Somatic Foundations
Regular readers know I studied somatic therapy last year at The Centre For Healing. This was a movement to clear samskaras from the body to help with embodiment. Because of my nature, adaptations, and upbringing, …
The Dara Trilogy
Recently, Dara has written a trilogy on power, responsibility, and the restoration of relationships. You have the option of reading the essays or listening to her recordings. 1) Sovereignty in an Age of Shadow How …
Resolving Karma
Karma means action. According to the Yoga Sutra, the cause of suffering is grasping at events we want more of and resisting what we don’t want. Part of the art of living is learning to …
Adyashanti on True Embodiment
A friend shared this audio clip of Adyashanti (2011) where he talks about embodiment, of coming back down and in to our humanity.
In and Out
One way of relating to our contractions (what we’re resisting) is being inside or outside them. When we’re inside them, we see life through the lens (energy) of that resistance. Founded on a past unresolved …
Kristin Kirk on Embodied Love
In a recent newsletter, Kristin spoke of how the atomic attractive force is love. “For a number of years, I have penetrated deeply in our consciousness to the atom and sub atomic layers. That seemingly …
Update – Missed Posts
Ah, the joys of technology. After upgrading my email provider, I installed another plugin. Its recommended settings blocked the feed for email notifications. Finally figured out the issue today. Since On Astrology, there have been …
Human Evolutionary Models
One model of evolutionary development is “Triune Brain” theory. This suggests that our brains reflect our evolutionary development. It has three primary levels of development: 1) the innermost Lizard or instinctive brain and our stress …
Human Design
I was first introduced to Human Design many years ago, when a friend got a reader to show me my chart. The one thing I remembered from that conversation was the surprising Strategy, the way …
Communicating with Nature
Most people live in a material world. They see the world around them as physical and, even though they experience quite a bit more within themselves, assume the world doesn’t share those same layers of …
Fractals of Consciousness
“God is ananda (bliss). From bliss all beings are born, in bliss all beings are sustained, and into bliss all beings will merge at the time of complete dissolution of the universe.” – Taittiriya Upanishad …
On Astrology
Readers know I occasionally mention astrology. Through research, I’ve found that the major planets transiting over birth positions can have a powerful effect on emotions and events (karma) that arise in life. However, I don’t …