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Day 133 - a joy of sharing cacao love with a friend #365daysofjoychallenge. “You see, I do believe in miracles. I, who have passed through fire. I do believe.” ― Joanne Harris, Chocolat ❤️ Today I needed a friend. I made some cacao and met with one. Recently, I’ve been using raw cacao as a medicine as it nutritious content helps me to physically recover from #mecfs, while its spirit assists in opening the heart and receiving divine guidance for healing. ‍♀️ After cacao, I usually meditate, chant or do other spiritual practices. Today, it was simply joyful to chat under influence of cacao. It is known as a heart-warming drink which truly assists in communicating from the heart while listening both inward and outward. With cacao, a chat with a friend has potential to be deeply healing. #consiouslyjoyful Do you use cacao as medicine and if so how is it working for you?

Day 138 - a joy of recalling this image throughout the day #365daysofjoychallenge “You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all." — Cassandra Clare (Clockwork Princess). This picture of my daughter brings me back into the moment in the spring, when I consciously manage to turn unbearable (pains, fatique, and hopelessness) into bearable. From that day on, I know that even if something feels so bad you think you cannot tolerate this anymore, if you are open to smallest positive vibes, something may happen that transforms a state of despair into joy, faith and love. You have also power to initiate this transformation by doing something simple such as making a wreath of flowers. ‍♀️ Today, my body was integrating the yesterday´s acupuncture treatment. Even though it felt like magic happening in the body, it was heavy to bear. By recalling this image of my daughter and knowledge I received that day, I managed to also recall that joy. I kept trusting and made it through the unbearable until again a simple unexpected joyful moment made it into bearable. Today it was an invitation to teach from my beautiful yogi friend @ceciliesamrita_aune So I thought… Some cliché phrases like «leave past in the past, live in the now» are not 100 % accurate advice for all life situations. If recalled consciously, some past memories can help you to make best of the present like nothing else. They can also help to cleanse and to heal - in the now. #consiouslyjoyful What was your most remarkable conscious joy today?

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Day 137 - a joy of getting uplifted #365daysofjoychallenge. "Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being." — Albert Schweitzer ‍♀️ Today, I had a joy of getting uplifted by a treatment from an unique Chinese doctor who is occasionally in Oslo. He does magic. What impresses me is how casual and calm he is about the symptoms. I do not need to tell - he can see and feel energy blockages and interpret those in his way. With a long-term illness, it is easy to get obsessed with your pains, symptoms and scientific explanations of those and let those define you. I find it a relief in getting alternative perspectives on what is going on in the body, as it moves attention from getting stuck in disfunction to expanding consciousness for healing. This I find uplifting. I also find uplifting meeting doctors, healers and other professionals who are humble, who share their gifts with devotion, sincerity and belief in patients´ inner wisdom. This opens my heart and increases vibrations of love. Today’s bonus was in the doctor gently correcting my posture by pressing on two points - on the chin centre and the heart centre. This was literally was uplifting as it reminded my body how it used to be. Living with pains, but also simply having an office job with sitting by the screen all day long, makes your body gradually sink and get heavy. A simple conscious correction in the posture which everyone can do themselves, gives lightness and feeling of flying (or in case of swimmer lovers - swimming) like a butterfly. ❤️ Remember to daily lift yourself up - physically by correcting the posture; emotionally by feeling love, gratitude, joy; mentally by thinking positively and taking time to totally clear up your thoughts; and energetically by being in spaces that resonate with you or by simply clearing energies with burning sage. #consiouslyjoyful What was your most remarkable conscious joy today? P.S. Phone from my zip-line experiance in july 2017.

Day 136 - a joy of dancing in the bed. “People like us we don't need that much just some one that starts the spark in our bonfire hearts”. James Blunt. Today, I have empathized with the main character of Groundhog Day movie, Phil. I use to wake up and scan my body in hope #fatigue is totally gone and I just can jump out of the bed and go swimming. As in the movie, I often find myself being in the same place psychically, even though my mentality has expanded and my heart has never been this open. As in the movie, I try something new and go through a day making the best out of it. Today “the new thing” was dancing in the bed with my daughter: nothing crazy - #cfsme friendly moves. But my happy playlist, laughing daughter and her joy of doing something new with me, was a delightful experience which made getting out of the bed with “this is gonna be the best day of my life attitude” easier. ☀️ So I thought... no matter how stuck you may feel in a life situation... by taking slow steps in a new direction, minding your ego and raising your consciousness, finding new meaning in life, practicing kindness to yourself and others and enjoying yourself where you are, you slowly but surely create a new reality which is ways better than anything you knew. ❓ Have you experienced living “a Groundhog Dog day” all over again? I go and revisit the movie tonight

Day 125 - a joy of being met with love ❤️. «To know how to love someone, we have to understand them. To understand, we need to listen.» - Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Love ❤️ Back home to Oslo today. My husband and daughter met us from the train. This moment of reuniting with family and sensing love and joy is precious. I have recently been thinking what it means for me to be met with love. We all have deferent capacities of expressing and receiving love depending on how open our heart center is, if we feel lovable and if we explore what giving and recieving love is in relation to different people. Being met with love today, helped me to start putting some words on what makes me feel being met with love. Smiling eyes looking directly in mine. Good, long hug which isn’t given ritually, but rather from the heart. Mindful listening when I answer to “How have you been?”, showing the person cares to know. A surprising gesture like flowers, small gift or simply meeting directly at train/plain showing the person’s urge to meet as soon as possible. Laughing out loud enjoying being together. Empathy for feeling tired after travel and needing time to restitute. A special meal together to celebrate reunion... ❓ Being met with love is one of the greatest joys of all, isn’t it? How is it for you? #365daysofjoychallenge #consiouslyjoyful

Day 129 - a joy of having a friend over #365daysofjoychallenge. «The challenge of life is to have your heart open when you most want to close it. To let life crack you open. To allow what is falling away to fall away…Wherever you find yourself at the moment, life is coaxing you to keep your heart open» - Rebecca Campbell, Work your light. ‍♀️ Today I had a joy of opening my home to a new friend. Ever since I moved to Norway for 13 years ago, I’ve been missing having girlfriends over. I’ve been sad for not having my old friends around and I’ve been missing having heart-to-heart talks as new friendships felt fake. In fact, I’ve been missing myself as I closed my heart while adjusting to a new communication culture which was not true for me. At the end, I just gave up inviting girlfriends over as it anyway became incompatible with having small kids. ‍♀️ Today, thanks to @sarahannndipity, I felt a well-forgotten joy of having a friend over, - being their for each other, doing what we both like, trying something new (on photo - doing a couple meditation/life current kriya), and together diving into life’s mysteries. Harmoniously, graciously, without hurry or expectations, but with compassion and sincerity. #consiouslyjoyful What was your most remarkable conscious joy today?

Day 135 - a joy of “seeing a sun» #365daysofjoychallenge. “Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.” ― Victor Frankl. ‍♀️ Today is Saturday. What do you use your energy for? Before I got #mecfs, I have rarely used weekends for rest and joyful activities. Weekends were usually days for other to-dos I did not have time to during a work week: cleaning the house, shopping, gardening or even extra working hours… Now when my energy levels are still low, I allow myself to choose what I WANT to use my energy for. I choose joy and rest, above all. ☀️ Today, it happened to be meeting an old friend I have not seen in five years. Meeting some people is like seeing the Sun after a storm. You feel you can relax your guards and just be around. You can embrace warmth without getting hurt. You can recharge without an effort. You can get playful just because of being shone on. You may not speak the same language, you may not speak at all - just being in their energy field is enough and is healing. Today, I had a joy of being in a company of such a sunny person. I get that some practical things needs to be arranged, the house needs cleaning and shopping needs to be done. We may even feel we need to spend time in relationships and companies we, deeply inside, do not enjoy. This is not true - it is always a matter of choice! No matter how powerless you may feel, how religious you are about your to-do-list, you always have power to make choice. Choose filling your days with joy! At least, give yourself a taste of it among other things, you may feel you need to do or you may feel you cannot afford. #consiouslyjoyful What was your conscious joy today?

Day 122 - a joy of a kundalini yoga practice in a forest with a gorgeous Mountain View. “Trust in the unknown: you are always safe; you are always cared; you are always held; you are always guided. Trust in your heart. Trust in your strength. Trust in your light. Trust in yourself” - Alexia Chellun, Trust In album Just before I sleep. ‍♂️ Today was the first time I practiced a full kundalini yoga set out in the nature. It was a joy of easy grounding, infinite peace, safety and trust. It was simply delightful. Imagine reading japji out loud under the accompaniment of the wind, doing Nabi cleanse kriya breathing (see the photo) in a blended aroma of blueberries, pinewood, blooming moss and a range of forest flowers . Imagine 31 minutes of singing Wahe Guru mantra hearing more and more birds joining in and feeling the sun coming out of the heavy clouds to lighten up the meadow I was practicing in. Imagine laying down in shavasana on a heavenly soft moss being surrounding by bluberreries underneath of tall steady pine-trees with all the smells and sounds of the virgin nature. That was a paradise for a yoga practice. My best experience ever. So I thought... doing yoga, breathwork or other spiritual practice in nature multiplies its effects. Why not doing it more often? #365daysofjoychallenge #consiouslyjoyful What was your most remarkable conscious joy today?