Warming and stimulating aromatically, the medicine of cinnamon brings strength to the heart, the will, and the emotions. Ruled by the sun and the element of fire, cinnamon assists in restoring vital life force and passion for life and love. It is a renowned aphrodisiac and awakens or reinvigorates sexual fire between two people. It breathes spirit back into the body, the mind, and the soul.
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Modern Alchemy for the Solar Eclipse
How do I make sense of what is happening inside of me, let alone what is going on in the world around me right now? This theme has been so deeply present these past weeks…from the lunar eclipse to the Spring Equinox and now the new moon and solar eclipse, the planetary and cosmic alignments are creating the energetic conditions for profound change.
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What is Sacred Self-Leadership?
What comes to mind when you hear the term “sacred self-leadership”? Often, we consider leadership as a structured term along a scale of authority. It may be a top-ranking general for military operations or the boardroom hierarchy of business organizations like Oprah Winfrey. There are also leaders like Tony Robbins that are inspirational in nature offering innovative ways of thinking, behaving and reaching …
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A Modern Alchemy Ritual for Spring Equinox
The brightness of Spring. The reawakening of life. Not only does the earth come alive again in the northern hemisphere, but so do we. The Spring Equinox is a time of new beginnings, the renewing of hope for the future and the vibrancy of our present. Spring is a time for planting seeds of intention. Fresh, clean energy within and all around us invites the clarity for our soul’s desires to surface with new and wholesome perspectives.
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6 Reasons Why a Retreat is Essential to YOU in 2024
Welcome 2024, the year of the Dragon and the number 8, tapping into the infinite potential of your passion and sacred purpose. My motto for this year (and life) is Carpe Diem. We can seize both the day and this very moment. It is within this moment that a doorway of transformation, filled with potential opens and we can transform and uplift ourselves to new levels of joy, vibrancy and clarity, rising as the sacred self leader of our most abundant and authentic life.
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The Alchemy of Palo Santo: Purification
This South American “holy wood” produces an essential oil of a deep, earthly, and woodsy aroma, with such potent depth it easily transcends space and time. It has been used for centuries in the sacred purification and energy cleansing practice through burning of the wood to dissolve negative energies and limiting beliefs.
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Winter Solstice DIY Blessings Ceremony
This season of inward reflection offers a wonderful opportunity to be in the listening of your being holistically, to create and shift self care and to plant the seeds for YOUR next season of soul growth and embodied expansion. In this time of shift of the New Earth, we continue to awaken and expand our conscious connection to ourselves and each other.
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Abundance: Expanding Your Receivership
From a seasonal perspective, Fall is a time of harvest. We reap the great bounty of our gardens of plenty: Both physically for those of us that cultivate home gardens as well as metaphorically. As we reflect on the latter and focus inward, we can see how our intentional seeds of creation have grown to bear the fruits of our creativity, love, and vitality. Are you inspired by what is flourishing in your life right now?
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Blood Orange Mood Boost
Blood orange is the quintessential aromatic of joie de vivre. Its citrusy smell lifts our mental outlook and emotional response to remind us of the joy of life. Invoke the bright, juicy aroma of blood orange to alleviate stress, enhance positive energy, and elicit feelings of delight.
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Practicing Gratitude for Deeper Connection
As we continue to explore Sacred Relationships, I want to focus for a moment on the importance of gratitude. It’s a big one in relationships of all kinds, not just with your partner. When examining our life experiences and Early Childhood Treasure Map, we often find ourselves patterned to think the glass is half full, to dwell in places of negativity.
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Neroli to Awaken the Mystical Heart
Neroli’s bright aroma lifts the spirit and speaks to the remembrance of joy and lightheartedness. Neroli is highly beneficial for those who tend to be harsh and critical of themselves and can assist in shifting this energy to that of self-love and compassion. This oil assists in dissolving extreme emotions like jealousy, anger, and self-hatred. It aids in settling shock and counterbalancing PTSD.
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Forgiveness in Sacred Relationships
In all relationships, our thoughts and language significantly affect how we feel about our significant other. Forgiveness is both a practice of mind and body, which allows us to create greater harmony in times of friction. When we look more closely at our sacred relationship, we start to see some breakdowns in intimacy, connection, and communication.
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The Alchemy of Rose
The alchemy of true rose essential oil is glorious. Via inhalation, it instantly opens the heart when the individual holds this intention. The synergistic effect of positive intention and the rose can move mountains of stagnant emotion from the heart space. The vibration of letting go is held within its energy signature.
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Warming and stimulating aromatically, the medicine of cinnamon brings strength to the heart, the will, and the emotions. Ruled by the sun and the element of fire, cinnamon assists in restoring vital life force and passion for life and love. It is a renowned aphrodisiac and awakens or reinvigorates sexual fire between two people. It breathes spirit back into the body, the mind, and the soul.
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How to Maintain Sacred Relationships
After spending time with family, friends, or enjoying peaceful solitude over the holidays, it's an inspiring time to reflect on relationships. Sacred relationships. Also, because I’m leading a retreat in late January, I’m spending the next few weeks writing and reflecting on the value each person plays in a relationship. Today, I want to focus on sacred relationships and partnerships. To me, that means unity for longevity.
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5 Tips to Optimize Neuroplasticity
Since the early explorations of phrenology, we have collectively sought to understand and improve brain function, particularly during the process of aging. Neuroplasticity explores the changes in the function and structure of the brain in relation to experience. Sometimes referred to as rewiring or repatterning, modern day research on neuroplasticity indicates a far greater potential for new neural connections and networks as well as improved learning, memory, and mood regulation.
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The Pen of Liberation
Once I've shifted my perspective, I know I can have a different response. I know I can have a different reaction—my reaction to all of the world of transformation. My reaction to the situation around me and how it has changed indicates my transformational journey. The more I become aware of my reaction and response, the more I can harness the power within me to modulate it in ways that honor and hold compassion, forgiveness, understanding, and love for every step along my journey.
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Making Room for Greatness in Your Life
What do you think of when you hear the word great? Is your first impression positive as It’s a great day, filled with benevolence? Do you sense the greatness of who you are and the magnificence of who you are becoming? Or do you think and feel first of the great chaos in the world, in your life, or the great to-do list on your fridge or desk?
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The Invitation for Co-Creation
There have been many times over the course of my journey where if I’m being honest with myself, didn't really know what I wanted out of my experience in this life. I may have had a few goals or desires which would drive my daily actions, but looking at it from a big-picture perspective, my intentions for my own path of self-mastery were somewhat vague.
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The Alchemy of Release
I'll share this piece from my journey when I went down my rabbit hole, which was excruciating. It brought an old pattern of being attacked. What I forgot to see was that it was time for something new to be burned. I didn't know what it was in those moments, which was incredibly painful because it was like, Who am I? What is my identity? Why am I here? That's when I had to take the time to integrate the experience of release.
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