My interview with FQ magazineAsk a question and see what shows upI've picked up a few handy tools on my explorations and one creative tool from Access Consciousness is asking a question. Yes - asking a question is actually a tool, and hey look at that - it's free to use! When you ask a question without coming to the conclusion or have to think of a logical answer, some interesting things can show up. What if you don't have to work it all out. 'Let go of the how, when, what and why' and allow yourself to be the space of curiosity! ooh what's over there?... I wonder?... hmmm what else is possible here?... So what if things can show up can be waaaaaay beyond what your mind can make up and what you expected? Questions to ask After I recorded the first 2 Sonic Tonic Albums, I set them a task to 'go look for the people who are looking for you' and also asked 'I wonder who these sonic tonics can contribute to that will create greater for them?' I pressed the publish button on Sonic Tonics in November 2018 so it could go out to the world. Then off I toddled and went on with other creative projects. A month later I get a message from the features director of Fashion Quarterly magazine who was looking to do a piece all about the benefits of healing through sound, and could she pick my brains about it and she'll add my website details in there. ... that will be no brainer YES! Did I ask to be published in NZs glossy magazine? nope. So Sonic Tonics is now reaching more people I never thought possible. How does it get any better than that and what else is possible here? I wonder what questions you can ask that will create greater for you?
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Connect with your inner-peace There is a 'humungo' (a large) amount of tools out there about relaxation, de-stressing, meditating, energy, breathing, moving, not-moving, protecting, not protecting...it can be quite overwhelming especially if you feel like you are new to all of this 'energy stuff' So in this blog we come back to our breath; where our life began! (according to some traditions) 'Breathe is the essence of life; it is sacred' Many spiritual traditions are aware of this, and their action word for breath incorporates this awareness of the life energy in the breath. This energy is called 'prana' in the Hindu traditions, or 'Chi' in Chinese or 'Ki' in Japanese. This energy goes by many different names in the various cultures, countries and paths of consciousness on our planet. Yet it is the same. It is the energy of life - the energy of the breath. 'As you breathe in, your body takes on a charge of this energy. As you hold your breath your body builds this energy charge. As you release your breath, your body releases this charge of energy. This is a simplification of the science of breath, called 'pranayama' in the Hindu tradition. Yet, in its simplicity, there is much truth in the above statements about breath, for when we focus our awareness on the power of breath, we can regulate and change our energetic bodies.' Jonathan Goldman - Chakra Frequencies Breathing Techniques Below are several different breathing techniques you can try. Explore which method resonates with you. Perhaps try a technique for a week or so, and a different one another week. It may seem strange that there is such a thing as 'breathing exercises' as breathing is a given. We are all doing it aren't we? Well some athlete's may tell you otherwise as that vital force can change their performance. So what about our everyday life? Can a few breathing techniques change the way we perform in life? It has mine. By becoming more conscious of our in breath and out breath can really tell us how well we are in our inner world. Are we short of breath with fear of fully take life in and allowing it to flow out? Are you waiting with bated breath for something to happen in our lives. Do you breath a sigh of relief when you finally get some time to yourself? The breath not only brings essential life, but its rhythm is used to calm and focus the mind - watching the in and out flow of the breath is the basis of most traditional forms of meditation. You can transform how you feel simply by changing your breathing pattern. Technique 1: Observe your breath - Sitting or lying comfortably, close your eyes - Just watch/observe your breath for a few moments - Breathe into the upper part of your chest - notice what you notice - Breath into the middle of your chest - just notice what you notice - Breath into your belly - notice what you notice You may find that the 'belly' breath tends require longer and fuller breaths which means that the diaphragm has become more relaxed. Feel your belly rising and falling with each breath in and out and notice how your senses become calmer and quieter. If it helps, place your hands on your belly and feel the breath that way. Technique 2: Count In & Out - Take in breath for 4 seconds (or 8 seconds) - Pause for 4 seconds (or 8 seconds) - Take out breath for 4 seconds (or 8 seconds) OR try - Take in breath 4 seconds - Pause for 8 seconds - Take out breath for 4 seconds Technique 3: Nose & mouth variations (Sufi 5 element breath technique) Relax, breathing your natural breath. As you do the breath pattern for each element in turn, attune with the cosmic element and experience its qualities within you. Experience the purification of your being on all levels: physical, mental, heart, soul, spirit. 5 breaths for each element, or longer. Earth: Inhale nose, exhale nose Qualities: nurturing, solidity. Water: Inhale nose, exhale mouth Qualities: fluidity, purifying, giving life. Fire: Inhale mouth, exhale nose. Qualities: enthusiasm, transmutation. Air: Inhale and exhale mouth Qualities: freedom, releasing from constructs, cosmic identity. Ether: Very fine breath inhaling and exhaling through the nose Qualities: ‘emotion of the soul’. Peace. Unity. Technique 4: Alternate Nostril Breathing There are variations to this technique so find the one that is suitable for you. This one is my personal favourite. If you start to feel light-headed or spacey at all, then stop the practice and return to it at a later time. Make yourself comfortable and be in a relaxed seated position. - Place your right thumb on the right nostril - Gently breath in for x counts through the left nostril - Place your ring finger on the left nostril and PAUSE for a moment (both nostrils will be closed) - Release your right thumb and breath out for x counts through the right nostril - PAUSE - Gently breath in for x counts through the right nostril - Place your thumb on the right nostril and PAUSE for a moment (both nostrils will be closed) - Release your ring finger and breath out for x counts through the the left nostril This is one round Repeat to as many rounds as you feel is appropriate e.g. 9 rounds or more or less X counts is the number you feel is appropriate for you. Some people keep the count of the breath in as the breath out. e.g. 4 counts breath in; 4 counts breath out or 8 counts breath in; 8 counts breath out etc Some people like to double count of the breath out e.g. 4 counts breath in; 8 counts breath out or 8 counts breath in; 16 counts breath out or 16 counts breath in; 32 counts breath out.
Aqua Gold Copper Alchemy™
I'm really loving the alchemy crystal bowls from Crystal Tones and this was one of the first ones I bought from fellow sound healer Annie (Higher Realms) who is also a distributor for Crystal Tones in NZ. It's probably a good thing she only brings a few in at a time to save creating a dent in my bank balance as they are delicious to play but also classed as the 'Rolls Royce' of the crystal bowls out there the $price tag goes along with that too. They claim that they have "a unique patented manufacturing process which is available ONLY with their bowls". They certainly do sound different to other crystal bowls I have in my collection as you only have to tap it gently and it rings out what seems like forever. This particular one wanted to come home with me after Annie helpfully guided me through the new imports at that time. This alchemy bowl is made out of aqua infused with gold and copper. It's also known as the 'consciousness conductor' due to its properties and that it certainly seems to be. Most associated the aqua with the throat chakra and communication, gold with alchemy and transformation and copper with conduction. So it seemed a perfect companion for me with the work I do with my voice. Annie only told me this information after I selected the bowl intuitively. This alchemy bowl has been in many of my sound baths as well as one to one sessions. I sometimes tone with it, sing with it and sometimes not. I sense different light beings and codes come through when it's played on it's own. For several clients I noticed that it wanted to be placed in the upper left side of the client when they were laying down and perceived a golden thread connection being created and/or strengthened. This happened for a few months, then it changed again. It's interesting collaborating with all the sound instruments I have, whether it singing on it's own or together it seems to be perfect for that moment for that person or persons. Sometimes it does not want to be played. They certainly let you know when they are ready to move on. And this one...well there's a lot more play to be had together! I will be posted more about the other instruments I use now. I wonder what other instruments I can collaborate with that will be joyous and fun? In sound resonance - Yee Ley x Aqua Gold Copper Alchemy™ D# Note, 8" Frequency: 309 HZ Aqua Gold Copper hamonizes the energetic optimism of gold with the aura of copper, one of the most important energetic transmitters. Who am I now? I’ve rewritten and updated this section so many times wondering what is relevant about me to share here. Everybody has a some sort of transformational and personal growth story and mine is no different. It seems us humans like to connect and relate through story. So here it is In short I have transformed my life from being a depressed, confused and stressed being of wrongness, to an explorer of creativity, lightness and expansive possibilities. At age 11 I tried to take my own life, but thank goodness I did a bad job at it. I contemplated suicide several times in my teens up until early 30s. But now I have tools, options and choices to navigate my way through those moments. Being present with what was and what is without judgement is the ongoing journey of mastery for all of us and it is something I am very passionate about doing. I managed to change my perspective in life from things being NOT possible for me to anything IS possible for me. I found that life can get better (and better and better) and that choice is certainly available. A lighter way of living IS accessible when we’re ready to choose it and receive it. Intergenerational Trauma
I was a quiet, shy, obedient young girl who was not willing to own and claim my voice in the world. I was coasting on mediocre - not sticking out too much, but doing well enough in life to keep out of trouble. Blending into the background was my coping strategy in life. 'Freeze and fawn' was my modus operandi created from a collection of handed down trauma experiences as a child. My parents were born in HK and my paternal grandfather was sold out as his own family were so poor.. He grew up becoming bitter, abusive and turned to bottle.. My maternal grandmother was put into a mental asylum, leaving my mother to 'mother' her siblings at tender age of 16. So from a systemic constellations point of view, both my lines had experienced interruptions in the flow of love. Was functioning from fawn working for me as a young adult? Well, it did to a certain extent. I did quite well in my so called career in the corporate world being super efficient and delivering the tasks at hand. I had a long term relationship, owned a London apartment, and had become a Business Analyst. Fancy. It was in 2007 when the universe delivered a couple of catalytic events for me that changed the course of my life. This came in the form of my then partner announcing that he was sexually confused and that he had contracted HIV. Wedge number one. Wedge number two came the day after. I was informed by my family that our aunt had committed suicide. These events were enough to create a flip my world upside down and prompted me to question everything in my life and I mean EVERYTHING. The cracks I had covered up from my childhood were ready to be seen, as well as uncovering the intergenerational trauma.. I had to tear up my life script and re-hash a new one. And that I have done several times over! It also turns out that my soul/universe/god/me was giving me a big nudge to make a different choice and usher (push) me into the world of woo and all that comes with it. Moving from a logical material liner world of order to a world of energy, abstract realms and self-enquiry was quite a challenge at first. But deep down I knew this holistic ballistic way of looking at life was what was missing in my world. It has been a wild and crazy adventure of deep healing, joyful expansions, speaking to things I can’t see and all other weird experiences in between to reconnect to the truth of who I be. Of course that journey still continues. Forever seeking to expand ones consciousness and to realise that I/WE already AM/ARE. Like many other healers, coaches, therapists, meditators and cosmic bunnies out there - I have received many life learnings, tools and expansive experiences that light my life up and a whole heap of experiences that did not light up my world. We all have some level and form of childhood trauma that impacts the way we adult in the world. The great news is that there are many healing practices out there and it seems the collective are ready for that healing, or at least be okay to have a look and talk about it. Healing for me is not about fixing things. Healing for me is being the space of no judgement so that people have more ease with the choices they have made in the past and be able to address the difficult and shadowy aspects of their life; changing the unconscious to the conscious. Shedding light onto the matter. That's where the magic is for me. Light Your Life That brings me to the here and now. All the tools, trainings, certifications, initiations, activations, weirdiverse experiences and reconnections to me, my ancestors and lineage to source I have tapped into so far, I can access and bring that forth to meet you in the moment that is ripe for you, me and we. Like a spark of light igniting the spark in you Joyous choice and exploring possibilities are at the very heart of what I do and can bring these to whatever area of your life you desire. In what ways can I work with you that invites lightness into your next inspired step? Whether that be using sound vibrations to assist you back to your coherent resonance; or self mastery sessions releasing limiting patterns from your world or voice alchemy classes to transform how you show up in the world. What contribution can I be to the change and choice you would like to see you your world? Are you ready to ignite your light within? Yee Ley xx About Kia ora and welcome to Light your Life! To this space, place and reality. This is part of my world. I am the explorer of consciousness of all there is. Evolving This online portal has been through many different forms as I evolve and expand my inner world, so does my outer world and offerings. A few of you who have been following my journey from the start may have noticed many changes, re-brands and refinements and rebirths of my offerings over the years. Not only going back to my Chinese name Yee Ley early this year in 2017 after being called Lily my entire life, changes have been gently (edit: radically) taking place with my website, my belief systems, where I live, my partners, my circle of friends, goodness, even my wardrobe has had a major make-over!! Conscious beginnings It was in 2011 that I came out of the so called 'spiritual' closet with the birth of the 'Lil-star' brand offering Reiki sessions and classes with the tag line flavour of that moment 'Helping you Find your Inner Peace'. This was me in London; back then a sought after IT Business Analyst who was ready for the next exciting adventure. I had many clients come see me at my tiny home London clinic where I also held meditation classes whilst still holding down the 'office job' for 3-days a week. It was fun to have the variety as I also dabbled in photography and played touch-rugby in the local area. I also hosted and collaborated with a few other people in the healing sphere too - a theme which seems to have carried through to my work today. In the background I indulged in spiritual classes and workshops with the desire to be a clearer and better version of myself. A new healing theme emerged around freeing my inner-voice and so sound came into my life in a BIG way. 'Continual refinement of the self' is one way to look at life and is what I subscribe to. In 2013 my inner-compass guided me to an around the world adventure, what some call a soul-retrieval quest as I visited certain places and spaces to help me remember and receive and perceive more of me. I was told I was 'planting many seeds of light' around the globe. I thought I was learning about organic farming & sustainable living to be honest as my way of moving out of the mortgage loop. But nonetheless it was a great adventure of fun and laughter for sure, whether I was planting seeds of light or not, I received more of who I be for sure and still continue allow myself to do so today. The move to NZ After my year long travel it was clear that New Zealand was to be my new home. It was calling me to come over and so I made the move to the land of the long white cloud in 2014. Being welcomed with opened arms the move to New Zealand was easy. Saying goodbye to my friends was not so easy as I was saying goodbye to a my old life in many ways. But thanks to the internet, I am able to stay connected to loved ones. The travel experience and move of homes prompted a re-brand of my offerings. I wanted to integrate all that I had explored and my inner-voice work was also getting stronger. What if everything and anything already exists and it's just up to us to just choose it? The Lil-star brand changed with a new tag line flavour of 'Exploring the infinite ways of being and creating you'. Bit of a mouth full! But that's what I began to realise was my theme of my life. Well it can be for everyone else. Explore life. Life is there to explore. We are everything, not any ONE thing! I perceived the notion 'we are infinite beings' on a whole new level. It finally dawned on me that What if everything and anything ALREADY exists and it's just up to us to choose it? What is it we are all choosing and is it working for us? How about that? So there's a lot to explore my friends!!! Letting go of Lily and Lil*star As the traveller and explorer of all there is, you get used to packing up, setting up, packing down, letting go and saying a lot of goodbyes, shedding a lot of tears as well as welcoming many new hello's and belly laughters on all levels. Letting go included dear friends, to belief systems and self created identities one of which was Lily. Lily is who I have been called since birth for 41 years, but ironically it's not on my birth certificate. Yee Ley Lau is my birth name and no-one has ever called me by that name until now (2017). My parents called me Lily as a way to help integrate into UK life and it was a Chinese trend to have an 'English' name. So long story short a French gypsy traveller had a look at my palm and ran some numbers through my name, he said Yee Ley was more appropriate for my life path as it held the vibration of 'awakening'. Yeah I'll take that! So ta dah....in early 2017 I made the transition from Lily to Yee Ley! Then oh my, everything in my life re-shuffled to align with that vibration. Lil*star did not make sense anymore as that was a play on the name Lily. So here we go again with another re-brand and a re-shuffle of my offerings. Yee Ley Lau with Light Your Life. Light Your Life One of the learnings of the explorer is to travel light. Taking unnecessary items with you physically and metaphorically is just well, too darn difficult, inconvenient and heavy! Always seeking the lighter path, the lighter choice is what I have been learning to do and getting better at and I'd like to share those tools with you. I'm liking making choices that are fun, light and easy. And there are so many ways to do and be that light. Hence 'Light Your Life' - is the flavour for now. What can you do or be that lights your life? Light can be interpreted in so many ways from the physical sensations to bringing in more pure divine light into your life and yourselves and your cells. Light is a form of energy Light is both obvious and mysterious Light can make things visible Light can illuminate, and ignite What else? What ways can you lighten your own life? What to expect and not? So with all of the above, I have to tell you now that being an explorer means that I travel here, there and anywhere in any given moment in all senses of the world. I've been told that I'm in my Aquarian phase of life after being in 30 years of practical grounding analytical Capricorn. This new phase which apparently I've been in for 10 years already, brings a theme of being fluid and going with the flow and bringing about a new ways of living and being that contributes and uplifts universal consciousness. If you are looking for regular classes at the same location, and monthly top 5 life hack blogs, and multi-tiered training workshops, that's not me anymore. I ride on the infinite waves of consciousness exploring itself and create expressions when the moment is ripe. I rendezvous with who is ready to meet me there. So what to expect with Light Your Life are moments created for you to explore more of who you be. I facilitate the space of possibilities, a place for you to dare yourself to go beyond what you know and bring through your potent capacities and creative expressions without judgement. No fancy dancy certificates to give out, no hierarchy levels of ability to achieve, no heady analytical stuff. Just the space To explore And In joy All there is That YOU ARE. Where can you find me? Well, Facebook, online, this web space, on the phone, popping up in different locations around New Zealand. Online sessions (i.e. FB, phone, zoom, Skype). In person sessions will vary depending on where I travel to. Also the magical mystical wonders of the Universe will ensure a rendezvous will happen when the moment is ripe in response to your ASK that you have been putting out. With joy, love and light Yee Ley xx |
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