Phew! If last week’s full moon energy made it difficult to find your center, or you’re feeling overwhelmed in general, this is your reminder that focusing on the small, simple, and local is completely okay. Simple is misunderstood and underrated. Simple is not easy. Untangling a situation to its most simple form can be quite challenging! To keep our lives simple in the midst of all the noise telling us we need to buy or do in order to feel good takes energy. Consider this yo

Today is my friend's birthday. We went to the free day at the art museum, and waiting for their partner, they said I could go on ahead into the exhibit because they knew my parking was on a limited timeframe. I told them that we're all good, I'm not in a rush, and they offered gratitude for how I seem to flow or roll with things as they come... and in that moment I was reminded that how we show up matters and can offer healing for others. A little ripple of impact, the butte

A few years ago, I was going to healing sessions twice a month or more to "get through" the healing process. Did I need to go this often? Maybe. But what I wasn't doing was actually sitting in the insights and unravelings that came up in each session. I wanted to move through my discomfort and pain as quickly as possible so I could be "healed". Sound familiar? 😬 Until a healer told me: "What comes after a healing session matters just as much as the actual session itself." An

Like meditation and yoga, sound baths are a way for us to experience the unity of everything. Viewed as a tool or resource, sound baths can include the use of singing bowls, gongs, chimes, and drums. The vibrations from the sound waves help our brains shift from beta to alpha frequencies (goodbye thinking, hello relaxation). Immersion in a variety of sound frequencies can also recalibrate energy centers in the body and get them working with each other in harmony. The most po

We are biological, psychological, social, and spiritual creatures. When these aspects of ourselves are not in balance, sickness occurs. Mostly, we ignore and/or have forgotten our spiritual selves. A holistic understanding of health understands the interconnectedness between our body, mind, and spirit. Emotional trauma can cause inflammation of the lung’s airways and other organs. Emotional disturbances can dysregulate the autonomic nervous system. Stress affects the body’s

If you've ever been to a yoga class or been exposed to two seconds of meditation, you'll likely hear something about "let's get you in your body and get you grounded". But like what does that even mean? For most of 30's, I thought I was grounded. I was "calm" and able to move through my gym, shower, breakfast, drive, work, drive, walk the dog, dinner, sleep, schedule in "flow". Until I challenged myself to have days popped into my calendar that didn't have a schedule, and I d

Reiki is a Japanese term. “Rei,” universal. “Ki,” life energy. This vital energy that is in everything is called elementary bosons and fermions (subatomic particles) in the physics framework of understanding. This universal life force energy is also known as prana, qi, gi, nagual, and tao…among many other terms. When I say I’m a Reiki practitioner, it means I work with this universal life force energy to help clients heal. If you called me an energy healer or light worker, yo

Divination is one of those words that evokes immediate fear and condemnation for many people. I think this has a lot to do with the messaging from the Catholic Church. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, divination calls on help from Satan and/or demons. I don’t have the time or energy right now to go into all the ways organized religion is designed to maintain a hierarchy of power, but I will mention one. Before I do, I want to state, as I have before, that I

I’ve been going to 60 minutes in space at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science each month. It’s a free monthly lecture program where I learn about the latest space news 🤓. Something I became aware of during last night’s talk deeply saddened me. A company in California wants to send giant mirrors into space so that they can reflect sunlight onto the night side of Earth, to power solar panels, among other things. Their application to the Federal Communications Commission

Hello empaths and highly sensitive peoples! Checking in on you... are you exahusted? Drained? Depleted? Me too, and I am reminded to come back to my energy maintenance practices that have fallen out of habit and practice. Just like brushing our teeth, drinking water, and taking walks, our spiritual and emotional parts of us need some TLC also. I was reminded of this today coming off of a few big people days in the last week and feeling exhausted. Some ideas for energy mainten

Feeling grateful to have been in community with folks last night during Tender Heart’s pop-up at Buntport Theater. One of the things we talked about was how to start a new daily ritual (intentional/mindful ritual amplifies energy connected to a behavior). I wasn’t planning on doing this myself, since I’m happy with the rituals I have in place. But SURPRISE, this morning I received a message that ultimately led me to committing to 21 days of aligning with my earth star chakra

People share near death experiences, past life musings, and ghost stories with me. Why? Probably because they can tell I’m not judging them. In a society that benefits from us feeling disempowered and bad about how we look, eat, and live, it’s hard to escape the inner critic. The inner critic convinces us that if we buy product blah blah blah, travel to blipity blop, and/or try out the latest shcoopy woop workout, we’ll finally feel good. Maybe we do the thing and feel good f

“The revolution will not be televised.” -Gil Scott-Heron It happens in person. And in my experience, it’s quiet work that starts in each of us. “Be the change you wish to see in the world” is more than a quote to hang on walls or post online. How can we live this? It begins with embodying peace and love. Like many life-changing choices, this is much easier said than done. When we choose love over fear in each moment, we consciously break free from old thought and physiologica

It’s very windy in Denver today! Hello Fire Horse energy. I set my intention for the year so there is clarity, purpose, and direction in my work. I know there is a lot of talk about the intensity of the energy coming in, which is true, and I’d like us to think about it as wind at our back to support the direction we want to go. We can harness this energy for good, rather than for chaos. In every moment, we can choose to attune to the frequency of love/christ consciousness/sou

👀 this might sting…but yes, you should have an intention for your energy work session. and let’s be real, for most things in our lives, not just healing and energy work. ✨ intentions are powerful. Dr. Emoto showed this with research on different intentions spoken into water. what a gift to drink some sparkly water that has been shown “thanks” or “i love you”! recently i’ve had a few clients who have asked about having an intention or asked me to give them their intention for