Lisa-Jane Myers

Transforming a Kimono

This kimono was cream coloured. I pleated the sleeves, and did shibori on the body which is a Japanese techniques where you tie the fabric with nails and then dye to give it these wonderful effects. The dye was made of brown onions skins.......and look at that beautiful golden colour!

Transforming a Kimono

My Whakapapa

This was the most amazing experience putting this together. It is dyed silk tissue felted with merino wool, pure silk and spaghetti wool. This is just a portion of it shown in the photo -to show the detail closely. I have it as a wall hanging on my wall now!

My Whakapapa

Making Changes

It has been a longtime between posts......

Well I have been making some changes in my life in the past few months. In December I was "guided" to give up working on 12Angel.com, I didn't really like this guidance and choose to take no notice- for a while. As usual I keep receiving the guidance and left it until 1 February to make changes and let it go. I was really reluctant as I like to have "all my ducks lined up" and know what is coming next??? Well as we know this is not how life works.......and it certainly wasn't going to be any different for me this time. So I finally gave it up-12Angel that is. No sooner had I done this and I found myself in front of the most amazing exhibition of textiles by local students.  I was totally in awe, so much so that I went back the next day to see it again.....ended up in front of the tutor........put my portfolio together - interviewed 4 days later-got accepted and was in my visual arts -Textiles course a week later.

So my point in sharing this with you is of course to let you know where I have been all this time.....but mostly to let you know that if you are getting strong guidance that you are not listening too, ask your guides to keep giving you that guidance to reassure you that it is the steps to take. Ask them to show you the guidance in dreams, or signs during the day like putting you right in front of the exhibition and tutor. Like they did for me!

Shamanic Training

Well what a month it has been-actually the past two months have been jammed packed! I am sorry I have been "Missing in action" from my blog

I went to the Shamanic Training course through NZ First Light flower essences which I spoke about on my last blog. It truly exceeded all my expectations, Franchelle Ofsosk é -Wyber is the most amazing teacher and a real gift to Aotearoa(NZ). Her teaching is world class, as are her products the flower essences. I knew I had been "guided" to do this course but felt a little nervous about it, as Shamanic "stuff" always feels a little to earthy and scary to me. I prefer hanging out up in the Angelic Realms which is where I spend most my days with my work and play. What really stood out for me on this course was what I desperately needed. To receive training in connecting myself to Papa-tua-nuku  (Mother Earth) for me to sustain my Angelic work. I came away feeling very grounded and a real connection to Papa-tua-nuku and what she offers with the flower essences. We all got to experience the essences during the weekend, I found the effects subtle but very profound on a soul level.

 At the moment I am working on my first correspondence course studying the Plants essences No’s 63-84. I will mix up my training with correspondence and workshops at Titirangi, NZ. I highly recommend her and suggest you check out her website here Franchelle offers readings, and loads of information on the flower essences.   

First Light Flower Essences of NZ

I am really looking forward to doing SHAMANIC TRAINING with
Medicine Woman Franchelle Ofsosk é -Wyber.                                                        

 It is from Friday 10th October to Sunday 12th October 2008 in Taupo, New Zealand

We will be exploring the following:

• Healers Essences No’s 85-96.
• The role of the New Zealand teacher plants.
• Walking the path of the medicine woman/man in the 21st century.
• Connecting to the ancient nature power of Aotearoa.
• Accessing ancient magical healing pathways.
• Shamanic initiation and journeying.
• The mantle of healing.
• Opening to Spirit.
• Working with your N.Z. native power plant allies

To find out more about this course click here

I will be continuing my learning by correspondence so that I can use these wonderful flower essences in my healing sessions with clients.

Abundance

Getting to know some of the most gifted and generous lightworkers comes with working on 12Angel.  I consider myself very blessed to be in this community -actually we call it a family!
I would like to introduce you to Jeremy, he is doing wonderful work out in the world as well as being a being a very talented reader with 12Angel. On his blog he has started video blogging and you really have to watch him in action with this beautiful message and meditation around Abundance. Go check him out click here

Running with your gut instincts

I was having a conversation with my husband Blair this morning. About how I think I like to make decisions quickly and without giving it too much thought.  He laughed at me as he often does and said "I watch the way you do things and I know that you read over stuff lightly and make decisions not based on a lot".  I jumped in as I always do and said (defending myself) "what do ya mean, based on not a lot"??????? Then, as always he articulately explains what he meant replying "what I meant was that as it takes you a long time to read information, you skim over it, get the point and then use what you are best at-which is your sense, intuition and makes your choices from there".

So my point of this whole blog is, that as I have fine tuned my intuition and the fact that I like to do thing quickly. Less and less do I spend hours and hours in my head or talking out my decisions with others.  I just rely on my "gut feeling" and trust myself and run with my instincts.

I challenge you to try this on for a week. Then notice where the choices you made "were spot on". I love the kick that I get out of this, life seems to have more flow and a whole lot more freedom when are you not in your head all the time.

Living with a view

Since we returned to Wellington we have been living in rented accommodation.  I chose the house we live in as it ticked  seven out of the ten boxes (it backs onto the local school).  I knew that coming from the most idyllic setting beside the sea with a gorgeous climate and back to the City, it would be important for us live amongst the trees or beside the sea.  The house that fitted the criteria was in a valley amongst the trees.  I have always been aware of how, having a view out the windows of your house is very important and how it can impact your "view on your life".  It has been the wettest winter on record and we have been very house bound with three children including one boy toddler ahhhhh! We are at the bottom of a valley on a slight hill looking out to other houses and because of the rain, there has often been fog lying low into the valley.  I really noticed especially after driving over the hill, into town today and getting an up high view of the harbour, just how much my view on life has become really "closed in" just like the fog that surrounds our house. It does really affect your well being.  What is the view like from your house? Do you have a beautiful view and therefore a beautiful outlook on life? Or is your view out of your window of the apartment building right next door? So do you therefore feel like you have no space in your life? You really would be surprised how this affects you.

PS I will keep you posted on a sea view we maybe basking in, very very soon!