 It's the new year! The light is beginning to return to the world, and it's time for a fresh start, and more clarity for your vision of new directions ahead. Following are some ideas to help you on that path. I just looked at my calendar to discover I'm already booked to be traveling nearly 200 days this year! So it's very likely I'll be near you at some point soon - I hope to see you at a free talk or a workshop in 2010! Here’s what you can find below: What is “Wisdom of Your Face”? Where Are You Going This Year? Time for Celebrity Dish: Tiger, Kate, Jon and Charlie Face Reading Tips for Parents I Want to be one sparkly old lady FREE Teleclass New Workshops in 2010! Jean Recommends  What is “The Wisdom of Your Face?” Chinese face reading isn’t a party trick or just some new way to label or categorize someone. It’s actually an ancient branch of Chinese medicine, which teaches that you were born with a unique blueprint that is yours and yours alone, and that this inner architecture is reflected in your outer design. I first discovered face reading in the late 1970’s when I married into a Chinese family, and my mother-in-law introduced me to it. She’d point out that a certain person wasn’t someone to ever do business with, and that another would be “lucky” to marry, based just on looking at their faces. This all seemed ridiculous to me, and incredibly judgmental on top of that. How on earth could the shape of someone’s eyes or the creases in their cheeks have anything to do with their temperament or potential in life? And what a harsh thing to reject or accept someone based on appearance. If you were born with one kind of nose, was that the end of it for you? But if you happened to have a different kind of nose, everyone would then want to be your friend? This certainly didn’t seem very reasonable or kind. It was only over many years, as I studied the ancient Taoist principles that are the foundation of face reading, that I learned the deeper wisdom and logic underlying this system. Chinese face reading has nothing to do with judgment or “luck” and everything to do with knowing how to live life in alignment with your own true self. When you can see the messages written on the faces of the people in your life, you can dissolve all barriers to love. When you learn to read your own face, you discover your personal guide to a life with less stress, more joy and the way to fulfill your special purpose in the world. I hope you’ll join me at a workshop this spring!
Where Are You Going this Year? This is valuable information that you can use to go with your own personal flow rather than pushing the river. If you know what phase you’re in, and what you should be working on at this point in time, you’re much less likely to navigate off course and have to keep starting all over again. For example, every feature of your face represents a decade of your life. The size, shape and other details of a feature can tell you what experience the decade it reflects will bring you, and what you should be paying attention to during that time period. It’s almost like a map of the journey you’re on – quite a wonderful guide if you know how to read it! A woman in one of my advanced workshops volunteered to be a case study for the class to work on. At the time, she was anguished about recent developments in her life and confused about how to make things better. She had just turned 50 and the last 3 years had “been hell.” When she’d turned 40, her career had really taken off and things were fantastic until she hit the age of 47 and then “everything fell down.” After years of great success and an active, exciting time, there’d been a sudden change – she lost her major clients, her income plummeted and she just couldn’t seem to make any progress to correct things. She blamed herself for doing something wrong and not being able to solve the problem, and by this point was so depressed she was on medication. When we looked at her face, it was soon apparent what the story was. Your nose represents what your life experience will be in your 40’s, and this woman had a large prominent one that arched out quite strongly, but the bottom third looked almost like the tip had been cut off – it dropped off severely instead of continuing on as powerfully. This indicated an incredibly vital and dynamic period until the age of 47, when there’d be a significant change in circumstances that would temporarily put her in a place of much less power and achievement for the rest of her 40’s. And this is exactly what had happened. If she’d known this, she’d have suffered far less stress, confusion and self-blame. In fact, she could have planned for this change, and ridden out those 3 years with much more ease. In terms of her life map, at age 50, she had just entered a whole new phase, represented by her mouth, which was very large and full. The message the details of this feature reflected was that her 50’s were not only going to be positive, but that there was a good chance she’d finally find that life partner she so longed for. With this hopeful news, she departed with a much lighter heart. And now, two years later, I’ve just received an email from her - “Within weeks of my 50th birthday, it was as if someone turned the lights back on. In the past two years, life has filled with opportunities, both personally and professionally, and best of all, I found my true love. I feel so happy and satisfied with who I am and where I’m going. I truly think that if I hadn’t come to that workshop, I would have continued lost in depression for much longer than I had to, just because I was blaming myself so much for my circumstances. I’m getting married next month and I just want to let you know how grateful I am for the amazing wisdom you teach!” So where are you going this year? Your face can be a wonderful guide, to predict what life will bring you and how to ride that wave effortlessly, rather than struggling to cope! So it’s no surprise he’s again in the news for violence against another woman. This time in his life actually offers him the opportunity to make a powerful shift, but if he doesn’t, his face says that his 50’s will be an incredibly painful time, when he’ll be forced to deal with these issues. He has the potential to become a wonderful force for positive change, helping to make the world a better place, if he can just work through these personal issues. Face Reading Tips for Parents It's important to understand that you can't tell everything about a person simply by looking at one or two features on her face. A thorough face reading is kind of like putting a jigsaw puzzle together - each feature gives you some information, and slowly you begin to see the whole picture form. A complete face reading can tell you the entire story of someone's life, as well as give you profound insights into what they need to be happy, healthy and in alignment with their life purpose.
I want to be one sparkly old lady FREE Teleclass! If you’d like to be invited to future tele-classes to get more insights and tips about face reading, contact us and we’ll be sure you’re included! Local Talks and Face Reading Demonstrations: NEW WORKSHOPS! Oh the fun we'll have - Whether you're just starting to explore face reading or you want to go deeper with this profound guide for your whole life journey, please check out this year's workshops, including these new ones below. And of course, please join me for the classic Wisdom of Your Face! • An Evening Journey – Deeper into the Possibilities of Face Reading Click here to see my ever-growing schedule. Some courses don't yet have flyers posted, but you can read the course descriptions here. I love to spread the word about the people I believe are doing great work in the world. I hope you’ll check out the resources mentioned below – and please know I don’t benefit in any way from supporting them. I simply love what they offer and want you to know about them. Gaia Soulmates: A New Dating Site for Spiritually-Aware Singles! Here is a wonderful new resource to find someone who shares your passion for authenticity, awareness, and life-long learning. And you can use your face reading skills to choose someone for a new adventure in love! http://soulmates.gaia.com Love Your Body: Rena Greenberg is a phenomenal friend of mine, who can help you transform your relationship to food. For anyone in the New Jersey or New York City area, you are in luck – she will be near you soon! Go for just one two hour session on January 30 at Hoboken University Medical Center. Check it out at: www.ezwillpower.com Website Design: I hesitate to even mention this one because I don’t want her to get so busy, she’s no longer available for me! But if you have any needs for website design, Rhonda Dicksion is a genius — the most intelligent, responsive, and creative person I’ve ever worked with, and a bonus prize is her fantastic sense of humor. She designed my website, and you can find out all about her at www.indigodog.com. Thank you again for your interest in this beautiful work,
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I talk a lot about how face reading can help you understand your inner nature, and how to find your calling in life, but there’s even more to be seen: Your face shows you where you’ve been, what life is like right now, and where you’re going from here. In other words, your face reveals what your lessons have been in the past, what’s most important to focus on right now, and what the future is bringing you. 
Tiger Woods: For years, I've looked at Tiger's lower lip and wondered how long he could keep up his mask as such a true-blue guy. His lower lip is almost flaccid; in other words, it often seems to hang a bit too loosely as if it lacks muscle tone. This indicates a problem with self-control and, combined with the lip's size and shape, particularly hints at someone who will have difficulty being faithful in relationship.
Kate Gosselin - I'm at a bit of a disadvantage here, because I don't watch reality shows. But at least this lets you know I'm working with a clean slate, not knowing much about her! Kate's face shows a woman with strong opinions and a direct way of expressing them. In her world, things need to be "just so" and she has a hard time restraining herself from speaking up if something doesn't suit her. She has the potential to be domineering, and won’t easily back down or compromise in an argument.
Her cheeks reveal a tendency to blurt things out under stress rather than try to express her mind with much tact. Her brow area shows that she'll be likely to fall into frustration and anger, and she definitely needs ways to blow off steam in life. Her jaw and eyebrows show she has a lot of energy and drive, which can be great for career - and for dealing with the heavy demands she faces as mother of such a crowd. When it comes to compatibility in relationship, she needs someone who's equally as driven and focused, but when we look at her ex-husband, Jon Gosselin, that's not what we see!
Charlie Sheen - For years, I’ve been using his face in my workshops as a classic example of someone who has impulse control problems, addictive tendencies and anger issues. The messages contained in his large and highly-defined jaw, his indented temples, and pointy upper lip are just a few of the things that reveal the potential for these kinds of difficulties in life. In addition, his mouth shows someone who’s hedonistic, and with a strong likelihood of problems with the women in his life that may have originated from a troubled relationship with his mother. 
Prominent chin: The chin represents the level of willpower in anyone's inner nature. The larger the chin, the greater the tenacity, the deeper the perseverance, and the stronger the will. What this can mean in terms of everyday interactions is that this person will also likely be stubborn! 
Flat cheeks: The cheeks reflect how we feel about holding authority, specifically about being able to speak up and tell others what to do. Cheeks can vary in size and shape. Some are quite plump and full, and some look flat on the face - in other words, they don't stick out at all and there is little fleshiness under the skin. Full cheeks reveal someone who's quite comfortable with giving orders, advice, and instructions. 
Large, boney nose: Noses have quite a range as to how fleshy or boney they are. The larger and the bonier the nose a teacher has, the greater the likelihood that he'll be a perfectionist. He'll mark every single error on kids' homework, and will tend to have high standards for success in class. Rules and manners will be extremely important to him as well. He may come across as more nitpicky than other teachers, and this kind of person is sometimes unaware of how much he can make someone feel criticized. 
Just the other day a woman in one of my workshops said she hated seeing her face turn into her mother's. I think many people can relate to this! They remember the negative aspects of their parents' personalities, and don't want to go down that road themselves.
This is not a state that you maintain from birth, or somehow restore after you're grown up. You only become a sage through living consciously, working to learn and evolve as a result of all your life experiences, creating a wholeness that includes all of your suffering, all your broken parts, as well as your triumphs and joys. But we're not taught how to navigate life in this way. Instead, the models we see are people who grow more negative or discouraged as they age, whose disappointments and stresses accumulate in their systems and block their growth and development. No wonder we're afraid of aging, if that's what it’s like!
Jean Haner
