BOOK REVIEW: Grace, Guidance, and Gifts. Sacred Blessings to Light Your Way, by Sonia Choquette

As I am writing this review, I am also listening to the CD that accompanies this book: such a wonderful tool! I am taken to a place of calm and relaxation. It follows the three sacred blessings of Spirit that Choquette mentions in her book:  Grace, Guidance, and Gifts. The CD is about 17 minutes long, and is perfect to play as going to sleep at night.

Even though I have never read any of Sonia Choquette’s books, I have studied some of her articles and exercises found on the internet and her website (http://www.soniachoquette.com).  And I have found her information on psychic abilities and intuition to be very powerful and enlightening. So it is not a surprise to me that this book would be such a great asset to spiritual study.

Many of us today are self-taught Light workers. That is to say, there are many people who have not studied with a group of people under the tutelage of a spiritual teacher. And since there are so many books and resources such as this one, it is easy to have your own home study. I have encouraged many of my own psychic development students to have sacred time for themselves every day. This helps to raise the personal frequency of the energy field (aura). In doing so, it is easier to access your personal spirit teachers, guides, and angels. But more important, it helps you to access your own Higher Self.

Choquette’s Grace, Guidance, and Gifts is a superb way to create or supplement sacred time and spiritual self-study. By using the book every day, you continue to contact Source through the Higher Self to receive Blessings in your life. She has the book divided into three sections: Grace, Guidance, and Gifts. With each section, there are prayers, a morning blessing, mantra for the day, and a personal message to speak out loud. Each section has about three weeks’ worth of daily study, and you can open the book at random to access each day. Or follow through from one day to the next taking in the book, step by step. The book is not meant to be read straight through, but to be savored as you progress through your studies.

If you are considering starting your own sacred time and studies, wanting to have some spiritual discipline to your life, you would very much benefit from this book. However, her understanding here includes much of the Christian belief. So know ahead of time, if you are opposed to that particular teaching.

You can order Choquette’s book here:

http://www.amazon.com/Grace-Guidance-Gifts-Sacred-Blessings/dp/1401937446/

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grace-guidance-and-gifts-sonia-choquette/1111740937?ean=9781401937447

http://www.hayhouse.com/details.php?id=6491&utm_id=3313

http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Grace-Guidance-Gifts-Sacred-Blessings-Sonia-Choquette/9781401937447-item.html?cookieCheck=1

FTC Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book from Hay House Publishing for review purposes. My opinion of this book here is unbiased, reflecting my honest judgment of the product.

Psychics are Certified as Professionals – One-year program is completed

Tina Badurina and Christine Rouch

Imagine this: Two women who are looking for a broader vision to their life’s work, and a one-year program that has never been offered before.

Well these two things came together for the entire 2011 year. Tina Badurina of Columbus Ohio and Christine Rouch of Springfield Ohio participated and completed the requirements for full certification in Off the Beaten Path Intuitive Art’s Program for Professional Psychic/Mediums. The program was implemented and facilitated by Reverend Melissa Leath, and structured around her latest book, Psychic Integrity, The Respected Practice of Modern-Day Mystics (Balboa Press, division of Hay House Publishing).

The Professional Psychic Certification Program premiered in April 2011 and successfully completed February 11, 2012. The preparation of the program was in the making for three years as Leath pulled over 30 years of experience into four levels of study: (1) Spiritual Awakening, covering grounding and foundational concepts, development meditation, and self-exploration; (2) Psychic Awareness, understanding earth vibrations, energy exercises, working with auras and energy fields; (3) Mental Mediumship, direct vibrational messages, public presentation and polishing, getting ready for responsibility and gallery demonstration; and, (4) Professional Psychic-Medium, understanding and incorporating your gift into service, creating your own reality, living your spiritual understanding, and preparing for professional work with the public.

The program included not only four workshops throughout the year, but also had mandatory accumulation of student study points. This was in the form of volunteer outreach in the field of metaphysics, verifyable attendance in other classes and workshops with reports, research and essays, critiques of other practitioners and experiences, practice readings, and notes on meditations. The year was full of purposeful study, so it was a specific plan of work in the spiritual and metaphysical fields.

Reverend Leath is a Life Visionary and Spiritual Educator. Her gifts in service include mediumship, spiritual counseling, licensed minister, author and lecturer. It is a life-long dream to be able to share her experiences and learned lessons in the metaphysical and spiritual areas with others. ( http://www.MelissaLeath.com )

Tina Badurina comes from a corporate background with a high level of intuitive abilities and a strong desire to serve people in vibrational and emotional healing of all types. She is a second degree Reiki practitioner, has taken numerous classes and workshops on intuition and self-empowerment, and added strength to the program that kept integrity and love vibrating throughout.

Christine Rouch also comes from a business background and has been gifted with psychic abilities since childhood. She is a Reiki Master Teacher, has been sharing her psychic abilities and teaching the public for some time. She brought an excitement and wonder to the program that allowed us to always be vibrant.

“I am so proud of Tina and Christine in their ability to stay focused and driven in their program studies this past year. They are both gifted and talented in their own rights, and have helped create a special element that allows me to move ahead and start another program for 2012. They are now certified as professional psychics, will be of benefit to the metaphysical field and to the public as they serve.” ~~Melissa Leath

2012 Professional Psychic Certification Program is now taking registration. The pre-requisite for the program is at least one year of knowledge and use of psychic or medium abilities. Level One will be Saturday, February 25, 2012. Three other level workshops will take place in May, August and November. To register for the program, or talk to Melissa about it, please call her home-office at 937-323-5346. More information can be see at http://www.MelissaLeath.com/certification.html

10 Psychic Resources for Indigo Kids and Their Parents

As promised! While writing the Children Seeing Sparkles articles I realized that I cannot be the only answer out there! I know there are plenty of learned colleagues who are working full time on these unusual occurrences. These resources may not mention Sparkles, per say, but they all lead to the same information: children who are exhibiting paranormal experiences.  

I have put together a pretty impressive list of some of the people, books and such that I have had some kind of contact with. Or I feel very intuitively that are great sources for you to read and research.

This includes things that your children have been experiencing and gives you a better idea of the reasons behind them. Information is powerful, and the more you search this information, the more you will understand. The more you understand, the better equipped you are to assist your child.

 

1. BOOKS and WEBSITE: This site is a wealth of information. You will hang out there for quite awhile. It was created to complement the books The Indigo Children, An Indigo Celebration, and The Indigo Children Ten Years Later, all published by Hay House. You can quickly see a synopsis, table of contents, reviews, and even read an excerpt, along with plenty of other book suggestions.  http://www.indigochild.com/

 

2. BOOKS & AUDIO STORIES for Empathic & Intuitive Children. — Books and mp3 audio stories that teach children to follow inner guidance, deal with family changes, recycle and care for the planet, accept and appreciate diversity, face fear, communicate with angels, understand the body’s needs, find their destiny, and make wise choices. Help for mentors of psychic children.                                                            http://thesidseries.blogspot.com/2010/12/kids-seeing-sparkles.html

 

3. BOOK: Kids Who See Ghosts. — Kids Who See Ghosts takes an up-close and personal look at ghosts, kids who see them, and the parents who want to help. The purpose of this book is to bridge the gap between the mainstream minds and the psychic minds, providing answers and guidance….” – From the Preface                                                                                                                                                     http://www.kidswhoseeghosts.com                                                                                                                                                                                                 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/KidsWhoSeeGhosts — Gobs of great info on a regular basis!

 

4. BOOK: Return From Heaven: Beloved Relatives Reincarnated Within Your Family. — What if you could see a loved one who has died, not in a future spiritual realm, but here and now, in this lifetime? Based on in-depth research and direct observation of very young children, she shows in this groundbreaking book how common it is for beloved relatives to reincarnate into the same family. Typical families share how their children — some as young as two and still in diapers — speak spontaneously of intimate details from the lives of a family member they never knew. These true stories shed new light on age-old questions of family relationships:                                                 http://www.amazon.com/dp/0061030449/?tag=writeoncreati-20

 

5. BOOK: Raising Intuitive Children: Guide Your Children to Know and Trust Their Gifts  – “Raising Intuitive Children gives parents excellent explanations with true-life stories that first brings normalcy to what has previously been viewed as a phenomenon, and then provides a terrific skill set for parents and caregivers alike.”

–Maria Housden, author of Hannah’s Gift and Unraveled, “All who care for kids will enjoy its cutting-edge research and fascinating stories.”

–Sonia Choquette, author of The Intuitive Spark: Bringing Intuition Home to Your Child, Your Family, and You

* Use breathing techniques to stay centered, calm, and optimisitic.

* Create rituals so children can feel solid and bring forth their intuitive intelligence.

* Deal with environmental and nutrition elements that especially affect intuitives. http://www.amazon.com/dp/1601630514/?tag=writeoncreati-20

 

6. BOOK: The Sid Series ~ A Collection of Holistic Stories for Children –  Some of today’s children are showing a deep understanding of spiritual concepts. But not many parents, grandparents, and teachers know how to relate to the spiritually-gifted child, much less how to help him or her develop spiritual intellect and use these mystical gifts properly. Using adorable and entertaining stories, The Sid Series gives examples of how these gifted youngsters experience these spiritual gifts in their everyday lives.                                                                               http://www.amazon.com/Sid-Collection-Holistic-Stories-Children/dp/0982572204/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1328374772&sr=1-1

 

7. ARTICLE: “Mediumship in Children” — This subject has been written to help parents or guardians understand what a child maybe experiencing if they have mediumistic abilities. http://www.freespirit7.com/psychicchildren.htm

 

8. RESOURCE: Dr. Judith Orloff – this website is packed with wonderful tools for those who are super sensitive (or, hyper-empathic), along with articles, quizzes, videos, exercises. It is a great source of basic, foundational information that can help any child to understand empowerment. http://www.drjudithorloff.com

 

9. WEBSITE and CAMP – A Consciousness Community & Programs for Individuals and Families nurturing self awareness of their innate biofield (psychic) senses and mystical experiences to unfold spiritual growth with balance and joy. They are dedicated to serving the educational needs of creative, psychic, intuitive, gifted, profoundly aware, mystical, spiritually awakened, clairvoyant, clairaudient, clairsentient, psychic kids, the new children, & ALL people remembering their natural birthright. http://www.psykids.org

 

10. JUST FOR FUN: Psychic Kids: Fairy — Matt Lipton, a camera operator for Psychic Kids and Chip Coffey explore a strange phenomenon captured on camera during the shooting of an episode of Psychic Kids Season 3. The image captured looks like a real-life fairy. http://www.aetv.com/psychic-kids/video/?name=undefined&bcpid=761814881001&bclid=1586429772&bctid=672339562001&baseURL=%2Fbcconfig%2FPlayer%2F3Tier%2FPsychic_Kids_3Tws%2Fconfig-xml%2F&baseDIR=%2Fbcplayers%2FPlayer%2F3Tier_ws%2FbaseDIR%2F#.Tyhr_PFPMuw.facebook

 

If you have any other resources you have come across that have helped you or your child, please leave them in the comment section below. Others can benefit from your experiences!

 

~~Melissa Leath can be reached through her website: http://www.MelissaLeath.com

 

Psychic Abilities Using Psychometry

When I am teaching a class on psychic development, I like to introduce the technique known as “psychometry” to the participants to use and they will always receive a response that is verifiable. Psychometry is a form of psychic divination using the sense of touch. You can receive intuitive impressions and information about an object, or anything connected to it, by touching it. The physical sense of touch then shifts into ultrasense™ which is the spiritual sense of feeling.

What it is:

“Psychometry is picking up or reading the energy of an object (such as keys or jewelry) by holding it in your hand. You can sense the vibrations emanating from it. The energy patterns of the object are downloaded into the reader’s subtle bodies. The memories contained in the object are accessed by the subconscious mind and raised to conscious awareness.

“The reader receives information about the history of the object. If someone had it in their possession for a long period of time, you can receive information about that person as well.

“Psychometry can be used to heighten the contact with someone’s vibration during a reading. Many readers use this
method as a tool along with their main area of expertise. It also can be used in connect with others at a distance. I have successfully used this method to assist contacting the spirit of a recently departed teenager, receiving critical information for locating the body.”

~~taken from Psychic Integrity, Ethics and Morals of Modern-Day Mystics

Psychometry is a term described in parapsychology as a psi (or psychic) ability. The person using psychometry is able to connect with and relate details about the past condition of an object or area, or events experienced by the person who possessed the object. The user could, for example, give police precise details about a murder or other violent crime, if they were at the crime scene, or were holding the weapon used. Psychometry is a type of retro cognition.

Psychometry opens the practitioner to bursts of energy and/or memories (both negative and positive) that have left imprints on an object or place. For instance, a house where a traumatic experience happened, such as a murder or suicide, may feel distinctly chilled or negative; while a favorite childhood toy or play area may feel light or positive. A place or thing may be so charged with emotions and memories that it may even seem haunted.

As we exist in an electromagnetic programmed reality – metal objects work best. This refers to keys, jewelry, etc. However, all objects carry a frequency signature. The vibrations vary and can be recognized through psychic means. When doing psychometry, you attempt to connect your frequencies with the object in question.

How to do it:

The Basic Use of Psychometry

Here is a great exercise for you to practice to get a feel for what psychometry is. It’s best to start out by yourself in a quiet, light meditative state.

Put these items in a box or basket: rocks, crystals, treebark, fabric, tissue paper, plastic, or an assortment of other inanimate objects. Everything in the universe has a vibratory rate – animate and inanimate. That is what renders its manifested form. Denser objects have slower, heavier vibrations. Thinner, softer or more porous objects have a faster or higher vibration.

Clear your mind and take an item out of the basket. Hold it in your hand and sense what it is and where it came from. The feeling you are
looking for is not a tactile feeling, but a sense or impression.

Go with your first impressions. Become aware of the different vibrations, special feelings and impressions. They are very subtle at first. So if you think you feel something, you do. Trust it and say it out loud. This exercise can be practiced at home during your meditative times.

After you get used to using this exercise, you can feel confident to move ahead and explore other uses of psychometry. In another article I will explain a more detailed approach to the practice that will allow you to share information with someone you wish to psychically read for.

Until then, enjoy your new abilities of exploring subtle energies!

http://www.PsychicIntegrity.com