Four weeks ago, serious inflammation filled my chest and mildly formed inside my heart. The intensity of the symptoms set off a chain reaction deep in the well of my spirit. A metamorphosis had begun. Here’s my story, and 11 self-awareness tips to help you through your own.
Category: Shakti
8 Steps to Connect With Your Life Purpose When You Feel Stuck
What’s worse: not knowing your calling, or knowing your calling but feeling unable to activate it? For folks amidst their awakening, the latter option happens — and it’s very frustrating. I experienced this confounding awakened purpose activation for 10 years, and now I coach clients through it. Here are those stories plus 8 steps to help you soften into clarity and trust amidst your awakened purpose activation.
Kundalini Yoga and Me
Note to self: you just never know what you might be called to become one day, so never say never, Myree! I recently returned from a super-intensive week in Venice Beach, Los Angeles where I began my unexpected inner and outer adventures in Kundalini yoga, studying with a powerhouse set of teachers at RA MA […]
Kundalini and the Inner Critic
The inner critic can often be a noisy and sometimes challenging companion on the Kundalini awakening journey. It can see itself as a protector of your wellbeing and so-called “normalness.” Thus it will comment, berate, besiege and distract you from staying aligned and attuned to the subtle internal processes and intuitive callings that are the […]
Death of a Bliss Junkie
For me, the discovery of the bliss of awakening was a most remarkable and life-altering surprise. And it quickly became a fascination. As someone with a significant childhood trauma history, the experience of the altered state of bliss as a side effect of my awakening journey was frankly incredible.
The End of Kundalini, the End of Awakening?
One of the questions I am most often asked is does Kundalini awakening ever end? Can I ever be free of this endless process of change, opening, chaos and deepening and the suffering that it brings me? I asked myself this question many times in the heat of my own Kundalini process. And the answer […]
Is Kundalini Awakening a Romance Killer?
Does Kundalini kill romance? Kundalini is often portrayed as a force that stalks and destroys intimate relationships. The Internet is filled with a wealth of painful and real stories and warnings that Kundalini is a romance killer — an incredibly difficult challenge that makes a successful intimate relationship on the awakening path impossible. In this […]
Kundalini: a Spontaneous, Fiery Awakening
It can be quite a shock to have a Kundalini awakening, especially if you were not seeking it out directly. One minute you are cruising along in your everyday life, when bam! Kundalini wakes up and announces herself to you. And I guarantee you, from that moment on your life is never the same again. Most people […]