Throughout my journey of self-discovery, I struggled with developing spiritual practices.  I was searching for an authentic and personal connection with my spiritual center. I looked for Teachers and guidance but found gatekeepers and only saw over the gates they kept.

 

Through everything, I've realized that spirituality is a unique and individual journey. While having a teacher or lineage is a beautiful, humbling gift, it's not the sole means of connecting with deep, inner spiritual connections or building a meaningful practice.

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In my own journey, I had to seek guidance from within myself to find what I was looking for. This included the sacramental use of plant medicines and deepening my connection to inner reality in an intentional, sacred spiritual community.  I acknowledge Plant Medicines as sacraments, guides and gateways to a deeper understanding of myself and my place in the world. Plant medicines are nature's spiritual guides that support my navigation of inner landscape more easily and clearly, leading into profound transformation and growth.

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In my practice, each morning, I dedicate a minimum of 60 minutes to a holistic, introspective ritual of an open, exploratory dance with contemplative prayer, silence, movement, energy work, music, careful listening, and inner dialogue. I open myself AS gratitude to the field of Divine Field of Energy from which all things come, to my presence in it, and at its core, our undifferentiated self.  We sit together. We think. We listen. We trust.

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Mine is an evolving practice bringing me into closer spiritual, mental, emotional and physical resonance with the underlying structure of my being and deepest desires for wholeness, love, and conscious awareness. It is a practice of felt, vibrational connection freely given by Divine Spirit, born from simply being, witnessing, and embracing unique inner, resonating, energetic signatures within my physical being. Bodies are the tuning fork of Divine Awareness.  Transcending all objectivity, Divine Awareness is experienced within as living, flowing energy.

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Through all my life experiences, the sacramental use of plant medicines, and understanding Lao Tzu’s 10,000 things, I found my way into Personal Yoga, Shinbashira: The Pillar of the Heart, a practice rooted firmly in humanity’s singular, shared lineage to its creative source and origin. "Shinbashira" is a practice of grounding oneself to the center of my being through faithful practice. It involves self-realization through awareness of how the body feels, resonates with divine energy, and evolves through daily action.

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Shinbashira is a state of grounded Spiritual Awareness: The Pillar of the Heart.  If we listen quietly and devote time to exploring the corridors of our own being, we can and will understand the Spiritual Heart within as heart-mind-body coherence. Sitting with ourselves, and listening to what we hear, opens us to our heart’s deepest desire: Self-awareness within Spiritual Reality

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I will add one last guiding principle, a quote by the Renaissance Alchemist, Paracelsus: “ Let him not be another’s who can be his own.”   Paracelsus encourages us to practice self-discovery and individuality and to seek knowledge and guidance from within. I am profoundly grateful for this teaching and for being reminded to always look within.

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All the gifts and tools of self-exploration are before us.  They are In us As us. Everything we need to find a path to Divine Center is within and waiting.

 

Namaste