If you truly want to self-heal,  you must dig deep and find the underlying 'hidden' hurts that have been locked away in the subconscious mind. We often suffer  because we don't know how to deal with something and so we store it away to be dealt with later. By suppressing our hurtful feelings and experiences, we do not finish the process of relieving ourselves from the pain and the hurt.

Over time it is these things that come back to haunt us. Our bodies cry out to be heard. We want release. But, because we have hidden these things, or suppressed them,  we forget how to access the hurt and the pain. However, our bodies are acutely aware that we are trying to suppress certain memories and our intuition will try hard to bring these memories to the surface for healing. These memories are usually in our subconscious mind and often long forgotten as most of these hurtful experiences occur in our 0 - 20 years.

The subconscious mind is like a computer, running the program of our life, therefore we need to be sure that it is working for us and not against us. For example, if you had a very painful experience, eg laughed at at school for saying the wrong answer or giving a speech and being laughed at, your mind will work very hard to prevent you being in a similar situations,  if you haven't processed that hurt. Now this may seem like a small thing, however if you have to give a presentation at work, the fear of being laughed at may surface and be strong enough for you to try and avoid giving a presentation.

For over 25  years I worked with clients who were hurting in one way or another. The symptoms that they presented were just that, symptoms. Symptoms of long, forgotten hurt and pain from experiences that were never processed; coming out in their mental or physical health as dis-ease.

Hurtful memories, life experiences, other people's words and our own distorted beliefs can lead to mental and physical illness. People very often miss the connection between a hurtful experience and the ramifications of doing nothing to address the hurt. If you stifle the hurt or do not express the hurt it has an affect on your body. In essence, your body is energy and that energy needs to flow. Years of experience working with people through using Reiki energy and hypnotherapy has taught me, that people who hurt have very different energy to those that do not hurt.

For example, through reiki, I can zoom in on a person's throat, and feel that the energy there is not right. What I find when I do this and discuss it with the person is that they cannot speak up for themselves, they cannot voice what bothers them. Over time, these are the people who experience lots of colds, coughs and worse illnesses if they do not learn to voice their thoughts. If they are unable to voice their thoughts, they  very often get angry with themselves, because whilst they would like to speak up, they think they can't, and they turn their anger inward, berating themselves for not being able to do so.

In these cases, I would ask people to 'pretend' we were doing a drama, and I would pretend to be the person they wanted to voice themselves to. I would say to them, 'pretend', just for a moment that I am the person you are so angry and annoyed with, and let me have it. Give me your best shot; tell me why you are so angry. They would try to voice their anger, some quite well, others timidly. Then I would get to the real deal, I would ask them to look beyond the anger at the hurt.  I would say to them, "OK, now tell me why you are feeling so hurt?" Tears would fall as they expressed themselves to me, about why they felt so hurt, or betrayed, or unloved... and this is what leads to healing and getting the energy to flow. It is the opening up of themselves that frees all of the pent up, withheld energy that may have been there for many, many years. Once you release this energy, you cannot ever experience it again the same way. It will be gone. Pent up energy released and replaced with the ability to speak up more easily.
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You cannot withhold energy  tightly and hope to be healthy and well. Energy must flow.

About Cheryl Cattarin

Most of you know Cheryl  as the organiser of Connections Fairs, but she is also a healer and a writer.She wrote From Crappy to Happy to provide simple self help tips and techniques that anyone can apply to their lives. She will have these at our fairs for those who are interested in self-healing techniques.

The selecting, brewing and enjoying a cup of herbal tea can be such a deeply healing, meditative and transformative process. In cultures around the world there are so many traditions centred on the making and consumption of tea. In the modern day you can recreate these practices and tap into its power and potential.

Here are a few ideas about transforming your herbal tea sipping experience into something with greater potential for healing, contemplation, empowerment, inspiration and peace.

The Power of Ritual

Ritual is anything we do with higher intention. It is action taken to invoke a response from our lives, and it can be as simple as preparing a cup of your favourite herbal tea. When we create ritual in our lives, we are getting intentional about the everyday things we do so that they can become transformative. When we act mindlessly we don’t maintain control over the situation. When we act with mindfulness, which comes naturally in a ritual setting, we get to consciously choose from a place of power what kind of energies, thoughts, beliefs, and ideals we want to participate in.

The Ritual of Tea

Herbal tea makes a great action for ritual because it has some essential ingredients: calmness, healing, mindfulness, sensory experience and it is personal. When we brew herbal tea we are blending the experience of our favourite or most needed herbs, what we enjoy drinking and how we enjoy drinking it. Whether you are drinking the tea on your own or with someone else, the personal connection that this cultivates makes it very powerful and ensures that it goes to the deepest part of our being.

Inspiration

Here are some simple, fun, and effective things you can do to create a beautiful herbal tea ritual for yourself…

Set your intention, meditate or bless the herbs you’ll use in your tea. Infuse them with good energy and lots of positive thoughts.

Grid your kitchen with crystals to keep the positive energy going.

Use your herbs to draw a design on your counter top before you add them to your hot water. You could create a dollar sign for abundance, a heart for love, a smile for joy, or a stick figure for health.

While your herbal tea is brewing, gaze at your reflection on the surface of the water, try to see yourself happy, healthy, abundant, and blessed. Once you have a good image of yourself in these positive ways, begin sipping the tea to take it all in.

Say a positive affirmation over your tea before you take each sip. When you drink, you will be adding a physical action to the affirmation which helps it sink in faster.

Say ‘thank you’ to the herbs, the process, the Earth, and the Sky – all important parts of the healing tea experience, before you drink. Gratitude always switches the energy up in a good way!

If you know someone who is sick, stressed, or just in need of some extra love, take a few sips for them as a prayer and a blessing. The energy will make its way into their lives!

Herbal tea is a healing drink on its own, but connecting over your cup of tea into a moment of peace and appreciation enhances its benefits. Consider these words

“You must be completely awake in the present to enjoy the tea. Only in the awareness of the present, can your hands feel the pleasant warmth of the cup. Only in the present, can you savour the aroma, taste the sweetness, appreciate the delicacy. If you are ruminating about the past, or worrying about the future, you will completely miss the experience of enjoying the cup of tea. You will look down at the cup, and the tea will be gone.”    Thich Nhat Hanh

About Andrew Yeo, Teapot Teas

Andrew Yeo, is the Owner and Master Tea Blender of Teapot Teas. Teapot Tea’s mission is their raw passion for real living and commitment to self awareness through learning and development. Building communities through holistic partnerships, placing relationships and integrity above all. Making sustainability the core factor in all decision making and bringing nature back into balance.

Andrew’s fascination and love of tea began at the age of two years, when he was taken with his mother to visit a childhood friend who lived the Raffles Hotel Singapore. He remembers the majestic old dame, the wrought iron laced tables, finest of bone china tea pots, the wonderful aroma and the fascination about what lay within the teacups. All his life, he has been captivated by the elegance, ritual and the joy which tea brings to the lives of many.

Teapot Teas combines his two great passions, teas and health. Following his first and subsequent visits to Raffles, little did he know that 15 years later he would begin his food and hospitality career there serving tea and seeing again the joy which it brought. Moving from Singapore to Sydney, he ran the prestigious Amrita Spa where he became familiarised with spa cuisine, herbal teas and the beauty of health and wellbeing.

Every day is new. New days brings both uncertainty and potential. How do you get to the potential without letting the unknown scare you away?

​Getting past “I don’t know”!
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I hear “I don’t know” a LOT from people. And there is a good reason. We’re creating a whole new conscious Earth. That’s never been seen before. The old ways are no longer working and the new… well; let’s say it hasn’t shown itself yet. You don’t have any idea of how it will affect you or how it works. We’re literally creating it as we live it and that’s why it feels so scary, so uncertain. Every part of life is changing faster than it ever did. Yet we’ve been preparing for this for thousands of years. You chose to be here now so you could be part of it.

All you need now is to get over yourself by discovering ways forward. There are different “rules” to this new game of life, so that’s actually a good place to start because everything comes to you rather than you moving in any direction. That’s important to remember for remaining present and at the centre of your life. 

But this blog is about getting through the change, going beyond the known and finding ways to create your life through the unknown.

First you need to stop scaring yourself. Turn your thoughts from what could go wrong to the awe and wonder of the possibilities out there. And YES, they are there for YOU too. 

Old consciousness meant looking for potential risks and problems so you could fix or avoid them. We had to work hard to succeed. This has absolutely no place in the new, which is about engaging the life force energy all around you to deliberately and directly creating what brings you joy or bliss. 

“The greatest things to come are as yet unknown to you” Metatron 

Open to deserving, let yourself have it all! You are a divine being, a wonderful creator. You just currently have your creatorship set to “safety”. It’s time to re-set it to bliss, or joy, or happiness. Or even begin with contentment. However much you can handle. Just turn away from struggle and hard work. Please…

No one else can do this for you, and it is a moment by moment thing. AWARENESS is the key. Once you notice, you have the power of choice. When you hear yourself saying something discouraging… choose to stop and even replace those words. Ask yourself “will this bring me to joy?”  And do something differently… right there in the moment…. “I choose joy” or “I wonder what might bring me more joy?”

Notice when you’re feeling anxious, frightened or uncertain and take a moment to nurture and support yourself. I imagine myself talking to a frightened child that needs reassurance from me. It is natural to be frightened and it will stop you… distraction, drama, accidents and injuries are all from that part of you that is frightened to move into the unknown. Fear has been your safety mechanism for thousands of years in the old consciousness. You are the only one who can feel it within you and address it before it sabotages your life. Your strength is in your ability to realize and choose anew.

That leads me to connecting with your feelings. The mind was your best friend in the old ways but your feelings, body sensations and love is what will carry you to the joyous new life you desire. Give yourself a moment (or as long as it takes) to “feel into” a situation or decision before you make it. YOU know yourself best and YOU know deep down what you desire so it makes sense to connect these two within you. 

Stop searching for the answers, looking for the secret and trying to be better. Relax, nurture yourself. You’ve got this! And you are loved beyond measure, supported in every moment and are never alone. Notice the difference we’re making together.

Besides the spiritual support, there are millions of other humans, just like you who are choosing to step into the new. To get past the uncertainty and guide themselves to the new consciousness, the new Earth, so we can finally live in peace and harmony on our beautiful planet. You are part of a network of lightworkers, creators and new consciousness beings awakening to your purpose. 

Take comfort from that and come join us on the flip side of “I don’t know” because we’re creating bliss through powerful creative choices. Welcome dear one, welcome home.


About Doris

Doris Wittmann communicates with a group of 12 spirit guides. They introduced themselves to her in 2006 by asking her to draw them and receiving a personal message from each.  The 6 Archangels and 6 Ascended Masters now share their specific teachings, love and wisdom through Doris to enable humanity to live their freedom and create blissful existence on a peaceful, love filled planet Earth. 

Catch Doris at Sutherland Connections Fair on stage at 12.30 talking about the energy around you. Visit her stall for a chat and to discover the delightful ways to receive inspiration and an uplifting energy activation for yourself. Perhaps yours is in a drawing, CD, or an energy spray?