The start of my journey

Photo of a beautiful wattle, taken on a bush walk during my Bush Flower Essences course.

So many beautiful things have been occurring in my life in the past months, and I wanted to start a place where I am able to share them with my friends - and so here we are :) 

My journey, my awakening I can honestly say started when I completed my Level One in Australian Bush Flower Essences.  This was a two day course filled with much new information, meeting many new friends. and having the honour of being taught my one of my favorite lecturers from my uni, Caitlin.  This woman's passion and joy for the essences is in fact what drew me to complete this course.
At the start of the second day, we all took part in a beautiful chakra meditation, in which we 'recieved' a flower for each chakra, and then any guidance or messages that we needed to.
I was blown away by the beautiful flowers I was gifted with, but even more so my guide that came to me.  A very gentle, Aboriginal elder who shared a few but meaningful words with me.
"Your illness is a gift you chose to be born with, not a burden.  It enables you to assist in the healing of others.  This is the path you chose to be born into, and you must embrace it."  Wow.  As a long time sufferer of major depression, these words brought both tears and joy, and a recognition of something I had always known, but never acknowledged.
Since this weekend away I have sensed a growing.  An ability to cleanse and remove from my life what needed to be let go, and to welcome in the new.  This in turn lead me to begin walking on the beautiful Mount Cannibal http://www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/files/Sus_environt/Mt_Cannibal_trail_notes_web.pdf
From here - the journey has continued..........