I’m looking for some guest features for this blog!  One of the original reasons I started it was to have a meeting place for all cross sections of spirituality.  I feel that the more we share and interact, the more we grow.  It is more important now than ever that we begin to build sacred space everywhere.  The world around us is changing quickly and when we being to not only explore the depths of our own path, it is important that we also share with others.  You do not have to be a professional blogger, but I do ask that the submissions reflect an aspect of your spiritual journey.  Topics can include: your spiritual path, pathworking, magick/paganism, psychic work, mediumship, paranormal experiences, poems, songs, shadow work, lessons learned through spirituality, astrology, and this list goes on.  If you have an idea and would like to discuss if it would be a fit for Soul Interaction, just drop me a line and we’ll go from there.  Thank you for taking time to read this blog, and for helping to make it grow!  

My contact email is:  michael@michaelbrazell.com

Love and Light

Michael A. Brazell CFT CSN MAT PAT

www.michaelbrazell.com

www.deviantyogi.com (all things yoga)

New post is up on my Deviant Yogi blog.  We often forget the subtle elements that make up the entirety of our practice.  I’ll be posting all things yoga, magick, and the intersection of the two.  So, be sure to subscribe!  I’ll be posting some delicious yoga videos for those of you that might want to add some “home practice”.

www.deviantyogi.com

 

Journey into a new experience: My Book, My Path and My Journey.

This is from my other blog.  I am writing up my book, moving in new directions, and looking for help in anchoring in the energy.  Subscribe to www.deviantyogi.com

When most of us first step onto our divine space we do so hoping to get somewhere.  We begin by planing seeds that we hope will take shape as we water them our love, and shine our light into our inner being.   We move through our practice building momentum and we move, but where are we moving towards, and how do we gauge our growth in that space?  As a yoga teacher I have the joy of watching my students grow into their practice.  They show up, they try, they challenge themselves, and then the inevitable statement: “But I don’t feel like I’m making progress” echos from the depth of someone’s being.  Often times we engage in practice without a goal.  Ascending might be a tough goal to try to reach for tomorrow (but if you are able to do it, send us an astral email and let us know about all the cool restaurants).   The idea is that when we move without having a plan, we may find it harder to gauge where we are on our scale of growth.  Is your goal to begin a physical practice?  Is your goal to do a ritual you have never tried?  Having something to drive towards is our first step in moving towards growth, the next step is growing into new roles within your practice, community, or connection.  Students eventually become teachers, teachers become mentors, and we move into greater states of connection and learning.  As our practice evolves, it is up to us to also evolve and to grow.  We have to reach our arms up towards divinity and let the light move us forward into greater states of movement.  When we grow, we make space for those coming down the road behind us to step into new position.

Where is your growth currently?  What are you striving towards?  What is the next step/phase/position that you are moving towards? What seeds are you planting in your life?

 

Michael A. Brazell CFT CSN MAT

www.michaelbrazell.com

michael@michaelbrazell.com

Coming into alignment.   In order for us to be better aligned in all areas of our lives, we have to be sure our physical body is in alignment.  We can do this by strengthening our core, and using better posture.  Even the foods we eat can either bring us into center, or shift us off balance.  Right now, check to see where your shoulder are (are they rounded forward/slouching/raised), now take a deep breath bring the heart center forward and feel the physical body aligning itself.  I’ll post a video on this later this week as it’ll make more sense if you can see the process, but I wanted to ping all of you to start being aware of how you sit, stand and move.  Fitness is aligning ourselves at all times, not just in the workout arena, or behind the computer.  Take a water hose for instance, the more bends it has in it, the less the water can move through it.  Poor posture, core strength and poor nutrition can keep energy from moving through you and into your great work.  Take an inventory right now of food, situations, and times you feel “less aligned”.

Be sure to check out my yoga blog: The Deviant Yogi: Journey of a Yoga Witch  Ill be posting articles on balance, core, and meditations to bring your temple into greater alignment with the spirit.

Did anyone get the licence plate on the bus?!

There is crazy energy in the air.  We are going through several retrograding plantes, solar flares, and season changes.  So, what does one do during all the craziness?

We change!

Change and growth really are the theme of the year, and I’m also going to be making some big changes to my blogs, my website, and just to lots of things in general.  I’m working towards taking things to the next level.  My goal is to be of greater service to everyone.  I’m focusing my time, my energy and breaking through stagnation.

Here are a few upcoming changes:

Soulinteraction.com (this site that you are currently reading):  Is going to still be the hub for all things spiritual.  I’ll be posting:

• Book Reviews
• channeling/Daily Readings
• Predictions
• Vblogs regarding some of the changes coming up
• Pagan Blog Project Posts
• Guest posts from psychics, pagans, activists, and those involved in the community.

Deviantyogi.com  This will be the hub for all things Yoga, Spirituality of Fitness, and more edgy spiritual discussions:

• Yoga Videos and Online Classes hosted by ME!
• Spirituality of Fitness Tips, Routines, and Diet Plans
• Intersection of Yoga and my love for Hoodoo
• Articles on my combination of these two very different traditions
• Recipes and ordering information for my Yogic Blends/Oils

www.michaelbrazell.com:  This is my main site. I’ll be updating my appearances, classes, upcoming events, and news.  You can also submit payment for readings, sessions, and classes through this site.  It also gives a run down of many of the classes and services that I offer.

 

That’s just a few things that are in the works.  Here is my current class schedule for the DC Area:

Weekly:

Mondays and Fridays 9:30 AM:  Hatha Yoga (75min class) at Golden Heart Yoga DC.   Click to get directions and to come out for a class. (Cost 15.00/drop in)

Mondays 6:30 PM: Bears Do Yoga (60 min class).  This class is FREE and open to all those in that want to share in the local yogic community.  LGBTQS Friendly, and is a mixed level class.

Tuesdays and Thursdays starting in April I’ll be teaching a 6:30am Sunrise Yoga class at Golden Heart Yoga DC.  See above for link.

Monthly:

March 30th:  Soul Interaction Meetup Group.  We will be having an engaging soul based meditation followed by lessons in channeling and mediumship.  Click the link to join the group and to get information on class location

April 28th: Reiki Class at Sacred Circle Books in Old Town Alexandria.  Call 703-299-9309 to register or for more information

 

Stay tuned… More to come!

 

Mike Brazell CFT CSN MAT PAT

 

 

We are in a world that rushes from one place to the next.  We are in the constant ebb and flow of the world around us.  We have deadlines, commitments, schedules and technology constantly pinging us.  Very often the divine is also trying to reach through our hectic experience to offer blessing, or guidance.  If we do not take time to slow down, very often we miss these messages.   This is a time where we have to be sure we are taking time to breathe.  We seldom even make time to just be in the presence of our own light as we rush along through the day.  Taking a moment to fully come into consciousness of one single breath can make a big difference.  When we rush, we often also fall.   We end up in situations that are not ours, and we end us using phrases like “I knew I should not have done that”.  Of course we did, but we were going faster than our intuition could grab us, and we were not able to hit the breaks in time.

If you feel like you are rushing through this life, slow down and enjoy it.  Take a moment to be kind to yourself and listen for those messages from spirit.   The intuition is the best guidance system we have, and it holds a much clearer map than we have.  Take a moment to just sit, breathe, and be conscious.

Michael Brazell CFT CSN MAT PAT

www.michaelbrazell.com

michael@michaelbrazell.com

This was a tough week for me to find something that would work with the letter “f”.   For me this work really exemplifies how I live my spiritual practice.  Freedom is also word that in invoked constantly in regards to group religious practice, but I want to take it a step deeper.  Do you give yourself “freedom” within your own practice?  Are you rigid in your structure, or do you allow yourself the freedom to mess up, or do you feel that the little statue is going to jump up and slap you for calling quarters in the wrong order?

When I first started yoga as my practice, I felt that I had to do it exactly like my teacher did it.  I thought that I had to follow someone else’s prescription for how my body was supposed to move, be, and connect.  My yoga at that point was someone else’s practice.  One day I decided to just put on some yoga music, and to just let the divine move me through my posture practice.  I knew that some of what I was doing was not how my teacher had instructed, but I felt a sense of freedom.  My body could adjust into the asana (yoga postures) in the way it was supposed to, not how someone else is supposed to.  Now as a teacher, I try to teach my students “the yoga of imperfection”.   We are where we are, and we are all far from perfect.  Allow ourselves freedom to evolve our practice, to let go and to be somewhat free in action, and connection moves us forward.

Breaking our own molds can be tough.  Evolving our practice is not a disrespect to our teachers, our paths, or to the divine.  Without evolution new ideas are not formed.  The one thing to keep in mind is to cause no harm to self or others, and ground yourself in the evolutionary practice.  An easy thing to start with is meditation.  If you feel that meditation can only be done sitting, do a dancing practice.  If you feel a ritual can only be done one way, try it using different energies.

Have fun with your path, and take freedom to the heart.  Allow yourself to open to your mistakes, to your fallibility… it is what truly makes us divine.

Here are your Tuesday Spiritual Fitness and Nutrition Tips!

Fitness:  Try something new!  The seasons are finally starting to change, and as it warms up its time to get ourselves back in gear.  Break free from old patterns by trying something new and different.  Shaking up our routines a bit can make things interesting and open us up to possibilities within our fitness path.  Trying group fitness classes, doing a trial at a gym if you’ve never done one, taking a dance class, getting a fitness oriented video game, or my personal favorite–Any DVD by Jillian Michaels.  Even just getting outside and exploring, taking a longer route to work, or even sitting outside for meditation instead of doing it all inside.  Deepen your connection to your path by trying something you’ve never done before.  Start by making a small list of things you might want to try, and begin at the top and work your way down!  Look for free events where possible, and many gyms/studios/etc offer discounted trials and drop in rates.

Nutrition:  Try something new!  If you have never tried being vegetarian, give it a go.  If you are vegan, try raw.  If you are raw, well… try fruits and veggie combinations you might not have tried before.  No matter where we are we can take a step in new directions.  Look for the most unusual fruit you can find, sample it.  Look up the nutritional information for it, and thing of ways to integrate it into eating plan.  Adding one new fruit or veggie a week can spice up your diet, and it gets the creative juices flowing.  Learning about the foods you are eating allows a deeper connection to them.

 

M. Brazell CFT CSN MAT PAT

www.michaelbrazell.com

michael@michaelbrazell.com