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Simple ways to incorporate meditation into your daily life

Meditation comes in many forms and varieties. But all its many paths lead to the same place – inner knowing, access to our wisdom and the ability to focus (and re-focus) our minds. Plus meditation has a host of physical and psychological benefits, including reduced anxiety and blood pressure, improved mood, memory and immune response,…

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Why meditation is vital for your spiritual development

When I first began studying Spiritualism, one of the first things I learned was the purpose of meditation is to “know thyself.” I honestly didn’t get it. I know myself, I thought. I’m Joanna. I’ve been living with myself my whole life. But I didn’t really. I knew a shallow layer of myself, the one…

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Why do you need to meet your Spirit guides?

When I teach people about setting and maintaining boundaries with Spirit, someone usually asks this question: How do you deal with a pushy Spirit? My answer: Have your gatekeeper deal with them. I call my gatekeeper my bouncer guide. When I picture him, he doesn’t look anything like a stereotypical nightclub bouncer, but that’s part…

Why working with symbols is good for your mediumship development

If you’ve taken any mediumship or psychic development classes, you’ve probably been told to develop a symbol dictionary. Or, at the very least, that the information you get through symbols is important. Both of these things are true. Symbols are the language of Spirit. However you receive information from Spirit, loved ones on the other…

how to set your boundaries with Spirit

The importance of setting and maintaining your boundaries

Learning to set boundaries is incredibly important in all aspects of your life and relationships. But especially so as you open to Spirit energy. You want to make sure the experiences you have with Spirit guides and folks on the other side of life are positive ones that leave you feeling good and uplifted. Working…

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Set yourself up for mediumship success

The attitude and intent with which you start something set the tone for how that experience is likely to unfold. How can you prepare yourself to successfully develop your intuitive mediumship abilities? Here are a number of ways you can set yourself up for success. Know your intent Get clear on why you want to…

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How to get and keep yourself grounded

What is grounding? Grounding is connecting your energy to the natural energy field of the Earth. When you don’t feel grounded, you can feel spacey, dizzy, off-balance, shaky, dazed. Things may have a quality of being unreal. When you’re grounded, you live in the present moment, connected in with your physical body and the energy…