Kimberly

Certified Soul Coach
www.SoulCoaching.org

P.S. A fabulous way to prime yourself for the Spring is my next round of Soul Coaching Programs starting next week in Toronto and Online. I am offering the next ON-LINE/TELECONFERENCE 28-Day Soul Coaching Program (starting Mar. 11) for FREE to the first person who emails and shares with me what they're going to do to celebrate Spring!

Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!" 
 --Robin Williams



NEWSFLASH: Kimberly is now the resident Soul Coach every week on "The Buddha Lounge" radio show with hosts Natasha Dern and Colette Baron Reid.  You can listen every Saturday and Sunday on Newstalk 1010 CFRB in Toronto, or click here to listen on-line.

5 Ideas For Spring Renewal

1. Dry-Brushing – Talk about literally shedding your “winter skin”!  Dry brushing your skin is a simple, inexpensive, but amazingly effective detox technique. It exfoliates dead cells so your skin can breathe and helps stimulate the lymphatic system.  Did you know that if your pores were completely blocked, with say… paint – you can actually die of asphyxiation?!  So, before you shower take a brush (a natural fibre brush is the optimal choice) or if that’s not available to you even a rough towel can work. Start at your feet with brisk brushes and make your way up your body finally using lighter brushes on your neck and face. Then jump in the shower to slough off all the dead skin. A cold rinse at the end perfectly seals the deal.  

2. Spring cleaning – Yes, this yearly household tradition is your chance to turn what might regularly be an onerous domestic chore into a soul practice!  Choose an area or items to clean that you can attach some symbolic meaning to leading into spring.  For example, if you have been single for a long time and are ready for some Spring Love, how about cleaning up those grimy windows in your bedroom? Choose a mantra to accompany this task that will help connect the outer cleansing to some inner cleansing, like: “I am cleaning the cobwebs from my heart and to allow sparkling love to shine out!”, and then feel that sparkling love shining out with every inch of that window you buff up.  If housecleaning is just not "your thing" you can apply the same exercise to your own body… When you shower or bathe, turn it into a real energy cleansing session with a mantra like “I am washing off the sorrow (or frustration, lethargy, etc…take your pick!) of the winter”. 

3. Make a Revitalizing Commitment – For the month of March, how about making a daily commitment to one thing that invigorates and enlivens you?  Maybe it will be drinking 2 jugs of water a day or eating more organic raw vegetables.  What about a commitment to stretch every morning for 5 minutes?  Or it could be playing with your dog or cat for 10 minutes a day.  How about committing to wearing a colourful item everyday or playing the drums or having a daily dance break? Whatever it is, make your commitment manageable and measurable enough for you to be able to stick with it for the month! 

4. Electronic Clutter-Clearing – Nothing ushers in the lightness of Spring than a good decluttering!  Well, there is a new kind of clutter in our modern lives found jammed into our computer screens that can be just as overwhelming as a living room filled to the beams with tchochkes!  If your laptop is full of empty mislabeled folders, unused icons everywhere, and important files hidden in the oddest of places, it’s time to approach your computer as you would an unwieldly filing cabinet… Identify the files that you need and use, get them organized in a variety of folders, and “recycle bin” the rest!  Then enter your Spring feeling electronically fit and trim. 

5. Equinox Welcome – Schedule some time on or around March 20 to honour the transition from the restorative slumber of winter to the rebirth of spring.  Take this time away from your normal routine to sit in stillness outside and tune into the rhythms of nature.  You could choose to review in your mind the gifts that you gained from this past winter and then transition into the spring energy by envisioning yourself as a butterfly emerging from the cocoon or as a snake shedding its skin and step into that feeling of fresh vibrant beginnings.

It's spring fever.... You don't quite know what it is you DO want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!"  
 -- Mark Twain

Sampling the Daily Recordings from the 28-Day Soul Coaching Program: 

My daily audio recordings with their visualizations and exercises are one element of the 28-Day Soul Coaching Program I offer to supplement the group sessions, course notes, and email support. I'd like to offer you a sneak listen to one of the program day's audio recordings to give you a little further sense of the program's content and approach (but please keep in mind you are listening to the recordings out of context). Click on the topic below that most calls to you at this time and you will be taken to the MP3's download page:

Day 23 - Body Detox 
This is a day from the program's Earth Week about ways to tune up your body to better to step into FLOW.


Day 18 -Being Present
This is a day from the program's Fire Week that wakes you up to the present moment and helps you say "YES!" to life.


Day 6 - Inner Clutter Clearing 
This day from "Air Week" is about lightening your energy up by clearing out some of the mental clutter.

FUN INJECTION: Invisible Dogs!

Another gem from the group Improv Everywhere -- love these guys!  This time, about 2000 of them hit the city streets with the toy the "invisible dog" and make a lot of onlookers do a triple take.  Watch video.

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. 
 -- Kahlil Gibran