Clarity from Aligning

Well...the last few months have been a time of major changes, many uncertainties and lack of clarity as to what is next and where I'm going or want to be. So much has been opening up and occurring in Toronto and other parts of Ontario...I fell in love with Canada all over again and have been enjoying my time here! So, I was questioning the reason behind leaving and going back to LA now......As with my last few trips to LA, I've felt uncertain if it was aligned for me to be there. However, every time I journeyed there, amazing things manifested! So here I was again, needing to trust this space of unknown and follow the call to LA for another adventure.

I made the decision to drive down for a few months, leaving tomorrow. But when I woke up this morning, trying to get packed and ready to go I was feeling that same uncertainty, sad to leave all that is here. Instead of sitting in the confusion this time, I stepped out of the house and naturally returned to a place that was familiar and grounding to me, taking a little down time,  reconnecting with nature, which always leads to the fullness and alignment of self....so that I could get clear. I went for a walk in a beautiful park in north Toronto! And quite the walk it was....clarity was all around me! It was exactly what I needed! It was amazing!

Have you ever felt or experienced those special moments when it feels as though all is aligning for us...that literally the universe is speaking to us...maybe through a person or a license plate or a billboard sign or nature....? Today I had one of those days.....!



Along my walk, I chose to step off the path most traveled and ventured into the forest a little deeper, closer to the stream that was effortlessly flowing by and found a small opening where the sun shone down so brilliantly, through the circle of trees. It was like a magical little fortress with five trees in a circle....it welcomed me to step into the center of it. It was in that moment that I felt my breath slow right down and expand through my lungs, I could taste the aroma of the spring air, my body and spine came into alignment and I began to tune into the subtle, yet powerful, elements that surrounded me. As I tuned into each of them I felt the firey sun beam stronger, I heard the water rushing over the rocks more clearly, I felt my feet firmly planted like roots into the earth, and experienced the air rushing through the trees and all around me. I felt myself aligning these four elements, like the alchemist, wielding them through the energy of ether - the fifth element that binds them together in unison and harmony!

It was soooo magical.

In that still moment I called upon my guides, ancestors and friends passed and asked for clarity and guidance as to what to do next, where to go next, what was in my highest and best good along this path of creation and life.....

Was I to drive down to LA, beginning tomorrow? Or was I to stay in Toronto and begin to plant some physical roots here again? What was in the highest and best good now?

After asking the questions, I stood in silence, waiting to hear and feel the answers.....
Yes, I felt strongly that it was a good time to depart for LA within the next day or two and not to plant in Toronto just yet....that there were people I was to connect with in LA....there were things to do and experience down there right now. That I would have a lot of fun and meet some wonderful people, that are essential to my path.

In a split moment of doubt, I said, "Okay universe and elements, if this is in fact true, show me a sign, make something happen to verify this...so that I know without a doubt that this is in fact correct....."

Literally, two seconds passed and among the silent forest a dog barked....then again.....I waited and said, "Okay, if that was for me, let him bark one more time...."  .....and to my wonderful, pleasant surprise, he did....one more loud, clear, distinct bark. And then all was still and quiet again...not only for the remainder of my time in that magical circle, but for the rest of my walk back.

I felt elated, joyful, grateful, aligned!!!! I thanked the elements of nature, my guides and this special place....I left the sanctuary of the woods and returned back to the trail....as I stepped onto the trail, right in front of my feet, my first steps, was a feather!!! I love it!!! I smiled! I haven't seen a feather on my path in soooo long.....

For the longest time...since I was 12, studying wicca and shamanic traditions, I became tuned into the power of nature, the elements and the significance of feathers on our path....this feather was right in the middle, pointing forward, clear, distinct....a clear directional sign of "YES, you are are on the right path. The way is clear and balanced."

For the remainder of my walk I heard woodpeckers busy in the trees and as I walked past a group of trees, one called out loudly to me! Startled me a little. When I looked at it, it hoped/flew along from tree to tree, following beside me....how amazing I thought...it's following me...what does it have to say? When I got home, I looked up the woodpecker in Ted Andrews book, "Animal Speak".....here are some key points related to the energetic significance of the woodpecker:
- the power of rhythm and discrimination, to stimulate new rhythms and to trust my own unique rhythms and flight patterns....to know that the foundation is there and it is safe to follow own rhythms
- the drumming of the pecking indicates forthcoming changes and the heartbeat of the earth, representing new life rhythms
- the black and white of the woodpecker reflects the need to see things clearly...that things are clear if we look closely and the red on head represents the stimulation and wakening of new mental faculties

How fitting....don't you think?!!

I trust! I trust! I feel clear!! What a beautiful day. Such clarity! So simple.....and all it took was for me to slow down, align, ask the questions, listen for the answers, trust and then receive the clarity! Thank you universe!!!!