Harnessing the Power of Mind and Heart
Humans are more than just conscious—we are also self-aware of our own consciousness. To be conscious is to think; and to be self-aware is to realize that you are a thinking being and to reflect and choose the quality of your thoughts. This happens to be the space where we can face our greatest burden or greatest freedom. In yogic texts, the space of the unity or wholeness of mind-heart is called Satchitnanda or "place of truth, consciousness, and bliss"
This is the axis of my work as an Integrative Awareness Coach.
This is where we, humans, can get into the most problems because many of us were NOT taught about these two aspects of ourselves—consciousness and self-awareness—and how they interact with one another--to fully understand how our relationship to our own self-awareness can affect our state of being, our emotional and physical health, both positively and negatively. And these aspects of our humanity, seem so simple, so fundamental to our existence, to not have a firm grasp of and mastery over. This is how my specific approach to coaching emerged.
To be transparent, it was a mix of my own trauma, pain, frustration, and limitation and my desire to find an easier way. You see, I grew up in, what felt like, a constantly sinking ship, with an emotionally absent captain, constantly caught up in the distraction of trying to bail the water out from the vessel, but never being able to harness my power enough to actually "fix" the leak. How are you leaking your energy out in unproductive ways in your life?
If this is you, no worries! It is this understanding, that allowed me to begin my own self-healing journey some 30 years ago now. It began as soon as I realized the vessel I inherited was designed unconsciously, on the principles of survival, unquestioned and passed on from one generation to the next. The consequences: I was surrounded by sexual abuse, addiction, the mental illness of my sister and my brother, and the helplessness of my parents. My parents were blinded by their own grief and guilt, unable to take sufficient steps to right our familial ship. Not because they were bad people, but because they didn't know the tools to do so even exisited!
When we are stuck in pain, we can't imagine, or have the self-awareness, to fathom that there are tools available to experience life any differently. But you know what? This is exactly what led me on my own path of awakening. It led me to having the wherewithal to listen to my heart, create access to the materials, teachers, and practices I needed to do the work of pulling myself out of the unconscious trance I inherited. Needless to say, we are all a work in progress.
To do this, I had to learn to make friends with all the parts of myself—studying how the nervous system works, how it responds to personal and generational trauma, how it creates habitual reactions, blocks, and fears that stop us from truly knowing ourselves and so, our ability to live fully. I have spent 30 years educating myself about consciousness and self-awareness, understanding how these aspects, are often at odds with one another. This journey has allowed me to develop and share effective tools, mindsets, and practices that act to re-integrate the fragmented parts of the Self, bringing us back home.
A different type of journey awaits you--a new type of adventure is possible! In my coaching practice, I merge the latest in neuroscience, positive psychology with my 22 years of contemplative practice and yoga in the service of transformative self-healing at the most fundamental level of "Being." I offer effective, practical, lasting solutions that are uniquely tailored to each of my clients and the specific challenges they are facing in their evolution, and road to freedom. The good news is that, the time has come, to let this all go!
Developing a greater sense of self-awareness can help you if you ever asked yourself questions like:
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Am I living in alignment with my values ?
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How can I improve my relationships?
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How can I show up 100% in my life, without excuses?
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Am I having the type of results and experiences I want in life?
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Do I wish my life was different?
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Am I fulfilling my true potential and purpose?
The time has come for inner voyagers, inner travelers to embark on their journey!
The time has come to explore the oldest, and newest frontier around and to claim your birthright!
It is time for the GREAT RE—membering—a putting ourselves back together again -- and bringing the human frame back into balance!
Because the TRUTH is, you deserve to be happy, satisfied, and fulfilled. You don't get an award for your continued commitment to suffering. You have permission to stop baring a burden that is not yours to carry. Once you make the choice, transformation and a level of freedom you imagine can happen in an instant!
Something magical happens when the connection between the mind and heart is re-established. All of sudden, you are back on-line" and able to access the fullness of your life energy!
And it starts with a little bit at first, until you begin to trust your own experience from within. You become your own authority, instead of waiting for others to validate or recognize your experience. You are the scientist, and your mind and your heart are your lab. And the only thing holding you back, is your belief system.
So, I invite you to join me on this adventure, where I will exploring the foundations of what it means to be human, the different vehicles we’ve been given, and how we can develop them more fully so that they can support and create the kind of world that we dream of having.
Check here soon for my upcoming podcasts and Youtube videos on this subject and similar topics!
“All healing is first a healing of the heart.”
~ Carl Townsend
I’ve accomplished a lot in my life. I had a thriving beauty business for 10 years in Southern California, earned several higher degrees, traveled the world, served as an educator and professional development coach for 17 years. Until, one day in 2017, it finally occurred to me that I had completed most of these endeavors with one hand tied behind my back, figuratively speaking!
What I mean is, that I had mostly made choices along my path, as a reaction. More specifically, my "choices" were a product of pushing away, or running away, from my unconscious belief system that was created from fear; fear I was not enough and what I truly wanted didn’t even exist. This is what a call as creating your life from shadow, which produces "bittersweet" experiences, events, and relationships in our lives.
This is what I call living in the alternate reality of the ego-mind or survival instinct. This mode of operation only let me access a fraction of my potential, power, and purpose. That is why I was compulsively moving to one thing to the next, trying to find fulfillment, while not consciously understanding that I would never be satisfied by things, situations, and people, that I created through fear—running away from my truest self, desires, and vision.
I started to ask myself how these fear based operating systems were created and why they were there.
Although, I started educating myself about self-growth and development in my teens, it took many years to get to the core of my internal wounding that had created the mental and emotional restrictions I was experiencing. It looked like self-doubt, disconnection from myself and others, fear, procrastination, lack of support and deep meaningful relationships. All this because, I didn’t realize the depth at which we humans, are required to abandon ourselves
from an early age. Another way of saying this is, we begin to separate from ourselves (go unconsious) in order to survive. Our culture is set up this way. I mean when I looked around, it just seemed "normal."
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