A very important important thing for me is that children are guided to see the brilliance and the love that they are and to engage life from that place, from that inner truth. In order for that to happen, we, the parents, need to see our own brilliance. Only then will we be able to see it in our children.
When a child is allowed and invited to explore the magnitude of his true self, with no restrictions, opportunities for learning will present themselves naturally. The parents (teachers) need to draw on this natural rhythm and go with that flow. Human beings are curious in nature. The desire to learn is innate in all of us. But we have been thought that learning, education, and parenting need to happen a certain way, following a certain pre-establish structure. I propose we redefine learning by first of all considering education and parenting differently than we have been in the past decades. In my opinion, they are both part of living and shouldn’t be considered separately. One other thing I invite us to reconsider is how learning happens. Instead of thinking of it as the content to be learned has to come from an outside source, like a teacher or a book, what if all that needed to be learned stemmed from inside the child and all the teacher had to do is to create a space for that learning to unfold on it’s own terms? What if we replaced lessons with inspirations and outcomes with personal truths? Because in my experience, when initiated and engaged by the students, learning happens at quantum speed and joy and meaning are constants in the process. It is time we redefine Education for ourselves, for our children. Old habits and ways of doing need to be left in the past and a new a approach needs to be considered, one that reflects the brilliance of our children and the magnificence that we has human being are. Our children are brilliant and they are Love. Lets let them lead the way into a new area. We need it more than ever.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
I got back to my Yoga practice this morning and it felt amazing. I feel it helps me move things. As we chant and breath through the poses, I am aware of my higher-self downloading into my body and I can feel different sensations.
My Yoga teacher is wonderful. She is so present to herself that the unfolding of the session operates like an organic entity. It looks to me like she is aware of our energy field and can feel what we need and she just engages. She trusts the moment and it works. She is a model for me how when you are fully present to yourself, work becomes effortless and ever so meaningful for others.
I want to work with Huna. I would like to go to Kauai, very soon, and experience Huna in a way that would allow me to create the experience for others. I think it would bring out the Love in me even more.
I returned to writing my book today and it feels to me like the words are flowing more effortlessly. I also became aware of the end of the book and the beginning of a new one. Seeing the end of it will accelerate the completion of it.
I made a choice, just after stepping out of the program last week. I decided that I want to engage every moment of my life with my body fully present and mindful of the immense sun that I am. It seems to mean that more and more opportunities to decloak and release stored emotion present themselves to me. Some situations are bringing up information I have been avoiding for a long time and when I choose to engage differently, it profoundly affects the world around me. I know it's all good but I also know that there are a lot of people that are not ready for the intense burst of light that I bring. The difference with before is that I seem to have lost the dimmer. It is permanently on full blast. And that has profound consequences.
Something to think about.
My Yoga teacher is wonderful. She is so present to herself that the unfolding of the session operates like an organic entity. It looks to me like she is aware of our energy field and can feel what we need and she just engages. She trusts the moment and it works. She is a model for me how when you are fully present to yourself, work becomes effortless and ever so meaningful for others.
I want to work with Huna. I would like to go to Kauai, very soon, and experience Huna in a way that would allow me to create the experience for others. I think it would bring out the Love in me even more.
I returned to writing my book today and it feels to me like the words are flowing more effortlessly. I also became aware of the end of the book and the beginning of a new one. Seeing the end of it will accelerate the completion of it.
I made a choice, just after stepping out of the program last week. I decided that I want to engage every moment of my life with my body fully present and mindful of the immense sun that I am. It seems to mean that more and more opportunities to decloak and release stored emotion present themselves to me. Some situations are bringing up information I have been avoiding for a long time and when I choose to engage differently, it profoundly affects the world around me. I know it's all good but I also know that there are a lot of people that are not ready for the intense burst of light that I bring. The difference with before is that I seem to have lost the dimmer. It is permanently on full blast. And that has profound consequences.
Something to think about.
Hard conversation
I was just in a conversation with my husband about how he whish there was more flow in his business. It feels very dense right now for him. I spoke my truth and I found it hard to stay in the conversation. My throat was closing, my stomach was in knots. I relaxed into it and continued to tell him that I thought he should consider allowing his emotions to flow through him in order for him to allow for new thoughts to come about.
He left, saying he was tired and I felt like I had failed. He doesn't want to open the floodgate and I don't blame him. But now I wonder if I should have just listen instead of offering him the space to consider differently how his body works.
As I relax into the tears that come with the feeling of failure, I know something new will emerge on the other side of the breath...
He left, saying he was tired and I felt like I had failed. He doesn't want to open the floodgate and I don't blame him. But now I wonder if I should have just listen instead of offering him the space to consider differently how his body works.
As I relax into the tears that come with the feeling of failure, I know something new will emerge on the other side of the breath...
Sunday, June 24, 2007
No stories
I didn't know that when I paint with my fingers, I create something more appealing, meaningful, and interesting than when I use a brush. My body contains so many mysteries and information it wants to express and demonstrate. It is another example on how my body knows more than my brain. “Don’t do it the way it’s suppose to be, do it the way it feels good.” I just painted a SUN and it looks nothing like what I had in mind. It’s way more vibrant.
I was talking to a friend this afternoon and instead of listen to the content of the stories she was telling about her sadness, I was looking out for her brilliance to peek out and when it would, I used that to guide her to herself. It was a neat feeling to be able to stay in a conversation that was going to make her grow rather than just validate what she was feeling. She is a person that came into my life recently and she reminds me of me at the end of high school. She cares so much about what other people think of her and she works so hard to be accepted and loved by people that she thinks are superior to her but really, who are just reflecting her own insecurities. I use to make myself crazy and sick wanting everyone to like me. I was digging a whole for myself. I was never satisfied and I never truly connected with people.
I am amaze at the power of not telling stories, not talking about the past, to be in the moment and only seeing the now as important. It's a life changer that one. I guess I feel now that not only do I have nothing to loose but the past and so much to gain, myself. With the glimpse of my higher self, the SUN that I am, I know how it feels in my body to be truly connected and I want that to be my everyday life. Being in the moment and not telling stories is what is going to help me live connected everyday.
I saw this afternoon how easy it is to help someone see the light in them self when I stay in the present. It's literally like I can’t hear the stories, the content anyway, but when the higher self peaks through, it's like a contagious ray that goes straight to my soul and I pick it up.
I am more confident in my abilities as a "healer" or a guide, I am not sure which word is best. I know that just being myself in the present will help people. I am the SUN therefore I shine. By shinning, I invite and allow others to see the SUN that they are. Because in my mind, everyone is LOVE.
I want to work with pregnant woman and mothers of very young children.
I will create opportunities for pregnant woman and mothers of young children to experience the immensity of who they are, and guide them in seeing for themselves how they can provide an open environment for there children.
I was talking to a friend this afternoon and instead of listen to the content of the stories she was telling about her sadness, I was looking out for her brilliance to peek out and when it would, I used that to guide her to herself. It was a neat feeling to be able to stay in a conversation that was going to make her grow rather than just validate what she was feeling. She is a person that came into my life recently and she reminds me of me at the end of high school. She cares so much about what other people think of her and she works so hard to be accepted and loved by people that she thinks are superior to her but really, who are just reflecting her own insecurities. I use to make myself crazy and sick wanting everyone to like me. I was digging a whole for myself. I was never satisfied and I never truly connected with people.
I am amaze at the power of not telling stories, not talking about the past, to be in the moment and only seeing the now as important. It's a life changer that one. I guess I feel now that not only do I have nothing to loose but the past and so much to gain, myself. With the glimpse of my higher self, the SUN that I am, I know how it feels in my body to be truly connected and I want that to be my everyday life. Being in the moment and not telling stories is what is going to help me live connected everyday.
I saw this afternoon how easy it is to help someone see the light in them self when I stay in the present. It's literally like I can’t hear the stories, the content anyway, but when the higher self peaks through, it's like a contagious ray that goes straight to my soul and I pick it up.
I am more confident in my abilities as a "healer" or a guide, I am not sure which word is best. I know that just being myself in the present will help people. I am the SUN therefore I shine. By shinning, I invite and allow others to see the SUN that they are. Because in my mind, everyone is LOVE.
I want to work with pregnant woman and mothers of very young children.
I will create opportunities for pregnant woman and mothers of young children to experience the immensity of who they are, and guide them in seeing for themselves how they can provide an open environment for there children.
Friday, June 22, 2007
Declaration #...
I Am Love and it is my duty as a human being to seek Joy and Connection in my Life.
I want people to experience the amount of love and joy that exist in them. Through my own experience of those things, I want to inspire people to discover it for themselves. I want to connect, feel connected, and help people connect.
I am a beacon of light.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
LOVE, JOY, and CONNECTION
This is an exploration. I don't know where it will take me.
A lot happened today. As I was driving to Oceanstone to take part in the Leadership and Emerging Future Workshop, I listen to a song by Ed McCurdy covered by Serenna Ryder called Last night I had the Strangest Dream, and here are the lyrics:
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
words and music by Ed McCurdy
Last night I had the strangest dream
I'd ever dreamed before
I dreamed the world had all agreed
To put an end to war
I dreamed I saw a mighty room
Filled with women and men
And the paper they were signing said
They'd never fight again
And when the paper was all signed
And a million copies made
They all joined hands and bowed their heads
And grateful pray'rs were prayed
And the people in the streets below
Were dancing 'round and 'round
While swords and guns and uniforms
Were scattered on the ground
Last night I had the strangest dream
I'd never dreamed before
I dreamed the world had all agreed
To put an end to war.
I started crying when the song came the part where she said:
They all joined hands and bowed their heads
And grateful pray'rs were prayed
I was crying like a mother who had lost her child. Like I was at the funaral of someone I really loved.
I remember I had the same feeling came over me when I cried the day before I left Kauai. It's tremendous longing for what I lost. Having a glimpse of me, remembering how it use to be, that is what makes me weep.
What did I use to be, back when I was five years old? I had no limits for the amount of LOVE and JOY I felt inside and shared with my friends, animals and with nature. I remember being in love with a tree. I remember being one with the forest, dancing under the rain. The smell…
How was the world back in Lemuria? It was fild with LOVE, JOY, and CONNECTION. Those are the things I long for. When I get a glimpse of it, I feel overwhelmed because it is such in small doses in my life compared to the amount that is in me.
I want children to feel the amount of LOVE and JOY that exists in the world, in people, in them selves. I want them to CONNECT with it. That is the environment I want for them to learn in so that there is nothing stopping them for experiencing the greatness that they are.
Learning should be joyful. It should be fun, all the way. For that to be true, there needs to exist no external structure except for the natural rhythm of the child.
At this moment in time, I feel like I want to work with children between the age of 2 and 7.
Working with home schoolers, the parents and the children, would fit really well with my vision of a LifeSpace of JOY, LOVE, and CONNECTION because these parents have already made the choice that they want something different for there children and they could use the inspiration, the invitation to look at education through another lens, one that offer a tremendous amount of space.
Children will benefit from the proximity to nature ( the ocean, the forest) because nature’s rhythm, nature’s way of Being is filed with wisdom and it will allow them to feel there own rhythm, to follow there own pace.
The elements are important to me. They represent a wisdom that I need to tap in. They also provide a sensory experience that is pleasurable and makes me feel connected to something bigger. In nature, surrounded by the elements, I feel safe (most of the time), I feel at home, I feel like everything will be all right.
Children will benefit from the experience of art. The poetic and the esthetic aspect of art. Creation and perception. I believe that through art, my higher self speaks to the world and that I can see other people’s soul through their art.
They will benefit from the exposure to people that are there to see them for the God force that they are and that want to accompany on there experience of LIFE.
Breath…
A lot happened today. As I was driving to Oceanstone to take part in the Leadership and Emerging Future Workshop, I listen to a song by Ed McCurdy covered by Serenna Ryder called Last night I had the Strangest Dream, and here are the lyrics:
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
words and music by Ed McCurdy
Last night I had the strangest dream
I'd ever dreamed before
I dreamed the world had all agreed
To put an end to war
I dreamed I saw a mighty room
Filled with women and men
And the paper they were signing said
They'd never fight again
And when the paper was all signed
And a million copies made
They all joined hands and bowed their heads
And grateful pray'rs were prayed
And the people in the streets below
Were dancing 'round and 'round
While swords and guns and uniforms
Were scattered on the ground
Last night I had the strangest dream
I'd never dreamed before
I dreamed the world had all agreed
To put an end to war.
I started crying when the song came the part where she said:
They all joined hands and bowed their heads
And grateful pray'rs were prayed
I was crying like a mother who had lost her child. Like I was at the funaral of someone I really loved.
I remember I had the same feeling came over me when I cried the day before I left Kauai. It's tremendous longing for what I lost. Having a glimpse of me, remembering how it use to be, that is what makes me weep.
What did I use to be, back when I was five years old? I had no limits for the amount of LOVE and JOY I felt inside and shared with my friends, animals and with nature. I remember being in love with a tree. I remember being one with the forest, dancing under the rain. The smell…
How was the world back in Lemuria? It was fild with LOVE, JOY, and CONNECTION. Those are the things I long for. When I get a glimpse of it, I feel overwhelmed because it is such in small doses in my life compared to the amount that is in me.
I want children to feel the amount of LOVE and JOY that exists in the world, in people, in them selves. I want them to CONNECT with it. That is the environment I want for them to learn in so that there is nothing stopping them for experiencing the greatness that they are.
Learning should be joyful. It should be fun, all the way. For that to be true, there needs to exist no external structure except for the natural rhythm of the child.
At this moment in time, I feel like I want to work with children between the age of 2 and 7.
Working with home schoolers, the parents and the children, would fit really well with my vision of a LifeSpace of JOY, LOVE, and CONNECTION because these parents have already made the choice that they want something different for there children and they could use the inspiration, the invitation to look at education through another lens, one that offer a tremendous amount of space.
Children will benefit from the proximity to nature ( the ocean, the forest) because nature’s rhythm, nature’s way of Being is filed with wisdom and it will allow them to feel there own rhythm, to follow there own pace.
The elements are important to me. They represent a wisdom that I need to tap in. They also provide a sensory experience that is pleasurable and makes me feel connected to something bigger. In nature, surrounded by the elements, I feel safe (most of the time), I feel at home, I feel like everything will be all right.
Children will benefit from the experience of art. The poetic and the esthetic aspect of art. Creation and perception. I believe that through art, my higher self speaks to the world and that I can see other people’s soul through their art.
They will benefit from the exposure to people that are there to see them for the God force that they are and that want to accompany on there experience of LIFE.
Breath…
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Call for papers and other presentations
LifeSpace
presents
The 1st annual
Ideas Festival
December 8-9, 2007
Oceanstone Inn and Cottages, Indian Harbour, NS
presents
The 1st annual
Ideas Festival
December 8-9, 2007
Oceanstone Inn and Cottages, Indian Harbour, NS
Call for papers and other presentations
Great ideas, ideas that bring forth considerable transformation, stem from a moment of brilliance within someone’s personal experience, an instant of perfect synchronicity. In that moment, possibilities open and the future presents itself. This two-day conference is designed to bring passionate thinkers and creators together to share ideas and thoughts on a variety of subjects in order to expand and bring forward personal and collective thinking. The theme of this year’s conference is Visions of Oneness. The division that exists between cultures, research areas and people is diminishing as we recognize more and more that we are all connected and that one person’s thoughts and actions affect another. LifeSpace aims to create an opportunity for more bridges to be built between disciplines and subjects, between old and new perspectives of the world we all share. The more we open ourselves to others, to what is different from us, the more united we become. When people come together with the desire to build a unified world and to make a difference, magic happens. Let us use this power and bring forth genuine transformations towards a future of peace and wellness. Articles and presentations will be proposed for publishing following the conference.
Suggested topics:
-The power of the arts
-Leadership for a new era
-Education of today’s children
-Holistic wellness
Please submit a 200-300 words proposal before September 1st over email at anne@oceanstone.ns.ca. Presentations can have different formats: reading or presenting a paper, a musical presentation, a workshop, a reading of creative work…
For more information, please contact Anne Thibeault-Bérubé at 902-449-7856 or anne@oceanstone.ns.ca
Suggested topics:
-The power of the arts
-Leadership for a new era
-Education of today’s children
-Holistic wellness
Please submit a 200-300 words proposal before September 1st over email at anne@oceanstone.ns.ca. Presentations can have different formats: reading or presenting a paper, a musical presentation, a workshop, a reading of creative work…
For more information, please contact Anne Thibeault-Bérubé at 902-449-7856 or anne@oceanstone.ns.ca
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