The rigid energetic pattern is a coping mechanism resulting from the stage of development between six and eight years old, when our will begins to come in contact with the outer world. Children learn about the rules of social conduct, and roles that people play. This is the time when we develop a sense of external form, so the person with a predominant rigid pattern internalized the message that following the rules was more important than how they felt about the situation. This stage of development can result in rigidity, so I am pointing out the energetic qualities and … [read more]
Presence
Energetic Coping Mechanisms
How is it possible that we could harbor unconscious beliefs that question our basic rights of human existence? We have the right to be here, to be loved, to have our own space, to feel safe, and to feel. If those rights do not get met in early childhood, we develop energetic coping mechanisms. Each one of those has a different look and feel. Learning to read these energetic patterns within ourselves and others is life changing. I will be covering each one in my upcoming articles. The energetic coping mechanisms correspond roughly to developmental stages in response to our … [read more]
Stages In The Work of Self-Transformation
When work on oneself takes hold, things start happening that we perhaps thought were not possible. It is almost as if our efforts do not bear fruit until the energies shift. All of a sudden, we start spontaneously waking up and noticing with a new found awareness. We may be working for some time without those results. I often hear people say they don’t get it and nothing is happening. Until it does… That is why people attracted to the work of presence and spiritual freedom have a sense that there is something in the teaching without really knowing. … [read more]
Why Today’s Yoga Does Not Lead To Mindfulness
These days yoga is a passive and micromanaged experience. After many years of not going to yoga because I tired of searching for anything that remotely compared to the deep and transformative experience I had with my first teacher at Integral Yoga institute in Paris, I decided to venture out some 20 years later to experience Yoga here in the Seattle area. I have been a practitioner of yoga since I was a young child watching it on TV at age 7. I was drawn to it. Even at that young age, I felt complete by stretching and strengthening my … [read more]
The True Meaning of Embodiment
Let’s look at the true meaning of embodiment and the effect it can have on our lives. There’s a lot of talk about embodiment these days and I want to give you my take on what that really means. It’s something I have practiced for a very long time and it allowed me to break out of my comfort zone to experience things that lurked in the shadows and could not come forth otherwise. It enabled me to face fear and actually simply feel. I have always been an empath, meaning my experience of life ever since I was a … [read more]
Fragmentation
We are all extremely fragmented and experience that directly on a daily basis. Some of the reasons why we need to work with presence, and work toward personal transformation is because we have the chance to integrate and become whole. It’s probably apparent to all of us that we experience fragmentation as inner conflict. You can watch my vlog entitled The Many I’s to gain more perspective on this and how this phenomenon arises within us. It is one of the more palpable things we experience as fragmented beings. We feel the conflict within us when we want to … [read more]