Reminder

Remember when I said blog posts were probably going to be pretty erratic during August? Turns out that was right. Another busy long weekend on the way.

E-mail tarot readings won't change, so don't hesitate to send your order. There are fewer total appointments available, but you can still contact me to schedule phone, private or party tarot readings or holistic health consults. After the family needs and tarot orders are cleared, then I can blog, but no promises.

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Martial Arts Weekend

I think one of the big advantages of psychic work, intuition development, and tarot readings is the way it helps reduce stress.

Much as I like doing readings, there is no avoiding the other parts of the health and stress reduction trinity... let's face it, body is part of the mind-body-spirit paradigm. Tarot helps take care of mind and spirit. Both of those things work better as part of a healthy physical self. And that means exercise.

Yep...I hate the stuff sometimes. The old school Naturopaths were right...the key is finding something physically active that you actually like and enjoy, and DO it. 

Like I pointed out over on the "Vampire Diet" blog, speed, strength, and movement has always been part of the vampire lore and legend. The Twilight vampires played baseball. Edward loved to run. The Volturi were described as more vital than the Romanians who never seemed to move. Speed and strength have always been part of vampire lore and legend. They move. They exercise. To be healthy, so should we. 

I personally love martial arts, specifically Chinese styles like Wushu, and Taijiquan. (If you think tai chi isn't exercise - you aren't doing it right). Since having a stroke, this kind of exercise has been challenging, and damn near impossible. But you adapt. Whatever your ability, whatever your interest...doing something is way better than doing nothing, whatever your something may be.

It's martial arts weekend at our house. Our teacher will be staying here with us, so I'll be busy with other things for a bit. Regular posts will resume on Monday. Have a great weekend! I hope you get the opportunity to DO something you live to do.

Master Nick Gracenin will be teaching in Pittsburgh, PA on August 18, 2012

Two workshops will be available: Qi Gong at 10 am and Bagua at 11 am. 

Location: 1240 Washington Road, Mount Lebanon (Unitarian Universalist Church at Sunnyhill)

One workshop is $40, or take both for $70

Please call Dr. David Clippinger to register 412-480-9177

Master Gracenin is an internationally known martial artist. He has medaled in world competition as part of the United States Wushu and Tai Chi teams, studied at Beijing University of PE, and was named Inside Kung Fu's Hall of Fame Man of the Year among many, many more achievements. To learn more about Master Gracenin, please visit www.dctaichi.com.

2004 U.S. Wushu Union Internal Division National Champion Jon Snow, of Pittsburgh, will also be in attendance. To learn more about Coach Snow, please visit www.teamsnow.co

For a brief explanation of Qigong and how it can help health, please visit www.RondaSnow.com and click the "Qigong" link to the right of the home page.

Today's Tarot - 2 of coins

Ebb and flow, a balance of opposites: it isn't just healthy, it is alive


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mind, body, intuition connection

Intuition is like any of our mental functions....it is connected to physical well-being.

Intuitive work, in turn, can help physical health by easing stress and expressing spirituality for overall balance of mind-body-spirit in harmony.

Intuition is a normal, natural part of mental function, and needs the same things as memory, language, math and so many others...proper sleep, healthy diet, proper exercise (both physical and mental work-outs)

Wishing you vibrant health and sparkling intuition to match!

Baihu

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“The male/female energies within oneself, once balanced, carries over to all affairs of the heart”…Joy Star of www.psychicjoystar.com

That is just like my teacher, Joy. She can put in a sentence things I barely articulate in a page. This is exactly what I was babbling about in the ‘how to find your soulmate’ post.

Once you are whole, balanced and happy in and of yourself…then you are able to be balanced, strong, loving and supportive of someone else. Once you are balanced, healed, and whole within yourself, then you are ready for a soulmate, and will attract them into your life as they attract you into theirs.

Just a quick reminder that blog will be offline for the G-20 summit. E-mail readings are still available no appointment needed, but there may be a 24 hour delay or so due to the summit. Full details available at www.modern-oracle-tarot.com. I’ll be writing blog posts offline next week – so look forward to some longer posts after the G-20. Welcome to Pittsburgh G-20!

FAQ - why don't you do psychic medical readings or take madical questions?

Have a GENERAL question about how psychics, intuitives, Tarot or other oracles work? Send them to:

faq@modern-oracle-tarot.com

Your question will be answered in a reply e-mail and as a blog entry. The blog answer will be in the archives for your future reference - all blog Q & A is anonymous and will not identify you. NO personal questions or reading requests will be answered from this mailbox.

Here is an example from my KINDLE blog:

Q: Why don't you do medical readings?

A: Remember that old saying “Jack of all trades, master of none?”

There is a little bit of specialization in any profession. Some car mechanics have a knack for transmissions, while others have a talent for electrical systems. Some fashion designers work in chocolate, others work for J.C. Penny….you get the idea.

The psychic world has its specialities too. Some of us are mediums, and can communicate with crossed over loved ones very easily. Some psychics work with criminal cases, some don't. Some are very flamboyant for people who need drama to hear their message. Some of us are more no-nonsense for those who need a low key approach to be comfortable.

Medical readings is one of those specialties. Ironically, I don’t do medical readings because I have a strong medical background. If if someone asks that sort of question I automatically click out of “intuition mode” and go right into "clinical-logic mode". For example I am often asked if a couple will get pregnant soon or the gender of the baby if someone is expecting. CLICK! My first thought is about serum hcgs, and sonograms and all sorts of nice scientific stuff.

Sometimes a distinct physical sensation comes to attention during a reading (see mud vs marinade part 2 to see what I mean by “attention”)…if that happens, I will describe it to the person exactly as I get the sensation with NO medical interpretation. At the very most, I’ll just in a very general way ask them to please take good care of their health and consult a health professional for any physical concerns .

Which begs the question…do I think medical readings are valid?

When it comes to health and medicine, I am Holistic through and through. I think the person’s intuition about their health has a strong place in their health care…like the person who feels something is wrong, even if modern science can’t find anything, or a person who on a deep level knows they need a different treatment…all of that is absolutely valid in my opinion.

But should a person be diagnosed or treated according to a “psychic” diagnosis or reading? Personally, I don’t buy it - even if it wasn't illegal to diagnose and practice medicine without a license.

After working with cards since 1992, and doing hundreds and hundreds of readings over time…the intuitive information is just too symbolic and personalized to be useful in consistent, trustworthy medical way. The best way to use intuition in medicine is to:

1. follow your own intuition about your health. If you think something isn’t right, keep talking, keep asking questions, keep learning until you find an answer. If you keep getting the same answer over and over, though, you might want to re-think and check for denial. Denying a problem doesn’t make it go away. Listen to your heart. You’ll know when other people are right too….
2. keep a healthy spirituality in conjunction with a healthy mind and body. Psychic readings is a wonderful tool for that…to learn and grow as a person, as well as expressing your spiritual beliefs.

Carolyn Myss works as a medical psychic. You can read more about this topic in her books. I tend to take some of her work with a grain of salt, admittedly. This is just my opinion, but her books seem to try SO hard to make her intuitive work acceptable to the Judeo-Christian mainstream that she looses her real message in the process. I’ve never met her individually…that is just my perception of her first couple of books.

Of course THE person to study would be Edgar Cayce. His volume of work is huge..I don’t know his accuracy or success rate, but he is by reputation the authority when it comes to such things. If you want to learn more about medicine, health and psychics, you might want to start withhttp://www.edgarcayce.org.

They know much more on the issue of medical psychics than I can offer you here.

Thanks for your question!