Welcome to Shine Well with Andrea.
Our theme in the Shine Collective this month is: Discernment.
For Reiki practitioners and highly sensitive people, life often feels loud. We’re bombarded daily with demands, responsibilities, opinions, emotions, and expectations from others.
Without realizing it, we can get swept up into survival mode, constantly reacting instead of consciously choosing.
This is why stillness is essential. Quiet time is not a luxury for sensitive souls — it’s a necessity. By pausing and creating sacred space, we can separate:
Which thoughts and emotions are truly mine
Which belong to someone else (clients, family, collective energy, social media noise)
Here’s a simple process you can try:
Pause – Stop before you respond or decide. Even 60 seconds of silence makes a difference.
Perceive – Drop into your body and energy. Ask: Does this feel expansive and true? Or heavy and draining?
Proceed – Only move forward when there’s a sense of peace, alignment, or clarity. If it still feels cloudy, give yourself permission to wait.
This was one of the techniques I taught in our monthly workshop this week.
Discernment is like clearing fog from a window — the truth was always there, but it takes stillness to see clearly.
Let me know if you struggle with discernment and which techniques help you discern what is truly for your highest good.
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Weekly Chakra Oil Card Messages
Which card did you select this week? Does the message resonate with you?
Card #01- Ginger: Courage (Solar Plexus Chakra)
Ginger oil has a spicy, warm and woody aroma. Similar to cinnamon, it is an intense and powerful oil for opening the Solar Plexus chakra. Like Peppermint, Ginger has also been known to support digestion and the Solar Plexus Chakra is associated with all digestive organs.
If you have any issues with your stomach, liver or with digestion in general, it can be a physical manifestation of emotions that you are not filtering, processing and “digesting.”
You drew this card because you are at a stage in your life where you’re ready to use fear to motivate you rather than paralyze you. If you do not feel fear, you cannot feel courage. You can use Ginger oil to cultivate the courage to view challenges as a way to manifest your intentions rather than a wound.
Fears and other unprocessed emotions create stagnation (physically and energetically). Ginger oil will help you clear and release this stagnant energy so you can cultivate the confidence and courage to move forward. This fiery oil will activate your will-power, stimulate initiative and increase your motivation.
If you’ve had clear goals and good intentions, but lack the personal drive, harness the powerful frequency of Ginger oil to develop the courage to take real immediate action. This card is a reminder that you are on the right path.
You may have questioned whether you are doing the right thing because you’ve faced unexpected obstacles. In times like these, you must go within and remember the spiritual resources available to you. All of your spiritual resources will become activated within you as you cultivate the courage to stay the course and keep moving forward even if your desires have not yet manifested in your physical reality.
The moment you feel ready to quit is usually the moment right before the breakthrough occurs. Don’t give up.
Have the courage to take risks; don’t let fear hold you back from pursuing your heart’s and soul’s desires. Your higher potential and possibilities are waiting to be discovered. Ginger oil will give you the courage necessary to manifest what you need and want in your life.
Courage will lead you to manifesting what was once a mere dream. If you follow your heart, you will find your courage is not far behind. You can use Ginger oil to help you create the life you want. Courage is not blindly overlooking fear, but facing and conquering it.
Affirmation:
“My fear does not define me. I acknowledge it and do the thing anyway. I am grateful for this fear, as it shows that I’m going in the right direction. I have the courage to overcome my fear and pursue my heart and soul’s desires.”
Reflection:
What does courage mean to me? Where am I lacking courage in my life? What fears are preventing me from having the courage to manifest my heart’s desires?
Card #02 -Fennel: Communication (Throat Chakra)
Fennel oil is sweet, somewhat spicy and has a licorice-like aroma. It is well known for its ability to support digestion and hormonal systems. It increases strength, courage and purification. Fennel oil is supportive for those who tend to overthink and overanalyze (which is associated with the mental center of the Solar Plexus).
The Throat Chakra is closely related to the Solar Plexus. If you easily generate many concepts and ideas, but have a hard time communicating them or putting them into practice, Fennel oil can help connect your Solar Plexus and Throat Chakra, enabling you to exert your power and express your ideas with the world.
This card indicates that you may have struggled to effectively articulate your thoughts, feelings and ideas. This has led to ideas churning within, emotions locked inside, building up tension. It may even feel as if you’ve had a “lump in your throat” at times.
These unexpressed thoughts, ideas and emotions will accumulate within and may even affect your nervous system, digestion and overall health.
Inhaling Fennel oil and breathing it into your Throat Chakra will encourage you to express yourself through your words and actions, freeing the feelings that have stagnated, clearing your cluttered mind of thoughts so you can communicate with the world without fear or inhibition.
You drew this card because it’s time for you to bring your creations to life. All of the ideas that you have stirring within, need to be brought into the world. You may have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across your ideas won’t get you anywhere. These unique ideas were given to you for a reason.
To effectively communicate these unique ideas that Spirit has placed on your heart, you must understand that everyone perceives the world differently and use this knowledge as a guide in your communication with others.
A mentor of mine shared this bit of inspiration with me once. “Language is for expression, communication is a miracle.” Great communication means knowing how to effectively express yourself and how to listen properly (especially to what isn’t begging said).
Fennel oil will increase your capacity for confident self-expression, offering a productive outlet for your overactive mind. Are you ready to tap into the strong, powerful energy of Fennel oil to feel more alive and assertive in communicating your ideas with the world?
Affirmation:
“I love expressing my creativity, truth, and joy. I confidently communicate my thoughts and ideas.”
Reflection:
Am I able to express my creative talents, gifts and skills? Am I able to bring my dreams and greater purpose to life? What would I really like to share with the world that I haven't yet?
Card #03- Nutmeg: Creativity (Sacral Chakra)
Nutmeg has a sweet, musky and spicy aroma. It is known to support the adrenal glands and nervous system for increased energy and vitality. Nutmeg can help you with fresh, new beginnings. The spicy yet warming scent creates a sense of calm, peace and comfort. It can also help reconnect with your inner child and soothe that inner child’s pain and wounds.
Nutmeg oil grounds and comforts, while also encouraging you to bring your creative expressions to life. It's excellent for the Sacral Chakra and also supportive of the Solar Plexus when combined with other oils such as cinnamon, clove or ginger.
This is a powerful oil that will help you feel confident and supported as you move forward with a change, a creative project or new beginning that is aligned with spiritual purpose.
You will feel free as you pursue and enjoy new opportunities and new beginnings in life. In addition to increasing your creativity, it will also bring you comfort in knowing that your creative desires are not coming from your ego (or limited by the fears of your inner child) but from your higher spiritual and intuitive insights.
This card is reminding you that you have unique gifts to bring into the world. If you’ve doubted this, it’s time to listen and tap into the endless reservoir where there are unlimited resources and ideas available to you. You have an internal creative instinct, and this is your birthright.
Expressing your creativity is a powerful antidote to depression and despair. Nutmeg oil will help you get into the flow of creative current within you. You do not need to be perfect, just follow your own unique expression.
Unleashing your creative forces will bring about more joy and happiness for yourself and others around you. Don’t hesitate, now is the time for you to get into the flow and create!
Affirmation:
"I embrace change and welcome new opportunities as I pursue my creative ideas and passions. I let go of the need for perfection and allow creative energy to flow through me."
Reflection:
Do I feel that my creativity is blocked, or that I am not a creative person? What is something that I want to create (a project, artwork, a book, a website, my own business, or garden, etc.)?
Did you select card #1, 2 or 3? Does the message resonate with you?
Shine, One Day at a Time.
Andrea
PS- If you missed the Live Reiki & Loving Kindness Meditation this week, you can watch the replay Here in the FB group >>>, or Here on my Youtube Channel >>>
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