Root Chakra Healing

This is uncomfortable, but I recently joined a 5-day challenge and today’s challenge is to share a pic and something amazing about myself! UGH! This is NOT my comfort zone. I usually don’t share what’s amazing about me because I’ve been a wife twice, I’m a mom, a daughter, a sister, and a friend who’s always made it a priority to put others first!

Here it goes…

Did you know that I was in a bicycle accident which prompted my first soul experience at 8 years old; that I was widowed at 41 and went back to school to complete my education (while working full-time, it took me 10 years!) and I earned a doctorate in the chosen field of metaphysics; that I’ve since become certified in five different holistic modalities; and because of all of this, I am living my life purpose and passion!  

Okay it’s your turn!  I’d love to hear something amazing about YOU too, please, tell me in the comments below!

We are in a time, the moment in history of mankind, when we have an opportunity to become One with our soul’s destiny.

Does that excite you like it does me?  Maybe it’s a form of “spiritual geekism” but hey the truth is that even just being able to possibilitize the thought of a soul’s true destiny is reason for millions of years worth of celebration!

We can start by waking up and listening.  What do you hear? 

Chances are that many of us hear similar messages but we don’t know it because we only have one view and that’s from our own two eyes standing on our own front porch looking from the inside of our peripheral boundaries.  That’s the perspective we begin again with every single day.  We walk down those steps in the vehicle called “You” & “Me” facing the world as it aligns itself in every moment before our eyes.

What do you see before you, Brothers & Sisters?

Stop.  Look.  Listen.  Which collective have you chosen to partner with in your journey and endeavor to grow through this life?  You’ll know just by observing what shows up along your journey.  What, if any, truth does it speak to you?  To find out, turn that question inward and ask if it truly aligns; and if so, then ask “What can I learn from it?  What is next for me to do?”  Then stay still and listen to what thought, message, idea pops up into your mind…and just like that, there’s your answer.

On the flip side, many times we are wakened to the fact that it’s not our truth that we’re experiencing and we realize the truth is that it’s been programmed into us to believe that this is what we’re supposed to do in our life.

Is this is the path you’ve been taught to believe is yours because it was rooted in the foundational soil for many years in a generational family template?  We can take a look deep inside those roots and ask if this is still for our highest good and know that there is an option for change if we choose.

It’s comfortable for some of us to follow the family rules while growing up.  It becomes habit until we are adults.  There comes a destination on the journey when we encounter the fork in the road, where we get to choose another path if we want.  This is the moment it’s time to rise and shine.  It’s time to wake up!

This is what is referred to as an “Awakening.”  There are millions of levels of waking up, depending on which chakra we’re sourcing our energy from at any given moment, but any time you stop, look, listen and choose intentionally for your highest good, you’re in it!

Some of us don’t pay attention and blow right through that intersection at those crossroads…not even slowing down to read the signs our truth has set out before us.  Others will take the time to stop and contemplate the opportunity that may resonate.  It triggers within us a soulful desire to find out what the opportunity and experience may be like, what it may hold in store and those are the moments where we connect and follow our destined path.

Since we all are being realized through this body and this voice and the actions we choose to represent us, it should be important to make sure it’s our truth, right?!

So friends, hear this alarm if you’re so called, now is the time for all of us to rise up and let ourselves shine!  Choose to be all up in your glory!  Be the extreme version of your Self!  The singular One within the aspect of the Creator that You are representing!  Why not allow your Self to be the best it can possibly be!

If all of this brings up some fear for you it’s possibly showing you what parts of you need to “heal.”  Working against the flow, having confusion, or feeling we’re on the wrong path to our truth can cause depression, anxiety, and other dis-eases that we’ve partnered with in the separation of connecting with our true Self.  I understand, it’s scary to create intentional change and believe in something that cannot be seen or heard; however, participating more heavily in an experience through the Ego, and ultimately how we’re programmed in many different ways is to unintentionally forget who you truly are in your soul-self aspect.

Our families are efficient and strong and sure of the paths they have culturally built over generations of trial and error which is what their purpose may have been, but at this time in history and “awakening” we are to expand those rules and grow our cultures in a way of bringing them together, loving together, living, and being as One together within a collective Human Race in all our our diverse beauty!

If you can picture your energetic self as a sphere and embeded in that sphere is the ying & yang, half and half, light and dark sides…see that as you!  You are made up of both aspects.  It’s a partnership of Ego/Human Self & Spirit/Soul Self.

Our goal in this life is to attain/maintain a balanced partnership with both aspects.  If we can allow our Soul Self to be behind the wheel and drive our Human Self to and through its truth, it will deliver us each to our purpose to do the one thing that only You can do in the way that only You can do it, from the voice that only You can speak to the people that are in Your circle; with the love that only You can give!

We each have a purpose.  What’s yours?

Think about it.

On wings & waves of the collective, I choose You to be my truth.

Shannon Paige ❤

PS.  If you want to dig deeper into what YOUR PURPOSE is, I am here to guide you in your Awakening.  Let us Rise & Shine together!  ❤

I did a thing this weekend…Native American (Lakota Nation) Sweat Lodge!☆◇♧

I prayed though 1-1/2 hours of pure heat, drenched in the sweat and tears of my past. I came out of the womb reborn with all new waters running through my internal rivers and streams.

Detoxified and purified.

I am feeling so blessed to have a friend who invited me, delivered me, watered and fed me…and to have been “seen,” acknowledged, honored and hugged by many lodge tribal sisters♡together we conquered a difficult, humbling, beautiful experience.

I was too out of it to get a pic of the actual lodge, but this looks like it as I recall with the exception of dark cover.

Peace & Love,

Rev. Shannon Paige, PhD.

I hear the call, feel the pull, see the need … to take action.  Even if my docile nature would have preferred to stay asleep, the option is no longer available to me.  I asked and now I must respond to the cause and effects of waking up.

This time of “awakening” is upon us all.

Times have changed.  Life has changed.  We each have changed.  Once its understood that the ability to be on a higher frequency with our Creator is available and we make the intentional choice to be one with that Source…everything changes.

It’s time to embrace the ways that each of us show up as authentic unique individuals on a journey to discover the connection to their Source which is the Source for All of us.

“The time for recognition of yourself as a Divine Being has come.  Period.” 

~ The Teachers from Channeled Book by Paul Selig, “I Am The Word.” ~

We have come here into this life to realize ourselves as a manifested form of the Creator…that is what we were intended to be.  This is the mission of every man…every woman…the life force we’ve each been bequeathed.

“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”

~ Rumi ~

I am asked by Spirit “Will I can agree to see others in a space of impartiality and acceptance?”  I answer, “Yes!”  As I journey this unfamiliar terrain to seek a tribe, I ask the same question to you.  Can you?  Will you?

So here I AM… raw, unmasked, no warpaint upon my cheeks.  I’m taking a leap in total faith.  I come in peace and love.  Scared to death, I’m starting with me.  I’m ‘going all in’ on a strong breeze of belief in a supernatural power that is called the human destiny which will reveal a connection between All and rebuild the forgotten village of truth.

The promise we’re given as we trek our way through this crazy jungle called life is to rediscover this village and become a family.  We will become seen in our wholeness and realized to the extent that we align to the vibration of the aspect in ourselves that is One with Source.  What is Source?  It is the foundation of this kingdom we seek, and We are its essence.

How do we each become become this vibration?  By recognizing and identifying with our Soul-Self ~ see our individual Divinity, embrace our Higher Power, trust in God ~ it is within each of us.  Realize that we are a ying and yang of Ego/Human & Spirit/Soul and build a relationship with the Soul-Self going forward.  The goal is to put Spirit/Soul into the drivers seat of the Ego/Human, set the GPS, and let it escort each and every one of us to the destination of our authentic purpose; of which, no two are the same.

We will be faced with a battle of Ego many times on this journey, it’s the human perspective derived by the many generations of our family belief systems and programming.  Many cannot see past the human perception and view; therefore, together we’ll face it head-on, brothers and sisters!  The adventure to Truth is a course correction that many of us painfully need (and cry out for).  We follow each and every crumb along our path hoping it will lead us to find our way home many times finding ourselves lost with a need for forgiveness.  It will take us home friends, if we allow ourselves to be lead by the Soul-Self instead of the Ego-Self.

We must be brave and courageous, however, and willing to ask Source, “What is next for me to do?” then listen to the inner answer.

As we step into this territory, we will find much of it is uncharted.  It can be magical though, if we think of it as an expedition inside out and upside down, a revelation in perspectives, a discovery of consciousness resulting in transformation.  Sometimes it’s ugly and we find requirements to question it all while simultaneously we accept the journey over and over again.  We’ve been given an opportunity to become aware of the True Source of who we are and what’s at the center of each of us ~ the unseen, unheard, but not unknowing us.  This is the gift of the process.

To start, simply introduce yourself and request Source’s friendship, then:

• Make It your best friend.
• Be mindful of what you’re feeding your Ego-Self…make sure it’s being holistically sourced through the newly-embraced side of your Soul-Self.
• Be thoughtful with your words ~ we are what we say, what we speak, what we express as.
• Align your thoughts and words with your highest intention for good.
• Share your true self with others.

As for me, in the agreement to answer the call of my heart, I may need to stick my head far into the clouds to channel the words of truth.  My intention and promise is to share through any fear of judgement that comes up.  I vow to open up my wings wide and embody this commitment.

Please know that I AM a work in progress; I AM a student of this work;  I AM growing as I go; and if your heart hears its call like mine does, I AM inviting you to take this journey with me.

This is my new vision; my new quest.  Join me.

On wings, waves and words that help shape our world, I stream you peace & lotsa chakra love.

Rev. Shannon Paige Paczkowski, PhD.

Root Chakra Healer

I woke to a welcoming 70-something summertime sunshine peeking through the windows of my tent.  It was early in the morning and I immediately went to my altar to meditate after an empowering evening the night before as I shared in my previous post, “Vision Quest ~ first day.”

The beginning of my quest the day prior was met with attention being drawn to a family of doves behind my apple tree who apparently were mourning a fallen family member and cleaning up the scene.  A fellow quester, tribe-mate and new friend later mentioned ‘this could be representing the heralding of new worlds about to open’ as we discussed the number 5’s meaning numerologically being change.

Have you ever had a moment when you asked your Self, “What has become dormant or dead in me perhaps?”  It’s something to ponder ~ don’t you think? ~ as you wander through the excavation of the moments you are silent and still enough for reflection.   Are you ever silent and still enough?

After the family had gone, I picked up one of the left-behind feathers of their deceased tribe member, and placed it upon my altar praying that it return to the light in pureness and blessing it for its time spent linearly.

Following that introduction, the entire 24 hours was filled up and overflowing with winged friends of all kinds: multiple varieties of birds, too many for me to name, but each  made its presence known and was acknowledged in their moment.

The quest experience overall included frequented flocks flying directly over me over the weekend attempting to gain my attention to deliver their message in that moment.  As I looked to the sky when each flock flew by, I thought of my fellow questers☆ and how maybe they were looking up as well.  Many miles apart but being one tribe in the energy of inner-and-outter silence, sensing only by resonance.

At one point in a meditation sitting at my altar, I had a fleeting thought of the previous fireside-time the night before, and the thoughts of letting go of who has been laid to rest in my heart of hearts.  A strong blustery gust of wind ~ a breeze of epic proportion ~ sailed right through my center chakra at that very moment.  It was oddly timed with my thoughts and the type of weather that day, and my heart aligned to it so I automatically lifted my chin drew in a long soulful breath and that’s when I heard it, “Let it go.  Let the past blow into the past.”   It continued for the rest of the day off and on, and each time the breeze came up strong and intentional I recognized the opportunity and I lifted my chin as if soaking up a sunbeam on a cool day, took a deep inhale and listened to the wind and repeated, “Let go.  Let the past blow into the past!”

Between breezes, meditations and prayers, hummingbirds fed on bright flowers gracing me with their presence most of the weekend.  They brought forward for me joyful thoughts of dreams come true, accomplishments and successes in my half-century-thus-far lifetime.  I was grateful that they were receiving nourishment from a natural source in my sacred space and that there was a lot of opportunity for them to feast upon in that hearty bush that rose from the ground over the fence in beautiful orange blossoms. 

There were lots of butterflies including the yellow monarch in which I was promised a universal love as eternal as the ocean and the waves of air in which it surfs upon.  What beauty the miracle of a monarch is made of.  Truly blessed am I, I thought, to have a paradise where all these winged creatures can thrive in a high-frequency environment of love, protection and openness.

Of course I knew that the grandfather dragonfly would not ever leave me to my inner-seeking without treasuring me with his reminder to trust in the power of my light while he hung out dancing all day to the music I created with my drum and singing bowl.  Dragonfly is my true winged love and a steady messenger for the last dozen years.  A huge Japanese Beetle was with me as well, talking to me of the action needed and required to fulfill my new goals!   And of course the journey would not have been complete without an over-friendly summertime mosquito who whispered in my ear many times how ‘super sweet’ I am.

Phenomenally, I was greeted eye to eye with one winged friend carrying another fallen comrade, a bee, and literally it hovered before me and air-dropped it at my feet in front of my altar!!  I thought on this one for a while until the new friend who offered me her thoughtful insight, reminded me that there are always new choices and options in any given moment to produce the honey I desired in my life.  I blessed the bee and sent it to the light with the other who’d made its transition in my camp.

Specifically, the 3rd flock was approximately 20 or more black crows circling my space and landing in tree next door.  They cawed to me an invitation to participate in the quest to co-create with the Divine Creator manifested inside of me, light and shadow alike, ego and spirit.

And finally, the 4th being a flock i saw at the very end of quest time, separating in mid-flight, having the insight and intuition that it was time to go in different directions!  A truly amazing natural and synchronistic moment in the midst of doing the same with my vision quest flock at the end of our journey.

It didn’t stop there with me.  I came out and spent the day outside at my camp for two additional days being gentle and mindful of my re-entry into the “delusional world” in which I originally sprung from when I crossed that threshold only days before.

I brought back a new view, a cleansed aura, a clear intention of how I will go forward which I will share with you all via this blog more often than I have been.

So I will talk to you all again soon; in the meantime, i send each and every one of you the divine love you deserve.  And I deliver it on the wings and waves of Universal good vibes, and I receive same from you as you reflect it back.

Peace & Love,

Dr. Rev. Shannon Paczkowski

Upon waking from my hibernation earlier this year ~ as I shared through my last written piece, “Dream of Bear Medicine” ~ it wasn’t long afterwards I was ready to get back on my feet and attempt to trek the wild untamed jungles of life; however, I found it difficult and overwhelming to say the least.  I knew I was okay but I was arm-wrestling with my emotions while lingering grief kept me from being my true self, and in a weak moment of surrender I had to acknowledge it all needed to be released.

That’s the day I heard the calling and received an invitation to Vision Quest virtually with brothers and sisters from different places all over the world!  I immediately signed up for the experience with absolutely zero expectations.  It was on my spiritual bucket list and this was an opportunity to travel inwardly at an insightful time of my life.

We were each to choose a sacred space of our personal choice for a 24-hour individual silent experience and we had several weeks in which to formulate a plan.

Quest is a natural experience in which an individual in their most vulnerable form embarks on a journey seeking to interact with a guardian spirit, animal; to obtain a spiritual awakening, advice, message; or direction for their future, purpose and path. 

I prepared for my Vision Quest with great enthusiasm and high regard for what was to come.

As a first-time-quester, I was comfortable playing by all the preparatory rules as I am good at following rules.  Coloring within the lines makes me feel safe and protected; a promise to succeed.  Little did I know, I was about to face a huge undertaking of the lines being erased before my very eyes and therefore needing to trust my Self in the design, architecture, construction and navigation of my own boundaries…which was to start with none other than mapping the sacred circle in my camp.

I was happy to start a (juice) fasting 3 days prior and go off the grid as soon as possible.  As I chose my most sacred items for this journey my eyes really opened wide to the realization and importance of which spiritual tools would be the ones to take with me.

Quest being a minimalistic voyage, what would you take with you if you had to carry it all on your own and you couldn’t make multiple trips?  Is it time to purge the items that have no task, sentimental value, or foundational purpose? 

The day before the quest began, I journeyed to set up camp in the most beautiful of paradises, my own backyard.  There were many friends of the Earth whom welcomed me as I placed the thoughtfully chosen sacred items strategically to be positioned in their most powerful directions awaiting the invocation of North, South, East and West elements.

Since I was honestly just outside my bedroom door I was able to have more, but I really tried to keep it simple.  I brought a Buddha and some crystals to create a small altar, my favorite herbs to clear the space, invite and offer to the Spirit world, as well as personally enjoy the scent of.  I also toted a Leumurian crystal wand which a magical friend made me, as well as a beautiful angel rock which held space on the outskirts of my designated space.  Of course I pitched a small tent too, and had a safe fire pit with a Prayer Shawl to keep me warm.  Lastly, I brought a drum and a singing bowl in which to chant, meditate and pray.

On Quest day we were gifted the focus of direction and theme ~ “New Beginnings” ~ energy that was patiently awaiting us in the East of our sacred circles.  We were invoked and called in the directions, guided by our fearless leaders with a vast amount of authenticity, integrity, love and support as we each were released and walked from severance through the threshold into the core of the solo experience.  In that present moment of hanging up the phone, there was a feeling of trepidation and excitement at the same time, but I took a deep breath, one step, and courageously walked from one world into another without speaking or thinking for one whole day & night.

The first thing I did out there while it was still light was to make seven “prayer ties,” each filled with an offering of:

1) braided yarn from my sacred circle, 2) incense, 3) fortunes from fortune cookies I’d collected over the years, 4) rose petals, 5) seeds, 6) sage; and 7) a Selenite crystal ~ a welcoming to the spirits which I hung on a line of yarn from one branch of a tree to another.

Initially, the mission I thought was to release all the grief I’d accumulated since I was 8 years old…an emotional insight I was gifted on 11/11/18 during my first camping trip alone (not in my backyard).  I wondered, at that time, how long I’d been sad.  I asked.  I received the answer.  It made sense since that was the time of my soul-self initiation launching me into the spiritual life I’ve lived quietly for so long.   Constantly feeling “different” along the way during the following 45 years I experienced many challenges which I eventually realized in my 2007 Awakening were opportunities for growth and learning.

Blankly, I sat in front of a magically sparkling fire when I started to naturally journal about my grief when it hit me, why am I once again here making lists of what I am grieving over when this Quest is about new beginnings?!  Do I really want to start this second half of my life resonating in low-energy and constant struggle?

I informed myself in that moment, “I’m done grieving the losses in my life!”

Transparently, I’ve resonated with feeling lost after someone leaves me via death (or by choice).  I’ve held tight to mourning each loved one and felt exhausted each time I have to start life over…and then over…and over again several times on my own.

My shattered pieces shifted in that exact moment and I MADE THE CONSCIOUS INTENTION to resonate with only the high-frequency good vibes in a quest of new beginning; connecting to the chance for renewal which I’m being offered at this very moment.  “It’s time to move through this and move forward!”  I sincerely asked myself inwardly, “why would I choose anything else?!”  Why would I focus on anything other than traversing the rest of my life within a feeling of healed, healthy, abundance & wholeness?

I tore the list out of my journal, took another deep breath and tossed it into the fire burning it right then and there.

With this revelation steering me late into the evening and leaving emotionally exhausted I might add, I retired to my tent.  I laid with the windows and door open to have a clear view of the fire, the “visitor candle” I placed under the grandfather avocado tree, and a street light peeking through it’s branches.  As my eyes fell soft and relaxed I connected to all three simultaneously and opened up to a steady streaming of a hundred shiny golden threads of light shooting straight into my Heart Chakra.  I was being healed by the Universal Source, by my Guides, the angels, downloaded with light codes, and the God energy that is in All of us…including you, friends. ❤

I fell asleep in the light that night KNOWING tomorrow was going to be a helluva day.

Flying boundlessly with my wings wide open is what my new lines consist of brothers and sisters ~ and guess what? ~ I have lots of colors I want in to use in my landscape, and from here on out I refuse to limit myself to only a fistful.

So in the upcoming year, without regret, without a care of judgement, without a fear of not being who anyone may expect, want, need me to be, I will be sharing a lot more of my spiritual thoughts and chakra knowledge.  If you are called to the journey, feel free to take a wing and ride along.

Honestly, I have been so very fortunately blessed with a wonderful family, my soul group, my spiritual guides, my angles, my biggest support system.  Thank you to each and every one of you who have loved me through my trials and errors.

As for today, this is just “day one” blog journal of my vision quest.  There’s more to come very soon in a second posting where I will share about the birds, the bees, the breeze, the death of my ego self, birth of my divine self, and the messages they each hand delivered to my heart.

In the meantime, on wings and waves, I stream each and every one of you light & 100% pure love.

Dr. Rev. Shannon Paczkowski