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How to Bend Time - Part 2

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda MacIntyre) — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:10:00 +0000

We can ALL tap into the power of Time. Even though time seems imperceptible and complex, let’s talk about it in just 4 ways.

1. SACRED TIME You’re dreaming or doing something spiritual or creative, or incredibly enjoyable. It’s what put that saying “time flies” into our vocabulary.

2. TIMELESS TIME A few minutes of deep enjoyment seem to go by in slow motion, or you suddenly notice that what you thought was a few hours was really a few minutes.

3. EVERYDAY TIME What you see on the clock.

4. SLOW-MOVING TIME Time seems to drag on because you’re doing something you don’t enjoy.

First, let’s get to the fun stuff. Everyday Time is, well, boring! Not much can get done as you hurry and worry through your life, counting the minutes with every step. Slow-Moving Time is just not fun at all! While you’re doing something you really do not want to do, you glance at the clock over and over, wondering how it can possibly take so long.

The most fun kinds of time to spend are Sacred and Timeless Time. Hang out there and you’ll get tons accomplished and still have time to relax, plus you’ll have more energy and feel great! So how do we get there?

1. Transform Everyday Time into Sacred Time

2. Allow Sacred Time to become Timeless Time

If you're reading this article, you’re probably already experiencing Sacred Time in your life. But it usually seems to go by too quickly, right? Here's how to make this powerful experience even more beneficial:

1. Transform Everyday Time into Sacred Time by only taking action on something when you feel absolutely inspired to do it. Yes, that does mean you will likely be procrastinating on some things. But here's what will happen. During Sacred Time, while you take your inspired actions, you can get things done more quickly, efficiently and joyfully than any other time. In other words, even though time seems to pass very quickly, when you look back on what you've accomplished, it's amazing! Another word for Sacred Time is Easy World... check out what author Julia Rogers Hamrick has to say about taking inspired action: http://choosingeasyworld.com

2. Allow Sacred Time to become Timeless Time by forgetting about the clock. When you feel inspired to create, or when you’re doing something spiritual, like a ceremony or ritual, give yourself a block of several hours. In fact, if you feel like you need to schedule your time, then schedule in 3-4 hours too much. This way, you’re not going to be driven by the clock. Knowing that you have more than enough time will open up the freedom you need in order to bend time. Once you’ve carved these hours out of your schedule, dive in! Let yourself play.

For example, I used to go weekly to a sweat lodge ceremony. When I first went, I asked how long we would be there. The response I got was something like “as long as it takes.” Sometimes the ceremony would last a couple of hours and other times we were there all day.

Once you’re inside that sweat lodge, you’re in Sacred Time. And because there is an understanding that it will take as long as it takes, and there is no way to check the time on a clock, your mind opens up and you can experience Timeless Time. In other words, it can feel like a longer OR shorter amount of time has passed than in “reality” or Everyday Time.

3. Daydream! Give yourself the pleasure of letting your mind wander. Let yourself get so lost in thought that like Alice, pretty soon you’ve gone down the proverbial rabbit hole. We’ve all done it as children but many of us have been chastised enough to make us lose touch with our daydreaming ability. If you’re not used to daydreaming anymore, just start by playing the “What If” game. For example, what if you had a million dollars? And let your mind play with that idea.

I’m finding that I’m experiencing Timeless Time more often now that Mother Earth is in the midst of a great transformation. All I want to say about Timeless Time is if you find yourself there, just allow it to happen and enjoy the experience. It can feel as if you have been pulled right out of time and can shape it any way you want.

If, like me, you don’t find out you were experiencing Timeless Time until you’re back in Everyday Time, savour the fact that you got to be there, witness to one of life’s great mysteries. But if you want more of the same… forget the clock!

A NOTE ABOUT THE FUTURE

I believe that we’re shifting into Timeless Time, where Everyday Time as we know it is becoming irrelevant.

Remember, most of what I’ve written here is really just about different ways we think about time. Each concept kind of blurs into the other, because of the elusive, intriguing nature of time. It’s not that time is physically changing – it’s that WE are and our space (the planet) is. Think about that for a moment. As we move through this Great Re-Awakening as a human race on our beautiful transforming planet, we are being re-wired. Our ability to glean insights from information, our innate desire to experience and learn more, our connection to ourselves, each other and the Source of all life … are getting an upgrade.

Don’t spend another moment wishing for more time. Instead, give more time to yourself and your loved ones. Treasure each moment as it happens. Immerse yourself in the pleasure of all that you are and all that you are becoming. Allow time to unfold and flow naturally, and you along with it. Be present here and now, and you will experience higher and higher levels of awareness, as you spiral outward and upward in your own expansion.

Remember who you are… pure energy. And, like time in its purest form, energy knows no limits. What do you think?

How to Bend Time - Part 1

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda MacIntyre) — Mon, 10 May 2010 19:36:00 +0000

HOW TO BEND TIME © 2010 Brenda MacIntyre

Now that I've got your attention, let's talk about time.

It's May 10th, 2010 and I've just finished writing a short article about Time. I feel compelled to share more than what was in that article, because I've had some fascinating experiences with time.

Time flies when you're having fun, right?

Nope.

Time flies, period.

With the changes happening to Mother Earth, time really is speeding up. It's NOT your imagination. It's NOT that you just feel like there aren't enough hours in the day. You are NOT going crazy. This is happening for real.

Time is shifting, Mother Earth is shifting, and along with them, we are too.

I had a dream last week that lasted a whole day, from morning to night. When I woke up, I could recall all that had happened during that eventful day in my dream. But here's the thing... less than one hour had passed on the clock in waking reality. Puzzling, right?

Over my lifetime, I’ve had a few dreams like this one. A couple of times it was only 5 to 10 minutes that had passed, and yet my brain had processed an entire day or more of activity.

How does that happen?

What if I told you I’ve experienced this in my waking reality too?

Usually we only notice when time seems to be slipping away. But I have had a few experiences of an hour feeling like a few hours – in my waking reality – during a time of creativity that I would normally experience as time flying by. In other words, where did the time not go?

Maybe you have had this experience yourself. Has an hour ever seemed far longer to you than 60 minutes, in a situation where you’re having great fun?

I’m pretty sure I could find answers to this puzzle in quantum physics. And probably more questions. But for now, let’s just say that time is very much about perception.

What do you think?

Part 2 Coming Next Week (mid-May 2010)

Rose-Coloured Glasses and Abraham on World Peace

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda MacIntyre) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:53:00 +0000

I love this quote I got today from my Abraham-Hicks daily quote subscription...

"World peace, means one mindset big enough to make the decisions about what everybody else wants, and the rest of the world conforming. That is the ultimate definition of world peace. You say, "Oh, let's get along!" And what each of you mean is, "You do what I want." A peaceful world means, "Everybody wanting what I want. Going along with what I want." And the only problem with that is, there are more than one of you, and you have endless desires that are born within you. The ultimate experience is, everyone having their experience and launching their individual rockets of desire, and the Universe yielding to all of them simultaneously. And everybody not worrying about what anybody else created, and so, then allowing what they are wanting. What a world that is, when there are endless desirers, who are allowing the fulfillment of their own desires."

--- Abraham

Excerpted from the workshop in Los Angeles, CA on Saturday, March 10th, 2001 #369

My Take on this...

We are ultimately responsible for ourselves and our own lives. We so often think we're being helpful when really we're pushing our own agendas onto someone else, or in this case, the whole world! It's ironic and pretty funny when I think about it. Who am I to determine what's best for someone else I don't even know? How do I know what an individual came here to experience? I don't!

If I want to experience peace, I find it best to go within myself first, gently nudge my spirit and awaken to the vibration of peace once again. When I say "once again," it's because it's not like I'm always in high vibration wonderland. Life happens! I'm usually feeling pretty connected to Source/Spirit but there are times when I'm definitely angry or sad or frustrated. And some of those times are defining moments for me, that help me grow and move toward what I really do want.

Don't get me wrong. I LOVE the time I spend in high vibration wonderland! Everything has so much colour and beauty, and I notice all kinds of little cool things that I wouldn't notice if I was feeling angry or frustrated, out of sync. But without living both sides of the coin - the fulfillment of my desires and the contrast - life just wouldn't be so interesting. Besides, once I had it all, so to speak, if I stopped experiencing stuff I don't like, I wouldn't know what to desire!

I remember shortly after 9/11, I had chosen to join a peace march - something I don't usually do. But this one, I had been told, had the positive focus of being "for peace", so I went. I found it so weird that right in the middle of a peace march, there were people shaking their fists and shouting at the top of their lungs, just filled with rage about the violence that they were fighting against. For me, they were demonstrating the very thing they were railing against. So if that was a cross-section of people who want world peace, I can certainly see how everyone's idea of peace is not the same!

The idea of looking at the world through rose-coloured glasses - I remember hearing that a lot as a disparaging remark. But I embrace it now.

Learning to view my painful past - and whatever is happening in my present moment - through my own custom-made "rose-coloured glasses" has helped me to get healing, teachings, inspiration and other gifts out of every experience, and bounce back relatively quickly when I do experience the contrast life brings me.

I've always wanted world peace, and ever since I was a small child, I've always wondered how a human being could intentionally treat another human being badly and feel good about it. I think the best I can do for myself is surround myself with people whose energy feels good and peaceful to me, and filter out the rest. That's why on Twitter, I have a list of people who are uplifters, healers and people who inspire me.

For now, I'll just put on my rose-coloured glasses and go for a walk. Well, I might take them off to see that fabulously blue sky, but wait! If I leave them on, the sky will be purple. Cool!

So this is only MY take, my perception, my ideas about what I read this morning.

What's yours?

How I Manifested a 2nd Row Seat with Abraham-Hicks

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:26:00 +0000

I just got back from my first Abraham-Hicks seminar and I am so thrilled!!!! I learned so much, connected with people I was absolutely meant to meet, and even got an "aha" about why my new CD is so transformative for people... which I'll get into in my next newsletter this Tuesday :) You can sign up for my newsletter (and get 5 instant free downloads) at http://healingsinger.com/blessings.html

Let me tell you how I went from having no ticket to getting a seat in the 2nd row when there were over 1300 people in the audience...

About a week and a half ago I heard they were going to be here in Toronto. When I found out, I said out loud to Source with a smile "If you bring me the money in a way that I know it's from my asking, I'm going to see Abraham!!"

2 days ago I had a gig, singing at a college in a nearby town. It was going to be the first time I sang my fuller contemporary songs to backing tracks my producer made for me from my Medicine Song CD.

When I sang "One of the Things," the crowd fell silent and listened intently. Then when I sang "Journey to Freedom," I could see this transformation come over the audience. It was humbling and beautiful. And I could feel it within me as I sang.

Anyway, on my way home afterward, I was listening to an Abraham MP3 (by the way their website is http://abraham-hicks.com) and suddenly it hit me that their seminar was going to be today but I had no ticket. But guess what I did have...

I had sold ALL my Medicine Song CDs!! So here was the money I needed. But no ticket yet...

Today I went early with cash. Noticing about 100 or more people already ahead of me, I went to the ticket booth. They said I'd have to wait in line until the doors open and then go to the bookstore inside! I was a little sad, wondering where I'd end up sitting, if at all.

Seconds later, tap tap tap on my shoulder. I turn around. A woman says "I heard you need a ticket?" I said YES, and she says with a smile "I have a ticket!"

So in short, not only did I get a ticket easily and quickly but I ended up - because of that - in the 2nd row AND I saved about $60!!

Now that's the law of attraction in action! Basically I used the Abraham teachings to get myself more Abraham teachings LOL. I feel so hugely filled up with love and gratitude I can't even describe to you how amazing I feel. Blessed. Joyous. Energized.

If you haven't experience an Abraham-Hicks seminar, I highly recommend it! I also have all of their Law of Attraction books. I can tell you that things are already beginning to transform and manifest for me as a result of this - things that are presenting themselves to me in a way that I absolutely KNOW it's because of this seminar.

Have a fantastic weekend!!

Love & Light,
Brenda, Medicine Song Woman

Why Am I So Tired, Emotional & Stressed? It's NOT just YOU.

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:04:00 +0000

NOTE: Join in at 11:11 AM Eastern Time on Friday May 1st, 2009 with your intentions and prayers, and watch the video Random Acts of Global Healing.

Or for an even more powerful connection to Universal Love from Source - any time - download the Universal Love Attunement.

The painting shown is of what I saw during a very deep meditation I achieved by listening to the Universal Love Attunement. I was fully conscious. The wavy lines were dancing across my room, creating music with their movements and vibration. The music was their way of communicating Love.

I received the following channeled message on April 29, 2009...

If you’ve been feeling kind of shaken and stirred lately, don’t worry, it’s not just you! The energies have been intense lately. We have had a burst of remarkably pure light/energy come through to recalibrate our energy systems over the past 7 days.

That can translate into what feels like mood swings between joy and anger and anywhere in between. For me, it’s showing up as physical pain and a feeling of sadness in the past 3 or 4 days – but up to then I was feeling pure joy. I've also been needing lots of extra sleep.

Why?

Our bodies have been – and still are – attempting to clear themselves of energy patterns that have become toxic for us. This needs to happen to literally create physical space within us for that beautiful light to fill us with joy and literal harmony. The light is changing us on a physical level even though we can’t see it.

The image I see of what is being created within us is a network of golden light streams woven together in a way that they actually create harmonious music (on a higher vibrational scale than we can hear with our physical ears). We are going to be humming in more ways than one! And the energy we are beginning to give off as we allow this light in is going to be good not only for us but for Mother Earth and anyone we come into contact with or even think about.

It’s a bit strange, especially for those of us who are healers, lightworkers or spiritually sensitive, but if we can allow whatever emotions or physical pains are coming up to be released, we’ll be better able to receive the good feelings this light has the capacity to create for us.

Journaling can help, having a shoulder to cry on helps, venting into your pillow, going for a walk… I suggested in my blog 7 days ago to do whatever makes you light up inside, whatever makes you smile. Keep doing this - it will help you stay afloat in this seeming sea of emotional disarray. And just be aware that this is a process, not a final destination – so it’s temporary.

Imagine a river running into a dam. The flow slows down and so does the energy. But when you remove that dam, suddenly the water flows with strength, beauty and clarity, to where it needs to go.

We need to open up right now and allow ourselves to experience this transformation. Change is scary to most of us but what’s on the other side is unimaginably wonderful.

The video "Random Acts of Global Healing" gives you FREE Distance Healing PLUS instructions on how to participate in ongoing global healing ceremonies at any of my upcoming events - you don't have to be physically at my location to reap the benefits. I have decided to create my own tradition (I've kind of already started this anyway!) and turn ALL of my public appearances into opportunities for Global Healing Ceremonies that include all of you who want to participate in healing yourself and Mother Earth.

PLEASE HELP ME SPREAD THE LOVE & HEALING WIDELY:
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Let's make this circle strong.

-Brenda MacIntyre, Medicine Song Woman

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Global Healing & the Coming Light

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:41:00 +0000

This post was going to be about my experience of the global healing ceremony I just conducted at California State University but since I had a vision earlier, I am now being given messages as well as that vision to share with you. My post about the actual ceremony will have to wait until I allow myself to receive and share the complete message this vision is connected to.

I am still jetlagged from my 3 day trip but I have just had a vision about what is to come for us all and whenever this happens for me, it is my responsibility to share it.

I see a great opening, like a cavern, from which light and all that is good is pouring, bursting through. This light is like an amplifier of healing energy and positive vibrations. It is coming, I can feel it. It is beginning NOW as I type this.

I know that in Sedona, Arizona there is a gathering of indigenous elders and spiritual leaders, that began on April 18th, 2009, the same day I was doing the global healing ceremony in California. I could feel that I was connected to their ceremonies as I did my own, as well as a connection I see as in my Medicine Song painting (Right), tendrils of light connecting us all to the grid and to all of each other's healing energy and positive intentions.

A LOT of GOOD is coming right now for us all. All we have to do is tap into it, just let it happen and allow ourselves to receive it. This is the message I am being given in this moment. It is not a new message but one I am being told to share with you at this time.

Now I can feel my hands heating up with healing energy. This burst of light coming forth is definitely a big one. It will be like a blanket over us. It feels like it is coming within the next 4-7 days. The number 5 comes to mind - I'm not sure if that is 5 days or if the 5 is about the immense change that is being effected. Okay, I am being told it is about the 5 pointed star - it is about the physical expression of our Selves, the human body. I can feel the rain and wind confirming this message about the burst of light coming.

Something is preparing us right now for what is coming in the next few days. It is important to allow whatever is happening and just trust that it is part of a much bigger picture, one that is filled with more beauty and aliveness than you or I can possibly imagine.

I encourage you to drink an abundance of purified water over the next few days, and offer gratitude to your water before drinking it. Do whatever you can to keep you in a positive mindspace. Do what makes you shine and feel really good. Imagine debris being removed from you as sparkles of light fall onto you like raindrops, melting into your aura, your skin, your hair, your being.

Be open to what thoughts, ideas, feelings, situations, people might come into your life in the next 4-7 days. Be aware and receptive to what gifts they might be bringing you. I have a feeling something that will make our eyes light up is about to happen for all who can allow themselves to receive it.

We are moving to another stage in our own evolution. Something is changing about us at our core that will align us further with Mother Earth - it's not just with Mother Earth but will All That Is, with Source... there is something coming in that is so big and bright and beautiful that it will be almost impossible to resist.

We are in a "calm before the storm", where the storm is actually the burst of light. Our preparation will be gentle if we just allow ourselves to let this light in by being present and doing what we love - it's only 4-7 days, so why not try this?

So don't resist.

Let the light in.

You deserve it.

That is all.

Love, Light & Gratitude,
Brenda MacIntyre, Medicine Song Woman

Random Acts of Global Healing

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:07:00 +0000

You're going to want to watch the first video below - just click "PLAY" :)

The video "Random Acts of Global Healing" gives you FREE Distance Healing PLUS instructions on how to participate in ongoing global healing ceremonies at any of my upcoming events - you don't have to be physically at my location to reap the benefits.

I have decided to create my own tradition (I've kind of already started this anyway!) and turn ALL of my public appearances into opportunities for Global Healing Ceremonies that include all of you who want to participate in healing yourself and Mother Earth.

MY NEXT GLOBAL HEALING EVENT IS THIS SATURDAY APRIL 18TH in California. Scroll down for info about this FREE conference OR join from a distance.

WHEN: 7:00 to 7:30 PM Pacific Time, Saturday April 18, 2009 (The whole conference is 3:30PM to 7:30PM)
WHERE: Anywhere & Everywhere, through prayer & intention (or in person at the conference - see below for details)

PLEASE HELP ME SPREAD THE LOVE & HEALING WIDELY:
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Healing Sounds like a Rainbow

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:34:00 +0000

Being a sound and energy healer opens me to all kinds of spiritual experiences when I allow myself to be a clear channel for song.

Today I've been exploring the gift of sound and my daughter has been helping me by telling me about my aura as I sing.

I've spent my entire morning sounding because I wanted to clear my sinuses, warm up my voice to practice my new songs and tune my body, literally. Before I get into all of this, I need to say that my daughter, who sees aura, told me that when I began humming, my aura immediately changed into constantly moving rainbow colours and as soon as I stopped, the colour changed right back to light green and turquoise blue.

I was so intrigued by this that I decided to sit with my pitch pipe and see what else is happening with harmonic overtones when I hum.

I discovered that I can create several harmonic overtones with each note I hum. I remember a singer from The Wyrrd Sisters doing this at a festival and she called her technique Tuvian throat singing or something. This was about 10 years ago. I was so fascinated and especially because I found if I put my tongue in different positions inside my mouth, I could do the same thing - not nearly as skillfully as she could but this impacted me. I never forgot it.

Now this skill is impacting me in my work as a healer.

I am aware that when I sing certain notes (like B, Bb, C, F# & G), I am able to get a super-deep connection to the Universe/Source, and that it happens every time when I am singing the note plus its octave (like middle C plus high C).

I feel my entire body vibrating after humming Bb, the way it vibrates when I'm about to go out of body.

Reminds me of when I was at Thunder Mountain and I could hear a deep, rich hum of high frequency tones and overtones that I knew was the vibration of Mother Earth.

What I found out today is that I can apparently hum more overtones than I thought - and when I say this, I'm talking about humming 2 very clear, concise notes at once. I realize there are also many many other notes (I can hear almost unending frequencies all at once, from the low end where we usually can hear and sing all the way up to sounds I could never consciously reproduce on their own) vibrating along with the main one I am singing and sometimes I can hear at least 3 distinct notes vibrating clearly over all the rest. At Thunder Mountain when spirits were singing songs to and with me, I could hear at least 5 distinct tones at once.

Today I realized when I am humming those specific notes, that the sounds coming from me are just like the sounds of the Universe that I hear when all is quiet and when I'm in between sleep and awake. Also, in the spiritual initiation experience I had with my Universal Love Attunement, I remember it sounding like a didgeridoo.

Now I completely understand that these sounds are all the same - the sounds of the Universe.

This is why my physical voice is so healing for people - because when I allow myself to be a clear channel for Source energy to flow through, I am in the stream of Universal Love / Source energy. But also my voice naturally vibrates in tune with the Universe - meaning I am literally one with the Universe when I sing or hum those specific notes. All those overtones, the clariy in my voice, it's all because of that connection.

My daughter confirmed for me today that when I hum, my aura changes to flowing rainbow colours. The rainbow colours are the vibrations coming from me.
Sound = Energy = Light

So this is just me pondering how my healing gifts work and how sound affects me as well as the people I assist through my healing work. But it's also the exploratory child in me just in absolute wonder at how it could be possible to hook into the Universal Stream of Love / Source Energy just by opening my mouth and sounding. I'm amazed and feel so incredibly grateful and honoured to be able to use my voice in this way.

What happens for someone in a healing session is, I sing the frequencies the person's body and energy system needs. I am given a song or series of sounds from that Universal Stream that will break up energy blockages, re-align the person's body, balance their energy and sort of recalibrate their whole energy system.

If you're interested in a healing session with me, you can find out more here:
http://brendamacintyre.com/healing

Love, Light & Gratitude,
Brenda, Medicine Song Woman

"Open Eyes, Open Ears" - A World Music and Global Roots Showcase in support of Amnesty International

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:39:00 +0000

I'm excited to announce that I will be giving my FIRST LIVE PERFORMANCE AS A WORLD/ROOTS ARTIST with backing musicians. Up until now, I've been performing as a solo Native hand drummer but now that my new CD Medicine Song is well on its way, I'm breaking out and giving you ALL of who I am.

You'll hear a fusion of Native singing/chanting, reggae, R&B/soul and gospel in an intimate performance style. I'm so excited to do this concert and hope to see you there if you're in or near Toronto! I'm one of several world fusion artists performing on March 13th.

WHEN: Friday March 13, 2009 7:00 PM
WHERE: The Great Hall, 1087 Queen Street West, Toronto

Canadian Music Week and The Yarlowe Group are pleased to present
"Open Eyes, Open Ears" - A World Music and Global Roots Showcase in support of Amnesty International

Featuring:
7:45 BRENDA MACINTYRE- Medicine Song Woman- Juno Award Winning Aboriginal Roots Artist
8:20 DYLAN MURRAY- Much Music featured Roots/Reggae/Pop Artist
9:05 ROAM- International Top Ten Contemporary Global Roots Duo
9:50 CASSIUS KHAN- Indian Classical Tabla and Ghazal Wizard
10:40 BEYOND THE PALE- Critically acclaimed Klezmer/ Fusion Ensemble

COST: Admission $12.00 or FREE with CMW Executive Badge / Festival Wristband
Doors open at 7:00 pm
Cash Bar

*A portion of ticket sales and $1.00 from CD and merchandise sales will be donated to Amnesty International
*Industry, Programmers, and Media are invited to attend. RSVP info@yarlowegroup.com

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Sound Healing Circle "Show Some Love"

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:15:00 +0000

Yesterday was World Sound Healing Day, Valentine's Day and according to http://www.judecurrivan.com it was the dawning of the Age of Aquarius.

That's quite a day filled with Love, and as I said in my circle yesterday, even if it wasn't the dawning of the Age of Aquarius via the Aquarian planetary alignment, people worldwide were praying peace and love and that's really the point, isn't it?

I channeled a couple of healing songs, one for the group and one upon request, and we sang and drummed to our hearts' content. The owner of Ellington's Cafe, Winston, commented that this was perhaps the best circle I've done there in terms of energy. We all definitely felt the Love flowing throughout the circle.

Not only did we feel the Love but a friend of mine asked me to pose for some shots of me just before the circle and the pictures were graced with the energy/light/aura around me. I guess doing meditating during the window of the Aquarian Alignment worked pretty well! Check out these UNRETOUCHED pictures. You can click on them to enlarge:

The yellow is the wall background. Other than that, it's light/energy!

Thank you to all who came out for this circle. What a blessing to be part of another beautiful global healing meditation and prayer day!

Peace, Love & Light,
Brenda

My First Experience with my Universal Love/Light Attunement

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:59:00 +0000

After channeling the 11:11 Light Attunement, I wanted to channel an Attunement for Love. Here's what happened so far...

I wrote a guided meditation and recorded it. I listened to it and had a deep emotional connection and release. I could definitely feel the love. Since I've been learning a bit about editing sound, I decided to experiment and put a song in the background of the meditation. So I channeled a medicine song with the vibrational frequency of Love.

I listened back to the song once and wasn't too sure about it, so I channeled another one. Funny me... still hanging out with self-doubt sometimes and they're not even really my songs! They're coming from Spirit! Anyway, even though the 2nd chant was lovely and ebbed and flowed with the visualization, I still wasn't feeling it.

Yesterday I was coming home from the studio and listening to that first Love chant with the drum, this time in the headphones, and something started happening. I felt so deeply connected to Source that I couldn't focus on getting where I was going and was finding my consciousness drifting. And then the idea popped into my head to just try it - that this was it. This was the perfect song to go with the guided meditation.

Last night I put on the CD in my CD player to listen - see, every time I am gifted with these gems from Source, any kind of healing modality, product or whatever, I will use it on myself first to make sure it works. Anyway, I fell asleep and don't even remember hearing anything past the first 3 minutes and it's 22 minutes and 22 seconds long.

So that's the first really cool thing that happened. My first Attunement came at 11:11am. This Attunement is 22:22 in length. I find number synchronicity fascinating.

Anyway, I tried it again today in the mid-morning. Wide awake. Well, it works all right!! Very trippy. A little TOO trippy. And by the way, I don't do drugs or drink alcohol - ever - so this is all natural!

I stayed "awake" as in not sleeping but was in probably the deepest state of meditation I've ever attained. I found myself in a state of lucid dreaming and it felt similar to when I experience sleep paralysis - except in this case, the sounds I heard and things I saw were very different and I wasn't afraid. Usually with sleep paralysis, I'm terrified and can't move.

This experience I had was phenomenal. I saw huge light/energy waves. It was like having aurora borealis in my bedroom. There were all these light displays going on. I'm glad I didn't do the painting to go with this Attunement yet, because now I know what to paint.

I saw swirly waves of light bouncing and dancing around, different colours like gold and pink and although I see energy all the time in various forms, I've never seen this particular energy.

In addition to seeing the light/energy waves, I could hear them. It was like music. In fact, it was just like hearing a didgeridoo. Now I know why that instrument is so sacred. I think I was hearing the sounds of the universe but honestly I don't even know what that was. All I know is it was beautiful, amazing, beyond words to describe, and it happened within this deep connection to Source.

What's more, I could feel my body but everything around it seemed to be gone. I could feel myself supported by this energy, lifted up by it. I wonder now, thinking back, if this was actual levitation or, more likely, my spirit just floating up out of my body. In any case, I can hardly describe to you the emotions and sensations I felt. It was like being in the presence of lots of static electricity, or out in a very strong electrical storm. I could feel the electricity in the air. But again, I had no fear of it at all.

The Attunement ended and I was still deep in meditation, so I know I have work to do to make sure you're grounded and fully connected back to the physical before I can relase this to the public. I also have to paint what I saw.

I mistakenly had set my blackberry to continue playing other songs and so another version of the meditation went by. I went right back into that deep consciousness and lucid dream state and experienced exactly the same thing but this time, it sounded like the energy was trying to communicate with me. So this time I asked it if it could tell me in English words or find a way to help me understand what was being communicated to me.

Again I had that floating sensation and saw those beautiful light waves, and I heard the music assembling itself in different patterns until I could almost make out talking. Fascinating. But this time I was pulled out of my experience by the next song on my blackberry. I turned it off and put on the latest version of the Attunement again. I instantly went into the same state of lucid dreaming. This time the sounds were even clearer and the lines of the energy waves were finer, more structured. And it sounded like a bunch of people talking but too far away to make out the conversation - which I have experienced before in the sleep paralysis state.

I did end up falling asleep very purposefully after turning off the music on my blackberry and I had a lovely dream about a good friend I haven't seen in a while. And now here I am. I woke up a few times but because I had promised myself today was a taking-it-easy day, I stayed in bed and had a fantastic sleep until just now. :) I also played with going back into that state without the mp3 playing and found myself not quite there but pretty close.

Anyway, the bottom line is, I am going to have this Attunement to Universal Love/Light available to you but not until I change the end of the guided visualization so that you are able to come out of it and back into the physical and feel grounded.

I am amazed that I was able to get that deep into meditation and still be aware/lucid enough to be using my thoughts intentionally.

Thoughts? Comments? I'd love to hear what you think.

Peace, Love & Light,
Brenda

New Moon + Solar Eclipse = WOW

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:49:00 +0000

Hi again! I'm honouring my own inspiration and need to write this all out and share it with you. It's been a miracle day for me.

I know we've been gearing up for big transformation and so many events have been leading up to great hope more and more. But today I am amazed.

I am amazed at how this Great Re-Awakening is affecting me as I pick up what the universe is offering me. Cause you know, we don't always see what's right in front of us, or allow it to come close enough to even notice what gifts we're being given.

And that's what I've been doing. 2008 gave me one big push forward, as I'm sure many have experienced. Or it may have felt more like a kick in the pants down the side of a cliff, like it did for me at some points! But it's all a part of the greater journey.

I'll tell you something I've learned about manifesting. First off, like I said earlier today in my other article about Money Reiki, if you ask, pray or put your intention out for something you want, then pay attention carefully to what shows up. It's been said that Creator works in mysterious ways and that is so true. And trust me, you don't want to miss it when it arrives!

I'm pretty sure that if I hadn't said yes to that Money Reiki distance healing, today wouldn't have been this amazing. I got 5 new clients in one day without making a single phone call or email! That's definitely a first for me.

Second thing is, here's how the magic often happens for me...

A. I get to feeling good and then I begin to feel motivated and/or inspired.

B. If I'm not already inspired to do something, I look at my "To Accomplish" list and see if there's anything on it I feel like doing. Today there was. I felt like doing some work to generate some leads. So that's what I began to do.

C. I got results almost immediately after beginning the task.

Here's the thing. In my mind, I thought I would have to complete the task at hand as well as another task I was going to get to tomorrow, in order to get the results I was seeking. But instead I had a waterfall of positive results starting only about 5 minutes into my task!

D. That doesn't mean I abandoned the task at hand! I completed what I wanted to, but in the meantime, I was a magnet for prosperity!

Why did this work for me?

Well, I did the the Money Reiki Meditation for 5 days in a row before this... let's see, I have been using my own 11:11 Light Attunement, I've been acting on my inspirations and working on a new creative project I'm excited and passionate about... there have been a lot of stepping stones toward today's prosperity waterfall.

Oh yeah and let's not forget, I had a message from the wind. I used to get regular messages from the wind but haven't in a long while. 2 nights ago, the wind was blowing like crazy. I went to close the balcony door but when I got there I had a familiar feeling - I could feel the wind speaking to me, telling me I'm in for something big. I wasn't sure what but I know I can trust those messages, so I had a lot of faith and I paid attention.

Today, when I set out to do my work, in my mind I had thoughts of - and faith in - something big coming for me. The thoughts in my head while I was working were based on that faith and connected to the emotions of gratitude, passion and excitement. That is the perfect brew for manifesting what you want.

I'm excited to see what tomorrow will bring... so I'm going to have to actually stop writing in this blog now and get some sleep!

Money Reiki? And yes, it actually works :)

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:15:00 +0000

I guess it should be no surprise to me that I would be attracting so much goodness into my life after birthing the 11:11 Light Attunement in a moment of big gratitude during a global healing meditation just before the biggest, brightest Full Moon of 2009.

If you haven't tried the Attunement yet, I encourage you to listen to the mp3 or watch the video. They're both free on my website. People have been telling me of all kinds of visions, physical healing, emotional release and other spiritual experiences just from watching or listening, and I have been getting results personally from "walking my own talk" - I have used the Attunement myself.

Shortly after I channeled that Attunement, someone on Twitter began communicating with me. Her name is Amy Flynn. She offered me a free Money Reiki distance healing when we began 'following' each other on Twitter. I was a bit skeptical at first but she seemed very genuine. And I had been asking for prosperity to manifest for me.

Manifesting 101: Never say No to gifts from the universe after asking for what you want! :)

I was asked to journal about my experience, which I did. Now for all you skeptics out there - or the inner skeptic in you - I know it worked. I do use a lot of my own healing tools and do a lot of personal growth but it was obvious that Amy's Money Reiki was working for me.

First off, the "little people" were poking at my feet again, which does happen occasionally. They're resident spirits and I'm good with that. But I hadn't had this happen in months and when it happened, I was supposed to be away from my desk to focus on the Reiki session. They were trying to tell me to get off the computer. I didn't get it right away but luckily for me, I still was open enough to receive the healing.

I had 3 very specific situations come up around money the very next day, and I knew instantly they were about releasing old thoughts and beliefs and embracing new ones, so I went with it.

I also had incredible thirst for "no reason" which always happens to me when I do healing sessions for others or have a session done for me. But this was BIG. We're talking like 20 glasses of water, at least, for that one day.

I believe in Amy's work so I bought her Money Reiki Meditation. Since then I've been listening every night. The first night I connected as deeply to Source as I do when I sing a very very special traditional welcome song that came to me. I actually saw white light as bright as the sun in the same shape and location as I see it when I sing that song.

The following day I had another money issue cleared through a situation that came up. And that night, I had another vision of Source and a spiritual experience I can't even quite describe in words.

It's been 5 days since I began working with Amy's Money Reiki CD and today has been a day of manifesting prosperity. I know there is more at play than this one CD but it has been the catalyst for change in that one specific area of my life, and I am extremely grateful, to myself for following my intuition and paying attention when gifts from the universe show up, and to Amy for following her passion.

Love, Light & Gratitude,
Brenda

Barack Obama Brings Transformation

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:25:00 +0000

I posted this as an answer to a question on LinkedIn "How were Barack Obama's words received in your country?"

My personal reaction was one of joy, gratitude and hope.

Obama is careful to note that most of the work will be coming from the people - with support from the government.

He is the kind of person who can inspire many people to action very quickly. He has an authenticity about him that is rare in politics and that along with his charisma and lived experience with diversity are key to this being a turning point.

Globally, Obama has added fire to an already lit candle of hope and he has come at a time when there is a tremendous shift happening globally. As I am an indigenous healer, the energy I felt during both his inauguration and his election has been unbelievably joyous - although I can also sense the other side of it, the many who are not feeling ready for such intense change. But he is not the one responsible for the intense change - we all are.

There is no question this is a turning point - it already was a turning point globally even without his election. It's not just the economy that is crashing; the way of living that has favored a small number of people and left the rest behind is also crashing.

Obama's election has served to amplify the positive energy in enough people that global transformation toward a more peaceful and positive way of being just gained huge momentum.

One person can make a difference. Certainly one person can't undo all the negativity and history before him in one fell swoop, but one person can make a difference.

And that one person is you. And me. And yes, Obama. And anyone else who is open to working toward something better.

Change isn't coming - it's already here and Obama's election is just part of the larger picture. Some will love him and some will hate him and some will sit and watch him, waiting for him to make mistakes.

On a personal level, as a Native Canadian mother with mixed race children, I am thrilled that my 11yo daughter is taking an interest in learning about politics and feeling inspired as a result of these events, and that my black-Indian Jamaican/Ojibwe/Odawa/Irish/Scottish 22yo son can now look at possibility in a whole new light.

Miigwech, Thank You for raising this topic.

Brenda, Medicine Song Woman

The New Earth Energy & My Songs

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:36:00 +0000

I've been getting intuitive/channeled messages about this New Energy we're experiencing and documented some of it in my last 2 articles since solstice: "New Beginnings" and "Light is Leading the Way". I know it's a challenging time for many of us but it's only like that because we're like butterflies right now. Either you've just emerged from the chrysalis and are vulnerable until your wings are dry and ready to fly... or you're probably feeling like it's time to bust out of that chrysalis but it's scary because there's so much uncertainty. Don't worry. There is so much hope and possibility for us all!

Another Gift for You

I've received an unexpected gift that I want to share with all of you. It's called the 11:11 Light Attunement: http://www.brendamacintyre.com/light I created a video to help those of you who have a hard time meditating and you can also download the MP3. It's a channeled song, much like the ones you may have experienced if you've had a remote healing session with me. But this one is different. It has a very subtle yet powerful medicine that will help attune you to these New Earth Energies. I invite you to take 10 minutes out of your day to breathe this in.

Some of you are probably wondering why and how I can give away so much.

The truth is, when I am guided by Spirit to give something away, I go with it. I'm still a single mom doing healing work and music full-time on my own, and now blessed with a wonderful manager, but the times we're living in require that I share from my heart and spirit -whether it pays the bills or not. I know it's a tough decision to buy something off the Internet, and I also know you're interested in what I can offer or you wouldn't be here reading this. My intention is to assist you through these transitional times, no matter what it takes.

I encourage those of you who are financially blessed to make an "energy exchange" of any amount you feel moved to donate, to help me continue this work in a way that even those without can still move forward with this New Energy. You can donate where you get the Light Attunement: www.brendamacintyre.com/light

I am ever grateful for those of you who have written notes of appreciation to me and helped me to spread the word about what I am doing. Please do tell your loved ones, friends and colleagues about my work if you feel they can benefit from it.

My Songs and the New Earth Energy

I've been busy in the recording studio all last week and I was reminded by one of my own songs "One of the Things" to just relax and allow life to flow. Here's the chorus: "One of the things about life is that you never know what's comin' 'round.One of the things about life is that the thing you least expect is gonna happen anyway."

January 16th started off with a migraine and my new Blackberry frozen at the time 4:15am - except I saw this at 7:45am. Being that my Blackberry is my alarm clock, this put a wrench into my whole day. I was frustrated, upset, just generally freaking out, but thankfully I've learned to have a conscious awareness of my thoughts and feelings, and actually manage them.

I could've continued being frustrated but that would have paved the way for more frustration via more situations that make me feel frustration. So instead I reached out to my twitter community and asked my friends there for some quick inspiration. I got what I needed (thank you!! you know who you are) and then my song "One of the Things" came into my head and I laughed at myself. I was then able to settle down and stop the downward spiral of a terrible day from happening. This is how the New Energy works. Things often don't go 'as planned' and also, even what you're intending for yourself might come in a strange package. But at the same time, our thoughts are manifesting with much more speed and there is lots of light and assistance for us.

This New Energy is not like what we were all starting to get used to.If you're sensitive or a Lightworker (healer, psychic, intuitive etc.)you've probably noticed the recent shifting energies. For me it began the night of Obama's victory. I could feel the global energy so intensely it was undeniable. But there has been even more of a shift since then. We've been given a chance to consciously let go of whatever is left that is holding us back from the joy we all deserve. That's what that 11:11 Light Attunement will help you to do.

There's more...

If you know me and my music even a little, you know I'm not about just making cool music or performing for entertainment purposes. Everything I do has spiritual significance and I am blessed to have been able to connect to my purpose as a child and now as it evolves. I have been just bubbling with inspiration and being shown what to do to assist you through my gifts in the best way possible for the highest good, and here is what has come...

I haven't been guided as to how to present it to you yet but I have received another Attunement and there is a painting that has come with it. It is not gentle like the 11:11 one. It's very direct and powerful, which is why I am awaiting "instructions" from Spirit, on how to present this to you. When the path of this new healing gift comes clear, I will let you all know.

Until then, may you be blessed with kindness, love & joy!

-Brenda MacIntyre, Medicine Song Woman
http://www.reverbnation.com/brendamacintyre

Light is Leading the Way

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:01:00 +0000

I've got some messages coming through to me after reading my email from SpaceWeather.com. According to SpaceWeather.com a new sunspot is emerging, we have the biggest and brightest Full Moon of 2009 happening this Sunday (which I just took this photo of) and a comet is doing a flyby, which we may be able to see even without a telescope some time in February (if you have a telescope, you can see it now).

My first thought was that Full Moon ceremony in the Ojibwe tradition is about letting go, completing a cycle, gathering the women, celebrating our light and connection to Grandmother Moon and each other as women, and honouring our water.

What is coming to me now is that this particular Full Moon in January 2009 is about renewal. It's about letting go of the last vestiges of whatever it is that may still be holding us back from being fully true to ourselves, fully connected to Source/All That Is, fully connected to our own spirit.

Lightworkers (healers, psychics, sensitives etc.) have been experiencing this renewal process intensely on many levels, as Mother Earth is undergoing a powerful transformation. 2008 was an intense, challenging year for many of us, because anything we've repressed or ignored began coming up for us. This can manifest as extremely unpleasant situations, dis-ease or any array of things orchestrated on our behalf to make us downright angry or depressed. All the emotions being loosened and brought up need to be released from our energy field.

Not an easy task, emotional release. There can be years of layers of emotional trauma hiding away from our consciousness and bringing it up can cause more pain temporarily. But there is so much hope on this front.

With this being the brightest, biggest Full Moon of the year, we are being given a final chance to let go of old negative self-limiting habits, ideas, thoughts, feelings before we turn our full attention on this New Earth Energy.

I encourage you to find a special way to celebrate yourself, how far you've come, what you really love about yourself, all you are grateful for, during this Full Moon period.

It doesn't matter who you are. If you are human, you are nearly completely made of water, which means you're affected by the pull of the Full Moon. Grandmother Moon has come this close to Mother Earth to allow all of us, no matter where we are at in our personal development, to connect and allow Her to pull away what we no longer need.

Along with the Full Moon has come a sunspot. Interesting how a little darkness is so noticeable on such a bright star, isn't it? As we shine our lights more brightly, the stuff we need to release becomes more visible and clear to us.

It is very important now to notice what is coming up to be released and allow it to be pulled away from our energy fields. This is how we will be able to hold more light and be more attuned to the New Earth Energy.

Notice when you feel angry or upset. Be silent in and with yourself for a few moments when these feelings come up or when outside situations and people seem to be "getting in your way" or "making you feel bad." These people and situations are simply messengers, bringing to the light unresolved energies to which you are still attached.

It would appear that the comet has come in conjunction with this Full Moon to show us there is a light leading the way. It will continue its journey close to Earth into February. Once we let go of enough of what no longer serves us to feel some palpable relief, we can look forward to those empty spaces within us to be filled up with Light. That means more joy, happiness, "lightness", "enlightenment" and many of us will be glowing from the inside out.

Want a Light Attunement?
On January 7th, 2009 at 11:11, during a global meditation to do with the World Gratitude Gathering, I channeled a Light Attunement. It is a healing chant to assist you with bringing up and letting go of old self-limiting energy, connecting with the New Earth Energy and allowing Light to flood your being. For a FREE Light Attunement, visit www.brendamacintyre.com/light

When I get these healing chants coming through me, I record them as they come. That means when you listen to an Attunement, you're getting the benefit of the energy coming down through me as I sing it into existence. I don't edit the song except for sound quality, so what you hear is the Attunement exactly as it came to me in the moment.

May the Light Lead You,
Brenda MacIntyre, Medicine Song Woman
www.brendamacintyre.com

New Beginnings

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:30:00 +0000

January 5, 2009

Happy New Year to everyone!

The image to your left is a painting I did called "Alive." Today, my first day back in gear after the holidays, I'm not quite feeling as alive as I will when I get used to getting up at 5:45am again. But I'm definitely feeling like 2008 has been a huge transformation and like the woman in the painting, I'm emerging and readying my wings for new flight.

Well, I still can't believe 2008 is gone. It's been quite a year. In numerology, adding up both numbers gives you 10, which is about completion. If you just count the 8, it's about change. I believe that about covers last year. And I just realized that 2009 makes 11, the number of ascension. Talk about new beginnings! But also, 11 comes down to 2, which is about balance, especially of Self. I don't know much about numerology, but it seems to me this is right on target.

We need balance in order to move forward.

Believe me, I know. I re-injured my knee about a week ago, a day or 2 before New Year's Eve. Try walking without balance - it doesn't work too well. It's a pattern and I am hoping I can release it this time, but I know it's about both of these things: balance and moving forward. It's also about "the fall" - things I no longer need are falling away from me so that what I desire and am ready for can flow right in. I fell down the stairs - not a whole staircase, just enough steps to not be able to catch myself before my knee went into the railing and bent too far forward. Ouch. But... I'm thankful for my knee. I know it is a messenger for me, telling me it's time to move forward and leave behind what no longer serves my higher purpose, and to take good care of myself.

I applied to 2 different arts grants a while back and got back the results for both over the holidays. I got neither one and honestly was shocked, especially for the one I've been successful with in the past. I've been turning this around to keep my mind positive, telling myself this only means the money will come from somewhere else to complete my projects. Part of me believes it and part of me is still skeptical, so I keep turning it around and turning it over to Source. And I began my 2nd project, which for now consists mostly of painting. Still working on my 1st one, which is the album that will come out this spring.

I have wanted a wall unit ever since I moved into this place, because I had been unable to bring the one I had into this apartment due to its weight and dimensions. Someone told me about Freecycle and so I joined the yahoo group for my city a couple of weeks ago. I began giving things away immediately and the responses were quick and abundant! I knew I'd need a ride and people to help me move things into my apartment, so I let a few pieces of furniture slip by that I saw on the Freecycle list. After a lot of clearing and re-organizing in here, I really could feel my desire for a wall unit growing.

A day later, I had a friend over and when I told her about Freecycle, she immediately offered to help me, saying she had a van! Yesterday I got my wall unit - and a t.v. to go with it - all for FREE. Then I realized I needed a component to make the DVD player work, so I sent a request to Freecycle. Within less than 30 minutes, someone responded with exactly what I need.

My gratitude is flowing.

My knee has been getting better too, and much more quickly than before. My neighbour helped me get groceries, my daughter has been doing the laundry for me and I've been in a space of consciously allowing myself to receive whatever is coming.

I've also been acting on inspiration.

A few days ago, I was channel-surfing and could not find one thing to watch that I hadn't already seen. It was all reruns, news (read: negative news), reality shows and other stuff I don't care for. I turned to my daughter and said, "you want the internet and I'm sick of what's on t.v. If I cut off cable, I could get you the internet." Her eyes got wide and she immediately and excitedly said "YES!" She does all kinds of creative art online and enjoys her time on there, but I can't let her use my computer too much because it is mostly for my work.

The thing is, I use the t.v. as a crutch. When I eat, when I feel bored, when I want to hear something in the background, or when I tell myself I want to relax... I turn on the t.v. I could be using that time to meditate, visualize, read, listen to music or even just go into my imagination and let it flow. Funny how after I made the decision to get rid of cable, I got calls from 2 good friends who both live out of town and were visiting here. So I got to have my good friends over (courtesy of my knee - I still couldn't go anywhere). So one more step forward, and letting go one more thing that's holding me back from connecting more fully to Source and my inner Source.

I don't know what this year will hold for me - I don't even know what this day will hold for me - but I am intending to feel better and better, seek and find what makes me feel good, and open wide to receive it.

Love, Light & Harmony,
Brenda

Return of the Light

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:46:00 +0000

Above is a photo I took of my daughter sledding. Whenever she is laughing, spirit orbs come and delight in her laughter. An abundance of orbs showed up, so much so that you can see some of them bright and clear without sizing up the picture!

Today the sun was showing off in a bright blue sky as if to say "Here comes the light!" On the darkest night of the year here in Toronto Canada, I wish you a Joyful Solstice and beautiful new beginnings for 2009!

As I sent greetings to my myspace friends, it struck me that this will be a Winter Solstice not to be forgotten and I was compelled to write what came to me. This time of year is about the return of the light... the sunlight plus a plethora of meaningful sparks of light depending on your traditions. But tomorrow is a signpost of more light to come, as well as a landmark to say just how far we have already come.

Amazing things are happening. Terrible things are happening. But most importantly, we are truly beginning again as a people. We as a human race - and as individuals - have reached many milestones along the way and have many more to come, but I want to take a moment to recognize how far we all have come, no matter who you are.

We may have had - and still be having - seemingly insurmountable challenges. Some of us have gone through very dark moments or might still be living a dark moment right now. This is all part of the return of the light.

Not only is Mother Earth at the end of a season and beginning of another but we are also at the end of a very long season and entering a new way of living.

Change is uncomfortable for most of us. We feel our foundations crumbling underneath our feet. Nothing seems to work any more. People we love have walked away, or we have walked away from them. The economy - especially courtesy of media hype - seems to point to disaster, while strange climate aberrations abound. But there is so much hope now.

Light truly is coming, and becoming more and more powerful.

I invite you to take a Meditation Moment, a 5 minute stress-melting gift of relaxation and healing from me to you and your friends. Just listen in the audio player on this page.

I am posting a new one for each week in December, so if you have more time, scroll down in the audio player to see the others I've posted. It's FREE for everyone.
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For the light to return to us, we need to keep the inner fire burning. I'm talking about our connection to our own spirit - to who we truly are. It is more important than ever to be true to who you are. As we are becoming more and more en-light-ened, letting go of what holds us down is a natural part of this process. If you feel like you're in a tailspin, just let go. It is time to allow your highest good to come to be. The more you can let go of the need to control your outcomes, the easier and more beautiful your transformation will be.

I'm speaking from experience here. In my reality, things are far from where I want them to be... but I have learned that when I am able to pause long enough to step outside of my stressed out ego, I can then let go more easily. And when I let go more easily of old behaviours, beliefs and thoughts, I experience miracles. Take last night for example.

I sang at a benefit just as our worst blizzard this year was dying down. We were under a foot of snow by then, with dangerous driving conditions and delays everywhere. And yet... the organization raised the most they've ever raised for Anduhyaun Native women's and children's shelter.

The turnout was just wonderful and a sense of openness, love and compassion filled the room as people came in and started dancing. Even after huffing and puffing through the snowstorm with sore muscles and a migraine leftover, waiting several minutes for the bus, and forgetting my water, when I sang, my voice was crystal clear and people's grateful comments let me know they experienced healing and spirit connection through the sharing of my gifts.

Any time things seem to be going horribly, we have an opportunity to do or say something that makes us feel joy, lightness and gratitude. We all have choice.

We can choose to transform anything in our lives into light. We can choose to pause for a moment before we say or do something hurtful. We can choose to pay deep attention and respect to our loved ones and really connect on a deep level, from spirit to spirit.

We can choose to be light and in so choosing, we feel physically lighter. We can choose to open our hearts and minds in any situation. And we can choose to be in the company of those whose shining light ignites our own.

My hope for you at this time is that you feel your inner light shining so brightly that you burst into the widest smile, you feel the warmth growing from within you and that suddenly all that is good turns its attention to you, flooding you with even more love and joy that you then radiate outward.

Miigwech, Thank You and Blessings of Abundance, Joy and Harmony to you,
Brenda, Medicine Song Woman
http://brendamacintyre.com/moment

Synchronicity & Healing

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:55:00 +0000

I just love synchronicities. This one just stopped me in my tracks with my jaw dropped, literally. Check this out...

I'm surfing on myspace and I just opened a second page in a different window to see someone's profile. I'm also listening to my favorite positive reggae radio station using winamp.

All of a sudden the second profile's music player starts up - but I thought it was some ambient singing from the reggae radio station. What are the odds that the two songs would completely mesh???

The David Bowie song on the myspace profile was in exactly the same tempo as the reggae song. That in itself is amazing! Well, that's not all. The songs stayed in the exact same KEY as well! The chords were all working together and it sounded like this amazing reggae song with David Bowie wailing over it. Even Bowie's vocals were coming in at appropriate musical moments for the reggae song!

I only write in this blog when I feel inspired and passionate about doing it, and it's always moments like these that get me inspired.

Now, I don't want you to miss out on this...
I've put my Spirit Connection CD on sale for only $11.11 for the whole month of December. You can also choose to download the whole album for only $4.99! Check it out at http://brendamacintyre.com/moment and take a Meditation Moment while you're there.

How are you handling all the immense changes?

The past few weeks have been about re-integration, not just for me but globally. A lot is happening worldwide and if we can go above the physical appearances of things, we can begin to notice what else is going on and get through things much more easily.

How I've experienced re-integration is in a few waves. I had a wave of uncertainty and a sort of displaced sense of unfounded fear for about a week. I had to focus carefully on positive thoughts to feel okay. Everything felt like it was falling apart for me once more - not a pretty feeling.

After that, I spent some time for about a week doing much less than usual, to allow an energy healing to take place for me. I could feel a sweet, gentle presence and cool breeze, definitely female and very caring, working on a certain area of my energy system several times a day. This spirit helper continued working on me for that week, especially whenever I felt overwhelmed or sore or anxious. Thankfully I was already in a state of allowing, so I relaxed into it every time.

One morning as I sat here working, I realized I hadn't felt her presence, and I missed it. She did come to help me two more times, and then she left. I don't think she's really gone though - it feels like she's still watching over me. I am so grateful for her presence and her assistance. While she was working on me, I would feel that cool breeze, a sense of inner warmth and caring, and the area she was working on would tingle until she was done. It was like I could feel her smiling.

A few days later, I began to notice my knees and feet were cracking as I walked, which I now know from experience is about "moving forward". But this time it is different.

What I have noticed more and more is that my whole body has been creaking and cracking, but not necessarily hurting... ever since that energy healing happened. I realized just about a week ago that my body is simply adjusting to the energy work done on me, as well as to the new energies brought in to Mother Earth.

An amazing gift that has come to me during the same time, is that I can suddenly heal my own headaches within minutes or sometimes even seconds of them appearing. I've had headaches and migraines all my life and now I seem to be able to just make them go away with my mind! I really didn't think it would be possible, because usually the pain is so severe or longlasting that I can't even focus on anything. But it is. It's happening!

It's difficult to explain how I do it but it has to do with focusing on the actual pain and getting my consciousness inside the pain, pinpointing it with my 3rd eye. I promise when I figure out how to teach it, I will share that with you. It's been life-changing for me, because now when I get a headache, instead of losing a whole day or week over it, I feel fantastic!

Back in March 2008 when I "gave up" and asked Source what the heck I was supposed to be doing, I learned an important lesson.

When faced with adversity, get into a mode of observing things, just noticing them without judgment. And when you get into a space of not knowing what to do or where to turn, connect with your spirit and ASK Source for help! And... accept that you are where you are and know that even if things seem awful, you still have control over how you choose to respond. In the response of acceptance, calm observation, spirit connection and openness, amazing things can happen! And you will feel better even just trying.

I've also received a lot of inspirations and will be offering new services for 2009. I'll share more about these as I develop them. My album is coming along beautifully and I hope to have that officially released by June 2009.

I'll be sharing more here for the Winter Solstice coming up very shortly but for now, have a joyous day!

Love, Light & Gratitude,
Brenda

Expressions of Gratitude & Amazement

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:18:00 +0000

Over the past 5 or 6 days, my life has been magical. Okay, I just checked my last blog and realized that it's been since November 17th, so actually 9 days! Wow!

Something inexplicable has occurred to propel me forward in a subtle yet powerful way.

Maybe it was the completion of the 42 days of cultivating gratitude at the World Gratitude Forum. Maybe it was that I did a lot of healing work for people in a short time. Maybe it was from reading Julia Rogers-Hamrick's daiy Easy World Power Thought every morning. Or maybe it was that I just gathered enough momentum from all the self-growth I've been doing.

Honestly, I think it was all of the above. The more I focus on cultivating gratitude and creating the life I want for myself, the more it happens. The more I allow Source energy / life force to flow through me, the more alive I feel and the more joy I experience.

Whatever happened, 9 days ago my reality changed for the better. It's not that I haven't had this happen for me before. But I've learned that when I celebrate the little things as well as the big things in my life that I appreciate, I open the door for more.

I just looked back at my gratitude list/journal for the past 9 days and beyond, and it's really quite amazing all I've accomplished and all I've been grateful for. In the midst of some pretty unpleasant stuff, I've been able to keep my main focus on things like sunlit snowy branches and giggles with my daughter.

The interesting thing is, the unpleasant stuff is diminishing and I find myself smiling all the time. And there is this amazing feeling I can hardly explain, if at all, that Abraham-Hicks describes as something like "experiencing the power that creates worlds." I'll give you an example.

Today in the recording studio, I was working on one of my favorite contemporary tunes, a sort of gospel-influenced acoustic number about being in the flow of Source energy. When it was time for me to record my more freestyle wailing parts for the song, something inside me just opened up. I was able to do some blues riffs with my voice that I've never done before, my voice picked up extra energy from somewhere and my inner experience was - well, it was light and lightness.

Yes, indescribable, truly - but I can't resist the desire to share it with you! I could feel a living energy rising from inside my solar plexus, like liquid light, rising up and out of my mouth in the form of sound. An amazing feeling. It was a feeling of total connectedness with Creator and my spirit, like a merging of all of me and All That Is, and a vocal expression of that connection.

The thing is, why I'm sharing this is because I know everyone can achieve this state! We all have special talents even if they are still hidden from our consciousness. And when we align with our true being, these talents spill out joyfully into the world. It's like a circular chain reaction. Our joyful self-expression creates more joy in us and around us and the joy continues to grow and spread.

I don't think I've experienced this quite the same for so long before. I do remember writing in my diary quite a few years ago about having a similar experience during a walk, but it sure didn't last for days on end!

So I want to end this with absolute gratitude, joy and a serenity that spreads into a wide smile and light in my eyes, hopefully to be reflected in your eyes and even further.

Thank you for reading my ramblings and I hope for you an equally awe-inspiring, unforgettable life-affirming positive experience... every day!

Love, Light & Gratitude,
Brenda MacIntyre, Medicine Song Woman

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Struck by Nature's Beauty

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:02:00 +0000

Have you ever been suddenly struck by the beauty of something created by Nature? The picture above doesn't do the real scene I observed justice at all, but I wanted to share with you what I saw...

I'm sitting here in my home office, looked out the window and was left speechless and motionless for a few moments as tears came to my eyes. Why?

We got quite a bit of snow yesterday and overnight, pretty much a blizzard or what the weather people refer to as a snow squall. But now, outside my window is a scene I wish my windows outside were clean enough to take a picture of.

I see a perfectly blue sky with a couple of tiny wispy clouds floating into view. To the left of that, the tops of two huge maple trees with just a few leaves clinging to the last bit of summer.

Branches in the top left corner of my window are coated in sunlit snow and I can't even put to words the true miracle of beauty I am witnessing. If you're a photographer even as hobby, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. It's just one of those "kodak moments", undeniably.

The past 3 days have been filled with miracles for me, and this is one more to add to my absolute delight.

Do you ever stop in the middle of the sidewalk and look up to see what's there? Can you hear the birdsong over the traffic? When my daughter was just 3 years old, she taught me to do this and now I do it all the time.

On many clear days, when there are just enough ice crystals and water vapour in the stratosphere, I see rainbows around the sun. I've even seen a triple one twice! I get to catch sight of a rainbow seconds after the rainfall. I'm the one walking in the rain with a smile. Why?

I have been looking up at the sky, listening to the sounds of nature even in the noisy city of Toronto, and looking at the ground with such great interest and intrigue that I can't help but know what will cause a rainbow and where to look. And I swear, sometimes Source just gifts me with a perfect picture such as this one. The moment is over for the glistening trees but it inspired me to write this so I can share with you the sheer glee we call can feel if we allow it.

Overwhelming waves of gratitude are washing over me now, just because I took a few moments out of my busy day to appreciate the glimpse of remarkable beauty that Nature has offered me.

Yes, now I'm ready to go give that Medicine Song Circle, offering traditional Aboriginal healing and and interactive drumming/singing/sharing circle to the community that has supported me for so many years now.

I can feel the life force coursing through me - and that is a magical feeling I will now carry into my healing work today.

To Creator/Source/All That Is...
Chi Miigwech! Many Thanks!

I urge you to take even 2 minutes out of your day after reading this to look up in the sky - and look at it as if you were at a famous museum viewing an incredible piece of art.

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If you're interested in the healing work I do, you can find out more at www.brendamacintyre.com/healing/

Have a magical day!

Love, Light & Gratitude,
Brenda MacIntyre, Medicine Song Woman

11/11 Gateway to Truth

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:39:00 +0000

If you're reading this, you probably feel or know a special significance to the number 1111. It is a gateway, to remind us to plug in to our spirit and believe that anything is possible. We can use it reach a connection with our true being and bring ourselves more into alignment with a fuller Self-expression.

I took this photo on the plane en route to Penticton, BC. Orbs are fascinating to me, and out of about 200 pictures I took from the plane, this is one of the few that shows any orbs. They remind me that energy is everywhere, all the time, and I also have learned that they only seem to show up at times when there is great joy and especially laughter. In other words... higher frequency energy.

Some are saying this 11/11 - November 11th, 2008 - holds further significance and is directly related to 8/8/8 - August 8th, 2008.

We keep getting so many wonderful influxes of new energy to help us in this global reality shift, so this doesn't surprise me. Also, I had written a recent Spirit-guided (the words came through my crown chakra like my songs do) blog entry that something big and positive was coming for us all between the beginning of Fall and early November. I later felt that by mid-November, we would be in the midst of it.

Because I don't watch the news or follow politics - and I'm Canadian - I didn't know when the American election was or anything much about the candidates, until an email list I'm on started generating a lot of hype about it in late October. Then I started paying a bit of attention.

When Barack Obama was elected president of the United States of America, I could physically feel the high frequency energy - the love and gratitude - of huge numbers of people radiating throughout the universal energy field. I asked my higher consciousness if this election was the 'big happening' I had written about, and the answer was yes.

I wrote in my private journal about it and right afterward, had the feeling that this was only a part of it. I can see that November 11th is also a part of this 'big happening'.

I would suggest that the window of time between now and November 11th will be a most amazing time to let go of lingering negative messages, self-doubt, fear, anger, or any self-limiting beliefs you may still hold. And from November 11th to 15th, focus on embracing your spirit... who you truly are. Do something that brings you joy! Think about all you're grateful for. Fill yourself with gratitude and love.

If you haven't yet, you might want to view my 888 videos here:

888 Part 1
888 Part 2

or sign up to my list (top right corner of this page) to get the full live mp3 recording of the 08/08/08 Awakening global healing event I did along with Kiernan Antares. It will help you attune yourself to these new higher frequency energies, and also help you let go of some of the negative energy (self-doubt, fear, anger) you may have accumulated. Participants of this event - both global and local - received positive benefits and felt more energized, refreshed, lighter and some even had beautiful spiritual experiences and/or visions.

This is a very special time for everyone on Mother Earth. While many use this day to remember the people who fought in the wars, I choose to change that focus and reserve my honouring of the ancestors for the traditional time of October 31st.

So this is still most definitely a Remembrance Day, but instead of a somber focus on our war-torn history, I choose to meditate and reflect on peace, love and gratitude.

At 11:11 am and pm, in your own time zone, I would suggest you take at least that minute to empty your mind, connect to your spirit and just breathe deeply. There are so many ways to meditate and perhaps in your area, there might even be a meditation group for this special time, but I do encourage you to connect in your own way at these times, or just any time you remember to, throughout the day.

If you like, listen to my song "Gateway to Truth" in the music player here at my blog (the right sidebar). You can also download it for FREE, right from the little music player. There is some information about the song in my last blog entry, to help you connect even more deeply and get more healing benefits from it.

Just imagine... you'll be joining thousands or perhaps millions of people who are praying or focusing on peace and our ascension to our higher frequency "new Earth" at this time.

Love, Light & Gratitude,
Brenda MacIntyre, Medicine Song Woman

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FREE NATIVE HEALING SONG

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:33:00 +0000

I just added a song to my MySpace profile. It's from my album Thunder Mountain Healing Songs. This is a pre-studio version, so you can download it for FREE.

*Please note that MySpace music players are still buggy, so I've uploaded the song also to my ReverbNation page. No need to sign up to access and download the song.

Enjoy! And please share this with anyone who might appreciate an uplifting moment of...

* releasing blockages from your throat chakra/energy centre
* connecting with your truth
* finding your voice

This song is a wordless chant sung with a Native hand drum. It came to me (Brenda MacIntyre, Medicine Song Woman) as a result of my journey to a women's water ceremony on Thunder Mountain, near Elliot Lake Ontario. There I received visions, healing and many songs and teachings, which carried on for weeks after I returned home.

This collection of songs is great for meditation. It's a blend of relaxation, rejuvenation and release, inspired by rain and thunder and given to Brenda (channeled) directly from the ancestors. It comes with an E-Book to help you get optimum healing benefits from each song.

More? http://brendamacintyre.com/thundermountain.html
To listen: http://myspace.com/brendamacintyre

Spiritual Lessons from a Kettle & a Grocery Store

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:14:00 +0000

Did you know that when your kettle is plugged in, but turned off, it's still tapped into the electrical current through its connection to the outlet?

A seemingly random question but keep it in mind for a moment.

I've been feeling sort of flat, levelled off, just kind of... here. It occurred to me when I was standing in the kitchen a moment ago that I've been feeling like a kettle that's plugged in but not turned on.

Check this out...

You know when you feel really drained and like things just aren't working out? That happens to us human beings when we are unplugged - from our spirit and Source/Creator/God. Not a great feeling, right?

Now imagine this...

You go to a retreat, or a great concert... or you do something else that just makes you feel amazing. How do you feel now? Don't you feel like that kettle after the switch is turned on? Bubbling up with energy? Don't you feel warm and like you're even heating up deep inside?

Well, I've been feeling like I'm somewhere in between. I have been feeling connected to my spirit for the past couple of weeks but I still felt like my light wasn't on - except for a few bursts of energy in between. It's been challenging for me to stay consistently positive and motivated.

That's what I mean about the kettle. It's like I was plugged into Source - and I do most often feel that connection - and yet, I couldn't find the ON switch to really shine.

I've been feeling like "What's next?" It's as if I've been standing in that one lineup at the grocery store. You know the one... it seems like the shortest but ends up being the longest. Finally you move to another one, thinking it will be quicker but the second you switch to that lineup, it stops moving and the checkout clerk calls for a price check. And then the line-up you left begins to move, right?

I think that's what happens to us sometimes... we get impatient and just when things are about to move, we look for another solution. You know what that is? It's us trying to take control of the flow of life force. And we can't. Not from that standpoint anyway.

Sometimes the best option is to just be... wherever you are on your journey. Just be. Sometimes energy needs to be released for us to get switched back on. Sometimes what we're waiting for really is just right around the corner, if only we could sit in acceptance long enough to catch our breath before the real ride begins!

Maybe all my energy was being stored up for the last 3 conferences I performed and spoke at. Or maybe Creator was putting together a special package for me and I needed to slow down to allow its creation... and to notice it when it comes!

Anyway, my switch has been turned back on, so to speak. Right after I got a call from a new healing client, I felt the wonderful familiar sensation of exuberant life force surging through my whole being. I LOVE that feeling and I know it can only happen when I'm plugged into Source and my spirit, which is the natural electrical pathway/circuit for human beings... but it's more than just having that connection.

You have to switch on the kettle to get the water to boil. You have to feel that connection to Source and your spirit.

And even if you know the connection is there - you have to activate the circuit between you, your spirit and Source. The switch needs to be turned on. And you do that by bringing joy, love, laughter, excitement and passion into your life... and sometimes by just waiting, listening within and letting yourself feel that connection as it arrives.

It's interesting that I was just on a teleclass by spiritual author Julia Rogers-Hamrick a couple of nights ago and now I feel the energy flowing like this. Not a coincidence.

In her teleclasses, Julia always leads us first in a guided meditation on "radiating love", which is so simple and so powerful. And now I can feel that I'm radiating love automatically! I encourage you to try it out. Julia has instructions in her lastest newsletter.

Now I don't want to promote leaving your appliances plugged in, because it actually does waste electricity. But what I will say is this...

Elder and healer Joanne Dallaire once said in a workshop, "Plug in" to your spirit. Julia Rogers-Hamrick said to "radiate love." Once you do those two things, you will feel better right away, plus it will get easier and easier every time.

Love, Light & Levity,
Brenda

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Gratitude and New Connections

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:16:00 +0000

Well, I'm having an interesting day. My printer starting spitting out pages like a wild thing and then my computer froze. After a shutdown there were still issues and now I can't get into the World Gratitude Gathering forum.

This is just plain weird! I feel like I'm being locked right out of my online little world. I do realize Mercury's in retrograde until October 15th, so I guess this is par for the course, but wow...

It's interesting that What's Up On Planet Earth just did an update that says it's time for everything new, as the old falls away (I'm paraphrasing here). Maybe the energies are clashing. Well, that's the story I'm going with for now.

Well, for the moment, Blogger is still working, thankfully, so before anything else goes whacko on my computer, I'm posting my gratitude list for the end of this day!

Tonight I am grateful for...

1. The opportunity to leave the city for 2 days
2. My manager's creativity and support
3. My daughter's undying patience with me
4. My friend who trades off childcare with me
5. The printing I already did before my printer crashed
6. My sanity... althought that's questionable at the moment ;)
7. Blogger still works for me, so I can post this here!
8. My "Easy Now" herbal tea for stress relief
9. My creative talents
10. That I made it through today even though it's been frustrating
11. And you... anyone who is reading this blog - Thank You!

Love, Light & Gratitude,
Brenda

Brenda MacIntyre, Medicine Song Woman
416.519.SONG (7664)

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Twitter: www.Twitter.com/healingsinger
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Native Roots/Soul Artist | Healer | Speaker
:: Number ONE Canadian Artist on MySpace.com in Roots & Neo-Soul
:: Nominee, Best Hand Drum CD, Aboriginal People's Choice Awards 2007
:: 2007 Aboriginal Businesswoman of the Year
:: Author of the forthcoming book "Medicine Song"

MANAGEMENT:
Elka S. Yarlowe
The Yarlowe Group Artist Management
Classical, Jazz, and World Music Artists of International Distinction
1.778.327.9884
604-2323 West 2nd Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6K 1J4 Canada