Your Horoscopes for Sunday, May 11th

Personal relationship dynamics are the primary source of tension today. Attempts to resolve conflict might only add fuel to the fire as the strategic Libra Moon joins up with warrior Mars. Unexpressed emotions are easily projected onto someone we love as vulnerable Venus opposes Mars. Nevertheless, we must be extra careful to stick to the facts because mischievous Mercury’s square to imaginative Neptune can have us chasing unrealistic dreams.

Aries Horoscope

(Mar 21 – Apr 19)

You may convince yourself that you’re on the right track, but you won’t get others to believe you now unless you actually are. However, sharing your current plans with your friends and associates is a smart move because they can see through any faulty reasoning. However, keep in mind that your cleverness could backfire if you’re too smooth in your delivery. Remember, it’s better to know the shortcomings of your new strategy sooner than later or you will end up wasting a lot of time. Initiating an honest dialogue leads to a more realistic approach.

Taurus Horoscope

(Apr 20 – May 20)

You’re caught between your natural need to be straightforward and your current tendency to embellish the facts. You’re not purposefully trying to mislead anyone now; it’s just that you might get mixed up between what you want and what is real. There’s nothing wrong with sharing your dreams or taking a trip to Fantasyland as long as you tell everyone the truth. Your imagination is a garden where your best ideas can take root.

Gemini Horoscope

(May 21 – Jun 20)

You are so persuasive now that others may rally to your support only to discover that your plans are not as practical as they sound. Your key planet Mercury awkwardly aligns with passionate Pluto and dreamy Neptune today, increasing the intensity of your words while decreasing your connection to the real world. Instead of having to untangle your story to get to the truth, it’s wiser now to just work with the facts. Save your song and dance for a rainy day.

Cancer Horoscope

(Jun 21 – Jul 22)

Solving a problem today won’t bring you satisfaction if your solution is less than enchanting. The British poet Keats concurs and wrote, “Beauty is truth; truth beauty.” However, you could mislead yourself into thinking you know where you want to go when you are actually heading in the wrong direction. It’s time to put on a very practical pair of glasses. Ultimately, the best answers come to you now when you see things exactly as they are.

Leo Horoscope

(Jul 23 – Aug 22)

You might not realize how forceful your actions are today as you attempt to get what you want. Even if you mean well, your friends could easily misinterpret your aggressive behavior, setting the stage for a war of words. However, an argument is just a waste of energy now because you’re probably in closer agreement than you realize. Consciously softening your approach goes a long way toward making everyone happier in spite of the confusion. Listen more than you talk for the quickest resolution.

Virgo Horoscope

(Aug 23 – Sep 22)

Your energy may be stretched very thin now because a recent burst of enthusiasm prompted you to say yes to one too many projects. Don’t wait until you are mentally exhausted to make a change. Instead, exercise sensible restraint today because it’s more important to follow through on what you already started, even if you are tempted to run off in search of the next great thing. Part of your charm is your dependability, so honor your commitments before you do anything else.

Libra Horoscope

(Sep 23 – Oct 22)

You are engaged in a strange dance now between the old and the new. Your friends and coworkers may urge you to leave a worn-out habit behind, but you might not be ready to release your attachment to the past. Paradoxically, the more you analyze your current affairs, the more confused you become. Stop thinking long enough to act on what you are feeling instead of what others are telling you. The answer is simple: follow your heart and see where it leads.

Scorpio Horoscope

(Oct 23 – Nov 21)

If you are lucky enough to have special people in your life that you can lean on, it may be disconcerting if they are not readily available today. You might feel as if you are being abandoned, but rest assured that isn’t what’s happening. In fact, your friends probably don’t even realize the intensity of your current process. By simply changing your attitude you could turn this moment into an opportunity to explore your dreams without any interference from others.

Sagittarius Horoscope

(Nov 22 – Dec 21)

Clinging to a desired outcome probably won’t bring you much happiness today. You may come close to recapturing your lost sense of emotional security, but it slips away as you approach the magic moment of fulfillment. Instead of building your hopes up only to have them dashed, keep bringing your focus back to the moment at hand. It’s perfectly fine to allow cosmic opposites to exist simultaneously without taking sides now. Let things hang in the balance until your clarity returns.

Capricorn Horoscope

(Dec 22 – Jan 19)

It’s as if you are at the movies, watching your fantasies unfold on the miniature silver screen inside of your head. Although each separate scenario represents a possible turn of events, you would rather be dealing with the hard cold facts and not dreamy illusions. Nevertheless, you can’t just stop your thoughts by decree. Instead of trying to force change, recognize that today’s fanciful excursions are an effective way to explore the potential of the present moment.

Aquarius Horoscope

(Jan 20 – Feb 18)

You’re being asked to forgo your rational approach now and adopt a more poetic style. Don’t worry about being productive today because you have more pressing work to do reconnecting with your soul. Even if you can’t explain your current spiritual yearnings to anyone else, rest assured that the right words will come later. But the magic won’t happen on its own; you must take the time to cultivate your dreams and exercise your creativity.

Pisces Horoscope

(Feb 19 – Mar 20)

The good news is that you can still connect with your spiritual nature even if you are too busy to commune with others. It’s not about how much time you can take from your hectic schedule now; it’s more to do with how you use what’s available. Just setting aside a few minutes for meditation or relaxation might be enough to get you back in the groove. Finding your center empowers you to reach for the stars.

Daily Cosmic Calendar for Sunday, May 11th

Slow your tempo in the early going today as the Moon in Aries remains void until the lunar orb enters earthy Taurus (7:24AM). Before the Moon can reach the Sun in this zodiacal sign — forming tonight’s New Moon at 9 degrees of Taurus (11:15PM) — the lunar orb has one main stop to make as it conjuncts Juno (9:32AM). Tune into the realms of fashion, design, and elegance for a change of pace. Consider redecorating plans for a favorite room in your home. Very often success and monetary rewards come to those who dress with style when they go to their workplace or ride the elevator to the executive penthouse. Don’t let worries and self-doubts hinder your forward progress as Mercury makes an off-kilter, 150-degree tie with Mars (4:45PM) followed by a contra-parallel between Mercury and Saturn (6:05PM). There’s no reason that these two challenging aspects have to lower the boom on you. Tune into an inspirational, 72-degree contact from Venus to Pluto (7:29PM) to reorient you toward the path of strong-willed achievement. Once the Annular Solar Eclipse (11:05PM) and its Taurus New Moon companion (11:15PM) clock in, it is the right time to seize the bull by the horns and feel a wave of overall encouragement prodding you onward. [Note to readers: All times are calculated for Pacific Daylight Time. Be sure to adjust all times according to your own local time so the alignments noted above will be exact for your location.]

Current Moon Phase for May 11th – Waxing Gibbous

Gibbous Moon

(waxing/89% of Full)

Distractions from the outside begin pressing into your world. Analysis is favored, reevaluating all the various factors you are dealing with. It’s a time to process information and effectively integrate your aims with the people in your immediate environment. This is a good time for organizing things. This Moon phase is suited for synthesis: coming up with a practical plan for getting from point A to point B. Adjustment is required.

The Witches Spell for May 11th – A Spell to Send Employment to a Friend

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A Spell to Send Employment to a Friend

 

For the following spell you will need a piece of paper, a pen, an herb or powder associated with prosperity, a green candle, a fire-proof tin, and some water.

Inscribe upon the paper the name of the person who is in search of employment. Set your tools in your allotted sacred space, be it upon an altar or anyplace in which you perform rituals. Cast a

circle if you wish.

Lightly sprinkle the paper with the water, cleansing and empowering it. Place the paper before you. Hold your hands over it,imagining white light flowing through your hands into the paper.

Visualize the individual attaining the job of their dreams. Do not imagine them at a specific job, but merely see the person in your mind smiling and working happily.

Sprinkle the herb(s) on top of the paper. Fold it so that it acts as a pocket or envelope holding the herb(s) inside.

Holding the paper in your hands, chant the following until you feel you have raised enough energy and that the object is properly charged:

Element of earth, fruits of your bounty
Please bring the right job to (name of person).
Sun and stars, moon and comet
Bring to (name) the best employment.

When the energy has been raised and the object has been charged, use the flame of the green candle to set it on fire, immediately placing it into the fire-proof container. Wait until the embers have cooled. Then release the ash into the wind.

Be sure to have fire extinguishing materials nearby in case of an unexpected accident

WOTC Extra – Releasing The Power

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WOTC Extra – Releasing The Power

 

When you release the power in the final stage, you may see the cone exploding and cascading as coloured stars or light beams, which surge away into the cosmos and break into brilliant rainbow colours.

If you wish, you can direct the energy after the final release of power by pointing with your hands, or a wand or knife, so that the energies cascade horizontally and downwards, for example into herbs on the altar that you are empowering to make into herb sachets. Or you can direct the cascading energies in a specific direction, perhaps towards a person who is ill or in need of magical strength.

This release may take the form of a final shout, a leap, or words. As you extinguish your candle of need, you may shout:

It is free, the power is mine!

Or, at the point of release, you may throw your extended hands wide in an arc above your head. If the ceremony is formal and you are using an athame, you can at this moment bring it in front of you to mark the invisible cutting of the knot holding the power. Pull your visualised or actual knots tight, cut them, leap into the air, shouting:

The Power is free! or It is done!

Sometimes there is just a sudden stillness, as the power leaves.

Afterwards, you need to ground the energies by sitting or lying on the ground and letting excess energies fade away into the Earth as you press down with your hands and feet.

 

Let’s Talk Witch – Raising Power

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Let’s Talk Witch – Raising Power

 This is the most powerful part of the magick, as the magical energies are amplified and the power of the ritual carries you along joyously. Ecstasy forms a major part of shamanic ceremony and the old mystery religions; it is akin to the exhilaration you experience riding on a carousel or running barefoot along a sandy shore with the wind lifting your hair.

 

You might repeat a chant of power, dance faster, drum with greater intensity, bind your cords in ever more intricate patterns or add more knots if working alone, visualising a cone of spiralling, coloured light, rising and increasing in size and intensity as this stage progresses.

 

Stretch your arms and hands vertically as high as possible to absorb power from the cosmos. If you are in a group and have been linking hands, as the power increases to a great intensity, this is the time to loose them.

 

As the power builds, you will create what is known as a cone of power. The cone-shaped hats traditionally associated with witches and bishops’ mitres reflect the concentration of spiritual potency. The purpose of the cone, like the sacred pyramid, is to concentrate energy in a narrowing shape so that it reaches a pinnacle of power, which can then be released at the end of the ritual to carry your wishes or desires into the cosmos. In order to create a cone of power in magick, you can visualise these energies as coloured light or as gold.

 

Alternatively, you can visualise different rainbow colours to create a cone of every colour that merges to brilliant white at the apex. In healing work, some people see this as silver blue light that becomes brilliant.

 

Whether working alone or in a group, as you build up the power, breathe in pure white light and exhale and project your chosen colour, seeing it become ever more vibrant and faster-moving as the intensity increases. After you have been practising magick for a while, you will notice that the cone of colour builds up quite spontaneously, with no apparent effort. It has also been described as a cloud of energy. At the point when the climax is reached, comes the release of power.

 

Note that for some people the cone concept interferes with their own natural magical abilities – some of the most skilled witches and healers see circles of light, shimmering golden beams or rainbows with their psychic eye. Some see nothing at all, but instead feel power pushing their feet almost off the ground

 

Home & Hearth Magick for Sunday, May 11th

Mother's Day

Home & Hearth Magick for Sunday, May 11th

 On Sunday work for success, healing and blessings.

 

Planetary Influence: The Sun

Household Symbols:  A rooster, a sun, gold jewelry

Color: Yellow and gold Kitchen

Spices: Cinnamon and orange peels

 

Source:

Cottage Witchery
Natural Magick for Hearth & Home
Author: Ellen  Dugan

Sunday Is Ruled By The Sun

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Sunday Is Ruled By The Sun

Archangel: Michael

Candle colour: Gold

Incenses: Frankincense or orange

Crystals: Amber of clear quartz

Use Sundays for spells for new beginnings, for worldly success, to achieve ambitions and to reverse bad luck, especially financial and for health.

Where possible, use an open space in sunlight for sun spells, such as a sunny beach or shimmering plain.

M – O – T – H – E – R

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M – O – T – H – E – R
M” is for the million things she gave me,
O” means only that she’s growing old,
T” is for the tears she shed to save me,
H” is for her heart of purest gold;
E” is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
R” means right, and right she’ll always be,
Put them all together, they spell
MOTHER,”
A word that means the world to me.

Howard Johnson (c. 1915)

Mother’s Day

The Witches Correspondence for Sunday, May 15th

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The Witches Correspondence for Sunday, May 15th

 

Magickal Intentions: Growth, Advancements, Enlightment, Rational Thought, Exorcism, Healing, Prosperity, Hope, Exorcism, Money
Incense: Lemon, Frankincense
Planet: Sun
Sign: Leo
Angel: Michael
Colors: Gold, Yellow, Orange and White
Herbs/Plants: Marigold, Heliotrope, Sunflower, Buttercup, Cedar, Beech, Oak
Stones: Carnelian, Citrine, Tiger’s Eye, Amber, Clear Quartz and Red Agate
Oil: (Sun) Cedar, Frankincense, Neroli, Rosemary

 
The first day of the week is ruled by the Sun. It is an excellent time to work efforts involving business partnerships, work promotions, business ventures, and professional success. Spells where friendships, mental or physical health, or bringing joy back into life are an issue work well on this day, too.

The Witches Almanac for Sunday, May 11th

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The Witches Almanac for Sunday, May 11th

Sunday (Sun): Healing, spirituality, success, strength, and protection.

Mother’s Day

 

Waxing Moon

The Waxing Moon is the ideal time for magick to draw things toward you.

Moon Phase: Second Quarter

Moon Sign: Libra

Libra: Favors cooperation, social activities, beautification of surroundings, balance and partnership.

Incense: Frankincense

Color: Gold


Wishing All Our Beautiful Mothers A Very Happy & Blessed Mother’s Day!

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“Happy Mother’s Day” means more
Than have a happy day.
Within those words lie lots of things
We never get to say.
 
 
It means I love you first of all,
Then thanks for all you do.
It means you mean a lot to me,
And that I honor you.
 
 
But most of all, I guess it means
That I am thinking of
Your happiness on this, your day,
With pleasure and with love.
 
 
Happy Mother’s Day, Mom!
We Love You!
 
 
“Happy Mother’s Day”
Author: Nicholar Gordon
Poems for Free

 

Before I run……..

I honestly believe this has been the longest week of my life. I know one thing I am emotional drained. I have my highs when the donations are coming in. Then I open our account from the previous night nothing. It has been a roller coaster ride for me, that’s for sure. And I will be so glad when it ends.

 

I was thinking last night I would love to open a site on Blogger. A site with nothing but spells, spells and more spells. Then I got to thinking, I don’t know right now if I can even begin to start another site. The not knowing part is the roughest.  I know for sure I have been down in the dumps. I am sure some of you can’t understand why I am upset by just a website on the net. To me, the WOTC is much more than just a website. It’s one place in my world, I can find peace and solitude. It give me great pleasure to come here everyday. I know what you are thinking, “wow, this woman has no live!”  No, I have a life, too much of one at times.  I love posting and most of all I love doing the  Goddess’ work. She has spoke to me many times. I only wish you all of you could experience it too. She is loving and kind. Recently, She has been a comforter to me. I know when my shoulders start to sag and my chin drops, She gently touches me and remind me I am a child of Her’s. With Her there is always hope. “So quit shrugging, lift your chin up and remember you are my child and a proud witch.” She also reminds me to leave it in Her hands and everything will work out fine. I know She has stopped my tears and given me hope. Hope that this site will survive and so will I. Then as She starts to leave, she gently whispers in my ear, “Remember my child all things are possible when you place your cares in my hand.” That is what I have done, I left it in our Almighty Mother’s hand.  I know through Her all things are possible.

 

After today, we only have two days left. We still have a little bit left to go. I glanced real quick and right off the top of my head, I believe it is just $80.00. But when you don’t have a dime to your name $80 can feel like  $8,000.  We have come so far and just a little bit left to go. I know after talking to the Goddess and with her reassurance, we are going to make it. The Goddess was the inspiration for this site. I do not believe She will let it fall, nor do I believe you will either. I know we are one big family and when one hurts or is in need, we are all.

 

Again, I find myself asking you to make donations.  I wish you honestly knew me personally, you would know how much I hate to ask. I am a proud witch and the WOTC is suppose to be self-sufficient. But like everyone else, we have fell on hard times. So please give whatever you can. No amount is too small, it all adds up. Your donations will keep us on the internet and doing the Goddess’ work.

 

Remember we only have two days left. Don’t find yourself thinking after we are gone, “gosh, I wish I had donated.” Right now, we still have time but unfortunately the clock keeps ticking. So while that clock is ticking and its not too late, give what you can. Please.

 

‘Think On These Things’ for May 10th

‘THINK on THESE THINGS’
By Joyce Sequichie Hifler

There are so many things we must come to know. If there are obstacles we have made them. And if there is unrest it is because of a lack of holiness, of recognizing the truly important. If our appetites are too great, it is not that we crave food or drink, but something higher than that which we are experiencing.

Sometimes we fail to know the needs of others, but more often we can see their needs more clearly than we can our own. And we can help ourselves quickly by recognizing the truth of our own being.

We are spiritual beings and to operate in the strict physical and mental sense is likened to running a car with only gasoline. It cannot be done efficiently. It takes water, gasoline, and oil.

When we learn that it takes our physical, mental, and spiritual beings to make one person, then we are whole and have eliminated the inability to help ourselves. The outcome depends on you and me. And it is our duty to disqualify the thousand and one excuses that keep us from that duty.

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Elder’s Meditation of the Day May 10

Elder’s Meditation of the Day May 10

“When you go inside that power, there’s no fear. It’s so beautiful!! There’s no fear there. There’s no pain.”

—- Wallace Black Elk, LAKOTA

Imagine you are standing on the edge of a stage. In the center of the stage is a spotlight shining from above. If you stand anyplace outside the spotlight, in the darkness, you will experience fear. But as soon as you step into the light in the center of the stage, all fear and pain go away. When we stand in the power, fear cannot exist. How do we find this place of power? We pray our way into it. We ask the Creator to take our hand and help us. When we get to that place, we will feel the fear go away.

Great Spirit, hold my hand and guide me today.

May 10 – Daily Feast

May 10 – Daily Feast

We are complex combinations of many things. Mind, body, and spirit, yes, but with all the height and depth and feeling that make up the three. If one of these is not kept in shape and made to be harmonious with the others, we are out of balance. There is almost always more interest in one part rather than seeing the necessity of developing the whole person. What reading a book is to one person equals running a mile to another. It is natural to do what pleases us and makes us feel worthy. The Cherokee claims that if you, tso tle s di, sit down all the time or are idle in mind and spirit, the whole, I ya dv ne li da s di, complex system, suffers. Once upon a time, Indian dancing served the whole person, worshiping, exercising, and activating the mind. True fitness requires it all.

~ We work as hard as you do! Did you ever try skinning a buffalo? ~

OURAY, UTE CHIEF

‘A Cherokee Feast of Days’, by Joyce Sequichie Hifler

The Daily Motivator for May 10th – Keep things in balance

Keep things in balance

You cannot escape the necessity of balance in your life. Anything taken to an extreme will soon cease to have the desired positive effect.

If you relax all the time, relaxation will become nothing but a tedious burden. If you work all the time, with no break for fun and relaxation, your work loses much of its effectiveness.

Be ambitious, be diligent, and work with commitment, but don’t make that work the only thing you do. Have fun, enjoy life, and take it easy, but don’t make leisure your full-time pursuit.

Make it your goal to make sure there is balance in your life. If you don’t, eventually balance will be forced upon you in ways that won’t be to your liking.

It’s only natural to seek more and more of a good thing, yet that can be counterproductive, whatever the good thing may be. Instead, consider adding more good things, new and different good things, to balance your life.

Balance in your life can make every part of it richer and more satisfying. Keep things in balance, and make the very most of it all.

— Ralph Marston
Source:
The Daily Motivator

The Daily OM for May 10th – Fellowship with a Purpose

Fellowship with a Purpose
Starting a Group

by Madisyn Taylor

Starting a group with like-minded people can help you feel grounded and connected to what matters in your life.

Human beings, by their very nature, love to gather. Yet as much as we crave community, the rigors of real life frequently interfere with our efforts to come together with like-minded individuals. For this reason, fellowship is crucial to humanity’s well-being now more than ever. Most towns and cities play host to a variety of small groups that allow people to congregate purposefully, but that does not mean we should not consider founding our own. When people with similar interests, ideals, or aspirations come together as a group, a community is built that provides a new dimensionality to our earthly experiences.

The formation of a group is like an invitation welcoming all those desiring companionship and camaraderie into a circle of support. You may feel driven to found a group for women, healers, knitters, readers, writers, or political activists. Rules need only be a part of your communal experience if you find that level of organization appealing, and it matters little whether your group is large, goal-oriented, or structured. When you have a firm vision of the group you wish to bring into being, hang posters, reach out to acquaintances, and get in touch with similar groups to attract participants. Groups of like-minded individuals are to some extent inherently exclusionary, being that they serve as a supportive environment in which people who have something in common can gather. Yet such groups can also transcend the boundaries that might otherwise keep people apart, The group you create will likely attract people from many different ethnic, cultural, and spiritual backgrounds, and if you make these individuals feel equally welcome, your group will grow and thrive as a result.

Try to ward off any discouragement you feel when those intrigued by your group’s purpose are not ready to contribute actively. They are likely waiting to see how it evolves and whether you are truly committed to serving as its heart and soul. If the group you have founded is a positive influence in the life of even a single individual, it is well worth it. Your intention to bring people together will be the seed that develops into a source of nurturance and community that stays true to its purpose long after its initial inception.

 

Source:

The Daily OM

A Sun Magick Ritual For Energy

A Sun Magick Ritual For Energy

Because it can be dangerous to look directly at the Sun, catch your sunlight close to noon in a large crystal or in water in a brass dish.

 

* As before, ‘inhale’ the sunlight via the crystal or water with your eyes open. Hold the Sun breath, counting ‘One and two and three’, then close your eyes and exhale the darkness of your doubt, anger or lack of confidence. With practice, this will become a single movement.

 

* Continue until you are filled with light and energy, then exhale a Sun breath, directing it to someone who is exhausted, frightened or ill.

 

* Inhale the Sun and again exhale it towards a person or people in need.

 

* Rinse your face in the Sun water, then tip the rest into the ground to energise a plant.

 

Whenever you feel tired, recall the Sun and inhale its light in your mind’s vision.

 

Repeat both these intakes of power once every month. If you have a particularly stressful or challenging time, hold a moonstone for your Moon energies in your power hand. Hold a sparkling crystal quartz for the Sun in the other (receptive) hand to boost the flow as you visualise the natural sources. In this way, you can balance the energies in both spheres of the brain for integrated mind and soul flow.

A Moon Magick Ritual For Calm

A Moon Magick Ritual For Calm

 

* Wait until the Moon is moving towards full, and is quite bright in the sky.

 

* Find somewhere as dark as possible so the light is undiluted and slowly ‘inhale’ the light through your nose, looking at the Moon and drawing its light towards you.

 

* Hold your Moon breath for a count of ‘One and two and three’. Remember to say the ‘ands’ to stop yourself rushing – this is relaxing, not a race.

 

* Close your eyes and exhale the darkness of your panic, frustration or unhappiness.

 

* Continue alternately inhaling with your eyes open and exhaling with your eyes closed until you feel that you are filled with silver light.

 

* Now gently exhale a little of that light in a single breath, this time with your eyes open, directing it in your vision towards someone you know who is also feeling stressed or anxious.

 

* Inhale more moonlight and continue to exhale, still with your eyes open, continuing to direct the healing light.

 

* Let the Moon shine into a silver or crystal bowl of water. Before bedtime, tip the water into your

bath so you can absorb the Moon energies through your pores.

 

Whenever you feel stressed, visualise the Moon, close your eyes and gently inhale; peace will come to you because you gave it out to others.