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Demystifying Healing Energy … Not As Mystical As You Believe It To Be!

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“Energy healing is the oldest health protocol on Earth. Healers tap into the subtle energies of an individual’s body to address their clients’ concerns. It may seem mystical, and exciting to many, including myself. Yet, it is not as magical as you believe it to be.

Some may worry about delving into the unknown and dangerous path, please let me ease your mind. Holistic medicine, energy medicine, or energy healing are all the same. Simply defined, they are a natural, non-invasive way to restore the health of the body and the mind while balancing the emotional and spiritual state of the individual.

The body can heal itself if you allow it to do so. Healers like me to tap into the subtle energies of the body to help you shift distorted energies so that your body can take over the healing process. The symptoms of an individual are not exclusive to one condition; therefore, as a healer, I do not work with the diagnosed condition but with the symptoms, treating the body as a whole (hence the reason natural modalities are addressed as “holistic” or “whole-istic” … get it?).

This is different from Western Medicine, which treats each condition independently. Therefore, holistically speaking, it is safe to say that as the energy of one part of the body breaks down, it affects another, even if it does not seem to be related. Compare it to a house’s electrical system. When there is a short circuit in the electrical system that leads to the kitchen, you may notice the lights in the back room of the house flickering or dimming at times.

Holistic medicine is founded in ancient philosophies and health therapies like Traditional Chinese Medicine, which addresses the meridians in their healing protocols, and the Vedas, ancient texts that describe the philosophies of yoga and greatly contributed to the evolution of Indian and Buddhist culture and healing therapies.

Interestingly, scientists have proved the existence of energy fields in the body. Starting with Einstein, who spoke about the existence of “subtle energies,” yet he did not have the means to measure them. With time and the evolution of technology, scientists have proven the existence of electromagnetic energy around the body, in addition to what they have addressed as “local energies” and “energy pathways.”

What is interesting is that these “discovered” energies in the body coincide with the ancient philosophy location of the Aura (electromagnetic field), the Chakras (local fields), and the Meridians (energy pathways).

Oh, listen to this! One recent study stated that at the University of Stanford, Professor William Tiller designed an instrument that demonstrated the existence of an energy field that is not within the electromagnetic spectrum (coinciding with what Einstein said). Tiller, however, went a step further when he stated that the device had shown that this subtle energy field responds to human intention.

This is the energy field that all energy healers tap into. It is an energy field that any person interested in tapping into it can do so. It is as easy as setting your intention and following the process … yet intention alone is Magical!”

About the writer:

Mari Méndez is an energy healer and spiritual mentor in Tampa, Florida with an online practice. She is a Certified Emotion Code Practitioner, Master Global Energy Method, Reiki Master, Certified Money Coach, Subconscious Healing Modality & Body Code Practitioner. You can learn more about Mari’s work by following her personal Facebook page or joining her Facebook Group or Instagram

Exploring The Dark Side Of Yoga

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Four years ago, due to a previous injury, I was not able to do my traditional exercises. I had gained weight (still have it) but wanted to move. I went to try a yoga class. When I arrived, I felt intimidated by the idea of the unknown and of course my weight. I never got out of the car and left feeling disappointed in myself. However, all the signs were sending me to yoga. One of them was my daughter who called me to share her experience at a yoga class she had been attending. She said it would help me. I knew then that I was meant to try a yoga class, at least once. So, I braved up again, and this time I walked into the yoga studio.

Inside I found a very young lady, ironically, too perky for my style. After welcoming me and filling out the paperwork, I was led to the back room where she introduced me to the props I could use during the practice. She handed blocks to “bring the floor up to me”, and straps to extend my arms so I could keep the right posture while doing sitting folds. As she did this, she also explained, in her annoying perky way, that my practice is my own. If I feel I need to rest do so by doing a child pose and resume the practice when I feel ready again. She kept repeating that others have been practicing yoga for a longer time and I should not compare myself to them. “I will give cues for different levels, take what is most comfortable and modify as needed”.

I was mind-blown after the class began with a centering meditation. How long was it? Five, or eight minutes? I don’t know. Soon after, gentle movements were cued. The flow of the sequences was carefully curated so that it would allow proper body alignment. We were seated on the floor and gently and very naturally we were led to go into “table-top”, “down dog” and eventually into standing. “Lead with your heart” was the phrase I heard often (and since I have adopted it).

I felt exhausted as the forward flows led into sun salutations. Time for a break into child pose… what a relief; I could now catch my breath before more poses were called.

Toward the end, we were cued back onto the floor. There I lay feeling the exertion of my first yoga class. The soft calming music allowed me to appreciate the Savasana and final meditation.

I was impressed with the class as I compared it with the regular gym sessions. There was no yelling, no competition, just movement, accompanied by breath and the clearing of the mind, yet my body felt the exertion.

After experiencing this I opened my mind to a new way of exercising that was inclusive, non-competitive, and a vessel for spiritual growth. I was already immersed in the healing arts, and yoga would complement my life journey in ways that I would never experience.

I wrote the above a year ago after a Facebook friend post that described yoga as a demonic practice. This was my rebuttal, yet I never posted it.

This week a similar post by a stranger crossed my path. It also categorized Yoga and Meditation as demonic practices. Yet there was no substantial proof of it (just like the one from last year). The words resonated with judgment, yet there was no evidence to prove the accusation.

There is a common ground that these individuals have in common, they are Christian leaders, both with a high profile in their social environment.

One thing I want to disclose before I move forward, that is Christian, I have also been closed-minded, and judgmental. I am sure that I still am, yet have now become curious and learn about what is different. My holistic and spiritual practice is a combined result of the desire to understand myself, divine intervention, and curiosity.

My experience with yoga came as a result of not only an injury but also as a result of a healing practice that I had been practicing for a while. A healing practice that brought me the ability to experience mindfulness and awareness of my spiritual need to grow and connect with my body. As I heal my body, my mind and spirit need to release the energies and yoga helps it by moving the body. Yoga, meditation, and energy healing include breath work, which helps calm the nervous system, includes introspection, which helps identify those uncomfortable feelings and experiences that need to be addressed and it also includes the healing of relationships. The health of the individual involved in these practices improves significantly as well as their mindset.

Strengthening of relationships and self-esteem also come as a result of these practices. So, what is so demonic about yoga? To this day I have not found the dark side of it, but if there is one, please feel free to share.

Yoga and the new age movement concepts are not new to humanity. This includes energy healing and meditation. The truth is that these are old practices. A lot of it comes from ancient cultures and their healing and spiritual practices. These cultures are full of wisdom just like the wisdom from the Bible. I may be wrong, but I believe these spiritual practices remain pure (for the most part) as they have not fallen in the hands of human interpretation the way the Bible has. However, when you take a close look at the teachings of the Bible and let’s say the Sanskrit, you will see that they have a lot in common.

It is my purpose to inspire curiosity, respect, and excitement to open up to different and new ways to experience an improved life. I embrace my Christian upbringing and teachings and enhance them with the loving, inclusive, and healing experiences of yoga, meditation, and energy healing as they all connect and blend making this life journey powerful and limitless allowing personal and spiritual growth of the SELF.

Contact Mari Méndez at light@healingfirefly.com or book a free call healingfirefly.as.me/connect

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Kids, Parents & Shared Behaviors

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We inherit more than the color of our eyes and the texture of our hair … we inherit the thought and behavior patterns of our parents and ancestors.

There comes a time when mothers and fathers experience the delusion of parenthood.  You gave life to beautiful souls. You have dreams about how great a parent you will be/are and create an idea of what your child’s life will be like. 

Then, as they grow and develop reality hits. You end up at odds with your parental skills and doubt if you are a good parent. Feeling guilty for establishing boundaries and fearing you are the cause of any unhappiness they express. 

Eventually, children start disappointing you because you realize that what they are and choose to be is not congruent with the dream you have of them.

This is truly the story of every parent. You may disagree with me now. It could be because you do not have children yet or they are too young. In your heart your child is perfect. Yet with time, you will experience this. Children will make choices that to some degree, will not align with what you would have chosen for them. Whether a career option, a love interest, dress style, habits, addictions… you name it.

You will do your best to guide them to what you believe is good for them (regardless of being right or not) and as a result, they seclude themselves in their self-pity and reject you until they need you again.

People have the habit of forgetting who we are as we grow up.  We forget how we did things that were not aligned with what our parents had for us; and if they were, very rarely do you see people who are truly happy and appreciative for following their parent’s plans.

Genetically we inherit our parent’s traits, which we learned in school. Yet, new science (epigenetics) helps us understand profoundly how the energy of our parents’ experiences can pass from one generation to another. This is not limited to our mother and father. It goes beyond your parents and grandparents. It carries your ancestor’s life experience energy.

Parents are unaware that children repeat the same patterns of behavior they had throughout their lives; the same patterns you repeated from your parents… and that they repeated from their parents.

As I explored my growing pains as a parent, I confirmed that the above is true for my family. I was chatting with my sister and venting my parental frustrations when she carefully paused and said “Mari, your daughter is acting just like you used to be”.

I had forgotten those years. Needless to say, I felt remorseful; back then my sister took the brunt of it. My sister’s feedback gave me a perspective I had forgotten about myself. 

I had recently blocked social media from my youngest child she figured that by resetting the phone she could override all the codes I had in them. When I realized she was accessing social media on her phone, she confessed how she figured it out. 

She was defiant but determined. At that moment I saw myself at 8 years old sneaking around the house looking for where my mother had hidden the Halloween candy. Which I found on top of the refrigerator cabinet and ate some. At that moment, I realized I needed a different approach with my youngest. Dialogue was the way to go… and yes, it is easier said than done. 

When raising a child we are only conduits of life Our responsibility is to get them ready for an independent and purposeful life. To provide shelter, food, and clothing, and to love them so they can learn to love … and to guide them, not judge them. After all, they take after you. 

Kids will repeat your behavior and thought patterns even if the circumstances are different …and then, create some of their own.

Children will be our responsibility for a short time, but the essence of the parent will remain in them forever. In that case, why allow them to walk around repeating our mistakes? How can we avoid it? That is a million-dollar question!!!!!

These patterns did not start with them, nor you… they are handed down from our ancestral line.

How often do you see yourself in your children? How often do you see them making similar choices to those you made in the past? How have you seen yourself in your parents? If you have not done so yet, look closely. The circumstances are different, the behavior and the actions are the same.

There is hope, and it can change now!

Parenthood has made me aware of my parent’s past, and how it relates to mine. Then I see my young adult children as they navigate life. I ache to see them make similar choices to the ones I did. To help them, I have chosen to address (within myself) these choices and how I feel about them. 

Past actions are a reflection of who I was, the trauma I carried, and the inherited pain that was passed on to me. The difference is that now I have the knowledge and control of the situation. As I work on myself, I am breaking generational trauma by healing the reflection of myself that I see in my kids. I also heal my parents and ancestors by healing what I see in them that I do not like in me. 

Now is your turn to ponder, journal, and heal:

What do you see in your parents that you don’t like about yourself? What do you see in your kids that you do not like about yourself?

Mari Méndez is an energy healer and spiritual mentor in Tampa, Florida with an online practice. She is a Certified Emotion Code Practitioner, Master Global Energy Method, Reiki Master, Certified Money Coach, Subconscious Healing Modality & Body Code Practitioner. You can learn more about Mari’s work by following her personal Facebook page or joining her Facebook Group or Instagram

I Want To Run Away…

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Recently someone asked for guidance on how to protect a person from absorbing other people’s energy. This person has been doing energy healing therapy and still has not progressed much in some areas. She believes she is absorbing other people’s energy as she can be calm and happy and suddenly irritated when around others making her feel like running away.

As an individual goes through a healing protocol they show progress. However, there is a side of the healing that requires a shift in the way the individual sees life, events, and how they perceive past events. In other words, to fully heal there is a mindful transmutation and awareness of behavior, thoughts, and beliefs that needs to be manifested in real-time.

Healing with energy protocols may seem to be magical there is a sense of magic to it. However, often we need to be active participants in the healing, and this requires conscious effort. Otherwise, the progress may take longer.

I do not know the details of the person the fellow healer was talking about, however, I was able to sense that there is still emotional baggage to clear, deep sorrows combined with resistance to face the pain along with inability to forgive. This last is devastating when is directed to self. 

When a person’s energy fluctuates easily from happy to irritated to impulsive  as they are exposed to a trigger, it is very common to find that there are influencing energies like blame and judgment contributing to the shift in the emotional state. Wanting to run away is a reaction and not a response to a situation. When triggered the autonomous nervous system allows you to react in three ways: fight, flight, or freeze. In recent times we have seen how people become aggressive and illogical in reasoning presenting themselves as victims, and martyrs. Or worse, they become numb to what the good they have believe g they are not worthy to receive love, feeling they are not understating or seen, and begin to believe they don’t belong in this world. 

In this case there  is a level of resistance to see the relationship or situation turn around for the best. Feeling this has become too familir, hence the hesitation to allow healing to flow.

Other times person’s resistance is anchored by experiencing memory cords, fractured memories, which may eventually become inflamed with the need of retaliation as a way to feel vindicated. 

Do not take lightly the phrase “We mirror ourselves in others”.  I have learned from different spiritual teachers, and from spiritual development books that we are all have a level of responsibility in each situation even when we “are not at fault”.  I know you think this is crazy, but I have experienced it to be true. I have learned to ask myself this powerful question, “what is that I see in them that I do not like about myself?”.  Once you find the answer, the healing process begins.

Healing opens the door to explore and (hopefully) practice unconditional love and radical forgiveness. Learning this practice seems impossible until you internalize that it is ALL about healing and correcting the energies within yourself. I know that taking responsibility for the situation is a foreign concept, however, it is worth exploring. Forgiveness protocols are powerful tools that lead you into a journey of self-awareness, unconditional acceptance, and surrender to the highest power in the Universe … LOVE.

About the writer:

Mari Méndez is an energy healer and spiritual mentor in Tampa, Florida with an online practice. She is a Certified Emotion Code Practitioner, Master Global Energy Method, Reiki Master, Certified Money Coach, Subconscious Healing Modality & Body Code Practitioner. You can learn more about Mari’s work by following her personal Facebook page or joining herFacebook Group or Instagram

Phantom Reasons for Cervical Misalignment (Neck Pain)

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Have you ever considered the invisible reasons for your body aches?

Whether you had physical trauma or emotional trauma we all have a degree of traumatic experiences in our life from which emotions flow and these influence our health. 

We are all traumatized in our childhood,  even the birth experience is a source of trauma for all individuals. The difference between one person and another is the degree of trauma we have experienced and how we manage it.

Most of the current physical pain you have comes from the accumulation of unprocessed emotional responses. Often from feeling unsafe in childhood experiences. You may say, “I had a great childhood” but it does not mean you did not experience sadness, or frustration or were disappointed by your parents. Trauma does not have to be a major catastrophe. Trauma is how we react to an event, regardless of the level of pain. 

The neck represents the connection of the brain and the body. It is representative of the individual’s flexibility to accept change, move in different directions, accept other perspectives, and adapt to the mind (how open-minded you are).

A sore or stiff neck may represent a need for expression. The neck is the connection of the mind and the body. It is the channel used to communicate ideas through your mouth.  You feel uncomfortable expressing yourself as you grew up with parents who did not listen to your ideas or made fun of your original thoughts. Feelings of insecurity and fear begin here. You may then as an adult partner with someone who is also controlling and does not listen to you. You are afraid to make a mistake and be made fun of. 

The stiff neck is also the lack of flexibility to see the other side of the coin. When you find your voice, you don’t want to give away the power. This limits you as you want to see things from your standpoint. 

Regardless of the part played, inflexibility and lack of understanding create friction, and judgment, and foster resentment, bitterness, and even victimhood. Exploring the other side of the situation relaxes your muscles, releases the strain from your neck, and brings healing to relationships. When you move from your position, you can see things differently from another angle. So you are not extending your neck, but you analyze someone else’s point of view. 

If you wake up with a stiff neck and help yourself get rid of it, in your mind,  go a few days back and ask yourself “What am I being inflexible or stubborn about?”. 

If your neck pain is chronic, you may want to reach out so we can explore the root of your condition and get rid of it for good.

Mari Méndez is an energy healer and spiritual mentor in Tampa, Florida with an online practice. She is a Certified Emotion Code Practitioner, Master Global Energy Method, Reiki Master, Certified Money Coach, Subconscious Healing Modality & Body Code Practitioner. You can learn more about Mari’s work by following her personal Facebook page or joining her Facebook Group or Instagram