Letting Go Deeper
Getting regulated is the first step before we attempt to heal anything. When we’re calm, we can create the space for releases without getting entangled by them. When we’re exploring energy healing, a key flag …
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Yoga, A Bigger Picture
About two and a half years ago, I went to a Day of the Dead event. It turned out to be hosted by a Toastmasters club. As I give occasional talks and interviews, I knew …
Intuition
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
Core Spiritual Practices
In the West, we live in a very mind-oriented culture. A practice like an effortless mantra meditation is excellent for balancing that experience. It uses the mind to go beyond it, into our deeper nature. …
Podcast with Matt on Awakening, Trauma, and Embodiment
Recently, I had a conversation with Matt K., one of the teachers at The Centre for Healing. Unlike prior interviews, we went more into my childhood, then the discovery of meditation, witnessing, and on into …
Self or No-Self
We’ve all been through shifts in developmental stages, be it from toddler to school-aged or perhaps into Unity. Stage shifts can be significant milestones as our sense of who we are changes, and with it, …
Practices
In the recent post on Types of Meditation, I discussed three types of practices and said I would adopt the model. I’ve updated that part of the Recommendations page. I thought it would be useful …
Types of Meditation
About 15 years ago, I wrote an article about types of meditation, based on their brain EEG signature. There has been a tendency for scientists, and indeed many people, to see all meditations as equivalent. …
Fulfillment
“Integrated is the expression of knowledge, an assembly is significant in unity, united are their minds while full of desires. For you I make use of the integrated expression of knowledge. By virtue of unitedness …