Spring Sessions and Workshops

"Grace" Photo Credit: Elana Kilkenny

The energy as of late has been particularly intense and so many of us are finding ourselves in a place of either transition or re-awakening to a deeper desire to live more fully, peacefully, authentically and joyfully. It is my belief, that we all have the potential and ability to truly shift our lives into focus and resonance with our highest and most essential selves. If you feel that you or someone you know would benefit from more specific support and guidance during this time, I am honored and happy to be of service. Below is a description of the various sessions and workshops that I offer. As we enjoy these days of blossoming Spring,  I wish you all much sweetness and joy. I look forward to connecting with you soon!

ELANA KILKENNY SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS:

*Intuitive Counseling Sessions (90 Minutes)

My signature 90 minute sessions offer you greater personal insight and energy to create and manifest your empowered vision for yourself. These psychically guided sessions offer you intuitive and practical guidance that does not center on predictions, although they can be a part of the process. These sessions assist you to build a stronger connection to your own intuition and creative possibility.

During this time where we are feeling so rushed, the length of these sessions offer us time to cover the full breadth of what challenges and opportunities are presenting themselves for you and clarity and focus on specific guidance and tools to authentically live a more empowered and fulfilling life. You will receive tangible guidance on how to pro-actively go back into your life with renewed energy, inspiration and focus. In addition to being informative, these sessions also provide an energetic experience that helps you to shift your own energy into more alignment and balance. 

Also available, upon request, are combined Intuitive Counseling and hands-on Energy Healing Sessions...email me at elanakilkenny@yahoo.com for more details.

*Intuitive Counseling Sessions (60 Minutes)

Many of you have expressed interest in receiving support on a more consistent basis (weekly, monthly, etc.) to help you focus on specific areas of your life and/or business. In response to these requests I am happy to announce that I am now offering 60 minutes sessions to meet your needs.

These sessions offer you powerful psychic guidance and tools to empower you and assist you in times of personal or professional challenge, transition, or growth. I will provide you with clear suggestions on what can best assist you to authentically move through pain, obstacles and confusion to a place of more peace, empowerment and manifestation!

*Couples Sessions (90 Minutes)

These sessions are perfect for all relationships whether romantic, professional or familial. I will guide you together to attain more clarity, direction, and tools on how to connect more authentically, peacefully and joyfully to one another. Whether you need assistance with obstacles that you are currently or historically facing together or simply would like to enhance your relationship, couples sessions offer you both a supported and sacred space to guide you toward the most direct and rewarding path for you to fulfill your intentions successfully.

*Intuitive Feng Shui Consultations: For Home and Office

These consultations offer an intuitive, transformational and aesthetic approach to assist you in the creation of a home or business environment designed to beautifully uplift your space to fully support your personal and professional dreams.

I will provide you with an intuitive reading of your home/office and help you to shift the energy of  your space via specific suggestions around placement, decor, and alignment of your space to your present and future goals and dreams.While classically trained in Feng Shui, my unique approach is anything but traditional as it synthesizes a combination of psychic information, Feng Shui techniques, and interior design sensibility.

For more design inspiration and resources (and much more) feel free to check out the treasure trove of boards I have designed on my Pinterest page at http://www.pinterest.com/elanakilkenny

*Space Clearings and Blessings 

Is it time for you to shift the energy of your home or office to support and inspire you more fully? Whether you are moving into a new space either physically or emotionally in your life, experiencing a heaviness or blockage in your environment, or simply feel like your space could use some freshening up; a Space Clearing and Blessing is not only a powerful way to revitalize your space but also to help re-align your own energy.

As you are as unique as your environment, our time together will incorporate intuitive guidance of what specifically needs to be cleared in your space and will often include specific suggestions on how to shift your environment beyond our time together to further enhance your experience there. While it is important  to shift that which might be challenging you in your environment, it is also vital to incorporate the Blessing energy of what type of energy and experiences you do want to experience both in your space and in your life. The Blessing component of our time together will bring the process full circle from that which you want to clear to that which you want to embrace.

*Host a Workshop...

I am thrilled to offer private workshops in the comfort and convenience of your own home or office.  These workshops are all psychically guided and can be customized on a specific theme that you feel would benefit you and your friends, family, and/or colleagues.

Workshops are offered on a range of subjects such as:  Going Beyond Fear to Miracle-Minded Living; What Now: How to Thrive in These Transitional Times; Creating the Love you Want: Relationship Workshop; Intuitive Parenting; Creating a Beautiful and Transformational Home, Work Environments that Inspire and Motivate...and much more. 

*Additional Offerings
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*Book a Session or Workshop

Sessions for most of  Elana's services are available both in-person and over the phone.  If you would like to book a session or for more information please contact Elana by email at elanakilkenny@yahoo.com or by phone at 877-858-2100.

"What Can We Do?"--Coming Into the Light from The Shadows of The Tragedy in Boston

"May we all run free..." Photo Credit: Elana Kilkenny

 "What can we do?" In the aftermath of yesterday's tragedy, this is a question that we are hearing in our own hearts and all around us. Today, I watched my six-year-old son go on his first class trip out of town to a farm. Yesterday morning I was simply excited for him and after learning about the tragedy in Boston I found myself slowly getting more jittery. Fear creeps in when an old wound lingers...for me it was how close my then boyfriend, now husband, was to the World Trade Center on 9/11.

I tuned in, I felt in my intuition that my son was safe. I prayed for Liam and his class and for the bus drivers. I prayed deeper for the source of my pain which were the lives affected so grievously yesterday and for that dear 8 year old boy who died. I prayed even deeper for innocence to be protected.

After watching his bus leave, I finally was able to move my legs knowing there was nothing else to do as I was releasing Liam once more into the world and I realize that is one of my sacred duties as a parent. I started walking home with my daughter and this "what can I do" question whispered to me. I saw a few women who work for the city cleaning up the streets. One had her head down a lot, I thought, perhaps not even accurately, that these are people who are so often invisible to those who walk past them. And as I truly believe it is our deepest desire to be "truly seen" I stopped and thanked each of them for being angels to our city and for making where we live so beautiful.

They stopped, huge smiles...my 2.5 year old daughter then spontaneously says "Thank you" and then the woman whose head was previously down looks up and beams, she says"God bless you." It is a small thing to take that time to simply be kind and to simply acknowledge another human being, but it is never a small thing to be seen...

As I write this I wonder, the person/people who were behind this horrible atrocity...they are human too, what if on a deep and fundamental level they feel invisible and out of that invisibility they swim undetected, seething, planning, and worst of all executing darkness. When at a core level they too are human and hence being human just want to be seen--deeply seen--like the rest of us.

Surely practicing an random act of kindness won't bring back 8 year old Martin Richard, it won't solve overnight what is behind such acts of violence and violation, but perhaps it will add more light where it is dark. And perhaps even one day you will find yourself being kind to someone, who unbeknownst to you, was on the brink of a choice to add more darkness to either their life or others. And perhaps by being seen in that moment something shifts and another choice is made...a choice that adds more light instead...and perhaps, just perhaps that makes all the difference in the world. 

Random Acts of Kindness...Some Ideas
For more ideas on random acts of kindness...be present to those around you and your heart will know. Want more specific ideas, I will be adding ideas over the next few days on my Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/elanakilkenny and to give a random act of kindness to the city of Boston check out this amazing Facebook page that sprung from the Ann Curry's beautiful heart...one person can always make a difference. http://www.facebook.com/26acts?ref=ts&fref=ts

Be the change you want to see in the world...
Love and Light,
Elana

Synchronicities, Letting Go and Nora Ephron

Photo Credit: "Rainbow From My Window" by Elana Kilkenny

I feel somehow that Nora Ephron has been woven inexorably into the tapestry of my living in this city that I love so profoundly. When I was a college senior I moved into a tiny, slightly decrepit one bedroom apartment in the boondocks section of the Upper East Side. Nothing about the particular neighborhood or apartment felt like home to me but on my second night there I went to see "Sleepless in Seattle" in a local movie theater and it hit me I was living my childhood dream of calling New York City my home. So my apartment was still just an apartment but I was now at home in New York City. Years later when I was in my mid-twenties I found myself blessed enough to buy a one bedroom apartment in my beloved city. And although I had barely spent a minute in all my years here on the Upper West Side somehow my vision of living in New York City was shaped by all my years of watching Woody Allen movies and my hundredth viewing of "When Harry Met Sally". My home for fourteen years was in West 70's and close to Riverside Park. I spent countless strolls passing by the storied Apthorp building and would always look into the courtyard from the street and would daydream of all the magical people I imagined lived there not knowing at the time that Ms. Ephron was one of those very people.

Years later, I found through a series of synchronicities Nora Ephron's famous love letter in The New Yorker magazine to her apartment in the Apthorp. Somewhere in this timeline, my dear friend Alex D. invited me to the New York premier of "You've Got Mail" and I found myself living out another childhood dream torn from the pages of "The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" of being at the Natural History Museum at night. I was in the same room with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks but it was Ms. Ephron that I was longing to meet but too shy to approach. No small violins are playing though, as in that inevitable way that life presents us all with our own full circle story arcs, I had my opportunity years later under much more poignant circumstances.

So at this point in my own story, here is my love letter to you Ms. Ephron that I posted in the wake of her recent passing:

"I will always remember Nora Ephron, not just because I loved her humor and her movies but because she obsessively loved her Upper West Side apartment in the Apthorp and her article in the New Yorker about letting it go helped me to let go of my own Upper West Side apartment that I was obsessively attached to. I loved her because when I was pregnant with my second child and my aforementioned beloved apartment was in contract I sat behind her in the movie theater and thanked her for her article and told her of my heartache in moving and she turned around to me and put her hand on my arm and said "You will feel so stupid that you ever worried about leaving..." and it being Nora Eprhon it was said with the perfect mix of tenderness, tough love and perspective...and of course, as I sit here looking out  of my window that gives me rainbows, fireworks, all the phases of the moon and trees galore I know she was right."

Revitalizing Your Home: De-clutter and Redesign

Jonathan Adler Store in NYC (photo credit: Elana Kilkenny)

With temperatures climbing across the country, it is a great time to spend some time indoors de-cluttering and re-decorating your home. I have found with myself and clients that so much energy gets stuck in our homes when clutter accumulates and when your home no longer reflects who you are. De-cluttering can be a bit overwhelming for many of us,  I have found that since becoming a mother and having less disposable time that for the first time in years I am needing to do a de-cluttering overhaul. It is often wise to start with a small defined area and to identify first the items that simply need to be sifted through for outdated material (i.e. papers, magazines, etc.) that are no longer of use. I start here first as it gives an instant boost in de-cluttering confidence as you have an instant clearing in space. The areas that have items that require you to create more systematic organization in order to properly place them takes more time and thought.

Karen Kingston has a great and simple book called "Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui" that I refer to a lot of my clients when I help them with the Intuitive Feng Shui design of their homes and office. A simple tenant that I try to keep in mind as often as possible is to keep that which you truly use and that which you love. Those things that you are keeping out of obligation, attachment to the past, fear of not having enough..all contribute to a constriction in your energy and general flow of not only your space but also your life to receive what is trying to come through to you.

While not all of us have the budget or desire to completely redesign your home, this time of year provides a great opportunity to be creative in bringing the style of your home into your own inspirational present. As an example, our family is still in the process of allowing our new home to speak to us and to acquire meaningful pieces to fill it. In the meantime, there are spaces that I know I don't want to commit to hanging pictures with nails as I know the furniture arrangement will probably change shortly. So I have taken some of my children's art and used simple blue painters tape to artfully arrange some pieces to add instant color and meaning to our home. When new artwork comes home or new inspiration hits I simply take down the old ones and replace them with new ones leaving my walls completely unharmed.

Another cost-conscious way to add instant pop to your walls is to frame pretty wrapping paper (Kate's Paperie is a great source), wallpaper remnants, or reasonably priced prints (Etsy has some great ones). The summer is a great time to also unleash your inner artist and even if you have never painted before  you can buy a canvas and simply buy paint whose colors attract you and paint. My inner painter was unleashed years ago at Rebecca Schweiger's wonderful The Art Studio NY (see below for resources) as her classes provide tremendous support and freedom to simply create regardless of whether you have ever painted before or consider yourself an artist.

Another instant re-boot for your home is to simply rehash some current furniture and pieces in your home by placing them in different locations and/or for different uses. For instance an old shelving piece with doors once used for books can be re-jiggered to be a min-wardrobe for a child. Simply switching out or adding some decorative pillows are great ways to instantly refresh your current decor and can be switched seasonally if you like.

For more design inspiration from everything from great interiors, furniture, pillows, etc. you can check out my Pinterest page at www.pinterest.com/elanakilkenny. Need some more one-on-one guidance, contact me about my transformative Feng Shui Design and Space Clearing and Blessing services. Happy clearing and decorating!!!

P.S. More tips forthcoming!

Resources:
1) For Design Inspiration and Resources visit www.pinterest.com/elanakilkenny
2) Art Classes: https://theartstudiony.com/.
3) Pillows of all price ranges (Ikea, Jonathan Adler, Anthropologie, Urban Outfitters and more on http://pinterest.com/elanakilkenny/pillow-talk)
4)For art at all price ranges follow your own muse or check out http://pinterest.com/elanakilkenny/artists-you-should-know-about/
5)"Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui" by Karen Kingston
http://www.amazon.com/Clear-Your-Clutter-With-Feng/dp/0767903595
6)Resources and great idea for organizing at http://pinterest.com/elanakilkenny/uncluttered-home-peaceful-home/

Follow me on Pinterest for More Inspiration and Resources!

Many of you know that I am positively and joyously obsessed with interior design and all things related to making one's life more fully beautiful, so it will come as no surprise to you that I would instantly fall in love with making boards on Pinterest.  For those of you who don't know what Pinterest is, it is a virtual pinboard. Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to decorate their homes, share children related information, and a host of other information. 

I have recently created a collection of boards to share with you on everything from home decor, children's rooms/stuff/clothing, to holistic resources. Whenever possible I have tried to pin something from its original source so if you click on the picture it will take you there. It has been a great way to organize a treasure trove of information that I am thrilled to share with you to inspire you to truly create a more beautiful and vibrant life! If it sounds intriguing please "follow me" at http://pinterest.com/elanakilkenny as I update my boards frequently. If you like what you see...feel free to spread the word!!! 

Blessings and love,

Elana

Intuitive Counseling Sessions at the Warren Tricomi Salon in Greenwich, Connecticut

I am very excited that in addition to offering sessions in New York City and over the phone that I am now offering my Intuitive Counseling Sessions at the  beautiful Warren Tricomi Salon in Greenwich, Connecticut.

This new year give yourself or someone you love the gift of an Intuitive Counseling Session with Elana Kilkenny. Known to her worldwide clients as a psychic of profound truth, heart and wisdom; we are thrilled to offer you an experience that is deeply inspiring, moving, and transformative.  Elana tunes in to where you are now and how best to align with your soul purpose, overcome obstacles, and get into flow in your life. 

Elana provides you with spot-on clarity on how to create from a place of more joy, wisdom and abundance. Each session is unique and may include the following: 
*Focus on specific issues or questions about your personal or professional life

*Identifying and providing specific tools to overcome obstacles that are impeding you

*Assistance during a time of major transition

*How to flow in your life with more innate grace, peace, joy, vitality and ease 

Upcoming Dates for Intuitive Counseling Sessions are: January 9th and January 19th.

Please call the Warren Tricomi salon at 203-863-9300 to book a session.

What Will You Bring To This New Year

"This year will bring whatever this year brings, but what you bring TO it will make all the difference" Marianne Williamson

Dear Friends,

It has been a while since I have written to you and I am thrilled to reconnect to you. As I wrote about in my most recent newsletter (see link in my "Read My January 2011" post) what will elevate this new year from a time of intention to fruition is what you will bring to this year. This is an opportune time to get clearer about what you want to create and to be fearless in moving toward that vision. As we continue to live in a time where that which is hidden and a hindrance to our fullest expression is no longer supported, it is wise to recognize that if obstacles are coming up for you they are probably doing so that you can be clearer and more receptive to experiencing a deeper level of joy and manifestation that perhaps has eluded you in previous years.

I have heard from so many people how already in these early days of the new year one of two things seem to be happening, a tremendous amount of challenges seem to be coming up all at once or amazing breakthroughs and alignment is taking place.

Wherever you fall in this spectrum I urge you to have faith and not judge but rather be clear that both seemingly opposite experiences are connected. So much this year will be about completion. So wherever you have been stuck, perhaps for a very long time, might come up strongly for you this year so that you can choose to release these patterns more completely. While it could be incredibly tempting to allow yourself to spiral into old patterns of scarcity and fear, it might help to recognize that perhaps what is presenting itself has been keeping you from experiencing more flow, love, joy, in your life and that it just might be presenting itself now so that you can approach it differently and truly move beyond it.

Even at times in my own life where I have felt overwhelmed, I have found that it is important to be a "good parent" to your thinking and literally stop yourself from going deeper into negative thoughts. One way I have found that it powerful to start turning the tide is to find a balance between connecting to some authentic sweetness in life while also honoring my shadow side. Sometimes you need to start shifting your perspective by going to a place of gratitude, as this brings some necessary sweetness to an experience that might feel bitter.

Even if in the moment you can only access a few things (or even one thing, start somewhere) that you are grateful for, it is a powerful practice to shift your mind to gratitude as it also opens your heart and creates more space for something more positive to take root. Instead of repressing what is upsetting you, journaling is often a powerful tool. I would suggest always having a balance between expressing what is bothering you and having some practice that adds energy to the sweetness of your life.


While this tool has been around for a long time, Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way" to be one of the most transformative tools I have ever come across to move beyond "stuckness", fear and sadness. While it is a great book for artists of all natures, don't let the title fool you it is potent for anyone wanting to be in better flow and manifestation in your life.

Sometimes we all need a little assistance to get clearer and receive support to move into a more peaceful and abundant place in our lives. In this spirit, I am offering new sessions and workshops to empower, awaken and inspire you to live your most essential life. In addition to these new offerings, I also want to share a few of my favorite resources with you that can help you to bring more to this new year! More to come in the upcoming weeks and months...

My Session Offerings:

*Intuitive Counseling Hour and a Half Sessions

My signature hour and a half Intuitive Counseling sessions  offer you greater personal insight and energy to create and manifest your empowered vision for yourself. These  guided sessions offer you intuitive and practical guidance that does not center on predictions, although they can be a part of the process. These sessions assist you to build a stronger connection to your own intuition and creative possibility.

During this time where even the support we seek is often rushed, these session's length offers you the time to deeply explore where you are today and helps you to manifest a more fulfilling present and future. You will receive tangible suggestions to pro-actively assist you to move through the obstacles that are challenging you. These sessions also provide an energetic experience that is both nurturing and inspiring. 

*NEW: Intuitive Counseling One Hour Sessions

Many of you have expressed interest in receiving support on a more consistent basis (weekly, monthly, etc.) to help you focus on specific areas of your life and/or business. In response to these requests I am happy to announce that I am now offering one hour sessions to meet your needs.

 

These sessions offer you powerful guidance and tools to empower you and assist you in times of personal or professional challenge, transition, or growth. I will provide you with clear suggestions on what can best assist you to authentically move through pain, obstacles and confusion to a place of more peace, empowerment and manifestation!

*Couples Sessions

These hour and a half sessions are meant for all relationships whether romantic, professional or familial. I will guide you together to attain more clarity, direction, and tools on how to connect more authentically, peacefully and joyfully to one another.Whether you need assistance with obstacles that are facing you in your relationship or simply would like to go to another level in your relationship, couples sessions offer you a safe and powerful opportunity to receive the support that is most beneficial for you.

*Intuitive Feng Shui Home & Office Consultations

These consultations offer a personalized, intuitive and transformational approach that assists you in the creation of home and business environments designed to fully support your personal and professional goals. 

I will help you arrange, decorate and revitalize your home, office, indoor and outdoor spaces so that your life is more harmonious and your dreams more fully realized. While classically trained in Feng Shui, my unique approach is anything but traditional.  Intuitive  Interiors consultations synthesize a combination of psychic information, Feng Shui techniques, and interior design sensibility.

*Host a Workshop...
I am thrilled to offer private workshops in the comfort and convenience of your own home or office.  These workshops are all psychically guided and can be customized on a specific theme that would resonate with you and your friends, family, and/or colleagues.

Workshops are offered on a range of subjects such as:  Creating the Year of Your Dreams; Opening to Love: Bringing in and Connecting Deeper to Love; Intuitive Parenting; Creating a Beautiful and Transformational Home, Work Environments that Inspire and Motivate...and much more. 

Workshops are available both for individuals as well as specifically designed for couples. To host  a workshop that inspires you or for more information, please contact Elana by email at elanakilkenny@yahoo.com or by phone at 877-858-2100. 

*Book a Session

Sessions for all of Elana's services are available in-person and over the phone.  If you would like to book a session or for more information please contact Elana by email at elanakilkenny@yahoo.com or by phone at 877-858-2100.

Inspirational Books For The New Year:

1)"A Return to Love" by Marianne Williamson. This is truly one of the most powerful and profound books I have ever read. I strongly suggest reading this book and once you have I have often found it to be very helpful to open this book randomly when a question is presenting itself  and as a way to ask for guidance on a particular subject. http://www.marianne.com/

2)"Creating the Work You Love" by Rick Jarow. Rick puts it best: "Now is the time to honor your life’s calling and create a self-sustaining career that resonates with your deepest levels of integrity, passion, and purpose" Rick is truly a profound teacher, author and counselor. www.rickjarow.com

3)"The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron. http://www.theartistsway.com/

4)"Ask and it is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires" by Esther and Jerry Hicks http://www.abraham-hicks.com/lawofattractionsource/index.php