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Great news - A few big lunges down my Healing Pathway!
I have slowly been chipping away at "e-tax" - the Australian governments solution to users wanting to save money and complete their own financial year tax returns.
I have never submitted my own tax return before. I usually employ someone to do it for me for a small fee but since it is usually pretty straight forward I thought I'd have a go myself.
I started the process thinking I'd be lucky to have anything returned to me since in my mind I had zero deductions. There were a few things here and there but none of them substantial - but of course, as the saying goes..."Its the little things that count."
Well the little things added up and soon I was starting the draw the dots together...
"If I get this much...I could put it something worth while...something I have been wanting to do but could not figure out how to afford....and then *bling - light bulb moment*...OMG...I can do the NIA instructor training!"
The first time I voiced the idea was last night as I helped open the hall for my NIA class. Next week is our last class with Noel as she relocates down south and so our classes are about to end. I asked her if she was still planning on attending the QLD workshop and then voiced my good news.
Noel was thrilled and I couldn't help but smile as I felt an inner glow of gratefulness to the universe. I am going to NIA White Belt Instructor Training - woot!
Information about NIA;
"Dancing from Within" - personal account of NIA
Article on Nia
A few years ago I was starring through a foggy bus window on my way to work contemplating the big life questions. Why am I here? What is my purpose?
My mind swirled with possibilities and thoughts about people I knew who had reached out and grabbed their purpose with both hands. They seemed to confidently know that it was exactly for them and that was who they were.
How did they know?
What happens if you follow the wrong purpose?
They may sound like silly questions in hindsight but they are questions that I pondered that cold morning.
The bus journey for me takes a little over 30mins and follows one of Sydney's main roads, crossing 3 bridges. The first bridge, Gladesville bridge, always gave me a stunning view of the harbor in the morning. Sometimes a golden sunrise would begin the day but on this morning it was grey skies and rain.
The second bridge, The Iron Cove Bride, was where I gained my insight. The Iron Cove Bridge spans across what is called "The bay" made popular by "The Bay Run" which is a 8 km track running the full perimeter of the water. I stared across the bay as the bus slowed for traffic. In the far distance my eyes fixed on some tall pine tree's at the same time my mind fixed on "well what the hell am I here for?"
My mind paused as I watched the tree's bend gently in the rain.
"You are a healer...You are a healer...You are a healer!"
Starting soft and getting more strong these words appeared in my mind as if someone whispered them into my ear.
In a split second the bus was moving again and my focus on the trees had been broken. I looked around the bus to all the blank faces then looked back at the trees.
I spent the remainder of the bus trip trying to rationalize the voice I had heard and where it had come from.
I shared my story with a friend who explained she had a similar situation but heard the words "You are a teacher." Part of me knew this was a higher voice answering my question.
Time rolled by and I continued on with life not thinking too much about it. I liked the idea of being a healer but had no idea what that meant.
What do I heal?
What kind of healer?
For months I toyed with ideas of what kind of healing I could do always trying to find a short cut solution. I kept coming back to Herbal Medicine or Naturopathy but shuddered at the financial and time commitment involved to fulfill these paths.
I undertook Reiki training and discovered some internal instinct and abilities ignite that I have been developing ever since. My psychic ability grew. My hands began to burn when I was in the presence of anything with strong energy (crystal shops, psychics, other healers). Slowly I began to suspect that perhaps me being a healer wasn't so far off the mark.
It has been years since that cold bus ride...years of preparation and trying to short cut and cheat my way to being some kind of healer...but still I kept coming full circle back to naturalpath. Even Herbal Medicine, which I studied in a short course last year, was a way for me to short cut. I just wanted to BE a healer...not work at being one. I just wanted to have it now!
This year I decided to stop ignoring the signs and commit to studying a Advance Diploma in Naturopathy. The course is a 4 to 5 year commitment via distance education and a weekly financial commitment for 3 years.
Once I signed the paper work I felt myself glow and burst with enthusiasm. As the first module arrived, although I was daunted by how big 1 module was (about 1000 pages) I dived in head first and gave it my all.
So that is where I have come from.
