I am honoured to have been asked to write the first blog post for the new Wellbeing Festival’s website. I’ve known Elaine and Mary for many years, and I’ve been a speaker and an exhibitor at the Mind Body Spirit also for many years! Mary has always been a wonderful support to me, especially when I was moving out of the Reiki Federation and exhibiting as myself. I was asked to be present at a meeting of the organisers of Mind Body Spirit Festival, not realising why I was invited and it transpired that I bore witness to the moment when Elaine said she would take over the Mind Body Spirit. The months since then I’ve seen the amazing transformation through the rebranding, the new regional shows, the website and social media. There is such an injection of new energy, bringing many new possibilities! I raise my glass of green juice in a toast to Mary and Elaine – It’s an exciting time for wellness in Ireland.
I want to take this opportunity to infuse the website, the forthcoming shows and all that Mary and Elaine do under the banner of The Wellbeing Festival, with hope, grace, love and power.
A sacred space is a place in space and time where we bring our awareness in, reconnect to our hearts, and breathe. It’s a place where magic happens – the energy is different, it’s attuned to healing and love. When we feel safe we relax, and when we relax we open our hearts, and we heal. If you’re reading this now I invite you to join me as I call in the healing energies, the earth and the sky, to hold and support all of us on our journey. May you always be well.
A Prayer to Open Sacred Space
I call on the four directions, North, South, East and West.
Please bring your presence here and witness us as we set our intention to heal.
Wrap your light around us, share your wisdom with us, teach us how to respect all living beings.
I call upon the land of Ireland, I call upon our Great Mother Earth.
We are here, and we see you in your beauty and your pain.
We honour you and hold you in our hearts,
for the healing that we do for ourselves is also healing you.
I call upon the energies of our ancestors.
Our time is now, we release you with love and grace,
in huge gratitude for all the burden and pain that you bore, we let those patterns go now as we take our rightful place in space and time to create a new paradigm of love.
I call upon the elements earth, fire, air, water
Allow us to harness your power,
help us find the strength that we need to step away from the path of fear.
Help us ground ourselves, let go of emotional pain and reconnect to the fire that burns within.
I call upon the planets, Grandmother Moon and Father Sky.
When we stand beside you we are no longer small.
Hold us and remind us that we are powerful beings, that power is not good or bad, but it propels us to brings our dreams into form.
Help us see in the dark, to see through the darkness and to remind us that we are made of stars.
I call upon the Angels, the Masters, the Elemental Spirits.
Help us to infuse our hearts, our minds and our souls with love.
Surround us with light, take away our burdens, disconnect us from pain.
Help us remember that we are never alone.
Great Spirit, you who are known by a thousand names, you who are the unnameable one.
Open our hearts and show us what we need to do, where we need to be, and how we best can serve.
Remind us of the goodness of all beings, the Divine nature of the Soul.
Help ease the burdens in our minds, remove the blocks and open the pathways so we can create a world for all made from a space of love.
With deep gratitude we give thanks that we are here
We give thanks that that we know who we are
We give thanks that we know what we have to do
We are grateful that we have this opportunity to sing the song of life for one more day.
Abby Wynne is a shamanic psychotherapist, energy healer and published author in private practice based in Ireland. She teaches people how to connect their mind, heart and soul to access their inner wisdom, let go of fear and become more available for life. Abby has recorded guided meditations and healing sessions which are available on her website, and has written 5 books including How to Be Well and Energy Healing Basics, published by Hay House. She will be presenting 2 talks and 1 workshop at the upcoming Wellbeing Festival in October, 2017.
beautiful words