Ideas – In My Everyday Life

How to Find Wonder On Your Daily Walk

Hey guys, hope you’re all well. I’m really excited to share with you my article that was published in the July 2020 issue of The Inspired Guide magazine (here) enjoy.

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The universe is always revealing and offering amazing gifts, and if we’re willing to be open to it and accepting, we can be the receivers of these gifts. We can see the magick and the wonders in the simple things of our everyday life. Walking can be an act of sacred union with the mystery, and fill us with great joy.

I love to go out for a walk, it’s part of my self-care, it gives me the opportunity to slow down and connect with nature. I love to walk with the awareness to receive the amazing, and although I walk mostly the same path, walking with the intention to see the wonder makes my walks exciting, special and magical. I’ll hear the sound of a bird that oh, I haven’t since last year. Or, I’ll suddenly notice the amazing scent in the air as I breathe. A feather on the ground my angels saying hi. Gorgeous purple flowers, or I’ll notice the trees are starting to shed their leaves getting ready for the winter months. Each season brings with it its own special gifts and charm.

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I’m not always open to receiving, life gets in the way, emotions arise, I can’t seem to let go of thoughts that are disturbing my inner peace. But even on days when I’m not all there, just the act of having set an intention opens the door and a little bit of wonder finds its way into my heart.

I started to set an intention for my walks a couple of years ago, an idea I got from an online course I took. This practice has evolved over time and this is what I do now:

Before I go out, I set the intention. I ask the universe to reveal wonder to me and I invite my angels, spirit guides, animal spirit guides, all beings who are with me to come along. I ask for their protection, their wisdom, their love and to help me see wonder.
I have a rule, no thoughts allowed that will disturb my inner calm, this is a time that I give to myself to stay in mindful union with the mystery. When unwanted thoughts enter my mind, I refocus back to my intention.
I have my cell phone with me for the sole purpose of taking pictures, I keep the sound turned off.
I bring happiness to my mind, I say I’m happy happy happy, and I step out with a feeling of happiness and a knowing that wonder will be revealed to me on my walk today.
At the end of my walk I always say thank you.

Taking a walk can be inspiring, energizing, joyful, peaceful, it can connect us with nature, it can elevate our spirit. It gives us the opportunity to slow down and get grounded. Even just a ten-minute walk can make a world of difference in how we feel.

Turning our walk into an intention for finding wonder is a gift we give to ourselves. When we open ourselves to notice, to smell the air, to see the details, to hear the sounds…we enter into a magical awareness and a oneness with the universe, honoring ourselves and honoring the universe and her gifts.

Happy walking & blessings.

COPYRIGHT MASHA G. ELLMAN 2020

August 13, 2020August 13, 2020

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When The Universe Sends You a Word…

Sometimes a word just shows up like out of nowhere and it stays with me, it’s there in my thoughts all the time, and I can feel it in my body. This is the universe letting me know that hey, pay attention, this word is what you need right now, accept it, open up to it, let it guide you.

‘Purpose’ showed up over a week ago and it’s taken a hold of me, so I’m doing just that, I’m accepting it as my guiding word for the rest of this year, and maybe longer.

‘Purpose’ made me realize that more than half the year is gone and mostly I have been procrastinating and I’ve done almost nothing of the intentions I had set for myself at the beginning of this year.

The first thing I’m doing is, calling out procrastination and calling in purpose.

So, even though more than half the year has gone by, it’s not too late to make some changes, review this past year, decide what I want to keep and what I want to let go of, and what new I want to bring in.

This week I’m doing a review of what I want for the rest of the year, setting a couple of goals and trying to find a way to hold myself accountable. And the best way I know how to do this is, by asking myself questions in my journal.

What am I most grateful for this year.

What can I do to keep myself motivated.

What have I learned so far.

What do I want to change.

What do I want to let go of.

What do I want more of.

What new do I want.

What has filled me with joy.

What accomplishments am I proud of.

I feel re-inspired and for the rest of the year I want to live with ‘purpose’ in the forefront, living intentional and drinking in the deliciousness of what every day holds out.

How about you, do you have a new word, are you doing a mid-year review? I’d love to hear from you.

Blessings

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020

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Why Pay Attention to our Thoughts

Hello everyone, hope you’re well. Here’s a little something to consider.

thoughts

Mostly we don’t pay attention to our thoughts, we just have the same thoughts repeating themselves day after day, over and over in our mind, but the thing is that

every thought matters

every thought creates a feeling

every feeling creates an experience and

every experience dictates our every action, which is directly linked to our thought.

The result is that this is our life.

If we want different results, if we want change, we have to start with paying attention to our thoughts.

Change your thoughts and change your life.

Blessings

COPYRIGHT MASHA G. ELLMAN 2020

June 20, 2020June 20, 2020

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Happiness Starts With…

Happiness starts with the way you feel about yourself.

happiness starts with 2 When you don’t feel love for yourself you can’t be happy.

When you’re constantly judging and criticizing yourself,

when you’re always picking yourself apart,

when you don’t give to yourself,

when you don’t make yourself important,

when you’re always putting yourself down,

giving yourself ugly thoughts,

when you don’t feel worthy,

deserving, beautiful…

You cannot be happy no matter how hard you try – to be happy you need to come from a loving yourself place within.

Blessings

COPYRIGHT MASHA G. ELLMAN 2020

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020

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Decluttering for an – Ahhhhhh!!! Feeling

It’s a beautiful day here today, it’s Monday, it’s a brand new week, I’ve been walking around with a heavy heart but today I’m filled with renewed hope. I wrote this article before the pandemic that has hit us all, and it appeared first in the March issue of The Inspired Guide magazine, here pg 84. Now that some of us or most of us are at home, if you haven’t read it already, I hope it will inspire you to do a little decluttering and get that Ahhhhhh feeling. decluttering2 I don’t know about you but I’ve jumped on the decluttering bandwagon and I love it. I’m in the process of decluttering and with every clearing I’m feeling more of that Ahhhhhh! feeling that fills me with lightness and joy, it’s magical.

I’m committed that 2020 is my change year. I’m more clear about what I want this year than ever before and that clarity has overlapped into every area in my life. Self-care, self-love, manifesting my desires and living in harmony with universal laws are my priority. And that means inner clearing, out with old beliefs that are keeping me from moving forward, as well as decluttering my home, making room for energy to flow, I’m ready for it all.

In the ancient Chinese art of Feng Shui, it’s believed that clutter prevents energy from flowing. Clutter holds energy so it becomes stagnant, and that can affect your wellbeing, cause mental weight, make your body feel weighted down, and you’re not living in harmony with the way of nature.

To honor my self-care, self-love I’m decluttering to gift myself a harmonious home, a place that elevates me and is in harmony and balance with my beliefs. Just smudging my home to remove negative energy is not enough, I need to create space to allow the flow of energy, so I can feel spacious and light and good when in my sacred sanctuary.

One day in a conversation with my son about this, he said that when he buys a shirt, he gives one away. WOW! I never thought of that. What a great idea, and how simple, buy something, give something away. This way the flow of energy in your home is constant. It’s always clean and airy and feels good.

So, here’s my plan of action:

Simplify and remove the overwhelm of decluttering. First, I needed to get real about this and find a method that works for me. Decluttering my entire house in one day, or one month is stress overwhelm. Instead, I do something every week. Whether it’s clearing out sweaters, pots and pans, or jewelry. This may not be correct with the experts, but it works for me.

Adapt a system. I love Marie Kondo’s system, declutter by category where you can, not by room. For instance, gather all your books from around your house into one pile and work on them all at one time. And then use her philosophy, when you can’t decide, ask yourself “does it spark joy” if not, give it away. And my mother always said, if you haven’t used it in a year you’re not using it now, give it away.

Keep it going. I’m following my son’s process, buy something, give something away. In this way you’ll always have flowing energy because you’ll never accumulate anything.

When we talk about self-improvement we don’t really think of decluttering as being a part of self-love/self-care, but it most definitely is, and OMG you guys, I can’t even tell you how incredibly amazing this feels. I feel lighter, more energetic it’s like a heavy weight has lifted off me. As I go along every week, not only is this creating space for ‘new’ in my home, but it fills me with a sense of spaciousness, accomplishment and joy – I love it! I’m empowered with a feeling of – I’m in charge of my life.

What can decluttering do for you?

Create spaciousness in your mind and body.

Create a sense of inner freedom.

You’ll gain greater self-confidence.

You’ll feel more empowered over your life.

You’ll feel in harmony with universal laws.

Living in an un-cluttered home – is magical.

Being surrounded by only those things that ‘spark joy’ – is magical.

And let’s face it, don’t we all want that delicious – Ahhhhhh – feeling that we get from a clean, clear, energy flowing space? And what about the feeling we get from knowing that our precious things that no longer serve us, are now bringing joy to someone else. A blessing back to the universe – Happy decluttering.

Blessings

April 13, 2020

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A Little Beauty for the Heart

Sunday blessings friends.

During this trying time, I like most all of us, am trying to stay calm, be aware of what’s going on, stay home, which I’m actually quite happy to do, since I’m a homebody at heart, and dealing with the situation the best I can.

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They say that looking at beautiful things can improve the quality of your life and create happiness within. I think that we should give ourselves something beautiful to look at every day and especially now, reflect on the beauty around you and nourish your heart.

tulips yellow

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Yesterday I spent time looking through some of my recent photos I don’t think I’ve shared, and found these that made me feel good, happy and smile. I think that flowers have that affect on most of us. A connection with nature that uplifts our spirit. And strangely enough I feel a connection to the entire universe, a oneness.

purple flowers