Some BUNNY wants a tan

Spring is in the air again, springing love and springing airbrush tans!!!!! There's been lots of new clients lately, all with wonderful stories. Luckily for me, I get to celebrate little and big moments of their lives in a kinda non-conventional way. (Names have been changed and I must keep this PG rated...)  

I love being part of weddings and also the excitement of new romances. It's not uncommon for a girl to come and get spray tan before a date, trip, etc. This past month I've had lots of male spray tanning virgins! One was spray tanning with his fiancé as a test run before their wedding. Another was spray tanning because he was going to rendezvous with a former love interest to RIO. My favorite this month is Dave. He's over 65 and came with his wife before their trip to Hawaii. He was so excited and was like a little kid doing muscle poises. Dark fat is better than white fat!   

It's a completely different energy and playfulness with guys. One of my best spray tanning adventures is when I did a spray tanning party at a ranch for a group going on a cruise. One husband made these John Deer cut-outs and asked if he could tan his butt with them. He showed his son and then he wanted to join in on the fun. Boys will always be boys.    

Ladies, introduce guys to the wonderful world of airbrush spray tanning! They just don't know that they will love it! In our new tanning studio, it will be much more fun with couples tanning. (We will be in our new space April 21st!) Shoot, bring the whole family or have us come to you for a spray tanning party. I got disposable undies for them....hahaha!

Have a fabulous EASTER Weekend and may you be bronze in your Easter outfits.

Dissolving fear process

It seems like things happen in clusters, good things or bad. When perceived bad things happen to us we often try to figure out why, but sometimes you don't need to know the deeper meaning of everything that happens in our lives. Life will always give you weeds. It's a continual process to keep a beautiful garden. All of us who seek to be conscious and aware regard our experiences as teachers, and we try to discern what lessons we are learning from the things that happen in our lives. 

Sometimes the lesson is very clear and other times we have to really search to for the lesson. While this search often yields results, there comes a point we really need to accept it and just move forward. We are all part of a complex system of being. Things work themselves out in the system as a whole. Sometimes it is easier to see it in terms of karma, a past debt we have been able to repay in this way, or as the clearing of energy. We can simply thank the event for being part of our experience and let it go. 

As I've gotten older, I've learned to incorporate rituals and meditation to help letting go easier. Rituals make things official, it anchors the emotion or thought, enabling you to feel in control again. I've been struggling a lot in the last couple of weeks, with fears and doubts, moving in anger and frustration. In my break-downs I was able to cross over to break-throughs with this fear dissolving process I made up. It is so powerful seeing it on a transparent paper and then physically dissolve away. 

I hope it liberates you from your self defeating thoughts to move in COURAGE and LOVE. All you need is rice paper and a marker! Enjoy the home made video below and share it with others if it helps you. Do it right away and don't complicate it. Would love to hear your break-throughs with it! 

Playing with your shadow

In January I did a series on the 12 Days of Beauty & Light which I hope you made some shifts for your personal empowerment. This month, I will connect you to the dark, your shadow; in honor of one of my favorite teachers Debbie Ford.  

Debbie Ford past away February 17th, 2013 and is a New York Times best-selling author, founder of The Ford Institute for Integrative Coaching, and a pioneering force in the study and integration of the shadow into modern psychological and spiritual practices. My favorite works from Debbie Ford are

Courage: Overcoming Fear and Igniting Self-Confidence, The Shadow Effect, The Dark Side of the Light Chasers, The Secret of the Shadow, Why Good People Do Bad Things, and the 21 Day Consciousness Cleanse. After the 3rd time I did the Consciousness Cleanse, I produced my Lotus Mudra Meditation. After readingWhy Good People Do Bad Things I was able to uncover my masks of the Over-Achiever and the Martyr. Her work is absolutely transforming. 

 

"You cannot know the light without knowing the dark. So many times we shame our shadow, but it is a part of our ego that must be satisfied. It is the gatekeeper of true freedom. The shadow holds the truth of all the authentic parts of being human -- your vulnerability, your discontent, your jealousy, or an experience from the past that you haven't digested. The only way to invite them out of the shadow is to bring them into the light. The light is a new perspective in which you see that everything that's happening is happening to help you develop your soul. Then you're free -- free to be who you are most authentically, free to ask for what you need, free to find your joy and bliss, free to share your gifts.

The first step is seeing what you don't want to be. Look at who you don't like and the qualities they have, not their behaviors but the qualities inside of them that you don't like. Start with the ones closest to you. You can always see these qualities in your brothers, sisters, parents, or children." For example, some of my friends babble a lot, do the same sabotaging things repeatedly, or don't really listen. I would get frustrated and get on them about it. But the truth is, I need to listen more: I should be

interested instead of interesting.I was trying to change them because I need to look at it in myself. It's always a mirror reflection.

"Every time you grow and evolve, you find new versions of your shadow. Once you understand shadow work, it's actually not something you want to be done with. Every time you embrace a shadow, you open up a new pathway for your life. Your shadow is actually very playful, your inner child, your creative soul." For example, Peter Pan found Wendy and the kids because he followed his shadow. 

"Ultimately, all of this work is about learning to love one's self, one's flaws, one's shortcomings, and one's past; and when you accept that it is possible -- that that is your spiritual journey here on earth -- you have a foundation for setting yourself up to live a life beyond your wildest dreams." (Welcome to Shadowland, an example of how your shadow wants to help you.)