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Most of us live by learned rules of engagement. We do what's necessary to build a relatively happy life, tweaking our expectations and actions when needed. As a writer, I smack up against these rules often.
Most writers stay true to a chosen genre, spinning their work carefully and precisely, much in the way 19th century women would manipulate intricate looms...twisting, spinning, wrapping, binding.
I sit at my figurative loom each day, working my thread-words into coherent strands. As a collector of oddly-shaded ideas, mismatched expectations, and passionate ideals, I push my loom to its very limits.
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I no longer embrace limitation. I'll bump into it--as we all do sometimes--but embrace it as a regular part of my path? No.
I work full-time in academia and write in the evenings and on weekends, moving it all forward with the energy of my muse. I used to worry about cultivating my simultaneous love for Young Adult fiction, holistic self-help, commercial nonfiction, memoir, instructional design, and Reiki, all while working 60-hour weeks.
Worry can keep her friend, limitation, company. Elsewhere. I'm choosing to live without the worry these days.
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To achieve this mindset, I have done the unthinkable: I surrendered.
Last year, I rediscovered my muse where she has been waiting patiently...in alternative therapies. In 2009 I opened my holistic healing practice, Seven Sacred Breaths Integrated Healing, and provide alternative modalities such as Reiki, Reflexology, Flower Essences, and Shiatsu for healing mind, body and spirit.
Pure joy.
Schiffer Publishing has decided they share my vision, and Watercharms, my experiential book of ocean reiki meditations, will be in bookstores Fall 2011.
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I lovingly cross-polinate my worlds these days, and am excited and pleased to be teaching multiple Reiki training workshops, as well as other alternative classes, all listed on my Events! page. You'll find information on seasonal book signings there as well.
In my life, writing allows me to heal, and healing nearly always involves writing--two worlds that sometimes delicately, sometimes ferociously, always productively intertwine in the most fantastic ways. You might also enjoy visiting Zoliann's Garden, an online Etsy shop where I sell my handcrafted, Reiki-inspired jewelry--the lovely and loving results of a still mind and calm breath.
Thank you for stopping by! I invite you to join me as I spin my compass, work my loom, and move forward into a bountiful journey that's been waiting for me for so very long!
In wellness,
Sylvia
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