Weekly Mantra: I Stand For Peace www.tatianascavnicky.com

"I Stand For Peace."

I have an Animal Advocate Page on FB and give regularly to shelters, the ASPCA and Humane Society. Everyday I am in horror of the choices and actions of my Human family. Isis has launched yet another attack and will continue as other attacks continue to happen around the world. I do not understand the need to kill and terrorize.

But I am in awe and deep gratitude for the members of my family who speak out, and give of their time and resources to those who need it to the victims of these great tragedies...created by other humans. I am in deep gratitude for the service men and women who give up their lives to protect us. 

I am grateful for those that diffuse arguments on all levels because they can see the bigger picture. I strive to do this everyday as I feel it's a great lesson, and one I came here to learn. This does not mean to let people walk all over you in the guise of service and love. This does not mean staying in an abusive situation or giving all of yourself away for points in heaven. It means choosing where we have our power. Our power is in love and peace. 

A truly powerful person has a core of peace and conviction that touches everyone around them. Sometimes, it's your neighborhood grocery store clerk who smiles, says hello, and chats you up that makes your day. Or the smile of a small child, or an elderly person who you know it took everything in them to just get out of the house.


This doesn't mean you never get angry. How can we not be angry at terrorism? 

YES...this is your weekly mantra.

I've gone off. Off the rails... 

I WILL NOT give up on peace. I will not stop believing in grace, the power of gratitude and miracles...everyday epic and cosmically epic. I cannot give up on more of the planet seeing the light. I wish for dog fighting to be a thing of the past. I wish that the government would stop sonar testing in the oceans, destroying it's inhabitants and the sensitive ears of the singers of the ocean, whales. I have to believe eventually they'll get it together and stop poisoning our water, resources and blowing up the planet for coal and oil, when we can harness wind, electric and solar energy. So I recycle. I filter my water. I don't squander water, gas and electricity. I have to hope for the future, not disdain and despair. I do what I can.

I can't give up on the disappearance of racism, and the end to hate crimes and terrorism to gay people. I will not give up on the end of crimes and abuse against women and children, of which I am one. I will not stop hoping for people that shop at the supermarket to buy humanely raised meat, dairy and non-GMO produce! (the hate crime against our planet) 

I believe that if enough of us have the same wishes and desires change will happen because of who we are, and the choices we make. Tyson would go out of business if enough people consciously and actively stopped buying their products. 


I have no tolerance for all this ridiculous ranting about Starbucks's red cup while all of this crap is going on in the world, and people are starving, murdered and in need of medical care. Seriously do you really think Jesus would give a thought to Starbucks Christmas marketing? I think he would be off demonstrating peace somewhere as all great and powerful thinkers like Buddha, the Dalai Lama and in some form of activism like Mother Theresa were. 

I don't care what religion your is...spirituality is loving your divinity, and recognizing and honoring it in others, which ultimately creates Peace. It's about having a conscience. If we did that it would be a different world. 

So I stand for peace and for peaceful activism. I can create change by the choices I make, the spirit with which I choose to walk in and by praying for peace. We MUST pray and not turn our backs on what is happening. We have to be peaceful and cultivate peace as much as we can. I will not be angry at my peaceful Muslim brothers and sisters. I send love, prayers and compassion to the victims in Paris, Kenya and in countries around the world I am not aware of yet, as well as basements, boardrooms, bedrooms, animal fighting rings, animal laboratory testing labs, slaughterhouses, etc. After air strikes, peaceful and protective systems must be put in place in Syria. I pray and shower beams of white light to terror. 


Only light and love and cancel out hate. Martin Luther King, Jr. said "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

I stand for peace in the face of terrorism, in the face of terrible odds and abuse. I stand for what I know is right in my heart, in my conscience, my Spirit and my mind. It has absolutely nothing to do with religion, for countless wars and terrorist acts are done in the name of religion. It's about peace. 

I pray for more heaven on earth.

In love and peace, I love you and thank you for being here with me every week. 

XoTatiana

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Your Weekly Mantra ~ Mother Nature Always Heals Me www.tatianascavnicky.com

“Perhaps being amidst the undesecrated beauty of the wilderness meant that I too could be undesecrated, regardless of what I'd lost or what had been taken from me, regardless of the regrettable things I'd done to others or myself or the regrettable things that had been done to me. Of all the things I'd been skeptical about, I didn't feel skeptical about this: the wilderness had a clarity that included me.” ― Cheryl Strayed, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

At levels we are not aware of Nature...Mother Nature has her way with us. At her oceans, rivers streams and lakes we are affected. We are after all 70% water. We literally melt and merge. She touches our Soul. 

Eco-therapy as it's now called has been known to help alleviate depression in tandem with other methods of traditional treatment. And it can boost energy levels up 20%. 

It makes me so happy to see picnic tables outside of corporate buildings for people to sit. I am lucky to live right on a park and on my walks I always see people eating lunch in their cars or at one of the tables. I can't tell you the joy I feel sitting underneath the huge and beautiful trees that have protected me and my house all these years. 

Recently I had to have a tree cut down in my yard. I was devastated at the thought of doing away with my friend and confidante. I put it off for two years. Turns out it wasn't an ash tree but a boxed elder whose roots had torn up cement, making their way towards the foundation of my house. It would continue to grow taller, wider and rounder. 

During my recent trip to Kona I made arrangements to have it cut down. I just couldn't be there. Thank God I still have the four amazing oaks so close, that still shade and protect my property. 

The picture above was taken at Honaunau on the Big Island of Hawaii. I was on a mission to get back there. I needed to be there at the water's edge to make sense of things not at an intellectual level, but at a spiritual level. 

This week take time to be outside every day if you can even for a few minutes. If you need guidance on something set that intention. Say a prayer or sit in the shade of a tree or by a lake and do nothing. Let Mother Nature do her thing. She loves you.

XoTatiana

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How to Find The Magic In Your Life ~ Come Back To What's Important www.tatianascavnicky.com

Doing a show at Kona Rock & Mineral Crystal Shop Kona Hawaii

I am subscribed to a few different newsletters about spirituality and doing your own thing out there in the world. I am inspired often. I really like what they have to say and think hmmm maybe I should do a blog post or vlog about that? I've been doing Julia Cameron's " the Artist's Way". I am almost to Week 10 of morning pages, artist dates, exercises and reflections. The cover says it is a Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self. It has been a beyond words type of experience for me. It is MAJOR I can say that. I highly recommend it!!

I believe we came here with creative gifts and talents to be mined and shared. I have gotten so much out of TAW, I am thinking about creating a group that goes through this course together. Going through this process couldn't have come at a better time as I struggled to take care of business having to do with the flood and recover from it.

You know I've been struggling with this. You also know amazing miracles happened too. It's caused me to really look at what I spend my time on, and what is important to me. I've gotten really clear that I have a message to bring through words and songs. As of late, I see that it's also about creating a space for people to be taken away to a higher place...to joy...to bliss...to freedom. My message is about FREEDOM, doing what you love and taking great care of yourself. You can transcend your present circumstances and issues... money drama, people drama, work drama. You are free to live life on your own terms, even if you have other people to look out for and take care of.  

Through Cameron's TAW Course, I've discovered my message and music are one. I don't just want to teach and write, I want to combine it with music. I love giving audience mini-readings, and sharing what I've learned during a music performance. A concert Mark and I did for Livonia Unity recently opened my eyes on an even deeper level, to what I'm here to do. I believe life is magical and that it is there... as the quote says patiently waiting for our eyes to see. You get to create your environment and what you see. You get to say how you want to feel...in the face of problems and when things are going well. How easy it is to get into struggle, strain and the daily grind when things are good. We don't get how amazing it is to get to work safely and on-time, so we can make it back home to family. We can easily take for granted mediocre and mundane drama-free days. 

I'm learning to fiercely embrace and love drama-free mundane days. As a Virgo Sun-Gemini Rising my brain always says I must be doing something...getting somewhere. As a young child who believed from her upbringing that she would never be good enough, this is a recipe for disaster and unhappiness of the worst kind. Not only do you believe you have to be doing something to be somewhere and be worthy...you have to create it and make it happen. If you don't you have failed immeasurably, beyond redemption. 

I was raised joyless and loveless like many, even maybe you. A lyric in my song "Tin Man" from my first album Mrs. Blue says "I've always known sorrow but I'm learning about happiness." We can be free and feel great love, when we give it to ourselves and commit to working on being the kind of person we want to be. That doesn't mean being perfect. It means regarding ourselves with love, care, honor and respect. 

Let yourself off the hook. Embrace laziness if you're body is screaming for you to slow down. You won't be there forever...just enough to heal and figure things out. Then a funny thing happens...what you want starts coming to you because you got out of your own way. Life is full of magic seen and still unseen. You are LOVED beyond what you could imagine by your Creator.and you don't have to earn that EVER! 


Here are a few ways to come back to yourself and what is important to you.

How often to you say to yourself I'd like to do this but... Where are your buts? What are they standing in the way of?


Schedule creative time or doing nothing time at least once a week.

What did you use to do that you really enjoyed, but say I just don't have time for that now?

Ask for help and use resources available to you. 


Sometimes we don't even have a reason why we put off what makes us happy. Maybe you were raised like I was that life is hard and joyless, and being happy is being lazy. Either way schedule YOU time right away! 

Would you be interested in joining an Artist's Way group? 

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Much Love & Joy
Tatiana
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Meditation: A Game Changer www.tatianascavnicky.com

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Meditation is a game-changer You don't have to do yoga to meditate and you don't have to hold your fingers perfectly, and have a meditation pillow. It's as easy as laying back, relaxing and allowing yourself to be guided. If you feel like using a pillow that's awesome if it works for you. 

To get the best benefits from meditation do it daily, and preferably at the same time everyday. But if you miss your meditation time, just find time later in the day. Don't get hung up on a rigid practice or beat yourself up for missing. It can be refreshing to change up the time you practice, and the type of meditation you do. 

Using guided meditations like the ones I've created are great if you have trouble clearing your mind. If you already have a meditation practice, doing something totally different can take you a deeper and "in the now" place. I compare it to mixing up your exercise routine. Changing up your work-out impacts your routine and boosts results. Changing up your meditation is just like that. 

There are many ways to meditate. Praying, journaling, sitting and doing a nothing are a few. Watching the sunset, pondering a word or phrase, or saying a mantra over and over again are some other methods. Using guided meditations like the ones I've created add power to your practice as you experience restful and peaceful levels of relaxation. Using imagery which accesses the subconscious healing super-mind, with music takes you to deep levels where the magic happens. 

Studies on meditation show reduced levels of stress, blood pressure and worry. Reduced pain and the evidence of "disease fighting genes are more active in meditators. Harvard researchers found that after two months of regular meditation, genes that kill diseased cells, fight inflammation and cancer were activated. 

It also increases your intuition and is an extremely self-loving act. When you are in "observer mode" a natural by-product of meditation, you are training your brain to be able to think before you react as well as connect to the healer we all have within. Your outlook on life will shift and your nervous system will calm down the more you meditate. And it gets rid of the "11's" the lines between your eyebrows! 

I was guided to create each of these meditations and Mark Watson's meditation music is the perfect back-drop for these sessions. Goddess, manifestation, healing, clearing and releasing and rejuvenating manifestations are available via immediate download below. Having a meditation practice changed my life. I recommend using my meditations daily and change them up. Coming back to a beloved meditation is like hearing your favorite jam on the radio. It will feel so good! 

I just created a brand new meditation inspired by my biggest teacher, my Mother. I've been sitting and praying on this one for a while. I wanted it to be special and touch those of us who've had mother issues. I am so glad to finally share it with you!

It is my hope my meditations bring you deep peace, relief, joy, relaxation and all that you are wanting. If you love them share in the comments below. Invite those in your life that could benefit to visit here and choose one that suits them..

With Peace & Game-changer Love,
XoTatiana
www.tatianascavnicky.com

(Please do not drive or operate heavy machinery when meditating. Meditations are not a substitute for medical care)