The main hallmark of a lucid mind is its ability to transform any challenge into a creative opportunity." 
Richard Rudd

Todays newsletter comes after a big pause as I contemplate the shamanic path which I stepped on over 3 years ago. Currently 3 months into a 12 month shadow container, I find myself trying to share with my students- how to transform a shadow into a gift? At this point I give massive shout out to all the yogis who work with me regularly and get to witness the transformational journey and ride the waves of grace with me!

The process of transforming pain into pleasure or accessing the gift under the shadow is about softening the heart and opening the mind regularly.  
We have a hard time healing when we are in the thinking and doing. But when we allow ourselves to be just present and to witness parts of us that we find ugly or ashamed of, we begin to integrate those parts and heal them with loving awareness.

So the cultivation of loving awareness is a technique that, as we practice over time, becomes a way of being.
Our daily practice evolves and merges into the way we show up in the world and that doesn't mean perfect! It does mean high awareness and the ability to hold space for anything that's ready to be seen.
Remember that anything that stays in the shadow holds more power. So allowing it the space to rise, bringing the light of awareness to it, with huge doses of self compassion is the only way to heal.

The payoff of this inner work is that no matter what life throws up there's an anchoring into our core stability, an unshakable connection with self that is priceless. You dont stop feeling (you actually feel more) but the trust goes deep. Like the roots of the tree you remain deeply and unwaveringly connected.

So, if you are on a healing path, honing the  practice of softening the thinking mind and dropping into wisdom mind embody your true essence covers this and much more over an 8 week immersive online course.

The wisdom mind holds the keys to the transformation at a mental level.
Then of course there is the energy body - where the pain and patterning is stored. This level of healing is something we cover in-depth on the higher frequencies course and energy coaching.