Yesterday I had a really interesting learning experience with my breath. I got to my restorative mat yoga class still sore from a TRX workout that I hadn’t been to in awhile, plus I had a pinch in my neck from sleeping on my pillow funny. I was really looking forward to class because I wanted to release some of that tightness, but instead I spent most of the hour quite uncomfortable because I could Read more…
There is something new growing within you each and every day. Those changes may be minuscule and easily dismissed as stray thoughts or passing emotions. Seeds of disharmony, when ignored, tend to demand attention over time, and often erupt on the surface via physical symptoms to call your attention. During grad school, when I ignored my stress levels, my hair started falling at an alarming rate. That, and a dozen other things going wrong with Read more…
There are many paradoxes to breathing, one of which is it is the most natural thing in the world, and yet we so easily forget, for very long stretches of time, how to breathe in the way our bodies are built to breathe, easily and deeply. And if we get too much in our heads about it, thinking about breathing easily rather than just doing it, it can feel so unnatural and challenging. Yet the Read more…
Several days ago I had a really moving experience in savasana during a yoga class where I ended up being the only student. The feeling that washed over me was the luxurious joy of getting to be with my breath for the entire class mixed with a strange relief that I didn’t have to “worry” about how my breath seems so out of pace with the rest of class. And that’s when it hit me, Read more…
Last week as I was calling out to the four directions, Great White Shark came in from the west. This isn’t the first time an animal has surprised me with its entrance into my sacred circle, but I admit it’s the first one to knock me off balance. Usually when a new animal comes in, I manage to ask what gift or lesson it brings, but when I saw the shark’s jaws and big black Read more…
There was a moment in college I still distinctly remember when I was hit with the full force of the thought that I would never be anyone other than myself. This was not an uplifting thought. Being 20 at the time, it felt like looking down an endless gray corridor, or serving a life sentence. What I really dreaded, but didn’t understand at the time, was being stuck with the voices in my head for Read more…
Is the Earth calling you? So many portals are opening up on the planet right now, or maybe it’s a coordinated effort because so many humans are opening up to their multidimensionality these days. When you are in nature, pay attention to the places that pull you near. It might not hold the most spectacular views, it might even be strewn with debris, but there will be something about it that will feel tangibly special. Read more…
This morning I had a short and sweet session with a client who was feeling stuck and frustrated with work and feeling like “the goal posts keep getting moved.” All this person felt was the upward slog ahead, which left him stuck in resignation. Whenever you lose the thread of lightness in your life, find yourself painted into some kind of corner, or feeling powerless to find a better choice, these are all nudges to Read more…
When I am too wound up and heavy-hearted to hear my inner guidance, I take to the trees and bring my favorite tree communicator with me. He found this funny birch that spoke of beaver energy—or should I say BEa-ver energy. I had been putting a lot of pressure on myself the past couple of days and the tree set me straight by connecting me with the very quiet, unhurried industry of the beaver, who Read more…
A new client came to me for an Akashic Records session, but I was guided to begin the process more as if it were a Brilliant System session—meaning to take our time really connecting into the central pillar of light that contains everything we need (to know, to experience) at the subtle energetic level. Words seem to fail me when I try to explain this to people who haven’t experienced it for themselves. I would Read more…