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  • Lydia Smith-Lenardson

  • 43 / Female
  • Inland Empire, California, US
  • Last Login: 11/8/2009

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Interests

  • General

    Magical Waterfall and Fish Pond

    Click on the Fish and Watch Them Jump!

    Enjoy!

  • Music

    I've got pretty eclectic tastes and will listen to just about anything at least once. But I do tend towards Brazilian jazz, esp. Bossa Nova, Jazz, Big Band, then Hawaiian, Palauan, and Reggae. Love guitar music too - spanish, flamenco, classical.

    As for artists, it's a big list, but mostly according to what I'm in the mood for...Seal, Lauryn Hill, John Legend, Joss Stone, Carlos Santana, Los Lonely Boys, George Michael, Elton John, Harry Connick, Jr., Lenny Kravitz, Joni Mitchell....just to name a few. And Ricky Martin for the pure energy burst I get dancing around to his music...gotta gotta livin' la vida loca!

    World/International: Cesaria Evora, Sergio Mendes, Joao Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ricky Martin

    Instrumental: Yo-Yo Ma, Ottmar Liebert (it was a real treat to see him in concert!), Andres Segovia, Debussy, Paul Desmond, Keiko Matsui

  • Movies

    All the Star Trek movies, Whale Rider, Transporter movies

    Anything and everything by Jackie Chan and Jet Li, Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer, Batman (especially the recent ones with Christian Bale)

    Family and animation...

  • Television

    Science Fiction.. All the Star Trek series - Generation, Voyager, DS9 and Enterprise. Funny though, don't care much for the original series. Stargate, LOVE UFO Hunters and Ghost Hunters!

    Action & Adventure... Legend of the Seeker (mad love for Craig Horner!), Burn Notice (love the cool, hip trio)

    Animation... Batman, Justice League

    Comedy & Family... Muppets tv series, As Time Goes By

    Murder/Mystery... Psych, Monk

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  • Books

    Sci-fi & Fantasy...Asimov, Piers Anthony, Arthur C. Clarke...

    Julia Cameron

    J.K. Rowling

    Rumi (especially translations by Coleman Barks)
    Pablo Neruda
    Thich Nhat Hanh
    Max Freedom Long ....

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  • Heroes

    My best friends, Desiree and Max Cremer, for making their wonderful life in Hawai'i.

    Kumu Manu Ikaika and my hula ohana sisters Joy, Doreen, Ku'uipo, Stevie, Carol...for being the living embodiment of the true Aloha Spirit!

    And my dad, for not only surviving cancer, but thriving in his lifelong career as an architect...always living his dream. My first and biggest inspiration for living a full and passionate life.

    Stan Lee for his amazing history with Marvel Comics and terrific movie series.

Details

  • Status: Single
  • Here for: Networking, Friends
  • Hometown: Koror
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Body type: 5' 0" / More to love!
  • Ethnicity: Pacific Islander
  • Zodiac Sign: Aries
  • Children: Love kids, but not for me
  • Smoke / Drink: No / No
  • Education: College graduate
  • Occupation: Reiki Master Teacher

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About me:

Reflect More, Risk More, Do More Things That Will Live On
After You're Gone

Hello, Alii, Aloha kaua!

My name is Lydia Smith-Lenardson. I am from the Republic of Palau in the southwest Pacific, http://www.visit-palau.com/ and have been a certified Reiki Master Teacher and practitioner since 1998. I am a current member of the Chikara-Reiki-Do Masters Group, and volunteer with a number of Yahoo healing groups: Divine Manifestation Energies, Drops of Hope, EssentiallyOurs, Huna Ohana, The Cure Drive, Lightworkers Germany, and the CATIRT (run by my Instant Response Group Leader of the Distant Healing Network, www.the-dhn.com).

I am also a featured healthy living blogger with the Wellsphere Health & Healthy Living community. http://www.wellsphere.com/YesWeCare.s?personId=96632.

My Profile in Japanese: www.passion4living.org/profile

Since my early childhood and through Reiki training, I have developed my innate talents of psychic sensing and often share psychic intuitive messages during healing sessions. I go where my heart and soul lead me and it's been an interesting journey. I also enjoy practicing Yang style tai chi and aromatherapy which I integrate with healing sessions. In addition to creating my own Usui Reiki Master Initiation, I currently hold certifications in 3 dozen advanced energy healing systems. Aside from a personal interest and curiosity in holistic healing, I wanted to share what I learned to help empower others. So I do that through distance energy healing for people and their households, including pets and plants on my holistic health website:..

A few months ago I met an owner of a holistic healing spa in Corona at a local business workshop. Well, we hit it off immediately and I was invited to consult there after the Grand Opening on April 9, 2009.

We had common goals in servicing people with health challenges who needed to find alternatives that didn't involve debilitating side effects, plus relieve emotional and mental stress, thereby improving overall wellness.

And to that end we are providing FREE SERVICES to the military. We hope to expand our Free services to those with major illness and injury with the help of charitable organizations.

For the general public, the First Visit is FREE so everyone could spend a few hours trying out the equipment and get a free demonstration session with a holistic practitioner - acupuncture, reflexology, hypnotherapy, aromatherapy...AND Reiki with Yours Truly.

I suppose this path of mine with healing began with my family and relatives, particularly with my mother's terminal illnesses throughout my childhood...

But I think what really inspired me and led me to my passions with music, dance, and art was my father and growing up in a Pacific island culture...It's in the blood! If I could only wiggle my pinkie finger, it would be wiggling away to the beat! Sway to the rhythm!!

My background in theatre and dance including Hawai'ian hula and chant have taken me around the world - mainland US, Hawai'i, West Indies, Phillipines, Hong Kong and Micronesia. I go where my heart and soul lead me and it's been an interesting journey.

Mau riul and a hui hou! (Until we meet again!)

There is no word for Goodbye
We just say 'ma uriul' (Palauan) or 'a hui hou aku no' (Hawaiian)
That means 'until we meet again'
We never leave each other
When does your mouth say goodbye to your heart?

My Hula Ohana and Former Halau

Halau Ho'omau I Ka Wai Ola O Hawai'i

www.halau.org, performed the Inauguration Hula for Barack Obama, January 17, 2009 at the National Museum of the American Indian. Halau Ho'omau I ka Wai Ola O Hawai'i, under the direction of Kumu Hula Manu Ikaika, perform a name chant in honor of the inauguration of President Barack Obama at the Smithsonian Institution's "Out of Many" festival, http://www.nmai.si.edu/outofmany/. (Oli Chant is posted on my blog)

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My Passion 4 Chocolate

What is the Meaning of Life?

All evidence to date suggests it's chocolate.

- Anonymous..

Theobroma Cacao (Food for the Gods)

I am a Fruit
I am chock-full of Antioxidants
I am a Mood and Energy Booster
I am Diabetic Friendly
I Protect Your Heart
People Want Me
I AM THE #1 CRAVED FOOD

Checkout the Calendar for Free and Informative Chocolate Tastings In Your Area

  • Raw, unprocessed cacao with acai berry and blueberry
  • No Trans Fat, Caffeine Free, Controls Weight, Diabetic Friendly
  • Highest Antioxidant, High in Fiber, Boosts Mood and Energy
  • Delicious!

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Order Your Chocolate Here:

www.mxi.myvoffice.com/mypassion4chocolate.com

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Being a dark chocolate lover, I had been dreaming of and searching for some time The Perfect Dark Chocolate ...One that wasn't filled with sugar and processed in a way that preserved the nutrients inherent in the cacao bean.  And finally, my dream was fulfilled when I met 2 ladies who introduced me to Healthy Dark Chocolate.

 

One of them told me the owner of the company is diabetic who came up with the patented process and formulations. I looked up the research and history presented by Dr. Steve Warren and was pretty convinced. So I decided this was one worth telling people about.

Five Reasons for Healthy Chocolate

http://www.thefivereasons.com

http://www.sumanmedia.com/paul_eng/5_reasons.wmv

Dr. Steve Warren, Medical Advisor for XOCAI Chocolate

Testimonials, Research and History of Chocolate MyDrChocolate.com

Revolution Magazine Good News About Chocolate

Articles on the healthy benefits of Dark Chocolate http://www.goodnewsaboutchocolate.com..

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7 Amazing Oils That Will Change Your Life

http://passion4oils.e7kit.com

I first began using oils when a fellow Reiki practitioner introduced them to complement healing sessions 10 years ago. Around that time in 2000 and 2001 I was undergoing cancer treatment and, combined with Reiki therapy and acupuncture, essential oils helped to improve my health significantly.

I have been cancer-free ever since.

I learned first hand how oils can calm, heal, and clear the mind and body of toxins. So now, whenever a friend or family member has any health issue (minor and major), we turn to these life-enhancing oils and supplements.

I hope what you've read has inspired you to experience the oils for yourself. Please feel free to share your questions and comments, I am happy to help and pass on what I've learned.

By trying the seven amazing oils in this Kit, everyone can have a life-changing experience feeling suddenly and amazingly better, and discovering the unique power of therapeutic grade essential oils: http://passion4oils.e7kit.com.

You'll get a Free Report on the healing benefits of essential oils. I've got another Free Report on Aromatherapy for Babies and Children along with a Free Resource Library and Training pages on my Passion 4 Oils website http://passion4oils.younglivingworld.com.

From Seed to Seal

The process of making therapeutic-grade lavender essential oil--from planting the seed to sealing the bottle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdIDEDNRIYM

The Passionate Life: Dance, Music & Other Loves Blog

www.thepassionatelife.blogspot.com

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I post topics of interest, links and YouTube video bar on mind science, spirituality, poetry, Pacific Islands, etc., meditations and a weekly energy share for healers. Each person gives and receives a boost of energy to and from the group. Anytime you feel like you could use a boost for the week, post a Comment or Send me a Message.

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Reiki, Energy Healing and Aromatherapy for You & Your Household, Including Pets & Plants

If you know anyone who would be interested, please pass this on.



The Way You Make Me Feel Video by Michael Jackson - MySpace Video
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids....

The Way You Make Me Feel Video by Michael Jackson - MySpace Video

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Who I'd like to meet:

Hugh Jackman, Mark Morris, Viggo Mortensen, Twyla Tharp, Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Bonnie Raitt, Mikhail Baryshikov, Ricky Martin, Michael Flatley..

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Comments

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  • Nov 8 2009 7:32 PM






    When things are complicated,
    I wish you simple beauty.
    When things look empty,
    I wish you hope...
    N Luv...Lynn
  • Nov 7 2009 9:24 PM


    The truth is that the only time we ever really "fail" at anything in our life is when we mistakenly walk away from it before we've allowed it to teach us its secret ways...
    Wishing you a most beautiful day  ♥Lynn♥
  • Nov 6 2009 7:22 PM



    It's a beautiful day. Don't let it get away!
    N Luv...Lynn

  • Nov 5 2009 7:56 PM



    We make the world in which we live
    By what we gather and what we give,
    By our daily deeds and the things we say,
    By what we keep or cast away.

    We make our world by the life we lead,
    By the friends we have, by the books we read,
    By the compassion we show in the hour of care,
    By the loads we lift and the love we share.

    What is the place in which we dwell,
    A hut, a palace, a heaven or hell
    We gather, we scatter, we take and give,
    We make our world in which we live.
    N Luv...Lynn
  • Nov 4 2009 11:54 PM

  • Nov 4 2009 9:34 PM



    You never know when someone
    might catch a dream from you.
    Or something you say may
    open up the windows
    of a mind that seeks light;
    The way you live may not matter at all,
    But you never know, it might.
    And just in case it could be
    that another's life, through you,
    might possibly change for the better
    with a better and brighter view,
    it seems it might be worth a try
    at pointing the way to the right;
    Of course, it may not matter at all,
    but then again, it might...
    N Luv...Lynn

  • Nov 3 2009 6:43 PM







    May love stream into the hearts of men and peace prevail on earth
    N Luv...Lynn

  • Nov 2 2009 8:24 PM


    What can I give you, my lord, my lover,
    You who have given the world to me,
    Showed me the light and the joy that cover
    The wild sweet earth and restless sea?

    All that I have are gifts of your giving--
    If I gave them again, you would find them old,
    And your soul would weary of always living
    Before the mirror my life would hold.

    What shall I give you, my lord, my lover?
    The gift that breaks the heart in me:
    I bid you awake at dawn and discover
    I have gone my way and left you free...
    ~Sara Teasdale~ 
    N Luv...Lynn
  • Nov 2 2009 2:08 AM

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    N Luv...Lynn
  • Nov 1 2009 8:02 PM





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    N Luv...Lynn
  • Oct 31 2009 11:04 PM


    Trick.............
    or Treat?????
  • Oct 31 2009 8:02 PM


    Beeeeee Saaaaaaafe my friend...
  • Oct 31 2009 3:19 AM

  • Oct 30 2009 4:12 PM


    Don't believe what your eyes are telling you.
    All they show is limitation. Look with your
    understanding, find out what you already know, 
    and you'll see the way to fly. 
    ~Richard Bach~

    N Luv...Lynn
  • Oct 29 2009 10:30 PM


    "Happy Halloween!"
  • Oct 29 2009 4:32 PM


    Land ruled by five senses, filled with veiling fences
    overseen by intellectual light of the moon.
    A dim light mentally collected, full of shadows deceptive 
    myopic grasp, fear and uncertainty...to end soon.


    Fire and Light fill the night
    energies flood the land of shadow
    bursting in deed is the soul-ar seed 
    cracking up the shell most fallow


    Restored DNA weaves an ascending highway
    as the shadow work comes to conclusion
    Then from old we resign for Higher level design
    there are none that we find in exclusion.

    N Luv...Lynn
  • Oct 28 2009 6:53 PM







    Love is free!
    Wishing you a day filled with love & light my friend.

    N Luv...Lynn

  • Oct 27 2009 5:02 PM




    Give your heart splendidly...
    Where else does your happiness lie?
    Beloved, wherein lies your victory?
    When someone does not seem to value
    your goodness, what have you lost?
    Be good-hearted. Don't lose it.
    Whatever you do, don't lose your
    good-heartedness. Serve life and 
    yourself well...
    N Luv...Lynn
  • Oct 26 2009 8:32 PM


    Loosened from all
    that bound me and 
    kept me from myself.
    I will soar. I will 
    be complete once 
    again. I will be 
    true to ME and I
    will recover my soul.


    In lak'ech ala k'in


    I am wishing the same for you!
    In love & light...
    Lynn
  • Oct 25 2009 9:32 PM


    All that we are is the result of what we have thought.


    If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him.



    If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him...~Buddah~

    In ONE heart with love, peace & joy...Lynn
  • Oct 25 2009 11:48 AM

  • Oct 24 2009 1:35 AM









    Wishing you a weekend anything but ordinary...
    All~Ways n luv...Lynn
  • Oct 23 2009 5:39 PM

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    I appreciate you Lydia...Thank you for your friendship!!!
    ALL~WAYS n Luv... Lynn
  • Oct 22 2009 5:51 PM




    Friends are the ones that give you a boost up when you fall...
    All~Ways n Love heart1.gif picture by kharmah4u Lynn