Natural Law #174 - April 2025

We are all self-governing

Let us call upon our ancestors, Elders and teachers - past and present,

To guide us in the way of the Heart

You are all my relations. All is One.

Namaste.

Last week (on 25 March) we began a new cycle in the 260-day Mayan calendar. This is yet another opportunity to wipe the slate clean and begin again, whatever that means for you. What can you change or bring to completion, to free-flow into this new galactic year?

Make way for the new that is coming through. Energy is space, and there comes a time where we need to clear out, to allow room for the new to emerge and flourish.

The first edition of Natural Law was published in August 2010 in The Village Journal (VJ) - a local rag serving small communities in the NSW Northern Rivers region. After the VJ called it quits in 2014, issue #42 of Natural Law landed in The Nimbin Good Times, and has been there ever since.

It blows my mind that this monthly column is in it’s fifteenth year, and I can say without hesitation, that penning Natural Law, and sharing it freely every month, has been my pleasure and my privilege. Moreover, the creativity and giving have always come with great ease. So it comes as a surprise (to even myself) that I am taking an indefinite break. 

Professional, personal and community events, particularly over the last four years, have summoned deep introspection and reflection for many of us. A lot has fallen away, some involuntarily - the grief and disillusionment is real. I have needed to slow down and simplify life, to process and integrate the complex, nuanced and sometimes painful stories of change, where it has become clear, that much has gone amiss, and new directions are greatly needed.

Many of us see a light, finally visible through that long tunnel of darkness, and the realisation that great care must be taken to build new, unifying foundations, embedded with the wisdom needed to carry us, our families, communities, and planet forward in coherence - now, and for these times to come. 

So next month in May, will be my final edition of Natural Law. What happens next, I have no idea. Yet I feel good about surrendering to the winds of change and uncertainty. Creating stillness and space, just to be.

Thank you to all who have read Natural Law over the years, which has always held the intention of supporting healthy relationships with self, others and all life (“You are all my relations. All is One”). I am deeply grateful for your readership and engagement. If you feel called to share your experience of Natural Law, I’d love to hear from you. You can write a Google review here: https://g.co/kgs/AzavBPf or email me at yemayacentre@gmail.com

If you would like a balancing Reiki Treatment, I am in the Lismore clinic weekly. New Reiki Course dates have been scheduled with Level 1 next month in May, a special Level 2 over the Winter Solstice weekend, and Reiki Master Practitioner Course in September. See below for dates and other weekly services at the Yemaya Centre.

Big Love x

Be True,

Helene

Reiki Master Teacher

Laughter Yoga Leader

B.IndigSTrauma&Healing(Law&Justice)

M.Ed (Innovative Learning Design & Career Development & Counselling) - in progress

Weekly Services at Yemaya Centre Rooms:

Catherine Wilson: Clinical Psychology, https://hnc.org.au/directory/catherine-wilson/ 

Krsna Mayshack-Mendero: Women’s Counselling Services, https://connecttowellness.com.au/ 

Helene Collard: Reiki Treatments, Reiki Courses www.yemayacentre.com.au 

Miaka Barratt-Hassett: Intuitive Massage and KaHuna Lomi Lomi Massage, essentialselfhealing@gmail.com

Mirek Oprzedek: Shiatsu Practitioner, 0412 294917 or miz.oprzedek@gmail.com

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Come to us in the heart of the CBD, and visit our website for more information and bookings. Visit www.yemayacentre.com.au

COMING UP:

Reiki Treatments: weekly

Reiki First Degree 17-18 May, 2025

Reiki Second Degree 21-22 June, 2025 (Winter Solstice)

Reiki Master Practitioner: 12-13 September, 2025