Giving aura healings at the Pinole Farmers Market. Setting up the canopy, and giving free aura healings at the Pinole Farmers Market. It has been such an opportunity, a blessing, to learn about people, about energy, and to learn about, and meet people in my community. I can be of service, and also market my reading business. It has only been three Saturday morning/afternoons so far, and yet, I can write a book on the adventures I’ve had, on the gratitude that I have, and on the lessons I’m learning just by being there.
It started by just asking the man who runs the produce market here if I could have a booth set up, and do Aura healings. It would just be an information booth, I’m not doing readings here, but telling them about the readings, and classes, and reading Fairs that I do, my website, the meditations as MP3’s for sale, and the online classes. The free aura healings are a great way to get people to come to the booth, look at the info, meet me, and ask a few questions. I give them a quick aura healing, tell them a few things, and they are on their way. I have them sign in, and tell them that I will put them on the mailing list, where they will get the newsletter, and I’ll tell them about classes, Fairs, etc. Maybe there will be a coupon, or an article, inside too.
I am also using this opportunity to clean my own space, and meet new people, and learn new things, and I sure have been doing that!
Each time I am there I may give 5 or so healings, and of those people there are many who are thirsty for this information. Some just want a spirit-to-spirit hello, for being seen is so validating, and healing. It also helps people to heal themselves, by nudging them back onto their center.
I am a patient person, and I know that many will be skeptical, but seeing me there time after time of these sunny, summer Saturdays, the whole market smelling of fresh strawberries, peaches, and cucumbers, while a musician plays lovely music somewhere nearby, that it may wear down their doubts, or their shyness, and maybe they will come and talk to me, or take my card, for another time perhaps, where they may need some clarity on something.
The other people who have booths set up have been very friendly, and helpful, and I enjoy conversing, and knowing more about my community.
And a big part of this community, is the big Catholic church, (St Joseph’s), that is directly across the street from the market. There is a large Pilipino population in Pinole, and a majority here are Catholic, and go to that church. There is a small Latino assembly as well. It is a beautiful, clean building, although I’ve never been inside (yet).
I am well aware that having a booth in a farmers market that smacks of “psychic” will have both the Atheists, and the Catholics, and maybe others, on their haunches, barking silently at me like a fox in the neighborhood, but this is some of the energy being consciously worked on while I am here. It has been amazing so far.
The second week that I was here, while blissfully listening to the amazing Cora musician who was in the space next to me, a flyer was put on my table, and someone was muttering something about how this would “save my soul”.
Hello! I said, as I looked up. A woman from the church was handing out flyers, which had info on the events at St Joseph’s Church.
So we started a conversation, for a good 20 minutes, about church, about Pilipino food, about God, about angels, about Jesus, and healing, and I could feel her becoming less resistant to me, and my being there, with my “psychic” flag. Her male friend then came over, and the conversation continued.
What is so interesting here is that I could see their religion being (entity) around them, and it was watching me, and testing me, to see who I was, or where I stood.
I continued to give them both spirit-to-spirit hellos, and really did enjoy our conversation, which continued for another 15 minutes or so, covering everything from working with Archangel Michael, or Mother Mary, to helping stuck beings go to the light, from people who had recently died, to destructive addiction beings. I could tell that they were softening their stance about me, that I wasn’t evil, or a shyster, or a snake oil salesman. I also told them I am trained as an associate minister as well. When I said that I feel like my church is in nature, that I feel that God is in Nature, my inner voice warned me politely “Ummm…maybe this is sounding a bit too Pagan, my dear, you should just zip it, and quit while you’re ahead.”
At some point I felt the religious being loosen its grip, and let go, as if to say “ok, well, you’re all right in my book, you can stay”.
The couple even took my card, and left smiling.
While I know that only a certain few, and type of person would come to my booth, and some would stare, or smirk, and some did, many people read the banner, and looked thoughtfully, or watched as I did an aura healing on someone. I would get a look from someone, and then they would come in a few minutes later. They might come alone, or bring a friend, or their son, or mom, or spouse.
Most times a friend would show up, to support me, and get their aura healing, even though they are as capable as I am. One friend, like an Angel, showed up at the most synchronistic time!
I know someone who cannot acknowledge what it is that I do (my psychic, healing, and teaching work). The level of spiritual competition is huge, and a bit creepy. She was a friend at some point, but the negativity caused me to create some boundaries, which I am ok with.
She walked past my booth and snubbed me! Her husband gave a quiet hello, but walked on with her. As she passed by, I felt a twinge of sadness, and remembered my lessons of being ok with not having everybody like me, and letting it be exactly as it is, without having to change it, heal it, or change who I am, (or in this case, how bright my light shines). One second later, and I hear my name being called out “Hey Helena!”
I look and see that it is a dear friend. She looked bright, and sparkly, and with the summer sun right in my eyes, looked like an angel. She gave me a big bear hug, and asked for her aura healing.
Thank you to such a supportive friend. And such good timing! Let your light shine! Some people won’t like it, and that is ok.
I am here at this booth to be of service, but also to work on, and be neutral to all the energy that will come up, as a learning lesson for me. I will gather email addresses, and students for classes also, but I am open to learn lessons, and be a student too.
Today was my third week, and it was just a delight to do.
The man from the church came by and talked with me again, even while I was still setting up.
We talked about the energy of grace, and of gratitude. He picked up and held one of the rocks that held my class flyers from flying in the wind, and he talked about the energy he felt in the rock. That it was healing, that it was from nature. I told him I had gotten those smooth rocks from the beach, and thought that I should return them back someday. He said no, that if people were enjoying them, that they should stay, and that it was the only piece of nature in the asphalt parking lot where we stood. He talked about how people now just have things around them, their “stuff”, which they identify with, because they are lost, because they have lost, their hearts, or their higher connection. I absolutely agreed.
We also both agreed that setting your space at “gratitude” is the best way to live your life, to be in awe at the simple things. For him it was his health, his wife of 40 years, his son, and his faith.
Yes. We might see our god very differently, but we have many of the same loves, and values.
I thought of him as I put my things away, after I returned home. The rock used as a paperweight, being a healing item. I hadn’t thought of that.
It started by just asking the man who runs the produce market here if I could have a booth set up, and do Aura healings. It would just be an information booth, I’m not doing readings here, but telling them about the readings, and classes, and reading Fairs that I do, my website, the meditations as MP3’s for sale, and the online classes. The free aura healings are a great way to get people to come to the booth, look at the info, meet me, and ask a few questions. I give them a quick aura healing, tell them a few things, and they are on their way. I have them sign in, and tell them that I will put them on the mailing list, where they will get the newsletter, and I’ll tell them about classes, Fairs, etc. Maybe there will be a coupon, or an article, inside too.
I am also using this opportunity to clean my own space, and meet new people, and learn new things, and I sure have been doing that!
Each time I am there I may give 5 or so healings, and of those people there are many who are thirsty for this information. Some just want a spirit-to-spirit hello, for being seen is so validating, and healing. It also helps people to heal themselves, by nudging them back onto their center.
I am a patient person, and I know that many will be skeptical, but seeing me there time after time of these sunny, summer Saturdays, the whole market smelling of fresh strawberries, peaches, and cucumbers, while a musician plays lovely music somewhere nearby, that it may wear down their doubts, or their shyness, and maybe they will come and talk to me, or take my card, for another time perhaps, where they may need some clarity on something.
The other people who have booths set up have been very friendly, and helpful, and I enjoy conversing, and knowing more about my community.
And a big part of this community, is the big Catholic church, (St Joseph’s), that is directly across the street from the market. There is a large Pilipino population in Pinole, and a majority here are Catholic, and go to that church. There is a small Latino assembly as well. It is a beautiful, clean building, although I’ve never been inside (yet).
I am well aware that having a booth in a farmers market that smacks of “psychic” will have both the Atheists, and the Catholics, and maybe others, on their haunches, barking silently at me like a fox in the neighborhood, but this is some of the energy being consciously worked on while I am here. It has been amazing so far.
The second week that I was here, while blissfully listening to the amazing Cora musician who was in the space next to me, a flyer was put on my table, and someone was muttering something about how this would “save my soul”.
Hello! I said, as I looked up. A woman from the church was handing out flyers, which had info on the events at St Joseph’s Church.
So we started a conversation, for a good 20 minutes, about church, about Pilipino food, about God, about angels, about Jesus, and healing, and I could feel her becoming less resistant to me, and my being there, with my “psychic” flag. Her male friend then came over, and the conversation continued.
What is so interesting here is that I could see their religion being (entity) around them, and it was watching me, and testing me, to see who I was, or where I stood.
I continued to give them both spirit-to-spirit hellos, and really did enjoy our conversation, which continued for another 15 minutes or so, covering everything from working with Archangel Michael, or Mother Mary, to helping stuck beings go to the light, from people who had recently died, to destructive addiction beings. I could tell that they were softening their stance about me, that I wasn’t evil, or a shyster, or a snake oil salesman. I also told them I am trained as an associate minister as well. When I said that I feel like my church is in nature, that I feel that God is in Nature, my inner voice warned me politely “Ummm…maybe this is sounding a bit too Pagan, my dear, you should just zip it, and quit while you’re ahead.”
At some point I felt the religious being loosen its grip, and let go, as if to say “ok, well, you’re all right in my book, you can stay”.
The couple even took my card, and left smiling.
While I know that only a certain few, and type of person would come to my booth, and some would stare, or smirk, and some did, many people read the banner, and looked thoughtfully, or watched as I did an aura healing on someone. I would get a look from someone, and then they would come in a few minutes later. They might come alone, or bring a friend, or their son, or mom, or spouse.
Most times a friend would show up, to support me, and get their aura healing, even though they are as capable as I am. One friend, like an Angel, showed up at the most synchronistic time!
I know someone who cannot acknowledge what it is that I do (my psychic, healing, and teaching work). The level of spiritual competition is huge, and a bit creepy. She was a friend at some point, but the negativity caused me to create some boundaries, which I am ok with.
She walked past my booth and snubbed me! Her husband gave a quiet hello, but walked on with her. As she passed by, I felt a twinge of sadness, and remembered my lessons of being ok with not having everybody like me, and letting it be exactly as it is, without having to change it, heal it, or change who I am, (or in this case, how bright my light shines). One second later, and I hear my name being called out “Hey Helena!”
I look and see that it is a dear friend. She looked bright, and sparkly, and with the summer sun right in my eyes, looked like an angel. She gave me a big bear hug, and asked for her aura healing.
Thank you to such a supportive friend. And such good timing! Let your light shine! Some people won’t like it, and that is ok.
I am here at this booth to be of service, but also to work on, and be neutral to all the energy that will come up, as a learning lesson for me. I will gather email addresses, and students for classes also, but I am open to learn lessons, and be a student too.
Today was my third week, and it was just a delight to do.
The man from the church came by and talked with me again, even while I was still setting up.
We talked about the energy of grace, and of gratitude. He picked up and held one of the rocks that held my class flyers from flying in the wind, and he talked about the energy he felt in the rock. That it was healing, that it was from nature. I told him I had gotten those smooth rocks from the beach, and thought that I should return them back someday. He said no, that if people were enjoying them, that they should stay, and that it was the only piece of nature in the asphalt parking lot where we stood. He talked about how people now just have things around them, their “stuff”, which they identify with, because they are lost, because they have lost, their hearts, or their higher connection. I absolutely agreed.
We also both agreed that setting your space at “gratitude” is the best way to live your life, to be in awe at the simple things. For him it was his health, his wife of 40 years, his son, and his faith.
Yes. We might see our god very differently, but we have many of the same loves, and values.
I thought of him as I put my things away, after I returned home. The rock used as a paperweight, being a healing item. I hadn’t thought of that.
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