Angela Blaha, Author at Angela Blaha | Soul Mentor

What is this energy?

by Angela Blaha | Dec 18, 2014 | energy

What an expansive and magical time we are in right now. Feeling of such love, such self-expansion, so much light, so much joy and so much grace. Yet there is a feeling of too much, of struggle and possibly even pain.

So much energy flowing and moving, it’s hard to know what is up and what is down. As trying as this expansion period of transformation can be, there is a certain comfort in allowing the peaceful rest of what some may perceive as being stuck take place.

The edge of the transition comes when boredom sets in and heavy feelings of searching, trust and fogginess takes over the mind, body and spirit.

During this time we are the most vulnerable, vulnerable to others but more importantly to ourselves. The emotions are strongest during this time and feelings of struggle settle in. Creating an emotional fog that is wet and heavy, it can feel almost paralyzing in our ability to see clearly what our wants, dreams and desires really are. During this time we may find ourselves blocking any action steps we need to take to release these feelings. An expansion period can be very trying and somewhat overwhelming when we allow the energy to move too slowly.

Once the new expansive energy moves further through the emotional, physical and mental bodies, the fog burns off and we begin to release and lighten, the clarity to take the action steps has arrived. Sometimes we gather so much energy and take off with so many ideas, creating so many action steps we almost put ourselves into a tail spin.

It is the resting period that is most bothersome for many people. Having the patience to allow all this movement to take place is exhausting and can be very difficult for the mental mind. Anxiety and depression can appear, creating more havoc in the process.

One thing I do to allow the transitional energy of expansion to flow is to allow the awareness of the process to come into my energy field. I try to be hyperaware of expansive energy, mainly because I do not like the resting period as sometimes I go too far into resting only finding myself buried under a wall of resistance, never to surface again.

When I notice my energy field has this awareness of expansion I automatically go into action. Sometimes my action step is as simple as going for a walk in nature; sometime it is calling people to brainstorm. Other times my action step is creating a class around the expansion process itself, many of which sit on my bookshelf never to be seen again.

The point I am trying to make is to allow the process, but do not allow the process to get stuck. Action steps move the energy quicker, allowing less time for the fog to settle in and get comfy. Find what works for you during this very expansive energy flow that we are being graced with. Expansion is so energizing when we pay attention to it and allow it to work its magic.

5 elements of Feng Shui

by Angela Blaha | Dec 10, 2014 | Uncategorized

Feng Shui is a Chinese art or science to improve the energy or quality of life by making specific changes to a room, a house, and your landscape or individual rooms. When we change the flow of a room we know that it changes the life energy of the space. Feng Shui is concerned with ch’i energy, which is affected by 6 things: direction, alignment, water, the 5 elements and the earth’s magnetic flow.

Today we will talk about the 5 elements of Feng Shui. They are water, earth, wood, metal and fire.

Metal affects our mental clarity, focus and logic. When we place metal in the room we feel the effects in organization abilities, our righteousness and our ability to reason analytically. When there is little metal we may notice a feeling of quiet and lack of focus. When we surround ourselves with too much metal we can become overly critical and speak without thinking.

Wood is great for the creative mind and our expansion; it represents growth, birth, strength, and intuition. When we do not have wood present there is lack of creativity and stagnancy. When there is too much wood we can feel overwhelmed and inflexible.

Fire is our hot spot. It increases our leadership abilities, our inspiration and boldness. When we have too little fire we can seem cold and have little self-esteem. When there is too much wood it can express itself as anger and irritability.

Earth represents our physical strength by allowing us to feel grounded and balanced. When there is too little earth we may feel disorganized and spacey. If there is too much earth we may be affected with being sluggish or feeling heavy.

Water is a representation of our spirituality, emotions and wisdom. When we have too much water we may feel like we are drowning with too much emotion. When we have too little water we may feel loneliness, isolated and stressed.

Look at your space, if something feels out of balance check to see what elements are in the space. When we create a pleasant balanced environment our energy flows without hindrence, peace and calm become our natural way of being. Angela is a Master Feng Shui Consultant and can help with your home, business or personal Feng Shui.

Taking the Leap

by Angela Blaha | Dec 4, 2014 | Intuition

Wow! This is a loaded thought.

I giggle to myself as this was happening in a very big way about 4 years ago for me. It seemed everyone I talked to would keep telling me to just, “take the leap” and trust that the ground will appear. I remember I was thinking to myself how do I trust this much? I used to be a pretty conservative person when it came to trusting that what I wanted and desired would just happen for me. Little did I know or understand that it really does happen when you get your wants, dreams and desires clear in your mind and heart.

I even read books on trusting and taking the leap. One of the best books is a little book called, “Taking the Leap” by Pema Chodron.

I used to believe that trust was something very illusive, that I had trusted so many times and each time I was hurt. There were wounds that had to heal and I had to trust myself enough to heal them, no matter how painful I perceived it to be. That was the old way of thinking, now my belief is that trust is all about me, trusting myself to understand and to allow others and things to be as they are, where they are. Not trying to create something for myself or to expect something from someone else. I no longer need or even want that. I look to myself and especially my higher self for trust, love, knowing when to leap and when to stay on solid ground.

For me, knowing when to take the leap has to do with discipline. Discipline to walk my truth, living my own process and trusting that my higher self really does know what is for my highest good and joy. Discipline to know what it really means to meditate, to trust my intuitive hits when they come and to love who I am no matter what I do, how I am or who I am with. When I look into my eyes I trust that my soul will appear and teach me something new every single time I look. Disciplined enough to discern everything and to ask what that means to me, without judgment of others or myself. I try to view everything as an experience instead of a right way or wrong way.

After all I am the one living this life and I choose love, joy and bliss!

Of course we can choose to stay in our anxiety riddened thinking patterns or we can make a conscious decision to take the leap. Knowing that we have the wisdom and understanding to know that we would not create total chaos in our own lives but rather gently taking leaps of faith creating a blissful life. So go ahead, feel the fear but take the leap. Who knows what good will come of it!

Self Love and Care

by Angela Blaha | Nov 25, 2014 | Positive Psychology

I have talked about Self Love and Care before and I cannot express enough just how important it is in your life. I have been gently reminded lately just how important it is to continue to teach about Love, especially self-love!

A message from ArchAngel Metatron channeled through Angela.

All things begin and end with Love. Love heals all wounds, all patterns, and addictions, everything. When you ignore the signs and continue to lack self-love you fall into the trap of karmic patterns and behaviors. Now you have the gift to choose, so why are you not choosing Love?

I know love can be a scary emotion especially when you are used to not having unconditional love for yourself. If you can get past the fear of how love reacts unconditionally to everything you will experience life in a whole new way. The vastness of love is beautiful, yet very misunderstood. Loving yourself is not egotistical, as you may have been taught, instead it is humble.

Mother Teresa said it best: When you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.

Self-love is not praise, it is rather a form of care, grace and joy. You need to change the way you think about self-love if you want to understand what being humble is. Being humble is the greatest of sense of self-love, the greatest gift you have been given. When you do not acknowledge your own love for you, you do not know who you are. Instead you follow the crowd, you do not stand in your own wisdom and truth. When you ignore your own wisdom and truth you create your own pain and suffering. You have a choice, choose love over pain every time.

Love is strong, encouraging, kind; it makes you feel as if you are home among the vastness of the universe. Nothing can penetrate it or break it down. Go within and feel the love your soul has for you, if it is too strong then visit your soul often to get accustomed to the feeling. Do not fear the overwhelming joy that unconditional true love can bring to you; you are very deserving of its beauty.

Namaste!

I realize self-love and care seems like an endless job and very overwhelming. Start with baby steps, meditate in silence for 5 minutes, or take a walk in nature, allowing the mind to settle down and the soul/higher self/heart space to open up.