Dear Friends,

In January I was with a dear friend at Starbucks having a cup of tea.  All the tables were taken so we were led to sit at the counter next to a wall.  As I was conversing with my friend, my eyes kept veering up to a flyer on the wall.  It was right between us and it kept catching my eye.  It was a bit confusing to me as the flyer was for a Yoga Teacher Training and at that point in time, I had not even taken a Yoga class in my life!    However, I found myself tearing off one of the telephone numbers and putting it into my wallet.  And then proceeded to forget about it.

A few days later, I had a prophetic dream.  I know when to pay attention to these dreams as they are incredibly vivid and full of details.  In this dream, I was driving a group of people to a city across from Seattle and one that I don’t often venture to.  There were many more details to the dream but I woke and the one thing that struck me was that there was something there for me.  I don’t particularly like going to this city and it is a bit of a drive for me so I was perplexed about this dream.

I then heard my higher self suggest that I go look at the website for the Yoga Studio from the flyer.  I knew before even looking it up that it resided in this particular place from my dream.  And sure enough it did!  My soul knew that this was something to heed but I found all kinds of reasons to avoid it.  However, it kept nagging at me and I decided to go to one of the information sessions regarding the training (still never haven taken a yoga class).  My soul was leading the way on this one as my ego was confounded by the whole thing.  I so believe in the power of yoga and knew someday I would take a class in it but not jump right into a Yoga Teacher Training!

During the informative session, I felt this peace descend on me.  My third eye opened up and I saw auras around everyone.  I have the ability to see but it had been shut down for a while.  This alone, peeked my interest even further.  I proceeded to take a few yoga classes in February.  The instructor encouraged me to sign up for the Teacher Training as she thought I could do it.  She felt my openness as a person would be an asset to myself and the program.

The whole month of February I vacillated between my ego, (fear) and my soul, (excitement) about taking the course.  One day I would say yes to it, and the next, I would say no, this is crazy!  Two days before the course was to start, I made a decision.  The studio had been extremely patient and non-pressing with me, which I so appreciated.  However, my decision was no, I would not be taking the training.  I decided I needed to take more classes and feel more comfortable with Yoga in general and I was just too busy.  I was loving it so far, but thought I had no place in becoming a teacher at that time.  Despite the fact that my soul seemed to have another agenda for me.

Another interesting part of this journey was that I had found myself during February, lining up things in my life as if I was going to the training.  I worked on getting my taxes done, and I lined up a pet sitter (just in case).  All the while, telling myself I probably was not going to take this path at this time.  It was 200 hours and 9 weekends, 20 hours a weekend, and too big of a commitment for me with everything I have going on.  Again, my soul knew what was needed and was guiding me all along despite my objections.

The day before the course was to start one of the instructors called me and let me know that the class would be very small which would allow me to obtain extra attention if I decided to change my mind.  She stated that this was a rare opportunity as the classes are usually quite a bit larger.  I had developed a little bit of connection with this lovely woman from the 3 classes I had taken, and really trusted her energy.  All of a sudden, I found myself saying YES!  I was committed, there was no turning back!

I kept thinking about the dream, in that I was driving everybody to the class as they were going in the wrong direction!  This told me I had an important place in this class but still had me perplexed.  Our first Friday evening together, we all introduced ourselves and spoke a little about why were there.  As each person spoke, I became tearful from what I was hearing.  All of the other 4 students stated that the night before the class was to start they were not sure it was going to happen.  They all stated they were upset as they very much wanted and needed to be there. One person stated that she prayed to God that something would happen to allow the class to go on.  In turns out they needed a 5th person for the training to happen and I was the 5th person!

If I had held onto saying “No”, then this training would not have occurred.  The effect on these people’s lives could have been profound and after listening to their reasons for being there, I could feel how important it was for each of them to be there at this time.  I literally was in the driver seat in getting these people’s souls to this training.  And yet, on a deeper level, who really was in the driver seat?  Spirit sent me the dream to begin with.  And Spirit answered this woman’s prayers by encouraging the instructor to call me.  She never once told me that if I did not attend, the course would not happen.

The reason I have shared this story with you is that sometimes we are guided to things that are not just about us.  Sometimes, spirit uses us to fill other people’s prayers as well.  This was a very humbling experience for me and deeply touching as well.  Other parts of the dream showed me that this training is very powerful for me too.  And yet, I never would have jumped into a Yoga Teacher Training after not taking any Yoga at all if I had not had this very poignant dream first!  I never had a goal of becoming a Yoga Teacher and at this time still do not.

I am a 3rd of the way through the training and I have learned a  great deal.  This program is stretching me on a physical level, literally, and on an emotional and spiritual level as well.  It is challenging and yet, I am doing it!   And that alone feels good but there are so many more gems I am getting from it, and so many more yet to come, I am sure.

Sometimes we are called to do things that make no sense from a personality perspective.  If we try to figure things out too much from our minds, we can miss some grand opportunities.  This Yoga Teacher Training did not make sense to me at all, yet my spirit knew it was the perfect timing for me.  Spirit, not limited to time and space, was able to bring the perfect opportunity to me that my linear mind could not and never would have chosen.  And in doing so, I became the answer to other’s prayers as well.

I am hoping that all of you reading this will stay open to your dreams, intuitions, hunches.  Observe things that catch your eye and pay attention!  Spirit is talking to you at every moment.  If you feel stuck know this is only your personality.  Your soul has access to unlimited data and knowledge and is computing for you what is right for you at this very moment.  What comes to you might not make any sense but give it time, open your heart, and pay attention.  Remember this is a co-creative world we live in.  And the universe wants to bring something amazing to you.  And in doing so, might be answering the prayers of others as well!

Namaste,

Rosemary  Veilleux RN

“Create God like thoughts by thinking of Him as beauty and fragrance in the flowers, color in rainbows; love, wisdom, and power in all human minds; and as vastness in the ocean and the skies.”

Paramahansa Yogananda

Dear Friends,

I was sitting in my office today performing one of my least favorite things to do, paperwork!  I was feeling my energy dip and a bit of negativity seeping in.  I looked down at my day timer and read the quote above for this week.  I then looked out at the trees, observing the birds fluttering around and felt a unity of connection with all of life going on around me.  I then looked down at my paperwork and felt a closing off of energy again in the form of irritation.  I pondered on how to feel the connection of life force in everything I do no matter what the task.  And I reflected on how to apply this connection to health concerns and emotional issues that face us in our lives every day that can create turmoil and suffering.

When I step into my role of energy worker/healer/educator I AM connected to this one source the energy field that connects all of us.  I realized that just because I am doing paperwork or something I do not particularly like to do, I am still connected to the energy of Love, it just depends on whether I am conscious of it or not.  I then reflected about how paperwork connects us.  Often when we are dealing with paperwork whether it be bills, bank statements, insurance issues etc., there are other people on the other end of things connecting with us to help make this world function.

I decided instead of trying to see the paperwork as God to feel the paperwork as a connection to other human beings and to keep feeling the life force energy that is flowing through me even as I go about taking care of the mundane tasks of life.  I can feel the energy inside of me that is always there moving the cells, molecules and atoms that make up my physical being.  The mover to me is God, or life force or whatever higher power you want to call it.

We often look at something that is unwanted as malevolent or bad such as a health condition we might be experiencing.  I pondered, as I often do, on how we can shift the energy around something that we experience as “bad”.  When we experience diagnoses such as cancer, heart disease, or arthritis, we are experiencing a slowing down of life force energy that becomes stagnant and congested.

What I mean by this is that the unwanted thing we are dealing with is often a lack of connection with our higher power that settled in our body as heaviness, dullness and lack of vitality.  We may believe that heart disease is genetic but it is often the thought that heart disease is genetic that can cause the slowing of vibration.  Because often the next thought will be that “there is nothing you can do about it”.

I am realizing that we do not always have to name what it is in us that has created this heaviness or go through years of counseling to try to figure it out.  All we have to do, is look out at the trees, birds, life fluttering around us and really connect with the energy that is moving through these things. And then feel this energy moving in our own bodies.  Once we do this, we connect with the energy of miracles.

We do not even need to sit in meditation for hours to obtain this clarity of connection although meditation is a wonderful practice to have.  But if free time feels like a limited resource then you have within you the power to connect with universal source in an instant.

Look out the window and feel the energy in the life around you.  Breathe, take it in, smile in the connection that is you with everything else around you.  Then go about your day, knowing that you have just raised your vibration, connected with the life force around you, and in doing so moved the molecules in your body towards a higher level of functioning.  The minute you feel your energy dip, you can do this again in an instant.  Observing your children, animals, loved ones can have this same profound effect on you.  When you observe these things in Love, that Love is you and in you and creating you.

Wishing you all the feeling of connection with all of life no matter what you are doing or experiencing.  Once this happens, you discover freedom on a deep and profound level.  And ordinary things in life that once created frustration can now create peace.  And challenging issues are transformed into Love.

Namaste,

Rosemary Veilleux RN

Dear Friends,

As we begin this New Year, I am reflecting on change and how change affects us.  It has been said that the only things in life that are certain are death and taxes.  I believe Benjamin Franklin said that.  Well, personally, I think that sounds kind of forboding.  I like the saying that the only thing in life that is certain is change.  Many spiritual teachers over the years have said this.

My mother recently went through an amazing transition to a new residence in an Assisted Living Home on January first this year.  My sister in law chronicled my mother as she left her home and entered her new place of living.  The picture of the old home where she lived alone felt heavy and lonely as she was leaving. From the moment she entered her new abode the energy felt alive and bright.  My mother has never looked back.  She is having the time of her life, literally.  She is making new friends, laughing, taking classes, and loving the care and attention she is receiving.  We, my family and friends, are all delighted for her.

I am reflecting on my resistance to change at times.  I am a Taurus/Bull, Sun sign, and an Ox, Chinese Zodiac sign.  I sometimes joke that I am not always the first person to get someplace, and changing direction is a bit difficult for me.  However, when I make up my mind and feel committed, I have the strength of the Bull and Ox within me.  It just takes me a bit longer, okay sometimes a lot longer, then others to make a change.

When I reflect on change, however, and when I step into the energy of change something magical happens.  For those of us who can see energy, we know that energy is always in movement, always flowing.  As a nurse, I know that there is always change within the body.  Nothing in the body ever stays the same.  That is why I often suggest to people who have discovered they have high blood pressure, that they should take their blood pressure in a variety of times and circumstances as I can guarantee that it will not be the same from moment to moment.  Often times, medical providers are quick to put people on blood pressure medication without having them go through the task above.

I also suggest to my clients, especially those going through difficult moments like a serious health issue, to reflect that even these daunting health issues change from moment to moment.  As long as we are alive, new cells are being created and old cells are being broken down to allow for the new growth.  We have an amazing tool within us that also can affect the changes that are happening and that is the power of our mind and thoughts.  When we envision healthy changes in our bodies, they are more apt to move towards greater wellness.

I know it is extremely difficult to stay neutral when difficult things are arising in our lives.  However, just reflecting on the thought that everything changes all the time and that life never stays stagnant, can give us hope and allow for new directions to arise.  Even if divorce or something else is happening that is challenging for us, know that life is moving, changing, flowing us towards something new, something hopefully even better than what we could have imagined.  My mother is discovering this at this very moment.

I was meditating the other day, and I could see my life as energetic swirls in constant motion.  In that moment, I could feel life pulling me in new directions.  I could sense how life had my back so to speak and once again I marveled that I forget this and feel stuck at times.  I saw so clearly how the only thing holding me back was my own resistance to change to allowing the energy of change to move through me and guide me.

My mother resisted her new life for several months.  My mom is one of the most social people I know.  Living alone was not congruent with her needs as a person who loves interacting with others.  I could feel that her resistance was making her unstable with herself and causing her to fall.  After the first fall, she thought she was ready to move, but then once she returned home and was back in familiar surroundings, she decided she should stay for another year.  Then a month later she fell again.  I again talked to her gently about maybe life was trying to move her in a different direction and again she agreed.

However,  when she felt better she went home and again decided to stay for a while longer.  Then the 3rd fall happened and she broke her wrist.  I believe a switch went on inside her, and she finally got it herself!  She told me she KNEW that she would be happy at this place she had visited, she just KNEW it!  And from that moment on things unfolded beautifully for her and she has healed from the physical ailments that put her in the rehabilitation center.  Her resistance faded and life force energy was able to help her to heal.  She is stronger than she has been in quite a while.

I have learned that we all have to come to conclusions ourselves about our own lives and making changes.  It might be easy to look at someone and think they should get a divorce or change their job or go a certain direction with their health.  However, we all have our own internal timing regarding change.  The best thing we can say to anyone is to let them know we trust in their judgement and that they will know when the time is right for them.  We can still make suggestions but making the suggestions from a place of love and trust in the other person has greater impact for them.  That way, when someone makes a change, they will do it on their own timing and the change will be that much more powerful for them.  And the interesting thing that often happens when you tell someone you trust them, they come to conclusions on their own more expediently.  If someone is not healthy enough physically or mentally to make decisions on their own, than sometimes we have to step in and assist in making changes for them.  However, if at all possible, providing them with loving insight so they can come to the conclusion for themselves that the change is a good thing will be beneficial.

My wish for all of you in this New Year is to embrace the energy of change.  No matter what is happening in your lives, especially if it is difficult, know that life is swirling around you to move you in a direction that is for your highest good.  If you have a question about your health, a relationship, a move, close your eyes and feel the energy moving and sense the direction it is taking you.  As much as possible, trust in this energy.  This movement is life force supporting you.  I believe in all of you and know that you will make the changes you need to when the time is right.  My hope is that any change can be made with ease and grace by allowing the energy to unfold for you and resistance to fade and magic and miracles to appear!

Namaste,

Rosemary Veilleux RN

Dear Friends,

The other day I witnessed a beautiful example of charity, patience and Christmas spirit.  It seems like a simple example but I think those of us who witnessed it were affected deeply.   We have a small local community post office.  I love it during the holidays as I can usually breeze in and out without much of a line unlike the regular post office that often has lines out the door.  The other day I visited this community post office and I was surprised when I walked in as there was a line to the door with several people waiting.  There is usually only one postal clerk there at a time.

I noticed the postal clerk with a woman who seemed very scattered.  She had several items all over the counter and was needing help with every step of mailing these items.  And it also appeared she was trying to mail things internationally.  I looked around and noticed that most of the people there seemed tight energetically and were a bit irritated.  I have to say, I also felt a bit of irritation at this woman for not being more prepared and subsequently holding the rest of us up.

I looked at the wall and noticed a sign that instructed customers to be prepared when approaching the counter.  This woman was obviously not ready at all.  It was also nearing closing time.   I had arrived 15 minutes before closing and I was just wanting stamps.  This woman took up pretty much the entire rest of the shift and it was after closing before the rest of us were able to be served.

But here is what I wish to point out that touched my heart.  Not once did I observe the postal clerk being irritated with this woman.  This woman obviously was nervous and needed kindness.  The clerk did not ever look up at the length of the line or the clock approaching her end of shift.  She stayed pleasant, present and patient the whole time working with this customer.  I was not feeling so gracious nor were other people in the line, I could tell

By the time the woman in front of me reached the clerk she kept telling her how much she appreciated the patience the clerk showed this woman.  I could feel that this observation was deeply impactful to her.  In fact, she kept telling the clerk over and over again how wonderful she was.  I think this woman probably did not often experience that kind of patience from people in her own life.  Even though it was after closing, the clerk maintained her pleasant demeanor with each one of us until we were all served.

Every day we have opportunities to either observe kindness, receive kindness or provide kindness to others.  This mail clerk is an earth angel.  She demonstrated to each one of us in line the beauty of compassion, patience and caring towards another.  Some people might think of being a mail clerk as not a very important job.  But that day, I witnessed how powerful and healing this job or any job can be when we interact with people.  Not only did she provide healing towards this woman with her compassionate spirit she also healed each one of us in line.  When we are in the energy of love we all benefit from it.

I feel most of the time I am a patient person with my friends, clients and people in general.  However, the presence this mail clerk demonstrated towards this woman in need showed me how I allow my heart to close when I am feeling rushed and in a hurry.  Since that encounter, I have been staying more patient and caring towards others paying closer attention to where I allow little annoyances affect me regarding other people’s behaviors.  I have opened to the influence of this mail clerk to become a better person within my own life.  I know for sure the mail clerk’s giving attitude also affected the woman in front of me and most likely others in the line.

I believe life is a mirror for us.  When we observe things in other people that bother us there is most likely an area of judgement with something similar in our own lives.  I can be hard on myself when I perceive myself as being disorganized.  I can also be fearful of other people’s opinions if I appear disheveled, disorganized, or not prepared.  I am using this example with the mail clerk and this beautiful customer to become not only more patient with other people but in addition, more patient with myself.

My wish for all of you during the rest of this holiday season and into 2018 is to embrace the love this mail clerk showed for this woman and extend this love out into the world and towards yourself.  This is the true meaning of the Christmas and Holiday spirit and the greatest gift we can give to one another.

My other wish for all of you and myself included is to pay attention to every person you meet no matter what their background or vocation.  The homeless man on the street may show you an example of unconditional love that he has for an animal companion.  The grocery clerk may bring humor into the drudgery of your shopping after a long day.  The garbage collector may take an extra moment to make sure your garbage can is standing upright.

In all of the situations above, know you are in the presence of an earth angel.  They are here to teach you the true meaning of Love and the true meaning of the Christmas spirit extended into every day of the year and into all walks of life.

Namaste my beautiful friends,

Rosemary

Dear Friends,

I hope you are all having a wonderful Thanksgiving Day experiencing whatever your heart desires.  Expressing gratitude on this day for good things in our lives is always a nice tradition.  Although, expressing gratitude every day keeps our energy open and flowing in a more positive direction.  I do want to take a moment to express my deep gratitude for all of you.  For your loving, caring, and amazing spirits and the way that each one of you creates this world to be a better place just by being here.

I think all of us can find things or experiences in our lives that bring a feeling of gratitude into our hearts.  Our families, friends, children, animals, home and work are but a few of the most important ones.  However, I have worked with people over the years who still carry a great deal of anger towards their families for the pain they might still be feeling many years later.  They find it hard to be grateful for their lives and continue to run the script of what happened to them that continues to cause them pain and suffering.

I watched a movie the other night on Elizabeth Smart.  Elizabeth was a 14 year old girl in 2002 who was abducted in the middle of the night by a very disturbed man and was held captive for 9 months by he and his wife.  At first, I watched the beginning of the movie but turned it off a short while into it as I was finding it difficult to watch what was happening to her.  But something prompted me to turn the TV back on and continue watching it and I am glad I did.  At the time of her abduction in 2002, I was not watching the news and really did not know much about her story.

What I want to share about this movie and the 2 hour documentary that followed and was narrated by Elizabeth, was the amazing sense of strength and courage she showed during her time in captivity.  She endured physical and mental abuse every day.  She was shackled by her ankle for weeks and she was starved and denied water for long periods of time.  But here is what amazed me about her:  Every day she would find something to be grateful for even if it was something very small or even something that would seem difficult to feel gratitude towards.

She would be grateful for not being physically abused during the day even though nighttime brought on abuse.  Or she would be grateful for water once she got it even if it was dirty.  She would often think of her family and what an amazing life she had lived until the time of her abduction.  At one point, she went without food or water for several days and thought that was going to be how she died.  She made peace with it.  She had hoped she would see her family again, but she felt tremendous thankfulness for having the time she had with them.

Even after she was rescued, her mother commented that Elizabeth did not miss a beat with her life.    She went to high school, she dated.  She eventually married in her twenties and had 2 beautiful children.  She is now an activist for child safety.

I have thought about her over the last few days and what an amazing sense of grace she holds.  I am so deeply touched at her strength to find things to be grateful for in her darkest hours even at such a young age.  I know sometimes I allow myself to feel overwhelmed, tired and irritable with my life.  I believe most of us have our moments when we lose track of the good things around us.  But I wonder how many of us can feel gratitude when going through challenging times.  Perhaps you are dealing with a death, or a significant injury or illness, or perhaps a divorce.  Perhaps you had a very abusive childhood and are finding it difficult to cope with life now.  Any one of these things can be very devastating and make it difficult to get through our day and get out of bed in the morning.

But just maybe, when life deals us a difficult blow to our bodies, minds and spirits, we can remember Elizabeth Smart’s story.  We can dig deep into our psyches and find gratitude for something, anything.  We can feel gratitude for the sun on our face, or the meal we are partaking in, or the smile of the grocery clerk.  If your time on this earth is limited, perhaps you can find gratitude in having been born and having had the chance to learn and grow and love others and be loved in return.

Once we shift our energies towards gratitude, the world opens up and life brings us more things to please us.  If we stay stuck in the difficult things that happened to us or are happening to us, we keep life from showering us with grace, beauty, love and miracles.

Life can be very difficult as we all know.  There is no one who escapes pain and suffering if they live for even a year on this earth.  However, in each moment of your life there is something to be thankful for.  Reach out and embrace this knowing and acknowledge it!  Then your life will be filled with the miracle of Thanksgiving every day of your life.

I am so deeply grateful for all of you in my life.  Those of you who are reading this and whom I have never met are still a part of my soul family.  Your energy reaches me and I am truly blessed by it!

Wishing you all the beauty of a grateful peaceful heart this Thanksgiving Day and Weekend.

Much Love,

Rosemary

Dear Friends,

As I started writing this, I was waiting to hear about my dear uncle Richard who was getting ready to transition from this earth.  It was Halloween eve when I heard from my cousin that my uncle was not expected to make it through the night.  I was saddened to hear this news.  But it was also interesting as I had just been contemplating on how much I love Halloween.

I love the irreverence of this holiday in that it pokes fun at death and the afterlife.  And all of us can suspend our personalities for a short time and take on the persona of something or someone else.  We can become a superhero, a rock star, a goblin, a zombie, a witch or a ghost.  We can become anything we want to be and the best part of all is that there is no judgment about this temporary change as we know in the morning we can shift back to our normal personalities.

I ponder on the thought that the veil to the other side is thinner on this day and that the spirit world can be seen and felt more readily.  When I was a kid, however, I would be terrified of graveyards.  I expected the dead to rise up and walk among the living.  As I was thinking of these things Halloween eve, I was thinking how fitting it would be for my uncle to depart on Halloween when perhaps his transition out of his body into his new spirit body would be a bit easier for him.

However, his soul lingered a bit longer.  His spirit had its own special timing as to when he was ready to go back to his larger sense of home.  Perhaps he was waiting for a loved one to arrive or perhaps he just wanted a few more minutes with his earth bound loved ones.  I know he had several dear ones waiting on the other side who had already crossed over.  I saw them and knew they were happily awaiting his arrival.

My uncle was the last of my mother’s siblings who left this earth.  His death is bittersweet for her.  She has survived her parents and all of her brother and sisters.   This was also my last uncle to depart this earth.  However, he had lived a long life into his 90s.  He was a big Irish guy who loved to drink beer, country dance and travel with his beloved wife.   He was not perfect, as none of us are, but he lived a well lived life.  My family and I toasted his life after his transition yesterday!

My mother will get through this loss as she always does.  She is a tough woman who has witnessed death many times over.  She lost her beloved son, husband, siblings, parents and several close friends.  And some of these deaths were very traumatic.  I have witnessed her in her sadness but I have also witnessed her in her ability to rise above her grief and move on.  It wasn’t always easy, especially after the death of my brother Jeff.   However, she put one foot in front of the other and kept moving forward maintaining her ability to care for herself and laugh with others despite her pain.

Here is the thing I most want to share with you today and the greatest lesson I continue to learn from my dear sweet mother.  By example, my mother continues to teach me how to keep moving despite suffering and sorrow.  But most importantly, she teaches me that there is always someone else to love.   I observed my mother lose several best friends.  And within a short time, she would make a new best friend.  She didn’t skip a beat.  It’s not that she doesn’t miss her other loved ones, but she knows deep in her heart that she has more love to give to others.   I’m not saying she knows this consciously, perhaps she does, but it also just comes naturally for her.  She instinctively knows that love should not be contained.

I’m not worried about my mother losing her last sibling on this earth.  I feel sad for her but I also know she will continue to move beyond her grief and enjoy the people she still has in her life.  The love she felt for my uncle will continue to be offered to him but she will also channel this love to the rest of the family.

I cannot think of a more profound lesson I could have learned from my mother.  Life brings all of us things that hurt and sadden us.  And sometimes, life brings us to our knees with grief and hopelessness.  However, if we can all take this lesson from my mother, and slowly rise up, one leg at a time, one foot in front of the other, we can find peace and joy again.  I suspect most of you have lost loved ones and I know a few people who are also witnessing loved ones preparing to leave this earth as I am writing now.  My hope and prayer to them and to you, is that eventually you will take this love you feel for the departed soul, and share it with the rest of the world.  As you do this, you also will be healed.

There are so many people and animals on this earth who need your loving embrace, your kind smile, your joyful heart.  Let your love flow through your heart and out into the world.  The ones who need you most will find you!  And just know as well, that the love you feel for the departed ones, is not diminished in any way when you move on and love another.  It just becomes bigger and stronger and more encompassing.

I wish for all of you that kind of big, strong encompassing love.  Perhaps you will be the person who will be the beneficiary of someone who has recently lost a loved one and has that kind of love to share!

What a miracle life is and how precious.  Share the love you feel and you will be blessed every day of your life.

Namaste,

Rosemary Veilleux RN

Dear Friends,

Many of us have been witness to terrifying and deeply disturbing events that took place in Las Vegas Sunday night.  Most of us are left stunned and wondering how any person could inflict such pain on other people and so many people as well.   I found out about the events that unfolded early Monday am.  I  immediately read all the news that I could find on what transpired.  My heart was so very heavy as I’m sure yours was as well, if you read about or watched the tragedy that unfolded.

And then, after reading about all the horrific events that occurred, I started being drawn to reading about all the heroism that took place during those dark minutes.  And slowly, as I read story after story about the acts of courage and bravery that transpired, my heart started to thaw and come alive with warmth.  I cried tears that so many people stepped up and into their higher selves as they protected  others.  I read about mothers, sisters, husbands, friends and strangers shielding their loved ones and fellow humans with their own bodies as bullets rained down upon them.  I read about ex-military people who used their fingers to plug bullet holes.

I read about several people using their own vehicles to rush back into the chaos to rescue strangers and bring them to the ambulances or hospitals.  I read about how one man befriended a woman who was hit by a bullet.  He then spent all night walking the streets, visiting hospitals, and talking to her family while he tried to track her down.  He had just met her that day.  He was a beacon of light for her loved ones.   I read about all the health care professionals who put their own emotions aside to take care of these hurt people, going without food or sleep for many hours.

I read about First Responders, Police and Paramedics, using their own bodies to protect people and lead them to safety.   Even as I am writing this, I am feeling tremendous warmth over my heart and tears in my eyes.  This was humanity at its best not humanity at its worst.   One man created darkness.  But many many others created light.  Every person who acted out of courage and bravery and love sent a wave of healing and light that transcends any darkness that took place that night!

I’ve been wondering how I could be of service to these people in Las Vegas.   I have thought about sending money to help in their healing journey and may still do so.  However, I realized there is something even more profound that can be offered to my fellow human beings.   And that is my unbridled heart energy.  The energy field of the heart transcends time and space.   When embraced in selflessness and true love for another being or beings this energy field creates miracles.

Years ago, I went on a whale watching trip with an elderly, legally blind friend of mine.   She wanted to go on this trip and I took her for her birthday.   When I discovered the pod of whales out at a distance breaching and having fun, I turned to look at my friend who didn’t know I was watching her, I saw deep sadness etched in her face.  I knew she very much wanted to see the whales but they were too far away.

My heart opened and expanded and I chanted quietly to the whales and beseeched them to come closer to the boat so my dear friend could see them.   Within a couple of minutes, 2 whales broke off from the pod and came directly to the boat.  They were within feet of the boat and it seemed we could have touched them.  My friend was able to see (she had some limited vision) and feel them.   The whales felt my plea that came from a place of deep love and they answered.  Those moments still bring tears to my eyes when I remember this special time with my friend, who has since departed from this earthly plane.

My encouragement to all of you during the weeks ahead, is to read and listen to these acts of courage and selflessness that took place Sunday night in Las Vegas.  Focus on these amazing stories of love rather than stories of pain and suffering.  As your read about these acts of bravery and love, feel your heart opening like a flower.  Feel the warmth and energy of your heart emanate outwards to all those beautiful souls who were hurt that night or hurting anywhere in the world, including family and friends of these people.   This is a powerful wave of love and the greatest gift you can give them.    Over the days and nights ahead, this energy will keep circulating and provide strength to hold them up and keep them moving.

This heart energy will also provide healing to all those who lost their lives or were hurt by shielding or helping another.  Their acts of bravery will continue to heal the world as we open our hearts to the love that was generated by them and then by sending this love back out into the world and beyond.

So much love to all of you and any person who is suffering in any way at this moment.    May you feel the embrace of the heart energy that was generated by those courageous souls in Las Vegas Sunday night, and may you and your loved ones be healed by it.

Namaste

Rosemary Veilleux RN

Dear Friends,

Things happen in our lives that really can throw us off course.  Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, the earthquakes in Mexico, and all the wildfires surrounding us are examples of devastating occurrences that affect our lives, our health, and our emotional well being.  Even if we are not directly involved in the tragedies, they affect us on an energetic level.  Watching the news of stranded suffering humans and animals touches us at our core whether we know it or not.

Recently, I found out my garage had significant water damage.  I knew that I had water damage to the window and door frame and had planned on getting those areas repaired.   Then by accident I discovered that the walls on the back side of my garage and part of the side were water damaged as well.  They looked fine and were on the part of the garage that borders my gazebo and were not a part of the garage I walked by very often.  However, I did happen to walk by the backside one afternoon a few weeks ago.   I lost my balance and put my hand up to brace myself on the wall and it crunched.  Hmmm, I’m no carpenter but I was sure walls were not supposed to crunch!!

I immediately started calling contractors to give me bids on the repairs.  I have to say it was a bit frustrating in that several people did not call me back.  If they did call me back and left a message, I couldn’t call them back and leave them a message because their voice mail was full!  This happened several times.  Someone who worked for me in the past did respond and he and another gentleman came out to survey the damage.  The words coming out of his mouth was “this is not good”!  I’m so glad he wasn’t a doctor I was going to see!  Luckily I knew him fairly well and knew that he wasn’t trying to make it sound bad on purpose.

l then had my handyman come out over the weekend and we spent a few hours taking apart the drywall in several areas that were most “crunchy” so that we could get an idea of what was going on inside the walls and ceiling.    We were able to determine that there was a leak in the roof.  Oh boy, this was going from bad to worse it seemed.   The insurance company denied my claim.  The insurance adjuster stated that any bids between 10 and 20,000 dollars would not be unreasonable.   One contractor who came out thought that $25,000 could be a possibility after they got into the project and surveyed just how much damage there was.  And then my request for an increase in my line of credit was denied.  What was I going to do?  I couldn’t even imagine what the people in the hurricanes and earthquakes are going through, if this project was turning into  such a fiasco!

However, here is what I really want to share.  As my handyman and I pulled apart the drywall we discovered some wires in the wall in 2 different areas that were not up to code.  He was visibly upset and stated that if there had been one spark from the wires the whole garage could have caught on fire.  In fact, when moving the wires a little bit, they did spark and shorted out the fuse.  Luckily there was no insulation there as we had taken it out.  My house is attached to the garage so a fire there could be disastrous!  Since then, several other people have had that same reaction when seeing these wires.

It dawned on me, that if the water damage had not gone to this extent I never would have discovered those wires.  I never would have started taking off the drywall in that specific area.  When I had this realization, I felt a tremendous shift in my energy.  Instead of feeling somewhat victimized by the situation, I all of a sudden felt deep gratitude that this issue of the wires was found.  Instead of feeling like a victim, I all of a sudden experienced how protected I was.

After having this epiphany above, things started falling into place.  Contractors started calling me back.   The bids started going down instead of up.  I was able to advocate for myself and the denial for my line of credit increase was overturned and I was able to obtain what I requested.   The feeling of being a victim to feeling protected completed shifted my energy so that I could get the help I needed.

I have been pondering over all those souls in Texas, Florida and Mexico.  I’m wondering how many of those people feel like victims to mother nature.  It would be so difficult to not feel this way.   My hope is that they can keep up their energy and find the treasures that are around them.   Even discovering the tiniest of things to be grateful for can make a big difference.  Some people are finding sparks of hope and love.   I have seen it as I am sure you have as well.  Some people are very grateful to those helping them.  Others are in shock and others are angry.   Every one of these emotions are normal in these kinds of tragedies.  It is important to work through these feelings so that the energy can keep moving in a more positive direction.

My situation is not nearly as dire as so many of those people who were in the hurricanes, earthquakes and fires.   Yet, it has caused me to reflect about how important it is to find the gifts in things that happen to us.  Even the smallest piece of gratitude or change in perspective can make huge shifts in what is occurring in our lives.    There is always a gift in anything that happens to us, no matter what it is!

At one time, I worked as a hospice nurse with the terminally ill.   I took care of people who found tremendous healing in relationships as they went through their journey.  They didn’t necessarily get physically better, however they passed from this earth with enhanced peace and happiness.  This was a beautiful transformation to witness as I shared in their transition.

I am wishing all of you during these challenging times, peace that comes from a change in perspective, happiness that comes from finding new gifts in the difficult things happening, and joy in knowing that life is always trying to get us to a better place.  It might seem like a crazy way to go about this journey, such as having to have damage to my garage walls in order to find the wires that were not safe.  However, along the way, life shows us it has our backs so to speak.

My heart goes out to all of those people who have been shaken by mother nature and to all those who are shaken by life in general.    I am sending out a big energetic embrace of love and strength.  My best advice is to keep putting one foot in front of the other and find things to be grateful for no matter how small.  Eventually those steps will lead you to something that could end up being so much better than you ever could have imagined.  You could find yourself moving down and walking paths you never would have embraced if life hadn’t thrown you a curveball!

Namaste,

Rosemary

Dear Friends,

Last weekend I attempted to get out of town for an afternoon and evening.  However, once on the road I almost turned around and came back home.  I seemed to experience obstacles at every turn!  Prior to even getting in the car, I was frustrated as I was feeling how difficult it is for me to get away these days even for a short time.  With 5 animals, lots of gardens, large home,  my own business, I find it’s easier to stay close to home and find fun things to do around here.

After getting in my car and being on the road for about 5 minutes, my tire light came on registering that the air in one or more tires was low.  I pulled off the interstate and pulled into a neighborhood so I could get a better look at them.  After inspecting the tires, it seemed that they were okay so I proceeded back onto the highway.  A short distance down the road the bridge came up to let the boats through and I was sitting there for a short while. 

I went to a tire store and there was a 2 ½ hour wait to have my tires looked at.  I then went to another tire store and it was almost 2 hours there as well.   I then got back onto the interstate and took a wrong turn and headed back as if I were going home!  At that point, I was wondering if maybe I was receiving a sign from Life Force indicating that it would be best for me to get off the road!

However, I really didn’t want to go home.  It was a beautiful day and I was in the mood for a little drive.  So I turned the car around, tire light still on, and headed back towards my adventure!  I then felt guided to stop in a gas station to check the air pressure myself.  I was in luck as the air compressor was free and I didn’t have to drum up a bunch of quarters.   As I was starting to put air in the front driver’s side tire, I was prompted by my guides to go to the back tire instead on that same side.  I thought that was a bit strange as I was already filling up the air in the front tire but I listened and went to the back tire.  As I started to put air in that tire, I was prompted to “look at the tire”.  When I looked up, there was a nail in that tire right in front of my face! 

I knew at that moment, that this whole fiasco was not about turning around and going home as something “bad” might happen.  I was very clearly being supported so much so that I was led directly to the nail.  If I had just filled up the tires with air, I still would have been a bit anxious about what exactly was going on.   I then heard my guides ask me what my thought process was prior to getting on the road.  And I had to chuckle as my thought process was about how difficult it was for me to get out of town!  Well, guess what?  The universe provided for me exactly what I was anticipating and creating! 

I was so touched when I was led to the nail.  My guides really wanted me to get this lesson and were supporting me.  Now this is a lesson I work on all the time in my life but sometimes I’m a bit of a slow learner I have to admit.  Every time I think I’m being more positive, a situation crops up to show me clearly how my habit of negativity still sneaks in at times.

Today and the last couple of months I have been having a hard time getting my laptop to work properly.  Often it would take most of my allotted writing time to get the computer working correctly.  This is a new laptop I bought last January, so it should not be having significant issues already.   I kept delaying calling Tech Support as often I am on the phone for hours with them trying to remedy a situation.  Instead I stayed frustrated trying to work with a very slow computer.  I know basics about cleaning up a computer but this was more than what I knew how to handle.

Even yesterday, as I started writing this blog, my computer froze several times and I felt like I wanted to throw it out the window.  Now that certainly would not have helped my situation any!  Again, I heard my guides suggest that I look around on my computer as there might be something that could help me that I didn’t know about.  A technological wizard, I am not!   However, I did find that I had signed up for an assistance program that would help clear any issues with the computer.   After a little time, I was able to get my computer up and running smoothly again.

So what was my thought process leading up sitting down to write?  It was something like this, “it always seems like I have so many distractions to keep me from writing”!   A slow computer is certainly a pretty good distraction! 

Most of us who have been participating in the New Age movement for a while have been taught about the power of our thoughts and our words and how they affect our lives.    And being on this earthly plane, many of us still at times get stuck in negativity.  This is part of being human.  But even more than that, I wanted to point out how clearly I was guided in both the tire situation and with my computer.   I think sometimes we have to get to the point of wanting to throw something out the window before we decide to stop and listen.  The guidance is always there.

I know for myself when I have a lesson I need to learn that the longer it takes me to learn it, the more powerful the shift when it happens!   It is not about berating ourselves for our lack of consciousness, instead it is about celebrating the positive changes as they are happening.   I’m writing this blog and poking fun at myself a bit and hopefully helping all of you to be a little less harsh with yourselves as well and perhaps more conscious about your negative thought patterns that might still slip in from time to time. 

If we can embrace our challenges and find the humor in them, the change can happen much quicker.  And we might just help another person, who is also struggling with the same issue, feel a bit lighter within themselves about being human and sometimes being a bit of a slow learner as well.  Usually the more difficult a lesson is to learn, the more deeply this issue is engrained within our own psyches and spirit.   The good new is once we really get this lesson we have been struggling with for some time, the learning stays with us into the future of this life and lifetimes to come!  We are transformed.

Embrace being human, laugh at your foibles and slip ups if you can!  The journey will be that much more fun!

Namaste,

Rosemary

Dear Friends,

Recently I have been learning about “pseudo seizures”.  This is a complex disorder where emotional and psychological issues are thought to be the culprit behind the seizures and the person having them is unconscious regarding the psychological issues.  Often times, there is a deep seated emotional trauma that converts to physical symptoms.  This concept has fascinated me.  However, when thinking more about this issue, I contemplate on how many illnesses and even injuries are rooted in emotional and spiritual causes.

When we experience things in our lives that are difficult sometimes it is hard to acknowledge the causes, as I feel most of us know.   I believe that if we experience trauma at a very early age before verbal communication was possible then those issues can become “stuck” in our bodies energetically.  The good news is there are ways to communicate with and release the issues.  This release can be through modalities such as Counseling, Hypnotherapy, Bodytalk Therapy, Yuen Method, Reiki, Massage, Tapping, Homeopathy, Aromatherapy and many other body/mind/spirit and energetic approaches.  Or we can release traumas simply by talking to a good friend.

Our bodies have an amazing, spectacular, tremendous physical intelligence.  They are our very own biofeedback system!  When we have a physical issue it is an opportunity for us to communicate with our bodies.  For instance, in the case of someone having pseudo seizures perhaps the person is dealing with life too mentally and the brain/body is saying “lets get rid of some of this mental energy!.  Or perhaps someone is experiencing low back pain then perhaps their body is saying “the pressures of life are getting to me, I don’t feel safe”.

I adore watching children at play.  Especially children who have not endured significant emotional traumas in their young lives.  Their bodies are fluid, adaptable.  They fall, they get up and keep dancing, skipping, jumping.  I have been observing the sweet 5 and 7 year old little girls who live next door ride their bikes in the Cul de sac where I live.  They are filled with joy and enthusiasm and they radiate good health!

There are so many times as a nurse I have wanted to explore the patients emotional and spiritual landscape a bit more with them.   However, even though I have the ability to look into a person on a deeper level and see/and feel energetic imbalances, I do not do this unless invited.   And I know that everyone of us has the ability to shift patterns on our own by learning to inhabit and communicate with ourselves more clearly.

To experience a person or myself move beyond self imposed limitations, whether these limits are conscious or unconscious, is a beautiful thing.  To help someone experience their body in a different way, and to learn to trust and understand the intelligence it offers is awesome!

When I say “self imposed” there is no judgement implied.  All of us have areas in our lives that limit us due to our unconscious patterns we hold often as deep seated beliefs.  That is the nature of being human.   If we can slow down and ask our bodies what they are trying to tell us, we might be tremendously surprised.   Each cell of our bodies has a wisdom all of its own.  You can communicate with each cell to discover what it is wanting to thrive. 

 Or perhaps there is a group of cells that are desiring to communicate with you.  You can scan your body until there is a place that draws your attention and then you can ask what this part of you is wanting!  Your answer might come in a picture of an orange indicating you need more Vitamin C.  Or you might get the smell of lavender indicating that you need to relax more.  The more you engage all of your senses the greater understanding you will have of what is going on within your own beautiful being.

Learning to communicate with your own physical intelligence is an art and a talent that we all have access too.  The more you engage with your being the more fun you will have.  In fact, your body might be asking you to go out and have more fun and to be like a child again and skip, jump and sing with joy!   Last week my chiropractor and his wife had a sign up showing a young girl blowing bubbles with her gum.  Their sign stated, “Become like a kid again!” underneath the girl.   They offered bubble gum to us, both natural and regular bubble gum that I had as a child, . 

At first, I was surprised they would offer bubblegum with sugar.   However, then I asked myself, if I were like a kid again, would I worry about the sugar?  Absolutely not!!  So I took a piece of each.  Today I had my last piece of bubble gum and had so much fun blowing bubbles as I drove around running errands.

I have had several spiritual teachers over the years who taught me that it is our worry and fear that is often the culprit behind certain things such as food sensitivities.  Each of them have stated that if we were able to embrace whatever were doing with joy and acceptance than eating that piece of pie with gluten crust would not hurt us.  This would be because eating the pie would be aligned with our truth and our higher vibration. 

I’m not saying that we should abandon new health habits that are making us feel good.  But I am suggesting that maybe we can let our hair down a bit, become like a child and absolutely positively and completely enjoy something yummy on occasion whether it be food or an activity and trust that our cells have the ability to keep us healthy.  It is when our cells pick up the message that something is wrong with what we are doing, then they take on the energy of the lower vibration of fear and illness can be created.   One of the most powerful things we can do for ourselves is to be aligned energetically with whatever we are doing.

To become like a kid again is to experience childlike innocence in play, eating, creating.  It would be  trusting our bodies again to tell us what they need and then trusting them to take good care of us.    It would be feeling the joy in every cell that wants to perform perfectly for us if we can get our fears and worries out of the way. 

Wishing you all the radiant health that comes from listening to your own physical intelligence and then experiencing life as a kid again!  Run, jump, skip and sing!  Your body will feel the joy and radiate health back to you much like my neighbor’s children! 

Much love to all of you.

Rosemary