Welcome to Issue 4, Fall, 2007. A fast, fun read. Plan on 10 minutes.
"We can harness the energy of the winds, the seas, and the sun. The day man learns to harness the energy of love...that will be as important as the discovery of fire.
~Teilhard de Chardin
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Vermont
Sept. 27 - Oct. 9
Burlington and Stowe
Schedule a private session or host a Hand Reading Circle
Sept 28, 29, 30
Waterbury - Jungian Center Hand Analysis Intensive Weekend
Taught by Janet
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California
HandTales, 2nd Thursdays
Julie's Coffee and Teas, Alameda
(Next one,
October 11)
The Business of Metaphysics and the Healing Arts
brought to you by the Divining Divas- visit The Business of Metaphysics and the Healing Arts
to sign up for our Fall discussion groups, Introductory Sessions and to inquire about our Jan. '08 Weekend.
Coming in December, Winter Solstice Issue
The Art of Giving and Receiving
A Good Relationship is Hard to Find
True or False?
What do you see in my hands about relationships? This is the most common question I get from my clients ~ health and money are a close second ~ as if they expect me to have a crystal ball. If I cannot tell their future, what do I say on the subject of healthy relationships and love? Here goes.
Let us explore 3 ways to assure healthy relationships. Try the exercises that accompany each one.
Before you seek love and closeness with someone else:
1. Fall in Love with yourself first
2. Practice vulnerability with a stranger
3. Learn about relationships from nature and celebrate the rhythm of the seasons.
Fall in Love with Yourself First
Self-acceptance and knowing what you really need/desire comes first. Love for others without the foundation of love for ourselves becomes a loss of boundaries, codependency, and a painful and fruitless search for intimacy. But when we contact our true nature, we can also allow others to find theirs. Loving Kindness, the Revolutionary Art of Happiness, Sharon Salzberg, Shambala Press.
Your Hands are a powerful tool to grow your Life Purpose or highest potential and to establish a healthy relationship with your Life Lesson or shadow. Your vessel must be full before you can find intimacy with another. A client and colleague of mine is living on her own after a long, difficult, codependent marriage. She said: I feel more sexy now, not in relationship to other men, just to me! I say to my clients seeking a partner, be more of who you are meant to be, accept yourself warts and all and you will attract healthy people who love you for this (and you will feel sexy too!)
TRY THIS: Pretend you have signed up for the ILoveMyself dating service. You are listing your inner qualities (o.k., and inner challenges too) to be matched with your outer actions. Now date yourself for a while. Meet yourself at a coffee shop and live that inner self outwardly and boldly. Hone it, forgive the silly negative voices that come up, laugh, whatever it takes to accept yourself and love yourself. Instead of thinking when no one is looking, I can fly, how would it feel to soar like the birds in the beautiful water color in this Issue? Imagine other birds soaring with you, all doing what they do best, taking up just enough space and allowing others to claim theirs.
Practice Vulnerability with a Stranger
Our world and the powerful people who run it want us to be afraid of others, especially if they do not look like us or are of a different religion or political persuasion. From fear and chaos comes opportunity. It is up to us to create the opportunity for relationship with a stranger, to heal and to increase trust. And, yes, this will aid in finding a partner! You can shift how you feel about yourself (and change the world in the process), I promise. Read the rest of the story
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Join me in celebrating the mystery of our lives
in sync with nature!
Join me in celebrating the mystery of our lives
in sync with nature!
Do you do sessions for couples?
Yes, I do couples and business partners. This entails a series of 3 sessions. Each receives a private Life Session followed by a joint consultation. The visits are scheduled far enough apart to allow the couple/partners to listen to each tape before the joint session which covers:
* An overview of each Life Session with implications for the relationship
* Communication styles: good news and challenging news
* Fresh ways to appreciate each other and work together
Recommended Resources
LifePrints: Deciphering Your Life Purpose from Your Fingerprints,
Richard Unger, Crossing Press, 2007
(To help with loving yourself)
Loving Kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness,
Sharon Salzberg, Shambala Press, 1997
(To help with loving others)
Visit Heron Dance, Art, Words, and Good Company for the Seekers Journey
for a dose of nature and beauty.
(The source for this lovely watercolor.)
Janet Savage, MHA
510.865.8551
www.handtales.com
janet@handtales.com
Life Purpose sessions in person or by phone . Life Transitions series
Hand Reading Circles . Business Rewards programs
Business Development workshops . Hand Analysis classes
HandTales news is brought to you by Janet Savage, Master Hand Analyst.This is a quarterly publication inspired by the natural rhythms of the seasons. Look for each issue around the equinox and the solstice.
Certified in 1999 by the International Institute of Hand Analysis, Janet is now on the faculty. She has read thousands of hands in a variety of settings, for individuals from 4 to 80 years old and for groups who want to experience the magic of hands. With a Masters in Public Health, she brings 30 years of experience in the areas of health and career counseling, leadership development and teaching to her practice. She helps her clients through major life transitions and to feel more planted in who they are meant to be on this planet.
A gardener and nature lover, Janet believes that the natural world can be our teacher and can help us to re-discover our natural rhythms.
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