Petrified Wood is formed when dead wood gets saturated with silicic acid and in the absence of air, solidifies through the loss of water. Depending on the circumstances of its formation, its substance is replace by agate, quartz or more rarely, opal. Petrified Wood vibrates with the root (1st) chakra, which is located at the base of the spine. Petrified wood bestows a feeling of bond with the earth and of being in the right place at the right time. It stimulates inner imagery and ideas, yet keeps us firmly planted in realty. Trees are the overseers or chiefs of the plant kingdom. They tower above the earth with their roots sunk deeply into the ground. “They grow from the seeds of their forefathers and fertilize their children with their bodies as they depart”. Trees represent the roots of new beginnings. Petrified wood holds the records of how the growth from seedling to maturity takes place. It is the stone of transformation assisting one to rise to ones highest chosen level.

Jewels of Life:

The past couple of weeks have been spent preparing our inner garden for planting by fertilizing and working the soil. Now is the time to seed your dreams. When we plant a seed, we set the intention that it will mature into a plant that will bear fruit or grow to maturity, re-seeding itself at the end of its life. We plant a seed expecting it to sprout, take root and grow into something magnificent. Our dreams and desires become manifest when our intentions are planted into the soil of our inner gardens. We begin by setting an intention to move towards our dreams and then take action on our intention. True intentions are stated in the present moment. They are not the “I should, I have to, I must, I will, I will try, or I would like to’s”. Intentions are the “I am” statements we make to ourselves that move us forward on our path. With “I am” messages we tell ourselves that we are committed to do the work now, to take a step. With “I will” messages we put our thoughts and actions to the “someday in the future”. Our intentions are small beginnings towards the bigger picture of our dreams, the seeds from which our dreams grow. Unfortunately, many of us are fearful of planting the seed or setting intentions. We live in barren landscapes, afraid to take the risks necessary to fulfill our greatest desires. Is there an intention that you could set that would step you towards a desire, goal or dream? Call on the vibration of Petrified Wood and plant the seed that will grow to maturity. Set that intention today…I am making that phone call, I am exercising for health, I am cooking a new and healthy recipe, I am saving money towards my dream vacation, etc.

You can’t harvest what you don’t sow. So plant your desires, gently nurture them, and they will be rewarded with abundance. –Vivian Elisabeth Glyck

Over the course of time and growth I realized that setting a “resolution” meant that I was seeking to change something that “wasn’t working” in my life for one reason or another. Inherently in that resolution process I was acknowledging that I wasn’t happy with the way I was or what I was doing. In other words, I was saying I was broken.

Now, as a Life Coach I know that no one is broken – especially me. But sometimes we do get stuck in ruts or run up against a wall or tread too deeply in the muck….but that’s not broken….it’s just held back a little bit from how we’d like to be. So a few years back I dropped the word “resolution” in favor of the word “intention.”

While resolution meant “changing what I do” the word intention meant “choosing a way I wish to be.” That felt a lot cleaner and easier for me to manage. I wasn’t saying anything about how I was, but how I wanted to be in the future. I was looking forward instead of back…and we all know how much more effective that can be.

With my newly empowering word “intention” I promptly made another list of 10-15 ways I wanted to be over the next year. “Why act small when you can cover it all,” I thought! I actually had to limit myself to a list that size. About 3/4 of the way through that year I looked at my list and realized I’d done a fair job of moving towards some of them, a moderate job at others, and a lousy job at a few. Really it wasn’t all that better than before I started using the word intention. Hmmmmmm…..was I over reaching still? Was something still missing?

And then it hit me – 15 areas of focus?? Seriously?? When I’m working with my clients I ask them to pick 3-5 subjects of attention and most only choose 3-4. So why was I shocked that with that many items I wasn’t doing the things I wanted to do. So I reassessed what I was doing and what the point was.

The point of setting New Years Intentions was to guide me to become the person I wanted to be over the next year, to help me facilitate the ways of being that would bring about the results I desired, and to help me focus my intention on the creation rather than the change. “Ok”, I thought to myself, “So if all of this is about how I want to be why does it need to be complicated?” I tell my clients all the time to not worry about the details but to focus on the “being” part of what they want to accomplish because if you can create the “way of being” in your life the rest will simply fall into place effortlessly.

Think of it this way, if you focus on being “generous and giving” you’ll create opportunities where your talents are needed and desired. If you focus on “being positive and open minded” you’ll notice all these opportunities to enjoy life and the world around you. So I boiled down all the things I wanted to create in my life and I came up with one very simple yet very challenging intention.

My intention that particular year was “I will be fully present with myself.” Yikes! Fully present?? I wasn’t even sure I knew what that meant….but I did it anyway. Over the course of the year I simply kept coming back to how I felt, what I wanted, what was important to me, what I was noticing in my behaviors, where I was putting my attention….I just kept coming present with myself and focusing on the now. I didn’t worry about the details or the answers or what the results were, I just kept checking in and being present with the “now” rather than the past or the future.

And it totally worked! I had a great year….well, actually it was a pretty challenging year but I felt so much more aware, awake, and alive that even the challenges felt positive. Now, several years later that feeling of presence and attention to the now still remains. It’s become habitual and…..easy.

The following year I set the intention “I will be fully embodied.” I spent the year checking in with my physical self, noticing how my emotions affected and interacted with my body, I focused on my breathing and creating awareness of how my connection to my body affected my life. Again my life unlocked itself a little bit more. I felt a lot more comfortable and at ease with who I was as a person, what was important to me and what I was inviting into my life. Again it shifted everything and I became even more alive and engaged in my life than ever before. I was ecstatic! I began to notice all the little details of my life and how simply focusing on myself invited in the things I wanted to attract.

The next year my intention was “To have a healthy and pain free body.” Of course I’d spent so much time the year before becoming fully embodied I could now feel every ache and pain, creak and groan as if it were everything there was. Of course with this intention I promptly injured myself and took nearly the whole year to heal – but it was such an incredible manifestation of momentum and energy that I’ve come out of the end of the year with one of the healthiest bodies I’ve had in a decade and just getting better!

But this year? I almost didn’t think about it until just yesterday. But when I did it came to me simply and easily.

For 2009 my intention is “I will simply surrender into the flow and trust.”

Seems simple enough, huh? Yeah right!! I can’t wait to see what happens this year!

What is your intention for 2009? Here’s a hint: Keep it simple!

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According to Wikipedia intention means; an agent’s intention in performing an action is their specific purpose in doing so, the end or goal they aim at, or intend to accomplish. Whether an action is successful or unsuccessful depends at least on whether the intended result was brought about. Other consequences of someone’s acting are called unintentional. Intentional behavior can also be just thoughtful and deliberate goal-directedness.

For me, an intention means something I want to have happen in my life or business. As I write them down each day, I really try to feel that the goal or intention is happening now. Then I watch to see if any positive evidences of that set intention appear. During the time that I have been setting my daily intentions, I have seen some evidences that my intentions are appearing. My goals are coming to fruition.

What are your intentions?

Do you intend to be wealthy? Do you intend to be healthy? Do you intend to bring more joy into your life? Do you intend to have a successful business?

I think you get the point. If you are interested in bringing more positive results in your life, my suggestion to you is to:

1. Really take the time and sit down every morning and write what you intentions are. Try to feel that intention in action as you write. I often relate this to writing an order to the universe!

2. Think about what you are grateful for and write that down to. Being grateful for your life as it appears now will allow more to come in.

3. Celebrate any positive outcomes that occur. Keep a success journal to write down all the positive emotions or things that occur for you daily.

Writing allows you to fully focus on what you are intending for yourself and your business. What you give attention to will grow. And this means positive or negative. So be sure to make them positive! Work through the negative thoughts that appear during the day by replacing them with positive thoughts as soon as you hear it. This will allow you to see how your thoughts and actions work against or toward your goal.

As I move more into working on my intentions, I will report back. I can only see positive outcomes from any focused time, be it meditation, visualization or writing out your dreams and goals.

When it comes to changing your life and attracting the things you desire, then you must first understand the secret law of attraction.  I use the term “secret” here because, while most people have heard the term, they don’t truly understand what it means or how to use it in their life to their advantage.  In that regard, it still is a mystery, or secret, to them.

Just like the law of gravity is always at work, so is this secret law of attraction. They are both universal laws.   We can learn to act in ways which make them work in our favor.  For example, you learned how to make the law of gravity work for you at a very young age.  It worked for you when you jumped off the diving board at the pool – it’s the law of gravity pulling you down into the cool water below.  Likewise, you learned to steer clear of a large hole in the ground or the edge of a high drop off so as not to give gravity the chance to pull you down, resulting in a nasty fall or a serious injury.

In the same way, you can begin to learn ways to make this secret law of attraction work for you, rather than against you.  Once you learn, you will be amazed at the magic which starts showing up in your life! And one of the best places to start is with your intention.

Set An Intention

The Universe responds to your intentions.  When you “intend” something, you make a conscious decision to bring something into your life. You may intend to start earning six figures a year, or to drive a new Mercedes, or to find the love of your life.  Essentially, you are intending to deliberately create the life of your dreams.  In secret law of attraction jargon, this is usually referred to as “setting an intention”.

Following are the steps involved in setting your intentions:

First, decide what it is you want to attract into your life. Vague goals, desires, or intentions are going to get you vague results, if any.  You want to be specific about all the details.  If your intention is to start working at your dream job, be clear about as many details as you can regarding what that job would be.

Second, write it down. When we commit something to paper it makes it much more real than when we just have it in our minds.  As you write it down, be sure to include down all the details that go with it.

Third, visualize it as already in your life. Picture in your mind that you are already working your dream job.  As you picture it, imagine how you would feel.  How would you be dressed?  What are your coworkers like?  What is your office like?  Get as much into the emotions as you can.  This is very important when it comes to this secret law of attraction.

Fourth, take inspired action. When you first set your intention you may have no idea how it is going to happen.  And that is okay, because the Universe will take care of the “how”.  Your task is to take action when you are inspired to do so.  This doesn’t necessarily mean just sit and do nothing.  Rather, start moving in a direction and let the Universe guide you.  Inspired action will seem effortless and will feel good. Uninspired action will feel like a tedious obligation.

Fifth, whenever negative emotions or thoughts creep in, stop them quickly and replace them with positive ones. This is very important for attracting the things you truly desire into your life.   So be sure to monitor your thoughts and emotions carefully!

Follow these steps with regards to setting your intentions.  The secret law of attraction will no longer feel like a secret to you once you start doing this on a regular basis.  Trust the Universe to respond to your intentions, and it will!