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The Guru Within

04/11/2019
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It can be inspiring to find a teacher who models the characteristics you aspire to. Some of the living gurus and teachers I look up to include Thich Nhat Hanh, the Dalai Lama, Neale Donald Walsh, and Anita Moorjani, to name just a few. I love following their teachings and work, and find that doing so enhances my own spiritual journey.  However, there have been a few teachers over the years who’ve been really disappointing, from accusations of sexual harassment to abuse. The two who come to mind first are Pattabhi Jois and Divine Mother Amma, though there are more. I haven’t known these teachers personally, but I have heard and read stories from people about their failings as humans and as teachers.  It's devastating for those...

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How Gratitude Helps Me

04/10/2019
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gratitude

Even though I’ve been writing and sharing about healing, I’m regularly stressed out. As a working mom of a toddler, I get overwhelmed. I can also become depressed about the way the world can seem, and especially sad about the environment. I wish I could say I were living in a state of perpetual bliss, but much of the time, I’m not.  At these times it helps me to become aware of the many things in my life to be grateful for. It’s easy to let the curtain close on the beauty of life when things get overwhelming or I get caught up in day-to-day details. Thankfully, there are always things to be grateful for.  When I remember to, which is *almost* every day, I make a...

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Setting Your Intention

04/09/2019
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setting intentions

Learning how to set your intention for the things you do is a vital aspect of healing. Setting your intention means being aware of and intentional about why doing the things in your life. Are you doing them for fame, glory and money? Are you doing them for healing, love, and peace? Or a mix of both? Or something else? Part of why my healing journey started out so strong was because I was truly just desperate to heal and to feel my heart. I was lost and hurting. I wasn’t looking to become spiritual or to see auras and angels. I think many of us begin the journey that way, and that intention is so powerful. Along the way, though, it’s been important for me to...

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The Spirituality Escape

04/08/2019
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being grounded

It’s easy to want to escape into the world of spirituality. Things are much more beautiful in the realm of pure being. Love abounds and peace is ever present. When I first found out that there was a spiritual reality and was able to connect to it, I wanted to stay there forever. I didn’t like the “real world” at all in comparison, with its cruelty, harshness, environmental degradation, and inequality.  At first, I didn’t know that I was being unbalanced. One of the confidantes who helped me after my experience told me forthright – “you have a great spiritual ability, but you aren’t being very balanced about it. It can be an escape.” How can a person stay present in daily life while being aware...

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Raising Your Vibration

04/04/2019
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This is a term that’s thrown around a fair amount in healing communities, and it’s one that I’ve been thinking about lately in my meditations and in my daily life. To me, raising my vibration means becoming more connected to love and to the lighter side of life. When I’ve had a high vibration in my life, everything truly does feel lighter. The clutter in my mind clears and I can breathe easily. Everything feels more joyful and calm and I’m connected to my highest self. It doesn’t have to be hard to raise your vibration. It starts inside of yourself. Here are some of the things that have helped me raise my vibration and experience joy and peace. Of course, like everything, I’m still working...

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Accepting Your Path

04/03/2019
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acceptance

As I heal and live further on my path, there are areas that come up again and again to be looked at and healed. It can be frustrating to know that I’m not already finished healing. And yet, this is how life works – in circles. We get chances to be love in greater and greater ways, by healing our particular difficulties and traumas in bigger and bigger ways. Some of the areas I’ve continually worked on are being taken advantage of, speaking my truth, and healing my throat chakra. Why do I have to work on these areas over and over again? Because they’re part of my soul’s path in this lifetime. Until I love myself completely as God intended me to, I may find...

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Believe in Yourself

04/02/2019
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self love

You must believe in yourself and your vision if it’s going to come about. No one can believe in you for you. You may have cheerleaders, and you always have God & your angels, but the most important person who must believe in you is you.  Believe in yourself by saying positive messages to yourself. I am worthy. I am loving. I love myself. My dreams are coming true. I am healed, whole, and healthy. My life is full. My life is beautiful. I can do anything I put my mind to. Believe in yourself by connecting your heart to the Big Heart of God. Sit in silence and ask your heart to be opened to God’s heart. Breathe and be still. Stay present and feel your heart...

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Angelic Guidance

04/01/2019
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angels

Since I had my Big Experience of God, I sometimes have fallen into the trap of believing every spiritual experience I have has to be very Big, Dramatic, and fundamentally Life-Changing. That’s just not the case. After I had that experience, or series of experiences, I’ve found that most of the guidance I receive from angels is soft, gentle, and sometimes hard to miss. But it’s there. And when I pay attention, I know my angels are with me. They are with you, too. I believe each person born is a part of God, a light that comes from the big light. And when we’re born in the physical world, we undergo a kind of amnesia that makes us forget where we come from. Thankfully, I...

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Healing Racism & White Privilege

03/29/2019
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healing racism, healingprivilege

As I work to heal myself, I also work to heal my relationship to race and white privilege. As a traumatized teen, I could not see my privilege, yet as I’ve healed, gotten older, and learned more, I am able to see, even despite the trauma I endured, the great amount of privilege I had as a result of the color of my skin, the socioeconomic status of my family, and even the access to mental health resources I had when I began to heal. It’s been tough to face, but at the same time, a big area for me to heal with love. On top of that, the people who helped me heal the most were people of color – my first Reiki teacher and...

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Forgiving Yourself for the Past

03/27/2019
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Some days I find myself overtaken by difficult memories of the past. I remember things I wish I would not have done, or things I wish I would not have said. It can be painful to recall those moments, and too easy to dwell on them. Here are some techniques I work on to let those old memories go. Thought-stopping – When I notice that I am dwelling on these past moments too much, I catch myself and actively replace those thoughts with a positive thought or a thought that brings peace. Or I will notice I’m dwelling on these past moments and stop myself by taking a deep breath and saying a mantra like “I love myself.” This takes a lot of effort and, honestly, I...

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