FINDING SPIRIT IN THE NEW YEAR

© 2013 - Reprinted with permission from Shining Lotus Metaphysical Bookstore Newsletter Jan 13

by Denise Montoya

You are all perfect just the way you are.  Your New Year resolutions, rather than focusing on imperfections, should affirm your wholeness.   If you participate in the New Year resolutions let them be for your benefit of mind and body.  Living in the fullness of your life is the joy, and that is coming to the awareness of being whole.  I like to think of New Years as a time to reflect and release, keeping what is good close to the heart, allowing you to keep a strong focus which gives you the strength to continue.  As you live a life which is constantly changing and is full of challenges, self acceptance going deep within your heart, and being with the hearth of your heart can fulfill you.

Sit in your own stillness and connect with your presence to give you a feeling of peace. Glance upon the barrenness of a tree while you sit in traffic, and use it to give you a special relationship with nature. By allowing time to be alone and bonding with nature is your opportunity for relaxing and centering yourself. Just coming to the appreciation of being alive, noticing the weather or the beauty in a child, gives stillness and has a direct affect on your heart, including lowering your blood pressure. These special moments, if time is taken for them; can give good feelings inside and reflect positively on your health.

Start your day in the present moment, and as you enter the shower; imagine the water being that perfect waterfall cleansing our bodies to newness. Let release come into the miracle that you have become.  You have connected with your spirit through the symbolism of purification.

Denise Montoya

Let this New Year be the doorway to a different perspective, using the timeslots of life to renew body and mind.  Awaken to your true self by experiencing nature, finding beauty in the miracle of your body and mind.  Reflect what path life has been, connect with your presence and become an uplifted spirit.  Find a thread in life and weave it into to be moments of joy in life.  Then let your miracle be complete as that belief is felt deeply within the heart.  This deep connection enriches your soul.  Your spirit is free, it has no time, no past, and no future; being present with Spirit is the perfect perfection.

Denise Montoya has over 1000 hours of training and over four years experience teaching yoga, breathing, and meditation techniques.  Let yoga be an avenue for your inner calmness, peace and tranquility. Yoga can offer many benefits for your body and mind.  It regulates our heart rate and increases oxygen up take. It can increase your energy, improve digestion, and reduce stress.  OMYoga, LLC.  denisemontoya7@msn.com 303-507-3388.

FEBRUARY 2013 ASTROLOGICAL UPDATE

© 2013 - Reprinted with permission from Shining Lotus Metaphysical Bookstore Newsletter Feb 13

by Marci McCaffery

Astrologer
Marci McCaffery

AQUARIUS (January 21-February 19)

As the New Year progresses into the month of February we can readily feel the powerful physical, spiritual, mental and emotional transformations taking place. We are encouraged to seek new ways to infuse more vitality and creativity into our authentic self-expression. We are called to open our minds and hearts to a higher truth of who we are.

The Universal number for 2013 is 6:  2+0+1+3=6.  In numerology, six is the number of relationships, responsibility, emotional security, service and concern for our fellow man.  In astrology, the number six is synonymous with Venus, indicating our ability to attract, our creativity, our values, our relationships and our finances.  It is likely that this year will accentuate all of these areas of our lives, with major emphasis on financial and emotional needs.

This month’s cosmic view includes a planetary shift, as the Sun leaves ambitious Capricorn and enters progressive Aquarius. Our scope is broadened from self-interest to cooperation with others. The New Moon at 21 degrees Aquarius 43, on February 10^th offers breakthrough perspectives in our communications with others and in our lives in general.  February 10^th also marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year. According to the Chinese zodiac, 2013 is The Year of the Female Water Snake. Thisreaffirms our path for re-birth, new beginnings, and transformation. Delusion and deception are common during the year of the snake well. Nothing is as it seems, giving way to mystery and elements of surprise.

AQUARIUS
by Josephine Wall

Later in the month, both reasonable Mercury and aggressive Mars move into an uncomfortable placement in Pisces. The potential for misunderstandings based on false impression is great. We are cautioned to use the practicality, discipline, and focus of transiting Saturn in Scorpio, to temper our uncertainties. Saturn goes retrograde from the February 19^th until July 8^th restructuring our sense of stability.

Mercury makes the first of its tri-annual retrogrades in the sign of Pisces from (February 23^rd to March 18^th).  Communication breakdowns and heightened anxiety may surface. We can draw upon our spiritual practices for higher wisdom, truth and peace of mind. As a reminder, Mercury retrograde represents a time to revisit, refocus and revise old projects. This is not a time for initiating anything new.

The Full Moon at 7 degrees Virgo 24, offers an opportunity to organize our lives in the areas of work, health and service. Virgo does its best work in humble service to others. This Full Moon is about perfecting our skills and talents to be of greater service out in the world.

This year marks a time of letting go of all attachments to anything that has held us back, including old patterns and behaviors. Doing the same things and expecting different results is counterproductive to the task at hand. We are charting a course for new possibilities in our future.

© Star Direction 2013

Marcia McCaffery is an NCGR certified astrological counselor specializing in life purpose, career and relationship readings. She is also a Reiki master teacher, a spiritual advisor, an author and an accredited Conscious Change coach with a private practice in the Denver area. She has a lifelong involvement with meditation, spiritual studies and the healing arts. She is a featured astrological consultant at Shining Lotus™ Metaphysical Bookstore.
To learn how these changes impact you personally, contact Marci at stardirection@comcast.net
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