Nervous System, Presence, Trauma
We all have unconscious parts that have yet to open. We call these parts our trauma, our shadow, our inner child, our unconsciousness or our ego. They remain unconscious and frozen in time until they are ready to open and be integrated into the wholeness of our...
Nervous System, Presence, Trauma
A single flame holds my attention this morning. Attention that feels magnetically pulled into the stories and pains of my past. I feel the magnetic like attraction of the past and stay quietly focused on the flame that is gently flickering in the foreground. I make...
Nervous System, Presence, Spiritual Awakening
My physiology seems to fluctuate between intense contraction and moments of beautiful expansion lately. Squeeze and release. We are living in such unprecedented times. I rarely lose the sense that “all is well” and yet I feel the impact of fear, urgency and chaos...
Nervous System, Presence, Trauma
Reflections from the Sanctuary This morning’s inquiry, “is the simplicity I seek already here?”. I ask this question with all sincerity and a curious and open heart. I’m not asking my mind but I’m asking my direct experience. Is the simplicity I seek already...
Nervous System, Presence, Trauma
I know that when undigested pain or trauma (past) gets triggered it’s not who I am and most likely not related to anything that is happening in the present moment. It is the past repeating itself in the present. The paradox is that what gets triggered is also...
