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Concepts I Have Put into Practice<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n A couple of years ago, I was working in a beautiful office at a formerly great place that had just been purchased by a corporation. Things were pretty good, but morale was rapidly deteriorating as the corporate big wigs were implanting their uncomfortable and ineffective ideas into a healthy business. In short, they were ruining it! Lucky for me, I got fired.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n With 3 days to go to my vacation, just back from bereavement leave, and a mortgage to pay as a single gal, I was a little concerned. I found myself in the very same situation where so many people are finding themselves today\u2026unemployed. But not only unemployed, also frightened, uncertain and basically freaked out. My level of education either over-qualified or under-qualified me, even though my schooling did not support what I really wanted to be doing, yet going back to school seemed an unlikely option. Selling all of my belongings and moving to a different city was not a viable possibility, either. My cats would hate it and I really like the stuff I\u2019ve collected too much to sell it all. Aaahhh, what to do? Confusion and fear began to set in. I knew, I just knew that fear would be my worst enemy. So first and foremost, I made a pact to come up with any way possible to refute fear. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Concept #1<\/b><\/span> \u2013Counter thoughts of FEAR with thoughts of GRATITUDE. Fear is generally based in \u2018lack of something\u2019. The easiest and best way to counter it is to focus on what you DO have in your life and how much you appreciate it! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I then did what any responsible person would do. I promptly headed to my psychic. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Concept #2<\/b><\/span> \u2013 Gather information from a trusted resource, i.e. a respected friend, a good psychic, your own research of what appeals to you. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In the past she had told me that I was going to buy my house, (when I had no way of accomplishing that), meet certain friends, travel to certain places, be in certain circumstances, all of which at the time of her telling me I thought, \u201cYeah, right!\u201d But each and every time, she was spot on. She was absolutely correct at every turn. This time she told me not to worry about my current unemployment situation as I would soon become an energy worker. Once again, true to form, I thought, \u201cYeah, right!,\u201d completely forgetting the previous six months training in Holographic Sound Healing I had been attending. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Concept #3<\/b><\/span> \u2013 Stay positive and stay open! Open to opportunities from unexpected places, because they WILL be presented to you. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Immediately I asked, \u201cCan I make a living at it? I mean, will I be able to make a living at that?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n She smugly replied, \u201cThat\u2019s up to you.\u201d (Damn, I hate when people tell me what I am supposed to already know.)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Concept #4<\/b><\/span>\u2013 Believe in your abilities! Chances are, if you are drawn to doing something, it resonates with you\u2026and YOU will resonate with IT!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Not two weeks later, it was our final certification class for Holographic Sound Healing. As I looked around the room to everyone paired up and working with each other, I noticed how very different they were than my randomly selected partner and me. Well, not really randomly selected, everyone else just paired up and left us to work with each other.\u00a0 My partner\u2019s name was Janet and she had an aura about her; One of strength, power, and certainty.\u00a0 She held a serious expression, almost stern and unapproachable. She is one of those people that seem to have a secret knowledge, that \u2018has it all figured out\u2019 and if you get close enough, she may share the secret of life with you\u2026or she might just kick your ass.\u00a0 In short, she was a tough read, but she definitely exhibited strength. I think there may have been an intimidation factor felt by the other folks in the class, but I was not bright enough to pick up on it. These people must have known something to just leave us to each other, but she was the only other zaftig, long-haired, wild-bohemian looking person in the group, so of course I was immediately drawn to her!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n So here we are. The last day of this amazing six month training and we are exhibiting all that we have learned. We are paired up; positions chosen and we are ready to go. Janet and I were talking a little bit which delayed our start, so everyone began toning before we did. I thought to myself, \u201cDarn it, I am already a few steps behind. Okay, quiet yourself, find your center, there are all these steps you have to go thru in preparation before you begin the actual toning process, and you were talking thru it! Okay, get it together, don\u2019t lose focus\u2026\u201d And while I was trying to quiet myself and go thru these very important steps to \u2018get connected\u2019, I found it extremely difficult, as all I could focus on was the other pairs toning to one another already.\u00a0 That horrible voice in my head, a.k.a. FEAR says, \u201cUgh, they are already waaayyyy ahead of you. You better hurry up. Get thru the steps, quick, hurry, get connected!\u201d (Yeah, that was helpful.) The more I tried to focus on myself to quiet my mind, the more I could only hear them all toning. But it didn\u2019t seem like toning, it sounded more like singing. I wondered, \u201cWho are they singing for?\u201d They were all aspiring to sound so angelic and lovely. Hitting these very soft high notes, lilting their way to Spirit and a higher connection. Individually, they were charming. But putting them all in the same room with each other, and hearing it all at once, I mean, these beautiful, open people were all being so serious and trying to sound so \u2018pretty\u2019 that for some reason, it just made me giggle a little out loud. Then I realized that I had just giggled out loud. I thought, \u201cOh no.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n To self, C\u2019mon Tala, don\u2019t laugh. That would be extremely inappropriate and simply wrong. I mean, these people paid good money, studied for months and are trying their best to perform this culmination of cultivated experience and spiritual expression. They are all such lovely people. Whatever you do\u2026don\u2019t laugh.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Side note<\/i>: I am not sure how you would spell it, but do you know that outward snort sound; the one that is made when you are trying to repress a cough, or a sneeze, or\u2026 a laugh? Yeah, that\u2019s what came out next. I looked at the two faces closest to Janet and me, and they were being polite by continuing their vocal toning and attempting to hide the horror at my faux pas. \u201cOh no, they heard me.\u201d I was mortified. \u00a0Here I am, trying to make an impression on the instructor, be at the top of my class, respect and honor my fellow Sound Healers, truly connect with Spirit and the Hathors, and I cannot hold it together for the life of me. I looked to Janet expecting her to show an expression of disapproval, but it was worse. Her complexion was all red, her eyes were filled with sparks and her face was contorted. I thought I had awakened a dragon, and then it came\u2026<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0Both of us just burst out giggling. There was no hiding it. Bear in mind, the next pair of people were only 6 feet away from us! And the more we tried to control it, the worse it got. Janet\u2019s laugh went from a giggle to flat out guffawing; I went from guffawing to a high pitched squeal! We laughed so hard and so loud that we were both crying. I could not control the fact that my tongue was sticking out of my mouth and I was drooling! It was awful, and I thought to myself, \u201cThis is AWFUL! How disrespectful! These poor people, what they must think of me? Us?\u201d That just made it worse. For ten straight minutes, we were laughing-crying-laughing. It got to the point that we completely shut down the other people trying to tone, they were so thrown off by our uproarious cackles they just stopped toning altogether and waited for us to stop. For Janet and me, it just added proverbial fuel to the hysterical fire! We got to the point where we just stopped caring and went with it.\u00a0 At the end of it all, where there began two strong, somewhat stoic women on a sweet, velvet settee, was now a sloppy, drool and tear ridden, embarrassed lump of two bodies flopped over each other, gasping for air. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Once we wiped ourselves off, straightened our clothing, blew our noses and composed ourselves as best we could; it was time to face everyone. At this point we both figured we blew it. We could see in their eyes that they were waiting for a cue from the instructor, Randeane, on how to react. One thing seemed to be a general consensus, Janet and I were now thought of as \u2018The Bad Girls of Holographic Sound Healing\u2019, but gosh, it felt SO GOOD! Janet and I actually thanked each other.\u00a0 A huge weight had evaporated and all the fear and concern and worry about everything in the world was just lifted and transmuted. So, bring it on. We feared nothing! We felt AMAZING! We were glowing!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Randeane came over to us and announced to the class, \u201cNow THAT was Sound Healing!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In that one statement, everyone was given permission to laugh! And we all did, together. But Janet and I did not get off that easy. Randeane put us on the spot to actually tone in front of everyone. We were depleted of all fear; we were in sheer joy and audacity at that moment and just went with it. What came out was more powerful than anyone in that room expected, especially us!\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Concept #5<\/b><\/span>\u2013 Don\u2019t edit your joyful self! \u00a0Do what brings you joy! Be in the moment of joy!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n After we surprised ourselves, Janet turned to me and said, \u201cWe are going to work together\u201d. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Within two weeks, Sacred Alignment was conceived. Within a month we were performing individual healing sessions and within two months we were conducting group sound healing meditations. We have been steadily booked at our convenience out of several locations ever since!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Concept #6<\/b><\/span> \u2013 Set your intentions when you are in a positive state of mind. (Refer back to #1 & $2)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I am not saying that changing our ways of thinking are always easy. And yes, we all can have low energy days, needs for release; times when we want to run and hide under the covers. Do not beat yourself up if you are subject to especially low energy and need to cry on someone\u2019s shoulder or go into your cave. It is important to honor that time as well. But remember that you are in control. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Concept #7<\/b><\/span> \u2013 Be energetically responsible. Honor your needs, but put effort into caring for yourself and not sucking your friends and family dry of their energetic resources. They may not be there when you need them next time. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Concept #8<\/b><\/span>\u2013 Do not beat yourself up for not being perfect. Think of yourself as an artist, everything you do is art. Some people might just not understand the concept yet.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Well, I am happy to report that it is almost 7 years later and I\u2019ve been working as a spiritual practitioner professionally ever since. I am a successful sound healer and energy worker, and I have had the pleasure and honor of helping so many people solve their problems every day by working in a metaphysical bookstore where I get to offer books, stones, candles, spells, and advice to help people along their path. A New Page in Middletown Connecticut has been my home into my home base for my practice and my day job, where Yvette Page has been one of my best teachers and closest friends. I opened up to the universe and I was truly blessed!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Concept<\/b><\/span> #9<\/b><\/span> Remember to count your blessings!<\/span><\/p>\n ***<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n About the Author:<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Tala<\/b><\/span><\/span> is a healer of multi-cultural decent and influence. Her heritage is a mixture of Celtic, African, Native American and European decent. However, her spiritual journey began when she and her mother were living throughout Mexico. While exploring one of our world\u2019s \u2018Sacred Power Spots\u2019, Chichen Itza in the Yucatan, Tala was struck by a bus and was pronounced dead. She was revived when three indigenous Mayan Shamans appeared from the jungle and proceeded to pass her body between them and chant. They brought her to their hidden jungle village on the mountain to recover and heal for three days. When Tala emerged from the jungle on the fourth day, she told her mother\u2019s companion that she had been \u201cgiven the light of god by the Mayan people\u201d. She was five years old when she experienced this N.D.E. (near death experience). This opened the door to her receiving messages and visitations from spirits to this day. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n At age 23, Tala was the recipient of Shaktipat, in person directly from Shri Anandi Ma. This is a transmission of energy\/ god force through (in her case) physical touch which awakens the Kundalini. It often sets the person on their true spiritual path. Many who receive Shaktipat become healers and teachers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Over the years, combined with her continuing formal education, she has maintained a balance between the physical sciences and the metaphysical. She was one of the first 60 people in the U.S. to be sent to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX to be trained by NASA to educate local teachers about the International Space Station in its beginning stages. She became an R.C. Counselor, Peer Counselor, and an Ordained Minister for the Universal Life Church. She is a Certified Holographic Sound Healer and is a Reiki Practitioner. This year she has become an ordained Minister and Reverend of Our Lord & Lady of the Trinacrian Rose Church and has completed her 2 year apprenticeship in the Pachakuti Mesa Cross-cultural Shamanism and is now a Paco-Shaman. She has made her living for the past years as a powerful energy worker\/healer of individuals and groups and a master craftsman of ritual, ceremonial and energetic tools. Her dream is to travel the world and continue her formal and spiritual education with scholars, locals and indigenous peoples. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Tala is a Spiritual Practitioner of the Shamanic <\/span><\/span>a<\/span><\/span>rts, she studies Ancient Spiritualities from all over the world and she is a Sacred Toolsmith making tools for Shamans, Pagans and Energy Workers. You can find her at \u2018A New Page\u2019 at 1060 Newfield St., Middletown, CT<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/TalaDurso-300x205.jpg\")
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