Did you know that an Akashic Record reading begins right when you book and pay for a session? Such is the power of intention: Once you demonstrate your commitment to being open enough to ask for support and receive a higher perspective on your life, you send out the energy Read more…
A couple years ago I started keeping a question journal to track the issues I wanted to bring to the Akashic Records and I’d shuffle them around based on priority. I would bring more pressing questions to the Records, yet interestingly enough, the ones I let percolate in my question journal Read more…
I first turned to the Akashic Records in search of answers to the many questions that burdened my heart, mind, and spirit. My aim was to find clarity, which I thought meant getting rid of questions altogether. As my practice deepened, however, I developed a certain friendship with questions. I saw that Read more…
Yesterday I began to write about the initiatory experience I had with a tree in my neighborhood park. Today I’d like to share a bit of how I communicate with it, because it doesn’t look anything like how I’d imagined it would be. To me it still feels extraordinary, but I happen to know a lot of folks who talk to trees and have trees talk right back to them quite matter-of-factly. This may happen spontaneously on a hike, or a friendship might form over a period of years in someone’s backyard, and there are even cases when communication takes place over a great distance with a tree whom the person knows from memory or even just a photograph. My communication with this tree, by contrast, is wordless. Let me be clear. It’s not that we speak to each other telepathically; we don’t “talk” at all. To better explain this wordless communication, I have to rewind a bit and share a bit of backstory not just with trees, but my intuitive development in general. (more…)
“I had a question about that!” These were the words of my client during a recent reading. I was responding to her question, and somehow that response managed to answer another question that she had forgotten to ask, but was resting somewhere in the back of her mind, lingering in her heart. “That was my next question!” or “I was gonna ask that question!” are also common utterances.
It never fails to amaze me when an Akashic Record reading anticipates our questions. (more…)
In my series on quality in Akashic Record readings, I repeatedly stated that the notion of accuracy in the Records is a moving target. Here I’d like to unpack that so I can be clear about the kind of guidance the Records are best at giving, and my strengths as a reader. This way, you can get a sense of whether I am the reader for you, or if you might be better served by another Akashic Record reader or other type of intuitive professional entirely. (Scroll down for the TL;DR summary.) (more…)
In the previous post I began to explain that I aim for quality rather than accuracy (because accuracy is a moving target in energy readings), and I enumerated a few elements that I make every effort to bring to every reading I offer. They are as follows:
In this post I will talk about intention, which is fundamental to all forms of energy work, but arguably more so in an Akashic Record reading because it is really driven by the questions of the seeker.* (more…)
For the last two months I’d been wondering why integration has been such a challenge for me this year. I experienced this most acutely in my Akashic Records work and in my aerial work and training. I knew I was making progress, but it didn’t look like the sort of progress I was expecting, and all the new skills and strength I was developing didn’t seem to be coming together into a coherent whole.
Yesterday, as I was preparing myself to do work in the Records, it hit me: All this learning around integration keeps coming to me because I set the intention, at the beginning of the year, to integrate all that I had learned last year. I had also set a second intention to help others integrate their work with me into their daily lives.
Of course integration is the work in front of me now. I did a ton of learning last year, I’m doing a ton of learning now, and it takes a long time for all that to settle into body, mind, and heart.
From my Question Journal practice, Akashic Records work, and in the context of leading Dreamers & Schemers, I know very well that I teach what I need to learn, I learn what I want to teach, and I always get what I ask for. The gifts rarely look as I expect them to, but those are the best kind. Why did I torture myself by falling into expectation, attachment, and doubt?
For a bit more insight I drew a soul card and was faced with this image: (more…)
There are countless ways to connect with your ancestors, and I encourage you to explore other methods and eventually come up with your very own way(s) of doing so, but here I offer a brief guided visualization exercise that I adapted from my own work in the Akashic Records, where I first became acquainted with my ancestors. (Note: We will not be going into your Akashic Records for this exercise.)
Preparatory tips
Before we jump into the meditation, let me emphasize the importance of beginner’s mind. In order to get the most from your experience, you will be best served by quieting your critical mind and holding no expectations. Whatever words I use, do your best not to conceptualize those terms so narrowly. Instead, open yourself to the experience emerging from your subconscious. You may be surprised at what pops up, and that’s a good thing!
This means that when I say a word such as “ancestors,” don’t automatically assume that they are people who were related to you by blood. They may be spiritual ancestors, and / or they may not even take human form. You may meet just one ancestor or several, and you may get a sense of different entities or simply know them as a collective. They may “appear” before you, or you may sense them anywhere else around you (e.g., beside you, above you, behind you, “at 10 o’clock,” etc.).
I also recommend paying attention to how the energy of your ancestors and the knowing they have to offer comes to you. Are you highly visual? Do you hear their words? Or do you sense something more ineffable?
Don’t be discouraged if you don’t seem to be “getting much.” As with any relationship, you may feel a connection instantly, or it may take a bit more time to develop a deeper connection. Remember: the connection is always there. It’s just a matter of being receptive to it and understanding how this works for you.
[Again, for my Dreamers & Schemers]
The practice of keeping a question journal has transformed my approach to life in so many ways. Not only does it strengthen my ability to open to receive, but at its very root, this work supports my intention of approaching life as eternal inquiry.
I used to think it was a terrible thing that I was full of questions, because to me having lots of questions about my life meant I lived in confusion, lack of knowledge, and disconnection. But now I see what I have always known in my academic/professional life: It isn’t about having the right answers, but knowing how to ask productive questions. (more…)