embrace heart centered living - The Karuna Life™

Automatic Writing is an amazing tool to connect with your heart.  We often want outside advice but you know who already has the deeper answers of the heart? You do! This is also a great way to begin to communicate with your spirit guides and helpers! 

Automatic writing helps us become clear about where we want to go or what is most needed.

 It also helps dig deeper to figure out what's bothering us in a situation or relationship and how to proceed. It can open the door to clearer communicate with guides, angels, helpers, and loved ones.  

 Remember that your angelic teams are always supportive and loving. If the advice resonates, then honor it as your truth. Show gratitude and say "Thank you" for any helpful information.  If it didn't work then ask to be shown a different way- a way that is perfect for you. 

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Cacao is raw chocolate in its purest form- no sugar or additives.  In ancient times, the Aztecs and Mayans valued cacao and often held cacao ceremonies and used it in rituals. They also traded it as currency and it was worth as much as gold. 

Ceremonial cacao is not what we often find in the grocery store- even if it's labeled "cacao." True ceremonial cacao is  a different grade of  of "chocolate" and  most often in bar form. 

Cacao is often referred to as Plant Medicine but  I consider it an Energetic Plant Medicine.   

 I've taken classes and sought out books on cacao (harder than you'd think).  

What draws me to cacao ceremony is the deep connection and magic that unfolds during that window of time! It is something intangible that many of us are looking for in day to day life. I often pair it with automatic writing or meditation for deeper connection.   I love sharing the heart opening energy and wisdom of cacao with others. 

The Spirit of Cacao reminds us to connect more deeply with our hearts. She offers space to quiet the mind and to listen for the gentle song of the soul.

FAVORITE BRANDS

Temple Goddess Cacao

The Cacao Lab

Embue

Keith's Cacao

Soul Lift Cacao

**There are contraindicators for cacao consumption, so do your homework or talk to your doctor. It's not suitable for everyone.

Shamanism is one of the oldest spiritual practices and it is found in cultures all around the world. The world "Shaman" often means "one who sees in the dark" or" healer." Practices like Shamanic Journey are gradually becoming more mainstream as people look for new spiritual tools.

A Shamanic Journey  is most often used to gain insight, guidance,  and information from the unseen world; the world beyond our physical eyes.  

Shamanism as a lifestyle stresses the importance of being in harmony and balance with oneself and with nature.  One does not need to be a Shaman to participate in a shamanic journey and many people are exploring how this practice can benefit them. 

Sandra Ingerman is one of the most well known Shamanic Teachers.  I've taken several of her courses and highly recommend them, if this topic interests you.  She provides a wonderful abstract on shamanism on her website that summarizes it far better than I can!  You can find it at: 

https://www.sandraingerman.com/abstract-on-shamanism/

Shamanic Journey is similar to a meditation, however, the participant is active in a journey.  Therefore one allows the journey to unfold by the power of imagination.  Imagination is vastly underrated in our culture! When a participant is in a journey, they use all of their senses to have an experience. Therefore, it is unique to the individual and that is what makes it so special. 

"Shamanic journeying is the inner art of traveling to the 'invisible worlds' beyond ordinary reality to retrieve information for change in any area of your life - from spirituality and health to work and relationships." —  Sandra Ingerman

Haven't touched your yoga mat in years? No problem.  

This isn't about athletic yoga or the acrobatic yoga pictures we see on Instagram!  Who actually looks like that??  Not me!   I'm a very real and inflexible yogi.  My twin brother and I like to blame our inflexibility on bad genes :)  But I have learned the power of movement- on both the physical body and also to the energetic body. 

Our bodies are constantly changing which is a good thing - we have the privilege of aging. Yet it's easy to get in our heads about not looking like we did 5 or 10 years ago or harshly judging ourselves. Sometimes we just have to roll out our mat or pick a spot and start. 

Do my knees crack? Yep. Do I lose my balance? All the time. Yet I still do it - not because I make an attractive yogi - but because I'm giving my body what it needs. Breath + Movement. 

 If you have been sitting or largely immobile (and who isn't in today's lifestyle?) your energy slows and becomes stagnant. The result? We become tired, low energy, dull  and fatigued. That's when we often reach for caffeine or sugar to try to get us over the dip in energy. What we actually need almost feels counter-intuitive,  we need stretching and movement.