“Have you ever noticed how the same situation can feel completely different depending on the day? For example, your work, or relationships. One day, life feels expansive, people seem kind, and everything flows. Another day, …
I relate to our intuition as the feminine version of the intellect, that subtle knowing and discrimination that arises within. I see both as heart-based, which also relates to the Vijnana (intellect) kosha or layer …
I continue to be surprised by the nuances of our energy system. Our nadis or energy channels flow between energy centres (chakras) and support the body. You can see them as tubes that the flow …
In healing work, I’ve talked about 2 arenas. There is the reactivity, the unresolved energy or emotion, the vasana. Then there is the pattern or impression, the samskara underlying the reactivity. And then, underneath that …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Our Root chakra is often a little mysterious. It’s often not very conscious, even though it’s about the very obvious physical and etheric bodies. This is partly because it’s very present, non-conceptual, and instinctive. The …
The model I use for the stages of enlightenment is a Shiva-based framework; the stages in our relationship with consciousness. It includes the stages of refinement, but more generally. Consciousness is the platform on which …
Certainly, from the perspective of consciousness, it’s all consciousness. However, in the life, in the body, there’s a perspective where everything is energetic. Prior unresolved experiences and trauma disconnect many of us from our emotions …
When sensations and emotions arise, the natural response is to experience them, process the experience, and then return to centre. We see examples of this throughout the natural world. However, we humans often learn to …
