The Energy Season of Fire Element

Quality #5 - Protection

The quality of PROTECTION is energetically rooted in the Fire Element acupuncture meridian called The Heart Protector. It's sole job is to protect the heart and in doing so performs much like a sentry guard at the palace gate or the gate-keeper. All the other 11 meridians of our energy system count on this one to be able to do their own job function of keeping us happy, healthy and whole. If the Heart Protector falls down on the job the other meridians fall into chaos as well.

The heart protector helps us to take actions to keep ourselves safe and protected from harm - physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually and in relationship to others. When non coherent, we can feel alone, accident prone, we may mask our true feelings of hurt with laughter; we don't feel safe in close intimate relationships and may prefer to do without them.

When the Heart Protector is doing it's job the quality of PROTECTION is naturally regulating our thoughts and actions. We anticipate safety issues in our environment and make changes as necessary (wearing a mask in public, unplugging the iron, moving a sharp knife to a safe place on the counter, following the traffic signs for speed, caution etc). We avoid threatening situations and can trust our ability to discern if someone is trustworthy or not. In relationship, we trust ourselves to be vulnerable with our intimate partner. We are also able to face past traumas of closeness and intimacy and do the work of healing them often with a therapist or other healer.

Our Heart Protector regulates many decisions made throughout the day that keeps us safe. This quality of PROTECTION is activated energetically during the summer season. Take a few moments to reflect on your own quality of self-protection. Do you feel safe? Do you easily take safety precautions or take big risks to your safety? Are you able to trust who is good for you and who is not? .

What qualities of PROTECTION  do you resonate with? (and broadcast to others?)

Non Coherent Aspects - "I am accident prone."; "I distrust people."; "I get hurt"; or "I feel vulnerable, insecure and unprotected."

Coherent Aspects - "My immune system protects me"; "I feel safe and open with people."; "I am safe and accident free."

How will you use the energy of the Fire Element Season and the quality of protection to add to your positive life story where everything makes sense and you anticipate being at the beginning of something wonderful happening for you?

I have options to help you Improve your life story now!...

I have options to help! Use my (FREE) 5 Seasons repatterning series to boost your energy at any time... To boost your fire element energy for the quality of BALANCE  try the Summer Season Repatterning for the Fire element. Simply download the notes and use them to follow along with the video adding in your own answers. The hologram has anticipated you!

With light and love 

Carolyn Winter
Holographic Coach

The Energy Season of Fire Element

Quality #4 - Open-Heartedness

The HeartMath Institute claims that the frequency of our physical heart can project out into a room as much as 50 feet! Coupled together with the fire element quality of open-heartedness, this physicality of our hearts energy affects how we relate to other people well before we may have said anything to them! Being open-hearted, especially in the face of challenges, requires that we tap into our inner sense of unconditional love and forgiveness. It's a place that can require us to be vulnerable, and courageous as we radically accept what is for any given situation and reach for it's higher purpose for us. Sometimes, it challenges us to set aside our beliefs and values to provide the allowing and accepting others need from us. When we are open-hearted we easily seek to find the higher perspective that explains all and allows love to flow.

In the world of energy - love melts all negativity!

What we project from our heart is often mirrored in all of our relationships. When it is open and loving we can as easily say 'hello' and act considerately with strangers as we do warmly embracing a close friend. Our presence brings pleasure to everyone we meet.

How is your open heart reflected in your network of family, friends, neighbors and colleagues? Do you need to dial your hearts love up or down?

What qualities of OPEN-HEARTEDNESS  do you resonate with? (and broadcast to others?)

Non Coherent Aspects - "People reject me."; "People hurt me."; "I am overly serious in my relationships."; or "My heart feels closed to people."

Coherent Aspects - I enjoy people."; "People are drawn to me."; I enjoy fun and laughter in my relationships."

How will you use the energy of the Fire Element Season and the quality of open-heartedness to add to your positive life story where everything makes sense and you anticipate being at the beginning of something wonderful happening for you?

I have options to help you Improve your life story now!...

I have options to help! Use my (FREE) 5 Seasons repatterning series to boost your energy at any time... To boost your fire element energy for the quality of BALANCE  try the Summer Season Repatterning for the Fire element. Simply download the notes and use them to follow along with the video adding in your own answers. The hologram has anticipated you!

With light and love 

Carolyn Winter
Holographic Coach

The Energy Season of Fire Element

Quality #3 - Balance

Summertime's fire element energy comes with an internal thermostat - the quality of balance. This quality is regulated by our Triple Heater meridian line of energy, helping us to regulate our body temperature on the physical level. On emotional, mental and spiritual levels, balance regulates the quality of our relationships. When it is coherent we experience balanced giving and receiving, we balance our social time versus down time to recharge and we easily say 'yes' or 'no' to invitations for the use of our time so that our activities are aligned to our goals.

When our thermostat is out of whack we can find...ourselves being the one who always gives and never receives, or we are always the receiver with little to give. These positions will weaken our relationships with resentment by or power struggles with our givers or receivers. We may find ourselves partying too much, staying up too late and becoming chronically tired and de-energized.

Check in with your thermostat by reviewing your social calendar, your giving/receiving habits and the daily choices you are making. Are you maintaining the best temperature for you?

What qualities of BALANCE do you resonate with? (and broadcast to others?)

Non Coherent Aspects - "I have temperature imbalances.","I lose my mental equilibrium in relationship"; "In relationships I give more than I receive."; "In my relationships I take more than I give."

Coherent Aspects - "I have harmonious relationships."; "I experience balanced temperature in my emotional and mental states."; "In my relationships I balance my giving with receiving"

How will you use the energy of the Fire Element Season and the quality of Balance to add to your positive life story where everything makes sense and you anticipate being at the beginning of something wonderful happening for you?

I have options to help you Improve your life story now!...

I have options to help! Use my (FREE) 5 Seasons repatterning series to boost your energy at any time... To boost your fire element energy for the quality of BALANCE  try the Summer Season Repatterning for the Fire element. Simply download the notes and use them to follow along with the video adding in your own answers. The hologram has anticipated you!

With light and love 

Carolyn Winter
Holographic Coach

The Energy Season of Fire Element

Quality #2 - Compassion

The quality of compassion is considered to be a primary principle of human flourishing. According to the organization "Charter of Compassion"  compassionate people tend to...

• live longer
• are less depressed
• have less cognitive decline
• experience less cardio vascular disease, and
• have fewer medical visits among a long list of positive findings.

When we exercise compassion, we become less rigid, willing accept gray areas in life and consequently our judgments are less critical and more understanding. We become likelable because our very presence can bring a sense of calm and acceptance among a group of people. 

We must first learn to exercise compassion for ourselves cultivating the art of naming and letting go of our regrets, as well as appreciating our daily accomplishments, learning and insights.   

What qualities of COMPASSION do you resonate with? (and broadcast to others?)

Non Coherent Aspects - "I do not understand another's suffering.","My heart is closed."  "What's in it for me?"

Coherent Aspects -  "I bring compassion to all my relationships."; " I exercise compassionate judgement with awareness and caring intent."; I feel for others' suffering while maintaining my sense of self."; "I choose compassion over criticism."

How will you use the energy of the Fire Element Season and the quality of Compassion  to add to your positive life story where everything makes sense and you anticipate being at the beginning of something wonderful happening for you?

How will you use the energy of the Fire Element Season and the quality of Compassion to add to your positive life story where everything makes sense and you anticipate being at the beginning of something wonderful happening for you?

I have options to help! Use my (FREE) 5 Seasons repatterning series to boost your energy at any time... To boost your fire element energy for the quality of COMPASSION  try the Summer Season Repatterning for the Fire element. Simply download the notes and use them to follow along with the video adding in your own answers. The hologram has anticipated you!

With light and love 

Carolyn Winter
Holographic Coach

The Energy Season of Fire Element Quality #1 - Warmth Our current seasonal energy of Fire Element has much to do with the quality of our relationships and how we connect with others.  When entering a situation where there are new people we have an underlying need to feel welcomed and accepted.  Warm initial greetings can help to convey this feeling of being welcomed and opens us our energy field to enriching exchanges of energy.   However, the part of the brain that is constantly looking out for danger or the sky falling in, can reduce our body language to something more cautious, stern, and aloof. Unconsciously we are on red alert for problems and broadcast that to others.  We can miss out on many wonderful relationship connections as a result.  What qualities of WARMTH do you resonate with? (and broadcast to others?) Non Coherent Aspects - "I am indifferent." , "I am cold.", "I feel tepid in my relationships." Coherent Aspects - I "am warm, loving and affectionate.", "I am spontaneous and playful with others.", "I smile at everyone and bring joy into their life." How will you use the energy of the Fire Element Season and the quality of warmth to add to your positive life story where everything makes sense and you anticipate being at the beginning of something wonderful happening for you? I have options to help! Use my (FREE)  5 Seasons repatterning series to boost your energy at any time...  To boost your fire element energy for the quality of WARMTH try the Summer Season Repatterning for the Fire element.   Simply download the notes and use them to follow along with the video adding in your own answers.  The hologram has anticipated you!  With love and light  Carolyn

It's spring here in Toronto and typically the wood element qualities of this energy are all around us, - new beginnings, creativity, hope, positive self-assertion potential, identity and more.   But we are no longer in typical times with the 3rd and 4th wave of the pandemic crushing the hopes of many people everywhere that the pandemic rages.   While most of us are surviving, we are not really flourishing.  A recent New York Times article says it all.... THERE’S A NAME FOR THE BLAH YOU’RE FEELING: IT’S CALLED LANGUISHING.  Languishing is the word I think brilliantly captures how many are experiencing life in general if not the spring season.  It is the non-coherent side of wood element energy. 

The article claims if you are suffering from this non coherent state of being you are not alone and that I - feel, may be part of the problem. You are tapping into the collective energy – a morphic field of resonance of this frequency.    Conscious deliberate actions may be the way out.

Like the daisies  pictured above we need to be aware of our state of being and reach for a healthier response to life.  The daisies remind me of the qualities of hopefulness and positive self-assertion as the flowers defy hard gravel and cement (our collective feeling response about the pandemic) to find the light no matter how limited their space.  Now that is optimism!

Make the most of this season of new beginnings – pandemic and all.   Here are a few tips to help move that energy. 

1. Name Regrets and Appreciations -  The metal element exercise of naming your regrets can help kick start an improved energy cycle for you and move into the benefits of springtime energy. At the end of each day name your regrets and chase it down with at least 3 good things that happened for you today.  You get an endorphin boost if you write these down.  To address the monotony of pandemic days blurring together, record your regrets in a journal and date each day. As you look back in your journal chances are you will note progress!   

2. Revisit Your Life Vision - This is an outstanding time to review (or establish!) a life vision intention for yourself and list some short and long-term goals.   What small movement can you take to move your vision along? 

Members here at www.LightTravels.com – Login to your account and visit your Profile page (see the link in the drop down under the login icon).  Scroll down and you will find a place to record your Life Vision Intention.  Return there to remind yourself  about what you wrote and where you are headed next in your life.  FYI you can also use this same statement in every group session I offer here at LightTravels.com 

Spend some time with your Life Vision statement and visualize the possibilities to  get in touch with the quality of optimism within yourself.

3.  One last idea to grow wood element energy within yourself, - literally plant some seeds!   You don't have to be a big time gardener to get into wood element.  Buy a packet of flower seeds  and get them started according to the directions.  You will find the daily act of watering your seeds, watching them sprout, grow, really grow and then blossom will invoke many wood element qualities - anticipation, potential, hope, optimism, focus, timing, new beginnings and vision.  For the cost of a simple packet of seeds, the energy return is priceless.  Use it to ponder with more optimism and hope about where your life is going.

Lastly if you are seriously suffering from pandemic blues, consider a session with your therapist, or book a repatterning session with me  to access your inner knowing and reboot your state of being. 

With love and light

Carolyn Winter  

PS - you may also find the free Spring Equinox Repatterning session to be helpful.  Download the notes and use them to follow along with the video or audio.   Notice how the hologram anticipated you! 

'All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.'

— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Riddle of Strider, The Lord of the Rings:  The Fellowship of the Ring

Our perception of ourselves and our unique identity starts to form from a very young age but according to psychologists is fully structured during adolescence.  Our identity is a collage of beliefs, values, behaviors and energy patterns that we absorbed from our family system, our cultural ties, and early experiences.  This identity helps us to negotiate how we live our life, make decisions with ease and have  confidence or not!

However, as we integrate life experiences and add to our life story our identity can be challenged and change.  In the process, we may become confused as to who we really are.  This is often the experience of young adults going away to college and absorbing new ideas very different from their family and culture. But adults of any age or stage of life may also find their identity uprooted and suddenly feel lost for any number of reasons....

• Perhaps you are conflicted between what you now want for your life and what your family expects of you
• You find that your values are now quite different from your family or close circle of friends
• With the pandemic experience many many people have spent considerable time evaluating how they are living their life and make new decisions about what really matters.
• Maybe you have started evolving your spiritual self and have a new way of seeing your spiritual side that does not always meet with your group’s approval.
• Milestone birthdays can also trigger an identity crisis as we tend to evaluate life goals and check off our accomplishments.

All of these circumstances and no doubt more, can cause us to either lose our sense of self-identity or feel a little lost. Our confidence can be rattled.

Consciously updating our self-identity gives us the opportunity to integrate our life experiences, acknowledge our new wisdom, our new world views, and set a new course for what we want next in our life that is enriching, uplifting and fulfilling.

Get to know your new you!  Here are some suggested strategies ...

1. Meditation and reflection or contemplation of the daily stream of events in our lives can help with this process.   Recording your thoughts in a journal can also help.

2. Name 3 things... A great exercise to end each day and integrate the the new things emerging for you is to list your regrets for the day and the things you appreciated that happened for you.  Name at least 3 things for each.

3.  Create a MY ACCOMPLISMENTS album - use your smart phone to make a quick snap of something you have accomplished, created etc and store it in an album private to you. This could contain pictures of your last diploma, certificate of achievement, drivers license, creative project, that lovely dinner party you hosted, etc.  Flick through your album from time to time to remind yourself "I DID THAT!"

Repatterning can also help by tapping into our unconscious mind to identify the new patterns of being that we need to resonate with to enjoy. 

Have you noticed your own self-identity change?   Noticing the noticing can help anchor the new you! 

With love and light 

Carolyn Winter, Holographic Coach 

Navigating a Personal Holographic Universe! 

For added support access this topic as a webinar at the PHD (Personal Holographic Discoveries) Archive Page.  Access over 12 repatterning sessions with a variety of topics including IDENTITY.   Join as a premium member for $99/year to access.  

I hear my future whispering... "hang in there, its almost over.   Start planning that celebration.  Don't waste another minute of 'me' time.  Get ready! Did you ever sew up those matching napkins? "

So looking forward to having the company of friends around the table for tea once again in the not too distance future.   

What is your future whispering to you? 

Love and light 
Carolyn 

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What is the higher purpose of the Pandemic (in your opinion) for the world at large or mother earth? How will humanity's responses to the pandemic serve the world in a positive way?  

To share your insights in the comments section, press the 3 dots in the  dark gray box beside the title and select "Add Comment".  

With love and light 

Carolyn 

PS - I will publish a roundup of comments in an upcoming newsletter. 

What is the higher purpose of the Pandemic for you you personally? What silver lining, learning, insight or positive experiences has it brought to you?  To share your insights in the comments section, press the 3 dots in the  dark gray box beside the title and select "Add Comment".  

with love and  light 

Carolyn 

PS - I will publish a roundup of comments in an upcoming newsletter.