 Good evening and welcome to my very first ever Facebook live. I hope you are all doing well wherever you are in the world. Thank you for joining me this evening. If you're not subscribing to this channel, then subscribe now. And if you click the notification button as well, you'll always know when we're doing stuff online. There's lots of content that I've put on over the years in terms of recording different spirituality, connection, relationship with self and spiritualism and belief system that you don't die, that you pass over and that you can work with the spiritual realm. Well, good evening. Welcome to a very special first live. It's Summer Solstice. If you are based in the Northern Hemisphere, if you're in the Southern Hemisphere, then obviously it's Winter Solstice. The lots of people are gonna be joining us this evening. We have a comment section on the right hand side. So if you wanna put in hello and where you were from, we'll pop a few of those up before we go into some of the things that we'll be doing this evening. Straight away, we've got Denise from New Jersey. We've got Lynn. Hello, Lynn, how are you? And we've got Musselady Medium, hugs to Julian. Thank you very much. I'll give you a hug back too. If you can put your name and where you're from, that would be wonderful. Happy Winter Solstice here from Australia, from Ketish. There's lots of people from all over the world, hence the name, the World Wide Web. We're gonna be talking specifically though this evening about the Summer Solstice. And I wanted to put together a little bit of a video at the beginning there to talk about some of the key ritual sites that will be taking place in the United Kingdom at the moment. And those were Glastonbury you saw. You saw Ablebury as well, which is a stone circle. And of course, one of the most famous stone circles in the world, the last one was Stonehenge, which is obviously, this morning would have been the sunrise and everybody's getting available now for the sunset. So we're gonna work through some of these very quickly now. We're gonna go, SS, hello from Toronto. We've got Augusto, hello from Brazil. Hello, how are you? We've got Holly from New York. We've got Marianne, Marianne and Keith. Hello, how are you doing? Hope you're well. Musselady Medium was from Edinburgh. I'm trying to keep up with them all. Valle Pugto was from Pennsylvania. Sam, hello from New Jersey as well. We've got Maria from Orlando. We've got Simone from Cincinnati. It's going on and on and on. I'll see if I can keep getting them all in. Martin from New York. I'll just work my way down very quickly. We've got Renee from Colorado. We've got Big T. O'Sullivan. Tony from Wales. Hello, Tony, not too far away. You're seeing the sunset happening as we speak. Barbara from Brooklyn. The Artie Alchemist as well from Wales. I hope everyone's doing well. I'm gonna try and get through them. Mika from Florida. Renee from Missing Glastonbury. I'll just have to catch a few more. Osaka from Italy. Cyrus from Essex. Brittany from Ontario and Canada. Mariska Els from South Africa. Mariska, how are you? Hope you're doing well. I need to speak to you after this if I can. We've got Heather as well from Nashville. We've got Karen from New Hampshire and Maylin from Sweden. I suppose I could just keep doing this all night but we're not gonna get much solstice then. But Hello Melvin from Puerto Rico and Hello Karen from New Hampshire. Hi Holly and Karen from New Hampshire. I think that's in PA which is my understanding of geography is Philadelphia. Hello, how are you doing? Hope you're all really well and asked Ruthanne from Dayton. I'll do Tina Hennessey as well from Southampton. Hello Tina, hope you are well. So summer solstice. What is it all about and why is it all so important? We think about summer solstice really as I said the Northern Hemisphere. Summer, obviously the Southern Hemisphere is the winter solstice. I think today more than ever people are yearning to live a more spiritual life, to have a life that's closer to nature and to celebrate what I call the divine energy or as we say as well, the earth's rhythms. And as we move into the summer solstice of 2022 it's a time really to mindfully celebrate everything that's going on around us and the year that we've had so far and our journey, our journey of uncovering where we're going, how we're developing, how we're moving, where we go, and et cetera. Summer solstice is a fantastic day, the longest day as they say here in the UK. And there's a great quote that I saw from a guy called Gary Zucac. And he says, both the winter and summer solstices are expressions of love. They show us the opposite of light and dark, expansion and contraction. They characterize our experiences in our earth school so that we can recognize all of our options as we move forward through our lives. And I thought that was a really nice piece really. It talks about lights and contraction and all of these things. And it marks obviously the first day of summer at this time of year. It's when the sun is furthest away from the equator in the Northern Hemisphere, it's taking place now. And obviously in the Southern Hemisphere, it's winter, our winter solstice takes place in December. And obviously the Southern Hemisphere, their summer solstice takes place in December. There's a lot of celebrations and rituals, as I said, that are taking place all over the world. Stonehenge, you may have seen. I think Stonehenge is one of the most Google words today where everybody is looking to see what's happening there. And it's such a spiritual place. I've been there a few times. The energy is actually, as I said last night in one of the groups, the energy is actually a lot stronger or a lot bigger than the actual place. And it is an amazing place. If you've never been there, you should try and get there on your bucket list. But you may wonder what all of this summer solstice meaning is and why it's important. Why do we celebrate? What does this time of year teach us? And how can we become more mindful of the natural rhythms of the world and to begin to recognize this phase of our lives, this phase of where we are in this year? And some of the teachings and the opportunities what summer solstice for me anyway brings. It brings the time to show gratitude for the light that's granted to us by the sun. But the light that comes into our lives from everything that we do brings appreciation for life, maybe new beginnings. And we know we're working through the summer, we're working into that harvest season when things start to materialize and come forward. It's also a time to, for me anyway, to revel in the wonder and the mystery of everything that's going on around us in the world where we are and what we're doing and being in that spiritual energy, that opportunity to sit in the energy of the solstice which we'll do in a few moments time. But it's a time to remember, to celebrate all the good in our lives and how we can cultivate joy. And it's a recognition for me anyway of the life's flow of how things change and how everything's so cyclical and everything moves and everything grows. And there's a lot of ways that we can celebrate the solstice. Some people would have been meditating with the rising of the sun. It's a good day today to set intentions about what you would like to achieve in the year ahead. Some of the things that we're looking at as well as gratitude journaling has been able to get your book out and my daughter does it every day now. She writes in her book, everything that she's grateful for and meditating and meditating in nature. One of the reasons why I decided to do it in my office today was this is the first live and I wanted to be make sure that I had everything around me just in case the gremlins got in and my tech didn't start working. But getting out into nature and going for walks, making, being at one and having those moments, sitting in your garden, even if you can't get about just being and even if you haven't got a garden, open your window and just allow nature, allow the energy to come on. And one of the big things as well for me in all of this is the ability to practice mindfulness. And I've talked a lot about and a lot of my courses and a lot of things we talk about is spirituality and spiritualism. But spirituality, the gift about being present, being in the moment and having those gifts to be able to just be in that energy and that energy when we just hook into the divine flow, Earth's rhythm, and especially on a day and a night like tonight. And there's lots of people in the room here where we go into a meditation in a few moments time. One of the things I said I would do as well is have a little bit of a spiritual Q and A. So if anyone's got any questions, you know from the courses that I do or whatever it is, you'd want to ask some questions and please feel free to do so. And I'll try and pop them up on the screen and answer them for you as well. Pop them in the comments section. There's lots of people still saying good evening. But I hope even if we sit here now and just take a deep breath in, just breathe in that energy of life. Breathe in that energy of the solstice whether that's the summer or the winter for you. Just being in that space, closing your eyes and just being in that energy. It's a super special place. And it's important for us to be mindful because ultimately with a lot of things that are going on in the world at the moment, you know, this is all we have. And you know, it really is moment to moment, breath to breath, this is what we've got. And it's about cherishing that. And Mussolini, Lady Medium says, Junior and I have recently been given the key to the Great Library. Maybe you've been working on your Akashic records, which would be wonderful. But it's a special evening and it's an evening that we're gonna do some meditation. If there's no questions at the moment, then I can probably start the meditation. Like all things when I talk about meditation, this meditation is about gratitude. It's about having that wonderment of everything that's going on in our lives at the moment and the things that have gone on to be grateful and thankful for everything that we've got, celebrating what we have rather than really moving away from what we haven't, okay? So as I always do in these instances, when I do a meditation, I always say, obviously if you're doing anything that needs your full attention, then I would stop it now. If you're driving a car, please, don't close your eyes and start meditating. Whatever you're doing, just get yourself into that comfortable position. At this point, I always knock my camera off because I get quite animated and I get into meditation. So I'm gonna pop up this lovely picture. I'm also gonna stick a little banner up just to say so people come in to understand that we are now in the meditation mode. And there's always all I need you to do wherever you are in the world, whatever you're doing, whatever time of day it is, just get yourself comfortable. The meditation that we're gonna be doing is quite a long one. It's about appreciating things in your life, okay? So get yourself comfortable, close your eyes, take a nice, deep, solstice breath in, hold for a second and then let it go. And take another nice, deep breath in, hold it for a second and then let it go. And just follow your own natural breathing rhythm. But do so knowing that you are in a collective with lots of people all over the world who are sharing this live stream at the moment. Pick up on that conscious collective energy of love, of light, of happiness and of gratitude. And straight away, I just want you in your mind, just focusing on your breath to bring something to mind, something simple that you're experiencing at the moment, that you're grateful for. Maybe it's the peace in the room you're in. Maybe it's the warmth of the sunlight if you're outside or maybe you're just experiencing the comfort of the chair that you're sitting in or just pausing in the simple wonder in the midst of our busy lives just to engage with this beautiful gratitude sauce, this practice right now, whatever it is. Just wanting to choose one of those things to notice and to allow it in, allow it to fully in so you can fully experience it. And let appreciation and gratitude arise and fill your body and mind. And then bring someone to mind, someone that you don't really know, but someone who has been there for you on times who you don't, you know, supported you, who allowed you to do the things you're doing and just allowing them in to show them some gratitude. You know, it could be a bus driver or the person who helped you with your groceries or somebody just suggesting somebody in the library, whatever it is, just allow yourself to feel how you've benefited from their gift. Allow yourself to feel that appreciation and gratitude in the energies of the solstice and feel gratitude for the people who you work and live with. Maybe you can bring to mind a particular person whose work or effort directly supports your work in your life, appreciate their contribution, appreciate their good intention just bring it to your mind to say thank you, thank you. Or bring somebody else to mind, someone you care about, picture them in your mind. Think about what this person means to you, what you appreciate about them, who they are, what you've experienced together, the experience they've had in your life. And as you bring them to mind, notice what feelings you're experiencing, what sensations you detect in your body, especially those in the area of your heart. Let yourself express gratitude towards them, thanking them for being who they are and for their presence in your life. Imagine them receiving your gratitude and bring to mind something in particular you're grateful for today, to feel the appreciation and the gratitude for its presence in your life, whatever it is. And as you bring these things to mind, these things that you are extremely grateful for, allow yourself to rest in the experience. And when you cultivate the practice of gratitude, you may even find yourself able to be grateful for difficult or unpleasant experiences. And if you like, bring your mind to an experience in your life that is challenging, one for which you'd like to be able to express gratitude for, offer your gratitude and appreciation. And thank this challenge for what it may offer you, gratitude for our body, gratitude for our mind, gratitude for the simple fact of being alive in this moment. And learning the lessons from these challenging moments. Appreciate the opportunity to pause and experience this very practice of gratitude in itself. Appreciate for all that you've brought to mind during this meditation, for all your countless gifts in your life, say thank you. Thank you to all the people, to all that is around you and part of you, for all that you've experienced in your life, for all of this, thank you. And allow the complete sense of gratitude to fill you completely as you breathe in and you breathe out, settle in on your breath right here right now, fully alive and present in this very moment. The gift of gratitude can also be part of the gift of manifestation. The solstice is a great time for us to be grateful for our breath, be grateful for the gift of life, be grateful for the gift of free will. We're also the gift for us to be able to manifest, to create abundance for ourselves in our lives in all different areas. I'd like you to bring to mind something that you would like to achieve in the next six months, something that you would really, really, really like to achieve and bring that thought to mind. Send it out to the universe, send it out on this very special solstice evening. And I want you to find and feel the divine energy coming back this way with the acceptance of your wishes and whatever it is you visualize some manifestation. I want you now to see yourself whatever you wanted to manifest, achieving it, being it and living it in your mind as if your wish was granted this very evening, visualize what it feels like to manifest what you want, experience this desire of manifestation, whatever it is that you wanted, visualize it as if it is done, as if you are living it, experiencing it, touching it, smelling it, being with it. And every day just give it that energy of manifesting it, desiring it, sending the energy out for it, maybe making the subtle things that you need to do to change, to reach everything that you desire. There is no better time than right now to send out those thoughts of what you would like along your pathway for the next six months. The solstice is a great period for gratitude, but also a great period for you to develop mind, body and soul. I'm just going to leave you there for a moment just to feel the energy around you, bring your awareness to the energy that's around you, feeling the energy of the solstice in the north or in the south. And then just take a really nicely breath in. And as you breathe out, just say thank you, wiggle your fingers, open your eyes, and come back into the room. Let me know in the comments section how that was for you and if you have any questions about the solstice, about spirituality, about spiritualism, whatever it is, pop it in the comments section. I think it's a good time for me to show gratitude for you, each and every one of you who has supported me along my spiritual journey. Most of you would have come across me on Udemy or Udemy, however you say it. But I just want to say thank you because every morning I get up and I see the reviews and the emails and the people saying thank you for the work that I do. And that just powers me on. It gives me the love and the comfort to be able to help you. And that's what I try and do. I help you to help yourself live a happy, balanced spiritual life with clarity and purpose. But thank you for letting me join your journey. I appreciate it. Maria said, thank you so much for the energy. Thank you for bringing the energy, the collective energy. Holly said, lovely, thank you. Heather said, it was deep and beautiful. Thank you, thank you too. Genevieve said, thank you. The theme of her said very much, thank you. Thank you so much, Julian. Big love and blessings from Karen. Anita said, love the meditation. Thank you. That was bangin' mate. That's a very watch too. Thank you, thank you, thank you. As you can see, lots of people saying thank you. Even James has said 104 degrees where he is today. Gratitude. Look at all these beautiful people saying thank you. Wonderful. Thank you from Arizona. Well, I hope you enjoyed this very first live for about 30 minutes. Your meditations are marvelous. Thank you, Lynn. Thank you for listening to them, because if you didn't, I wouldn't be getting any of the responses and it is amazing. Thank you. Thank you so much, Manning says, beautiful meditation. Thank you, Mika. Thank you, Meg. How are you? Hope you're well. Diach and Vauw Jules from Jessica. That's Welsh for thank you very much. Bright blessings. Thank you for sharing with us. Chills all over during meditation. It's a pleasure. Thank you for being a wonderful teacher. Thank you for being a wonderful energy. That was bloody awesome. And thank you. It's another Welsh person. There's a lot of Welsh people in. Thank you. And thank you for everyone joining in. Thank you. I visualized my son being able to have his violin playing dreams come true. That would make him truly happy. Let's all send out a lovely thought for a violin, for Katish and her son. I hope you enjoyed this evening. I will try to do these YouTube lives at least once a month, maybe even twice a month, and to see how they go. But again, whatever you're doing when you finish here now, go outside. Take your shoes off. Put your feet on the ground. Hold your arms out. Take a deep breath in and say thank you. God bless you. Be live and give love as always. Thank you very much. And I'm sure I will see you in the very near future. I could probably spend all night saying thank you, Carol. Thank you, Mandolin. Thank you, Tiffany. Thank you, thank you, thank you for everything that you all do. God bless you all. Have a wonderful summer solstice or a winter solstice. Whatever you're doing. And it's a pleasure as always to be with you. Thank you very much. Lots of thank yous. Send them conditional love to all of you from Los Angeles. Carolyn, what a wonderful way to finish it. We're just going on here. I will see you on New to Me, my friend. No worries. Look after yourselves. God bless you all. Be live and give love. And I'll see you soon. Take care. Bye bye.