Nathan's Blog

All You Need is Love

12/15/2017

It has been nearly 6 months since we last posted on here and during that time, amongst balancing personal and professional life inside and outside of the school, juggling my roles with family, school and seeing clients, I've been constantly reminded about the need to let love shine through in every situation of our lives. When we come from a place of love, everything becomes limitless.

We are granted access to an abundance of opportunities to be creative, connective and peaceful within ourselves and this has such a profound impact on the way that we experience life and the way that we experience others. Reflectively speaking, being present and engaged with each thing in my life has allowed me to enjoy what is happening and it feels like there is a constant full cup of flowing joy.

As we write this blog post today, we would like to share some food for thought. If we are constantly radiating love and living in a world of choices, what would your world look like today if you chose love in every instance?

Love is not always of a romantic type - that is just one element or facet of a diamond, a jewel. Love is experienced and expressed in so many ways. For instance, it could be the way that you smile at other people on the street, your offer of peace, help and resolve to strangers, demonstrating random acts of kindness and so forth.

While it is common for stressful or unhelpful thoughts to arise in challenging situations before us, it can be just as easy to think of a helpful and uplifting thought. Train yourself to do this. Catch yourself in the moment. Redirect and become one with your True Self. We all have access to love as we are beings of love. Be love and be like the flame that lights the candles of the world.

Blessings and love
Nathan and Friends

The Intuitive Child Oracle Cards

6/19/2017

It has been some time since I've posted on here amongst balancing my responsibilities as a husband, father, school teacher and author.

I'm proud to announce that the long awaited, Intuitive Child Oracle Cards are now available for pre-order for an introductory price of $35 AUD and $7.60 postage within Australia. If you are interested in these cards or have any enquiries in regards to international postage, please contact Nathan

One of the unique features of these cards is that each card has its own individual QR code, which when scanned, takes users to a page where they can read of listen to both a detailed explanation of the card as well as a guided meditation.

Nathan has combined his experiences as a teacher of children's and adult's meditation, technology integrator in educational settings and author of spiritual topics to bring you an enriching, inspiring and uplifting set of oracle cards that will be appreciated by people of all ages and backgrounds.

Thank you for your support during this journey!

For more information about these cards, you can view the website for
The Intuitive Child Oracle Cards.

Namaste
Blessings and love,
Nathan and Friends

The Intuitive Child Oracle Cards

9/26/2015

THE INTUITIVE CHILD ORACLE CARDS

The Intuitive Child Oracle Cards are a set of oracle cards that are currently in development. Nathan is writing each of the cards and booklet content and Izzy Ivy is illustrating them.

This set of 44 cards is aimed at nurturing the intuitive development of children to assist and empower them amd their families to nurture their intuitive connections. Intuition is an innate and inborn skill which everyone is able to access. Learning how to develop and use intuition is an important life skill to support people in physical, mental, emotional and spiirtual aspects of everyday life and beyond.

Each month, we will be showcasing a feature artwork and reading from this upcoming deck of cards. You can view more regular updates of these cards, the creative process and participate in online mini-readings with them via the Facebook Page for the Intuitive Child Oracle Cards.

Click here to view some previous works and more information about Nathan.
Click here to view some previous works and more information about Izzy Ivy.

Conscious Creation in Everyday Life

6/15/2015

Make a wish and make it count! The words we speak and the thoughts we think have a direct influence on the ways that we experience our lives. Thinking about it this way, everything that we think, speak and do creates a ripple effect into our lives.

Every cause has its effect and every effect has its cause. In truth, we are creating at each and every moment. Without a doubt, whatever you send out into the world, is cast out from your energy field, the Universe hears you and it responds accordingly.

It's a pretty simple concept right?

When we have this understanding about how our lives are always being affected by the things that lie in our very conscious and unconscious expressions of life, then we can start to have a greater awareness in our lives about how we live our lives.

Coming to this realisation, it would be realistic to say, that the more mindful we are and the more we aware we are of our feelings, thoughts, words and actions, we'll be able to go with the flows of creating what we want, rather than what we don't want.

Every time we complain about something we don't want, the Universe only hears the complains, and thus gives you more to complain about. On the flipside, an attitude of gratitude tells the Universe that you would like to continue receiving more of what it is sending you.

Before you can allow monkey mind to take over and whinge about what you are lacking today, look at yourself and your life through another lens. What are you grateful for and what blessings would you like more of in your life?

Start noticing the ways that the Universe is responding to you and you'll see that the road ahead is not as bumpy or as troublesome as it initially might be. What subtleties can you notice in your day to day life experience?

What is your body telling you through your senses? What are you feeling? What are you hearing? What are you seeing? What are you thinking?

You are the artist, the sculptor, the author of your life. You are far more powerful and far more in control of your life than you realise. You can accomplish great things by aligniing your thoughts, words and actions towards the presence of peace and love within you and all around you. It is your destiny, your birth right, to harness your awareness of your being and to channel that throughout the different ways that you live and lead your life. Breathe life into your life and be yourself, know yourself, and live life as yourself.

Have a wonderful day, creating the most beautiful of experiences in your beautiful life.

Love from Nathan and Friends

Awaken to Your Brilliance - 21 Day Tele Summit

5/19/2015

Hi everyone!

I’ve been invited by my Angel Therapy® (Hawaii 2011) classmate, Marisa Giddings, to be one of the speakers as part of the Awaken To Your Soul’s Abundance 21 day Telesummit. This event will include 22 fantastic interviews with a wide range of people in the field of conscious living and personal transformation.

If you are ready to take responsibility for your amazing life while learning to heal and grow on all levels, you’re invited to join me for an incredible interview series as we discuss how to unleash your inner power, and embrace the freedom of living an abundant life at the Awaken to Your Soul’s Abundance telesummit event!

Some of the topics covered during this telesummit include discussions on how….

 You can find balance in your life, attune to your inner guidance and awaken your inner power.
 You can clear blocks that prevent you from successfully manifesting your desires.
 You can strengthen your inner power by listening to your body’s wisdom.
 You can identify and clear out toxic beliefs, emotions, behaviors and people in your life that hold you back and hinder your soul’s awakening.
 And how you can live your life from the S.T.A.R. philosophy.

This is just a short list of what you’ll learn for free over the course of this 21 day event!

Register for FREE right now here >>>>> http://www.awakentoyoursoulsabundance.com/nathan-ho

I’m excited that you’ll be joining us and listening in on my interview and the advice of other conscious living speakers! This unprecedented free event is a tremendous value and an excellent opportunity to deepen in your awareness and become inspired to live with more joy, peace and freedom!

I’ll “see” you there!

Blessings and love
Nathan and Friends

Making the Most of Your Time

10/9/2014

As a Husband and Parent, it may seem on one hand that I do not have as much time as I used to, to get to do everything that I need to do or want to do out of leisure or enjoyment. I was pondering upon this recently, and it could be seen another way. Whilst love drives what do and what you are passionate about, it probably has been said many times before to love what you do and do what you love.

On another hand, you could look at it another way. With the ever-growing list of responsibilities and things that need doing as life changes and evolves, simply and surely enough, you'll need to allocate your time more efficiently. In saying that however, it could also be noted that in order to do this, you would need to make the most of your time.

To do this, and to make the most of your time, one would need to be fully in the present, aware of where their feelings are at and what can be appreciated about what life is offering in this very moment. To look at life in this perspective, allows for a deeper focus and drive. One could say that the resulting moment of being able to enjoy their different allocated time, allows them to feel like they are able to focus more, to get more out of what they are doing and to almost seemingly achieve a lot more than if all the time in the world was given to them.

Reflecting upon this, it is like shining light on the moments to be truly grateful for and not being too concerned with the quantity of what is going on in this moment, but focusing rather on the quality of what is going on.

Life is here to be enjoyed and it is a miracle to be lived and learned. Spread your wings and fly. Be free to be who you are and what you are in every moment, knowing that every experience is tailored to be a unique experience for you.

Love from Nathan and Friends

Flowers and Everyday Magick

9/28/2014

Today we were asked to feature as a guest presenter for the online launch of the Australian Wildflower Reading Cards. We filmed four videos which were featured during our discussion during the event.

Flowers are a natural connection to the Divine, as all of life is a physical expression of Spirit manifest. Flowers are great and powerful healers that work wonders in our lives. Through the next four videos, we discussed the blessings brought about by flowers in everyday life, followed by examples of healing methods using flowers and concluded by lesson examples of teaching children about flowers.

Enjoy.

Love from Nathan and Friends.

Reflections on A Visit to Pearl Harbour (June 2011)

8/8/2014

The power of prayer and global healing has demonstrated itself many times in my life. When I visited Hawaii in 2011, I went to the Pearl Harbour Memorial, where I noticed Mother Mary doing some healing work there. I saw shades of Aquamarine light entering the water and the remains of the ship memorial that people visit as she passed over many beings over to the light. The Pearl Harbour memorial is like a big gateway for crossings.

Whilst she was doing her work, Mother Mary spoke to me and she said;

"Children at war (acknowledging us as children regardless of age) are like children who are quarreling and fighting with sharp objects. They may think that they have more authority over one another and all is well perhaps until someone gets hurt on either side. Whether as a wielder or a receiver on either end, for you as observers, it's not about getting angry at them, for this only fuels what is going on and what has been left behind. Recognise your greater significance, worth and power in situations such as these that are left behind and send your prayers and blessings to these people, places, times and everything uniting them over distance, space and time. Step aside from the boundaries for your souls do not belong to a particular country or race of people, because you are all Universal and all a part of the same light. Find this and recognise this within yourselves first and the rest will follow through your lived and lead example. Be patient with yourselves and allow yourselves to be loved, loving and lovable."

Together we can make a difference in cleansing the energy of the planet, healing away past hurts and paving the way for a better tomorrow. Thank you everyone.

Love from Nathan and Friends O:)

Living a Heart Centred Life

8/1/2014

Today, I'd like to ponder on the concept of turning passion into survival. This means to take that once held passion from the beginnings of the heart and bringing it down to the main focus in the level of the Base Chakra. If you think about things this way, it is easy enough to understand - you have something that you are absolutely passionate about and really love as part of your life. Next money becomes involved, with to which, exchange, finances and your overall safety, security and well-being are concerned. Perhaps as your main source of income, where do you think the attention is going to be when say times are tough, sales are down, enrollments are down and there are less clients walking in through the doore?

Today as I write this, I am graced and blessed that I am able to live and lead a balanced life where I can do what I love, have the means of a secondary income through it and be able to share the love through other paths that are offered to me in life. One of the most inspiring people who have demonstrated this to me was my Sifu. Sifu was never one to be quick to talk about money and accepted me as a student gracefully, for it was through my involvement with my Sifu that Wing Chun was taught in a humble, authentic way that ensured the best of environments for teaching and learning. Reflecting on the example set by Sifu, the energy and the passion was focused in the Heart Chakra. As Sifu maintained a primary source of income through a different job, teaching Wing Chun was for the pure love of it and not for means of survial. This kept it free of desperation, competition and over-commercialism, which quite commonly comes when passion is turned into a business and things become emphasised on making money.

When survival is an emphasis, things can shift from their original perception of authenticity. Is it a race to churn out as many students as possible or as many certificates as possible in order to make a buck? Is it a race to teach what one knows for a cheaper amount to get as many students as possible? Is it right to teach techinques without principles in the shortest amount of time? Bigger business does not always mean better business does it? Hmmmmmmm let's see here.

Where do you think the integrity goes? By all means well, there could have been better things to focus attention on to preserve the best intentions for the person, the clients and everything surrounding the situation. I really do respect people who are able to make a living of what they love. Having said that, it comes back to the principle of loving what you do to be able to do what you love.

To be passionate about only one thing and make a living out of it can be challenging and a bumpy road to follow, however, it can be done to a degree that one maintains their utmost integrity and they can remember what got them on the path in the first place. Many people in my life inspire me about this, and they show such dedication and such love in all that they do. The attention has shifted from the money side of things, which understandably is important for exchange, and the universe rewards those who see life with abundance. Abundance referring to everything being supplied in perfect amount, with enough to go around for everybody. There is not a need to compete, to engage in cutthroat business practices or to put others down. There's plenty to share!

Love from Nathan and Friends O:)

Take a Leap of Faith, Let go and go with the Flow

7/26/2014

We are all Spiritual Beings living experiencing a Human existence and quite naturally we are able to tune into our higher guidance, however, our human side sometimes wants to know the how's and why's of everything before it can fully commit to something. It is like the saying that reflects upon the ego wanting to "have everything in place first before it finds peace", whilst the Higher Self says that "finding peace first will allow everything to fall into place."

With my recent move back to Australia in the past year, I have been put to the test to get my life in order so that I can support and raise my family. Having made the noble decision to leave Okinawa earlier last year, leaving my Wife and boys temporarily, I was literally taking a leap of faith, into the unknown. I had to leave to start setting us up for our new life back here in Australia. As I left Okinawa, I wondered to myself, what am I leaving behind and what is waiting for me as I return to Australia? These kinds of questions made my monkey mind race but deep in my heart, as much as I didn't want to be apart from my family, I knew that I had to do these things.

Pretty soon after I left Okinawa, several things happened that started putting me on the road to my success and it is only now, looking back in hindsight, have I been able to gain full appreciation of the choices that I had to make for my future and my family's future.

Upon leaving Okinawa, my former school had down-scaled the technology program that I was working on, with cuts to its funding and resources. Had I stayed, would the nature of my employment be compromised? As my Wife was in the beginning of her pregnancy at the time, I would've been more or less, the sole income earner for us. Looking back, I left at the right time. Upon returning back to Sydney, I was introduced to the current clinic where I am working from now and I was also introduced to the Letting Go Academy of Holistic Learning, where I was welcomed as a new teacher there for classes and information sessions around children's spiritual development.

What a perfect opportunity to be of service!

Next, I had a desire to return to teaching in schools in Sydney. With this in mind and a refreshed perspective on education since returning from Okinawa, I did not feel like classroom teaching was what I wanted anymore. It was through the Letting Go Academy that I was introduced to one of the frequent students, who was a Teacher's Aide at a Special Needs School in Sydney.

"Give it a go, put your name down at this school as a casual. Give it a try and see what you think" was her suggestion.

Well I gave it a go, and I loved it! What a perfect opportunity for me to integrate school teaching with an empathetic, intuitive approach to working with children. Perfect for my intended future research and it was something that I could really see myself getting into. During this time, while I was teaching as a casual, I applied for many school related jobs in positions related to mainstream teaching or technology-related roles. Over 6 months of appliactions, not one of these was successful.

The special needs casual teaching was regular work that I enjoyed and it enabled me to learn many skills as a teacher and to support my family back in Japan. It also got me thinking;
"What if these are not positions that I am meant for? What if I am meant for something else? I just know that something better is out there waiting for me!"

Despite not hearing any feedback from previous job applications, I came across a position for a teacher at a Special Needs school which I applied for and I was requested for an interview almost immediately after applying. Everything about the interview felt great, however I was told that I would be contacted much later in the year.

I felt good about that, but I also knew that I needed something soon if my family were to prepare for moving over to Australia. I heard a voice say "Trust in the power of miracles".

"Ok, sure!", I thought to myself.

Just when I thought that I'd be playing a long waiting game, I received a phone call with a special needs job on offer at a different school run by the same organisation. Now I can get more things ready for my family's move over to Australia :)

I began last week and as I write this, I'd like to reflect upon the concept of perfect timing which is always in our best interests at heart. Perhaps all this time whilst the Universe was arranging this position for me that I needed to learn and grow as a person and as a teacher before anything else could fall into place. Perhaps there is the fact that I needed to simply trust in myself and the power of miracles, whilst doing what I could to keep my spirits high. Keeping my vibration high to manifest, to create, to weave my energy in synch with the flow of the Universe.

Coming back to Australia on my own put me at one of the greatest tests of my life so far. Perhaps it will be something that will always remind me of trusting my higher guidance and following my heart. Focus on the service that you can offer to the world around you and multiply the blessings that you send out and feel returning to you.

Love from Nathan and Friends O:)