Sedona Travel Journal – NEW

Here’s an informal travel log of my road trip to Sedona, AZ!

Saturday, February 4th 2012:
Was a peaceful day on the road, just about a 5 1/2 drive from Tulsa, OK to Amarillo, TX. I received some intuitive advice at one point about the need for me to simply my life and let more things go. “Let it all go” was the motto… things like old behaviors, habits, and time-wasting frivolities I tend to get caught up in day to day.

Woke up around 3am due to some noisy hallway activity and couldn’t fall back to sleep.Got up and wrote a letter to a friend – four pages.

Sunday, February 5th 2012:
Another peaceful day on the road between Amarillo, TX and Albuquerque, NM. Part of this trip is to release things, and so halfway through my day’s drive, an old situation came to mind. It had to do with something that I believed I did wrong a few years ago. I didn’t realize I was holding onto some old guilt. I managed to see the good in the situation and let the old guilt go! It was wonderful.

I had a really hard time sleeping for some reason (this happens every time I’m here for some reason, possibly the lack of oxygen?) and so I got up around 3am and finished the now five-page letter to my friend.

Monday, February 6th 2012:
I have been feeling quite terrible today due to Albuquerque’s altitude of 5000+ feet above sea level. I wanted so badly to get out and take a walk at one of the nearby parks, then go check out some metaphysical book stores and do some shopping. Well, I couldn’t find a metaphysical store that was actually open! This doesn’t seem to be the area for them. Then I couldn’t find a park. So I drove around a little and ended up at the mall, so I did a little bit of clothes shopping. I began feeling very ill and faint while in the mall and had to do some heavy duty deep breathing and praying to keep from passing out.

Thankfully the hotel I’m staying in has balconies, and although it’s a little cold here, I have to keep the door cracked so I can breathe properly. Now that it’s evening, I’m feeling a little better. I’m hanging out in my hotel room and doing some internet browsing on Sedona. I’m planning to leave here tomorrow to drive there.

Tuesday-Thursday, February 7th-9th:
This is my 3rd day in Sedona, and… wow! Coming in on Tuesday was pleasant – it was a beautiful day and drive and I didn’t feel sick or lightheaded while going through Flagstaff (7000+ feet altitude) for once. That extra day in NM paid off to acclimate me to higher altitudes. The closer I got to Sedona, the prettier the drive got. Then about 20 miles away or so, I began feeling the spiritual energy of the place, and upon driving into the actual city, I could feel each one of my chakras light up, one by one.

Since getting here, I’ve been experiencing many different things, enjoying beautiful scenery, meeting really interesting people, meditating near vortexes and huge crystals, doing some major releasing of old emotions and having fun. Each day brings several new interesting conversations with people. I’ve picked up some new crystals (I collect them, sort of) and received a couple of powerful healings as well as talked to an intuitive or two. I’m basically going by intuition as to who to see and what to do, and it’s been intriguing! I’m supposed to be leaving here tomorrow (Friday) to drive to Southern California, but now I don’t really want to. LA doesn’t hold the same appeal…

Yesterday I stopped by one of the crystal/new age shops and an older gentleman with a long white beard happened to open the door for me. For some reason, he really stuck in my mind. A while later I was looking through a book of their available psychics and healers (not really planning to see one, but was making conversation with the lady behind the desk) and noticed that the bearded guy gave readings and healings. I decided to maybe come back the next day for a reading, since I already had a healing planned later in the day.

So, today, I wasn’t 100% sure if I should see the guy, but his face kept popping into my mind and I felt intuition giving me a push. So, I went to see him. Well, let’s just say, I didn’t get a standard or typical psychic reading. Nope! What I received first off was a powerful healing energy received through my hands (the strongest I’ve ever felt) and a spiritual teaching from a very high level. What I received from him was a kind of teaching that yogis give their disciples, or Buddhist monks and teachers give to their students. It was all about simplicity, formlessness, just being, and most importantly, listening to our inner teacher. Truths along the lines of, ‘I AM That I AM’. That we already are what we are searching for, and always have been! Somehow I was able to receive and understand these truths on a deeper level than before. Most interestingly, when I tried to ask basic questions, he would bring the conversation back to Spirit and simplicity. He also kept reminding me that it wasn’t him teaching myself, it was the Presence which lives within us all.

What a blessing and a very timely lesson! He also gave me some dietary recommendations which closely echo what I’ve already received intuitively and from other sources, except with the addition of herbs.

Emotional release – moving through old emotional patterns and beliefs – is something I have needed to do for some time and didn’t really know how to. Well, yesterday, I finally learned how to, thanks to a healing, an intuitive reading and a book, plus my own intuitive guidance. Yesterday I worked through some old stuff and as a result feel like a totally reformed person today. There is more work to be done in this area and for once, I am eagerly embracing it, rather than being terrified!

One thing that has come to light since getting here is my need to really connect with nature and the earth on a daily basis. It’s hard to do where I live in Tulsa now. I believe a month or so away in a peaceful, nature-heavy location will bring some intense healing. The only question is where to go…

More to come later!