Spring-ing An Idea

One day you have an idea. Why did it come into your consciousness? What do you do with this idea, ignore it or explore it? At first you try to ignore it thinking it is just a temporary hiccup. You label it as just another thought floating into your consciousness something that is beyond your reach. As life is so fast paced you don’t take the time to explore it.
You do not immediately know what to do with it, acting as if it really did not belong to you, thinking it is just a pipe dream anyway, saying to yourself “I am just a typical person leading a pretty good typical life already so why do I need to waste my energy on something that is probably impossible anyway”.
BUT WHAT IF IT KEPT PURSUING YOU….
Then you begin to worry about what others might think of this idea if you spoke of it so you keep it to yourself. You try to hide it away, don’t talk about it, and try to bring negative thoughts into this idea to make it go away.
BUT SOMETHING JUST FEELS SO RIGHT AND ALIVE ABOUT THIS IDEA…
It makes you feel more alive, younger and happier when you think about it. It keeps coming into your consciousness out of the blue more and more and it begins to share with you what it could mean to you and others if you gave it some attention.
SO YOU DECIDE TO BECOME FRIENDS WITH IT…
You step out of your comfort zone and seek out certain people you could share this idea with, those you know who would be supportive and validate this idea for you and role models who you might want to meet. You then become protective of this idea because you know many people you do know would think this idea is a waste of time and nothing would ever come from it.
SO YOU STRUGGLE WITH WHO TO BELIEVE…
Many times you think you should just give up on this idea. But there is a piece of this idea that has now settled into your heart and when you give it just a little bit of attention it makes you feel happier and you develop a spring in your step. You then begin to think thoughts like “what do they really know, this is MY IDEA!
You begin to realize that no one can feel the same as you do about this idea and it is ok if it is different. Many won’t be able to relate to your journey.
So you decide that is does not matter who believes in it or not, you do and that is what is most important. You begin to discover and learn ways to nurture this idea. You begin to give it more and more of your attention.
THEN YOUR IDEA BEGINS TO GROW AND GROW…
You fall in love with this idea. This idea makes you feel more alive and with each learning curve you begin to see clearer and clearer how this idea can benefit you and many others. This idea encourages you to think bigger and bigger.
You and this idea love to brainstorm together sharing other ideas, together discovering it is good to have the ability to see things differently from others.
NOW YOU COULD NOT IMAGINE YOUR LIFE WITHOUT YOUR IDEA…
One day your idea started to change and grow right before your eyes and take a shape of its own. It went from being the two of you to now a part of everything. You are available to all beings who want to share in this idea. Many great teachers say we are on this earth to discover and share our passion and you began to think you have found yours. You wake up each morning filled with gratitude that you did not turn your back on this idea from its infancy.
WITH ONE IDEA YOU CHANGE MORE THAN YOUR CAN IMAGINE…
I followed my own IDEA 18 years ago and I am so very grateful every day that I did. I am perfectly fine with people having a unique way of defining who I am. That is the greatest compliment they can give me because that means I am following my own path, and that I am showing others through example that we are all on our own unique journey. I will live and share MY IDEA that flourished into my passion until my last breath as it is a part of me to my core…how wonderful is that!
Embrace your idea and run with it
Come walk with me,
Marianne
You do not immediately know what to do with it, acting as if it really did not belong to you, thinking it is just a pipe dream anyway, saying to yourself “I am just a typical person leading a pretty good typical life already so why do I need to waste my energy on something that is probably impossible anyway”.
BUT WHAT IF IT KEPT PURSUING YOU….
Then you begin to worry about what others might think of this idea if you spoke of it so you keep it to yourself. You try to hide it away, don’t talk about it, and try to bring negative thoughts into this idea to make it go away.
BUT SOMETHING JUST FEELS SO RIGHT AND ALIVE ABOUT THIS IDEA…
It makes you feel more alive, younger and happier when you think about it. It keeps coming into your consciousness out of the blue more and more and it begins to share with you what it could mean to you and others if you gave it some attention.
SO YOU DECIDE TO BECOME FRIENDS WITH IT…
You step out of your comfort zone and seek out certain people you could share this idea with, those you know who would be supportive and validate this idea for you and role models who you might want to meet. You then become protective of this idea because you know many people you do know would think this idea is a waste of time and nothing would ever come from it.
SO YOU STRUGGLE WITH WHO TO BELIEVE…
Many times you think you should just give up on this idea. But there is a piece of this idea that has now settled into your heart and when you give it just a little bit of attention it makes you feel happier and you develop a spring in your step. You then begin to think thoughts like “what do they really know, this is MY IDEA!
You begin to realize that no one can feel the same as you do about this idea and it is ok if it is different. Many won’t be able to relate to your journey.
So you decide that is does not matter who believes in it or not, you do and that is what is most important. You begin to discover and learn ways to nurture this idea. You begin to give it more and more of your attention.
THEN YOUR IDEA BEGINS TO GROW AND GROW…
You fall in love with this idea. This idea makes you feel more alive and with each learning curve you begin to see clearer and clearer how this idea can benefit you and many others. This idea encourages you to think bigger and bigger.
You and this idea love to brainstorm together sharing other ideas, together discovering it is good to have the ability to see things differently from others.
NOW YOU COULD NOT IMAGINE YOUR LIFE WITHOUT YOUR IDEA…
One day your idea started to change and grow right before your eyes and take a shape of its own. It went from being the two of you to now a part of everything. You are available to all beings who want to share in this idea. Many great teachers say we are on this earth to discover and share our passion and you began to think you have found yours. You wake up each morning filled with gratitude that you did not turn your back on this idea from its infancy.
WITH ONE IDEA YOU CHANGE MORE THAN YOUR CAN IMAGINE…
I followed my own IDEA 18 years ago and I am so very grateful every day that I did. I am perfectly fine with people having a unique way of defining who I am. That is the greatest compliment they can give me because that means I am following my own path, and that I am showing others through example that we are all on our own unique journey. I will live and share MY IDEA that flourished into my passion until my last breath as it is a part of me to my core…how wonderful is that!
Embrace your idea and run with it
Come walk with me,
Marianne
Namaste Soulful Being,

It has been many months since my last blog for many reasons. 2017 was a year in my life’s journey for personal awareness, lots of “enough is enough”, hearing the weariness of my inner self-compassionate voice asking me to look at many inefficient patterns…please! It was a year of feeling tired of still storing in my body many unhealthy reactive patterns. So what I did was hold space to listen and sit with my mud.
The wonderful part through it all was were the resources I have been building over the years there was great excitement as I knew in my heart I was so ready. The old felt too uncomfortable and heavy, I no longer wanted to carry the burden within. I knew that there would be a sense of lightness and youthfulness that would arise from it all! Those same resources where telling me that now was the perfect time and that this was a must for me if I wanted my continuation to unfold in the way it was designed to in this lifetime. So I hold space daily with awareness and curiosity so I can understand what “letting go” and “begin anew” means to me. My true self continually holds me in the awareness that if I do not pause, listen and take healthy action my path would get heavier as this awareness of “time to change at a deeper level” continues to become stronger, is continually pushing me to shift into this new space. BUT I have to have the daily mantra that I want growth in the unknown more than staying in sameness.
As my story now tells, I listened and held space and I will continue to listen and hold space as I know we are not designed naturally to be stagnant beings. I do not want stagnation any longer! I want to continually grow and learn what is true to my heart. I will take more time to not let heaviness in self find a resting place within me, as I want lightness of self. I will continually strive to turn the past to wisdom and reactive unhealthy patterns from dis-ease to ease honour more the healing they will guide me through. 2017’s gift to me was to realize this must be my priority if I want lightness inside and outside….so thank you 2017 for all the mud you shared and brought to my awareness.
I am also so blessed that 2017 gifted me an abundance of quiet time to listen and feel so I could make this a priority and to begin restoring my true self. Through rebuilding and strengthening this natural connection of heart, brain and body into my daily living, more and more of my true self begins to emerge organically for longer periods. It is exciting when my observers eyes pop into a daily situation and says to me “wow that was different and look how much better that made you feel”.
2018 was about mindful listening of heart so I take mindful action to continually water the seeds with greater ease to be present in healthy ways, rewiring new patterns in my brain with more ease then dis-ease. I now have this strong knowing that if I am to continue with lightness of heart in this physical body this is a must for me, as it’s my birthright. It was a year of holding the space of continual unfolding of what is true in my heart, walking and responding mindfully and to stand with ease in the space of curiosity. These actions I know will organically resulted in discovering and living from the space of my limitless potential and have the eyes of a wider perspective to view all universal beings and their actions.
I am also so very grateful to all my teachers, my tribe from around the world that have been guiding me and sharing their wisdom over the years so selflessly. Through my teachers I have built the resources when my soul was ready to “let go” big time and begin anew, opening the door to live a more authentic, peaceful and happy life. I was blessed to be born in this world where there is much abundance so it is time for me to live more wisely acknowledging all the gratefulness, peacefulness and happiness that abundance is designed to give.
I am super excited and ready again to sit back with lightness and trust in self and universe having the knowing that from the wisdom that was stored in all my mud a garden of Lotuses will arise.
Come play in your mud with me in 2018!
Marianne
The wonderful part through it all was were the resources I have been building over the years there was great excitement as I knew in my heart I was so ready. The old felt too uncomfortable and heavy, I no longer wanted to carry the burden within. I knew that there would be a sense of lightness and youthfulness that would arise from it all! Those same resources where telling me that now was the perfect time and that this was a must for me if I wanted my continuation to unfold in the way it was designed to in this lifetime. So I hold space daily with awareness and curiosity so I can understand what “letting go” and “begin anew” means to me. My true self continually holds me in the awareness that if I do not pause, listen and take healthy action my path would get heavier as this awareness of “time to change at a deeper level” continues to become stronger, is continually pushing me to shift into this new space. BUT I have to have the daily mantra that I want growth in the unknown more than staying in sameness.
As my story now tells, I listened and held space and I will continue to listen and hold space as I know we are not designed naturally to be stagnant beings. I do not want stagnation any longer! I want to continually grow and learn what is true to my heart. I will take more time to not let heaviness in self find a resting place within me, as I want lightness of self. I will continually strive to turn the past to wisdom and reactive unhealthy patterns from dis-ease to ease honour more the healing they will guide me through. 2017’s gift to me was to realize this must be my priority if I want lightness inside and outside….so thank you 2017 for all the mud you shared and brought to my awareness.
I am also so blessed that 2017 gifted me an abundance of quiet time to listen and feel so I could make this a priority and to begin restoring my true self. Through rebuilding and strengthening this natural connection of heart, brain and body into my daily living, more and more of my true self begins to emerge organically for longer periods. It is exciting when my observers eyes pop into a daily situation and says to me “wow that was different and look how much better that made you feel”.
2018 was about mindful listening of heart so I take mindful action to continually water the seeds with greater ease to be present in healthy ways, rewiring new patterns in my brain with more ease then dis-ease. I now have this strong knowing that if I am to continue with lightness of heart in this physical body this is a must for me, as it’s my birthright. It was a year of holding the space of continual unfolding of what is true in my heart, walking and responding mindfully and to stand with ease in the space of curiosity. These actions I know will organically resulted in discovering and living from the space of my limitless potential and have the eyes of a wider perspective to view all universal beings and their actions.
I am also so very grateful to all my teachers, my tribe from around the world that have been guiding me and sharing their wisdom over the years so selflessly. Through my teachers I have built the resources when my soul was ready to “let go” big time and begin anew, opening the door to live a more authentic, peaceful and happy life. I was blessed to be born in this world where there is much abundance so it is time for me to live more wisely acknowledging all the gratefulness, peacefulness and happiness that abundance is designed to give.
I am super excited and ready again to sit back with lightness and trust in self and universe having the knowing that from the wisdom that was stored in all my mud a garden of Lotuses will arise.
Come play in your mud with me in 2018!
Marianne
Make Spring the Best Growing Season of Your Life Yet
This Spring I invite you to soften your warrior and germinate more softness in all the wonderful moments this spring will gift you.
How much of your days are you a warrior over small unimportant stuff, losing sight of the bigger picture of your life?
Where does your warrior reside in your body...holding tightness?
How many thoughts does your warrior mull around in your head each day that do not serve your well-being?
I invite you to consciously let the warrior go on a much needed vacation to regroup, even if it is for a few moments each day.
Find out what your warrior really wishes to stand for: I am sure it will not be the closest parking spot to the door of the grocery store, or to continually hold onto the pain in your shoulders, or take part in unhealthy interactions.
Discover all the corners in your life where your warrior can surrender.
Make your warrior count...open your heart, speak your truth, embody your wisdom, choose each day to walk the path that is unique to you.
Choose Deep Listening and Deep Speaking.
Realize in this warrior stance your place of self-compassion, you are surrounding and embodying your warrior with lightness, choosing the wisest stance in each precious moment with which you will be gifted this spring.
Come walk with me,
Marianne
How much of your days are you a warrior over small unimportant stuff, losing sight of the bigger picture of your life?
Where does your warrior reside in your body...holding tightness?
How many thoughts does your warrior mull around in your head each day that do not serve your well-being?
I invite you to consciously let the warrior go on a much needed vacation to regroup, even if it is for a few moments each day.
Find out what your warrior really wishes to stand for: I am sure it will not be the closest parking spot to the door of the grocery store, or to continually hold onto the pain in your shoulders, or take part in unhealthy interactions.
Discover all the corners in your life where your warrior can surrender.
Make your warrior count...open your heart, speak your truth, embody your wisdom, choose each day to walk the path that is unique to you.
Choose Deep Listening and Deep Speaking.
Realize in this warrior stance your place of self-compassion, you are surrounding and embodying your warrior with lightness, choosing the wisest stance in each precious moment with which you will be gifted this spring.
Come walk with me,
Marianne
Make each day a good day.
Acknowledge the gift of your life, and realize the only appropriate response to that gift is gratefulness.
The first step is appreciation for being given another moment, another day to live. I invite you to savour the beautiful shape that each day makes. Each day is unique and precious filled with lessons from which to grow new opportunities to discover and moments that will make your heart light.
The second step is to pause to bring quality into the moments of your life, with yourself, your family, your friends, as well as the strangers you meet. I invite you to expand your friendship circle, find someone that will broaden your perception on life, someone that will nourish your soul, and someone that will cultivate your creativity.
Lastly I invite you to pause and listen to the voice of your heart, watering the seeds within that will strengthen your intuition, encouraging you to see and move through each day with the vision and the steps of limitless potential.
Come walk with me on this journey,
Marianne
Life is a journey. Life is a safari. Life is a garden.
Chronologically we’re at the end of the year but the beginning of a new journey, the year 2017 is a blank canvas waiting for you.
Before you welcome the New Year, I invite you to put the Old Year’s unfinished business – mistakes, regrets, shortcomings, and disappointments behind you.
If you want you can write them down and say “good riddance” and then throw the paper away.
Chill something bubbly. Honour the Old Year with a farewell toast, welcome the New Year within. Offer thanks. Celebrate how far you’ve come, how much you’ve learned, and the wonderful person you are.
See 2017 as a blank canvas that was given to you on Christmas day. This canvas is waiting for you to design your best masterpiece yet, so end this year with a joyful heart and an open mind to manifest the wholeness of your best human potential.
Come walk with me,
Marianne
Before you welcome the New Year, I invite you to put the Old Year’s unfinished business – mistakes, regrets, shortcomings, and disappointments behind you.
If you want you can write them down and say “good riddance” and then throw the paper away.
Chill something bubbly. Honour the Old Year with a farewell toast, welcome the New Year within. Offer thanks. Celebrate how far you’ve come, how much you’ve learned, and the wonderful person you are.
See 2017 as a blank canvas that was given to you on Christmas day. This canvas is waiting for you to design your best masterpiece yet, so end this year with a joyful heart and an open mind to manifest the wholeness of your best human potential.
Come walk with me,
Marianne
Finding Peace in the Holidays
I invite you to see gratitude in the holidays and discover that under busyness there is always choice. Choose wisely this holiday season for yourself and your loved ones.
Begin this holiday season with eyes of gratitude. Life is not perfect, but we can choose how we perceive it. You can enjoy each moment; you do not need to complain more. It is ok if you don’t follow the herd of complainers. Smile more, breathe deeper and relax your shoulders.
If you find yourself feeling overwhelmed with all the functions you have to go to realize what it is like for people who have no one and no place to go. Do you need to go to all those functions or can you choose more wisely? Will the party still go on without you?
If you are overwhelmed with shopping, how can you choose more wisely? Instead of old patterns and old ways, change it up, choose intelligently and find different ways to achieve the same delightful response from a loved one. How many people do not have any money to purchase clean water? Should we not be grateful that we do have the means to purchase material extras…do we give those material things too much value? Is there something of deeper value that your loved ones might want instead of adding sweater number 18 to their closet?
In the midst of waiting in line or sitting in traffic practice gratitude, practice slower breathing. Allow your gaze to see all the things around you and realize how lucky you are and that most of the people you meet this holiday season are experiencing similar luck.
I give you permission to wear your peace like a badge of honour this holiday season, like many will wear their busyness. Instead of talking about how busy you are, talk about how much joy you are experiencing. Be the black sheep of your herd: your mind and body will be ever grateful to you. You might discover it was enjoyable and that it helped others along the way as well. Walk through the door to more inner peace as it is your birthright. Live each moment with a grateful, lighter heart. Choose to see each moment in a healthy way knowing each step is an invitation of choice. Choose wisely my fellow humans.
Come enjoy peace with me this holiday season,
Marianne
Begin this holiday season with eyes of gratitude. Life is not perfect, but we can choose how we perceive it. You can enjoy each moment; you do not need to complain more. It is ok if you don’t follow the herd of complainers. Smile more, breathe deeper and relax your shoulders.
If you find yourself feeling overwhelmed with all the functions you have to go to realize what it is like for people who have no one and no place to go. Do you need to go to all those functions or can you choose more wisely? Will the party still go on without you?
If you are overwhelmed with shopping, how can you choose more wisely? Instead of old patterns and old ways, change it up, choose intelligently and find different ways to achieve the same delightful response from a loved one. How many people do not have any money to purchase clean water? Should we not be grateful that we do have the means to purchase material extras…do we give those material things too much value? Is there something of deeper value that your loved ones might want instead of adding sweater number 18 to their closet?
In the midst of waiting in line or sitting in traffic practice gratitude, practice slower breathing. Allow your gaze to see all the things around you and realize how lucky you are and that most of the people you meet this holiday season are experiencing similar luck.
I give you permission to wear your peace like a badge of honour this holiday season, like many will wear their busyness. Instead of talking about how busy you are, talk about how much joy you are experiencing. Be the black sheep of your herd: your mind and body will be ever grateful to you. You might discover it was enjoyable and that it helped others along the way as well. Walk through the door to more inner peace as it is your birthright. Live each moment with a grateful, lighter heart. Choose to see each moment in a healthy way knowing each step is an invitation of choice. Choose wisely my fellow humans.
Come enjoy peace with me this holiday season,
Marianne
Letting Go...and Harvesting
"To exist is to change; to change is to mature; to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly." - Henri Bergson
I invite you to join the fall season and like the trees simply….let go of what does not serve you and cherish your own fall harvest of realizing the abundance that is already in your life and that you have more than enough this very moment.
Become more aware of yourself – how you hold on to things that do not serve you, an action, a thought, or your words and become curious on how you get unstuck from unhealthy habits of mind and how you can sustain the momentum of abundance.
How you do anything is how you do everything.
Acknowledging your abundance will make everything in your life happier.
Learn what makes you tick, what motivates you, what discourages you and what healthy inner qualities you have available to apply to any situation.
Develop a larger reservoir of self-esteem. Choose a habit of mind and a quality of soul you wish to harvest.
You can consciously choose the behaviours and skills you wish to learn, the life you wish to have, and follow through to a successful conclusion. Not perfectly, not always, and that is ok.
Feeling your abundance gives you hope that your future will be brighter and faith that you can bring into being more of what you desire in yourself and in your life.
You have an opportunity to change and grow until your very last breath…
Pausefully,
Marianne
I invite you to join the fall season and like the trees simply….let go of what does not serve you and cherish your own fall harvest of realizing the abundance that is already in your life and that you have more than enough this very moment.
Become more aware of yourself – how you hold on to things that do not serve you, an action, a thought, or your words and become curious on how you get unstuck from unhealthy habits of mind and how you can sustain the momentum of abundance.
How you do anything is how you do everything.
Acknowledging your abundance will make everything in your life happier.
Learn what makes you tick, what motivates you, what discourages you and what healthy inner qualities you have available to apply to any situation.
Develop a larger reservoir of self-esteem. Choose a habit of mind and a quality of soul you wish to harvest.
You can consciously choose the behaviours and skills you wish to learn, the life you wish to have, and follow through to a successful conclusion. Not perfectly, not always, and that is ok.
Feeling your abundance gives you hope that your future will be brighter and faith that you can bring into being more of what you desire in yourself and in your life.
You have an opportunity to change and grow until your very last breath…
Pausefully,
Marianne