The books I read in June
and the last day for 33% off Chakra Activations
I’m writing this email having spent the last four weeks in Austin, TX.
Away from my home, my family, and my normal routines.
When this trip fell into my lap, it was if Spirit opened a door and asked if I wanted to walk through to see what would happen on the other side.
I knew there was a purpose for coming here, but I didn’t know how big it would be.
If you haven’t read one of my emails for a while, you may not know that before leaving Ontario I had been suffering from hives for 10 weeks straight. They came upon me when I signed up to work with a business coach after taking four years off from coaching after a very negative experience.
When I got to Texas my friend brought me to one of her appointments and all I knew was that she called it “body work”.
While sitting in the room with the people receiving energy work, I felt a tingling in my feet and then a wave emotion rise up through my body and out through my eyes in tears.
This was when my friend looked at me and suggested that as an exchange for me watching her pets, she gift me a package working with the women at Hive Chiropractic.
Here’s where things got interesting.
I live in a city with one tenth of the population of Austin and don’t like driving. The mere idea of driving in a city with over a million people terrified me.
Then there was the fact that if I said yes, I would be required to receive the loving exchange my friend was offering. Which felt just as terrifying as driving to be honest.
Could I be the person to face my fears of driving in a foreign city while simultaneously receiving this level of love?
The answer was a resounding yes which was accompanied with loads of tears. I’ve found that allowing the vibration of love in makes me cry just as much as allowing grief to flow through my body. They really are two sides of the same coin.
When I left my friends appointment that day I knew my hives would be gone the next morning and they were. Four weeks later and they haven’t returned.
I feel like going into detail about what I experienced working with the women at Hive Chiropractic should be another email as it was such a profound experience. It is a reflection of how powerful energy healing is.
My final session of body work was on Thursday, and a previous client and friend slept over Friday night. Yesterday she performed an egg clearing ritual on me. This looks like blessing me and the egg, then gently rubbing it down my body to allow the egg to pull any energy into it that wasn’t serving me.
After you’ve finished moving the egg down the body, you crack it into some water and wait a few minutes to see if there are any strings or fogginess that occur. The strings represent attachments, and the fogginess represents any areas of life that are still unclear.
When we looked in my glass my friend declared, “wow, your energy is clear”.
THIS is why I needed to come to Austin. To receive the gifts required to clear my energy and step into the next expansion of my work.
Which Spirit has been very vocal about.
The other thing that has come through since being here is that I’m going to be taking the summer off reading self development books.
It’s time to integrate all the knowledge I’ve been reading and turn it into wisdom.
The library will be closed for summer as I spend more time outside in nature and less time inside reading books. Look for the books I read each month to begin again in the fall when the light disappears and the dark descends.
Now… let’s talk about the books I read in June!
Fiction
When I picked up The Wolf and the Woodsman I wasn’t sure if I had read it before or not. Sometimes by TBR and read books get mixed up. As I began to read, I felt myself drawn into the story of folklore and magic that is the premise of this book. A young girl who comes from a Pagan community of gifted healers and seers, yet doesn’t show any signs of “the gift” gets sent off to be sacrificed to the throne. By half way I knew I had read the book and decided I was done as I knew how it ended. As it turns out, I feel this book wanted to come on my trip so I could lend it to my friend for her travels and rekindle her love of reading fantasy. I highly recommend this book as it weaves magic and tradition through different religions and crafts.
The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods is one of my favourite books of all time and I have yet to read another Evie Woods book that has swept me away in the same fashion. The Violin Maker’s Secret was my second favourite book Evie Woods has written and I believe it’s because when she weaves a thread of magic through her stories, they come alive in a different way. This story brought together an unlikely group of people to solve a mystery that was over 100 years old, involved a violin that was more human than instrument, and held the story of a great love lost. With each chapter I fell more in love with the characters and by the end was impressed with how the many storylines of the book all combined to a perfect close. It was cozy, sweet and had the happiest of endings.
I loved this book. There are times when a book captures my attention from the very first page, and this was one of those books. City of Stardust told the story of a family curse that fed a fallen star for hundreds of years. It was rich in character development, storytelling and world building… even with more than one world to build. The idea of stars falling onto earth and requiring blood sacrifice to stay young was something I wasn’t expecting as was the idea that one human could completely change the life of an entire lineage with one decision. Doors to other worlds, keys to travel through portals, scholars to hold realms together. All these pieces make exactly the type of story I want to read. Highly recommend.
What to say about this book. It was very confusing at the beginning and I wasn’t sure I was going to keep with it. By mid book it started to pick up steam and by the end I was intrigued enough to want to read book two. The idea of the book was good, it was just that it felt like the author was having trouble bringing all the scenes together clearly. If you enjoyed Six of Crows, there is a quality of this book that mirrors that. Orphans, vampires, taking down the crown, and an unlikely crew hired to do a heist to overthrow the government. I didn’t love this book, but I didn’t hate it either and I’m hopeful the author can redeem the potential in book two.
Non Fiction
This was a hard book to read. Having read a Hypnotists Journey to Avalon, I bought this book for my husband as he has had some memories come through that could be reminiscent of living during the time of Atlantis. What was uncovered through many clients going under hypnosis told a dark story of what Atlantis did and why it needed to be destroyed. There was a lot of human sacrifice and experimentation in this book and my sensitive soul was greatly impacted by it. I did complete the book even though it was difficult hoping there was going to be some indication of a time when Atlantis was in its golden era. It did not. The author Sarah Breskman Cosme does say the book was written for those who remember living through the downfall of Atlantis and are looking to find solace in the truth of how that may be impacting them today. If you feel that your past life in Atlantis is impacting you now, this book may resonate in a way it didn’t for me.
This book was written by the founder and creator of Network Chiropractic, which is the energy healing I received at Hive Chiropractic in Austin. Since I couldn’t explain what was happening to me, I was hoping this book would shine a light on the method of healing these chiropractors used. The book was a great read and breaks down where you are in terms of a level of healing, however I am still as confused as I was before as to how those trained in Network Chiropractic do their energy work. I will say reading this book made me think about the people in my life and what stages of healing they would be in. Interesting read but nothing that felt new or life changing.
I couldn’t find another book I wanted to read on my friends bookshelf so I wandered into Pinterest intent on finding a book that called to me. This was the book that jumped into my awareness and I’m so happy it did. As an upper chakra person my gifts lay in manifestation, going after your dreams, being the vibration of your desire and calling to Source as a co-creator. This book brought me home to all of these aspects of myself. It was if each chapter cemented in the work I am good at and why I came to earth. If you are someone who loves law of attraction, becoming the frequency of what you desire, and aligning your actions to the quantum field, then you will enjoy this book as much as I did.
This is my final book in the library before I take a break for the summer. I haven’t started it yet, but have wanted to read it for months. So much so that I put a hold on it at the library but never made it there to pick it up. I begin reading it tomorrow and am excited that it will hold me during my final week in Austin before I go home. My intention for this last week here is to be in gratitude for all the ways this trip fell into my lap and the growth I’ve experienced while being here. I feel like this book is a perfect companion to hold this frequency with me. I can’t tell you yet if I enjoyed it, but I have a good feeling I will.
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One of the things I tell my clients is that to hear what your next steps are, it takes being in solitude to do so.
Often I recommend going away for a weekend alone, on airplane mode, to allow any information looking to be processed to surface, and any insights about moving forward to be downloaded.
I make a point to do this on a regular basis. (hello Austin trip)
You are the most important character in the story of your life, so taking the time to reconnect with where you want your own story to lead is kinda important.
Even if you can’t take a trip, carving out time to get away alone for even a few hours can make an impact.
A long hike, a bath in silence or turning your phone onto airplane mode with your journal in your lap can all make all the difference.
You are worth the time and I promise you will receive insights you didn’t know you needed.
Sending you so much love,
Avalon ✨