SSM - May 2016

Featured Artist
As a new "mum," Carla Jennings struggled to adjust to her
new role and fell into a deep depression. Even though she'd
run a successful jewelry making business for over 10 years
and always considered herself a "create-aholic," she knew she
needed a new outlet.
Carla found Zentangle, an artform which focuses on creating
beautiful art from structured patterns. She gradually began
creating her own designs & illustrations mainly using pen, ink
& inktense colors, then adding digital elements to the final
piece.
She now spots patterns everywhere she goes, especially in
the hedgerows & gardens around where she Lives in
Cornwall, UK. Finding inspiration in nature Led to her first
coloring book Our Patterned World.
"I absolutely Love creating and what brings me just as much
enjoyment is to see the pleasure, relaxation, fun & inspiration
that my artwork brings to other peoples' Lives. It's true that
there are many talented people & tons of beautiful artwork
available to buy, but there is only one YOU. When we stick to
creating from our hearts & our own imagination, we bring
something completely unique to the creative world."
A sampling from Carla's shop Tangled Peacock is shown on
pages 8, 13, 16, 21, 26 & 30.
Photo Credit
Cory Thomsen c/o Jessica Mullen
Jon Zieve c/o Jon Zieve
Nancy Baker c/o Nancy Baker
Nicole Hoglund c/o Jaye Krogut Photography
Jessica Forney c/o Jessica Forney
Unless otherwise credited, all other photos shared into public domain and free for
commercial use via Pixabay.com.
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We feel in harmony, Loved and trust things
will work out when balanced. Trust in
ourselves allows us to trust others. We feel
energetic, motivated and others are
attracted to us. We feel disharmony,
unloved and a Lack of trust in ourselves
when not in balance; disconnected from the
flow of Life. If we stay unbalanced over time
we detract others.
Balance isn't defined by how much time we
spend working. Ask someone who really
Loves what they do and they get energy
from it. The key to balance is feeling and
trusting your instincts.
How we lose balance
Based on my experience, there are two
causes. First, we Lose balance when
emotions are not fully felt from a traumatic
experience. Trauma is a built-in protection
that deploys to prevent further injury. Think
of it as an air bag. However, if we still have
emotions from past trauma stuck in our
body, our protection stays engaged. This
means something as innocent as a subtle
Look or tone of voice can cause more
trauma. It's common for someone still
Living with the emotions of past trauma to
be unaware of their unfelt emotions.
Emotion from trauma can be blocked out of
our memory Like it never happened. There is
nothing wrong with us when this happens;
it's just how trauma works if emotions
remain unfelt. Ask yourself if you feel in
harmony, Loved, and trust things will work
out. If not, you might have unfelt emotions
that keep you from feeling and trusting
your instincts.
I also experience unfelt emotions from
ancestors as well as past Lives. If you
question why (which I did), think how
incredible it is if this proves we are all
connected and have the ability to heal our
past including our ancestors. (I believe it
does and why I believe imbalance is a gift
from the universe for us and others to heal).
We are always given an opportunity to
heal in the present moment what needs
to be healed. This is how the universe
works on everyone's behalf.
Emotion is what we feel when Energy is in
motion. Energy is meant to move through
our body via our chakra system. If energy
already in motion in our body is met with
resistance, it has to go somewhere. Instead
of Leaving our body, energy gets trapped
inside organs, blocking oxygen from
getting to cells. This creates an
environment for dis-ease. The symptoms of
disease are messages that we are out of
balance.
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Our past is available to us in the present
moment. By retrieving emotions we've
resisted and even those we've inherited,
they release when we feel them fully. I pray
for help knowing the universe has my back
and call forward the emotion I'm resisting. I
stay present with the emotion and allow
the universe to help. You must ask for help.
It's hard for some to ask, especially men.
Men are wired to help others but not ask
for help.
It's possible to retrieve personality traits
Lost to trauma and inheritance with help.
This practice is called soul retrieval and is
part of shamanic practices in indigenous
cultures.
After emotions are released and
personality traits retrieved, a return to
balance happens organically as we open to
the unlimited ways the universe (nature, the
Love of animals, ancestors and Loved ones)
helps us. We experience what "We are all
connected" means in a return to balance.
For not only are we not meant to find
balance by ourselves, we can't. Trusting we
are all connected and asking for help, we
come back to balance. Balance is a
consciousness that can be Learned.
For a demonstration of the miracle of
balance in wildlife and nature, watch this
brief video called "How Wolves Change
Rivers" in Yellowstone National Park.
We are all connected in a delicate
balance.
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