{"id":3557,"date":"2010-12-31T17:43:39","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T23:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/?p=3557"},"modified":"2010-12-31T17:43:39","modified_gmt":"2010-12-31T23:43:39","slug":"happy-new-year-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/31\/happy-new-year-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year ~ 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3558\" title=\"Snow Queen4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowqueen4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowqueen4.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/snowqueen4-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As one year comes to a close and another year begins ~\u00a0 the doorway swings open for new opportunities, new adventures and growth.<\/p>\n<p>The New Year is the time of the year when we clean and bless our homes ~ sweeping out the old or unwanted energy by smudging or burning incense and lighting a candle to bless our home, our family and friends.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3577\" title=\"candle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/newyearcandle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also a time to turn inward, to deepen, to slow down, to nurture the seeds of hope and tend the garden of peace within our hearts and the world.<\/p>\n<p>~ Ask yourself what you would most like to create this year?<\/p>\n<p>~ What deepest part of yourself would you like to forgive and heal or nurture?<\/p>\n<p>~ What can you do to create change in your life and your community?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3570\" title=\"Winter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/winter2a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/winter2a.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/winter2a-173x300.jpg 173w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You are like a candle.<br \/>\nImagine you are sending light out all around you.<br \/>\nAll your words, thoughts and actions<br \/>\nare going in many directions.<br \/>\nIf you say something kind,<br \/>\nyour kind words go in many directions,<br \/>\nand you yourself go with them.<br \/>\nWe are &#8230;transforming and continuing<br \/>\nin a different form at every moment.<br \/>\n~ Thich Nhat Hanh<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201cEveryday Goddessing\u00a0 is about       sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful       Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a  goddess, a      wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep  soul, and that      everything we need and are looking for is already  inside\u00a0 each of   us.\u201d \u2013    Rose Arizmendi<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As one year comes to a close and another year begins ~\u00a0 the doorway swings open for new opportunities, new adventures and growth. 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