciousness and flirtatiousness and that ability to 'play' with life
🔥 a laughing, giggling sound to the voice or by contrast a flat tone with little or no lift.
🔥 being sociable, reaching out to make connections and communicate
🔥 kind and open heartedness

So lovely journeyers in this season of Fire how can you witness the Fire element in people?

Have a lovely day, love Carol xx

Joyful ease...

7/18/2017

Good morning journeyers, today I am back to work after my hols, I had a really beautiful relaxing break touring with my chappie in our camper van. It encapsulated Summer and the joyful ease of the Fire element, lots of time outside, relaxing in the sunshine, chatting to new people we met, simple meals and being in the moment....but now I'm back and I'm going to try and maintain the Summer feeling in my work, focusing on what feels joyful first, where my passion lies and what I want to grow and mature...but before I do this I'm going to engage my Wood element to get organised and make a massive list/brain dump which hopefully will fuel my internal Fire to get started 😊💜🔥🌞
So lovely journeyers, wishing you a day of joyful ease in whatever you are doing, lots of love, Carol xx

Open up...

7/17/2017

Good morning journeyers, I came back from holiday to find a mass of new flowers in the garden, they had opened up and showed their true beauty. The Fire element of Summer is the most yang 'out there' flowering element and it supports us to be our most expansive, authentic, beautiful selves. The Fire meridians help us refine how we do this wonderfully; the Small Intestine helps us be discerning, the Triple Warmer helps us be appropriately open by guaging the 'temperature' of each situation and the Heart Protector helps us not to feel too vulnerable by 'guarding' the heart.
So lovely journeyers, how can you be more open this week and show more of who you really are? Lots of love Carol xx

Celebrate!

7/16/2017

Happy Sunday journeyers. The fire element of summer loves a good celebration! Big or small, celebrating the good stuff in our lives warms our hearts and fuels our love of life! So what would be good to really make a song and dance about today? A pat on the back for self or others.. Celebrate! It's good heart medicine. Enjoy, love Sarah-Jayne 🎉 🔥 😂

Passion!

7/14/2017

Happy Friday journeyers. The fire element of summer brings our passion for living to the Fore. What are you passionate about, what fuels your passions, what dampens them? The summer is a good time to ask "what is my path of heart". Take some time for this. Passion for living is wonderful medicine. Sarah-Jayne 🌸 🔥

Utilisation

7/13/2017

Morning journeyers. The photo is the sun rising over my neighbours solar panels at the summer solstice a couple of weeks ago. Just as these panels take the rays of the sun and make them into electricity to power their home, so our small intestine takes in food, conversation and input from our environment to power our lives. The small intestine is where we can utilise, or not, the input we receive. Food wise we can be eating an amazing diet but if small intestine energy is low then we will not get the most out if it. As a coeliac wheat literally stops the villae (finger like folds that create a huge surface area for absorption) working at all in my system, so food is not utilised if I eat it. There is another aspect to this too. The small intestine meridian ends at the ear. Can we utilise what we hear? Or would it be best to close our ears to the kind of input around us? My youngest has Auditory Processing Disorder... He has no filter for picking out sounds so gets completely overwhelmed with noise. I work with his small intestine meridian often. These are just two aspects of small intestine imbalance.. There are many more. Hope you get to Utilise what is around you today to power up your life, Sarah-Jayne ☀ 🔥☀

Buck moon...

7/9/2017

Happy Full Moon Sunday. The Full BUCK moon was at its height at 5.06am this morning UK time. We have another two days to bask in the reflective light of this powerful moon. It is called the Buck moon as the male deer's antlers are growing apace ready for the rut in the Autumn. Its the start of the power struggle, where the deer have ambition to gain status, and therefore responsibility. Some of us may be feeling the power surge and wanting to forge ahead out of the old and into the new, to make our mark, to do our bit, to take on injustice at home or in the wider world. As the G20 leaders do their power deals behind closed doors, what is your point of power? Do you have the power, the sovereignty, that is needed at this time in your own life? If not why not? What actions are needed to step in and step up to our place in our own life, and then in the world? In the Medicine Wheel teachings the bottom line question is- "What will do with the power you find in yourself? How will you use it, why do you want it, how will you take responsibility for your actions". Along with an increase in personal power comes great responsibility. It is essential at this time we remember this for ourselves, and that those in power remember it also. Some good stuff to reflect on, Sarah-Jayne x