Jill Altman

Here's Kyung Hee Bae's finger labyrinth:

And here's Kathy Burgoa's:

We created finger labyrinths last night in Experiential Spirituality. Here's mine:

Right now, no spiritual practice calls to me like kirtan (devotional chanting). So, I feel excited to be learning of chanting in the Indy area. Tonight there's yoga to the live music of kirtan artist Kristin Luna Ray followed by kirtan with Kristin Luna Ray at Invoke Yoga and Pilates downtown. Follow this link to learn more or to register: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ASP/home.asp?studioid=2357.

We don't receive wisdom; we discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one else can take for us. ~ slightly tweaked Marcel Proust quote : )

What's the Message?

If you believe, as I do, that everything is ultimately happening for your benefit, then even seemingly insignificant events have importance.

This morning I burned a Reiki energy charged gratitude candle while I journaled, and as usual with these particular gratitude candles it wouldn’t burn without my active participation. (For some reason, the “walls” of the candle don’t melt while the center burns down, so the candle drowns in its own wax unless I do something to prevent it.)

If this insignificant and irksome event was happening for my benefit, what could it possibly mean? My first thought might be that these candles are somehow defective and to decide not to continue wasting my money by buying them. I could have also chosen to feel angry and frustrated that the candle didn’t burn as I expected it to.

But that all seems superficial and like I’m missing the real point of the event.

If I choose to feel curious instead, because I believe that there’s a beautiful and loving learning available for me here if I’ll simply decide to notice it, then I might arrive at this:

Consistent gratitude requests my active and conscious participation. It doesn’t simply happen. If I wish to experience gratitude on a regular basis, then I also elect to watch for it in my daily life. Without my focusing on gratitude and being consciously aware of it, I miss many of the subtler things for which I’m grateful.

So thank you, beautiful gratitude candle for that loving and gentle reminder to choose to pay attention to all that I’m grateful for!

I encourage you to also be curious about the events that catch your attention and to consider what beautiful and loving things they may be trying to tell you.
..from Connected, my e-newsletter, earlier in August ~ to read past newsletters or subscribe to them visit http://altmanlifecoaching.com/category/newsletter/

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Are You Tired of Doing the Same Old Things?

Do you ever feel like you keep doing the same things over and over again?

Are you searching for meaning and wanting to live your life on purpose?

Do you feel disconnected from the rest of the world or even from yourself?

Are you bored and wishing to do something new and different, to stretch yourself, but you don't even know what that might be?

Do you just want some 'me' time?

Imagine what your life might be like if you were living it with intention and purpose, and felt excited to get up and start each day.

I've spent the last two years teaching an Experiential Spirituality Course where we play with a wide variety of spiritual practices. This September through November you're invited to join me in an abundance of these practices.

Here's your chance to actually try things you've only heard of and wondered about, or perhaps have never even heard of before. And this is your opportunity to put your attention on activities that you may find fulfilling, connecting or just plain fun.

Get the Experiential Spirituality Course details here: http://altmanlifecoaching.com/services/. I look forward to connecting with you there!

Experiential Spirituality Course

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"I once read this description of boundaries 'The appropriate uses of the words 'yes' and 'no' make more room for love.'" SARK

I had so much fun journeying on and creating a portable labyrinth with the Spirituality class last night! Thanks for taking a photo of it Kathy B.

I'm feeling so blessed to have participated in the fire ceremony last night with such open and inquisitive souls!