Six Quick Ways to Ward off the Blues
Whether you are stressed, feeling overwhelmed or the world feels like it is on repeat, sometimes the blues can sneak up on you. If you do not work to overcome this feeling, you may find yourself slipping into a depressive state. Here are six things you can try to perk up your mood and get back to feeling like your regular self.
A Recipe for a Delicious Energy Day
How can you design your days to feel more energized, engaged, and present? Don’t you want to experience more days where you feel mindful and engaged with healthy habits, activities, people, and places that make you feel uplifted, grounded, and peaceful?
Forest Bathing Recap: Bathing in Gratitude
On Saturday, June 18, a group of 9 Forest Bathers met to express gratitude to Mother Earth and for all the gifts received during our encounter with Nature.
Connect with Your Unique Energy
Are you feeling scattered or drained by the negative energy of those around you? Or are you feeling the troubles of the world at large? An easy way to feel come back to your sense of calm is to focus and celebrate or emphasize the unique things that make you feel like YOU!
Forest Bathing Recap: Connecting with Mother Earth
On May 9, 2022, this beautiful group of Balanced Soul Forest Bathers explored the Marion University Eco Lab. We “Connected to Mother Earth” through meditation and a silent walk through a marsh, using all of our senses (including our sense of imagination).
Walking and Talking Our Dreams
Our dreams are powerful tools.
They can provide a window to our soul’s true desires. Nurturing our soul and pursuing those desires helps us live our purpose and lead more fulfilling lives. Unfortunately, if we don’t take action to honor our dreams, our soul becomes frustrated and withdraws its energy and vitality from our lives.
Cultivating Creativity
We have always known that cultivating creativity is good for problem-solving, motivation, and career growth. Research also suggests when you express your creativity, you'll experience greater well-being and happiness. And who doesn't want more of that?
Forest Bathing Recap: The Forest Has Your Back
On Saturday, April 9 six brave souls came out to Forest Bath in unpredictable, cold Indiana spring weather - Brrrrrrr! We immersed ourselves in the beautiful forest, lake and river that is part of The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art and Nature Park: 100 Acres at Newfields.
Don’t Remember your Dreams? Breaking a Dream Drought
Have you ever said “I don’t dream” or “I never remember my dreams”? Many of us have lost touch with our dreams. Our society is suffering a severe dream drought. Many indigenous traditions view the loss of dream recall as a serious issue. The Navajo tribe says that when humans dream, they stay in touch with the spirit realm. The Iroquois believe that when you have lost your dreams you have lost a part of your soul. Psychologist, C.G. Jung declared “it is an age-old fact, that God speaks chiefly through dreams and visions.” Read on to find out how to combat Dream Drought.
What is Active Dreaming?
Active Dreaming is a synthesis of modern dreamwork, the world’s cultural traditions, indigenous wisdom and scientific theories. It was developed by Robert Moss, an independent scholar. In addition to being a dream teacher, he’s also a professor of history, a foreign journalist, and best-selling author of over a dozen books on the subject of dreaming.
Active Dreaming is a compilation of techniques and practices that help people improve their sleep, process dreams, and get the nourishment they need for their psyche, mind and soul from night or daydreams.
Spring Cleaning Part III: Healing Benefits of Space Clearing
By responding to the energy of Spring through the act of decluttering and purifying our home and office we create a powerful template for new possibility. A home that felt sluggish or depressed can become vibrant and uplifting after a space clearing. A room that is cleared has the feeling of being lighter and brighter.
By adding a Space Clearing ritual after Spring Cleaning, we are claiming our desire to have our space feel more like a sanctuary. This creates a sense of retreat from the discord of the world, a place of refuge and protection. A home that has been cleansed and blessed becomes a space where we can be relaxed and be ourselves. Dive into this step-by-step guide for how to perform a space clearing.
Spring Cleaning: Clutter…How did I end up with all this STUFF?
The flowers are blooming, and the birds are serenading, but the house still feels like it's stuck with winter blues. Spring cleaning is a tradition that allows us to freshen up our homes.
Whether we decide to take part in this need to intensely clean or not is a whole other question. But why do we call it Spring Cleaning? Why isn't it Winter or Fall cleaning?
Today, we look at Spring Cleaning as a time to pull out our deep clean to-do list and give our home a thorough clean. Our goal is to eliminate the accumulated dirt, dust, and clutter from the past year. For many, it's something we feel we must do, a ritual of sorts - but why? Many don't realize that Spring Cleaning has strong cultural, religious, historical, and biological connections.
Spring Cleaning: Why Do We Clean in the Spring?
The flowers are blooming, and the birds are serenading, but the house still feels like it's stuck with winter blues. Spring cleaning is a tradition that allows us to freshen up our homes.
Whether we decide to take part in this need to intensely clean or not is a whole other question. But why do we call it Spring Cleaning? Why isn't it Winter or Fall cleaning?
Today, we look at Spring Cleaning as a time to pull out our deep clean to-do list and give our home a thorough clean. Our goal is to eliminate the accumulated dirt, dust, and clutter from the past year. For many, it's something we feel we must do, a ritual of sorts - but why? Many don't realize that Spring Cleaning has strong cultural, religious, historical, and biological connections.
Retreat Recap: The Art of Activating your Dreams: Design the Vision of YOU
On Sunday afternoon, February 27, 2022, a beautiful group of women met in the enchanted Studio Alchemy Gallery to bring forth a future vision of themselves in 2022.
Prepare to live at your "Prime"
Excess weight results from the body being in a toxic, inflammatory state. You will fight an uphill biochemical battle if your body is not prepared or ‘primed’ for weight loss.
In The Prime, author Dr. Chaudhary has reverse engineered our way of eating, so we can stop dieting backward and start losing weight instead. Her program is not about what you can’t have or do; it’s about adding simple teas and herbs and succeeding without giving up any foods you love.
What is Forest Bathing?
Forest Bathing is a practice that belongs in each person's self-care toolbox. It is also a powerful path of activism for those who are called to help heal the broken relationships between people and the natural world. As stated so beautifully by author and founder of the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy, M. Amos Clifford, "Healing of people and forests happens together, or not at all." Like many practices is easy to begin, but like many self-care tools, there are layers of learning and complexity that reward us when we make it a regular part of our lives.
Be Your Vision
In A New Earth, Eckart Tolle writes that to awaken to your life’s purpose, you have to be ready for a change in the state of your consciousness. The one big question most of us ask ourselves is, “What should I do with the rest of my life?”
For most people, it is a complicated answer. You can use these simple suggestions from people who have successfully answered this question and are now living the lives of their dreams. Be inspired to pursue your dreams and discover the impact you are meant to have on the world.
Dream Boarding: What can it do for you?
A Dream Board is much more than creating a nice collage with beautiful images; it is a powerful tool that can help us focus on designing and implementing the steps needed to take our lives to the next level.
Dream Board Messages from the Soul
A Dream Board is a powerful tool to decipher and express the Soul’s messages. By creating a personal Dream Board, we bring into action to listening to the strongest voice in our life.
25 Ways to Stay Balanced, Sane and Intentional During the Holiday Season!
Balanced Soul is offering 25 tips to be intentional during the Holidays. Read one a day and take action if it speaks to you. May you cross the holiday finish line in January 2022, as a healthy, happier, and peaceful YOU!