Yes, I have been spending time in multi million dollar lifestyles for over 20 years now.  Upon moving away from my humble beginnings in Detroit, I magically wound up in Malibu.  I started training, massaging, and house-sitting for all kinds of people in Malibu–celebrities, moms, dads, producers, attorneys, musicians, actors, etc.  Not all of their lifestyles were multi million dollar, but they seemed to have way more than I could have ever imagined myself having.

Today, as I led a group of hikers along the stretch of Westward beach that is lined with magnificent homes, I described one of the settings of a weekly massage client I had for about a year.  She lived with that beach as her back yard.  The balcony where I massaged her was so glorious.  You couldn’t see the sand or the parking lot below, you could only see the blue sky and ocean.  All you could smell was the ocean breeze–it was so breathtaking and breathgiving–all at once.

People always ask me, “aren’t you envious when you spend time in these homes”.  Honestly, no–I almost felt as if I were part owner of the space.  Heck, I got to be there every week and enjoy the space.  Yes, there were times I wished I could spend more time–just chillin and relaxing, but for the most part, I was in bliss.

The first place I lived in Malibu was on a private horse ranch.  The owners weren’t millionaires, but they had a property worth millions with 7 horses that made my childhood dreams come true.  The experiences I was able to live out there on that ranch were nothing short of miraculous.

My landlord saw the thrill and desire I had to learn how to ride so she graciously took me to horse clinics and trainings–one of them with the incomparable Ray Hunt!  I created a bond between one of the horses that was so warm and wonderful, words cannot describe the love I felt for that horse.  The most thrilling feeling was the love the horse felt for me–that was a warm and palpable force!

Yes, I have trained and massaged some of the biggest names in Hollywood.  Two of my neighbors are A-list actors who can play any role they want because they are who they are.  I am surrounded by abundance and wealth everywhere I go.  I take care of homes that are so magnificent and others that are humble in comparison.

Am I living vicariously through them?  I don’t think so.  What I am noticing, though, is that the more time I spend lingering around this lifestyle, the more it becomes reachable, believable, possible.  I am vibrating vicariously!  Why not right?  I am in it and around it.   By being in it, it becomes more a part of my vibration which helps me to maintain that vibration, which then must manifest in my life.

I have a friend who grew up in a very wealthy family.  She will always vibrate with the abundant energy she has, that’s just what she knows.  She knows nothing of lack or not enough and, fortunately, she will never know that because she has been trained to EXPECT wealth to be hers endlessly.

No, I boldly say to you, I have no doubt that this is all training for me.  I have been training my vibration for all these years and it simply must mean I am getting closer to the vibration of full and effortless abundance.  As I know, everything is energy.   We are all vibrating a frequency out into our environment.  The more time I spend with this wealth and abundance surrounding me, the more I will vibrate that signal and I won’t be able to help but match it!

This is an amazing clip from an Abraham Workshop–describes vibration well.

I know there are still people who don’t connect this way and, usually, they think people like us are whack jobs!  My ex-husband was one of those.  He couldn’t believe how many people would be plugged in front of their computers all night.  Now, after 4 years of being apart, when I hear him say that, I try to help him have some compassion.  I’m living in that world now, where I have no significant other to talk to and socialize with.  He has a girlfriend he lives with and I have some dogs I can hang out with, but no one in person to talk to!  It’s just great to have connections “out there”.

I’m not unhappy or lonely, but it does help to have my facebook friends.  Just because we are connecting over the computer does not make us pathetic and lonely, it enhances the life we’re living.  That’s what I think anyway.  I am so thankful for my facebook friends.  Having you there has helped me through some tough times and having you there has  made for some really great memories.

Now, after being out of a 20 year relationship almost 4 years, I’m noticing that I’ve become more free and available to more friends all at once.  When that long relationship ended, I bombarded the one nearby friend that was available.  She was really the center of all my friends.  That ended after a while because she felt the pressure and responsiblity of being my only friend!

Thank goodness she cut me off. It forced me to grow.  I have become more available to many friends now–all at once.  It took some time and I could feel the subtle signs of clinging to just one friend.  Now, though, I have many friends and they all play a role in my life.  It feels good.  We are all here for one another.  Sure, some of them find a significant other and I am set on the shelf for a time, but I understand.

This process of letting go of my loyalty to one person has been challenging and painful at times.  I guess I’ve always been attached to the presence of another person.  Now, though, I am becoming more and more “okay” on my own and really attached to my own “presence”.  As far as I can see, this is the best way to be.

Many of my friends are in the search mode of on-line dating or going out to clubs to find someone.  I haven’t been all that interested in replacing that space with some person.  Instead, I’m enjoying all the different circles of friends I’ve found and nurtured, and most importantly, I’m enjoying the friend I have in ME!

I had a personal training client at The Malibu Gym on Tuesday.  On my way out the door, I
stopped to look at all the latest local publications…magazines/newspapers.  It’s something I always do.  On this particular day, I zoned in on the cover of the LA Sports & Fitness magazine. There was a man who looked familiar…I wondered if he was someone I knew or maybe a celebrity.  For some reason I really focused in on his face, then his body, then back to his face. How did I know him, or did I?   I stood there for a good 2 or 3 minutes studying the cover.   Finally, I grabbed the magazine, went to my car and headed home.  Always on my way home, I stop at The Vitamin Barn where I get my organic green juice for the day.

As I walked through the parking lot I noticed a couple of guys getting out of a classic Jeep.  It just looked really cool and FUN so I asked what year it was and we kept talking while we walked into The Vitamin barn together.  They asked if I was a runner, I said, “I run, but I’m not really a runner, I’m more of a mountain biker”…. “I love the trails and I love to hike”.
They are big time marathon runners and they shared a social networking website with me that they had recently started.  They said, “check it out, we’ll go out on a training run together and if you don’t want to run, you can just sit on the beach and watch us run by”.

We introduced ourselves, exchanged names and went on our way. Later when I went home, I went to www.foreverrunner.com and realized I just didn’t want to go through another social networking web-site set up, I looked for Blue’s last name and looked him up on Facebook.  He was there.  When I looked through his photos, I noticed a familiar photo; it was the photo I had seen on the cover of that magazine a few hours earlier.  There he was!
I thought that was pretty cool…. I had just looked at his picture and met him 10 minutes later.

Okay, that was cool, now brace yourself…

Then, on Friday, as I left the gym, I stopped by the door again to see what was new.  This time I zoned in on The Malibu Times Magazine.  On the cover was Reggie Miller (the famous retired basketball player of The Indiana Pacers).  I really zoned in on it and looked into his eyes…he has some amazing eyes.  He really is a beautiful man to look at.   I looked a little longer then grabbed it, threw it in my car and went on my way.  Of course, as always, I stopped at The Vitamin Barn for my organic green juice. As I walked in, I noticed Reggie
Miller walking in before me…everyone was greeting him as if he was a regular there.

At this point, though, I had forgotten that I just studied his picture on the cover of the magazine.  He obviously went there regularly…Carlos (behind the counter) lined up
all his wellness shots for him without him saying a word.  Some of us around the bar exchanged some small talk and I was on my way.  As I walked out the door, it dawned on me, that for two days in a row now, I had zoned in on the cover photo and manifested that person at The Vitamin Barn.  How’s that for the Law of Attraction?

In the movie, The Secret, Bob Doyle says… “Try it on something small and see if you can make it work on something small”.  I guess this would be an example of Law of Attraction.  It’s not like I said I wanted to meet them, but my vibration really tuned into their photos with an intense focus and feeling, then poof, there they were!

I love the law of attraction and how it works time and time again.  It usually sneaks up from the side or behind and reminds you it is at work and most of the time, we don’t even see it or recognize it.  It just works so effortlessly that most of the time we don’t take credit for it.  I challenge you to BE AWARE and when you least expect it, it will reveal its magnificence!    Until then…enjoy the process!

Based on a true story, it’s hard for me to remember that time.  I was 18 years old and I do recall the whole Anita Bryant gay bashing time, but I just didn’t give it much attention.  Probably because it wasn’t something I had to deal with, I wasn’t gay so what did I know.  Years, maturity, and a great sense of compassion have led me to this day.  Anyway, this movie and Sean Penn’s performance was so great and so inspiring!  I have talked about it for days.

Without going into the whole review of the movie (which I did on my initial posting of this topic), it had such an affect on me.  I wanted to discuss it, ponder it, question it.  Sean Penn did such a great job and I just couldn’t shake the movie out of my mind.

Yesterday, as I was standing at the front desk of the Malibu Gym talking to my buddy, imagine who walked in the door!  Sean Penn!  He had that intense facial expression and there was no question, Sean was in the house!

Yes, it’s true, we do get a lot of celebrities at the gym but in my 20 years there, I had never seen Sean Penn there.  Manifestations!!!  For my Abraham-Hicks friends, we understand why this is so powerful!  Worthiness–just more proof from the Universe that the people and things we are thinking and feeling about come into our reality.  Yes, some would say the fact that he showed up is pure coincidence, I like to think it was my strong vibration around Sean Penn’s character, for sure.

On the same day, I experienced yet another magical manifestation.  On Sunday, a few days before this day,  I had gone to an art gallery opening and met an amazingly creative young man.  He takes items that have been thrown out–mostly furniture and books.  He creates and re-purposes them into various pieces–dressers, stools, chests, chairs, etc.  They are so charming and gorgeous (www.onebooktree.com).  He is such a talented wood working artist!

As I was admiring the items, I thought of my former client and friend, Rachel Ashwell.  Rachel is the creator of Shabby Chic.  She does similar things with all of her items, she goes to flea markets and gets shabby items and perks them up a bit–not totally rebuilding them, but it is similar.  She has created a multi-million dollar business doing this.

The more time I spent with Devin and admiring his work, I spent a good amount of time pondering the possibility of introducing this young artist’s work to her, perhaps she could carry some of their items in her local Santa Monica Storefront.  It would be a great boost to their beginnings.

It has been about 3 years since Rachel and I have spoken or seen each other.  On this day, before I headed up the long and windy canyon in Malibu for my mountain bike ride, I stopped to get gas at the 76 station.  Who was next to me at the pump?  Rachel Ashwell.  Manifestions!!!

Manifestations are proof from the Universe that you are worthy–that what you’ve been thinking and feeling about really can come into your physical reality.  Simply, manifestations are indications.   These are messages to you and I to pay attention to what we think and feel about,  we just might get it!!!

I couldn’t understand how someone would want me to go home.  I thought to myself, “gosh if I lived here, I would want to meet all the people that came from all over the world to visit”.  That’s just how I am, I love finding out about people.

I’m still the same way all these years later, if I meet somebody new I want to know all about them.  I’ve lived in this state for 20 years now and I feel as if I was born here.  I wasn’t born here, but I did live here when I was a baby and I feel as if California is in my bones.  I love this place, it is so magnificent!

Where else can you go to the beach then take a 2 to 5 hour drive and be in the mountains with snow?  Everywhere I go here, I feel at home.

California!  I’ve been up and down the coast and everywhere I go is total bliss.  It really is no wonder that people want to visit here, let alone move here.  If you knew what we had to endure in Michigan, you would have a heart and be okay with us being here.  While it is true, there are lots of people and cars, how can you blame them all?  This a a gorgeous place!

I remember one of the women at the gym complaining about all the cars flooding from the valley to go to the beach.  She said, “vals, go home, we don’t want you here”.  It’s funny, I thought to myself, she moved here from Ontario Canada–who is she to talk?  Vals are the people who live in the San Fernando Valley.  It is a good 15-25 degrees hotter than on the beach.  Gosh, they deserve to enjoy the beach.  I can see it from both sides, though.  When I spend most of my time up and down the coast because I work in Malibu and live in Brentwood, there can be a huge amount of traffic in the summer months because of everyone flooding to the beach.  It’s all good though, we’re just enjoying where we get to live and play!

I enjoy where I live and play every day.  Today, as I drove the stretch of PCH that takes me to my long time place of work, The Malibu Gym, I marveled at the beauty of Point Dume’ in the distance.  Honestly, I don’t think there has been one day in the 20 years I’ve been driving that coast that I haven’t been in awe of the sight of it when I see it.  I do wonder, how is it possible to love a place so much?

The month of June, 2011 marked 20 years of living in California.  From the age of 10, I spent 20 years dreaming of living in California.  Some might say it became everything I focused upon.  The DJ in the college cafeteria only had to see me and know that it was time to play my song, “California Dreamin”.  Class after class of teaching, I always ended in the relaxed visualizing mode and saw myself here, happy and vibrant!  Then, after years of postponing my move either because of school or a job or a boyfriend,  I made it happen.  I had dreamed and visualized and listened and dreamed some more and then I moved to California.  I had no car, no job, no place to live–I just had to be here once and for all.

So many dreams came true for me.  I live the lifestyle I lived when I lived in Michigan.  I lived it in my own little world there because my environment didn’t really support it.  Today, I am surrounded by health food stores, healthy restaurants,  nature abounding everywhere I turn, near perfect weather, people I adore and so much more!

I love the life I’ve created.  I ride my bike, I hike the trails, practice yoga at my choice of a plethora of studios.  I live in a neighborhood that simply must be one of the prettiest in the country.  Abundance surrounds me in every direction I turn.  I am worthy of it all because I brought it to life with my visions and my strong desire.

Now, after 20 years of fully embracing and loving this place, I had the thought of letting it go.  Let it go and move onto something different.  I am open to that.  Montana seems to be pulsing in my radar these days.  Colorado is another place calling to me although the thought of the Winter months don’t really appeal to me.   Hawaii could work for me.  Or, I could stay here and just keep living it in the blissful fashion I’ve carved out for myself.

The feeling I had, though, when I let go of the need to be here and the need to stay here was so freeing.   By letting go, we simply surrender to either something better or keeping that which we have.  It was obvious I had been clinging to being here.  I could feel such a total sense of freedom when I just let go.

Who knows what tomorrow will bring? ”I am open to everything and attached to nothing”.  That sounds like a good plan.  I heard Dr. Wayne Dyer say it many years ago and until you experience it in one area of life, you won’t really know how good it feels.  I am feeling this way in several areas of life and it feels like a dream–as  good as the California dream I had all those years ago!

When I was a young girl, we would go and visit my Grandma and Grandpa in the Cass Corridor.  The Cass Corridor is where the riots broke out in the heart of Detroit in 1963.  It was a real raw city, indeed.  My Grandpa would walk us to the park downtown where we would feed the pigeons.  He was in a very sick phase of his life, and there were many times that he would have to lay down on the side of the street and take a nap.

My sister, Valorie,  and I were about 8 and 10 years old.  We would just sort of linger there while grandpa napped.  We were harassed by all sorts of people.  We learned the subtle art of knowing when to speak and when not to pay any attention.  There is a huge difference.   If you look someone in the eye that should not be looked in the eye, you learn quickly what you did wrong.  When you ignore someone that you should have spoken to, you learn quickly what you should have done.  Trust me, it’s a big deal.

Most of the people I know are afraid of going to areas that seem unsafe.  Quite frankly, most people just don’t go.  When I was  a teenager and driving, I would drive my friends to downtown Detroit.  There were some amazing ethnic festivals at The Hart Plaza down on the riverfront.   Talk about a place to party and meet people from all over the metropolitan area, this was it.  If my friend’s parents knew they were down there, they would have thrown a fit!

To me, being downtown was not a big deal and it was not dangerous.  My Mom worked downtown all of my young years, my Grandparents lived downtown, and it was part of my world.   If you aren’t exposed to the diversity at a young age, when will you be?  That, I believe, is the problem with most people who are filled with fear about going to certain neighborhoods.  If they’ve never had any experience carrying themselves down a city street, you’d better believe they’re going to show it.  Body language and posture is everything.  If you have no confidence, it will show and you will be an easy victim if anyone were interested.

Just the other day, I was in an area that I would not necessarily  choose to go to.  I had bought a Living Social deal and I wasn’t sure of the area it was in.  Sure enough, as I drove toward the address, things weren’t looking all that fabulous.  It was a run down neighborhood and the people were definitely diverse and,  in the words of Jerry Seinfeld, “not that there’s anything wrong with that”.

I had a voucher and it expired TODAY.  Since I was juice fasting, I was going to get my full supply for the day and take them to go–all juice.  As I handed the cashier my voucher to pay, he announced that it was dine in only.  Shoot, I had no choice so I decided to sit there and drink a couple hours away.  I needed my computer which was back my car.  I walked to my car, which incidently had my bicycle on top of it, and grabbed my laptop.  My EX would NEVER approve of leaving my bike on my bike rack unattended for over 2 hours.  To me, I just trusted that it was fine.

There were people of all sorts out there.  Some in their yard, some on the street, some lingering in the old garage business on the corner. They were dieverse and it did feel like I was on the streets of Detroit from my childhood.  The beautiful thing, though, was that  they were not at all offended by my presence.  The tough chick walking by was one of those you just don’t engage.  The older woman, who seemed a bit out of sorts and maybe a little intoxicated,  was pleasant and a simple smile worked with her.

I decided that my bike would be fine on top of my car.  The people here were not interested in my bike.  I left my car parked a block away and headed back into the restaurant.

All I can say is, I am so appreciative of my upbringing and the example my mom set for me.  I appreciate her for exposing me to all the neighborhoods, not just the suburbs.  Fear just wasn’t present in my body when I was out there.  All was well.

I guess if you are already an adult and you  weren’t prepared to navigate in such neighborhoods, you probably should stay out of bounds until you learn the art of posture.  Or, come with me and you’ll be fine.  All is well and it’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood–wherever it is!

There were a couple of scenes where Caesar was let off his leash in the Redwood forest.  Caesar was a baby ape raised indoors.  The shot of his face as he looked up, how his eyes brightened, was magical.  I feel similar when I’m out on my favorite trails.  We have nature all around us but most people don’t utilize it and surrender to it.  We know it’s there but we have deprived ourselves for so long that we don’t know or remember what we’re missing.

When we go too long without our fix, we become pent up and filled with anger and rage and resentment and it’s no wonder we take it out on others around us.  Whether we are in our cars venting about the other drivers, or out in public areas dealing with strangers, people have gotten downright nasty and uncivilized at times.

My prescription is to allow ourselves back out into the wild.  Nature heals all our ailments if we just trust it to work its magic.  I’m watching a lizard on my porch right now.  To each stroke of the keyboard, he is reacting with his balance and body poised and ready to run away or toward.  As the typing continues, he relaxes into the noise knowing there is no threat.  He is in tune with his perceptions and feelings without thinking, just a natural knowing.

Imagine if we could tap into that power?  We have it here in front of us and most of us pass it by.  I encourage anyone reading this to get out the door,  into the day,  and enjoy your body moving through space.  Let go, breath, and celebrate life outside our domesticated domain.

If you have dogs, you know how excited they get when you take them out for a walk.  Excited, I mean REALLY excited–and to think–they are just going on a little walk in the developed neighborhood!  It’s good to get outside, even if it is your neighborhood street.  Do something amazing for your physiology today, go take a walk.

You won’t really feel everything that is going on physiologically inside your body, but trust me, there is a myriad of reactions taking place that would blow your mind if you could wrap it around them.  You are an amazing machine and your body thrives on activity.  Use your body, revel in it and know that it is such a phenomenal piece of creation!

I just walked by a man, we made eye contact and said hello to each other.  All he could say was, “thank you, I really appreciate that smile you just gave me”.   I agreed, it really is amazing how much a small smile can do for someone in need.  “Oh, you’d be surprised at how few smiles I get in this big city”.

So sad.  I guess people have hardened themselves to street people–people who live on the street.  While some of them are a bit whacked out, some are just in need of some real interaction with a fellow human!

While the smile I gave him seemed like such a big deal to him, the fact that it made such a big deal to him made it seem like such a worthy thing to do.  So, if you get a chance, look somebody, anybody, in the eye today, give ‘em a smile and you just might make their day!