Inspiration 4 You!

Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop. ~Unknown

Procrastination is a major problem for me...

I am realizing more and more that procrastination is killing my dreams.  But more than that procrastination is very powerful tool that my ego uses to keep me from evolving.  I gotta move past this.  I am working on back in to my SFM rituals.  My goal is to do a releasing ritual in the next day or so. No time like the present but thanks to procrastination, I will wait to do it when I get back from the store.  (LOL)  At least I see it and can laugh.  Seriously, I have to get this ritual done ASAP since we are in the waning moon phase.

My theory is that procrastination is a key indicator of people who are not walking in their power.  I have to more to stand in my power and operate from that place consistently....Will do as my life depends on it.

Mother Musings of a Goddess: My work as mother is becoming more important

I homeschool my children and have done so since both of them started "school".  Early on I didn't know what I was doing as I did not come from a home where we were homeschooled.  All I knew was that I wanted children who loved to learn, could read, write and do math.

This morning I started pondering the start of our school year.  I still have the same focus but in some regards, I see things with greater clarity because my children are revealing to me more of who they are in terms of their interests and talents. So, yes, I do want my children to be successful at developing skills that will allow them to learn or self-teach themselves anything.  I do want them to be able to take and standardized test that they choose to take and excel at it.  But more than anything, I want to find opportunities for them that will give them experiences that they remember for a life time. 

I am the type of mother who looks at all offerings in my community.  I try to not limit my children's experiences for any reason and this is because I really don't know what the future holds and so why not expose them to everything.

This morning I have been pondering our newly launched homeschooling year and this is what has come to mind:  Finding opportunities for my kids is one of my main goals as a homeschooling mother.  I look forward to seeing what I find.

Tirra Olufemi Hargrow

Making sense of my journey as a person of African descent

The best thing we can do as people of African descent is to realize the truth of who we are.  This is the GREATEST honor that we can bestow upon the memory of our ancestors.  Lack of knowing the spiritual truths of who we are is keeping us in a state of insanity.  TRANSCENDENCE is our way. We must TRANSCEND what the world has taught us about people of African descent and the continent of Africa.  We must also TRANSCEND belief that our identity is Africa. 

We MUST KNOW for ourselves that we are powerful beings who incarnated into the African consciousness in order to have a particular experience in the world.  The greatest thing we can do is SHARE the beauty and wonder of Africa with everyone and not be stingy with it.

This is the beauty of the cultures and ethnicities of the world. Each is adept at sharing certain skills and cultural experiences.  The problem is people believing they are their culture, their nation, their religion and forget that they are more than that. They are infinite souls that are here to express and share gifts and culture.

So yes in the body we do express Africa but we have to move beyond that in order for us to truly be free.

Tirra Olufemi Hargrow

WISDOM 4 YOU: MIND YOUR MIND...you have no excuses if you read this...

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far. ~Swami Vivekananda

Please do not blame anyone for what you presently see in your life.  The truth is that you are co-creator of your reality.  You think and feel and the power of the Universe produces results in your life based on your thoughts and feelings.   

If you don't like what you see in your life, then think and feel differently.  Sometimes that requires releasing unforgiveness or that you starting behaving in a different manner.  It is all so simple though we like to make it complicated.  

The bottom line is that you cannot blame anyone for your life because you are the powerful creator of it.  Lack of knowing this truth does not exempt it from operating in your life.  It is sad that most people don't know the truth and think that they have no power over their lives.  BUT, if you have read this far, you no longer have any excuses for living a life less than what you desire.  You now know and can start taking the steps to changing your mindset so that you can create the dream life that you desire.

Mind your mind!

Tirra Olufemi, GoddessGuru
www.Goddess-Body-Mind-Spirit.com 

Just Start Where You Are NOW...

Just Start Where You Are NOW...

Sometimes you cannot wait until you get to a certain place before you start. You have to just start where you are and move forward from there. Actually, this is the only way to get going because if you don't, you may find yourself stuck and waiting for something that may never happen: the right moment. Just start where you are right now and move forward on your goal from there. ~Tirra Olufemi Hargrow

I say just work it out this lifetime....

YOU ARE VALUABLE BEYOND MEASURE...Don't Waste Your Life Source Energy on Nothingness...."I can let my life pass me by or I can just try and try...work it out this life time.." ===>I say let your light shine because that is why we are here...to share light and love with others...even when we struggle with something about them.  <3 allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" iframe="" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/U7X0cUVQHcY" width="459">

P90X Day 1

I started the P90X program yesterday.  I have to say that I was way more excited than I anticipated.  First of all, there are a few friends who are doing P90X also and we all started yesterday.  Craig started with us, too.  My first workout was Kenpo X.  It is a great workout.  From the perspective of a fitness instructor, it is a perfect workout.  So many fitness elements and any body can do this workout.  I am VERY PLEASED with P90X so far.

I also am following the meal plan for P90X.  As much as I hate having to spend so much time thinking about what I eat, I actually love it.  I need structure in my health and wellness and especially when it comes to food.  I just don't care enough about myself to make healthy meals so I sort of snack all day.  I don't necessarily pig out but I can't really say how much I eat because I don't keep up with what I am eating.

The meal plans in P90X are giving me the structure that I need.  I used the Meal Portion plan so I keep up with how many different categories of food to eat.  For instance, I need 7 proteins and the meal guide even gives suggestions for proteins for me to eat.  I eat sort of healthy already but being a little more rigid in my eating in only one day and I already feel better.

I guess I can say that despite feeling burdened with having to think about what to eat so much, I am happy to finally have some structure in my eating.

Today is Day 2: Stretch.  I had to set my calendar up so that my lightest P90X day coincides with my off day from teaching Zumba so that my body can recover.  I look forward to stretch. 

Looking forward to seeing results in 90 day!

~Tirra, Zumbeasta (Zumba + Beast), Wellness Inspiration Coach

Question from my soul...

"What if you already have everything that you need but you just don't know it?"

I think that is what is going on in my life....

Just sent the ArchAngels on to my friends

I sort of began to wonder if I was too busy that I didn't sense or commune with the angels enough.  So a few moments before I was to send them on I asked for a sign that they were here and maybe that I was going to be okay.  As I got prepared for the last ritual which was to sent them to my friends, I felt the same warm feeling and presence I felt when they first arrived.

After that I had the most profound thought come to me.  Let me go on a tangent for a moment.

April 3, 2013, one of the most wonderful people to ever bless my life, my mother-in-law, passed on back over to Ancestor Land.  After her passing, I heard many things such as songs and poems and I would look them up.  One of those is the footprints in the sand poem.  I read it and felt comforted by that poem.

A couple of days ago I made my first visit to my mother-in-law's home and went to the room where she passed and where many of her things are and just sat.  I then began to look through everything just to savor the room because I know after a while, it will look different once we get rid of her things.  What do I find?  I found the footprint in the sands poem in a card and it even had a key chain with footprints on it.  I was so pleasantly surprised that I didn't know what to do!  Of course, I brought the card and key chain home with me so that I can remember her as I feel that SHE is the one that put that poem in my mind.

Well, this morning I was feeling like I didn't know if the angels were even still here before I sent them to my friends.  As I went to the door to send them on I heard that that poem reflects my relationship with them.  Even when I think I am alone and they are not here, remember the footprint in the sand poem and know that the angels walk with me and even carry me unbeknownst to me. 

I have tears in my eyes thinking about this.  And something that I just noticed, I gave them a piece of cake as an offering but couldn't get it on the small altar that I made for them and sat it on the Footprints in the Sand card.  GOT IT!  This is probably the most profound revelation that I received in these 5 days.

Giving thanks for this remembrance and now I shall walk in it and know that I am supported by the Universe always...even when I think the only footprints that I see are mind.

GRATEFUL!!!!!
Tirra-Olufemi

Last Day with the ArchAngels

Today is my last day with the ArchAngels being in my home.  The number one thing I will say that I have noticed is how much more balanced I feel within.  There are just some things that money cannot buy.

I am actually going to do more work with the angels, ancestors and orisha as well as the goddesses as a result of this awesome experience.  What I think is that things are being put into place for more to happen that we desire...meaning that I have seen some neat things happen but the presence of the angels has been subtle.  I just feel like ground work has been laid with the number one thing happening:  I am balanced.

I am eating healthier, cleaning my house more consistently, logging off FB sooner....all the things that I know undermine my success...they have changed for the better.

Thank God I know I have perpetual access to the angels because I am going to work more with my non-physical help.

Giving thanks!!!!!

Thank you ArchAngels!!
Olufemi

Lessons from being an independent fitness instructor

As time passes I become more and more clear just how special being an independent instructor is.  When I worked in a gym, it was all about hoping that I impressed enough members to choose my class.  My job was to show up and wow the people.   At the first facility in which I taught, I learned how to teach.  I went from zero fans to MANY fans of my classes.

Teaching at the second facility was a very different game because there was lots of pressure to have at least a certain number of people in the room and to increase numbers so that the gym made money.  So I treated my classes as if I owned them.  I cared deeply for my classes and did all I could to be an instructor who people chose regularly as part of their gym routine.  I also became super powerful at teaching due to attending lots of trainings and applying what I learned in my classes.

The crazy thing is that I felt like I had a ceiling over my head.  I worked at the will of the gym owners and so no matter how many creative ideas I had, I never felt like I could make any of them happen in the gym without a hassle and with little profit.  BUT, it was there that I became masterful at teaching as well as super resourceful at learning how to teach better and better with each passing year.  The proof was in having jammed packed classes and a fan base that was truly humbling.

So with that I decided to go independent and at least give myself a chance to create something great that belonged to me.  I knew that I would never make any real money as a gym instructor and making money is important to me.

Since going independent, I have learned so much.  First of all, numbers matter but only after quality has been in place.  I have not come close to having the numbers that I had at either gym because now I am more than a fitness instructor, I am a business owner.  This first 6 months has been spent learning how to do what I have never had to do so regularly:  Find students.  Also, I have had to create a method of operating to keep myself organized on the administrative side of a fitness business.

There is no question that I am at the least a good teacher.  I teach well AND I help people get results in their health and fitness.  So what use to be important which seemed to only be the number that I wrote in the gym instructor book has now evolved to something totally different.  I am being stretched into the person who I know I was born to be.  When people come to my classes and see small numbers, I no longer fret.  I smile and know that this is the best process that I have been part of in the fitness world.  I have built so many classes and know that I can do the same with this one.  I just need time and time I have.

But more than growing myself as a fitness instructor, I get to grow as a fitness professional as well as a small business owner.  As Maya Angelou once wrote, "I wouldn't take nothing for this journey."  I am so excited about the success that lies ahead of me and give thanks the process has been a little slower than I expected because now I truly get to watch it unfold.

Giving thanks this morning.  I love that I get to live my destiny in this way.  <3 br="">

Change is good....though not always easy

Today I ponder my new life as an independent fitness instructor.  This has been a lot more difficult than I thought it would be.  I did not know just how much we are energetically connected with the way that we teach. 

I didn't expect people to leave the gym where I previously taught to follow me to my new location.  They found me at the gym so I expected them to stay.  I will say that I have had to work to loose my attachments to the people who took my classes at the gym.  Many say they miss me but never come to my independent class.  I actually have no problem with that but now feel like for the first time that I have to forget all of that.  Life at that gym has to be laid to rest and now I must look toward the horizon to find people who want to take my Zumba classes at my new location.

Also, how I made money as a gym employed instructor is totally different from how I have to approach making money as an independent instructor.  Honestly, I feel so much more creative and excited about the possibilities of where I can teach and how I can teach.

Making the transition from where I was to where I am has not been expected.  I didn't know that my entire consciousness would have to shift in order for me to be successful as an independent instructor. 

So this morning as I think about me facing this new horizon called independent instructor, i.e., business owner, I feel so happy to be free to be more creative and to find new Zumba Fitness friends.  I am thrilled that I get to be the fitness instructor who I always knew myself to be but couldn't blossom fully on a group fitness schedule. 

With that I accept that CHANGE IS GOOD.  It is not always easy but change allows one to know more of who she is. Giving thanks for this new place in my life's journey.

Be Inspired!
Tirra Olufemi Hargrow,
Independent Licensed Zumba Fitness Instructor

Archangels are here

My friend asked me if I wanted to participate in an opportunity to invite angels into my home.  Now personally, I walk with the unseen entities that exist.  I call on them whenever I want to do so, which is daily. But I do think there is power in participating in a group or community type event or sharing.

So I said yes.  The Archangels arrived yesterday and will be here for 5 days.  They include:  Uriel, Michael, Gabrielle, Metatron and Raphael.

When they entered into my home, I felt a super tingly feeling all over me.  My house felt so warm and peaceful.

Throughout the day I felt a warm sensation in my chest.  It felt like I had taken one of my herbs and it was stuck in my esophagus.  I feel a warm radiation when that happens with my herbs but after I thought about it I knew that I had not taken any herbs. TWICE I felt the warm sensation in my chest area and eventually figured out that it was the angels.

Last night one of the lights in my house flickered off and on several times.  No question to me that it was the angels.

Right after the angels arrived I got a super inspirational idea which is answer that I have been searching for for a while:  How to market all that I do.  SOOOO, I will create that.

I got word that a particular financial situation is looking brighter.  I got word on a potential business lead.

I am hearing that it is important for me to walk free...to let it all go and I will have all that I desire.

Giving thanks for the Archangels. 

Death teaches me yet again...

My mother-in-law, Virginia Lee Griffin Hargrow, passed this week. Early in the morning on April 3, 2013, my mother-in-law, affectionately known as Mom, went back to her non-physical home.

This has been a weird experience for me given that I have already experienced the passing of my own mother.

Today, I have many thoughts floating through my mind.  What made me log on today is the following thoughts that I don't want to forget:

• Birth and Death are two sides of the same coin.  Waiting for a baby to be born is very similar to waiting for a loved one to die.  Very unpredictable and truly a process.  The emotions we experience are opposites but still very similar in HOW we experience them.  It was amazing to realize this.
• I have to forget my emotional state of being from when my mother passed in this particular situation.  Mom was a mother to me but she is not my birth mother so I am feeling my loss of her in a different way. PLUS, I don't actually feel worthy to grieve hard because Mom is my husband's mother and not mine so I want him to have first dibs on hard grief...him and his family.  So I feel super confused in my emotions.  Today, I decided to not expect anything in particular of myself and to be okay with feeling confused
• I feel good after exercising.  My husband told me to exercise so I would feel better because I got in a funk this afternoon.  I feel so happy after practicing to teach Zumba Sentao.
• Having children when grieving loss is different because they come before my grief.  My younger son has cried lots, at least he did on the first day.  It was heartbreaking to see him so upset over losing his grandmother.  At one point he asked if it was really true because he wanted his Grandmother to still be here.  The older son has been confused at his lack of crying.  I told him that he is normal.  I do believe tears will come. My hubby and I have been so stable and supportive of them that I think they feel stable and safe.  So, this is not super traumatic for them.  
• I feel an intense appreciation for having known Mom.  When my mother passed, I felt a deep loss.  I feel like I will miss Mom terribly and really wasn't ready for her to leave but realized that this is a time to recognize the GIFT that I had in knowing her and being her daughter-in-law.  I finally got to this place with my own mother but it is weird to START here with my mother-in-law.  Spiritually, I am in a different place and so my truth is that they are not gone.  I talk to my mother regularly and am already talking to Mom.  I have a candle set up for her in front of a LOVELY plant that I know she would LOVE.  I will do things to honor her for 40 days.  I think this will bless her spirit as well as mine and my children
• I feel like I did after my initiation in the Sacred Feminine Mysteries.  I am a new creature who is rising out of the energy of death.  Mom has died to this world and gone back to her true home but all of us have died and are now new.  We will have to put the pieces of our lives back together but they will never be the same.
• Patches- When I was in my bereavement support group after my mother's death, the counselor talked about patches.  She said that we have to think of the memories of our loved ones like we do patches that you sew onto jeans.  When a pair of jeans have a hole, we use the patch to fortify the jeans.  That is how it is after death of a loved one.  We have a hole in ourselves but we can take the good memories of our loved one's and place them over the hole in our hearts.  The memories of our loved one will sustain and us keep the hole from getting bigger.  The memories will strengthen that which was once broken. 

Stepping Into the True Self

"The least of your Real self is greater than 100% of your Superstar Made Up self." ~Baba Ishangi

As I ponder my journey into living my most authentic self this morning, Baba Ishangi's words come to my mind.  It is becoming more and more apparent to me that one of the most difficult parts of releasing the old and limited self so that  most authentic self can emerge is fear of lack of identity.

The question becomes, "If I release this self that I know, then who am I?"  And without knowing who the true self is, it is more comfortable to stay attached to the old.

Baba Ishangi's words give me peace and comfort.  All I have to do is stand on the truth that the LEAST of my real self is greater than 100% of the self that I currently live as.  Doing so gives me the courage to take the plunge and lose who I believe myself to be in order to experience my real self.

Ultimately, I have more to gain than lose by doing so.  If I stay where I am in my identity, then I will for sure lose....I already am in some regards.

It is my hope that this posts inspires others to take the plunge.  Sometimes it is better to just go full out and be who you really are instead of baby stepping your way to the real you.  It can be so confusing trying to be two identities.  Bury the old so that the TRUE YOU can become the predominant force acting in your your life.

Goddess Blessings be upon you!
Tirra Olufemi
www.goddess-body-mind-spirit.com

WISDOM FOR YOU FOR 2013 by yours truly, Tirra Olufemi, the Goddess Guru

Inspirational Quotes from The Road Less Travelled

• “The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeing deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.”― M. Scott Peck 
• “Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. ”
  ― M. Scott Peck

Grateful for

Feb. 18, 2013

I have so much for which to be grateful.  I am grateful for the following:

• My life
• My husband
• My children 
• My parents and in laws 
• homeschooling my children
• my friends
• everything that has happened that has brought me to this present moment for i am who i am because of all that has happened to bring me here...heretofore i would have said that i am no where near where i planned to be in my life but now i am totally happy with my life from the beginning to the present because it is MINE....
• my ANCESTORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I stand on your shoulders
• IFA!!!!!
• my mind
• i can walk
• i can breathe
• i have emotions that give me such a different variety in my day.
• dance and drum and music

there is so much more but that is it for now...i need to fold clothes.

Are You Aware of Your Power?

“There’s no feeling quite like it - seeing or holding your baby for the very first time. A baby will light up a room, a house, your heart! Mediums say that when they connect with the souls of babies their entire bodies seems to radiate love - unconditional love. I was sharing these thoughts with a friend today whose wife recently gave birth to a baby girl. And I was telling him that as we go through life, so many of us seem to lose the spiritual power and awareness we once had as babies. And it’s such a shame. Little by little, society steals so much of your power away, or makes you feel like you never had power to begin with. Others give their power away every day without realizing it. Are you even aware of your power? And where is the self-confidence and self-awareness you once had? The inner peace and power you came to earth with is still there, buried under all that doubt. Be still and allow yourself to reconnect with it. Be bold and reclaim that spiritual power. It’s yours. You just need to remember it."

James Weeks/ Across The King’s River

Inspiration from Abe

When you find vibrational alignment with You, you personally thrive. You feel good; you look good; you have stamina; you have energy; you have balance; you have clarity; you have wit; you have abundance of all things that you consider to be good. You thrive in all ways when you come into Energy Balance with You. Vibrational Relativity - that's what it's all about. --- Abraham Excerpted from the workshop in Asheville, NC on Sunday, May 1st, 2005 # 716 Our Love, Esther (and Abraham and Jerry)

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Lesson from Tumbling Children....

Children Teach: I am at my kid's tumbling class. What I see in tumbling is that the only way to progress is to progress. There is no faking it until you make it. Also, these kids have to have courage to even attempt some of these moves. As I think about life I am reminded just how much hard work it takes to get what you want in life. Many people give up because stretching and expanding one' s self takes lots of courage and belief. At some point faking it until you make it is not enough. You have to progress in order to progress.

Inspiration for you...

I am grateful for all of my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties.

James Cash Penney
1875-1971, Founder of J.C. Penney Stores 

"When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity."
- John F. Kennedy

"When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity."
- John F. Kennedy

"When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity."
- John F. Kennedy

"When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity."
- John F. Kennedy

"When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity."
- John F. Kennedy

"When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity."
- John F. Kennedy

"When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the

"When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity."
- John F. Kennedy

other opportunity."
- John F. Kennedy

Writing- Recommitted Jan, 2013

Today I recommit to completing my writing course.  I really do want to write for a living.  I just have not believed in myself much.  I get too sidetracked and keep myself at a certain level of under achievement and mediocrity.  No more!  I was born to write and so I shall.  My goal now is to figure out how to write fiction.  I am reviewing my chapter in my assignment and doing suggested reading.  I will write this fiction story despite my mental block.