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How to Release Face Tension: Lovin’ Lion’s Breath, Tennis Balls, & Gary Crowley
If someone, or something, relieves you of pain and suffering, they become something like an angel. Angels, beacons of Light where was once dim, I like to fill my life with them. Having Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, and who knows what else, I’m constantly uncovering health issues. Some of which have existed for some time, but became buried…
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Emergence See?
What if we could shift our perspective on emergence? A seemingly present moment emergency, could possibly be a present moment emergence, see? This photo is difficult to see, but take notice of the statue emerging and exalting. A molting cicada, complete transformation. Seventeen years underground. In just one moment the cicada melts from it’s ugly, brown skin,…
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All is Perfect
Yeah, so I kinda had one of these moments today. PSHHHHHHHHhhhwwwaaaaaaaaa! My brain broke loose, and expanded, and when it did, the constant tension I hold in my neck and head let go, and washed away. It all started when I awoke this morning with the realization that I had three of the same dream.…
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Little Chrissy Didn’t Like the Body of Christ
My mother never took us to church. She took us to Sunday school, but I don’t have any clear memories of going to church. However, I have handfuls of memories of my cousin Eddie taking my brother and I. I’d giggle as my brother would whisper to me, “Give us this day, our daily bread,…
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Triangle to Triangle: Excruciating Neck Tension Released!
I have been blessed with debilitating neck pain for years. It’s absolutely insane: Everyday pain for at least the last 11 years or so. When I went to my doctor at the time (my early 20s), she quickly said, “Oh, well you have EDS.” “Okay, why don’t you get a cattle brander, and just burn…
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Rumbles & Ripples: What We Create Within, Affects Without
All too often, anymore these days, the situation that is presented in front of me is a complete dichotomy: yin and yang. For example, recently on a very stormy evening, just three people showed up to my class. One wanted a very relaxing yoga session. The other two wanted balls to the wall action. It wasn’t…
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Using Meditation to Relax Tension & Open Qi Flow
Give yourself permission to relax. The more I practice meditation and yoga, the more I see that we don’t give ourselves the time to relax. Constantly, we are pulled by work, family, friends, and even just the chores of the day. So how do we start to meditate to relax? You might say, “Meditation seems…
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How to Float: Float Tank Tips from a Meditator
I was lucky enough to have the following article published on Elephant Journal! Check out my article on there! If you’re familiar with my writing, there’s a chance that you read My Spiritual Journey of Healing, and you read Part 9: Swimming with the Infinite where I had an amazing Float Tank experience. A float tank,…
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Tools of the Trade: Meditation, Mantras, Visions, & Radishes
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya After spending the last seven months being trained in the Teachings of Silence, I have…
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Witnessing From Within
I wrote this post on April 1st 2015, which was at a very busy time for me, so I never got around to posting it. Once I wrote a new post today, I realized, I should probably put this one up! For particular reasons, I didn’t think I’d release this post, but I feel as…
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