We embark on the twenty-fourth day of a 40 Day Practice, based on the energy of the Labyrinth (releasing – contemplation – receiving). If you have a local labyrinth, I invite you to walk the labyrinth with today’s theme as your focus. If you don’t have a local labyrinth, you can create your own, take a walk somewhere peaceful, or even sit in contemplation in your own home. I will be scheduling various public labyrinth appearances, and you are welcome to join me when and where you can, if you feel moved to do so.

The theme for today is Evolution. Everything is in constant motion, constant change. If you are working with that motion consciously, if you are working on yourself, that movement is an evolution. Even when you are working an issue again, you are working new layers of that onion, so it continues to be an evolution. When we hold on to the past too tightly, however, we can hold ourselves back.

Questions that might help you see what you can release: What in my past do I continue to chew on? When I find myself in a situation that seems familiar, do I recognize the differences between now and then? Do I harbor grudges or resentments? Where do I resist change?

Suggestions for contemplation: Start by bringing yourself fully into the present. Spend a moment in the Now, breathing, centering yourself, feeling the ground under your feet and the air on your skin. Pick one situation in your life that has been making you uncomfortable. Reach back – what is the first time you remember feeling the way that situation makes you feel? What are all the differences between then and now? Recognize the changes that you yourself have been through since that first time. See your evolution. What are other options, other ways to respond to your current situation? Dive under and confusion or fear and listen to your heart, not the noise in your head – what is the healing that can be done here, now? How can you evolve and transcend any feelings of stuckness? Allow for the possibility of supernatural intervention and assistance, and see what that might look like, what that might result in. Understand that you may not be able to see the big picture right now. Allow guidance to open your heart and your mind to your own evolution.

A mantra for receiving today might be “I am open and ready to receive all changes, all possibilities, especially within myself, so that I might evolve into who I am becoming.”