New Year's Wish for You from India + pics! 🙏

Namaste and Happy New Year from Mumbai, India!

We fly home tomorrow. It's been an amazing journey the past three weeks. a delightful masala of rural and urban, mountains, rivers, and beaches, and the contrast of ashrams and cities, spirit and secular, ancient and modern.

This is probably my 12th or 15th trip to India - can't figure it properly. I feel relaxed and at home here, in that way we feel when someplace once foreign becomes a known and welcome landscape. To the terrain of my psyche, India is a home, a place of refuge.

Here in Bombay, I always sense the magic of contrasts the most. Millionaires sleep in high rises over the street dwellers in a symbiotic, mutually interdependent relationship. Each feels both trapped and free in his or her own way. Servant and Master. Each needs the other. Who is defining whom?

This is the first time I've traveled with a male partner by my side, and I am now automatically treated with more respect. Folks aren't subconsciously wondering as much if I am a lonely, lost lady - a weird witchy wanderer to be feared or pitied. Now that I am appearing as someone's wife/partner, I belong more in the storyline. I make sense in their schema of things. Locals relax, thus I relax more, and we can get on with our day.

This is purely cultural, a generalization as well. It is something I notice: how everyone breathes easier when the picture fits the conditioning, for better or for worse.

Emotionally, I am deeply affected. I am left feeling a tremendous sense of respect for the courage, fearlessness, strength required of my former self, the me who traveled for all those years as a solo, single female explorer bushwhacking through India.

It was a lot of stress. And worth every bit of it. To have the guts to burn through conditioning, year after year, facing risk and questioning faces. I burned through my own identification as well. To be truly free.

And that freedom is the ultimate gift. Jackpot!

And that freedom, dear friend, is what I wish for you this New Year. Accept What Is. Beyond Condition. And be free.

With all my love,
Erin

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And some visual love here!

Shirdi Sai Baba, Colaba market

Haji Ali mosque

Mick, the monkey 'n me, Taj Hotel

Family size dosa

Chowpatty Beach sunset

Chowpatty Beach sunset

Happy new friends

More visual love from India 🐂 and Sri Lanka!🍍

Happy holidays! Namaskar!
I hope you are feeling peaceful and rested these days. One way to avoid the stress of a mainstream American holiday season is to travel to a place where Christmas is minimally recognized...like South Asia!

India has been a blessing as always. We began with an ashram stay in Rishikesh, in the North, filling our souls with the gifts of the river Ganges in her most turquoise blue season.

Next, we headed south to Tamil Nadu, visiting the sacred mountain of Shiva, circumambulating the holy hill of Arunachala 14km at Full Moon.

Finally, we spent Christmas in Tamil Nadu at a beautiful ashram uniting nonduality, cutting-edge philosophy and unconditional love.

Now, for an interlude...
I am writing from my 4-day vacation-within-travel moment, here on a peaceful beach in Sri Lanka. Good call!

We'll soon return to Ma India, topping off our visit with New Year's in my favorite megalopolis, Mumbai, where I spent a great deal of time with my Teacher before his passing.

I'll be in touch. Wishing you all an incredible New Year! Travel well, keep it light!

Pictures attached!

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Sending you all so much love from Sri Lanka and Mother India! 💖
Namaste and Hare Om
Erin 🙏

Reading Tarot in Sri Lanka

Want to Learn to Read Tarot? Introducing Jill Merzon!

Hello friends and readers,

Have you wanted to learn to read Tarot? From an expert?

I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce Jill Merzon, Master Teacher of the Tarot!

 

When I myself need a clear, honest, ACCURATE reading, I always contact my soul sister Jill. I refer folks to Jill when I am on retreat. And, since I am a professional reader myself, you know that means she's EXCELLENT!

I'm writing today to personally introduce you to Jill as she is now offering one-on-one, online CLASSES in Tarot! Her classes are affordable, fun, and deep. She will tailor her style to suit your own level of experience and intuition, whether a complete beginner or a pro brushing up on your skills.

I hope you reach out to her if you're feeling called to the Tarot path!

Here is Jill's description of her courses:

Classes in Tarot with Jill Merzon

At the core, we all wish for a feeling of connection to the earth, to each other, to ourselves , and to our highest values.When we stop and listen to the voice of our higher self, it always guides us to a place of peace and true belonging.

I am now available to teach the tarot on Skype.

My course consists of 10 sessions, 1 hour per week.

The cost is $50 per class.

We will cover: 

The meanings of The Major Arcana, 22 cards

The meanings of The Minor Arcana, 56 cards

Card layouts and spreads

Clearing and grounding techniques

A greater understanding of the symbols and colors interwoven in this ancient tool!

My goal is to help my students be confident in their consultations, and trust the flow of their intuition. 

You will need:

A Rider (or Universal) Waite deck

A silk or other natural fiber scarf

Notebook and pen

About Me:

I have over 40 years of experience as a reader and teacher of the tarot. I have been on the spiritual path since 1978. I started reading the tarot on the streets of New York City. Literally, I would set up three milk crates, lay out my deck, and read pedestrians walking by. Later on, I read in supper clubs, discos, and restaurants as well as at private parties. My motto was "Have cards will travel." I have taught the tarot in New York, Germany, and The Netherlands. 

For more information, contact Jill directly:

jmerzon at hotmail.com

Jill reading for Erin in Europe, 2011

Notes from India 🇮🇳 follow me on Twitter

Hello beloved friends and clients!
Writing from Mother India with a few images to share..one more day in the north and then heading south. I am traveling sans laptop and thus posting occasionally on Twitter is much easier! If you'd like to follow my travels through images, please follow me on Twitter here:
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Sending you all so much love from the holy Ganga Maa!
Thank you Maa India 💖
Namaste and Hare Om
Erin 🙏

Rajasthani sweets

Local wedding procession

Travel and Soul writer on the Ganga

Jai Kali Maa

Shiva tandava

Jai Hanuman!

Client Appreciation Special ~ Book by November 30th!

GIVING THANKS

Client Appreciation Special

Sliding Scale Readings with Erin Reese

through November 30th
Email me soon! erin@erinreese.com

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Erin Reese is an author, spiritual guide, astrologer, and modern psychic reader based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works with clients all over the world. For readings and spiritual counseling by Skype, phone or email, contact her directly. She can be reached at erin@erinreese.com. 

Mám Éan Pilgrimage Chapel, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland

Kylemore Abbey, Letterfrack, County Galway, Ireland

Gratitude... PLUS: Images from Magical Ireland

Dearest Friends and Clients,

At this time of Thanks-Giving, I extend my appreciation to each and every one of you. It is a privilege and gift that I am able to serve our global community as an intuitive consultant, spiritual counselor, writer and teacher.

You have brought, and continue to bring, a blessing into my life with your Presence. I am humbled and grateful.

May our work together continue to thrive. Thank You.

In gratitude,

Erin

Éirinn go Brách!

Select photos from my recent trip to the magical, blustery wilds of the Emerald Isle of Ireland. Click to enlarge!

View from Mount Diamond, Connemara National Park, County Galway

Renvyle Beach, Wild Atlantic Way, County Galway

Mám Éan Chapel, Maumturk Mountains, Connemara

The High Priestess Blesses Me, Mám Éan Chapel Window

Gateway to Mám Éan Pilgrimage Walk

Sheep's Wool in Reeds, Letterfrack, County Galway

Heather and Limestone, Bog Ecosystem, County Galway

Turf: Mother Nature's regenerative heating fuel, Bog Ecosystem

Bog Ecosystem, County Galway

Bog Ecosystem, Lough Fee, Connemara

Traditional Irish Dancer & Busking Musician, Galway

Travel Writer & Mystic Global Wanderer, Erin go Bragh

Erin Reese is an author, spiritual guide, astrologer, and modern psychic reader based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works with clients all over the world. For readings and spiritual counseling by Skype, phone or email, contact her directly. She can be reached at erin@erinreese.com.

 

Change at the Root Level: New Moon in Scorpio

On Wednesday, November 7, we welcome the New Moon in the fixed water sign of Scorpio. Scorpio is the sign of rebirth. The sign of the serpent eagle asks us to face the symbolic deaths in our lives that help us rise up, more powerful and clearer than ever, like the phoenix rises from the ashes. And, excitingly, this Friday, Jupiter, planet of sage wisdom and expansion, moves into Sagittarius. He's finally finished with his excavation and remodel in Scorpio - a year in which our most intimate lives have been scrubbed thoroughly! Now, with a cleaned out psyche, It's time to take a bigger leap! What have you been holding out on?


“Life shrinks or expands according to one’s courage.” ~ Anais Nin

Real growth is not for the meek of heart. Massive transformation requires massive courage. This lunation is about finding the strength to endure, and mustering the guts, grit and fortitude to grow. It is not just about self-willfulness, though. We don’t just ‘white-knuckle it’ to get through, and we don't make knee-jerk decisions; we approach change with a new wisdom – a Scorpionic tenacity, heartiness, and mastery.

Think back to all the times before that you’ve faced your darkest fears and – somehow, somewhere – you've been lifted to a higher level of awareness, a better position in life. What got you through?

For some, it’s the support of community or family; for others, it’s the belief in a higher power – the faith that we’re being looked after by the greater good in Life. Some folks pray or meditate; others dig in their heels and take action, compartmentalizing emotions and soldiering through. For most of us, it’s a combination. But no matter what area needs bolstering, it must go deep, to the quick. This is because Scorpionic change occurs at the root level, the core of existence. There is nothing superficial about it.

“Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

At this New Moon, we thrive when we ask ourselves the difficult questions: what do we need in order to thrive in the long-term? We may have to defer short-term comforts when we realize that what will truly help us soar requires a greater vision. We may have to hold out a bit longer for the gold; we may have to dig a bit deeper – but we will hit pay dirt so long as we don’t give up. Scorpio is the ultimate survivor, giving us the steadfastness to hang in there as long as we need.

Remember: massive change requires equally huge helpings of patience, fortitude, and courage. Gather and draw on all that you need. As a result, at the absolutely perfect time, you will rise up, stronger and wiser than ever before.

On the Edge... Grand Canyon, AZ

Erin Reese is an author, spiritual guide, astrologer, and modern psychic reader based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works with clients all over the world. For readings and spiritual counseling by Skype, phone or email, contact her directly. She can be reached at erin@erinreese.com.

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