Today I walked through the day with closed eyes.  Figuratively.  Not Literally.

It was just one of those days which I wanted to snuggle in bed and meditate and do Reiki.

The husband and daughter took off for the Swap Meet.  Ahh!  Two hours of bliss.  Moments like this rarely happen for a harried mom!    But somehow, every time I tried to go off into another mind place, the phone rang.  Aaacccchhh!  Dontcha hate that?

I tried to remain calm.  But it was kind of tough.  I was so looking forward to my time alone.  So I took a deep breath, went to my favorite place.  And wouldn’t ya know it?  Within moments, the husband and the whelp returned home.

Then I had to sterilize a filthy hairbrush my daughter bought, admire a new handbag, and gush over a discounted box of Q-tips.  Ah.  So much for a mom’s day off.

So after hairbrush cleaning/sterilization, and ooh-ing and ahh-ing I did the next best thing.  I only pretended I was hanging with the family, but I was actually off somewhere else.  On a mini-vacation of the mind.

I walked through the day with my eyes closed.  Figuratively.  Not Literally.  As I said before.  Good thing, because though I know my house pretty well, doors and walls have a tendency to bump into me!

It was very nice, and now I feel like I actually had the day off that I expected.

What is funny is that I was discussing vacations of the mind with a friend.  She was tired and wanted to go on holiday, but because of finances and the need to work, she was unable to take the rest she needed.

For my dear friend, I wrote the following mini meditation.

Then I got to thinking.  Maybe other people need a break, too!  A break that does not require logging into Travelocity.  Or driving/flying/train taking/bus riding/boat floating….  Or wads and wads of cash.

So I’m sharing this with you, dear reader, if you need a little Time Off, that is totally free.  Please enjoy the following script for a Vacation of the Mind.

Beautiful Sunset

Close your eyes, and imagine you are at a place that you love. Imagine it with all of your senses.

See the sights, the colors of this place. The color of the sky. The look of the flora and fauna. What is the lay of the landscape?  See it as if you are there.  Because You Are There.

Hear the sounds. Are there birds chirping? Are there sounds of water, like the ocean waves crashing or the sound of abundance flowing like a babbling brook?  Hear everything as if you are there.  Because You Are There.

Smell and taste the scents in the air. The aroma of the flowers or the spray of salt water in the breeze. Perhaps the scent of pine trees or crisp mountain air?  What kind of food is there to eat?  Inhale the aromas of what you are eating.  Taste and chew.  And enjoy.  Calorie Free.  With amazing culinary sensations.  Yum.

Feel. The breeze brushing gently through your hair. The sun on your skin. The soft grass or crunchy sand beneath your feet.  Is it warm?  Is it cold?  What are you wearing?  Is it comfy?  Or itchy?  Or bulky?  Or light?

What are you doing?  Are you alone?  Or are you with someone?  Or in a group?  Whether alone or with others, imagine with all your senses that you are at this place enjoying yourself immensely!

Spend at least five minutes here in chronological time.  And allow your mind to believe that this five minutes is expanded into a long weekend, a week, or a month.  Whatever amount of time you actually need will reside in five minutes of “real” time.

Because time isn’t real.

Breathe.

Sense the blissfulness. You are at peace. And more relaxed than you have ever been. Take yourself deep within, into the core of your being. Into your higher self. Lift yourself above the earthly dimension and allow yourself to fully partake in this place that you love.

This is your mini vacation. This is your special place. You can go here any time you need to recharge your mind, body and spirit. You feel light, relaxed and at peace.

In this place, allow yourself to release all stress and tension you may be holding in your physical body. Empty yourself of all negativity. Imagine a vacuum cleaner is just sucking all that stuff out of you.

And now, empty of all the dreck, imagine the Universe filling you with light, love and boundless energy. You feel amazingly good. You shine and glow with radiant health and happiness and good fortune.

Again.  Please allow yourself to spend at least five minutes in this place. Five minutes of “real time” will feel like a wonderful, vacation of the perfect length of time for you, be it a long weekend or a month. For “real” time is only what you choose it to be.

When you feel fully recharged, bring yourself comfortably back to room awareness. Then open your eyes, reach your hands over your head and stretch. Then say, “YES!”

Copyright 2010 Vicky Schroeder

My gift to you.  Enjoy your trip!

Fun Your Way out of the Box!

harried mom · Holiday · hypnosis · meditation · mini vacation of the mind · reiki · Swap Meet · Time Off

This morning I woke up. Which is usually a good way to start the day.
I had a sense of well-being that it was a day and I was awake.

The thing was.  Because there was a thing, you know.  That for some reason my head felt like it had a spike growing out of it.  Or even a mountain.  It was a curious way to start the day.

I wondered.  But not to the point of actually getting up.  What the appendage on my head might be.  Could I have turned into a unicorn?  With the state of my dreams, last night, anything was possible.  For my slumbering journeys over the past few hours were quite odd and unusual.

Probably nothing to do with eating that late night snack of left over lasagne noodles covered in hot sauce, sliced jalapeno olives, and melted havarti with dill.

Or that on my way home from a Meeting of Toastmasters, I watched the moon set over the 22 freeway.  It was close to the horizon, a giant crescent, looking like a huge banana in the sky.

I’d post a picture.  But I decided to drive safely for a change!  Yay,  Zill!  Your co-pilot lectures on safe driving and not being a Maria Shriver emulator are working on me.  (She will one day be a great hypnotist, no?)

I felt my head.  To the touch, it wasn’t bumpy.  But my reiki energy detected something extra where my physical face ended.  There was a sense that my forehead was Lieutenant Worf-ish.  Maybe my time travels with Shelley had turned me into an alien overnight.

Worfed feeling in my Brain

Finally, my curiosity got the better of me.  I had to get up and check.  Check the mirror.

And the person that looked back at me was me.

Whew!

That was a relief.  I don’t think my hat would have fit if I was suddenly Worfed!

Okay.  Time to start my day.  Thank goodness some dreams don’t come true!

Have a Fun Your Way out of the Box Day!

dreams · hypnosis · reiki

Today I went to a chamber of commerce luncheon. Knowing that I don’t exactly meet chamber of commerce luncheon member criteria, I went anyway. Why? Because I am not the typical member.

Was it uncomfortable? Yes. Did I wanna talk when the mike was thrust at me for my 20-second commercial? No. Did I do it anyway? Yeah.

Wow.

How do you get a bunch of conservative, republican people interested in hypnosis and reiki? How do you get them to want to have fun? How do you entice them to try things outside of their very structured boxes? I don’t know. But they probably need me more than anyone.

I guess I’ll just keep showing up until they get totally used to me. Or I’ll turn them all into barking chickens.

barking chicken · hypnosis · reiki