A sacred practice that can help you transmute any loss or pain into a transformative experience is a self-designed ritual of release. Rituals of release assist you in leaning into your “sweet pain” and letting go of whatever no longer aligns with your soul’s path. You can create a personal ceremony to bless and release anyone or anything that you need to let go of in your life. Possible ceremonies may include a private prayer service, the burning of items, the creation of a picture scrapbook or journal, or the designing of a vision board that reflects your future intentions. Rituals of release can also include making a … [Read more...]
Transitions: Times of Self-Discovery, Healing, and Change
We are constantly moving through transitions which are times of self-discovery, healing, and change. As a collective, humanity is experiencing a particularly intense period of transition leading to global and personal transformation. We are in a time of tremendous shift and an evolution of our consciousness at soul level. So, we must trust ourselves and what’s in store for our future, and move through these tumultuous times with lightness, love and a knowing that we are prepared. It is essential that we love continuously now and let go of more in our lives then, ever before. You may experience transitions as chaotic, discombobulating, or … [Read more...]
3 Sacred Ways to Flow with the Cycles of Life
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. . . .There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.” - Rachel Carson Human life parallels the seasons and cycles of nature. Having an awareness of the cycles of life affords you a spiritual clarity that promotes healing and a sense of wholeness. In the natural world, cycles perpetuate life, such as the changing seasons, the rings of trees, the spirals of shells, and the rising and setting of the sun. They exist because of nature’s … [Read more...]
Sacred Emerging: Navigating the New “Normal” as We Reenter the World
As you begin to emerge from your pandemic cocoon, you may feel overwhelmed, even anxious about re-entering a post-quarantine world. You may be concerned about things returning to “normal” when you’ve transformed your life into a new, more conscious and enlightened normal. Most of all, you may want to stay in your safe and secure bubble. If you’re feeling this way, you’re not alone. You’ve just come through an especially intense, challenging, and for some of you, traumatic time. Just the thought of shifting back to the way it was can be anxiety-provoking. I’ve been calling this, “Reentry Anxiety.” This time of spiritual … [Read more...]
Celebrating Soul-Hearted Partnership
“Love one another, but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.” —Kahlil Gibran Celebrating soul-hearted partnership takes place on three levels at once. Just as in a set of Russian wedding rings each individual ring fits smoothly with the others to create the whole, the three energies of soul-hearted partnership intertwine seamlessly to nurture the whole. The dynamic of soul-hearted partnership is more than two people each giving 50 percent. It consists of two energy sources that together make the relationship more than the sum of its partners. Both partners give 100 percent by first … [Read more...]
Trusting Your Connection to Source
One of the cornerstones of living a soul-hearted life is trusting your connection to source. As you’ve probably discovered in your own life, it’s easy to trust in the divine when things are going as you’ve planned or envisioned. But, what about the times when you are challenged, or your best laid plans go completely off track? It’s harder in these moments to trust and allow things to unfold without trying to control them. This is when you have to shift from the fear you are powerless over your life to the affirmation that you are the co-creator of your reality. Source means the origin of pure energy that flows through you—also known as … [Read more...]
Noticing the Divine Signs All Around You
One of the best ways to build our trust muscles is notice the divine signs all around us. Even if we don’t always recognize them in the moment, these divine signs are there guiding us all the time. You may never know why you make a wrong turn, get behind a slow driver, or pick up the phone and say to a friend something that comes from out of the blue. Yet, you have to trust that everything is unfolding optimally and for you highest soul self. When you let go of your frustration at what seems like roadblocks, you discover that the slower pace has allowed you to spend more time enjoying precious moments, or notice a particular detail that … [Read more...]
Transmuting Emotional Pain as a Spiritual Process
A challenge, crisis or a loss, can be an energetic gateway to soul level transformation. It may trigger an unresolved emotional pain that we haven’t fully healed. This kind of pain may seem to come out of the blue; yet, know that it has been buried in your subconscious and held in your body for years. Even when you think you have worked through a loss or traumatic experience; the subtle layers of pain may surface for healing when you least expect it. Without full release, however, this psychic pain can create chronic distress that can manifest as depression, anxiety, or physical illness. Only when such pain is released and then, … [Read more...]
Spiritual Completion: A Time of Endings and New Beginnings
The period of spiritual completion is a time of endings and new beginnings. These life-death-rebirth cycles aren’t just an act of finality, but one of transition and spiritual growth. Such cycles run together like watercolors on a white canvas, an ending merging with a new beginning. I’ve been asked over the years, “What’s the difference between completion and closure?” Simply, completion is a spiritual process whereas closure is a physical one. Completion takes letting go of your past at the soul level. This means spiritually releasing anyone and anything that no longer supports your soul’s path. When we spiritually complete … [Read more...]
What My Piano Taught Me About Letting Go
Leaning in and letting go are our greatest spiritual teachers. When we release anyone or anything, we create space for change, growth and ultimately, transformation. Whether we experience it as a tsunami or a gentle wave, each of us is up for life-altering change at these times. Leaning in and letting go creates the sacred space for self-healing and spiritual transformation. The release of emotional pain is the key to our uncovery to love. We cannot fully open to self-love when we are clutching our hurts so tightly. This week I said good-bye to my beloved piano. I felt incredibly blessed for the joy it has given me. The piano was gifted … [Read more...]