Nancy's Blog August 20, 2010 OF TIME, TWEETS AND SOULS FLYING FREE With all the Facebook, Tweets and Twits stuff going on, I sometimes feel like it's all too much. Just give me a real live human being with whom to converse while sitting in the shade of the redwood tree in my own front yard. No computers, no cell phones, nothing that needs rebooting or recharging! (Except me!)   Especially this week, I feel deep appreciation for the simple things in life....and for life itself. ***************** Earlier this week, I spent nearly 72 hours with a dear woman named Jean, a former client. I had the honor of playing the role of "spiritual midwife" as she transitioned from her body. She'd been valiantly dealing with cancer for several years, and at age 74, it was now time to let go, and move on. After many long hours, during which her body and soul prepared themselves for this transition, I was gifted to be at her side at the moment of release. I was able to witness the look of indescribable joy and awe that shone through her barely opened eyelids in the instant before she left her body. She'd been unconscious for the better part of three days, so for her to return to awareness just enough to reveal that beauty to me - and to her daughter, Sherrie, who was on her other side - was an unspeakably precious gift. I don't know precisely what Jean experienced in that moment, but I do know she wanted us to know it was beautiful beyond imagining. A single tear rolled down her parched cheek, and then she was gone. Sherrie and I sat wide-eyed, feeling an indescribable awe and Lightness of Being, as we both cried and laughed and hugged across her mom's now-uninhabited body.  Then, I turned and softly played "Amazing Grace" on my crystal singing bowls, as Jean's soul flew free.  ************* So, although time marches on at an ever-increasing rate here on this earthly plane, I've been freshly reminded that what truly matters knows not the bounds of time, nor the confines of the body. Who we truly are could never be expressed in a tweet, a twit, a blog, or a book of any kind - Face or otherwise!   As the birds flutter amongst the branches above me, singing their songs with joyful abandon, I find myself joyfully reflecting that each of us has a unique song to sing... and wings with which to fly.  I am blessed with that knowing. I wish for you the same blessing. Namaste.

Relax Into Healing... January 20, 2009 INAUGURATION DAY...BE THE CHANGE! On this auspicious Inauguration Day, this day of renewed hope and Vision in our country and in our world, I feel moved to share with you a link to a simple movement to help "bring it home"... a way to bring these inspired ideals into action in our own lives, right now...to do our part to help keep this inspired Energy moving! I encourage you to take just a moment to check it out.      http://www.bethechangeaction.org/pledge/sign Here's the pledge I typed in: To hold the HIgher Vision steadfastly; to take responsibility (even when it's easier not to) to do whatever it takes to raise my individual consciousness level, so that I might best help manifest this collective Vision of peace, harmony and abundance for all... in short, to BE the change I seek. Signed, Nancy Hopps I also pledged their suggested commitment of: "At least 50 hours annually as a volunteer with local service organizations, non-profits, hospitals, schools, faith-based institutions or other places of need or through an enterprise or initiative I create." Won't you take a moment, breathe in the pervasive sense of Possibility, and commit to what role you are willing to play? As important as it is to "Relax into Healing", we also must take action for the healing so sorely needed on the planet at this time. We are, indeed, all in this together. Thank-you, and blessings to all. Namaste.   Archives January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 September 2007 December 2007 February 2008 May 2008 June 2008 September 2008 October 2008 December 2008 January 2009 April 2009 July 2009