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being curious about your strong desires

As many of you may know, I have dedicated a lot of my energy, curiosity and love to The Inner Yaga Foundation. It is a foundation that is dedicated to inviting women into life acceptance by encouraging peer run circles that are made safe to practice vulnerability by providing an agreed upon structure.

We had our Fall Training in mid October. This training, as last year’s, was profound for me. As the Weekend Coordinator, the experience of being the center of the ‘hive mind’ of such a collaborative group of women filled me with awe, hope, gratitude, trust and faith.

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Easing Life Acceptance with the Seasons

It has been about 25 years since I have experienced such a free hearted summer as I did this summer. I so want to remember this so I can apply some of the same factors I did in years to come. It has something to do being consciously aware of the season I am in. It also involves an almost radical release of my will; along with my attachment to controlling the situation presenting from my will manifests. But allowing the ease of the flavor each season naturally contributes into the dynamic brings such a sweetness into the practice of life acceptance.

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What Does an Intuitive Counselor Do?

Referred by colleagues in the healing arts, prospective clients often contact me without really knowing what an intuitive counselor can do for them. Struggling with health concerns, depression, anxiety, or detachment from their everyday lives, few of them realize that their symptoms may be a call for them to access the deep inner self. I have found that each individual is rich in symbolic language. Just as we collectively interpret a red light to mean, ‘Stop!’ any form of discomfort can be a sign from our spirit to cease regular activity. A headache or a panic attack may be an urgent message, just as important to one’s safety and wellbeing as a stop sign. What is the message? That’s to be determined.

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Accepting the Life Path of Acceptance

Some people hate life the way it is and try to change the world and themselves so they will feel better. Those of us who have been around the block a few times realize that we can’t change the world. This is a given; it is as easy to change the world as it is to hold back the spring flooding of a river’s delta! All the energy that goes into changing something that is most likely impossible; whether it is the world or our lives’ dismantling events is really wasted energy. If we can relax (use less energy) into accepting life as it is and ourselves just the way we are, we have more energy at our fingertips to engage in areas of our lives that have more potential of change. Another common waste of energy is the belief that it is helpful to push our pain away or try to get rid of it, Rather than pushing the pain away, what if you put that energy into being your authentic self which is inclusive of being congruent with your standards of integrity?

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Will I Be Mine?

Let’s go radical this Valentine’s! Let’s make it a priority to ask OURSELVES to be our valentine. Why should we do that? This is where my thoughts are going this Valentine’s Day.

One of the foundational components (or, as I am apt to coin them, core threads) in my work with people is the idea of radical self acceptance. An ordinary motivation for people to choose the work of self inquiry is wrapped up in the packaging of a low self esteem. It is a common occurrence to see that someone is their own worst critic and the challenge of the work of personal growth is an attitude adjustment from self judgment to self acceptance. Another common motivation that draws people to their personal spiritual work is the deep desire to serve; to serve in a way that allows service to be offered easily without an attachment to an outcome. Detachment from outcomes comes only as a result of a deep acceptance of one’s self. I can only love fully if I accept myself. By loving myself and having compassion for all of me, I am better equipped for loving others.

Relaxing Into the Dark

Here we are heading down the path to Winter’s Solstice which will happen on December 21st. In my view all the holiday celebrations center around the age old reality that this is the dark time, the time that the sun shines on us the shortest and we have the darkness to enfold us.

For many of us this is a time we dread. If you live in the north, you have the very real reality of how it gets dark very early and stays dark so much later in the morning. You might look at this as problem, a time where you get depressed and tired all the time. It might be a time that you actually hate, wishing and wanting it to go away; to have the light days of summer come around again, NOW!

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Category: <span>Acceptance</span>

being curious about your strong desires

Easing Life Acceptance with the Seasons

What Does an Intuitive Counselor Do?

Accepting the Life Path of Acceptance

Will I Be Mine?

Relaxing Into the Dark

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