What Are You Waiting For?
Did you know that your energy proceeds you (the physical you) by about a mile? Meaning when you walk into a room, everyone in that room can feel you. Weird right?
And did you know that your energy projects through the phone, through the computer screen, and even while you scroll?
We are in constant motion, being directed by subconscious patterns, and outside influence. And since we are magnetic beings, we pick up on everyone else as well.
Sounds exhausting, doesn’t it?
I mean how do you know if you are living YOUR life, or someone else’s? I have a few questions you can ask yourself ….
The answers you seek are within
This is why I love breathwork so much. My mind literally shuts down. Turns off. Tunes out. And then tunes into the subtleties of my consciousness. My body gets all tingly, emotions trapped inside begin bubbling to the surface, and visions that I don’t control, all flash before my third eye.
It’s as if the Universe is showing me exactly what I need to see.
It’s creating the space I need to feel how I feel.
And it’s supporting me in clearing what I need to clear.
Dive into the Deep End of your Existence
Sitting in discomfort is not always the popular choice. In fact, I find that most enjoy staying comfortable instead or doing the work to grow. But what most people forget is that we are here to grow and evolve. And if YOU don’t choose it, at some point, the Universe will choose it for you and that is never comfortable.
Breathwork is like psychedelics without the psychedelics
I look at breathwork as that bridge between the deep end, and the shallow end.
With breathwork, you are truly still in the “driver’s seat” of the practice. You call the shots. You can stay in your head somewhat, keeping one toe in the shallow end while you travel deeper. But … you can also let go. Using no psychedelic drugs, no fear of totally losing control, and no 3-8 hour “trip”. It costs nothing to breathe, although it does cost something to be supported by a breath coach.
Breathwork as a teacher
Breathwork clears your vessel so you can become a safe place to come home to. And this clearing doesn’t happen in the mind. It happens through the emotions, through the heart, and underneath the subconscious thoughts.
Our thoughts ruminate and repeat themselves; about 90,000 times a day! Who needs all those thoughts? No one! Practicing breathwork can alter your subconscious, clear the clutter, and repair the repetitive thoughts that are negative, debilitating, or just plain unnecessary.
Mother’s Day
The mother-daughter dynamic is tricky. There are ancestral binds, and feminine lineage stories that travel back years and years, generations upon generations.
This all-important day – for me, is hard. And I’m sure it’s hard for others too … for various reasons. It’s not a Hallmark Day, for me, it’s a day to reflect. Hear me out if you’re open.
Discernment
How can we possibly discern what is true for us and beneficial for the evolution of our soul when we are bombarded by life? And by bombarded I don’t mean that we’ve lost control some how. I just mean, sometimes life moves at the speed of light and honestly, we start to move at that speed without knowing it and that’s not always the best thing.
Discipline
Discipline is defined as a branch of knowledge or the practice of training people. I find this interesting as a yoga “teacher,” for a few reasons. One is that that while I am a teacher, I am also only a student. And honestly, the only person I am ever really training is myself.
Non-Negotiable Brilliance
This past year has provided big shifts for me, and I know (from personal connection) for a lot of you as well. I have witnessed shakedowns, breakdowns, breakthroughs, breakups, epiphanies, and big page-turners. But really, it’s not any different than any other year, now is it?
Yes
Winter Solstice
I love this time of the year. Which seems off because I am, by nature, a very fiery, sand-loving, ocean-adoring, sun-bathing type of woman. I enjoy wearing flip-flops, bathing suits, and barely enough clothes to cover my body. Truth be told, in the midst of the cold weather months, I have yearned for the Southern Hemisphere.
Grace
I first heard the word grace when I began my practice of yoga so many years ago. There have been many different definitions that have come up over the years but I liked the acronym I got the other day from a friend. I like it because not only did it resonate but it blew the doors open to so much more for me personally:
Gently * Release * All * Conscious * Expectations
Listen
The idea of listening came to me when I spent the last four weeks nurturing a very sore throat. It wasn’t a cold or anything like that. I guess it could have been the fact that I was using my voice for work more than normal. But honestly I believe the issue came from something that was energetically linked to me needing to shut my mouth and listen.
The Heart Knows
My biggest lesson from Burning Man ... release all expectation, thought, suggestion of perceived reality, for nothing. Because in that nothing there is everything. I have never written in this fashion before, it just came pouring out.
I was suffocating
Couldn’t sleep
Totally triggered
Couldn’t take it anymore
The noise, the harsh weather, the no sleep
I yearned for home
New Reality
I was once told, “the stability that you desire cannot become frozen or static. The more you create the quicker things move through your life. This is creating; not manipulating but creating.”
Be The Light
It’s been a few days since the bombing on Paris and I’ve had spacious amounts of time to really digest this whole situation. And I know it’s a sore spot for so many so I tread lightly while speaking from a place that is true for me.
I think there is a spiritual meaning behind this attack and I think it’s time to take heed. I think it’s time to wake up to our life and really see, beyond the surface, what is happening.
Karmic Action
I was having a discussion with some epic yogis the other day and we were talking about karma .. and what karma yoga “is”. And we were talking about how karma yoga can be something as simple as being nice to people you don’t know. Picking up trash that’s not yours. Buying coffee for the person in line behind you without them knowing. That sort of “pay it forward” attitude. And while I love this idea, I mean who wouldn’t? This world needs more of that for sure!
Sturdy and Steadfast
I’ve been watching this full moon and to tell you the truth, I am so excited to work in this energy, grounding in and getting rooted! After all the upheaval, the transformation, the undeniable realigning … it’s time to grow some roots and be devoted to your path.
Intuition
I have always been one to follow my intuition. Not a strategic plan … an intuitive knowing. And to be honest, it’s drove a lot of people close to me crazy and in some cases, away from me. And that’s fine by me because honestly, I can’t live any other way. I’ve tried and it hurts, it physically hurts to live outside of my intuition.
Balance
Thank Goddess for this theme! After all the astrological upheaval that began all the way back with Venus Retrograde, followed by a deep dive into the Sun by Venus, followed by a Solar Eclipse, then Mercury in Retrograde, then a Lunar Eclipse, finishing with the finale of Mercury stationing direct, where else can we go but into balance?