tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15558508863448164192024-03-18T02:40:23.873-05:00Feathers And BonesShamanism, Native American Spirituality, Totem Animals, Paganism, Omens, Rituals, Meditations, and other Cool StuffShirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.comBlogger185125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-81473237646582296302019-08-03T02:39:00.001-05:002019-08-03T02:39:46.616-05:00The Relaxing Breath<br />
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The health that you enjoy today, and for the rest of your life, begins with your next breath. In fact, breathing is so crucial to your body’s ability to heal and sustain itself that Dr. Andrew Weil says: “If I had to limit my advice on healthier living to just one tip, it would be simply to learn how to breathe correctly.”
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Here, we will learn a breathing technique that Dr. Weil uses in his own life: “the most powerful relaxation technique” that he has come across and one that he teaches to almost all of his patients. Dr. Weil reports that breathing exercises get more favorable response from patients than anything else he teaches....<br />
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... I am so sorry, but this post has been moved to my new website, <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/alternativetherapies/">Alternative Therapies</a>, and can be found in its entirety here: <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/alternativetherapies/breathing-the-key-to-healing/">Breathing ~ The Key To Healing</a>Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-72201626750364544162019-08-03T02:04:00.000-05:002019-08-03T02:04:14.072-05:00Healing by Medicine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Very often it happens that a healer or believer in healing goes to such an extreme that he does not accept healing by medicine. In reality, the thought of being given medicine by a doctor and the thought of repeating the treatment he has prescribed so many times a day, apart from its medicinal influence, is psychically helpful. And the healers of the East, considering this, have to a certain extent played the part of a physician also....<br />
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... I am so sorry, but this post has been moved to my new website, <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/folkmedicine/">Folk Medicine Remedies and Cures</a>, and can be found in its entirety here: <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/folkmedicine/about-healing-by-medicine/">About Healing By Medicine</a>Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-73912098452623374142019-08-03T01:43:00.004-05:002019-08-03T01:43:53.255-05:00Healing with the Fingertips<br />
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Hygiene is the first subject to consider in healing with the tips of the fingers. Hands that have been engaged in any work or that are stained with any liquid must be washed for healing. The healer must first observe the hygienic rules of keeping his body, as well as his clothes, pure and clean; especially at the time of healing he must be absolutely free from all that is unhygienic. The sleeves, at the time of healing, must be rolled back, and the fingernails must be clean and properly trimmed.<br />
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After healing, one should wave the hand, as it were shaking it, to shake off any fine atoms, or even vibrations, so that a poison taken from the painful part of the patient may not be given to the patient again....<br />
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... I am so sorry but this post has been moved to my new website, <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/folkmedicine/">Folk Medicine Remedies and Cures</a>, and can be found in its entirety here: <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/folkmedicine/healing-with-the-fingertips/">Healing With The Fingertips</a>Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-77237479663504095332019-08-03T01:26:00.002-05:002019-08-03T01:26:45.014-05:00What is Shamanism?<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody>
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Shamanism is a great mental and emotional adventure, one in which the patient as well as the shaman-healer are involved. Through his heroic journey and efforts, the shaman helps his patients transcend their normal, ordinary definition of reality, including the definition of themselves as ill.<br />
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The shaman shows his patients that they are not emotionally and spiritually alone in their struggles against illness and death. The shaman shares his special powers and convinces his patients, on a deep level of consciousness, that another human is willing to offer up his own self to help them...<br />
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... I am so sorry, but this post has been moved to my new website, <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/feathersandbones/">Feathers and Bones</a> hosted at <a href="http://shirleytwofeathers.com/">shirleytwofeathers.com</a>, and can be found in its entirety here: <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/feathersandbones/what-is-shamanism/">What Is Shamanism?</a></td></tr>
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Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-15354989074091834262019-08-03T00:42:00.003-05:002019-08-03T00:42:39.607-05:00The Seven Chakras<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The following is a general summary of my current understanding of the physical locations and elements associated with each chakra. Over the years I have noticed some minor discrepancies between how different people "define" each chakra, (particularly the second and third chakras) but the differences have only been minor. Certainly the colors and locations of the chakras have always been consistent. The base chakra extends down and the crown chakra extends up...the chakras in between have vortexes both to the front of the body and to the back....<br />
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... I am so sorry, but this post has been moved to my new website <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/feathersandbones/">Feathers and Bones</a>, hosted at <a href="http://shirleytwofeathers.com/">shirleytwofeathers.com</a>, and can be found in its entirety here: <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/feathersandbones/the-seven-chakras/">The Seven Chakras</a>. Additional information on the Chakra System can be found here: <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/chakracentral">Chakra Central</a>Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-1199778822266774742019-08-03T00:27:00.002-05:002019-08-03T00:27:35.067-05:00Being Pagan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"When one defines oneself as Pagan, it means she or he follows an earth or nature religion, one that sees the divine manifest in all creation. The cycles of nature are our holy days, the earth is our temple, its plants and creatures our partners and teachers....<br />
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... I am so sorry, but this post has been moved to my new website, <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/feathersandbones/">Feathers and Bones</a> hosted at <a href="http://shirleytwofeathers.com/">shirleytwofeathers.com</a>. It can be found in its entirety here: <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/feathersandbones/being-pagan/">Being Pagan</a>Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-43191331248463267382019-07-31T08:04:00.001-05:002019-07-31T08:04:40.909-05:00Three Braves and the Great Bear<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Long ago, the Great Bear wandered freely throughout the sky. His massive paws took him far across the boundless ceiling of the world. He hunted and fished, feeding there in the rivers of the sky. All throughout the first spring he did this, until his belly was full and he was happy. <br />
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Little did he know that three braves had discovered him feeding that spring and they sought his meat and pelt to feed their families in the long winter that they knew was coming....<br />
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... I am so sorry, but this post has been moved to my new website, <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/feathersandbones/">Feathers and Bones</a> hosted at <a href="http://shirleytwofeathers.com/">shirleytwofeathers.com</a>, and can be found in its entirety here: <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/feathersandbones/three-braves-and-the-great-bear/">Three Braves and the Great Bear</a><br />
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There was a time, says the Iroquois grandmother, when it was not needful to plant the corn- seed nor to hoe the fields, for the corn sprang up of itself, and filled the broad meadows. Its stalks grew strong and tall, and were covered with leaves like waving banners, and filled with ears of pearly grain wrapped in silken green husks.
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In those days Onatah, the Spirit of the Corn, walked upon the earth. The sun lovingly touched her dusky face with the blush of the morning, and her eyes grew soft as the gleam of the stars on dark streams. Her night-black hair was spread before the breeze like a wind-driven cloud....<br />
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... I am so sorry, but this post has been moved to my new website, <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/feathersandbones/">Feathers and Bones</a> hosted at <a href="http://shirleytwofeathers.com/">shirleytwofeathers.com</a>, and can be found in it's entirety here: <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/feathersandbones/the-spirit-of-the-corn/">The Spirit Of The Corn</a>Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-27298956698136706822019-07-31T07:22:00.001-05:002019-07-31T07:22:46.070-05:00Our Bible <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"If you take the Christian Bible and put it out in the wind and the rain, soon the paper on which the words are printed will disintegrate and the words will be gone. Our bible IS the wind and the rain."<br />
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<b>Note</b>: I am in the process of moving the information on this blog to my new website, <a href="http://shirleytwofeathers.com/">shirleytwofeathers.com</a>, you can find more quotes and cool stuff at the new and improved <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/feathersandbones/">Feathers and Bones</a>.Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-52940533662317611112019-06-26T19:33:00.002-05:002019-06-26T19:33:20.479-05:00Spiritual Guidance From Dreams<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Many of us take our dreams for granted, not realizing that the dream state is actually an expanded state of consciousness. Due to the fact that the ego lets go of a lot of the control it normally exercises during the day, we become more open to healing forces that help us to regain balance mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually as we dream.<br />
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There are many different schools of thought regarding the meaning and use of dreams - I call the dreamwork I teach the Esoteric Dream School since I believe that humans are spiritual beings, here on an evolutionary journey. I believe we have a higher self, that part of ourselves which is more enlightened and is the one constant at the core of our different lifetimes....<br />
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.... I am so sorry, but this post has been moved to my new website, <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/feathersandbones/">Feathers and Bones</a>. It can be found here. <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/feathersandbones/spiritual-guidance-from-dreams/">Spiritual Guidance From Dreams</a>Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-40707670278305291402019-06-26T08:44:00.001-05:002019-06-26T08:44:30.019-05:00What Should We Do about that Moon ?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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~So sorry, but this post has been moved to my new website, <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/towardtheone/">Toward The One</a>, and can be found here? <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/towardtheone/what-should-we-do-about-that-moon/">What Should We Do About That Moon?</a>Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-19661772137390884382019-06-19T04:35:00.000-05:002019-06-19T04:35:15.383-05:00Dreaming the Secret Wishes of the Soul<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of the greatest gifts of dreaming is that it puts us in touch with soul. It takes us beyond the limited understanding of the everyday self and shows us who we are, what our soul’s purpose is in this life experience and what our heart truly yearns for. There is a word for this vital function of dreams in the language of the Huron, a dreaming people of North America. The word is ondinnonk, and it means a "secret wish of the soul", especially as revealed in dreams. This expression takes us to the heart of healing.<br />
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By connecting with our dreams, and celebrating and acting on the information they gift to us, we bring the energy and magic of soul into our daily lives. As we allow our big dreams to take root in this world, we become whole and well, and start living our deeper story. As we help others to honor and celebrate their soul guidance, as revealed in dreams, we become healers and dreambringers...<br />
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... I am so sorry, but this post has been moved to my new website, <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/feathersandbones/">Feathers and Bones</a>, and can be found here: <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/feathersandbones/dreaming-the-secret-wishes-of-the-soul-2/">Dreaming The Secret Wishes of the Soul</a>Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-41965058599951620042019-06-19T03:55:00.002-05:002019-06-19T03:55:30.135-05:00Last Night's Storm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last night's storm was a journey to the Beloved.<br />
I surrender to that, the wind that<br />
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... so sorry but this post has been moved to my new website, <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/towardtheone/">Toward The One</a>, you can find it here: <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/towardtheone/last-nights-storm/">Last Night's Storm</a>Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-317194491809976332019-06-18T13:33:00.001-05:002019-06-18T13:33:12.489-05:00One is the Sun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Grandfather Sun - Illumination, Enlightenment, Knowledge
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Out of the Void, "0", first came Grandfather Sun. This is the actual sun around which our planet earth revolves. It is light, illumination, enlightenment and knowledge. For example, let's look at the word enlightenment. It means to put light into, to lighten up....<br />
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... I am so sorry, but this post has been moved to my new website, and can be found here: <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/feathersandbones/grandfather-sun/">Grandfather Sun</a>Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-71768309744322466802019-06-10T17:38:00.000-05:002019-06-10T17:38:45.944-05:00Farewell Song To Northland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As the years passed Wainamoinen <br />
Recognized his waning powers,<br />
Empty-handed, heavy-hearted,<br />
Sang his farewell song to Northland,...<br />
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... I am so sorry, but this post has been moved to my new website, <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/widdershins/">Widdershins</a>, and can be found in its entirety here: <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/widdershins/farewell-song-to-northland/">Farewell Song To Northland</a><br />
<br />Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-58722044286240519272018-11-20T20:18:00.000-06:002018-11-20T20:18:32.667-06:00The Song of the Twenty<br />
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... I am so sorry, but this post has been moved to my new website, <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/feathersandbones/">Feathers and Bones</a>, and can be found in its entirety here: <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/feathersandbones/the-song-of-the-twenty/">The Song of the Twenty</a><br />
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This meditation aims to reduce mental chatter and promote relaxation. This is a 15mb video file so it may take a few minutes to fully load.Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-55945631479270048032011-09-05T16:38:00.000-05:002011-09-05T16:38:18.716-05:00Current NewsI haven't posted here in a while, and then suddenly I find that the blog is being redirected to hotlink files! How annoying is that? It's going to take a while to get my template back in order... I've set the comments so that they must be moderated just in case the malware script was embedded in a spam comment... and hopefully I hope to eventually get this little site back on track. In the mean time... Blessings to all.Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-28725304130695962772011-01-09T11:18:00.002-06:002019-07-31T08:18:20.044-05:00Ask Now of Death<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D8VwTKAphks/TSn2PrD0gfI/AAAAAAAAOAI/wtRWZZkxK94/s1600/fuchs_Moses%2Bbefore%2Bthe%2Bburning%2Bbush_1956.jpg"><img alt="the secret of death" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560245964082807282" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D8VwTKAphks/TSn2PrD0gfI/AAAAAAAAOAI/wtRWZZkxK94/s400/fuchs_Moses%2Bbefore%2Bthe%2Bburning%2Bbush_1956.jpg" style="height: 288px; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
Then Almitra spoke, saying, <br />
<em>"We would ask now of Death."</em><br />
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<em>"You would know the secret of death.<br />But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?<br />The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day <br />cannot unveil the mystery of light.<br />If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, <br />open your heart wide unto the body of life....</em><br />
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... I am so sorry, but this post has been moved to my new website, <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/widdershins/">Widdershins</a>, and can be found in its entirety here: <a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/widdershins/ask-now-of-death/">Ask Now Of Death</a>Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-9733969447885757752010-09-05T10:46:00.001-05:002010-09-05T10:49:13.578-05:00Spirit Rap<div align="center">Wow, this is powerful!<br />What a great way to start the day!!<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SoidBWLXlYU?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SoidBWLXlYU?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></div>Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-61764519035762596982010-06-06T22:58:00.000-05:002019-07-31T07:41:51.228-05:00Hear Me<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hear me, four quarters of the world-- a relative I am! Give me the strength to walk the soft earth. Give me the eyes to see and the strength to understand, that I may be like you. With your power only can I face the winds. Great Spirit...all over the earth the faces of living things are all alike. With tenderness have these come up out of the ground. Look upon these faces of children without number and with children in their arms, that they may face the winds and walk the good road to the day of quiet. This is my prayer' hear me!<br />
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<b style="background-color: #a15229; color: #b7b7b7; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Note</b><span style="background-color: #a15229; color: #b7b7b7; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">: I am in the process of moving the information on this blog to my new website, </span><a href="http://shirleytwofeathers.com/" style="background-color: #a15229; color: #074c9b; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration-line: none;">shirleytwofeathers.com</a><span style="background-color: #a15229; color: #b7b7b7; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">, you can find more quotes and cool stuff at the new and improved </span><a href="https://shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/feathersandbones/" style="background-color: #a15229; color: #074c9b; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration-line: none;">Feathers and Bones</a><span style="background-color: #a15229; color: #b7b7b7; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">.</span>Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-49376130406032336272010-05-11T10:21:00.004-05:002010-05-11T10:31:48.154-05:00Chanting Your NameAlthough one might not think of it as such, your name is a word of power. Think of the countless times in your life that other people have uttered the sounds that comprise your name. Hear then now - loved ones, the newly-met, seeking your attention, reading your name in a roll call, calling out your name from another room, shouting your name in anger, tenderly whispering your name in a moment of love.<br /><br />Out name is intimately linked to our sense of self. Say your name out loud several times. What do you experience as you make the sounds by which you are known? The sound of our name reaches deeply into our psyche, triggering a lifetime of associations.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D8VwTKAphks/S-l37qkpxpI/AAAAAAAAMyI/apjvgX-iQE4/s1600/20081024082215_0_Your_Name.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470035089342187154" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D8VwTKAphks/S-l37qkpxpI/AAAAAAAAMyI/apjvgX-iQE4/s320/20081024082215_0_Your_Name.jpg" /></a><br /><strong>Here's an chant exercise using only your name as lyrics:</strong><br /><br />Experiment. Chant your name aloud, using only one note - or make up your own melodies. Chant one note per syllable, for example: "<em>Ro-bert</em> ... <em>Ro-bert</em> ... <em>Ro-bert</em>." Or let loose a string of notes for each syllable, as in "<em>Ro-aw-aw-aw-aw ber-er-er-er-t</em>." Chant random notes or repeat the same phrase over and over.<br /><br />Vocalize with great power, as if you were sending your unique sound to the far reaches of the universe. To avoid straining your voice, support the tone from your diaphragm and keep your throat relaxed. Now chant as softly as you can, whispering your name into the stillness. Make it fun - be playful, humorous. Then imagine that each toning of your name is like a bell, calling your deeper self awake, calling your soul into full embodiment.<br /><br />Give yourself fully to chanting the sounds that make up your name. Continue for at least five minutes.Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-85518161721157313222010-05-11T10:04:00.000-05:002010-05-11T10:05:53.151-05:00Breath<div align="center"><em>Breath flows in, then surrenders to flow out again.<br />In this moment, drink eternity.<br /><br />Breath flows out, emptying, emptying,<br />Offering itself to infinity.<br /><br />Cherishing these moments,<br />Mind dissolves into heart,<br />Heart dissolves into space,<br />Body becomes a shimmering field<br />Pulsating between emptiness and fullness..<br /><br />-Verse 3, The Radiance Sutras</em></div>Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-15223406158866803712010-05-11T09:51:00.003-05:002010-05-11T10:07:31.110-05:00Chanting From The Belly<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D8VwTKAphks/S-lxykidwkI/AAAAAAAAMyA/K9bq_BOhSIY/s1600/deep-breath.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470028336033808962" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D8VwTKAphks/S-lxykidwkI/AAAAAAAAMyA/K9bq_BOhSIY/s320/deep-breath.jpg" /></a>Draw in a full and deep breath (<a href="http://feathersandbones.blogspot.com/2010/05/breathing-exercise.html">see the breathing exercise</a>), sing the tone, "Aaaaah." As you sing the tone, release the breath slowly, first from the belly, then up through the chest. ... Breathe in again, and sound out, "Aaaaah."<br /><br />Imagine that there is a column of air resting on your belly extending up through your lungs to your throat. When you sing, visualize this column of air coming all the way from your belly, supporting the tone coming out of your mouth. In other words, sing from your belly!<br /><br />Breathe into your belly and sing. "Aaaah."<br />Again - "Aaaaah." And again - "Aaaaah."<br /><br />Singing from the belly gives us more air, the ability to sustain our tone longer, and more control over our voice. We initiate a self-reinforcing cycle: our deep and full breathing helps us to chant, while the elongated and rhythmic phrases of chant entrains our breath, making us one with the music.Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1555850886344816419.post-224819408275391072010-05-11T09:31:00.004-05:002010-05-11T10:06:31.284-05:00Breathing Exercise<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D8VwTKAphks/S-luQulAvWI/AAAAAAAAMx4/KmrvwmFHwZA/s1600/GRH_Breathe_Lotus_Art_sm.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 220px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470024456078409058" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D8VwTKAphks/S-luQulAvWI/AAAAAAAAMx4/KmrvwmFHwZA/s320/GRH_Breathe_Lotus_Art_sm.jpg" /></a>Chanting is said to be "breath made audible," and learning to breathe well is the first step in learning to chant.<br /><br />Sit up straight. This allows your lungs to expand more fully.<br /><br />Place one hand on your lower abdomen.<br />Feel your belly move as you breathe ... in and out ... in and out.<br /><br />Make sure that your belly is expanding out as you breathe in. You can make sure you're doing this correctly by noticing if your hand is being pushed outward away from your spine.<br /><br />As you exhale, your belly should contract, your hand settling back toward your spine. Try this a number of times.<br /><br />Now, breathe again into your abdomen. After your belly completely fills with air, only then allow your chest to fill with air as well. Experience your breath like a wave, filling up your belly then rolling up into your chest. And as you exhale, let the wave begin in your chest, emptying the air from your lungs and then rolling down into your abdomen, until your abdomen is fully contracted and empty of air. Do this several times.<br /><br />Now try removing your hand, but continue breathing and remembering the feeling of the air pushing your hand out and in.<br /><br />As you continue with the exercise, gradually deepen your breathing. Without any sense of pushing, slowly increase the volume of air coming into your belly. The deepening of breathing should come from your belly - the chest is more like an afterthought.<br /><br />Do this for several minutes, deepening and relaxing into your breathing. Feel the waves roll in ... belly up to the chest ... and roll out again ... chest into the belly ... letting go of effort ... letting the waves of breath breathe you.Shirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.com0