Celtic New Year

Wow! The Celtic New Year has started off with a bang. I did my own private ritual to let go of the past and bring in my next phase, by writing down everything I wanted to "delete" from my life, and another list of what I wanted to bring in.

I burned the list of what I wanted to delete, and buried the list I wanted to attract, after connecting it with the four directions and the four elements.

The next day I was immediately inspired to complete the four courses, for my Naturopathic Doctor degree, that I had been putting off for TWO YEARS! Then I signed up for the final courses I need to get the degree. I expect to finish the course within the next few months. Talk about positive manifestation!

Why include the four directions and the four elements? It's all about the way our brains work. In order to change anything in our lives, we have to get all parts of the brain to cooperate. It's easy to use the logical left brain to formulate ideas about what we want, but the right brain doesn't have a clue what that means. The mid-brain doesn't FEEL it; the brain-stem doesn't connect it with physical reality; the frontal lobe isn't holding it in focus.

So I physically walked around the circle of the four directions and connected with the feeling of each direction and the element associated with it - Earth, Air, Fire, Water - to involve my mid-brain and brain-stem. I envisioned my goals for the next year so clearly that I created an emotional response that my frontal lobe could grasp. And I created a repetitious pattern of addressing each element and direction, repeating the list of goals in each direction, so my right brain could get in on the act.

So far, it's working really well. I've already accomplished one of my goals in the first day! More on using the whole brain to achieve your dreams later. Right now I have to get ready for a guest arriving soon.

By the way, I took the photo of Stonehenge over the summer. I'm putting it in public domain if anyone would like to use it.