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Bonjour! Hello! Hola! Ciao! Aloha! Hallo! Well wishes to you in all the languages! My last missive included the meditation message with "Just for today, I will...." There were several lines of what I declare just for today. Inevitably someone asks why "just for today?" Because it's easier for our mind and ego to accept that just for today, I will let go of trying to control. Just for today, I release judgment. Just for today, I know that I am loved. "Just for today" lays

The above message came to me in meditation years ago. I printed it for an event way back when and just found it in my archives. It wants to be shared again! (and again and again!) Much love, In joy, Kelly

SEPTEMBER! Oh how I love thee! The calendar page has turned, but the temps have not. The weather is still sweltering summery, muggy uggy uggy. Right now, it’s 94, feels like 107. When I’m out in the humidity, I feel like I’m 107! (Throw some water on me! I will gladly melt!) Life has been busy and time has slipped through my fingers. It’s been a little over two weeks since I have dropped a joy letter your way. (So much for my vow of writing every week!) Been a time of eve

Hello! Howdy! Hey! How lovely to be invited to present Sound Healing for a local event and have the event organizer create such a lovely flyer and write up! "Meet Kelly Joy Simmons, founder of Access SOUL High Frequency Sanctuary in Roscoe. Kelly creates welcoming spaces for women to reconnect with the peace within: because even when it feels buried, it’s still there. Through sound healing, meditation, 1:1 energy and frequency work, intuitive soul coaching, events, and

Clean/purge/organize mode is pretty much always my jam. Tis my joy to be tidy tidy, but lately it has been major clearing out and letting go. Feels SO GOOD. I came across this gem and it wants to be shared with you. Backstory: My journal is always on my lap every morning in my quiet/meditation/listening time. I converse with the Holy Holy and often ask “what for me today?” and I scribble what comes through. THIS I FOUND FROM NOVEMBER 2022: “You are endings and beginnings. Alw

HAPPY MONDAY! A quick howdy hello to wish you well. Summer has for sure provided us with appropriate weather. I melt a wee little bit. August is just days away, which usually means more heat; and pretty much anymore around here September has hot hot days as well. To the inventors of Air Conditioning, I salute you. I give you my deep thanks. Ditto for ceiling fans. And popsicles. Which reminds me – I have forgotten to name a few joys my last newsletters. Besides the aforem

Happy Hello to you! I’m still enjoying my summer sabbatical-of-sorts. Doing plenty, for sure, but also lots of time of quiet beauty. We celebrate two years at our current Joy House today and we love it so much. This home is not fancy – and perfect for us. I used to love fancy; chandeliers in every room and my favorite color was bling. Now I am French Country floral all the way. Our yard is also simple, full of birds, critters, trees, flowers, and no neighbor squished up again

IT'S ALWAYS OURSELVES WE FIND IN THE SEA. It's always ourselves we are finding everywhere. It's our true great awakening. I keep finding myself in new ways all the time. It's not creating, it's excavating. We shed the crapola that we are not/no longer need to be/never really were and keep finding more of the truth of who we are. Bit by bit by bit. Precious. Whole. Loved. Fully divine. And fully living the human experience. We are here to explore. Express. Expand. In such

"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time." —John Lubbock Perhaps you can allow yourself some rest, some stillness, some watching the clouds float across the sky this July. Simple enjoyments. Quiet pleasures. Time without devices. I am still on summer-sabbatical-of-sorts mode. Not wanting too much on the schedule

This, from many years ago, from Clarissa Pinkola Estes: We do not become healers. We came as healers. We are. Some of us are still catching up to what we are. We do not become storytellers. We came as carriers of the stories that we and our ancestors actually lived. We are. Some of us are still catching up to what we are. We do not become artists. We came as artists. We are. Some of us are still catching up to what we are. We do not become writers.. dancers.. musician

Hello!! Just popping in to say a quick HELLO! I am loving the summer mini-hiatus. Our Meditation Mondays are rocking and rolling and wowee wow. We are digging the main floor room. Cozy and sweet. Next Sound Bath is Saturday, June 20 at 9am. You must register in advance. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1990912192963 Three summer reads for you, delightful nonfiction: How to Host A Viking Funeral: The Case for Burning Your Regrets, Chasing Your Crazy Ideas, and Becoming the

These past weeks I have been quiet. On social media. On writing these notes. In making plans. Just being still. A bit of a sabbatical. Partly because of the glorious weather, partly because of the shifting energies, and partly because of the season I am in internally. Life is ever evolving! Our summer schedule at Access Soul reflects that. Wednesday noon and Saturday morning meditations are on hiatus until fall. We still host every Monday at 6:30pm. This past Monday, June 1,

Blessing for Presence by John O'Donohue May you awaken to the mystery of being here And enter the quiet immensity of your own presence. May you have joy and peace in the temple of your senses. May you receive great encouragement when new frontiers beckon. May you respond to the call of your gift And find the courage to follow its path. May warmth of heart keep your presence aflame and anxiety never linger about you. May your outer dignity mirror an inner dignity o

Hi there! Joys lately: · Soft tissues · Soft sheets · Soft jammies You don’t know how much you appreciate super soft tissues until you go through a box of off-brand "Kleenex" in a day. Jim and I were visited by the “common cold” these past several days. Not sick, just a bit under the weather. (SIDENOTE of no importance, the origin of that phrase: Sailors who fell ill were sent below deck to protect them from the elements, literally placing them "under

I wrote this three years ago and glad it found me again today. After each sentence, take a deep inhale and slow exhale before moving on to the next line. Just for today, I believe in magic and miracles. Just for today, I let go of trying to control. Just for today, I operate as if all is well and everything works out for me. Just for today, I breathe, I relax, I trust, I know. Just for today, I release judgment of others and especially myself. Just for today, I ho

Greetings!Life is swirling for me again (always?). This old quote that I have used often in past workshops and blogs feels good to share today. Maybe it’s just for me, but I hope it resonates with you too. "Your life is a sacred journey. It is about change, growth, discovery, movement, transformation, continuously expanding your vision of what is possible, stretching your soul, learning to see clearly and deeply, listening to your intuition, taking courageous challenges a

How many lifetimes can you live in one earthly life? MANY! How much can evolve in fifteen years of marriage? A LOT! May 1, 2011 Jim and I married. May 1, 2026 Happy Anniversary to us! Gratitude overflows. This journey of love and life and the continual evolution of our spiritual growth, individually and together, is a beautiful gift. I could write pages and pages (and I have over the years) about relationship and about the man with many names. ZenMan. Papa. Dad. For me,

I wrote this poem-ish thing a few years back. It popped into my awareness again this week, so perhaps that's a nudge to share it again here. I say a prayer for today That all is calm all is well That peace within is not just on a Sunday That goodwill toward all men is not just a holiday season I say a prayer for today That we all feel the courage to be kind To find compassion That empathy speaks louder than words I say a prayer for today That we open ourselves to our cr

In addition to the welcome of Spring, the fun facts on my Snapple lids brought me joy this week. · Fish cough · Mangoes have noses · It is illegal in New Zealand to name twin babies “Fish” and “Chips” I used to think up silly twin names. Zig and Zag. Lucky and Charm. Rough and Tumble. But alas, no duo babes for me. My sons are 19 months apart so many thought they were twins when they were little -- and yes, I often dressed them alike. They have very norm

What brings YOU joy? I am realizing deeper and deeper and deeper, that joy is the anchor, the guidepost, the constant course-corrector, the pull, the push, the tether, the beacon. Joy is the knowing, the voice within. The indicator that you connected to the eternal flame of you. We are wired to find our flame and fan our flame, but sometimes it seems so out of reach. Or frivolous or even wrong to think about joy. But it’s not. Maybe you feel adrift or on edge. Or perhap