Understanding Addiction
We all seek to connect with who we really are, and stay connected. That is a place of pure being, of calm, and of balance. This experience is profoundly regulating for our body, mind, and …
Category: Energy
On Anxiety, Again
Anxiety is considered normal in modern western culture. And yet, it’s your body telling you that something is wrong. What is anxiety? Anxiety is an activated state of the nervous system created by a feeling …
The Golden Shadow
I’ve talked here before about shadow work, unconscious trauma, stress, and related topics. This is our unfinished business that casts a shadow over our life. When this trauma and the resulting shadow are sustained in …
The Stages of Trauma Recovery
When I say trauma, you may think of a car accident or something like that. However, trauma is a very common adaption to overwhelming experiences we’ve had throughout our life. For example, when my illness …
The Akashic Records
Life is a never-ending adventure. Doors open I didn’t expect to even look at. And as usual, some things are arising out of what may seem the sensible order. I’ve been aware of the Veda …
Reverse Polarity
There’s a curious way that polarity, the masculine & feminine, plays out in creation. This isn’t a question of gender, but dynamic. We’re all a blend of both with variations in emphasis. When you talk …
Talk on Trauma
Recently, I attended a talk on trauma from a Jungian perspective. It illustrated one of the big issues with how trauma has been discussed and treated. For one, it was mind-centric. More perhaps than Jung …
On Anxiety
Fear is a natural response to a threat to our well-being. Yet most of us very rarely experience a life-threatening event. Instead, the identified ego takes on the self role. Then we equate perceived threats …
Mithya
I’ve written before about how our dominant guna (quality) determines how we see the world. When Tamas (inertia) is dominant, we experience the world as solid and real. This is how most people see the …
Levels of Identity
I’ve spoken of the motivation to explore somatic healing so I can better embody the unfolding. I’ll be writing about what I mean by embody. I’ve also written about head, heart, & gut, the 3 …
The Aspects of Trauma
Unresolved trauma is no small matter. It can affect our behaviour, our sense of self, our decision-making, our ability to fulfil desires, our spiritual embodiment, our emotions, and our health. Trauma isn’t just the impact …
The Role of Emotions in Decisions
We all know that we’ve made decisions driven by emotion rather than logic. Buying the car that looked nicer, for example. Yet, in economic theory, decision-making is often modelled as based on cost-benefit calculations. While …