Journey of the Heart

  Morning Flow  by Carolyn Chilton Casas A soft crescendo of birdsong  heralds first light through bamboo slats, and consciousness drifts forward.   The things to complete are many, but experience has shown  the day ahead flows smoother with the practice of silence,  and I choose to give myself this time.   Please connect with me, make me a clear and present channel of love, light ,  and restoring energy; it is an honor bestowed, a gift.   Warmth seeps from palms and fingers, breathing slows and deepens, toes tingle with energy. A shift transpires— no longer any desire to move, feelings of being held and cherished.   I am loved.  I am love.   This is how we are meant to be. Carolyn Chilton Casas   lives on the central coast of California, the perfect landscape for a love of nature, hiking, and playing beach volleyball. She is a Reiki master and teacher, whose favorite theme for writing is about ways to heal. Her ...

  The First Time I Felt the Energy Flow   Pulsing sensations come out of  nowhere, a bubbling  brook from feet to  heart, then  flowing like  rushing  spring water  down arms and  out hands. Impossible- to-conceive  waves  of energy travel  like earthquake  tremors  originating  in some small  southern country  making their way  through the earth's  crust  to another distant continent. A seismic  shift so profound,  with aftershocks  lasting for  days. She  knows her life  is about to change, will never, ever  be the same  again. Carolyn Chilton Casas  is a Reiki Master and teacher. Her favorite themes to write about are awareness, healing, and the life journey. Carolyn's articles and poems have appeared in  Energy ,  Odyssey,   Reiki News Magazine, The Art of Healing, Touch,  and in other publications. You can read mor...

circle of elders  that time love took over the sky miracles took hold in the heart and seeds of joy sprouted at just the right moment, as we, who feel sorrow and despair so deeply, knew it would - we'd stopped searching where joy could not be found, and took to the temple of our bodies, where, within every cell, and every blood-filled route to the very heart of being, the sacred gathers like a circle of elders holding hands and chanting the songs of our salvation, and our storied continuance. Photo by the author Tammy Stone Takahashi  is the author of Yoga Healing Love . A writer, poet, photographer and student of life. Her short stories and poems have been widely published and anthologized and she has worked on several anthologies as co-editor. Her published works include a book of photography, "Tag it! Toronto: A City's Imagination Revolution" (2009), and the poetry collections  Formation: Along the Ganges and Back Again   (2015),   Little Poems for Big Seaso...