OUR QUESTION : Do you have a caring nature and want to help people feel less stress and tensions in their bodies while accessing greater harmonious well being in their life's ?

Have you been dreaming of becoming a caring and skilled Holistic Intuitive Massage Therapist ?
Are you wondering how you can create a better life / work balance and sustain your own joy and wellness without burnout and overwhelm ?
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Would you like to work and thrive in the wellness industry helping 100's and 1000's of people feel more relaxed, calm, centred, empowered and connected with themselves in body, mind and soul ?

​OUR VISION with launching Vibrant Wellness Academy FEB 2017' : Our new paradigm training academy at Vibrant Living Retreat was to support those with a caring nature and interest for massage and wellness to access the skills and confidence as quickly as possible to BE WELL & SHARE WELLNESS.

We believe that caring for self is absolutely required to be able to sustain a thriving career and business caring for others with integrity and authenticity.

So we have created our holistic massage training courses to be part of a personal wellness retreats to not just learn but embody the learning in your own cells and neural pathways experientially. These training retreats are perfect for those whom learn in a hands on practical immersive way.

WE BELIEVE that staying on retreat allows our students to learn, absorb and integrate the information and experiences offered each day. We aim to simplify the seeming complex nature and mainstream understandings of health and wellness into what really matters and what really works from a holistic intuitive perspective in the shortest amount of time and that anyone can pick up with the right openness, a caring adaptable nature and heart - mind intentions.

Please review our training page for more massage student reviews through out. HERE 

Embracing the beauty of my emotional body by opening up my heart and vulnerability has definitely been a big part of my own healing journey. This has been an invaluable step to discovering and unearthing within myself the inner trust to  flow  my authentic expression and walk my souls greater truth and vision for this life time on earth. 

This morning I found myself in some raw feelings and releasing tears as I touched into some past trauma of sadness and rage and over whelm experienced by my younger ( inner child ) self but never really allowed to be expressed. 

As I take steps forward in my inner empowerment journey and do my own inner personal rebalancing work by taking responsibility for my emotions and past experiences, I am blessed to turn around and support others by shining the light on a pathway of possibilities and probability to step upon mindfully to support moving forward with empowering wellness tools, relatable stories,  intuitive soulful guidance and practical insights. It is beautiful and magical and a delight to my heart and soul to be in service this way to so many beautiful humans I get to cross paths with in all kinds of ways and from all walks of life. Many have become great friends and are like soul family ; all of us on this big life adventure supporting one another along the way of unknowns, ups and wobbles. 

Life in the big bad world can look pretty messy somedays depending on whom you are listening to and perhaps as a reflection too in your own personal life.  However I promise you all is truly well and all is unfolding perfectly for us as a humanity. The best analogy is we are living in the trenches of life and don't get to see the bigger over view of what is really happening in our life's until we do that is. I offer very special session called Quantum Healing Hypnosis session that assist with this and you can read a review and click a link to learn more at the end of this blog post. The most important thing for any of is to rediscover whom we really are, release what does not work anymore and trust our own hearts and specialness to be taken care of and be a intricate part of a greater divine plan.  Then go have fun, follow what brings you immense  joy and life your passions full out. Start caring about yourself so you can truly care about all others and the planet and animals. Be part of the solution and not the problem in resistance to the current of life in its evolutional cycle due to being afraid of change, loss and different experiences. Trust you and trust life. 

WHY IS LIFE SO CHALLENGING THEN ? 
Our life experiences are triggering in us via current life events, people, places and things old wounds, imbalances  and unresolved emotions to heal either from child hood, ancestral and / or past life's. These are often brought to our attention by the messages from our bodies. I can speak personally as I have had a few physically issues of late and I have been exploring the psychological messages of them. Today they resonated so profoundly because I was ready to finally feel the truth and connection more deeply within my subconscious memories and allow the emotions to surface and flow free. I can already feel that my physically issue are beginning to lessen in there intensity. . 

The body is the wonderful messenger and physical expression of the sub conscious mind. Just like it is time to befriend our emotions. it is beyond high time to befriend our amazing human bodies. Just like emotions so many of us were thought to fight against them with shame, blame and even hatred. Hence opting to living in the head, the mental mind and not really being connected and present in the feeling body. For some people it has been too darn painful to feel and for others pain was the only thing keeping them  in the body by gaining their attention and focus. 

Feeling are so important in order to listen to and hear the bodies messages. If we have negated our ability to feel and live in harmony with our body and emotion's, then over time the body has to shout louder and louder to get our attention. Are you beginning to see and understand how this culminates in many cases of dis-ease ( illness acute and chronic ).  Not all as some are the souls plan to have a certain preferred experience to enhance its  wisdom and compassion. 

The challenge with emotions is when we have become so detached from them and have judged them harshly, some of them can seem so over whelming and every method of control is used to keep them in there place. Of course over time this is going to be exhausting because it is going against the very current of life which is the ability to feel ones experiences and feel them deeply from sadness to happiness, grief to love, abandonment to belonging, fear to empowerment and everything in between on the emotional scale. Some people embrace certain emotions and make other emotions bad or wrong. Anger is a great example of this and is greatly misunderstood. Healthy anger is fiery passion that says NO that is not Ok with me, it has crossed the line and I will not condone this behaviour. When repressed this feeling of anger can become very unhealthy and unhealed and leak out in a triggered reaction at the wrong place and wrong time and potentially hurt others. 

Emotions become unhealthy when stuffed down over a period of time. When they have not been felt and embraced it does not mean they have gone away , it only means they are waiting for there day or if this does not come then they will express another way as mentioned in sickness and ailments or it can be in mental outbursts of rage, anger, hatred , revenge, depression and so on . Another example of unhealthy emotional expression is getting car rage when someone cuts you off in traffic. Another example is parents that get so overwhelmed with their emotions they hit or shout at their children with lack of patience and a neediness to exert a feeling of being in control. Or it maybe because that is how they were treated by their own parents so they are just in a pattern of this reaction instead of being able to access  a more calm loving and new approach better suited to the modern times and understandings of what creates healthy, happy and confident children to grow into caring responsible adults.  
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We are so lucky these days with technology and the information age as we have access to so much knowledge. The only challenge can sometimes be what to enter into google and then stay on track with what is useful. However here are a few of the tools I love to use myself and I share with those that attend our Vibrant Living Wellness Retreats. 

1. Take a few deep breathe to calm , steady and ground your energies 
2. Journal your thoughts and feelings down daily if possibly or when ever strong emotions and reactions occur. If you cannot sleep at night, often it is because you need to journal down your thoughts and be more receptive to your heart guidance  
3. Go for a walk in nature, listen to the birds and sounds around you and if you dare hug a tree 
4. If you have some physically issue and are interested to know more about the psychologically messages from the body then a great starting off resource is to purchase Louise Hays " You can heal your life " book 
5. Exercise to release some tension and then journal if it works better that way for you. Don't run from your emotions as that is an avoidance pattern. 
6. Learn to mother and father yourself ... your inner child self that is feeling the emotional reactions in ways your parents or care givers never could or did not have the capacity to do so. Hear yourself out... that is what the journal is for and then parent the one whom has been feeling the hurt, feeling unheard , unseen, unloved  ...etc ! 
7. Be patient with yourself and know that creating a healthy relationship with emotions and feelings is one of the most powerful and empowering things you can invest you time and energy into. It may take a little practice to discover this and if you commit for even just a few days you will feel results and life will become easier and more joyful 
8. Talk through them with a trusted friend or paid therapist than can hold non judgemental and supported space for you to express authentically 

Infinite gratitude for every journey each person has taken to experience life in its fullness, rawness, harshness , sadness, sorrow and then elevate to dazzlingly heights of greatness, connection and exhilaration to discover what ever was theirs / yours / ours to discover.
Infinite grace & compassion 
Mary jo 💗

To book a Qhht session with Mary Jo . 
Review below. 
http://www.vibrantliving.co.nz/quantum-hypnosis-qhht.html

It is amazing how the universe works out the details and all that is required is for us to show up , say our big YES and trust the flow in each moment and day.

That is the new paradigm folks accepting the self ...in order to fully trust thee self and trust the flow of life ; for we are all connected to the infinite intelligence of life source consciousness. Once we reacquaint ourselves with our deeper truer inner being ( light love thought ) then life takes on a new realisation of simplicity , ease, abundance and joy.

My heart is over flowing with love & gratitude for the life we have allowed and get to live and share at VLR. Truly it has become very apparent that all we have to do is show up being more and more of our truth each day and supporting others to do the same in essence. 

Blog Post written by Mary Jo as a Facebook post on Vibrant Living Retreat Biz Page and re-edited and expanded upon on this blog post.  Hope you enjoyed and found useful resonants with the words and energies of this post. 

What if anything is possible once you open to the possibilities ?

The majority of my clients however have come across the concept while visiting us here at VLR in person, social media posts, word of mouth or found my Qhht webpage rather magically on Vibrant Living.co.nz . Then followed their guidance ..... aka good feelings vibes to book a session in. A few have come via the offical Qhht site of qualified practitioners around the world but most have just been magically guided I feel because that is how life works and I ask my own higher wise self to bring me the perfect clients that resonant with my energy and I / we can support and assist. I believe the prayer or intention is put out from our hearts when looking for support and the next step forward and then life’s great intelligence goes to work to bring it to us.... if we are open to receiving the guidance. One still has to choose to trust it and take the step forward and know they are worth it ! ! !

If you are still reading this post then I would suggest it is by no accident . You may like to check out more about these sessions on our webpage . The webpage is HERE 

A few sweet caring clients have asked me afterwards how is it for me to facilitate one of these Qhht sessions that are ‘ one off sessions by the way ‘ but can go for 4 - 6 hrs ? To Which I reply “ they are my meditation “ and a real honour to be a supportive part of someone’s intimate transformational healing & integrative empowerment session. I do not take it lightly the trust that it takes for someone to open & allow such a deep transformational journey in my presence. For me ... I feel what’s not to love in this, it brings great joy & satisfaction to my heart & soul to be of divine services this way.

I / We truly feel so lucky & honoured at VLR to get to live our truth each day doing what we love & loving what we do. We get to bare witness to transformation after transformation pre & post Qhht sessions & wellness detox retreats. In truth magically transformations happen all the time here, sometimes all it takes is a quality holistic intuitive massage or for others it is just being in our VLR environment that feels relaxing  and positive. YEAH :)

For me it is especially delightful to work with the beautiful hearts that arrive. Sometimes people arrive exhausted of the old ways, issues, toxicity & patterns and are ready, willing & able to finally let in the support and step into greater self responsibility to trust, allow, let go and forgive the past which opens up spaciousness to receive powerful inner healing's ; these can be physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually and all of the above and more including relationships and abundance. Client also gain clarity on life purpose and receive guidance from ones deeper self ( soul ~ higher self ) on what ever they would like guidance, insights and understanding on. Basically no question is off limits and there is no issue that can’t be healed or resolved over time when the most aligned ingredients, understanding and insights are offered and put into practice.

To learn more about these one if a special kind quantum sessions and to book your's see my webpage . 
http://www.vibrantliving.co.nz/quantum-hypnosis-qhht.html
To book a quantum wellness retreat . Check out our packages here inclusive of one qhht session .
http://www.vibrantliving.co.nz/quantum-wellness-retreat.html

Gift voucher available for all we offer at Vibrant Living Retreat. Just email ? or call to arrange . ( Gift Vouchers can be a $$$ amount and used toward anything we offer ).
Phone ? 006433157429
Vouchers can be emailed or posted.

Thank you beautiful Mila from Queenstown for flying to Hanmer to have your QHHT session with me last week and for your review of your session. This review is included in this post and added to our webpage .

Mila is currently training to be a Qhht practitioner and is a wonderful soul with deep compassion for the human journey. Offering Qhht sessions is her highest path at this time so if you are in Queenstown look her up or ask me for her details.

​Wow what a epic month it has been - lucky me . 
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Infinite love, grace & blessings 
Mary jo ?

In joyful services to a empowered & joyfully magnificent humanity. 
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It is a inner game it is ... this life thing ! ! ! ?
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P.S. 
I just realised I have a couple of session openings pre Xmas dec 21st & 23rd And over Xmas to New Years period too. Email Mary jo : info@vibrantliving.co.nz 
Read website page link and more info on sessions.

P. s . FYI .... Our 3 night Dec 2018 Being You Retreat was so successful and delightful to be a part of that we have decided to run another one Jan 15th 2019 - More info HERE  on visiting facilitators Rebecca Gambles website ) ​

At vibrant living we are currently running a Juice fasting detox wellness retreat which is one of the most transformational healing, harmonising & restorative gifts you could give yourself for body mind emotions & soul. 

We run regular detox fasting retreats as private and group bookings. 

 I am currently receiving more and more people booking in Quantum healing hypnosis sessions which reflects that more and more people are looking for healing and discovering their purpose. More people are being open, willing and ready to reconnect with ones deeper truer self and inner light once more. In general more people are more exhausted and this is a good thing because it means we are ready to surrender and stop fighting for our limitations. These sessions are truly soul healing's as much as they are healing and affirming on the human body / mind  / emotional level. Many people during the hypnosis revisit past life’s , child hood experiences or/& galactic connections or/& guides in order to gather a greater understanding on life patterns and experiences and how to heal moving forward. " The only limitations are the ones you place upon your self " 
To find out more about what is involved in this kind of session check out my dedicated QHHT ( Quantum Hypnosis website www.RadiantEssence.co.nz ​.
​I am trained to LEVEL 2 QHHT directly with Dolores Cannon in 2013 and 2014. 

​On Dec 9th -12th we are delighted to have visiting facilitator Rebecca Gambles to co-facilitate our 3 night / 4 days ‘ BEing You’ transformational Wellness Retreat here at Vlr. The invitation “ embody the truth of who you are “. 

Rebecca is a gifted healer in past life regression, angelic reiki, mediumship , animal communications, yoga teacher, laughter yoga guide, pleidian lightwork and a great story teller that walks her talk as a healer and always has everyone around the table deeply engaged and with fits of laughter erupting often.

Please check out our vlr events on this page for more info on this retreat. 
Or website page https://rebeccagambles.com/being-you-retreat/

Be You true & change the world 🌍 

To read Sharon articles on her scientific research that backs up eating more seaweed click HERE or scroll to the bottom and click on the picture underneath my written reflections and musings on us 2 sisters and the road to bridging the gap between on seemingly differences. 

For many years both myself and my sister Sharon have been very dedicated to discovering in our own respective fields and life journeys the elements which develop and sustain health and wellness.

While Sharon has come from a more research science background or academia left brain approach which has opened up more understanding to explore more right brain BMS experiences. I, myself have come from a more right brain approach to life as I followed my heart and guided inner feeling sense which took me into taking many more experiential sensory trainings like Yoga teacher Trainings, 10 day Silent Meditations Retreats & Training in Many Massage & Healing Arts modalities. In these was where I got to discover 1st hand through my own self awareness, self realisation, inner transformations and awakening moments many insights into the mind, body, emotional, spiritual connections and how they influence one another in harmony or coherence and out of harmony. These experiences lead me to search out or simply be interested in the science that collaborates these experiences of awareness and resonates with my deeper inner knowing or soulful essence. It is exciting to me to ground what can seem like spiritual pie in the sky wishy washy concepts with the latest newly evolving science and its discoveries !!! YEAH finally !!! 

We are delighted in our own unique ways to support those whom are ready to step forward to support themselves with self responsibility to making the changes one says they are wanting to create and experience in ones life in body, Mind and Soul. 

​In fact personally speaking this floats my boat and I feel alive and on purpose when supporting others whom are choosing to step forward to support themselves.  It takes commitment, dedication and a deep desire to believe that life can be different and that one deserves the best in life and to go beyond the old norms with greater ease, joy , connection and fulfilment.  

I will complete this writing with one of my favourite scientists I often quote at my retreats that I think will sum it up nicely and practically. 

Mr Albert Einstein
" You cannot solve a problem from the level of thinking that created the problem ". 

A.E. definition for insanity " Doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result ". 

I was 14yrs when myself & my sibling got the news that my Mum had died suddenly from a heart attack in the psych hospital on the west coast of Ireland in Co.Mayo. For years my mum had been in and out of hospital and was staying longer in than out as the years passed. The autopsy reported that it was 2 different types of medication that she had taken or was giving to her that had caused the heart attack to suddenly occur to this women of 34 years.

My mum had suffered for many years from post natal depression which started after I was born and this got progressively worst over the years until she was verging onto the diagnosis of schizophrenia around the time of her death. I recall over hearing when I a child about her having electrical shock treatments and being on lithium meds and others I don't no the names of.  Both my parents took different concoctions of medications for different reasons. 

I as her first child born in 1978 loved this women unconditionally and I have some special memories with her. There were times when she would be my protector from a potential punch aiming my way from my father whom came from the era of when hitting a child was the normal way to try to control a child and put the fear of God in them when they stepped out of line with behaviour.

Sometimes I became the mediator between my parents as my father believed that my mother would listen to me and I could calm her down. The funny thing is my father was scared of my mother because she could be very unpredictable, ungrounded and out of control. It was true my mum would listen to me and seem to trust what I had to share and even though I was scared by the anger levels rising I would do what I could to be courageous and step up to the plate of peace keeper when required to do so. However when it was my Dad that was angry and his Jekyll  personality transformed into the Hyde creature, anything I would say would just makes things worst and I often got myself into more strife for speaking up and trying to get him to see the error of his behaviours and language towards his children.  I recall my younger siblings telling me to not answer back as we all knew the potential consequences. Yet for some reason on many occasions I could not keep my mouth closed as I felt compelled to step up and attempt to get through to my father the error of his behaviour towards his own children.  I recall at age 11yr giving my father a birthday card with the words " Please let your children love you". 

Like many many adults my father knew so little about unconditional love, he didn't feel loved as a child by his mother and his father dies when he was 2 years old I believe. My father married my mother 27 years her seniors when he was 47. He grew up post 2nd world war years in much harder times where at 8 or 9 years old due to his father having died a few years previous he was the man of the house and would walk for miles to a cattle mart to try and sell a cow so food could be put on the table for him, his younger sister and mother to survive. Oh how he would love to reminiscing about times of the rations.  My father had and still does have at age 88yrs a great memory of the olden days as he calls them. So much so he would sound like a broken record sometimes going round and round the old stories on repeat. He was endearing and entertaining for others as he could tell a tell and recite a old Irish poem.  

I loved both my parents as any child loves unconditionally their parent in those formative years, they were my everything. I already knew very early on by age 6 that life could be much worst after having spent 3 years in 2 different children's homes from age 3 - 6yrs. I was delighted to belong to these parents even if life was very confusing and overwhelming at times. At least I had good times, laughs and memories of feeling I had a place, a sense of belonging and a value within the family unit and with my siblings 'blood is thicken than water' mentally reined high in my younger years.  A tumultuous family to feel apart of and of value too was way better than a non existent family to me at the time and no place of really belonging ! 

Every day before I would leave for school I would go into my mums room and say good bye sometimes tickling her feet to get a reaction and hope to get her smiling. By age 13 and 14 years I was getting to the stage where I just would have loved a mum that would be so called 'normal ' and make me a simply thing like a  sandwich. I just wanted to focus on being a regular teenager and not feel so overburdened with grown up worries, responsibilities, dramas and concern. Little did I know that the one time I did not go into to say good bye to my mum before she left to return to the hospital would be my last. I think it was 2 days later my father came to our secondary school to tell us the sudden and shocking news. 

For some reason I was giving the impressions or took it upon myself to always be the responsibly one, so I put my own grieving process on the back burner and did what ever I though was expected of me to clean the house and welcome the mourning guests. Years later a friend of mine would tell me that at the funeral I told her that a adult family member had told me that I needed to be strong for everyone else and not to cry. I did not even recall saying that to her and it was a bit of a shock to hear this years later. It made me wonder how many others things had I forgotten about and put to the back of my psyche as I got on with surviving on a day to day basis.

I was around 18 years when a phone call brought to my attention that I really had only flashing memories of much of my child hood leading up to around 7 or 8 years of age.  That phone call was a enquiry that was put out to the children that stayed at one of the children's home I had been in with my 2 younger siblings. Seemingly another child or maybe more than one that stayed there was bringing sexual abuse cases against one of the staff. I am not sure of the details as I did not ask too many questions. I did not feel I had any thing to offer as I really had such little memories of my time there, all I knew is I did not like my time in those children's homes. However as we chatted after my phone call, it became apparent that my next sibling down from me seemed to remember in much more detail events from the children homes which left me wondering why I 15 months older had such little memories.

I have discovered that I am far from alone as many adults share this lack of memories from early childhood years. It is called dissociation and I myself was told by a intuitive receiving insight from my soul signature in 2010 that I in fact went into a altered meditational like state. I feel that this was definitely helpful so I did not get stuck in the past experiences and instead could be more present and look towards the future when I would be able to be strong and balanced enough to heal and integrate these parts of the younger self.  When a child goes through traumatic experiences they can just be too over whelming to process or there just is not the opportunity so they kinda get held in suspended animation until the day that they can resurfaced and be resolved through allowing the feeling to rise, accepting the experiences, forgiving the self and others if need be and returning it home to divine unconditional love through the heart and souls energy light frequencies. 

Little did I realise back then as a child and teenager that it was in fact this special women I called Mum whom I got to observe pacing the kitchen floor tramped in the merry go round of her fears and paranoia would one day be a big influence in my own determination to follow my courageous heart and discover ways to go beyond her limitations, disempowerment and imbalances as a women. To instead venture out and discover a different way to live life on this planet that sustains, empowers and uplifts health and well-being on all levels; physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Thank you mother whom gave birth to me and for helping me cultivate such a deep commitment to my own resurrection and path of taking flight be like the phoenix rising from the ashes of the harshness, hardships, struggles, disenchantment and abuses of yesteryears norms ! 

I grew up in times of so much taboo and shame around depression. I am grateful that we live in a world that where more and more people are speaking about mental health more openly and making it more acceptable to speak about. However what is often left out or undervalued is including emotional intelligence and the physical and spiritual connection for positive holistic 'mental health'.

Tension in the body leads to tension and agitation in the mind; unresolved emotions leads to unresolved mental chatter and voices going round and round ones head ( & who's thoughts & feelings are they anyways !?! ), feeling spiritual disconnectedness leads one to feeling ungrounded, untrusting and unsupported by life and ones own spiritual nature and worthiness to know oneself as pure goodness and always taking care of. When one is spiritually disconnected then one depends predominately on the outer world to inform one of ones sense of identity, value and worth. It can fast become a muddle of many different opinions, judgements, prejudices and concepts that create the mental maze, haze and emotional apathy.

That is why the foundations and simplicity of everything I offer under the umbrella of wellness services a is about supporting people to experience the release of stresses and strains, judgements and harshness and return to the feeling heart, gut instinct and innate body wisdom. In essence pointing people back to their own true  wise inner self, discernment guidance and essential nature where all is well and all is love. 

I feel so grateful that on a soul level I choose my parents so perfectly to gift me the awareness at such a young age of what I did not want to grow up and follow in the foot steps of. By watching my Mum during my formative years I knew where life could take me if I let myself spin too far down what I call the rabbit hole of negativity, low-self esteem, anxiety and depression. So I would do what ever I needed to, to shake off the melancholy when it peaked it's head especially during the winter greyer days. I moved my body with some form of exercise, I wore brighten clothes that made me feel more uplifted, hung out with friend, partied , danced; anything to break free of the mental and emotional shackles and chains. Then in later years I took what I felt like were bigger risks at the time, yet deeper down I knew my happiness, health and well being depended on  taking them and so I bought those flight tickets no matter how spontaneous and erratic it seemed to spent what money I had ( or didn't have ) . I went on the travel adventures and training course that felt right to my heart. One by one the perfect opportunity presented itself when I was ready to say YES to heal the past, express the unexpressed and reveal more of my sincere heart while reconnecting with the authenticity of my spirit. I started to discover the many benefits and bigger picture of Yoga, Meditation, Massage, Affirmations etc for BMS peacefulness, calm, self esteem recovery and generally well being and connectedness. In simply I started to realise I felt better when I had them in my life and felt worst with anxieties, negativity and body discomforts returning when I let them slip away for a few days. So I return to them again and again and wow have they served me well through the last 18years +/_ and continue to be the back bone of my own well being journey and that which I am so grateful and passionate to share with others. 

It is stated by some at this time that we live in the times of no more secrets and it is not hard to imagine this as truth with all the technological advances these days. What I have found to be true is that the more we reveal our most 'dirty' secrets that may have been cloaked in shame, embarrassment, guilt, low self esteem, regret and find a way to express them positively and resolve them by forgiving others and ourself, then we free ourselves from the hold that they may have had on us once upon a time.

The other amazing thing is that when we are more truly authentic and open we discover that we have more in common  for e.g our insecurities and are more alike in many ways than different. This can lead to feeling more connected and supported by one another when we meet each other in empathy and compassion instead of sympathy and victim consciousness.

Bit by bit as ones courage gets affirmed with positive connection we don't need to wear the masks and many hats of different personas anymore, so we drop rolls once played by our persona characters unless they serve us of course and we still want to continue our roll. It is all a choice !

This leads to feeling more and more relaxed as the authentic self, not the one we think we need to show or put on show for others so as to fit into mainstream thinking and be likeable which takes a lot of energy to maintain and a lot of control and lets face it, it is just a ego trip !!!  It is so much easier and fun to be ones true self and accept none of us is humanly perfect and by who's judgement and evaluation of 'perfect' have we been trying to attain anyways ! ? ! The real crazy thing is that we live in a world that it takes bravery and courage and healthy self esteem to be ones unique self and trust ones own heart and gut instinct; to drop the neediness of other peoples agreement or validations on our sense of our worth and value in the world. 

You are your highest answer.  My advice is do what ever it takes to become your own best and trusted  friend. Take care of your body, finds ways to authentically express your heart and truth, follow your dreams, follow your joy, take a chance on being your true self and know it is enough. It is not only enough, it is all you can be and all you are ever meant to be, you are a unique expression of all of creation. Just one of you in existence, how amazing is this and that is why your unique finger prints can access your phone and get you through security in airports to certain countries. 

Release the pressures of trying to attain someones else's ideals of perfection. Be kind and compassion to yourself so you can be kind and compassion to others, forgive them and forgive yourself for what ever you may think has been done unto you or by you onto another. Once you realise in your heart that you are perfect as you, you are beautiful as you, you are magnificent as you; you will see through more and more through the eyes of wonder and witness these qualities more easily in those around you. You will also become discerning of B.S. and intolerant of false truths so expect to give them a wide birth and focus only on what resonants instead. 

I dedicate this writing and tribute with all my humble and loving heart to my MUM Eileen O'Brien. Thank you for being you and gifting me the perfect life circumstance and experiences to grow from and discover my soulful life path, truth and passions for personal empowerment and an authentic healthy, creative and joyful humanity. It is my greatest joy to be of divine service to others and support those whom are ready, willing, choosing and able to step forward in support and love of themselves and others.

​Amen <3 May you continue to RIP ( rise in peace ) ...RISE & RISE in your spirit & Souls light <3

​I set out to start my Biz Mountain View Massage Day Spa in 2009 with a dream to run my own business and experience more freedom. I was so over being an employee to fit a roll set out by others criteria and restrictions as I had so many of my own ideas on how I would love to establish and create my own wellness biz. However I had so much to learn along the way & did not feel equipped with the details of the HOW TO. In truth my ego was scared as I had never run a business before and had not much idea of what I was doing, I only knew I felt I had to do it. I had in truth up until that point what I will call an employee mindset not that of a entrepreneur and yet somewhere in me I felt I had the potential to go beyond what I knew and create something of my own that would reflect my deeper values, interests, caring nature , passions, trainings and life experiences.

One Day in the year 2010 on my way to working as a freelance massage therapist in another Day Spa my car went off the road, it just lost traction on the  gravel rd all of a sudden and I literally drove through into the bushes and somehow came out the other side and popped back onto the road. I kept driving in shock and yet I knew this was the shake up I needed from my inner wise self and soul to become more present to my deeper calling and truth. I knew deep down this was my wake up call to get over my fears, insecurities and resistance for starting my own business and get on with it. At the time I was in negotiation to sign a contract to manage another Day Spa and my ego mind was telling me this would be my stepping stone to running my own business as I would gain more confidence etc However in hindsight it would have taken me off my soulful path in a big way hence I needed the wake up call. #gratitude

Hope you enjoyed this inspiring story of the power of following your heart, your joy and living your passions. A reminder that failures and messing up is all part of the journey to discover your deeper truths, a-ha moments and deeper path to greatest fulfilment of your life purpose and helping others along the way.

​" One day I finally surrendered my little will and realised the greatest joy of my soul is in divine service "  Mj 

Vibrant Love & Wellness Vibes :) 

Mary jo  <3
Mj's Bio for more on personal story

" I did it my way " Do it your way ;) You are a unique expression of all that is divine.
FRANK SINATRA https://youtu.be/6E2hYDIFDIU
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..P.S. Wowwww had no idea I was going to share all that .... here's to going with the flow. #heartspeaks

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Massage Certified Trainings Vibrant Wellness Academy 

We live in special times, no one can negate that ! However these special times have been intense for many, challenging for others and also full of amazing possibilities for those of us willing to surrender to a bigger sense and acceptance of whom and what we are doing on this planet.
We did not come here by some random act, it has all been intentional by the souls light to BE right HERE right now at this time of AWAKENING of humanity.

Awakening to what you may ask ?

Awakening to your greatness and humanities grand design from a much bigger perspective of the soul and source. An awakening which gives great purposefulness and value to your souls signature ( light) as part of a the greater evolution unfolding for our humanity, earth, galaxy and beyond.

It is a grand time of awakening up and out of a the smaller perception of the egoic self, the smaller me as it is called and into the BIGGER I awareness. The heart is the gateway home to this awareness of self where the knowiness that all is one consciousness, individuated into ... each one of us and all that is, is understood / felt / known not just intellectually but experientially. Hence words alone can not do the trick, it is practices that lead to the experience.
Of course modern science backs all this up these days with wonderful terms such as the unified field and that of quantum physics.

The awakening is a understanding and realisation that is exciting and holds a big bold vision for us all that are choosing to open our hearts and go within, forgive the past (release the heavy package) , stop pointing the figure outwards ( letting go the victim mentality ) and instead become the change we want to see out in our world within in our inner world of thought, feeling and inspired actions. ( reclaim your power now ! ).

Some of the ways we cultivate this deeper connecting within to attain a greater sense and understanding of self as the BIGGER SELF or SOUL or LIGHT ( or what ever name you wish to use ) is through our daily practices and attitudes.

Here is a few example of daily practices that support this inner connection : daily meditation, cultivating a attitude of gratitude, detoxing the body, mind & emotions, 3 - 10 day fasting has so many health & spiritual benefits, eating whole organic foods as much as possible, being in mother nature to remain grounded and present time HERE NOW, setting clear intentions or prayers, yoga, mindfulness practices, loving kindness, self care, self love, authentic communication, investing in what ever healing resources to support body, mind and emotional wellness, follow your passion and trust self / trust life and the universe has your back. Any exercise or sport you really love that lights you up with exhilaration and gets you in that refreshed & clear zone which is a type of ultra meditation. The ZONE many athletes speak of is this similar sense of limitless connection to all that is... THE BIGGER I, The limitless consciousness of the big I. The sense of all is connected when one has transcended the egoic believe in it's limitations. As Jesus stated " be in this world but not of it ". The 'awakening' is that rememberance that one is more than ones physical body, ones thoughts and ones emotions. That one is the BIG ~ LOVE, the christ consciousness love, going beyond the conditionally human egoic love.

You may currently have or will come to have a bigger interest in discovering new understandings and realisation about whom and what you are and why you are here on earth at this time. A world that can seem so chaotic, unfair and pointless. You may have begun to feel even more disillusion with current society and its expectations on you to fit in with the rules & regulations of so called daily life which only leaves you to strive and effort and struggle and feel stressed with low energy, low self esteem, lack of purpose and caught in a cycle you know does not make you feel joyful and living a life on purpose. Instead you may feel anxiety, over weight , high blood pressure, headaches , tired, inflammatory responses in body, allergy reactions, moody and depressed or a whole host of other symptoms.

The reason I share this here and now is because it is my souls great honour and purpose to do so. In 2010 I had my own profound awakening experience that I could never go back from where I got a taste of the 'BIGGER I' consciousness which took me beyond the theory of this possibility and my desire for it.

It is my delight and honour to be a way shower and guide for others at this time and shine the light on what can seem like a maze that is over whelming and confusing. Only yesterday I had a session with a lovely man whom felt disillusioned with his life and work in the United States and is looking for a new start with a greater sense of direction for whom he is and what his greater life purpose is. Sound Familiar ? Because it really is a common story I hear these days as lot's of people are feeling this way and this is a reflection of the greater AWAKENING. It may not seem like a good thing, however it really is and that is why I want to share more so that this can bring relief and ease that all is well and this is a natural process happening for many across the planet. You are not alone even though it may feel that way ! Not everybody wants to awaken or wants to let go of the ego's grip on it's reality, not everyone wants to forgive and let the past go or stop blaming others for there life circumstances. I know it can sound Cliche however when all is boiled down it really does come back down to this question:  is a person choosing LOVE ( heart orientated - in Trust & Faith as Unity ) or FEAR ( Mental mind orientated- survival / separation mode identity ).

We are in very special times and it is time to come home to ones heart, body and soul and balance that with the purposeful direction and focus of ones daily thoughts and emotions. Because you do Matter and you are more powerful and impactful that you may have been lead to believe or are currently living.

The invitation from the universe is to AWAKEN and re-remember whom you are are so you can live a life of greater harmony and joy that directly effects the world around you. It is so simply as all it asks is that you trust yourself, you trust life and you follow your heart, your joy and excitement for living. Yet so many are living life's that make them feel unhappy, unhealthy, undervalued, stressed out and depressed.

To discover more on how to cultivate the BODY-MIND-SOUL practices of wellness and heart-mind orientated ways of being and living in 2018 . Join one of our V.L. retreats that are mindfully and purposefully tailored to each individual needs, wants and highest benefits possibly in the HERE, NOW & EVER AFTER. On each retreat I am guided on how to support each person into their highest and most rewarding health and wellness experience and how to continue on with this with a deeper purpose and commitment using their Wellness Toolkit. 
http://www.vibrantliving.co.nz/retreats.html

Reconnect to your HUMAN - BEINGNESS and lessen the grip on all that HUMAN - DOINGNESS because it really is the time too and there is a much easier and more productive way to create the life you love to live each day.

2018 ~ it is time to amp up our game.

We are each a valuable co-creator and contributor to our greater humanity & our world. Now what is it you want to contribute ? More LOVE or FEAR ? More Health or Dis-ease ? More Harmony or Unrest ? More Complaints or more Solutions ? More Joy or more Depression ? The choice is yours through your free will. 

If you are going through a life crisis right now or you feel completely lost and looking for deeper answers and a greater connection to your greater purpose, inner guidance and healing's. Then please look into booking a transformational Quantum Healing Hypnosis session with me. See website video where I describe more about what this is and how it works. 
QHHT Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique  or check out my dedicated QHHT website www.radiantessence.co.nz 

Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your journey in small or big ways and for having faith and trusting your heart that guides you always.  Just sometimes it whispers can be difficult to hear amongst all the noise. 

As I practiced yoga in my garden, the inspired hit took over and before I knew it I had the camera on and rolling with this Facebook live video to explore this important and valuable topic. Scroll down to play the video. 

My heart whispers there is no time like the present, no need to over think it ! 

I usually weave into big life transformational topics like this one some part of my own authentic story to demonstrate.  

What I share in this video is part of the roots of how I / we created and attracted into my life the opportunities and inspired action steps to bring about and co-create our 'dream vision' which is Vibrant Living Retreat & Mountain View Massage Day Spa . 

Before we took over Vibrant Living property I was doing my own inner personal development and transformational journey for a few years. At the same time I organically build up Mountain View Massage Day Spa in Hanmer Springs. Along my journey I realised I had  many limiting belief systems and thoughts to let go of if I was to align my energies with my dreams and open up to new possibilities for creating them into my manifested reality. 

I was realising that I had to build up my self esteem, self acceptance, self trust and self belief as a entrepreneur, way shower and pioneer of new approaches to life, health, wellness. Later on I began to discover that there was even bigger visions for this life waiting for me to open to when ready on a soulful level beyond my comprehension and required  my inner faith. 

Making this video stretched me a little more as I revealed a little of my story about getting drunk after my own wedding ceremony in 2008, waking up the next day feeling anxious, confused and ashamed of my behaviour.  After that experience in 2009 Steve & I went on a road trip for a 10 day honeymoon which was absolutely required by moi. On the trip I started to read a book called " Integrity is everything" . This book for the 1st time enlightened me to the facts of universal principles like LOA and that I could create the life of my authentic desires and dreams; that anything was possible when I believed it could be and acted accordingly and got into vibrational resonance with it.

A few months after reading this book I left my employment position which was working in the Hanmer Springs Spa beside the hot pool complex not far from where I live and run my wellness business from currently . I left there in 2009 feeling the fears & excitements intensely about stepping out onto what felt like the big unknown as yet path of the entrepreneur, with hope in my heart and finger crossed I could pull it off somehow.

With so much to learn and unlearn I messed up along the way, I took a few roads that I had to find my way back from, discovering in the process more deeply about my own truer values, visions and deeper passion or bigger 'WHY's'.  On my honeymoon road trip, once I recovered from my yucky ungrounded hungover anxious feelings, I made a strong commitment to myself to never abandon myself again by  getting lost in alcohol in a vein attempt to escape some emotional discomfort and relinquish all self responsibility.  Thankfully 9 years later I have kept my promise to myself, I still enjoy a lovely organic glass of wine or 2 but always from a place of enjoyment and not as an escape.

In 2009 I started to discover to empower myself and to heal the wounded healer within. As I grew up being a peace maker for my wonderfully dysfunctional family there was self worth and self respect to restore. I had to find a way to come back into inner trust with my heart, resolve any past issues unresolved energetically and ignite my fire of creative expression in the world however imperfect or irrational it may seem to myself or others. 

The wellness tools I share in my wellness retreats is many of the same  BODY-MIND-SOUL tools I discovered along my way that helped me to release my limiting beliefs and low self esteem thinking. Instead I began to focus on new thoughts and beliefs that supported the creation of the life I truly desired to experience each day.

Step by step over the years I was learning how to calm my egoic  little self perceiving itself in separation and with all its self doubts, concerns, worries, fears, inner conflicts and resistance tendencies and walk instead more deeply into my soulful ~ visionary path with confidence, ease and trust of life to be at my back every step of the way.  " I trust myself and I trust life to support and protect me " has been one of my affirmation I have used over the years . 

I find it helps me to relate to my dear ego self (the  little me self ) as the student of life and my inner wise self  ( the bigger or higher self ) as the master self leading the way and guiding me along day by day when I take the time to quite my mind and listen to this inner still voice.  This inner wise self or higher self has a much bigger view of my life path and  soulful purpose as does all higher selfs.  If it was just up to my Ego self I would not be jumping on camera so much or stepping into new unknown territory. My ego still has its insecurities and hang ups just like everyone has, I have just learnt the tools to not let it take over the driver seat of my life 24/7.

I sincerely hope and trust you find what I share in this video below of some support, insights and encouragement along your life path  amidst the challenges and confusions of life on our earthly planet. 

If I can help join some dots of understanding and insights in a practical down to earth way that brings hope, encouragement and inspirations, then I am delighted and my soul is super happy living on divine purpose. Thanks you :-) 

Vibrant Love & Abundant Blessings , 
Mary jo 

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