shelagh mcnally

Founder, JOY™ Water

“to Thine Own Self be True”

I had a very fortunate young life.  I grew up in both an urban and rural setting.  The Nature in Alberta is spectacular.  Nature nourished my soul and gave me the deep appreciation I have for it.  Farm life tuned me to the delicate balance and fragility of Nature.  I spent hours by and in the river aware of all the life forms that it supported.  The river is Nature’s highway for wildlife because all life on this planet needs water.  I noticed the changes in the river as communities upstream began to grow.  The rocks became covered in green shag carpet like growth- not the sparkling colourful jewels they once were.  Now 40 years later they are brown.  The fish which I could catch and eat now are not “safe”.  And all the wildlife that relies on that river is being impacted.

Nature is so precious to all of life on this planet and water became my love.

Water became the focal point for my health.  My kids would complain of some ache or pain and I would respond with “have you had any water?”  Perhaps the quality of our food has been compromised but in Alberta I was still able to get spring water free from hormones, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, heavy metals, PFAS, and plastic.  I was able to get water that was alive with energy.  That water energy I believed, helped give my physicality vibrancy and helped clean out the stuff that was not good. 

Having good health allowed me to dive into spirituality.  I explored the notion of balance in my mind, body and spirit.  How did emotional distress affect my physical well-being?  I began to learn how to communicate with my own body- sensing that it had an inherit intelligence.  Pain was my body telling me that I had an energy block- maybe I was holding onto a notion that did not behoove me?  Maybe I was pushing it too hard in the gym? I stopped reading “experts” advice on what to eat and how to exercise and simply started to ask my body what it needed.  How did what I was thinking/believing affect my physicality?  I began the process of turning inward and started becoming accountable for my own life.  No longer a victim to things outside of myself that I could not effect. 

I continue to evolve in my knowledge of Self.  But I have stopped the endless judgement I held in my belief system.  I have embraced the Loving Law of Allowance:  you do you and if you have a question, I can only share my perspective limited and shaped by my experiences.  I trust and know that this life is a great adventure and opportunity to grow past all limiting beliefs.  The more balance I experience, the healthier, happier and grace filled I am.  I wish that for everyone no matter what walk of life they represent.