Stress has been on everyone’s lips for a long time. The subject itself is even stressful. In every magazine, whether lifestyle or management, there is at least one article that aims to help us deal with stress better. The fact that the topic is not diminishing shows that the discourse is not over yet and that no one has yet found the formula that is valid for all people.

Makes sense! Not every situation is equally stressful for everyone and everyone needs different resources to build resilience.

“Stress is the subjective feeling that one’s own resources are not sufficient to cope with a situation.”

A change of perspective can help. If we don’t look at stress as something external to us, but as something that arises within us and through us, we may be one step closer to the whole topic. In this month’s newsletter I am talking to David Pasikov from the US about his profound experience with Stress Management.

David, a lot of people know you without knowing the background of your connection to Life Alignment. Enlighten us please! 🙂

 

Thanks, Maggie. My connection with Jeff Levin, the founder of Life Alignment, began with a chance meeting in Canada. I began my career as a science teacher in the inner city of Detroit, Michigan. That led me in the early 70’s to help found a residential school for troubled teens in Southern Ontario, Canada, where I was originally from. In the late 70’s, Jeff and his wife, Merle, along with their children, were in the U.S. where the two of them were taking an advanced spiritual leadership course. Having heard of our school, they came for a three-day visit. That turned into three years, as we needed an architect and Jeff and Merle immediately caught the vision of what we were doing to help these struggling young people.  As a result, Jeff and I worked closely together and a very deep friendship formed.

Several years later, when he began what is now known as Life Alignment, I was one of Jeff’s very first students and was in the first teachers’ class. At the time, I was a psychotherapist in Boulder, Colorado, and when I added Life Alignment to my practice, my practice doubled within two months. People were seeking tools beyond talk therapy, and Life Alignment fit the bill then, as it most certainly does now. My career has branched into corporate training work as well as coaching and I’m often asked how I can help people with stress.

Thanks David, why is Stress Management so important for our health?

 

From a physiological perspective, when we are under stress, our systems flood with biochemicals that in the short term support our survival, but a prolonged exposure to them can negatively affect our health.

According to the Mayo Clinic, “Chronic stress can wreak havoc on your mind and body” through the release of adrenaline and cortisol. They say that long-term activation of the stress response system can lead to “anxiety, depression, digestive problems, headaches, muscle tension, heart disease, high blood pressure and stroke, sleep problems, weight gain, memory and concentration impairment.” The good news is that we are not stuck with only these outcomes. Life Alignment is a remarkable tool to help lift and shift stuck patterns and open a door for a new outlook on life.

Regarding Stress Management, there are a whole host of priorities and procedures in the system of Life Alignment to support our clients, such as: Stress, Trauma, Shock, Adrenal Glands, Autonomic Nervous System (including Sympathetic Nervous System and Parasympathetic Nervous System), Respiratory System (to help regulate breathing), Cardiovascular System (to help regulate the heart) to name just a few, and in the advanced levels of this work there are more tools available to us, such as the Amygdala point, etc.

For me this wide array of tools underscores how important Stress Management is in terms of our health, and as a therapist and as a coach, I am so very thankful to have them in my toolbox.

“The moment you change your perception is the moment you rewrite the chemistry of your body” 
Dr. Bruce Lipton

 

That sounds very promising, indeed! Can you explain this more in detail, how Life Alignment helps to rewrite our internal chemistry and accelerates Stress Management?

 

When Philippa Lubbock was writing her first book on Life Alignment, The Healing Power of Life Alignment, she invited me to share my perspective and experience with her, and she added my explanation of how Life Alignment can be used as a transformational tool (page 95). Here is her explanation of this model which I call the “Revolving Door:”

“Our problems are the result of wiring that has become faulty. Life Alignment techniques rewire the mind’s circuit board so that we break the patterns that have formed and created a limited picture of reality. The small picture looks something like this:

In a [Life Alignment] balance, we return to an EXPERIENCE. An experience teaches us certain things about life, about other people, about relationships, and so we gather INSIGHTS based on our experience. Over time, and with additional experiences, those insights become part of our BELIEFS. Because we see life through the filters of our beliefs, we make ASSUMPTIONS about how things will work out. Our assumptions tend to set us up for particular experiences… which reinforce our beliefs, and so we pass through the same revolving door of repeating patterns. We break the pattern by discharging suppressed feelings associated with our beliefs.”

Philippa followed this with an explanation on how Life Alignment helps people exit the revolving door or repeating patterns. I find that more often than not, those suppressed feelings associated with our beliefs fall into the category of stress, and, in the extreme, trauma.

Do you have any suggestions as to how people can shift out of these stress symptoms on their own?

 

I frequently find myself mentioning to my clients that we are in the process of transforming stress into strength through our work together.

In addition to the Revolving Door model, I have developed a model for stress which has proven to be valuable to my clients over the years. It is what I employ to manage my stress, and, in the process, to regulate my biochemistry from depleting my resiliency to as Dr. Lipton said, “rewriting the chemistry” of my body with: melatonin, serotonin, GABA, DHEA, endorphins, klotho, etc.

Many years ago, my family was living in a 100-year-old farmhouse in a spiritual community in New England, in the United States. Winters can be frigid there and the heating system depended on wood for heat. We harvested our own wood from the property which took considerable effort and time.

The main dwellings, including ours, each had a furnace which was comprised of a boiler. We fed wood into it, which subsequently heated water, which built pressure in the boiler. When the thermostat in the house called for heat, the hot water would circulate through radiators in the house, keeping it comfortable.

On a mild day, if we put too much wood on the fire, the house wasn’t calling for heat and the pressure would continue to build up in the boiler. To prevent the boiler from exploding, a valve would open to what was literally called the “dump zone,” and the excess heat was dumped into the room next to the furnace room. The house was safe, but all the effort to harvest the wood was wasted.

At times, the dump zone was insufficient to regulate the pressure and a “safety valve” would open at the top of the boiler flooding the furnace room with steam, and the boiler made a racket like a two-ton tea kettle. This pressure regulator kept us all safe. I quickly saw this old-fashioned technology as a metaphor for stress management, and I am happy to share it with you.

                    

A)  Heat Source In real life, we have several sources of stress, such as work demands, financial issues, family matters, etc. This can include particular people and the stresses they bring.

B)  Pressure The sources of stress impact us, and we experience the pressures as feelings like anger, frustration, despair, etc. This pressure, in a sense, is energy that can be used either constructively (C) or destructively (D).

C) Creative Channel for Release Just as Valve #1 would open and allow heat to circulate through the house, we can use the pressure of stress constructively to empower us to move forward with our lives.  If the boiler was on a locomotive, the energy would be used to move the train down the track. For instance, if in B) a person had lots of financial worries, in C) he or she could harness that pressure through activities like budgeting, trimming expenses, changing jobs, etc.

D) The Dump Zone is one of the safety mechanisms whereby the excess heat energy was dumped into the room next door. We too have the option of wasting the energy, although in our case it would be wasted in dysfunction.  Note: For me, the ABC’s of Ineffective Communication are: Accusation, Blame and Criticism (dumping on others). Dumping on self would be self-accusation, self-blame, and self-criticism. The Dump Zone is often taken as a shortcut to releasing pressure, but more often than not, it adds more pressure to the boiler through fractured relationships with others and ultimately with oneself.

E) The Safety Valve in this metaphor represents things we can do creatively to “take the edge off”. I like to look at this as “feeding one’s soul.” This list could include things like talking to a friend, meditation, prayer, exercise, being in nature, reading an inspirational book, self-care such as body work, Life Alignment balances of course etc. I encourage frequent use of the safety valve in order to manage overload. It does not have to be a last resort like it is in the mechanical boiler.

These are very practical tips. You give Stress Management and Life Alignment not only mental and emotional, but also biological and physical meaning and thus logical connections. Thank you so much David!!

Do you sometimes daydream about being the protagonist of your own life-story and having the freedom to live out your deepest desires? Or do you ever feel trapped by your current circumstances and wish things were different? Are you currently carrying the weight of a particular challenge, health setback, or major grief? If you answered yes, then the power of the myth “The hero’s journey” can help you face whatever tribulations lay ahead in order to shift your circumstances and step into your inherent power. In this month’s newsletter we are speaking to Merle and Jeff Levin about a common theme across all of humankind’s stories – the theme of the hero and how the system of Life Alignment facilitates this powerful process. We tend to view heroes as those who have superhuman powers like the ability to fly. But what if everyone is born a hero?

 

The path of the Hero’s Journey by Merle Levin

 

“What is it we are searching for?” writes Joseph Campbell in his book, ‘Pathway to Bliss’.

This is the existential question that drives our lives, the urge to discover the truth of why we are here; what we bring to this life; what our challenges are and what our unique, “original medicine” is that we bring to our lifetime.

The universal myths of indigenous wisdom teach that life is a hero’s journey and that we are each the hero of that journey.

“The goal of the hero’s journey from the normal world to the jewel point, is to find those levels in the psyche that open, open, open and finally open to the mystery of your Self being. That’s the journey,” wrote Joseph Campbell in “The Hero with a Thousand Faces.”

His lifelong research on the universal myths as told in all indigenous stories, shows how demons, dragons, and allies that show up in myths are the projections of our own inner energies, or what C. G. Jung calls the ‘collective unconscious’.

He defined the journey into several stages. This structure often underlies all stories, novels, movies, plays and operas. For example blockbusters such as Star Wars or bestsellers like The Lord of the Rings or The Odyssey.

It begins with what he calls “The Ordinary World”. The hero (or heroine) begins the journey in their normal life. Something begins to shake up the status quo. It could be an inner or outer event. It could be some dramatic event, or health issue, or an inner sense of needing to make a change. Some form of crisis impels us out of our comfort zone and we feel the urge to move into a new level of understanding. The current pandemic is a great example for this. He calls this “The Call”. Here we have our first significant choice – we can either hear the call and act upon it or we can refuse to hear it, and stagnate. Choosing “The Refusal” means that we may miss the opportunity for growth. The opportunity may return again and again in a repeating pattern until we hear “The Call” and take action.

 

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
– Joseph Campbell

 

Once we hear “The Call” and begin to consciously move into the journey, we enter the next stage, which he calls “Crossing the Threshold”. We do not do this alone. We invariably meet our field of support, our helpers and allies, the benevolent forces all around us, that make themselves known to us if we open ourselves to them. Campbell refers to these forces as “Supernatural Aids”. They come to be with us as we face the courage to cross into unfamiliar territory. We, like the snake, shed our old skin and face the newness in a state of vulnerability. We enter the unknown world that awaits us which is often depicted as a dark wood filled with terrors.

Wow, thank you Merle. Jeff, this reminds me a lot of the journey we take during a Life Alignment Session. When we start to take responsibility and show up for ourselves.

Yes, during the first phase of the journey which Merle describes and which we all go through while we still in the “normal or ordinary world”, a Life Alignment session helps us to release the programs that cause us to constantly repeat the dysfunctional patterns that keep many of us trapped in egoic patterns of behaviour which prevent us from recognising “The Call”. It also prepares us for our response to “The Call” and the breaking through the threshold towards our spiritual journey. This often involves releasing fear and resistance to move into the unknown.

Once we have moved beyond the threshold, the system of Life Alignment is designed to support the process of meeting our allies – the always available field of unconditional support. This may include our friends, family, ancestors, guides and our own Soul. We are then more prepared and empowered to meet the challenges along the path, to symbolically “Slay the Dragon”, which is mostly our own shadow, and access our inner wisdom, the elixir, which accompanies us on the journey home.

Merle, can you tell us more about the stage of “Slaying the Dragon”?

Of course there are trials along the way, this is part of the journey and perhaps preparation for what Jung calls “The Supreme Ordeal”. Things go wrong and added conflict is introduced. This can often feel like the lowest point of despair. We face a dragon, perhaps an old dragon that has haunted us all our lives. The way to slay this dragon is not by force, he is fierce and large and has fire raging out of him. The way the hero slays him in all indigenous stories, is by looking him in the eye. Seeing him for what he is. Having the courage to face the situation with honest self-reflection.

This is the teaching of the crisis, the gateway to transformation. Often more allies join us if we open ourselves to see them. We might discover new strengths and skills or develop aspects of ourselves we had previously ignored. Sometimes we are victorious. Sometimes we are not. This is the journey, there are no guarantees. The important part of this stage is the journey of discovery that we engage with, in ourselves.

Jeff, what if such trials have been severe trauma that happened to us, maybe even in early childhood?

From a microcosmic perspective, many people that have experienced trauma in their lives, have left their bodies. What we aim to identify during the process of Life Alignment is the individual’s dissociation and to provide the appropriate resources in order to bring them back safely to themselves, their natural home. From that safe space – a place of Presence – we can go out and travel to discover our true Purpose, as we gain the ability to observe our journey from a higher perspective. When we feel the flow of the universe, when we enjoy what we are doing and love who we are being, then we are connecting to our true consciousness which is for our and the collective’s Highest Good – always. That is the true result of following our hero’s journey.

Do you have an example out of your own life where it took time until you  heard “The Call”?

Sure, the most recent example is when Jeff came to the hospital with Covid. For years we have travelled, flying from one place to another to spread Life Alignment around the globe. We’ve been physically drained but haven’t accepted the fainter signals that it’s time to slow down and find new ways to do the work. Just before a serious burn-out, the pandemic has made us follow our calling by circumstances. We probably would not have resonated with this calling by choice.

Most of our life-decisions/ Calls like daring relocations across the continents, investments such as opening a healing centre in Toronto or quitting secure jobs – we made mostly by choice through Jeff’s immensely intuitive abilities to follow his calling. It was scary but worth it each time.

Merle, Is the journey complete when I followed “The Call” and faced my own dragons?

No, the next and equally important phase is called “The Return” or “The Elixir”. Our journey does not end. We must take what we’ve learned, and integrate it back into our lives, back to our “ordinary world” with more awareness, with something to offer those around us. This is the fulfilment of our potential.

The hero’s gift to the world is the truth of themselves. This is the way they inspire others to walk their own hero’s path. Like Jeff said, our life is our own, unique story, and when we can demonstrate our story to others, through our presence, or as the indigenous people say: “when we reveal our original medicine,” we inspire others to have the courage to take their own journey.

Here is the link to the Hero’s Journey workshop 2022 with Jeff and Merle.

A year comes to an end, and there they are again, the good old New Year’s resolutions: eat healthier, drink less, exercise more, meditate more frequently, quit smoking. Did we not have that before? Most likely, yes. Because almost as certain as the good resolutions at the turn of the year is that we will have forgotten them again latest in March or have lost the motivation to follow through. Why is it like that?

On the one hand, resolutions have to do with the inner desire to control one’s own life. Are we realistically in control of our lives?

On the other hand, we often fail because humans prefer habits. Our habits make life (apparently) more comfortable for us. Breaking those is a mental exercise that requires perseverance, faith, courage, and love. At the beginning of this year I am talking to Paul Waldeck, Therapist, Life- and Organisation Alignment practitioner from South Africa, about the phenomenon of good resolutions and what helped him to integrate and manifest new habits and positive changes sustainably.

 

Maggie: Happy New Year! 2022 is the year of courage, self-confidence and trust in one’s own abilities. Do you have any New Year’s resolutions, Paul?

Yes, another year and another opportunity to embed positive change. My sincere intention this year is to remember to be more kind and loving instead of needing to be right.

I guess that touches on your topic of finding the courage and self-confidence to just be yourself without any pretence.
I’ve found that my life is a multi-layered path of challenges and awakenings to the truth of who I am, which seems to be a universal thing for so many.

This search for Self, attracted me to the Life Path process in Life Alignment, thinking that it was going to give me deeper insight into my purpose in life.

I discovered that it was more about getting to the deep core of my emotional wounds and inner resistances that create patterns of behaviour that are not serving me, even though they were created with the best intentions, like to keep me safe. Once these wounds were felt and released, I had more freedom to decide the direction of my own authentic life path. This year it’s to be more kind.

 

Maggie: Looking at New Year resolutions and the persistence of them, I like that you refer to inner resistance. How can I catch myself and identify symptoms of inner resistance?

 

As a therapist I’ve witnessed that most of us have inner resistance in some form or other. Frequently created as childhood mechanisms of protection. They are often subconscious or so patterned they become hidden in plain sight.
A tell-tale sign of inner resistance is a feeling of low-level anxiety or emotional discomfort when needing to do or say something and then finding every distraction in the book. I mean pick your coping mechanism… it could be TV, alcohol, food overindulgence, whatever it takes to keep one from meeting the uncomfortable emotional truth of the matter.

It could also come up more subtly like continuously stressing about the far-off future, or making a joke of everything as a way to avoid the uncomfortable present.
The kicker is when we can observe ourselves in our coping mechanisms and connect it to our own choices – that we’re the ones getting in our own way and self-sabotaging, under the flag of self-preservation.

 

 

 

3) You mentioned the Life Path process in Life Alignment. What’s the difference to a normal session?

 

It’s an 8-step supportive journey to deeply remove the blocks or resistances one may have around a particular issue we want to move through. It follows a sequential flow pattern, unpacking 8 aspects that are linked to this core issue, which are identified by the Life Alignment practitioner by connecting with the client’s higher Self. Related aspects can be work, family, foreign energy, marriage, protection, projects etc.

The difference is that each balance builds on the previous ones in the Life Path as a progressive journey, going deeper and deeper into the root cause of the core issue. Also, all the balances and remedies are contained on one chart as one navigates through the process, so the potency of each balance is raised immensely.

Think of it like the old onion metaphor – in order to get to the heart of it, you need to peel through many layers and perhaps even shed a tear or two.

My long-term clients who’ve also tried the Life Path have raved about it, which has further strengthened my trust in the process. 
One of the many stand-outs was a client who wanted to heal an estranged relationship with a family member. During the process they’d felt able and willing to reach out and was surprised at how well it was received by that family member. After completing the Life Path their relationship had shifted to such an extent that they immediately scheduled a second Life Path for another issue they wanted to surmount. A testimony in itself.

 

Maggie: Wow, that sounds like deep and exciting work indeed. I think also a way to dive deep and to connect to our life path is to look gratefully at memories of last year. 

 

I have read and heard about how powerful gratitude can be throughout my life in manifesting one’s desired life path, or resolutions in this instance. Gratitude can be tangibly magnetic in raising my vibration to come into alignment with the frequency of that which I’ve desired to manifest in my life.

To be honest, I’ve stopped and started gratitude journals for many years. What I’ve found to be a key companion to this practice is, after writing, to visualize my end result and really feel the gratitude and emotion of this outcome – feeling the emotional vibration of the outcome.
These combined practices have really boosted my manifestation results and can highly recommend trying it.

 

 

Maggie: Can I do something at home to maintain my focus on my good resolutions? 

Resolutions can be sneaky little seeds, in that if you don’t continuously water and care for them, they tend to shrivel back into the holding pattern that was there before.
Any exercise that consistently reinforces new patterns of behaviour would be good. I use a combination of setting micro goals (small short-term easily achievable objectives to achieve the big goal) and acknowledging and celebrating each micro goal reached. For example, rewarding myself by giving myself time to read a novel for an hour, or indulging in a piece of chocolate to celebrate the win.
Just remember two things with this: 1. Reinforce immediately after achievement – A shorter time between a behaviour and positive reinforcement makes a stronger connection.
And 2. Consistency is everything. If you fall off your horse, keep getting back on and going. If you let the horse disappear into the sunset after falling, it’s back to the old pattern.

 

Maggie: Thank you for these great and practical approaches, Paul! In summary, I have learned that mind and heart have to work together in order to make them a reality and to establish a new habit. Keeping good intentions means transforming yourself holistically.

 

Vortex Card of the month:

Earth Card (Grounding)

The energy field of a human being is connected to the energy field of the earth, of animals, of vegetation, etc.

When placed on the feet, the Earth card creates an energetic connection to the earth which grounds you. Having a greater connection with the earth promotes stability and commitment from within and amplifies the earthing experience.

Furthermore the Earth card can be utilised to activate the life force of natural elements such as crystals, stones, minerals and plants. Tests all over the world have shown profound changes in growth and health when the card has been placed on many types of vegetation. Cleanse and amplify your crystals in a very efficient way by finding the priority crystal of your house and placing the Earth card on it for a couple of minutes. This priority element will communicate the change to all others of its kind in your space. This also applies to plants and trees. Find the priority tree in your garden, using a pendulum or a Home Alignment practitioner, and let the change permeate from there. Repeat this a couple of times throughout the year, whenever you feel the life force of an earth element needs to be balanced.

Message of Jeff:

The beginning of the new year is an important time to anchor our intentions and to consolidate your direction of purpose for the new cycle, as the earth begins a new revolution around the sun. 

The Life Path process is a useful tool to align our mental resolutions with our higher mind or will minimize the ability of old sabotage patterns of the ego-mind to interfere with our successful integration of the new direction.

The more we learn to surrender to the higher will the easier it is to exercise the new patterns.

I love the Life Path approach as it’s such a beautiful tool to connect to the intentions beyond the mind. The mind is what you think you need. The Life Path process can show what comes up for you as your core intentions – for example for 2022. What aspects reveal what perspectives to you and what does your soul determine that you need to manifest and how can it help me to make natural resolutions rather than using only the will. 

May this coming year bring a new and deeper level of fulfillment and joy and may our collective light permeate throughout.

 

The practice of astrology has been around in various forms for thousands of years. Many philosophers we study use astrology in their writings.

More recently, the New Age movement of the ’70s removed the stigma attached to astrology. The so-called Millennials tend to turn to astrology and transformational modalities in times of stress and uncertainty, wanting to reconnect to their authentic blueprint.

In this month’s we are speaking about Astrology and Life Alignment to Elizabeth Leaneagh from the USA. Elizabeth, a Life Alignment teacher, is not only an advanced Life Alignment practitioner since 1999, she also studied the movement and relative positions of the planets and their impact on our lives and the natural world. Watching the map in the sky can prepare us for how to walk through experiences and events.

 

Elizabeth, please tell us about your connection to Astrology. What made you work with it?

Astrology has been an interest of mine since I was a teenager.  It was often a subject of taboo by the majority of people, although I came into studying it, initially without wanting to use it in a business context. 

For 25 years, I had a private practice in massage therapy and Life Alignment technique.  Early in my practice, I noticed collective patterns and similar acute physical issues show up in my clients. I asked myself and colleagues “how this could be happening”? After I studied some medical astrology these synchronicities made more sense. Let me give you some examples I observed, when plantar fasciitis starts acting up it seemed to be something challenging happening in one’s life connected to Pisces (feet) or Sagittarius (hips); if they’ve got a kink in the neck this may be stressful times in the houses hosting Gemini (shoulders), Cancer (chest), or Leo (upper back). There is more to it of course, but isn’t this fascinating?  Therefore, I like to be aware of which planets are acting out in the sky to support the challenges clients are experiencing.

 

Astrology is probably the most widely recognized alternative to conventional life-coaching. Personally, I love astrology and I use it for a lot of situations in my life, however, I don’t really know a lot about it.

I like your comparison of an astrologer to a life coach. Our solar system moves through the galaxy communicating to the collective as though a council is telling us what elemental emotions they express or we may be a recipient of. This could be love, or creativity or an easy day that might be coming and when. I use the word ‘may’, because there are polarities in astrology and different variables of qualities, elements and transits – these all give a different connection with an individual’s Natal Chart. So what does it mean to you when Elder Sun ‘Light’ communicates with Power Pluto and how is this expressed when talking to Value Venus or Militant Mars? With Life Alignment and Vortex Technology we have the most amazing tools to read and positively enhance those aspects.

If you know your time of birth, you may study the houses (aspects) and the location of the moon (emotions, home, family), also, how you show up in society (ascendant) and the Sun’s location (your journey).  A natal chart is the snapshot of time, an explosive dot to dot connection at the time of one’s birth, connecting the cosmic fixed stars and planetary placements to us here on Earth.

To me, the archetypal patterns of astrology are seen as the soul’s contracts and agreements for this life. We have the opportunity to explore our shadows, our strengths, and how we mature through time and therefore, I use astrology regularly in my Life Alignment sessions.

 

Tell me more about Astro-Alignment. Can we influence aspects of our horoscope with Life Alignment?

Life Alignment has two methods to work with astrology.

Let’s look at Natal Chart Alignment first. This is a technique similar to Home Alignment. Here we look at our chart as our own home and where the soul has chosen to connect and live during this life-time. 

Each degree in the circle chart represents a look into our journey. Those degrees represent a place in the sky. Our ancient ancestors mapped collective experiences and personal patterns here on earth as they observed where certain planets are visible in those areas in the sky. In a Natal Chart Alignment session we use Vortex technology to bring awareness, connection, and movement to the balance. For example the fire card may be used to transform or protect; the air card may be used to harmonize the communication; or the water card to increase flow or nurture. As we have learned in Life Alignment we have blockages that are hiding our full potential. By releasing such blockages, we can indeed influence our astrological imprints and clear challenges. Everyone should give it a try. It is not only magical but also surprising. I’ve had sessions where Astro-Alignment showed up to clear an allergy, and others to complete a pattern of being the ‘giver’ and no longer the magnet attracting the ‘taker’ as two examples.

The Astrological Alignment of Module 4 is a beautiful technique where we have the signs and planets as body points. With this we find the priority sign and then the planets, draw a story out and use essence card frequencies to support the harmonizing balance. For me, to feel the body point of a planet is to bring awareness to an unexplained chatter. Let’s take Neptune for example, to feel this planet within the body, this is the ultimate cosmic love and the grounding of the sea of creativity. 

 

 

It can be very surprising, indeed. I remember I received a relationship session with the Synastry charts of my partner and myself. That was such a beneficial experience.

Astrology is all about relationships on earth. Connections and how we communicate, learn lessons, learn about ourselves, and mature. The system of Life Alignment supports astrology to come alive. Many astrologers will tell the story of the sky, some focus on the challenges and others focus on the positives, but few know how to balance the experiences and harmonise with the transits.  Life Alignment gives us that advantage.  

Life Alignment’s vision:

“Life Alignment is a system of vibrational healing that facilitates the release of energetic and emotional blockages from the physical and subtle bodies. It assists in the experience of self empowerment and self awareness. It is a tool for personal and global transformation. Life Alignment is a means for assisting people to shift into higher dimensions of consciousness in alignment with planetary shifts”. 

 

What can I do at home to practice Astro-Alignment?

Self Awareness and astrology is broad enough to be a lifelong learning.

I suggest you download your chart online and start looking at general keywords of planets and the relation to the signs and houses. You may google key meanings the planets have in each sign and house. Take your time exploring yourself within the astrological archetypes, and have fun!

• Sun: Who am I? How am I learning to shine, what is my journey? Life force.
• Moon: How do I feel? How do I prefer to be nurtured, how are my emotions expressed? My inner nature, intuition, and trust, as well as triggers, fears or even lethargy. 
• Mercury: How do I think? Communicate? Judge and decide? My intellect.
• Venus: What do I value? How do I find harmony; nature of give and take, love, beauty and my relationships?
• Mars: How do I act?  Do I prepare with goal-oriented action?  My will power patterns.  What are my passions? Thoughts and practices around sex. How do I discharge pent-up aggressions and frustrations? My drive.
• Jupiter: How do I grow? My beliefs. How do I prosper? View luck?
• Saturn: Where are my limitations? The builder and dismantling of structures. My maturity, life lessons, destiny, and time. 

 

Thank you so much Elizabeth! I am so fascinated about how much we can learn about ourselves and shift with Astro-Alignment. I know there are also Life Alignment Teachers globally which offer workshops on how to read a Natal Birth Chart and balance it on the foundation of Vortex technology. It is so much fun, thank you for refreshing this excitement and motivation.

 

VORTEX CARD OF THE MONTH:

Rainbow Card: (Harmonising)

 

The primary use of the Rainbow card is to balance the human energy field, which then promotes alignment in the physical structure of the body.

In the external environment the Rainbow card works on our homes and workplaces similar to how the Personal Protector card works on a body, by harmonising discordant energies for the occupants of the space. It promotes a frequency that harmonises the atmosphere from potential harmful effects such as electromagnetic radiation, geopathic stress, Feng Shui imbalances, and toxic energies. You can experience a noticeable change in ambience that is imbued with more peace, vitality, lightness, clarity, freshness, and well-being. The same counts for harmonising the effect of planetary oppositions and imbalances influencing us as individuals and the entire cosmos at the same time.

Message of Jeff:

“At this time of the year people of all faiths around the world are celebrating light. Diwali, Christmas, Chukka and others, it is the time where we turn our attention inwards. Connecting to the light within is a welcomed antidote to a world that has gone through a very chaotic year where people have been divided over different perspectives of what is current. This is an invitation for all of us to focus on harmony and leave behind issues which have divided us. It is in our power to stay connected and to come together in a loving and integrative way. Understand the current polarisation as an opportunity to leave behind dualities so that you can learn to come into a neutral state of being. During the festive season of light we want to return to being a loving family – whether in our homes or in mankind as a whole”.

Mindfulness means concentrating completely on the present moment – and learning to perceive physical sensations and thoughts, but not to evaluate them immediately. So for example if you notice yourself panicking because you have done something wrong, you register this, but do not immediately judge yourself for it.

Mindfulness is about simply accepting what you are feeling. An important part of this is noticing how your body feels, what thoughts or stories go through your head, what your breathing is like.

 

Here are 5 ways you can incorporate more mindfulness

into your everyday life.

 

1. Get colorful!

 

Perceptual psychologists have found a multitude of evidence for this: Colors influence our psyche. Scientists from the University of British Columbia carried out various tests on probands. For example, from two types of toothpaste, the participants more often chose the one against a blue background that promised advantages such as white teeth; those who saw a red area, on the other hand, attached more importance to protection against tooth decay. Similar results with a word puzzle: In a red environment, the test subjects quickly found terms that could be considered defensive, such as “prevent”. In a blue environment they came to terms like “adventure” more quickly.

Interesting right? Red or blue therefore influence what is more important to us: innovation or attention and security. One can therefore conclude that colors work with us energetically.

During a Life Alignment session, colors often come up as a treatment. With the help of the frequency of the color and in relation to one’s own body energy, belief patterns can be influenced and the nervous system can be calmed. Additionally limits are more clearly defined or even a feeling of protection can be created. Time to get colorful! 🙂

 

2. Get physical!

 

Whether Ludwig van Beethoven, Charles Darwin or the philosopher Søren Kierkegaard – many creative people appreciated a daily walk to practice mindfulness and to be able to be visionary. Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg and Ex-US President Barack Obama often use walks to give their business decisions the benefit of mindfulness.

 

In a Life Alignment session, creativity and awareness can be approached and shifted also with physical activity. Doing something physically helps for example releasing something or connecting to a specific feeling. It’s a great tool to get out of the mind and allow the body to speak. Or when it’s time to spend energy out, to release stored emotions of frustration or anger. Let’s get ready for a pillow fight! 🙂

 

3. Breathe baby breathe!

 

 

Take time to focus only on your breath a few times a day. The best thing to do is to sit down and, if you want, close your eyes. Try to concentrate fully on the process of breathing. If your thoughts wander, it doesn’t matter. Just get back to your breaths and relax.

An enriching exercise is the body scan. You do this by mentally “scanning” your body from the toes to the scalp while you take care to remain mentally only with yourself and your perception of the body part you are concentrating on. Check in with yourself, can I feel the floor beneath my skin? Which parts are exposed, which are in the air, can I feel my bones, teeth, eyes? Usually you find rest immediately and the muscles relax beautifully. The Body Scan not only relaxes, but also trains concentration on the here and now. 

 

The system of Life Alignment works a lot on Body Points and Body Parts, to discover where trauma is stored and ready to be released. It is a surprise what we can all feel when we are in the power of now.

 

3. Electromagnetic Detox!

 

Do yourself a favor and turn off your smartphone every now and then for a few minutes and enjoy the silence!

 

OR! Watch how attentive you are when you sit in front of the screen. Mindfulness is about knowing what you are doing. Be focused and meaningful in any activity. So don’t check updates on your mobile phone on autopilot, but consciously focus on it and watch how long it is really fun and rich in content. For starters, however, it is easier to practice mindful awareness with cooking or eating.

 

​​Vortex technology is imprinted with high vibrational frequencies and works wonders when you are sensitive to EMFs and geopathic stress. For example the Cell Phone protection Card transforms the electromagnetic radiation emitted from cell phones, routers, and wireless devices to be more in harmony with the human energy field.

We can use the cards for balancing earth energies and electromagnetic radiation, but also they help to accelerate the healing of our physical and psychological symptoms. Click here to have a look at the Online Shop of your country and to read more about the individual benefits of each Vortex product

 

5. Meditate for a while!

 

Those who regularly practice meditation are doing themselves good in many ways as they immerse themselves in their own inner world in silence. Scientific studies show, for example, that continuous meditation reduces stress and can resolve anxiety and insecurity. What is mindfulness and self development all about? Strengthen your awareness of yourself and your fellow human beings.

 

The Vortex card “Breath of Life” is a fabulous meditation enhancer. More information about the Vortex technology you can find in our web shop.

 

 

The turbulence and change occurring on our planet forced a lot of “normal” life to go online. From work and fitness to personal well-being and self-care, many tools for transformation initially relied on online platforms. Now there are many more people who prefer the convenience of non-local treatments, being able to connect to offerings and practitioners all over the world. Therapy and coaching online is nothing new. However, when it comes to vibrational or energetic medicine there is still some skepticism about how much it can do through a screen.

In this month’s newsletter we speak with Jeff Levin DNM about how it works to interact remotely with the body’s energy field to find balance and healing.

 

 

Maggie: Jeff, some Life Alignment practitioners have 3-4 online sessions every day all over the world. Can you explain why energy healing works so well over distance?

 

The most important thing to say at the beginning is that we are working with the quantum field –  the invisible field of consciousness which connects everything that exists. When it comes to the discussion of matter versus energy, a common misconception is the belief that only matter emits a field of energy. In fact it works both ways. The field is the primary agent that affects the molecule, in other words matter. However, a tree, an organ, a stone, basically everything that has life force. So you see it’s a two way street. Energy medicine works with the life force. We don’t look at changing the molecular structure, but we change the field which influences the form and this has an impact on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual body of an individual.

The principle of entanglement works across the field despite the distance. So you don’t need to be in the presence of a person to work with them. You just need a name, thought or any other form of connection to be connected in the quantum field. We in Life Alignment have been doing non local transmission for many years and countless testimonials show that the work is equally effective as if the client and healer were in the same room. It’s pretty easy to understand why. When we are on Zoom or Skype we have a visual connection to our client which allows us to attune with their particular frequency. In addition we work with the name and birthdate or a physical witness such as a hair sample or handwriting which represents the radio frequency of the individual and connects to their DNA pattern. Practitioners and clients create a unified field of energy beyond the distance. 

 

Maggie: Can you remind us how the field works, what is the field?

 

The whole universe is a field of consciousness. Imagine it like this: The air around is in random chaos; it’s just vibrating randomly according to whatever influences it. The moment we put a particular focus or intention on something the molecules become organised. This is also how the principle of Vortex technology works. Every magnetic Vortex card has its own wavelength which means the field is organised with a particular purpose. Also each body point has a unique wavelength because it has a different frequency. Each thought, each feeling… all is organised by the frequency and wavelength of the related energy. In other words, independently if we work online or offline we put out the intention to free a blockage in the field of consciousness. Where there is blockage there is low frequency. By raising the frequency we help to release that blockage and restore the field back to its healthy, natural state. That will have an impact on different aspects of our body, life and the planet.

What is important to understand is that it’s not the practitioner that puts out a particular intention. We don’t want to use our mind but the network of the higher consciousness between the client and practitioner. This network is part of the field and works beyond the mind and knows exactly what particular frequency is needed to be established for the clients/ groups best benefit. This differentiates Life Alignment from other mental based concepts. We attune to the higher intention which is embedded in the process of the Life Alignment System.

 

 

Maggie: Speaking about the collective field of consciousness, I often hear about the ripple effect. Can you explain more about it? Do I need to be aware of a Life Alignment balance in order to receive its benefits?

 

We often work on people without their conscious participation and awareness. So long as  permission is given which is from the recipient’s higher self the healing will occur. There are many times that the individual would not give conscious permission for a number of reasons because they don’t believe in it or have mental resistance. However at a soul level which is beyond their awareness they may have a desire for transformation. Having said that, in Life Alignment conscious participation is encouraged as it allows the healing to go to a deeper level. 

When we work on a group setting such as an open workshop or lecture presentation, a priority person and an emotional issue is identified that represents the group-field. Each person in the group may have their own personal story however it is the underlying essence that is addressed. There will be a further ripple effect into the global field that would impact other people beyond the group. Not everyone necessary will feel the energy but the shift will occur nevertheless. This is based on the connection with the issue being balanced as well as the readiness to make the shift.

Once again, we have come back to active participation and the willingness to take responsibility for a new frequency.

 

Maggie: I had the experience that I couldn’t connect to my emotions during a group session. I really wanted to shift, at least in my mind, but my heart didn’t manage to connect.

 

First of all, you can receive the benefit of a Life Alignment session without feeling anything. In your example, you are probably trying to use your mind to evaluate how deep the shift has gone. Again – we are working beyond the mind. That means very often we cannot determine what exactly the session has done for us. The reason is that your soul’s agenda can be quite different to your mental agenda. In other words, a soul’s agenda perceives that they are not ready to shift because they have more lessons to learn from it. 

For example, I worked with a mother some time ago. She had a very difficult relationship with her son. He was swearing at her, ignoring her and all efforts from her side have been responded with “Don’t try to change me!”. She reached out to me asking if I could do a balance on her son. He wasn’t open to this but his soul gave permission and I used her as a surrogate. During the session we restored an energetic wall between the two. The crucial element of this was that the mother let go of control and de-creates this wall of protection which was no longer needed. So the session ended up working on the root cause of the mother and her choice of letting go of her son and the effect was it opened up something in the quantum field between her and the son. When the mother came home, her son opened the door and was completely different to her from there on. 

So you see the receiver might be unconscious, other examples are being senile or laying in coma and still their state of being can change dramatically after a balance on them, as on a soul level they opened the receiver. 

 

Maggie: You mentioned the Vortex technology.  What are the Cards doing with the energy field to make the person more receptive and to shift easier or deeper?

 

Whatever I bring into the quantum field to up the energy is going to elevate the person I am working with. 

The Vortex cards raise the frequency. In other words the field becomes full of light and more expansive. The Vortex technology increases the vibratory rate pertaining to what is being balanced. If we are balancing your lungs, the Vortex cards are brought in to facilitate and increase the frequency around your lungs, which will make the body’s own healing capacity easier because it operates with a higher frequency.

We have many filters, past traumas, belief systems, family patterns which affect our energy field and make it dense or slow. Imagine it like a laser beam. The more focused the energy and the more energy there is, so the more I increase the voltage of the laser beam and the deeper the transformation is going to go through the layers of one’s auric field.

The Vortex cards create and open a vortex of energy like a gateway through which the transmission passes easier. This helps us to influence and organise the quantum field with a certain intention.

 

Maggie: What sticks with me is the fact that the more we are connected to the energy of love the more profound we are with our connections and work. 

 

Yes and this is something you can apply and practice throughout the day. If you emanate a feeling from the heart of compassion, kindness and acceptance whether you are in a digital or physical meeting, you are going to feel that, that feeling of just being enfolded like a mother enfolds a child. It’s tangible. In order to maintain your own field in a Zoom or a business call you can project from the heart or breathe a sense of appreciation towards the group or person on the screen. It could be that you are thinking of the beautiful sense of a flower or a puppy so you are present and your heart is in appreciation and gratitude. This is the difference between being neutral and being a leaf on a tree where you are affected by everything that happens around you. 

 

Maggie: Thank you for this profound conversation Jeff. What sticks with me is how vital it is to be neutral and to maintain the practice of getting beyond the mind to connect to the quantum field and Source. From this place everything is possible and we can create a ripple effect that affects relationships, family constellations, businesses, larger groups and the entire planet.

 

 

 

Vortex of the month:

Heart Card (Love)

 

The Heart card assists the heart chakra to invoke love and to bring in harmony. This encourages your system to be open to love and feelings, such as forgiveness, trust and optimism.

The Heart card is used in Home Alignment to activate and strengthen the Heart Center of a building so that it acts as a positive source of energy. It also works on balancing the masculine and feminine energies of a home or in yourself.

Working additionally with the Receptivity Card (Surrender) allows you to go deeper into an emotional process, for example during a Distant healing Process. The card helps to surrender to a supportive energy flow that will allow a transformative experience.