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Know Thyself to Create a Life you Adore

My life has been backed by spirituality, hope and love for as long as I can remember. Sitting by a lake in the Adirondack mountains, I watched the beauty of the sun reflecting off the ripples of the water and experienced deep peace and connection with self. This began my journey into meditation.

This journey continued as I learned ways to choose love over fear, live in harmony with the earth and through Reiki I learned to live in alignment with the Universe.

This combination of personal awareness, spirituality, the web of life, gratitude, devotion, love instead of fear or anger and kindness has led me to Know Thyself. I have spent years working with myself and others to create lives we adore using this wisdom.

The journey to Know Thyself is a lifelong commitment to yourself. When you are committed to yourself and truly knowing that person, then you can create a life that you adore.

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Mindfulness + Observation = Awareness
5 days ago Leave a Comment by Irisa MacKenzie Exercises

Mindfulness + Observation = Awareness

Honesty with ourselves though mindfulness can and will bring massive change to your life. This change starts with internal awareness of yourself, your life moments and the actions and reactions that you give.

Mindfulness Begins with Observation
2 weeks ago Leave a Comment by Irisa MacKenzie Fire of Inspiration

Mindfulness Begins with Observation

perceptions and expectations can take the place of personal realities and norms if we are not mindful of our truth.

Mindfulness & Words
2 weeks ago Leave a Comment by Irisa MacKenzie Exercises

Mindfulness & Words

Just for today, pause before you say your words. Take one small moment to reflect on the words that are […]

Mindfulness & Self Care
3 weeks ago Leave a Comment by Irisa MacKenzie Fire of Inspiration

Mindfulness & Self Care

Today is interesting. I woke up feeling pretty wrecked from my monthly cycle, but still have to mom, teach school […]

The Art of Relaxing
3 weeks ago Leave a Comment by Irisa MacKenzie Fire of Inspiration

The Art of Relaxing

Not everyone knows how to relax. For some, attempting to sit still, relax and enjoy a mindless activity like TV […]

3 weeks ago Leave a Comment by Irisa MacKenzie Fire of Inspiration

4:32 am

Mindfulness has helped me to learn about the things that bring me discomfort. By bringing awareness to my emotions and […]

4 weeks ago Leave a Comment by Irisa MacKenzie Fire of Inspiration

7:32 pm

Finding my rhythm is a struggle. I struggle with what my heart tells me is right and true for myself […]

Dreaming the Dream
4 weeks ago 1 Comment by Irisa MacKenzie Fire of Inspiration

Dreaming the Dream

Being more self reliant and less reliant on big corporations has long been a dream of mine. One of the […]

Christmas season 2020
1 month ago Leave a Comment by Irisa MacKenzie Fire of Inspiration

Christmas season 2020

This has been a unique holiday season for all. While we have missed seeing relatives. We took advantage of the […]

Winter Solstice 2020
1 month ago Leave a Comment by Irisa MacKenzie Fire of Inspiration

Winter Solstice 2020

It would probably be helpful to introduce the Winter Solstice or Yule. Yule originates in the Norse culture and is […]

The Passion Project
1 month ago Leave a Comment by Irisa MacKenzie Fire of Inspiration

The Passion Project

Focusing on a niche for this blog has been extraordinarily difficult for me. The original intent for this blog was […]

The Playful Side of Mindfulness
1 month ago Leave a Comment by Irisa MacKenzie Fire of Inspiration

The Playful Side of Mindfulness

There are rare moments in life that capture the fairytale portraits of life that we see in film and magazine. […]

Winding Down & Releasing 2020
2 months ago Leave a Comment by Irisa MacKenzie Challenge

Winding Down & Releasing 2020

Teaching ourselves and our children to continue to move forward with life and love, to move through that fear and find what love, beauty, grace, and gratitude there is in life despite the fear is important.

Deep Peace and Gratitude Mantras
2 months ago Leave a Comment by Irisa MacKenzie Fire of Inspiration

Deep Peace and Gratitude Mantras

Gratitude, Thankfulness and Peace are on the top of my list today. In the United States it is Thanksgiving. We […]

Breathe and Remember
2 months ago Leave a Comment by Irisa MacKenzie Fire of Inspiration

Breathe and Remember

This is for you, a reminder that you are valuable …. you have worth …. these emotions that you feel […]

Expectations, Mindfulness & Journaling
October 16, 2020 Leave a Comment by Irisa MacKenzie Journal Prompts

Expectations, Mindfulness & Journaling

mindfulness does let us grow, learn and adjust each moment. This gives us the opportunity to handle the next such moment better than the one before.

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