Video of me as a Baby from Cate Mackenzie on Vimeo.
Wednesday 30 December 2009
Tuesday 22 December 2009
Christmas at the Bromley By Bow Centre 09
Me with a lovely tree! Sharon, Norma, Jo, Mandy and Alison below and Champa below them!
Christmas at my Dad's
My sister Tara and her husband Rupert still very inlove!
Me my sisters Tara and Georgia and my step sisters Kate and Helen! And below me and my Dad!
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Beautiful Book "Flower in the desert" by Neil del Strother who came on my "Letting Love in" retreat in Spain
This is the beautiful heart opening book by Neil del Strother who came on my "Letting Love in" course at Cortijo Romero a few years ago. I could not put this book down, it had such a beautiful and simple message about love and the heart. You can buy it from http://www.theflowerinthedesert.com/.
Monday 14 December 2009
Me and my friend Bernadette Vallely Chair of Women's Environmental Network!
Bernadette my dear friend is away in Copenhagen talking about women and Climate Change and how Climate Change affects women and what we need to do to save the earth!
My Open Your Heart Workshop 13th Dec 09!
This is my fantastic Open Your Heart workshop where we dance, look at what we want, what might be blocking us and how you can create the life you want!"I loved the way you used the music and the dance as part of the coaching making the experience so holistic! You won't find this on many workshops!" Gary Winer Goal Power Coach
"I thought today was lovely and gave a great affirmation of love and hope! I hope you enjoyed it too"
Fleur x, actress
"It was exactly what it says on the tin, it opens your heart! You get lost and you can't find your heart and the only way to find it is by letting love in!"
Maribel trainee teacher
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Tuesday 8 December 2009
Thursday 3 December 2009
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Pink Shoes Club
I have just been to the House of Lords to the Pink Shoes Club for Women Entrepreneurs and it was totally inspiring and exciting!
Sunday 15 November 2009
Saturday 14 November 2009
My Dad and Step Mother Linda
This is my Dad and his lovely wife my Step Mother Linda. They are so happy together and it is lovely to be around them!
The Creative Feminine and my Gran Hazel Adair
Jonquil Anthony (who created "Mrs Dale's Diary" with my Gran Hazel Adair, one of the original writers on it and who devised many programmes including "Compact", "Champion House" and "Crossroads")This is an important time to birth yourself and your dreams and allow yourself to really open up to the great mystery of who you are and what you can be. This is a photo of my Gran Hazel Adair who dared to write and became a powerful woman in the beginning of television. She wrote about human stories and fought to include stories of black and white relationships, gay relationships, illegitimate babies, stories from all classes and all cultures (including writing the first main black characters in soap operas and the first disabled character). She was ahead of her time and it was a radical thing to do but she believed in telling people's stories and she felt it was important to do this. As a result she was very successful! If you follow your passion you may find that you find a flow within you that leads you to do many things you may never even have thought of!
Victory the miracle baby! My friend Jennie, her partner Graeme and their longed for baby Victory!
This is a divine photo of Victory with his parents Jennie and Graeme! He was born on 7th November 09. Jennie longed for a baby and a few years ago was interviewed in a Sunday magazine looking for a co-parent who would also like a baby. While interviewing suitable men, her good friend Graeme said he would like to co-parent and they started spending time together to talk about it and fell inlove! They moved to New York a couple of years ago and have just had baby Victory last weekend. You see you are not given a wish without the possibility to make it come true, you may have to work for it however (message from Richard Bach the writer)!
Thursday 12 November 2009
Monday 26 October 2009
Tuesday 20 October 2009
Saturday 1 August 2009
More Tips to Open Your Heart!
1 Truth- Follow Your truth- what do you really feel? What do you want? The gift of your truth is always a gift to others. It frees us all. If you trust your truth and follow what feels right you are also trusting that if you cannot do something that someone else will or that it is not meant to happen. And this allows for you to follow what you really want to create!
2 Grace- be soft allow others to go before you in a queue or in different situations. Remember Gratitude, joy and excitement it will help in all kinds of situations.
3 Beloved- treat each person as a Beloved! Each person is a mirror of love see if you can treat them with love and respect no matter who they are. See if you can allow them to be who they are no matter what that is. We don't know who the angels are, he could be the homeless man on the street!
4 Presence- take time each day to BE HERE NOW! And in this place slow down, breathe and be gentle with yourself!
5 Love, feel into your heart, feel around you, connect with the love that is always there. Imagine you are walking with love and that every action and movement you make sends love out into the world. You are love. As you make an intention of love then love can flow more freely from you. Imagine that you walk with love, sleep with love, pray with love, eat with love, go on the bus with love, read with love, even pee with love. Thank your day for this life. Thank your bed for sleep, your Mum for your birth. Loving is boundless and endless! You are love!
2 Grace- be soft allow others to go before you in a queue or in different situations. Remember Gratitude, joy and excitement it will help in all kinds of situations.
3 Beloved- treat each person as a Beloved! Each person is a mirror of love see if you can treat them with love and respect no matter who they are. See if you can allow them to be who they are no matter what that is. We don't know who the angels are, he could be the homeless man on the street!
4 Presence- take time each day to BE HERE NOW! And in this place slow down, breathe and be gentle with yourself!
5 Love, feel into your heart, feel around you, connect with the love that is always there. Imagine you are walking with love and that every action and movement you make sends love out into the world. You are love. As you make an intention of love then love can flow more freely from you. Imagine that you walk with love, sleep with love, pray with love, eat with love, go on the bus with love, read with love, even pee with love. Thank your day for this life. Thank your bed for sleep, your Mum for your birth. Loving is boundless and endless! You are love!
Wording it! The Key to self branding!
Wording It! The key to Self Branding!
In order to create what you want in the world you need to become really clear about who you are and what you want to give and what your personal "brand" is that you are offering. As you become clear and put into words and feelings what it is you want and what you want to feel then you begin to magically create your world. I prayed and asked to work around the world last September and this year I have been asked to work in Kuwait, Greece, Spain, France, The USA and when I came back last week Portugal. I came back to an email asking me to work in Estoril. I found this deeply touching as my Great Grandfather was born in Estoril and I have never been to Portugal. The combination is about clearly wording what you want, feeling it and clearing any blocks that are in the way and then really connecting all of this in your body. As you feel it so you can be it! If you have difficulties why not book a coaching session to look at this! As you word your vision make sure you express how you feel in the vision and remember that there is a right time for things to happen! I wanted to work at Skyros for many years but this year I was actually ready to do it. You can check with yourself whether you are ready by feeling and seeing how you feel! For me it is the inner which mirrors the outer so as you open your vision from within and learn how to receive then you may be able to allow magical things into your life!
1 It's all about You and your Mission!
Who are you? How do you want to be seen? What do you want to give the world? If you had absolutely no fear what would you do? What is your Mission?
Each of us has a unique and amazing gift to give the world. No person has the same gift. As you discover yours and start to give it you have started the journey of self branding. This means you have started to connect with your own sense of purpose and all you need is the drive to make it happen. It is also important that your brand has authenticity. It is very difficult for a brand to last or be believed in that does not have some roots or truth. Most businesses cannot survive without someone behind it who has the passion and drive to see it through.
What is special and different about you and what do you have to give. Often people long to give something they deeply want themselves or something they need to learn. I wanted to give the world my heart images, my Open Your Heart Workshops and my coaching. I wanted to encourage others to allow themselves to be open and vulnerable and connect to Love. This is because I knew that I needed to learn about love and how to open my own heart and I wanted to help others to do the same.
2 What is your vision?
What would your brand look like or be like if you could describe it simply?
Mine was to put love around the world in images, workshops, words and coaching nine years ago and now I am working Internationally running workshops all around the world and my hearts are going into IKEA stores world wide as posters from this October for three years. Now I am revisioning what my vision is and I want to work with the mainstream and politics helping people to connect with their hearts and I want to promote love and awareness of love through writing , TV and radio. Posh Spice wanted to be as famous as Persil. I wanted to be a world renowned Love Angel. What do you want?
3 Strategy!
Write your vision down! Oscar Wilde said anything written will come to pass! And write daily targets which will help you reach your goals. Visualise and imagine what you want happening and look out for the signs. I want to connect with Politicians and Corporates because I want to talk about the importance of love and the heart with those in power so I am going to talks and networking events. Think about what you want and create the strategy for achieving this. Keep it simple and take action!
Stay open to different people and different audiences and try not to judge, you never know who might create an important connection or opportunity for you!
4 Timing!
Be prepared for opportunities to meet the right people and when you do seize the moment! Clock the signs and recognise what is an important moment! It can seem that people have an overnight success (like Anthony Hopkins at 50 years old) but in fact they have been working away at their craft for years creating more and more moments and opportunities till they are ready to fully blossom. Gerald Mcmorrow (Director) said this is often a twelve year overnight success. If you don't give up your moment will come and all the growth you have done will make you ready for the success.
There is always a join up if you can allow it. You have a need, someone has a vision, someone else has the link to put these together.
5 Congruency!
You need to be aware of what you are saying with words and with your body. You need to show full commitment with your body and your language and your presence or people will not take you seriously. Many people do not realise how important it is to BE FULLY what you want to express in the world! As you become the expression of what you want to be you become believable. I am an exponent of Love so I am continually learning about love, beauty and creativity and intending to put this into the world. Because this is my desire and my interest I draw people who ask me about this, I get asked to do talks and workshops on this and as I do this I grow more and more knowing about love. So as I live I learn and I become more of who I want to be. You do not have to already be there to start to become who you want to be. You have to have the intention of becoming and start to act as if you are there. If you want a soul path and a soul mate you need to connect with and commit to your soul!
6 Communication with Grace and Charm
Many at the top of their tree is a master at communication, grace and charm. It may be in their own unique way but they will know how to talk to the man on the street or the King. This openness and availability is an enormous sense of power and charisma. These people can light up a room with a word or a look and are connectors. Watch them at work and you can learn how to move like them and have no barriers to the work you put in the world. Competency, excellence, negotiation skills and highly developed relationship skills are important to develop and keep in mind. If people give you feedback listen to it even if it is negative because you may get a useful hint about how to develop yourself. Also watch other people who are masters of their craft and really notice how they interact with others, how they speak and how they move. Luck is often seen as a mixture of preparation and opportunity. Many masterful beings will have spent much time preparing themselves for the work they want to do or the people they want to meet. Bill Clinton asks for a mini biography on each person at a dinner party he is invited to which means he can make the most of the evening knowing how to connect with the people there.
7 Commitment
Bodily and verbally commit to what you want. The journey to full mastery and self branding is to be who you are and be who you want to be with full, total and utter conviction. Take a look at the Alhambra Building in Granada- that could only have been made with total faith anything less than that would not have allowed it to have been constructed. You have to get beyond your doubts and fears in to the realm of belief and trust.
8 Be Open
Create the vision but be open as to how it may manifest. Learn to detach and let go of outcomes and you may find things happen on a bigger scale than you could have imagined.
9 Take Risks
Be Bold. Give Give Give. Give talks, give to your community, give what you have to give (the word will spread and you will become experienced at what you do). Paulo Coelho is a massively successful writer and sells millions of books but he also puts his books online for people to download for free. When you give you let go and you allow a flow. As you give so shall you receive. If you do voluntary work in an area you love you may then get spotted and paid. It's like the rule "Those that have get given more" - if you are working you will be given more work, if you have lots of love more love will come to you, start the process by doing what you want to do.
10 Support
Find mentors and groups and great people you admire they will open you up and expand your energy and by being around them you may grow more than you could ever do on your own. Recognise the divine hidden process in everything. Ultimately everything is connected and we are all one and if you realise this then you can do anything and meet anyone. You are the divine being, know this, come into peace and call in the beautiful gifts for you to work with.
I have many mentors including Peter York who has encouraged me to grow and expand beyond my own limitations. He is generous with his time but he also is very clear what time he has to give. He may have 2 minutes but he will give brilliant answers and feedback in those 2 minutes.
I have a supervisor/coach for my work and a therapist/coach for myself as well as doing regular continual development like Rosen Bodywork therapy. I have found that committing to my own levels of support has grown my life. My commitment to my own growth has grown me and grown my work, as I commit to me I do more. Also I have realised that change is a slow process and that I need to stay committed to be able to move through my resistance and make a more expanded life. Realising this I ask my clients to really commit to their process of coaching with me and to commit to coming regularly in order to achieve what they want to achieve. The commitment is very important it somehow creates the change and before you know it magic has happened!
As I grow I need more and more support and networks, this allows me to worry less grow more and vision more. I am now visioning a team of 5 people who work for me and support my business and I am part of global networks where I can help the world . For me I can allow myself to grow as long as I do this with good heart.
In order to create what you want in the world you need to become really clear about who you are and what you want to give and what your personal "brand" is that you are offering. As you become clear and put into words and feelings what it is you want and what you want to feel then you begin to magically create your world. I prayed and asked to work around the world last September and this year I have been asked to work in Kuwait, Greece, Spain, France, The USA and when I came back last week Portugal. I came back to an email asking me to work in Estoril. I found this deeply touching as my Great Grandfather was born in Estoril and I have never been to Portugal. The combination is about clearly wording what you want, feeling it and clearing any blocks that are in the way and then really connecting all of this in your body. As you feel it so you can be it! If you have difficulties why not book a coaching session to look at this! As you word your vision make sure you express how you feel in the vision and remember that there is a right time for things to happen! I wanted to work at Skyros for many years but this year I was actually ready to do it. You can check with yourself whether you are ready by feeling and seeing how you feel! For me it is the inner which mirrors the outer so as you open your vision from within and learn how to receive then you may be able to allow magical things into your life!
1 It's all about You and your Mission!
Who are you? How do you want to be seen? What do you want to give the world? If you had absolutely no fear what would you do? What is your Mission?
Each of us has a unique and amazing gift to give the world. No person has the same gift. As you discover yours and start to give it you have started the journey of self branding. This means you have started to connect with your own sense of purpose and all you need is the drive to make it happen. It is also important that your brand has authenticity. It is very difficult for a brand to last or be believed in that does not have some roots or truth. Most businesses cannot survive without someone behind it who has the passion and drive to see it through.
What is special and different about you and what do you have to give. Often people long to give something they deeply want themselves or something they need to learn. I wanted to give the world my heart images, my Open Your Heart Workshops and my coaching. I wanted to encourage others to allow themselves to be open and vulnerable and connect to Love. This is because I knew that I needed to learn about love and how to open my own heart and I wanted to help others to do the same.
2 What is your vision?
What would your brand look like or be like if you could describe it simply?
Mine was to put love around the world in images, workshops, words and coaching nine years ago and now I am working Internationally running workshops all around the world and my hearts are going into IKEA stores world wide as posters from this October for three years. Now I am revisioning what my vision is and I want to work with the mainstream and politics helping people to connect with their hearts and I want to promote love and awareness of love through writing , TV and radio. Posh Spice wanted to be as famous as Persil. I wanted to be a world renowned Love Angel. What do you want?
3 Strategy!
Write your vision down! Oscar Wilde said anything written will come to pass! And write daily targets which will help you reach your goals. Visualise and imagine what you want happening and look out for the signs. I want to connect with Politicians and Corporates because I want to talk about the importance of love and the heart with those in power so I am going to talks and networking events. Think about what you want and create the strategy for achieving this. Keep it simple and take action!
Stay open to different people and different audiences and try not to judge, you never know who might create an important connection or opportunity for you!
4 Timing!
Be prepared for opportunities to meet the right people and when you do seize the moment! Clock the signs and recognise what is an important moment! It can seem that people have an overnight success (like Anthony Hopkins at 50 years old) but in fact they have been working away at their craft for years creating more and more moments and opportunities till they are ready to fully blossom. Gerald Mcmorrow (Director) said this is often a twelve year overnight success. If you don't give up your moment will come and all the growth you have done will make you ready for the success.
There is always a join up if you can allow it. You have a need, someone has a vision, someone else has the link to put these together.
5 Congruency!
You need to be aware of what you are saying with words and with your body. You need to show full commitment with your body and your language and your presence or people will not take you seriously. Many people do not realise how important it is to BE FULLY what you want to express in the world! As you become the expression of what you want to be you become believable. I am an exponent of Love so I am continually learning about love, beauty and creativity and intending to put this into the world. Because this is my desire and my interest I draw people who ask me about this, I get asked to do talks and workshops on this and as I do this I grow more and more knowing about love. So as I live I learn and I become more of who I want to be. You do not have to already be there to start to become who you want to be. You have to have the intention of becoming and start to act as if you are there. If you want a soul path and a soul mate you need to connect with and commit to your soul!
6 Communication with Grace and Charm
Many at the top of their tree is a master at communication, grace and charm. It may be in their own unique way but they will know how to talk to the man on the street or the King. This openness and availability is an enormous sense of power and charisma. These people can light up a room with a word or a look and are connectors. Watch them at work and you can learn how to move like them and have no barriers to the work you put in the world. Competency, excellence, negotiation skills and highly developed relationship skills are important to develop and keep in mind. If people give you feedback listen to it even if it is negative because you may get a useful hint about how to develop yourself. Also watch other people who are masters of their craft and really notice how they interact with others, how they speak and how they move. Luck is often seen as a mixture of preparation and opportunity. Many masterful beings will have spent much time preparing themselves for the work they want to do or the people they want to meet. Bill Clinton asks for a mini biography on each person at a dinner party he is invited to which means he can make the most of the evening knowing how to connect with the people there.
7 Commitment
Bodily and verbally commit to what you want. The journey to full mastery and self branding is to be who you are and be who you want to be with full, total and utter conviction. Take a look at the Alhambra Building in Granada- that could only have been made with total faith anything less than that would not have allowed it to have been constructed. You have to get beyond your doubts and fears in to the realm of belief and trust.
8 Be Open
Create the vision but be open as to how it may manifest. Learn to detach and let go of outcomes and you may find things happen on a bigger scale than you could have imagined.
9 Take Risks
Be Bold. Give Give Give. Give talks, give to your community, give what you have to give (the word will spread and you will become experienced at what you do). Paulo Coelho is a massively successful writer and sells millions of books but he also puts his books online for people to download for free. When you give you let go and you allow a flow. As you give so shall you receive. If you do voluntary work in an area you love you may then get spotted and paid. It's like the rule "Those that have get given more" - if you are working you will be given more work, if you have lots of love more love will come to you, start the process by doing what you want to do.
10 Support
Find mentors and groups and great people you admire they will open you up and expand your energy and by being around them you may grow more than you could ever do on your own. Recognise the divine hidden process in everything. Ultimately everything is connected and we are all one and if you realise this then you can do anything and meet anyone. You are the divine being, know this, come into peace and call in the beautiful gifts for you to work with.
I have many mentors including Peter York who has encouraged me to grow and expand beyond my own limitations. He is generous with his time but he also is very clear what time he has to give. He may have 2 minutes but he will give brilliant answers and feedback in those 2 minutes.
I have a supervisor/coach for my work and a therapist/coach for myself as well as doing regular continual development like Rosen Bodywork therapy. I have found that committing to my own levels of support has grown my life. My commitment to my own growth has grown me and grown my work, as I commit to me I do more. Also I have realised that change is a slow process and that I need to stay committed to be able to move through my resistance and make a more expanded life. Realising this I ask my clients to really commit to their process of coaching with me and to commit to coming regularly in order to achieve what they want to achieve. The commitment is very important it somehow creates the change and before you know it magic has happened!
As I grow I need more and more support and networks, this allows me to worry less grow more and vision more. I am now visioning a team of 5 people who work for me and support my business and I am part of global networks where I can help the world . For me I can allow myself to grow as long as I do this with good heart.
Sunday 19 July 2009
Monday 6 July 2009
Wednesday 1 July 2009
Summer of Love
Hello dear One
Are you feeling the love? My wonderful cousin Duncan Cheatle has set up a beautifully loving web site www.thanksto.com where you can join for free and thank those people who have made a difference in your life. So far I have thanked my Mum, my Grandmother, Duncan and Countess Esther Benckendorff who encouraged me to dance every day and gave me unconditional love from when I was 4 years old. I think it is so much fun and will carry on. Do have a look if you get a chance! Here in the UK the sun is shining and many people are smiling and happy to be out and about. I do love all the seasons and all the weather changes here, including the rain, as long as I can sort my wardrobe and get the right clothes to wear I’m happy. The only time I really struggle with is the freezing cold and that is because all I want to do is wrap up like a ball and have many layers and I feel that I lose all sense of style. Maybe I need to ask a stylist on tips for the cold season! I am, in fact, working with a style coach at the moment called Julia Knight and it has made a big difference to how I look at dressing and what I wear. She has helped me to focus on how I put things together and what I am wearing for different occasions. It has given me a sense of becoming more of a woman and more mature in my clothing choices. In the Summer I would always wear bright colourful cotton dresses and although they are fine they are also quite girly and I am now choosing more stylish patterns and cuts to suit a more mature me. This then helps me feel more mature in my work and in socialising. Also once we have talked through what clothes and images I want she always says “You know the clothes will turn up now don’t you”! And they do, it’s extraordinary but they do every time. I live near the most wonderful set of charity shops and after I have decided I would like- some designer flowery feminine clothing, some Issa or Etro or Whistles then I pop into my shops and they are there. Ask and you shall receive as they say. It’s wonderful!
Receiving Life as it
by Cate Mackenzie
I am having some wonderful lessons as the moment about receiving life just as it is and accepting the energy that is there and then continuing to receive and noticing what happens.
I was teaching a dance class on Friday to people with disabilities and their carers. The energy seemed lower than usual and I felt that I needed to respect this and let everyone get connected to each other before getting them moving. So I asked the care staff to work with a disabled partner and very slowly and gently massage each arm. The point was to help the carer really connect with the disabled person and to help the disabled person feel their body and also feel connected with the carer. After some time there was a noticeable feeling of connection in the room and I started us all dancing gently and slowly. After a while we built a great energy in the room and we were all moving quite a bit, and even the disabled people who do not move that much normally moved a great amount. It really struck me that it was about accepting and being with the initial energy that allowed a new energy to come out. Then it made me think about life and how there are always things in life that are good, things that are difficult, things I may want to happen and things I may not want to happen and yet I somehow need to be equanimous with all of it. I can get caught up in worrying about the friend I may have upset and wondering how I can make it better or wanting certain work things to happen when I need to wait and see and allow things to be. And what if I can accept it all the good, the difficult, the easy and stay in the moment? What if I could accept it all just as it is! Then maybe there is a chance, or a moment of change, maybe the energy can come back again! Who knows! For I have noticed that it can be just as hard to receive the good as receiving the bad. When things are really good I can get worried and stressed and wonder if I should be any different than I am and as soon as I do that I have shut down the energy. When things are difficult I can also close in and this contraction will create a block so that nothing can move. I feel that really people see therapists, coaches and alternative practitioners to help re-open these blocks and shift the energy and that is a good thing to do when you need it. And, of course, it can make a big difference when you need it! But what if you realised how magnificent you really are and that you can breathe into any situation and start to melt your fears and blocks that you can practice staying open. What if you could really realise who you are in your heart and hold the magnificence of who you really are so that you can be in your truth and be in communion with all that is right now in this moment.
The reality is that you are a beautiful being of light and you can realise this right now in this moment. And as you realise this you can begin to allow all that you want to allow to be true. You do not need to “make” anything happen but from a beautiful open space you can call in what is true and right for you with no judgements and with total acceptance of yourself and what is.
For me I can go into this space when I dance, when I dance I feel totally connected and at one and at peace with myself and the world around me. In this space I can settle into myself and into my body and from this I can call in and attract what I need. So last night I went 5 rhythms dancing and I went into a calm and beautiful space and I asked that the right men came to dance with me (the men that were right for me to dance with) and that I would just stay in my space and they would turn up. So I stayed in my space and enjoyed my dancing and sure enough different men at different times turned up and danced with me and it was great. In fact it made me realise that we have to be ready to engage with our wishes as commitments and deep decisions because if you are centred, calm and clear and you call something in you may well receive it and then you have to be ready for that.
You can check in with yourself whether you are ready to really receive the gifts of your wishes by asking your body and slowing down enough to hear what your body says. Then see what magic happens in your life!
"Letting Love in" 26 Sep-3 Oct
This is a week to take a personal journey back to yourself, finding out who you are and what really mattes to you. This is an opportunity to have time to rest, heal and create in a beautiful, magical place in the Las Alpujarras mountains near Malaga in Spain. During the day you will have time to swim, rest and sunbathe and watch the stars at night and you will be guided on a loving creative journey with much dance, talking, coaching and visualisation. There will also be some art and writing exercises. The journey is to have time for yourself, to play, to laugh and to re-group. From this place you can see what you want for yourself and for your life and make a plan to create this. Cost: £510
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Open your heart Tips:
1 Grattitude- being grateful in every moment for the gift of life
2 Praise- praise the Divine in your life, praise love, praise others when you can
3 Smile, whenever you can smile it helps you and others around you
4 Feel your feelings and be honest about them, as soon as you own what is going on you come into connection with yourself and others
5 Love, feel into your heart, feel around you, connect with the love that is always there. Imagine you are walking with love and that every action and movement you make sends love out into the world. You are love. As you make an intention of love then love can flow more freely from you.
How about going for some elite love coaching. Six to twelve sessions to connect to your authentic self, to feel more confident, more loving and to create the life of your dreams. First twenty minutes free. Then £60 per session.
Cate's warmth and Smile was so welcoming and made me feel relaxed and comfortable. Opening your Heart was a new experience for me and helped me to improve my Self-esteem, Power and Confidence to move forward in life with ease. My Life gets more Fabulous every day, I feel Happy, and am Grateful for my life. Cate's Creative Process connecting with Dance and Art has opened up my awareness to Loving within.
Anna Demetriou, Barclay's Wealth
NEXT WORKSHOP DATES:
19 Jul catemackenzie.com £70 "Open Your Heart" Workshop
This is a workshop to find out how your heart is what has happened to your heart and how you can learn to open it again. You will be encouraged to find your strength and your boundaries and will be taught a method of Pulsation which is how to open and close in a flowing manner. This is a journey to help and encourage you to create a life you really want.
This workshop can now be booked online on my website.
Are you feeling the love? My wonderful cousin Duncan Cheatle has set up a beautifully loving web site www.thanksto.com where you can join for free and thank those people who have made a difference in your life. So far I have thanked my Mum, my Grandmother, Duncan and Countess Esther Benckendorff who encouraged me to dance every day and gave me unconditional love from when I was 4 years old. I think it is so much fun and will carry on. Do have a look if you get a chance! Here in the UK the sun is shining and many people are smiling and happy to be out and about. I do love all the seasons and all the weather changes here, including the rain, as long as I can sort my wardrobe and get the right clothes to wear I’m happy. The only time I really struggle with is the freezing cold and that is because all I want to do is wrap up like a ball and have many layers and I feel that I lose all sense of style. Maybe I need to ask a stylist on tips for the cold season! I am, in fact, working with a style coach at the moment called Julia Knight and it has made a big difference to how I look at dressing and what I wear. She has helped me to focus on how I put things together and what I am wearing for different occasions. It has given me a sense of becoming more of a woman and more mature in my clothing choices. In the Summer I would always wear bright colourful cotton dresses and although they are fine they are also quite girly and I am now choosing more stylish patterns and cuts to suit a more mature me. This then helps me feel more mature in my work and in socialising. Also once we have talked through what clothes and images I want she always says “You know the clothes will turn up now don’t you”! And they do, it’s extraordinary but they do every time. I live near the most wonderful set of charity shops and after I have decided I would like- some designer flowery feminine clothing, some Issa or Etro or Whistles then I pop into my shops and they are there. Ask and you shall receive as they say. It’s wonderful!
Receiving Life as it
by Cate Mackenzie
I am having some wonderful lessons as the moment about receiving life just as it is and accepting the energy that is there and then continuing to receive and noticing what happens.
I was teaching a dance class on Friday to people with disabilities and their carers. The energy seemed lower than usual and I felt that I needed to respect this and let everyone get connected to each other before getting them moving. So I asked the care staff to work with a disabled partner and very slowly and gently massage each arm. The point was to help the carer really connect with the disabled person and to help the disabled person feel their body and also feel connected with the carer. After some time there was a noticeable feeling of connection in the room and I started us all dancing gently and slowly. After a while we built a great energy in the room and we were all moving quite a bit, and even the disabled people who do not move that much normally moved a great amount. It really struck me that it was about accepting and being with the initial energy that allowed a new energy to come out. Then it made me think about life and how there are always things in life that are good, things that are difficult, things I may want to happen and things I may not want to happen and yet I somehow need to be equanimous with all of it. I can get caught up in worrying about the friend I may have upset and wondering how I can make it better or wanting certain work things to happen when I need to wait and see and allow things to be. And what if I can accept it all the good, the difficult, the easy and stay in the moment? What if I could accept it all just as it is! Then maybe there is a chance, or a moment of change, maybe the energy can come back again! Who knows! For I have noticed that it can be just as hard to receive the good as receiving the bad. When things are really good I can get worried and stressed and wonder if I should be any different than I am and as soon as I do that I have shut down the energy. When things are difficult I can also close in and this contraction will create a block so that nothing can move. I feel that really people see therapists, coaches and alternative practitioners to help re-open these blocks and shift the energy and that is a good thing to do when you need it. And, of course, it can make a big difference when you need it! But what if you realised how magnificent you really are and that you can breathe into any situation and start to melt your fears and blocks that you can practice staying open. What if you could really realise who you are in your heart and hold the magnificence of who you really are so that you can be in your truth and be in communion with all that is right now in this moment.
The reality is that you are a beautiful being of light and you can realise this right now in this moment. And as you realise this you can begin to allow all that you want to allow to be true. You do not need to “make” anything happen but from a beautiful open space you can call in what is true and right for you with no judgements and with total acceptance of yourself and what is.
For me I can go into this space when I dance, when I dance I feel totally connected and at one and at peace with myself and the world around me. In this space I can settle into myself and into my body and from this I can call in and attract what I need. So last night I went 5 rhythms dancing and I went into a calm and beautiful space and I asked that the right men came to dance with me (the men that were right for me to dance with) and that I would just stay in my space and they would turn up. So I stayed in my space and enjoyed my dancing and sure enough different men at different times turned up and danced with me and it was great. In fact it made me realise that we have to be ready to engage with our wishes as commitments and deep decisions because if you are centred, calm and clear and you call something in you may well receive it and then you have to be ready for that.
You can check in with yourself whether you are ready to really receive the gifts of your wishes by asking your body and slowing down enough to hear what your body says. Then see what magic happens in your life!
"Letting Love in" 26 Sep-3 Oct
This is a week to take a personal journey back to yourself, finding out who you are and what really mattes to you. This is an opportunity to have time to rest, heal and create in a beautiful, magical place in the Las Alpujarras mountains near Malaga in Spain. During the day you will have time to swim, rest and sunbathe and watch the stars at night and you will be guided on a loving creative journey with much dance, talking, coaching and visualisation. There will also be some art and writing exercises. The journey is to have time for yourself, to play, to laugh and to re-group. From this place you can see what you want for yourself and for your life and make a plan to create this. Cost: £510
cortijo-romero.co.uk
Open your heart Tips:
1 Grattitude- being grateful in every moment for the gift of life
2 Praise- praise the Divine in your life, praise love, praise others when you can
3 Smile, whenever you can smile it helps you and others around you
4 Feel your feelings and be honest about them, as soon as you own what is going on you come into connection with yourself and others
5 Love, feel into your heart, feel around you, connect with the love that is always there. Imagine you are walking with love and that every action and movement you make sends love out into the world. You are love. As you make an intention of love then love can flow more freely from you.
How about going for some elite love coaching. Six to twelve sessions to connect to your authentic self, to feel more confident, more loving and to create the life of your dreams. First twenty minutes free. Then £60 per session.
Cate's warmth and Smile was so welcoming and made me feel relaxed and comfortable. Opening your Heart was a new experience for me and helped me to improve my Self-esteem, Power and Confidence to move forward in life with ease. My Life gets more Fabulous every day, I feel Happy, and am Grateful for my life. Cate's Creative Process connecting with Dance and Art has opened up my awareness to Loving within.
Anna Demetriou, Barclay's Wealth
NEXT WORKSHOP DATES:
19 Jul catemackenzie.com £70 "Open Your Heart" Workshop
This is a workshop to find out how your heart is what has happened to your heart and how you can learn to open it again. You will be encouraged to find your strength and your boundaries and will be taught a method of Pulsation which is how to open and close in a flowing manner. This is a journey to help and encourage you to create a life you really want.
This workshop can now be booked online on my website.
Friday 12 June 2009
Thursday 11 June 2009
Tips to Open Your Heart
Open your heart Tips:
1 Grattitude- being grateful in every moment for the gift of life
2 Praise- praise the Divine in your life, praise love, praise others when you can
3 Smile, whenever you can smile it helps you and others around you
4 Feel your feelings and be honest about them, as soon as you own what is going on you come into connection with yourself and others
5 Love, feel into your heart, feel around you, connect with the love that is always there. Imagine you are walking with love and that every action and movement you make sends love out into the world. You are love. As you make an intention of love then love can flow more freely from you.
1 Grattitude- being grateful in every moment for the gift of life
2 Praise- praise the Divine in your life, praise love, praise others when you can
3 Smile, whenever you can smile it helps you and others around you
4 Feel your feelings and be honest about them, as soon as you own what is going on you come into connection with yourself and others
5 Love, feel into your heart, feel around you, connect with the love that is always there. Imagine you are walking with love and that every action and movement you make sends love out into the world. You are love. As you make an intention of love then love can flow more freely from you.
Thank you dot com
Are you feeling the love? My wonderful cousin Duncan Cheatle has set up a beautifully loving web site www.thanksto.com where you can join for free and thank those people who have made a difference in your life. So far I have thanked my Mum, my Grandmother, Duncan and Countess Esther Benckendorff who encouraged me to dance every day and gave me unconditional love from when I was 4 years old. I think it is so much fun and will carry on. Do have a look if you get a chance! Here in the UK the sun is shining and many people are smiling and happy to be out and about. I do love all the seasons and all the weather changes here, including the rain, as long as I can sort my wardrobe and get the right clothes to wear I’m happy. The only time I really struggle with is the freezing cold and that is because all I want to do is wrap up like a ball and have many layers and I feel that I lose all sense of style. Maybe I need to ask a stylist on tips for the cold season! I am, in fact, working with a style coach at the moment called Julia Knight and it has made a big difference to how I look at dressing and what I wear. She has helped me to focus on how I put things together and what I am wearing for different occasions. It has given me a sense of becoming more of a woman and more mature in my clothing choices. In the Summer I would always wear bright colourful cotton dresses and although they are fine they are also quite girly and I am now choosing more stylish patterns and cuts to suit a more mature me. This then helps me feel more mature in my work and in socialising. Also once we have talked through what clothes and images I want she always says “You know the clothes will turn up now don’t you”! And they do, it’s extraordinary but they do every time. I live near the most wonderful set of charity shops and after I have decided I would like- some designer flowery feminine clothing, some Issa or Etro or Whistles then I pop into my shops and they are there. Ask and you shall receive as they say. It’s wonderful!
Receiving Life as it
by Cate Mackenzie
I am having some wonderful lessons as the moment about receiving life just as it is and accepting the energy that is there and then continuing to receive and noticing what happens.
I was teaching a dance class on Friday to people with disabilities and their carers. The energy seemed lower than usual and I felt that I needed to respect this and let everyone get connected to each other before getting them moving. So I asked the care staff to work with a disabled partner and very slowly and gently massage each arm. The point was to help the carer really connect with the disabled person and to help the disabled person feel their body and also feel connected with the carer. After some time there was a noticeable feeling of connection in the room and I started us all dancing gently and slowly. After a while we built a great energy in the room and we were all moving quite a bit, and even the disabled people who do not move that much normally moved a great amount. It really struck me that it was about accepting and being with the initial energy that allowed a new energy to come out. Then it made me think about life and how there are always things in life that are good, things that are difficult, things I may want to happen and things I may not want to happen and yet I somehow need to be equanimous with all of it. I can get caught up in worrying about the friend I may have upset and wondering how I can make it better or wanting certain work things to happen when I need to wait and see and allow things to be. And what if I can accept it all the good, the difficult, the easy and stay in the moment? What if I could accept it all just as it is! Then maybe there is a chance, or a moment of change, maybe the energy can come back again! Who knows! For I have noticed that it can be just as hard to receive the good as receiving the bad. When things are really good I can get worried and stressed and wonder if I should be any different than I am and as soon as I do that I have shut down the energy. When things are difficult I can also close in and this contraction will create a block so that nothing can move. I feel that really people see therapists, coaches and alternative practitioners to help re-open these blocks and shift the energy and that is a good thing to do when you need it. And, of course, it can make a big difference when you need it! But what if you realised how magnificent you really are and that you can breathe into any situation and start to melt your fears and blocks that you can practice staying open. What if you could really realise who you are in your heart and hold the magnificence of who you really are so that you can be in your truth and be in communion with all that is right now in this moment.
The reality is that you are a beautiful being of light and you can realise this right now in this moment. And as you realise this you can begin to allow all that you want to allow to be true. You do not need to “make” anything happen but from a beautiful open space you can call in what is true and right for you with no judgements and with total acceptance of yourself and what is.
For me I can go into this space when I dance, when I dance I feel totally connected and at one and at peace with myself and the world around me. In this space I can settle into myself and into my body and from this I can call in and attract what I need. So last night I went 5 rhythms dancing and I went into a calm and beautiful space and I asked that the right men came to dance with me (the men that were right for me to dance with) and that I would just stay in my space and they would turn up. So I stayed in my space and enjoyed my dancing and sure enough different men at different times turned up and danced with me and it was great. In fact it made me realise that we have to be ready to engage with our wishes as commitments and deep decisions because if you are centred, calm and clear and you call something in you may well receive it and then you have to be ready for that.
You can check in with yourself whether you are ready to really receive the gifts of your wishes by asking your body and slowing down enough to hear what your body says. Then see what magic happens in your life!
Receiving Life as it
by Cate Mackenzie
I am having some wonderful lessons as the moment about receiving life just as it is and accepting the energy that is there and then continuing to receive and noticing what happens.
I was teaching a dance class on Friday to people with disabilities and their carers. The energy seemed lower than usual and I felt that I needed to respect this and let everyone get connected to each other before getting them moving. So I asked the care staff to work with a disabled partner and very slowly and gently massage each arm. The point was to help the carer really connect with the disabled person and to help the disabled person feel their body and also feel connected with the carer. After some time there was a noticeable feeling of connection in the room and I started us all dancing gently and slowly. After a while we built a great energy in the room and we were all moving quite a bit, and even the disabled people who do not move that much normally moved a great amount. It really struck me that it was about accepting and being with the initial energy that allowed a new energy to come out. Then it made me think about life and how there are always things in life that are good, things that are difficult, things I may want to happen and things I may not want to happen and yet I somehow need to be equanimous with all of it. I can get caught up in worrying about the friend I may have upset and wondering how I can make it better or wanting certain work things to happen when I need to wait and see and allow things to be. And what if I can accept it all the good, the difficult, the easy and stay in the moment? What if I could accept it all just as it is! Then maybe there is a chance, or a moment of change, maybe the energy can come back again! Who knows! For I have noticed that it can be just as hard to receive the good as receiving the bad. When things are really good I can get worried and stressed and wonder if I should be any different than I am and as soon as I do that I have shut down the energy. When things are difficult I can also close in and this contraction will create a block so that nothing can move. I feel that really people see therapists, coaches and alternative practitioners to help re-open these blocks and shift the energy and that is a good thing to do when you need it. And, of course, it can make a big difference when you need it! But what if you realised how magnificent you really are and that you can breathe into any situation and start to melt your fears and blocks that you can practice staying open. What if you could really realise who you are in your heart and hold the magnificence of who you really are so that you can be in your truth and be in communion with all that is right now in this moment.
The reality is that you are a beautiful being of light and you can realise this right now in this moment. And as you realise this you can begin to allow all that you want to allow to be true. You do not need to “make” anything happen but from a beautiful open space you can call in what is true and right for you with no judgements and with total acceptance of yourself and what is.
For me I can go into this space when I dance, when I dance I feel totally connected and at one and at peace with myself and the world around me. In this space I can settle into myself and into my body and from this I can call in and attract what I need. So last night I went 5 rhythms dancing and I went into a calm and beautiful space and I asked that the right men came to dance with me (the men that were right for me to dance with) and that I would just stay in my space and they would turn up. So I stayed in my space and enjoyed my dancing and sure enough different men at different times turned up and danced with me and it was great. In fact it made me realise that we have to be ready to engage with our wishes as commitments and deep decisions because if you are centred, calm and clear and you call something in you may well receive it and then you have to be ready for that.
You can check in with yourself whether you are ready to really receive the gifts of your wishes by asking your body and slowing down enough to hear what your body says. Then see what magic happens in your life!
Wednesday 27 May 2009
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