Self-Care For The Soul

Effective communications can make or break a relationship. This doesn't always mean effectively proving our points or being right or even perfect.  I'm talking about listening with an open compassionate heart and a desire to mend your relationships.  This authentically deepens the heart connection. It's more than a band-aid, it heals core wounds.

If we truly care about our connection with someone, truly listening, as my teacher used to say, "with the ear of your heart" is most healing for both of you.

This is our topic of this week's Meditation & Healing Circle. Listen in to release your defenses, center yourself, and communicate with an open heart to truly mend the relationships that are most important to you.

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How about a spa day for your heart? Gentle healing sounds to soften the heart, release the blocks and barriers, and rest into the beauty and peace deep inside. 

In this week’s Meditation & Healing Circle, I’m going to share a sequence I did as a practicum when I was in Continuum Movement Teacher Training, and it got a high mark! It was very well received and people had deeply moving healing experiences.  

We've been working with healing trauma for the past few weeks – connecting with the earth, settling the nervous system, dropping in to embody your physical vessel – and now resting into the beauty at the depth of your heart. 

You're invited to join us LIVE for The Meditation & Healing Circle - every Sunday at 10am US ET / 7am US PT. When you join live, you can stay on after the recorded meditation for Q&A, support and discussion. https://CommunityforConsciousLiving.com

The traumas of life can disconnect us from our bodies. When we experience a shock, we rebound out. We live from our heads, or we retreat inward or hide behind ourselves. We have trouble being our authentic selves in relationships or expressing our thoughts clearly in work environments.

Sound vibration is really helpful for breaking up stuck energies to release old patterning and blocks from the body, and it's also helpful for getting yourself back into your body, connected with your core authentic self. 

There are specific sounds which can help us reconnect and anchor into our bodies, regardless of how long ago the traumas occurred. 

In this Meditation & Healing Circle, we work with a sequence of Sacred Sounds to ground into our bodies and become the solid powerful presence that feels natural and on point with who we are meant to be.  

You're invited to join us LIVE for The Meditation & Healing Circle - every Sunday at 10am US ET / 7am US PT. When you join live, you can stay on after the recorded meditation for Q&A, support and discussion. https://CommunityforConsciousLiving.com

In this Meditation & Healing Circle, we focus on releasing the effects of trauma from the body. We use Sacred Sounds to open the throat and reclaim the voice. We release constriction from the upper chest, throat, jaw, face, and head, returning us to our original knowing of ourselves as beings of light.

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Whether you have experienced traumas directly related to these topics or not, we all hold trauma responses in our nervous systems. 

With a national focus on such abuses, this is a good time to tap into the collective intentions and bring release and healing to those places that are wanting to let go.   

For the remainder of April, we'll be using Sacred Sound to release and heal old traumas and restore our hearts and nervous systems, so mark your calendar to join us each Sunday.

Next week, April 21, we focus on coming back into the body, centering and grounding. Then on April 28, we focus on healing for the heart. So be sure to join us live on Sundays.

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What is our role on this planet in relation to other species? Answers are encoded within us, and Sacred Sound can awaken the inner knowledge.

Humans are one of four main species, different from the others because we are caretakers of the planet. We are here to take care of this world and the other species that are also, like us, a part of this world.

Of course, we know this in our bones – and we have a deep knowledge and wisdom that is encoded in our subtle energy bodies. Using Sacred Sound, we can connect with this inherent instinct and feel it within us, to help us embody and BE what we are here to bring to this planet.

This is a really powerful exercise for us to consciously experience, especially at this crucial time for our planet – when so many species are dying off and the health of our planet is in question.

In this Meditation & Healing Circle, we call on Muhyiddin Ibn Al-'Arabi's Cosmology of Sound and the Emanation of Creation to help us tap into the vibrations that help us viscerally know our place and live into our role - in harmony - on this planet, our Mother Earth.   

Listen to this episode to feel and embody your connection to all species, yourself as a human, and the planet.

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Embark on a journey of discovery and healing with Elizabeth Dare Andes—a Somatic Movement Therapist, Energy Healer, Educator and Founder of Evolutionary Somatics. As we delve into the depths of somatic movement therapy, energy healing, and the quantum field, Elizabeth shares her transformative odyssey, ignited in 1980 under the vibrant lights of New York City. Join us as we uncover the profound potential of energy within the body through the art of dance. Prepare to be mesmerized as we explore the intricate world of fascia, the body's largest sensory organ, and its role as a living liquid crystal matrix essential for communication and movement. From the significance of easy water to the impact of modern lifestyles and trauma on our energy potential, Elizabeth illuminates pathways to vitality and well-being through practices like wave movement and sound therapy. With poignant anecdotes and insightful reflections, witness the transformative power of somatic therapy in healing from trauma and restoring harmony to the body and mind. Join us on this enlightening journey where mindful movement becomes a catalyst for inner transformation and holistic wellness.

Some people say that moving beyond old wounds before they are healed is a spiritual bypass. They believe you cannot move beyond until you have healed. Yet, the life journey is a continual process of healing. So how can you be your authentic self while you're in the process?

We change our relationship to our past, our old wounds, and the pain they cause. Our movement is more of a dance - we learn to express ourselves and be ourselves as we are moving through the divine choreography. This is not inauthentic. It's real.

To heal means to make whole. With awareness and ever-evolving consciousness, we can continue to heal as we move. The important thing is that we accept ourselves in our perfect imperfections as we grow. We do not live from our old wounds, but we have awareness of our relationship to them as we evolve into more and more authentic and fulfilling aspects our ourselves.

So how do we dance this dance that allows us to move beyond old wounds with authenticity and wisdom?  Listen to today's Meditation & Healing Circle for a transformative healing experience.   

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We carry layers and layers of subconscious self-talk and emotional wounding that feeds into our sense of "not enough." Not tall enough, not thin enough, not pretty enough, not enough training or education, not enough money, not enough time, not enough... not enough... enough of that! 

These beliefs build a wall around us that keeps us from pursuing the passions we feel inside which will lead us to true fulfillment. They keep us from feeling safe and confident in our bodies. They steer us away from feeding our bodies in a way that cares for our sacred temples.

But-- You ARE Enough! In this today's Meditation & Healing Circle, my dear friend and our special guest, Ruha Cathy Delwiche, will be guiding us on a healing journey using Holy Fire Reiki to clear those layers and free ourselves so we can experience the contentment we long to BE in our lives.  

Listen to this episode to clear each of your major 7 chakras of limiting beliefs, judgments, and not enoughness from your current life, past lives, cultural imprints, and more.

You're invited to join us LIVE for The Meditation & Healing Circle - every Sunday at 10am US ET / 7am US PT. When you join live, you can stay on after the recorded meditation for Q&A, support and discussion. https://CommunityforConsciousLiving.com

Does stress get your belly tied up in knots?  Your belly needs support to decompress just like any other part of you. In fact, it needs special attention because that's where we tend to store our most intense emotions - shame, guilt, worry, fear, anger, vulnerability - and then we disconnect from it so we don't have to deal with those unpleasantries. 

In this Meditation & Healing Circle, we invite our bellies to our Circle. We give it love and attention and the space it needs to release pent up stress and emotional constriction that it's been holding onto, and we allow it to settle into a peaceful presence.

You're invited to join us LIVE for The Meditation & Healing Circle - every Sunday at 10am US ET / 7am US PT. When you join live, you can stay on after the recorded meditation for Q&A, support and discussion. https://CommunityforConsciousLiving.com

Fasting is the ultimate Gift of Slowing Down. It is not an action or a ritual, but a non-doing, a state of being that allows your presence to be one with your divine essence. In this state you find many truths and extraordinary healing.

The Divine Design of your physical body gives it the intelligence to heal itself. Our role is to choose the wisdom that gives it the necessary conditions and the space. Fasting is one of the most powerful gifts we've been given to create these conditions.

March is National Colorectal Cancer awareness month. We are at the start of Ramadan, and we're in the midst of Lent. All of these observations can use fasting as a practice of personal healing, spiritual growth, and transformation.

In this Meditation & Healing Circle, we discuss the gifts of fasting, and we immerse into a meditation practice to realize the mental, emotional, and spiritual benefits of fasting.

Listen to this episode to travel inward, to settle in and be present, to quiet yourself, to listen in the stillness with love and acceptance, and to receive the nourishment and provision that is supporting you.

You're invited to join us LIVE for The Meditation & Healing Circle - every Sunday at 10am US ET / 7am US PT. When you join live, you can stay on after the recorded meditation for Q&A, support and discussion. https://CommunityforConsciousLiving.com