Spring Friday 3/30/07

Where does the time go? Seems I was just here yesterday but it's been days. Excuses? Well, yes I've had a "bug" and lost my voice (and couldn't blog?). But, no matter, I'm here now. Spring here in Central Virginia continues to amaze me year after year after year. I'm not usually morbid, but whenever I think of dying and leaving this Earth this time around, I think of it in terms of how many more springs I have here. Life is so fragile - each one of us may occasionally ask, "Do I have one year, 20 years or 50 years left here?" We just need to enjoy the time we have.

This past week has seen dramatic weather shifts, it's warm, it's cold (frost last night), it's dry, it's wet, but above all, the spring trees and flowers are blooming and the grass and trees are turning that beautiful spring green. Of course it means grass cutting time for those with yards and planting time for the farmers and want-to-be farmers. Where ever you are, I hope you can get outside and enjoy.

My pancreas is still causing some serious issues, but I'm determined to get a better grip on it. I'm feeling well and my voice is returning. Good thing, I have my radio show to do today. The show, Spirits Evolving on 7th Wave Network, is a such a joy in my life. I love sharing and learning as I go along.

Speaking of joy, I should more regularly mention my beautiful granddaughter, Ava Grace. She shares love and light with me on a regular basis and what fun we have together. I tell many of my clients to go out and "play" - that's another gift I receive from Ava - we play and play, we color and we swing but mostly, we laugh. Sometimes we don't even know why - we'll just look at each other and laugh. What wonderful energy.

Well, off to get ready for the radio show. I plan to enjoy a beautiful spring weekend.

Sick & Tired 3/20/07

Did you ever just get sick and tired of all these human challenges we must face? I don't get that way too often, but today I find myself there. I always try to live in my beliefs instead of my worries, but when physical and family issues bombard you, it's sometimes difficult, very difficult. We all (and I'm talking to myself here) must strive to see the highest spiritual purpose in every action (ours and those of others). At the present time my physical body is creating a problem (pancreatitis) allowing me to practice patience in the face of potential surgery and work harder to find alternatives. I am one of many who live on that line between allopathic medicine and alternative remedies. Sometimes it's difficult - creating many, many options. Do I opt for surgery, herbs, homeopathy, accupuncture, aromatherapy, essential oils, meditation, creative visualization, massage or....... Do I exercise more or less? Do I take pain medications or not? With whom do I share my frustrations? You get the picture.

So today I'm seeking alternatives as we must do in all aspects of life. We can't ignore a physical, emotional, intellectual or spiritual crisis. At least not if we want to be healthy and make wise choices. My challenge today is working through my own issues, getting out of my own way - much more difficult than offering guidance to a wonderful man in California who scheduled a consult with me today. Why can't it be easier to focus on oneself? I seem to be asking a lot of questions today - guess that's where I am at the moment. Any answers appreciated.

I shared my frustrations with a friend today and she reminded me that I need to release some of the frustration, some of the control, and seek answers in the spiritual realm - I plan to do just that.

Short blog today - when you read this, send me a bit of healing energy as I seek answers.

The Ides of March - 2007

Here it is mid-March in Central Virginia and the warmth of the past few days has allowed the spring flowers (crocus, daffodils, and even some trees including my big tulip tree) to begin to bloom. How beautiful, simply breath-taking. Spring is my favorite season of the year, and it is especially wonderful here in Virginia. The warm spring mornings (yes, we've already had a couple) seem to force the birds to sing louder (right outside my bedroom window sometimes way too early) and the days seem brighter. We're supposed to have some spring showers arriving soon - nothing smells better than a rainy spring day - moist and soft. So, I'm thinking about change - change of seasons, change of energy focus. I know that it's time to feel the rejuvenation of spring in my body and my soul. I can always tell others what they can do to start anew, but telling myself is another story. I hope to be able to find more quiet times, enjoy my days more, spend more time with my husband, my dog, and my five great cats - what love they share.

Speaking of my dog, I think I'll introduce her. Her name is Missy. She's a seven-year-old big black Newfoundland weighing in at about 115 pounds. We got her from Newfoundland Rescue when she was 14 months old and a handfull. Now she's grown up and she's gentle and kind to all. Although she loves me, she adores my husband, Brian. She lights up when he walks into a room. Unfortunately she gets a stiff neck on occasion and that's what has happened the past several days. She sleeps "wrong" and can't move her neck - it's so pitiful because she has that look in her eyes that says, "What's going on here? Why can't I move my neck? It hurts." Poor thing, her neck is locked to the right so she walks in little circles to the right. We have to stop her, hold her, and aim her in a forward direction. A trip to the chiropractor gave her immediate relief, but unfortunately a day later the stiffness came back. We're massaging her, but it seems to come and go at will. All we can do is send her lots of healing energy and watch her carefully. At least she's still eating well - never a problem for her thankfully.

So, other than a big dog with a big neck problem, the day is beautiful. I hope I can take advantage of the warm breeze and sit outside for a while. I'll be picking up my beautiful granddaughter Ava Grace at 2:45 and we'll get to play outside. Having a 3 1/2 year old around is certainly joyous. I can swing, color, read books, play games, etc. What a good excuse to be childlike again. We should all visit that innocent place on a regular basis. Back soon.

Return to Virginia in 1981 - 3/13/07

A bit more bio information: Leaving Oregon in 1981 was painful, but even though it was difficult to settle back into Virginia, I was glad to be home. Chris (whose birthday is today, March 13) stayed in Oregon and soon went into the Army becoming a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division. Lisa was at a difficult age, 14, but she had to go into a new school, as did Matt, age 9. It took a while, but everyone seemed to relax a bit, and I began to do my intuitive work immediately. In fact, any friend or relative who didn't run fast enough became a practice dummy. Well, maybe not dummy, we all learned much from the readings and past-life regressions. My interest in my work grew and time passed quickly. These years seemed to invite chaos to us all including a divorce. So, for the first time in many, many years, I was on my own. A time of learning I must say - no regrets.

I want to skip forward to 1992 when, at the urging of my kindred spirit and great friend, Brian, I started to write a column in a local newspaper entitled The C-Ville Psychic. Readers would mail me questions and I would respond to them in the newspaper. I did this column for almost seven years and then added it to my website, www.SpiritsEvolving.com, as an international Q&A forum. I have enjoyed it ever since and met wonderful people from all over the world. Brian and I created Spirits Evolving, Ltd., and were married in 1999. Throughout all those years, my work and my devotion to it grew. Today, I thoroughly enjoy working with people from all over the world.

I hope this brief bio is enough to tell you who I am and why I'm writing this blog. I'm currently hosting my own Internet radio show on 7th Wave Network and finishing my book on Intuitive Color Awareness along with my usual readings and research.

I plan to blog regularly about all things psychic and the current energy pattern.

Speaking of the current energy pattern, the energy this week is a bit tricky - take care or you'll sabotage yourself regularly. I suggest you keep your energy balanced and demand self-respect from everyone.

Back soon...

Student of the Universe - Part III - 3/8/07

For several years I accepted my choice not to go more deeply into my psychic abilities. I simply enjoyed my family. In 1972 I gave birth to my last child, Matthew Jonathan. He was a big baby, almost eleven pounds at birth and what a joy. For the next few years, I worked at taking care of my home and raising my children. I failed to say that when my husband, Jonathan, graduated from UVA he went to work for State Farm Insurance. That's important, because they had some control over where we lived. When we were tranferred to St. Paul, Minnesota in the winter of 1974, I made my first move ever away from Virginia. The day we moved in, it was -30F - what had we done!? After a short time, I realized that it was a wonderful place to live - it had everything the kids could ever want including excellent schools, Winter Carnivals, and much to do. It also had great shopping, great health care, the symphony, and the ballet. I found out so much about myself there, away from the family I dearly loved. Even though my mother had died when I was 19, I was still close to my aunts and my cousins. I wrote and called frequently.

Back to my psychic abilities: Thankfully I found that the University of Minnesota had an amazing "parapsychology" area with classes on Altered States of Consciousness, Prophets and Healers, Hauntings, etc. I enrolled there and joined The Minnesota Society for Parapsychological Research (if I remember the name correctly). I was blessed to meet like-minded people and begin to practice psychometry (using an object to read the energy of someone), take yoga classes, and read enlightening books. My years in Minnesota were great (except for the blizzards, cold temperatures and tornados) and I learned much. To the disappointment of my two older children, we were transferred to Salem, Oregon where the schools were terrible and there was much less to do (no after-school sports, etc.). But, we settled in and enjoyed going to the Oregon Coast frequently. We also regularly visited Mt. Hood and Mt. Bachelor to ski. While there, I enrolled in a small Native American College called Chemeketa College. Fortunately I found a professor who was working on all things psychic and past-life regressions. Through him and another group of like-minded people, I learned much and became skilled in hypnotherapy (later got my certification) focusing on past-life regressions. After five years in Oregon, we returned to Virginia. To be continued...

Student of the Universe - Part II - 3/07/07

Here we are back in 1968. In the Fall of that year, I began to have vivid and very frightening clairvoyant episodes. The first one was late in the evening when I got a very clear picture in my mind of a car accident. It was like a TV screen in the front of my mind showing me a very clear picture of an accident. I told my soon-to-be-husband, Jonathan, about it and told him I thought I was dreaming. He said, "Dreaming? You were talking to me a few moments ago, you couldn't have been asleep." Well, that was pretty scarey to say the least. I then described to him what I had seen which included a blue car and a white car; a head-on accident; kids toys scattered about the road; five trees on the side of the two-lane road, etc. I felt there were injuries but no deaths. I even looked at the clock because the time seemed important for some reason. It was all so strange and I thought that was the end of it until the next day when Jonathan went to his fraternity house (Phi Psi at UVA) to learn that one of his fraternity brothers had been in an accident at the exact time I "saw" an accident - odd; he drove a blue car - odd; the woman in the other car had children but they were not in the car at the time - odd; they hit head-on and they were both injured but no one was killed; it happened on a two-lane rural road, etc - odd, odd, odd. What a strange "coincidence" (no, I don't believe in coincidence anymore). So after more investigation, we drove toward the accident site and I picked out the five trees and was able to confirm my experience as being true to fact. Well, of course I thought I was losing my mind (wouldn't you?). Several weeks later a similar expereince showed me the suicide of a young man (ended up being my cousin's boyfriend whom I had never met). I decided that this had to stop so I went to UVA and found a wonderful professor who advised me about what was happening. He explained what a clairvoyant experience was and told me I could learn to be in control. Thankfully, he was right. I read every book at UVA's Alderman Library on ESP (the word of the 1960's for such experiences). One of the most important realizations to me was these clairvoyant (by the way that means you see things when they happen and not before or after) episodes were shown to me in very vidid color. So, when I began to "see" colors in my mind, I would walk around, drink caffeine, etc. to keep alert and not give these visions any room to occur. It worked quite well. But, my research into my own experiences sparked a life-long interest and I knew that my life's work would one day involve such things. More later.

Student of the Universe 3/6/07

Well, here we go. Having never blogged before, I don't have any idea what I'm doing, but I'm looking forward to sharing my thoughts and my insights. Yep, I'll share plenty of both. It's interesting to write not knowing who may be reading this. Let me hear from you. To introduce myself and my work, I want to start with who and where I am. I'm Lee Channing, and I was born in and live just outside of Charlottesville, Virginia in the United States. I'm an only child (of Madeline and Russell Gardner), wife, mother of three, grandmother, friend, relative, psychic, hypnotherapist, guide, radio show host, author, teacher, double Taurus, and, maybe most of all, a student of the Universe. I was doing my intuitive "work" before it was fashionable, having my first clairvoyant experiences back in 1968 (althought I knew I could communicate with animals and read energy as a child). Before we get to 1968, I'd like to say that today I am blessed to share intuitive readings with people from all over the world, and, in my office, share past-life regressions. More on that another time and in the next blog, I'll head back to 1968.

Welcome

Here's my first blog - this should be fun and exciting and I look forward to sharing.