"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience."

C.S. Lewis

Life once awakened is a whole other ball game. Many people attach to the singular point of awakening, that amazing "AHH, this makes so much sense, where has this been my whole life!" moment. However, while that is a crucial piece of the awakening process, so is the shift from head up our asses to every moment awareness. The awakening welcomes in a time of transition that is unsettled, unstable, and unique. It is a time of embracing and uncovering amazing parts of you and then trying to crawl right back up your ass. It is a time of expansion and contraction as you grow and then shrink back to the core issues that are still unresolved and suppressed within your system.

For most of our lives, a lot of us try to put on a good face. We hide our true feelings and emotions or lie to ourselves creating illusions out of our actual experiences. We end up unconsciously using drugs and alcohol and even sports as ways to let out built up frustrations and emotions. This is a short term fix. Not to say don't drink, don't do drugs, don't participate in intense sports. If the pleasure of whatever you are doing far weighs out the pain, in my opinion go for it! An awareness will help when realizing if you are using partying as a way to fill a void. I did, I drank and did drugs to fit in, to cope with the underlying pain I wasn't even aware was stored within me. I participated in high intensity sports/workouts such as competitive gymnastics and power yoga not realizing I had an excessive amount of yang energy adding to imbalances within my whole system. I was stuck in the flight or fight. The go go go!

When spiritual awakening hits and even as you move along in your path, emotions come up. It's often very involuntary. They simply arise, and you suddenly find yourself face-to-face with a lot of anger, sadness, or fear. The old inclination to repress, avoid, or do something else to remove the feeling may kick in. Run to our old comforts and unhealthier ways of responding to stress, but this is precisely the moment when we need to allow and accept. This is precisely the moment when things are going to get a little MESSY :)

We're not escaping the shit storm of life when we're following the path of transcendence; we're going in head first. It ain't all rainbows, butterflies, peace and love. I grabbed my mala bead, yoga mat, read up on chakras and hey now I'm zen. This was never and will never be my reality because life is messy and we've got a mess inside, things get messy around us. We cry. We scream. We get scared. As we work on clearing disharmonious emotions on the spiritual path being aware of the process will shed a little light. First the emotions rise to your consciousness, second you experience the emotion, then finally you release the emotion. It can seem as though you have taken a step back or are experiencing resistance. Remember if it was painful going in, it will be painful coming out! How you choose to perceive the process is entirely up to you. I try my best to look at it as happy healing even when I am intensely challenged because the result is more space for new opportunities and experiences.

Most of all, remember that you will be okay. It's an imperfect, human path too. So, you'll have good days and bad, but underlying everything will be a much more alive and profound sense of love, clarity, and peace. This is actually a beautiful process (don't roll your eyes at me haha) it is going to allow you to follow the path most true to your soul. How can that not be b e a u t i f u l. You give yourself permission to be the realest version of yourself.

Light & Love,

Namastacey xo

I truly believe we encompass within us access to divine knowledge. That the smartest doctor, nutritionist, philosopher, yoga teacher, healer, therapist, and best friend resides in the inner cave of our heart. I have interpreted this voice as the higher self. The higher self wants to guide us into living the life we designed for ourselves . I believe we choose our lessons, ailments, families, experiences, and environment prior to entering this planet earth. We created an experience that would provide us the karmic lessons our soul choose to work through in this body, in this lifetime.

There's a lot of information flooding the internet now, a pissing contest for who is the most spiritual. Entrepreneurs pushing their modalities and what worked for them. My point here is I do not want to conform anyone, or push my experiences and opinions on my clientele because they are just that my stories. I share my interpretations of life here as a human with hopes of inspiring others to live in their truth. My missions is to ignite the light, the teacher, the higher self that already exists in all of us. To guide my clientele to take responsibility for their own lives, their own transformation, empowering them to heal what is no longer serving and to make intelligent choices to walk in their truth. I want humans to consciously learn how to think for themselves. Simple yet significant.

But if there is one great hope for a better world, it is us. Yes us, we are the only one in charge of ourselves no matter what year it is or energetic shift that is happening. We are the only one who can embrace all of ourselves. If we don't do this, no one else will. If we don't choose to live life from a more conscious and kind awareness every day, no one else will. There's no need to wait for someone else or for some wave of global awakening energy to push you along to a better or "perfect" life ( in my eyes everything already is perfect). If anything, if there is a wave of awakening energy, it's because others have walked through that door to embrace their most disturbing darkness and their sweetest light. In doing so, they embraced all of themselves. A beautiful way to perceive awakening, another is to let go of all attachments, including the ones that "seem" to make us feel good (short term fixes).

So it all comes back to us. If we are waiting on the sidelines for some perfect moment to jump in, don't. Don't get in. The water is not what you are "expecting". We simply have to let go of the idea of the perfect moment, and then jump in! OR maybe you should just take the PLUNGE because there is no right or wrong and you always have a choice. You are going to get exactly what you need (maybe not what you thought you wanted) our lovely universe's way of getting us back to our truth.

Namastacey (~*~)

Namastacey xo