Category: Essays
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Finding your center as the veil grows thin
As we cross the threshold of the equinox, we find ourselves in a potent portal of release and connection as we approach the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. The days are shorter, the veil between the seen and unseen realms grows thinner, and we have access to the potent energies of release and “completion.”…
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Queering Energy, letting it be what it is
Energy itself is neither positive or negative. The first time I heard this, it was stated as “there is no such thing as negative energy” and I found it very triggering. Maybe part of that was the lack of nuance in how it was conveyed, but mostly it was the response of the reiki teacher…
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Out of the Lion’s Gate and Into the Fire
Somewhere between July and August my Chariot went off-road. Things that had been moving smoothly, if sometimes slower than I wanted, started to develop snags. Like so many interruptions to flow these snags were entirely within my own mind and energy, not the sort to simply force through. Synchronicities were loudly asking for my attention…
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Timeline Hopping: Part 2
In late spring I found myself shifting towards exploring more about general topics, after a long stretch of more personal writing. If I’m being honest I guess I started wondering if it was interesting or if people want/benefit from hearing dispatches from my various astral travels. Or maybe as I started struggling out of this…
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Creative Expression and Energy Movement
This is the third part of a short series on energy movement Free play, spontaneity, and creativity are perhaps some of the better recognized assets of the child’s natural gifts. They are also the first to dissipate in a traumatic or high stress environment. When I worked as a child therapist, it was so reliable that…
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Sound and Energy Movement
This is the second part of a short series on energy movement In this strange but interesting channeled book, one of my favorite sections speaks to the primordial nature of sound: “In the beginning, there was sound. Sound began the whole thing, and in sound resides tremendous power. It opens doorways to other realities, for with the production…
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A Constellation of Selves
Developing a “cohesive sense of self” is a goal in many perspectives of therapy and personal development. In this view, the self that is not cohesive is in conflict, opposing parts fighting for primacy in the personality and in relationships. We could refer back to concepts illuminated in the Adult Attachment Interview, that this lack of cohesion…
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Energetic Mediumship
A couple months ago I shared about my experience reconnecting to mediumship.There are many beginnings to this story, one of which is told here, but another beginning starts with completing my second level of Reiki training. I was fortunate that I connected with a great teacher who was willing to personalize the experience, and bring her…
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Connecting to your core self, from a time before memory
Over the many years that I’ve facilitated inner child work, I’ve found that most people (at least initially) find it very difficult to connect with their younger selves in a positive way. Often they carry guilt, shame, annoyance, indifference, or even animosity towards their various child selves. This frequently stands in contrast with intellectual work…
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Heart Opening and Boundaries
Any time energy centers develop blocks, it’s always for a good reason. The arrangement and flow of the energy body is ideally suited to meet one’s environmental conditions and is adaptive in nature, but sometimes we retain certain patterns of movement even as our conditions change. The energetic blueprint of the body works just like…
Inward Vision 