Spring Release & Renew
~ Plus Upcoming Events & Updates ~
 
Each month I try to share a little support and inspiration, but if you'd rather skip to the events and updates, you can do so here: 


The year just flows right along spiraling eternally, as does everything in our lives we temporarily fixate on while in the midst of it. 

It all just moves on doesn't it? And it's so much easier when we embrace it like Nature does. The things we thought we'd never get through end up behind us always. 

If we can remember how all things DO pass and how what we thought we'd never get through we actually do, then maybe we can approach new experiences with greater ease because of this repetitive truth.

But indeed it's so amazing we're already nearly a third of the way into 2015! 

I've hardly been home for most of it and because of this am going to be quite focused this month to get all of my work on track before I head out again for half of May. I can't thank all of my clients enough for their patience and understanding. It's been the busiest year I can remember in a long time and even more so in my internal world than what it has been externally...imagine that?!

And in the middle of it all, I'm having the cycling back around of purging time again hitting, cleansing the physical space, refreshing the wardrobe, hair cut.... I love that time! And in my life it comes along so very often. I'm the queen of purging, change, and embracing the flow of energy in and out in my life - partially due to my Pisces chameleon/mutable nature, but mostly because I constantly love to reinvent and renew. How about you?

I guess that's why I identify with transmutational energy like that of the butterfly and dragon - both major animal spirit guides and symbols in my life.

In the midst of this purging I've also experienced an excess of energetic weight drop off of me - 9 physical pounds from both of my powerful sacred journeys! - which was unexpected and surprising since I'm kind of a wee faery to begin with. But it's a blessing indeed, as I know it is due to all of the energetic work I was doing that naturally released my own old, core baggage, past life grief...so I could be in my lighter, natural essence. 

I'm sure things will balance out, but it will be new energy instead of the old that I build upon. Yay! 

That's important -  to build from the bottom up. Most of the time we only take down the old building, but forget the core foundation and wonder why things collapse. In order for the new we build to stand fortified, it must have a new foundation to stand upon.

Making physical changes supports the inner changes we want to have in our lives. Embodying and actualizing tells the Universe you ARE ready to have what you desire. 

Since it's Spring, in fact that actually might translate into "Spring cleaning" time for everyone. Whether you know it or not, engage it, or refuse it...it's a time for releasing and renewing. Mother Nature does it and so must we as children of the Earth.

Time to let go of the identification with what you were so that you can become what you are at your most natural, now.

Plant new seeds of inspirational intent to actualize in the light of the Sun within and without. 

For me personally, I'll be literally planting seeds, as I'm finally going to be able to put together my Garden Tower and start seeding some Nature's goodness, while I'm settled at home a while. :)

A s we experience the building energy of this Saturday's Full Blood Moon in Libra, Total Lunar Eclipse, which also happens to kick off the Buddhist New Year, let us be vulnerably open to a healing opportunity through honest self-exploration that can lead to greater freedom and invigorated renewal.

What might you let go of that could lighten the load you've been carrying for so long? Ask yourself why, if in fact you are overburdened with excess emotional baggage, you don't want to let it go? How is it serving you? Do you hold on to it because you're afraid of what not having it would open for you to step into finally? Do you hold on to it because you are trapped in a deep patterned cycle that is feeding your insecurities? 

We all have fears and yet we all have the ability to move through them too. They are the challenges we set up for the evolution we chose to experience. And in essence are valuable gifts awaiting unwrapping.

The day after the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse will also be Easter. So we have quite an energetic weekend upcoming. 

Easter has Pagan origins that bring to light a deeper understanding of its meaning. Easter is connected to the Anglo-Saxon Pagan goddess Eostre (or Ostara), but was originally the celebration of Ishtar (pronounced "Easter"), the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love, procreation, sexuality, fertility, and war. The dyed  "cosmic" eggs  were both "sacred Easter offerings in Egypt," as well as are connected to the "mystic egg" that hatched Ishtar.

As N.S. Gill shares in The Eostre Hares and Pagan Easter:

"An Anglo-Saxon goddess named Eostre may have had hares as attendants. If so, the hares may have held her lights, since Eostre was the goddess of Dawn, like Eos (Greek) and Aurora (Latin). The month of April was, among the Anglo-Saxons, called Eostur-monath, and during Eostur-monath, a festival was held to Eostre. This festival has, at least in name, been taken over by the Christian spring festival Easter. If Eostre did indeed have hares as companions, the association of Easter and Easter bunnies is an ancient one."


"....Traditionally, the Easter Bunny, actually a Hare, was said to lay eggs at Easter. This concept is of course very strange to our factual minds, but taken symbolically, the Egg is not only Potential, but it also represents the Cosmos, the very ground of Being from which we spring-no pun intended! One only need think about the Cosmic Egg and the Druid's Egg to begin to get the full scope of this meaning. No wonder then that the Hare was at one time considered both male and female. To produce the cosmos, both must be present....

 

....Overall the Hare is a symbol of many things, all involving balance, Life, creative potency, regeneration, fertility, and eternity. This symbolism manifests in associations with Springtime, the Dawn, the Moon and Sacred Fire, the Egg, the Circle and Infinity symbol, Marriage, Androgyny and Hermaphroditism, as well as Madness, Genius and Inspiration (which seem to go hand in hand)...."

 

This brings to mind the Cosmic Egg I so love...the potent alchemy from which creation potential births from within each of us. 

So let's embrace our innocence and experience life directly and clearly as it is in the delight of this moment. Let go of how things should be and enjoy what is. Imagine and then actualize your creative inspirations.

Easter is also a time when a lot of people, unfortunately, give baby bunnies as gifts to their children and without full understanding of the commitment and special care these precious and extremely sensitive living beings need. Because of this Easter carries varying feelings for me in terms of rabbits, knowing that it's an especially high time of year for this to take place - a time when rabbits may be seen more as a novelty, later neglected, forgotten, mistreated, and even euthanized.

If you are guided to get a rabbit at this time or any time, please do your research or ask rabbit experts, your local rabbit rescue/shelter, or even message me with your questions. 

The rabbits and I thank you greatly.

Below you'll find current supportive and empowering workshops, events, and retreats, as well as what's upcoming and any updates.

Sending out invigorated inspiration to each of you and loving support for all that you are creating.

Creative Love & Magick,

Tania Marie
Emerald Bridge

www.taniamarie.com
www.spiritualskin.com
www.taniamarieartist.wordpress.com

upcomingoppsUPCOMING WORKSHOPS


  • Sunday, April 12th 9 am - 6pm Reiki 1 & 2 Accelerated Workshop - 1 spot remaining (you can register, as long as there's room, up until April 6th)

  • Thursday, April 16th 9 am - 6 pm Crystal Magick Workshop - this workshop was rescheduled from it's original April 3rd date (you can register up until April 13th)

  • Tuesday, April 21st 7 pm - 8 pm and Wednesday, April 22nd 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Intro to Crystal Healing & Pendulums Talk at Chapman University in Orange, CA at the Fish Interfaith Center for the Chapman Health and Healing Club - these are FREE events - if interested please contact me to be added as a guest
I'll be speaking on the same topics each night (basic understanding of crystals and crystal healing, hands-on with pendulums, and exploring some types of crystals), with a different audience so only one night would be necessary to attend if interested (I'll have crystal pendulums and some crystals available for sale)

  • Saturday, May 30th 10 am - 1 pm Crystal Love & Healing Workshop with Yasmin Lageyre (RMT, Crystal & Energy Grid Healer) 
    & Tania Marie (RMT, Crystal Healer, Sacred Artist & Author) in Tampa, Florida :  this workshop is filling up - discounts available if you register by April 30th: 
If Registered by April 30th: $120 (savings of $30)

After April 30th: $150

If you Register with a friend: $200 ($100 per person or $50 savings each)

  • Saturday, June 20th & Sunday, June 21st - Summer Solstice with Aymey Sangill (RMT, Feng Shui Expert, Certified Hypnotist & NLP Practitioner, M.A. Counseling Psychology) 
    & Tania Marie (RMT, Crystal Healer, Sacred Artist & Author) in Beaverton, Oregon :  this two-day workshop is not confirmed yet, but if interested please contact me for further information, as we are still putting things together for it.
     
    You will have the ability to attend one or both of the event days, which will include 1) a Crystal & Feng Shui Workshop helping you in creating sacred space with grids and more for personal empowerment that can support your life intent and 2) a Solstice Ceremony and Manifestation Workshop

Increasingly co-creating and co-teaching is on the rise, which is awesome in my opinion, and I've been receiving an influx of inquiries about hosting workshop events locally where people live, as well as co-facilitating/teaching workshops, and receiving event invites.

I'm open to all of this given it is in alignment with everyone involved and details are mutually supportive, as well as collectively guided.

For some information on how you can host a Reiki workshop event in your area please visit:


And if you are interested in hosting a different workshop besides Reiki or Crystals, or have another idea, please don't hesitate to ask. I am able to teach a variety of conscious and empowering topics, as well as able to facilitate sacred events and activations.
Sacred Retreat


Horses & Reiki: Living With Vibrational Integrity - A Four Day Certification & Experiential Retreat in Ladner, BC at Epona Rise Retreat Centre

Thursday, July 9th - Sunday, July 12th, 2015

This is a limited space event due to the intimate nature of the work with the horses. Just $300 holds your space.

We're just 3 1/2 months away from what's sure to be one of our most magickal experiences to date. Why? Because we'll be teaming up with the amazing Horse Whisperer, Hillary Schneider, and her team of masterful horses.

Every journey always has surprises in store and are uniquely created to align with current energies and the souls that are brought together, and both Hillary and I are putting together more sacred experiences to share with you beyond the scope of these basics you can look forward to:

What you will experience during this retreat:

 

* Intimate exchanges with the horses

* Customized Reiki training to the nature of our weekend's focuses, initiation attunements, and certification in Level 1 and 2

* Personal attention, time, and loving support by both Hillary and Tania

* Experience energy and learn self treatments, along with practicing with each other and the horses

* Become more self-aware, in touch with your intuition, and feel a greater sense of balance, personal truth, vulnerability, compassion, responsibility, freedom, and trust

* Individual energy healing and integrative sessions

* Sacred gatherings

* Retreat time in nature

 

To learn more and to register please visit: 

 

Horses & Reiki

 

I can't begin to express what these sacred retreats and journeys truly have to offer, but if you want to get a taste of our last sacred journey in Peru, you can read about it here (there are two parts):

WHAT'S NEW & THINGS TO KNOW 


Dates I will be unavailable to work or schedule any workshops and events, besides the above dates: I'll be away half of May in Indiana and Florida, beginning May 18th - 31st, so keep this in mind if you're interested in scheduling anything. It is also looking likely I'll be away October 17th - 25th in the Dominican Republic.  Things keep getting scheduled and rescheduled, but I try to keep you updated best I can. There's still a major move in store and who knows what else I have up my sleeve, however I'll still be offering the same services, regardless of where the wind blows me. :)

Sacred Tattoo Designs: Again, thank you for your patience. With my being away, crazy schedule, and more time needed working with clients, I've been backed up. But I will be pumping out designs like crazy this month and not taking on any new clients until June. 

Upcoming New:  My experience has been so full, which was necessary to purge, as well as integrate and embody more of what was needed so that the new that has been percolating and in process behind the scenes would come into birthing with that strong and clear foundation I spoke of earlier - don't build upon the old ;) 

This year will see me finally engaging in new artistic and writing endeavors now that things are settling more, as well as new experiential workshops and engagements. This may phase out other aspects of my work in order to do so, as all things do change. The timing is up in the air, as this still is a Hermit #9 culminating year for me.

I have some finalizations to put into place so I am clear and grounded on where I'll place my focus, and will keep you posted as soon as that takes place. 

Creations percolating include a sacred visionary Tarot deck I'm in co-creation on, expanding sacred body art offerings, music, and magickal stories. Workshops include creative arts, magickal living, inner vision, and more.
FREE Spiritual Skin Book
For the first two people who book design consultations with me for June, you will receive a free copy of Spiritual Skin, which I authored.

The way to receive this is to place your deposit here:


And then either place a message in the invoice comments saying "Gift me a free book please" or email me at tania@spiritualskin.com
 
Offer Expires April 30th or until 2 people book their consultations