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The Awen Celtic Symbol – The Three Rays Of Light.
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Maria O'Farrell Carr
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| On our Irish tour we see this symbol engraved into a stone building across from our Bray hotel. In the Celtic language, the word “Awen” means essence or inspiration. For pronunciation, it can either be said as “ah-when”, “ou-when”, or “ah-oo-en”. The Awen symbol is fairly simple in design. Consisting of three rays leading up to a path to a high point of three dots all why surrounded by three circles. There are multiple meanings for the Awen Celtic symbol. One interpretation is.. |
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Category: Maria's Celtic Corner
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Dec 1, 2018
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Embracing the Holidays, the Stress-Free Way!
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Lyndsay Blais
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| Card writing, cookie baking, parties, concerts, get-togethers, fundraising, volunteering, shopping, wrapping, traveling – as well intentioned as one may be to start early and plan ahead to avoid the rushing-around-last-minute kind of stress that is often associated with the Christmas season, many people find themselves experiencing holiday stress due to lack of time to fit it all in. And we wonder why we’re stressed! |
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Category: Embracing Change
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Dec 1, 2018
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Grief During the Holiday Season
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| The Canadian Mental Health Association (CHMA) points out that it is easy to feel overwhelmed during the holiday season. Even when things are going well, the holiday season can be stressful. Having experienced a loss can make the holiday season that much more stressful. Loss can come in many forms e.g., death, divorce or estrangement. If you are dealing with the loss of someone close, the season can magnify these feelings. Unfortunately, society does not deal well with grief and sadness. Most people don't know what to do when someone has experienced a loss and may avoid them because of this. If you are dealing with loss during the holiday season, the CMHA suggests that you... |
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Category: Health News
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Dec 1, 2018
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7 Ways to Keep Calm During the Hectic Holiday Season
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| Here we go: we’re at the top of the roller coaster about to plummet straight into the hustle and bustle of holiday season! Some years it feels like Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s aren’t so much festive celebrations as anxiety-inducing events I have to white-knuckle my way through.
So how did the season of gratitude and love become rife with stress and panic? For me, social pressure and my own unnecessarily high standards resulted in way too much... |
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Category: Fitness
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Dec 1, 2018
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Want to learn to speak Gaeilge?
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OK In Health's Articles
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| Close your eyes and learn as Bliain na Gaeilge draws to a close. In an Ireland that has tried to move forward and shake off the Celtic Tiger diversion, a detour to the past has presented itself. The revival of Irish language and culture seems to be on the rise. Derval offers a way to learn Gaeilge in a yoga mindfulness in her Free downloads. If you can see this for yourself, you can Suí for yourself and nourish your community and your soul at the same time. |
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Category: Maria's Celtic Corner
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Dec 1, 2018
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The Milky Way in Irish mythology and folklore
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| The Milky Way has been known by several names and phrases in Irish mythology and folklore. Principal among its names seems to have been Bealach na Bó Finne, which means the Way of the White Cow. In this respect, it seems to have been regarded as a heavenly reflection of the River Boyne. A variant of this is... |
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Category: Maria's Celtic Corner
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Dec 1, 2018
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Signs You May Have Had A Past Life
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Brian Weiss
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| If you’ve ever wondered why you have a fear of heights or look into the eyes of a stranger and feel as if you know them, the answers may be found in your past lives, says Brian Weiss, MD, the author of Miracles Happen... |
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Category: Miscellaneous
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Dec 1, 2018
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The Parts of the Human Soul
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Monika Muranyi
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| Your Soul is bigger than you think! In fact, you are far grander and more magnificent than what you may have been told. Most spiritual systems on the planet claim that you have divinity inside. This is the Soul. |
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Category: Kryon
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Dec 1, 2018
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Astrology is Good Medicine
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Michael O'Connor
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| Astrology is good medicine in the wide and deep sense of the term. A Natal Chart cast for the moment of first breath reveals a great deal about a person’s whole state of health. Astrology is Holistic and looks at the whole person.... |
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Category: Wisdom Astrology
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Nov 1, 2018
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Be Creative - Write!
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Caroline Sutherland
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| I am approaching my 65th year and I have boundless energy and no intention of retiring. Writing is something that I can do for the rest of my life just like water color painting which I adore to do when I have time... |
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Category: The Body Knows
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Nov 1, 2018
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The history behind Ireland’s ancient Druids
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Maria O'Farrell Carr
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| Who were the Druids? Today the word conjures thoughts of magic, wizardry and spiritualism, but in ancient times the definition of Druid was much broader. During the Iron Age, the Druids made up the higher-educated tier of Celtic society, including poets, doctors and spiritual leaders. The legacy of this last group is the most enduring and the most mysterious. The earliest evidence of the Druid spiritual tradition is from 25,000 years ago and is found in... |
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Category: Maria's Celtic Corner
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Nov 1, 2018
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The Dreaded School Lunch Dilemma
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Cathy Lauer
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| How to make it kid friendly and gluten free. What kids want in a school lunch and what parents want in a school lunch can be vastly different. Add in the fact that it now needs to also be gluten free and you may find yourself in a frazzle. Here are some basic tips to help you de-stress school lunches..... |
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Category: Gluten Free Goodness
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Nov 1, 2018
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Temper Tantrum Relief!
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Maggie Reigh
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| What an experience - the high pitched screaming, the flailing arms, the multitudinous tears – and worst of all, the embarrassment and helplessness of not knowing what to do! Temper tantrums disrupt the entire family – keeping everyone tense and uptight trying to avoid the inevitable. Then when it hits it often sets off a series of explosions rippling through the entire home. So what can we do to ward off tantrums and how can we effectively handle them when they do hit?......... |
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Category: Parenting Tips
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Nov 1, 2018
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The Animals of Earth
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Monika Muranyi
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| The animals of Earth are not only here for biological reasons. They are here to connect with us and help us in our lessons. Mostly, they help us to learn unconditional love and compassion, as we move towards peace on Earth. |
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Category: Kryon
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Nov 1, 2018
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Yoga Pose of The Month
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Fitness Pose
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| Step by Step on how to do the Camatkarasana Pose - One poetic translation of this pose means "the ecstatic unfolding of the enraptured heart."
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Category: Yoga Pose of The Month
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Nov 1, 2018
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Ireland's Guide to Samhain (Halloween)
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Maria O'Farrell Carr
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| Among the ancient Irish, the year was divided into a light half (Summer) and a dark half (Winter). In those ancient times, the day was seen to begin at sunset. So too, the year was seen to begin with the arrival of dark half (winter) at Samhain, which began at sunset on the 31st of October. The Festival of Samhain marked the end of |
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Category: Maria's Celtic Corner
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Oct 1, 2018
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What is Clairsentience and Clairaudience?
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Cindy Smith
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| I want to share with you how easy it is to use your four main senses to communicate with your Angel Team. For this month I will focus on clairsentience and clairaudience..... |
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Category: Angels
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Oct 1, 2018
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Glorious Garlic
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Charlotte Ruechel
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| Plant first or second week of October, and in April you will tiptoe into your garden with a worried look on your face: did the garlic come up? Yep. It did.
Finding local garlic in the Okanagan is not difficult; we are lucky to have great Farmer’s Markets all around us offering a rich assortment of garlic varieties, some more pungent than others. But it is also a lot of fun to grow your own. |
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Category: Glorious Garden Gems
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Oct 1, 2018
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’Tis a Grand Soft Day, Thank God
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Maria O'Farrell Carr
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| We had a Orange alert in Ireland due to storm forecast and my sister Roisin came across this explanation of Irish rain which i just loved. If you live in Ireland or have visited you’ll know what Colm Toibin is writing about here. If you live in Texas this will most likely be new to you!
‘If the Inuits have fifty words for snow, the Irish have about a hundred variations of ‘Shite, I’m after getting soaked’. |
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Category: Maria's Celtic Corner
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Oct 1, 2018
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Healthy Food for Kids
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Alexis Costello
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| The start of a new school year presents new challenges, as well as opportunities. Children need the proper foods to keep those energy levels up so that they can run, play, learn, and grow strong, healthy bodies to carry them into adulthood. |
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Category: Happy Holistic
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Oct 1, 2018
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How Psychic Are You?
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Stacey Wolf
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| We all have psychic experiences. Do you possess natural psychic ability or just a basic intuition? |
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Category: Health News
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Oct 1, 2018
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'Spiritual Wisdom' of the Feminine Divine
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Monika Muranyi
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| There is a common saying: “If women ran the world, there would never be war.” This comes from the idea that mothers would never send their children to the battlefield. Essentially, this reflects the compassion of mother energy, which embodies the Spiritual Wisdom of the Feminine Divine. This is the new energy that is occurring on the planet, found within the new Human.
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Category: Kryon
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Oct 1, 2018
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Think Hemp Seed! For Food - Part Two
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Klaus Ferlow
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| Part two - The hemp seed has a multitude of uses in food. The meat of the hemp seed is also highly nutritious and versatile for preparing a number of foods. The hempseed oil is very fragile and should be refrigerated in a airtight container to preserve its freshness and nutrient value. The oil is best used raw unheated. Among the foods products from the hempseeds are health snack bars, cookies, porridge, nut butter, chips, pastas, tortillas, humus, cheese, ice cream, burgers, flour, breads, cereals, pretzels, chocolate and more. Hempseed nuts can be mixed into... |
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Category: Healing
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Oct 1, 2018
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Astrology and the Way it Works
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Monika Muranyi
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| The celestial night sky is filled with secrets to a hidden universe, and Astrology is one of the keys to help open the door to understanding. While some regard Astrology as interesting entertainment, such as the daily horoscope forecasts in newspapers and magazines world-wide, it is a very real phenomena where the planetary positions do impact our lives. Being aware and having an understanding of how it all works can greatly enhance your life so that you are working with the flow of life, and not against it. |
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Category: Kryon
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Sep 1, 2018
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 | Yoga Pose of The Month | | Step by Step on how to do the Camatkarasana Pose - One poetic translation of this pose means "the ecstatic unfolding of the enraptured heart."
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 | Raw Green Smoothie | Category: Raw Foods
Description: "Nutrient-rich kale is hidden in this delicious banana smoothie. . . perfect for those of us who have a hard time getting our daily dose of veggies!"
Kale is not only one of the more beautiful cruciferous vegetables, but it also one of the most nutritious. Here are nine reasons to eat kale, and eat it often.
One cup of kale has only 36 calories and zero grams of fat, which makes it a great diet aid. Furthermore, one cup contains nearly 20% of the RDA of dietary fiber, which promotes regular digestion, prevents constipation, lowers blood sugar and curbs overeating. Finally, kale contains the glucosinolate isothiocyanate (ITC) that fights the formation of H. pylori (Helicobacter pylori), a bacterial growth in the stomach lining that can lead to gastric cancer.
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