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Turn Holiday Stress




                              into Holiday Healing






        Why are holidays so important if all they do is cause so much stress?




        Holidays are an opportunity to bring to                Religions were created for pro survival
        light what is causing your stress.  Let’s              of their people, and holidays celebrated

        begin by understanding what stress is.                 in religious practices from fasting to
        Stress is a message from your spirit,                  feasting are all designed to feed and
        screaming something is out of balance                  fuel your spirit. Holidays in winter are

        in your life, something needs to be                    extremely important!
        addressed.  As a medicine woman I was

        trained to work with the spirit of my                  Winter is the darkest time of the year.
        client to heal their body and their mind.              The sun is farthest away from the earth.
        When you learn to work with your stress  A time your body must produce its own

        as a messenger, it becomes your balancer  energy since you are getting so little
        in life. The stress of the holiday is a time           from the sun.  This is why more people

        to connect with your spirit and see what               get weak, sick and die in the winter.  The
        state it is in. Is it strong? Motivated?               hustle and bustle of holiday festivities
        Connected? Lonely? Lost? Disconnected?  that most feel as burden, are actually a

        Unappreciated? Overworked?  Holidays                   way to keep your spirit busy and strong.
        stir up the state of your spirt. They call             The act of giving feeds your spirit. It

        you back to your roots, your inner being.  opens your heart and lets your inner
        The core of who you are and who your                   light shine.
        spirit yearns to be. It is your choice to

        use this stress to your benefit, or let it             Holidays fuel the economy; they keep
        use you.  We have been conditioned to                  the money flowing. Money is an energy,

        think that stress is something we have no  and that energy creates a flow that
        control of, but in fact stress is a calling to  helps to keep us going. When you go
        re-evaluate the situations in your life and  with the flow the magic of the holiday

        see how you can use it for growth and                  season will carry you through. It will
        moving forward. Holiday stress is used to  feed your spirit, open your heart, and

        push you to use your inner strength, to                remind you that when you allow, the
        distract you from the darkness of winter.   flow of the universe will carry you. So,



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