Quote of the Week

“Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, some day far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.”

Rainer Maria Rilke

Ease Into Fall

August 28, 2008

As we ease into Fall we begin to go inside …….

“In stillness the world is restored” Lao Tzu

There are tremendous accounts of illness in our present day culture and yet we live in a time when health could be at an optimum level due to the knowledge and resources we have available to us. There are some key factors that are affecting our health greatly in present times and two of them are the foods we eat and our stress levels in daily life. Our food source is tremendously altered with chemicals and genetic altering. This can be easily avoided in our lives by choosing organic foods, mostly fresh fruits and vegetables and drinking more water every day.

There is a new source of drinking water that has tremendous health benefits called alkaline drinking water which is provided by a machine attached to your faucet to oxygenate the water we take in daily. The amount of processed foods we consume in our country has greatly altered our overall health status. The amount of chemical consumption in our bodies by processed foods is truly dangerous to our health. Even in our busy schedules remember that simple is healthier. Fresh is best and more water in your daily diet will make a definite difference in physical well being.

The other culprit in our decline in health is our daily stress. Stress exists and yet we create more stress and fear with our thoughts. The amount of fear based and negative thoughts we have during the day will increase blood pressure and stress our adrenals to the point of ill health. Over prolonged periods the bodies own immune system is impaired and no longer able to sustain the health levels we desire.

One simple antidote for this effect is setting time aside every day 5 minutes in the morning and 5 minutes in the evening to sit still and breathe deeply, in through the nose and out through the mouth. You will find the breath brings you back to the present moment instead of vaulting out into the future where we have imagined things in a negative way. This negative vision (though imagined) feels real to your emotional being and you being to feel fear, stress and or worry. All have a negative effect over time on the body. Dr. Bruce Lipton has done extensive research on our physical DNA to prove that negative thought patterns will actually make our cells deteriorate and die, whereas a positive thought which supports a high vibration will bring those same cells back to life! So thinking positive is not just a feel good moment it is a necessity for a healthy body. Our physical being depends on our emotional well being.

If we have lived traumatic experiences in our past breath work can eliminate that negative frequency from our physical body and our emotional body. EFT will release negative emotions as well from specific traumatic events from physical abuse to emotional traumas. They are two powerful tools to help us be healthy, whole and present in our own bodies.

*As you notice a negative thought passing through experiment on how you can change that thought around into a positive. Begin with gratitude and see something resolving itself positively, or a disagreement being settled, money being received, health being restored and/or a change bringing a positive new experience. Play with this, at first it may feel challenging but look at it like an exercise the more you strengthen this muscle the easier it becomes to do the work!
How would it feel to be energized, present, aware and peaceful all at the same time? When we are living at this level creating the life we choose becomes easy and graceful. All you have to do is allow yourself to receive all your good!

Come breath and choose health and radiance!

“When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves in the light of truth, we discover that our life is embosomed in beauty” Emerson

Sending love and light,

Karen

Fly High As You Can

August 3, 2008

Hello To Each Of You,

Happy August!

“Once you have flown, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward; for there you have been, there you long to return” Leonardo da Vinci

When we have had a tremendously uplifting experience we long to return to it or to feel it again. When we feel joy we desire that feeling again in our lives however we often focus on other things in our daily lives which do not feel joyful, challenges in relationships, pressures of career, jobs and finances, and the stress of every day life in our modern day culture. Where can we go to find the peace? Where can we go to create health, and the wisdom to create what we would like to live? The answer is inside! In fact all the answers are inside each one of us.

We have been given an amazing gift and it is right under our noses and that which we often overlook. In fact it is through the nose that we can begin to hear the answers and that is through breathing. We can increase our physical health through breathing more regularly, more deeply and with Transformational Breath Class we can release negative past emotions, increase physical health and energy and feel the joy again!

We often look far outside ourselves for our joy and happiness which creates all kinds of havoc. We look for it in riches, material possessions and even in other people, who we think, will bring us what we want. We all want to be loved, to belong and to be valued. All this is deep within each of us and all we have to do to feel it is breathe and you will feel that connection so deep, so strong so undeniable you will know your truth and know that all you desire you have already within. Your source is not any person, place or circumstance it is the love within your being, your connected state.

When we do not breathe, fear often takes over and we feel alone, isolated, and lack of that which we desire, and the fear takes over. Come breathe and know your truth. Come breathe and create health, energy and feel the love that is so deep so abiding!

“Ever object, every being, is a jar full of delight” Rumi

I look forward to seeing each of you in breath class or in session to create your beautiful life!

Sending you love and light,

Karen

Breaking The Barriers To Love

July 18, 2008

Hello To Each One Of You,

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek to find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it” Rumi

Your body is your temple! So now the question is who is in your temple? Who are you letting inside? Whatever we allow in will affect the strength, health, emotional stability and the equanimity of our being. Who is in your temple? When we choose food that isn’t supporting health our temple will be altered. There are tremendous amounts of things in this world that do not support our health. My 13 year old is learning that a donut tastes good and yet it makes her stomach hurt afterward. There is the choice of a moment’s pleasure compared to an hour of pain and is it truly worth that one moment. This is how we grow by understanding we can choose that which supports our well being and as a result we feel much better emotionally when we have truly loved ourselves.

What thoughts are we playing in our temple? Is there beautiful music playing or are there old negative thought patterns repeating themselves? The frequency of what we are playing over and over will affect how we feel. If we let the “old tapes” run unhindered we will stay in the same place of feeling bad about ourselves. The old core belief of “not good enough” or “not deserving” will still pervade our thoughts and then our behaviors. It is time to come back to the truth and recognize the beauty of our being! It is time to remember again who we are and why we are here.

EFT will target any negative emotion and eliminate it in minutes and surround it with a peaceful feeling. Breath Work will help our minds to calm completely and help us be in touch with our true Self. Look inside and find out who is in your temple. Allow only that which you would allow in a Holy place as you are that deserving of love and honor. You must first give it to yourself!

Come breath and clean out your temple, feel what it is like to know yourself and connect!

“Wherever you go, go with all your love” Confucius

Sending love and light,

Karen
July 6, 2008

Hello to Each of You!

“and though we seem to be sleeping, there is an inner wakefulness that directs the dream and that will eventually startle us back to the truth of who we are” Rumi

It is the 4th of July weekend! Celebrating Freedom and Independence for over 200 years! And yet there is always a battle for freedom going on inside ourselves. This is the battle between the ego and the Soul! The way we can tell who is winning is by checking in with how you feel emotionally. When you are feeling negative emotions the ego is ahead when you are feeling loved, safe and in a truly great place, the Soul is in charge and all knowing. So how do we make sure the Soul is in charge all the time?

The key is going within for the answers to all the questions that arise. Breath Class and Meditation are the powerful keys to Freedom!

Our Soul always knows the truth; that we are safe and we are loved and that there is perfection in everything and every moment. When we play this thought of truth over and over we begin to breathe more deeply, and our whole body responds to this higher truth as Universal Law. Over and over I witness clients as we speak of what is happening in their lives and how it makes them feel. When they begin to see perfection in what they have created in their lives and the opportunities they have drawn to themselves they take a deep breath whereas before they were hardly breathing.

Our Souls and our bodies always respond to truth. Just as our intuition always gives us an indication of whether something feels good or not so good, we cannot deny that inner knowing. It is always present within us. When we are confronted with truth we will feel it in our heart area. Undeniable Truth!! The truth is we are free to choose, we are free to experience life here fully.

The battle between the Soul and the ego is fought every day within us. Where will we align ourselves, in fear and doubt about who we are or if we are deserving or good enough? Or will we choose the beauty in each of us the Divinity within each of us and then see it in every Soul with whom we come into contact? See the beauty and the perfection in your own life and then in every one else’s life. We are all here for a purpose, we are ever evolving consciousness, there are no mistakes only opportunities to learn and grow.

Choose your Soul Self and align your self with high frequency thoughts that bring light and love into each moment and day in your life.

A powerful way to align with our Soul Self is through breath. We calm the mind which can run away with us at times and we have “the journey” which is a communion with your higher self in Breath Class. Don’t let the ego take the power. Come have an awakening and be Free of the past and choose your Soul! Lets remember who we are together.

“What happens when the soul takes hold of the eyes?” Casey Haymes

Sending you all love and light,

Karen

Hear Blessings!

June 12, 2008

Hello To Each One of You,

June, the beginning of summer joy and ease!

“Hear blessings dropping their blossoms all around you” Rumi

Sometimes we think what is there to be grateful for when there is so much stress, tension and worry in our lives? The answer is simple, find one thing one simple thing and focus on it until you see its beauty and say thank you. Focus a bit more and say the words until you feel them. Chant them over and over until you suddenly see more and more in that one thing. Then you will see more and more around you to be grateful for until this is your normal thought. It is the practice.

Gratitude has such a high frequency that it can transform any situation into something of growth, learning and expansion and opportunity. The magic words! Haven’t we always taught children to say the magic words and yet we forget to say them to ourselves for all we have been given for all we have been able to create in our lives; for all the love we give and receive. It is time to remember again the magic that exists in every moment. The simplicity of “thank you” say it to yourself, say it to others and say it to the Universe! You will feel transformed and light. This is our birthright just like coming home.

We’ve always had the key just like Dorothy’s ruby slippers, we have the breath. Breathe more deeply and it will bring you fully to the present moment. Suddenly you will feel peace, calm and the truth; you are safe and you are loved. Come to breath class and you will release all old doubt and fears from the past, old traumas and pain. Your being will be set free and you will remember again who you are and where you came from. There truly is no place like home! come breathe and come home again!

“From within or from behind a light shines through us upon things and makes us aware that we are nothing but the light itself” Emerson

Sending you love and light,

Karen

The Water of The Heart

June 9, 2008

Hello To Each One Of You,

“There is a way from your heart to mine and my heart knows it, because it is clean and pure like water. When water is still like a mirror, it can behold the moon” Rumi

When we drop from our heads to our hearts things are so simple, so pure, so innocent. Like children, ever notice how uncomplicated they are? They love unconditionally, they live in the moment and they forgive instantly, pain only lasts for a moment and then it is forgotten. Imagine if we were more childlike in our lives and let things go instantly, how would we feel if we didn’t repeat stories? How would we feel if we let go of a thought that made us feel bad? The truth is our thoughts are not always true they are just thoughts driven by the ego which has tremendous fears and challenges. When we are feeling fearful or upset know it is ego thought not soul or heart. The soul and the heart lead to the path of love which is higher all knowing and peaceful.

Imagine what your day would be like if you played the thoughts “ I am loved” “ I belong” “I have value” “There is enough time” “ There is enough money”, over and over again all day. If any are willing to try this experiment let me know your results! I have tried it and it is an amazing way to spend your valuable time because the gifts are so great, greater than anything you could imagine. Its all within you, all you seek is just within your heart! You are magic! Look inside and see the love expand with it and know who you really are.

Come breath and expand with the knowledge of self! Feel what it is like to let go of emotional pain, fear and sadness. You will be amazed at the effects on the physical body and how you will feel when you are willing to let go of pain. Vitality, health, wellness are all there waiting to surface. All you have to do is breath and be free, feel the joy once again that is your birthright! What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?

“ Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful” Thich Nhat Hanh

So smile! Make today radiant with your beauty and your joy!

Sending love and light,

Karen

Love and Life

May 19, 2008

Happy May!

Hello To Each Of You,

“Where there is love there is life” Mahatma Gandhi

I was taking more breath training last week and I am truly grateful for more tools and techniques to help others on their path to health and well being! Classes on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday were truly amazing to facilitate and witness as people were feeling the effects of Breath Work on an even deeper level of release and emotional freedom. There were immediate effects in the physical body as pain was released and a heightened sense of well being and remembering purpose on a spiritual level.

It is amazing that we don’t have to do work for years to gain results in our lives and feel good, free and happy. It can be a matter of moments and the negativity is lifted. I highly recommend the work of Michael Newton PH.D. His books on life in between lives “Journey of Souls” and “Destiny Of Souls” truly alter consciousness and heighten our awareness of our journey here and give a deeper meaning and peace in the knowledge of our own power in our own lives. Dr. Newton writes that the spiritual realm is sending us tremendous support here on this plane for our well being and to help raise consciousness on a mass level.

There are new modalities of healing that are now available to us to help raise that consciousness as well. This is to balance the amount of addiction we have chosen to drugs to make us feel better emotionally which do work but block our consciousness from evolving due to chemically induced states. This is not to judge right or wrong but simply to offer more to us to break through emotional barriers we might be carrying.

I am thrilled to work with people choosing health and well being and their emotional freedom to then be the powerful beings we are to create the life we truly desire! Everything is possible! It is all waiting for us. All we have to do is be willing to move forward! That willingness is the first step.

Choose yourself and your life right here right now and allow yourself to receive all that is here for you now! Come to breath class and experience the joy of knowing who you are. If you are experiencing old emotions and/or traumas come for EFT and see who you are without the pain. You are worthy and deserving of love and freedom.

I will be speaking at Second Saturday on July 12th at Mira Costa College on Healing for Two-Home Families. Please let anyone you know going through this transition about this class so they can gain the tools they need to be well and peaceful. You can register online or in person that day, the cost is $45 for the day of class. There is a CPA, an attorney and a mediator who will present.

“What barrier is there that love cannot break?” Mahatma Gandhi

Love is and always will be there answer love for self and love for others. Love is the only thing that truly exists all the rest we make up!

Come breath with me and be free once again!

Sending love and light,

Karen