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The Healing Rainbow, Medicine Hat, AB (2026)

03/31/2026

There is something deeply powerful unfolding within me lately… and I feel called to share it with you.

Through my recent practice of intensive pranayama, I’ve been working with the opening of Uddiyana Bandha — the energetic lock of the Manipura chakra. During one practice, I felt a strong pressure… and then a release. The energy moved upward and dissolved into something lighter, something more spacious.

This opening is important. It allows prana — our life force — to rise, clearing the nadis and moving through emotional blockages that may be held deep within the body.

And yet… what I’ve come to realize is this:

Just because something opens, doesn’t mean everything is immediately released.

Instead, I’ve become more aware.

In my day-to-day life, especially through experiences at work, I’ve noticed feelings of embarrassment, shame, and guilt arising. Emotions I believed I had already worked through… returning, but this time on a deeper level.

This is the work.

As prana rises from the Manipura, it begins to burn through the impurities of our emotional body. What has been stored must come to the surface to be seen, felt, and released. This upward movement brings us into deeper discernment — into the knowing of the third eye — where wisdom begins to unfold.

It is here we begin to witness.

I may feel these emotions… but I am also the observer.

I am the knower of the divine within me.

These experiences are not who I am — they are part of what is moving through me.

And in this space, something beautiful happens…

We begin to embrace both the physical and the spiritual aspects of ourselves.

We come into wholeness.

We remember — we are both.

This is why this upcoming Embodiment Connection Circle, Part 1: Emotions, feels so important.

It is a space where we come together to soften, to share, and to understand that our emotions are not something to fix or push away — they are part of our human experience.

When we allow them, witness them, and move with them… we create space for true transformation.

Let us come together.

Let us be seen.

Let us flow as one.

April 12, 2025 from 2-4pm @ Nirvana 101

03/27/2026

Another beautiful Connection Circle is here 🤍

What makes this one especially meaningful is that it’s part of a 3-part series exploring the Svadhisthana (Sacral) Chakra.

Part 1 is all about Emotions.
This is a topic I hold close to my heart. As human beings, we are born into feeling — yet for many of us (if not all), emotions can be one of the most challenging parts of our experience.

Together, we’ll gently explore what it means to feel.
We’ll begin by sitting in circle, sharing tea, and opening a compassionate space to talk about our emotions — connecting to the wisdom of the sacral womb and the nurturing energy of the sacred mother.

From there, we’ll move into embodied practice, weaving together yoga, meditation, and somatics to support deeper connection, release, and flow.

A space to feel.
A space to soften.
A space to come home to yourself.

Soul Search

03/21/2026

Lately I’ve been reflecting on enjoyment… what it really means to enjoy life.

Yesterday, my granddaughter asked me how my day was. I told her, “It’s alright… I have to go to work, and it’s hard when you don’t really like your job.”

So I asked her, “How do you enjoy life?”

Her answer was simple:

“I do things I like to do.”

Then I asked, “How do I enjoy my job?”

And she said, “Play with the people you work with.”

So much wisdom from a 4-year-old. 🤍

It made me pause and wonder…

Do we forget how to enjoy life as we get older?

Do responsibilities and busy days pull us away from something that once came so naturally?

I sat with that question.

What do I enjoy?

What feels like play to me?

For me, it’s yoga, Reiki, meditation… the things that bring me back to myself.

And then I reflected… how can I bring that same energy into my work?

Maybe it’s not about changing everything…

Maybe it’s about connection.

Taking a moment to laugh.

To truly talk with the people around me.

To find small moments of lightness in the day.

Maybe enjoyment isn’t something we find…

Maybe it’s something we remember. ✨

03/16/2026

Gratitude to the beautiful souls who joined our Embodied Empowerment Connection Circle yesterday. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, your presence, and pieces of your hearts.

It was something my own soul deeply needed — to sit in a space of genuine connection and conversation. A space of peace, honesty, and harmony. A reminder that we are not alone on this journey, especially during times when the world feels stressful and dysregulating.

This morning, I woke up and went into work as usual, and the energy there felt heavy and toxic. People moving like robots, pushing themselves just to keep going, trying to stay afloat while the workload piles higher and higher.

It made me ask myself: What is happening in our society, especially here in the Western world?

Everything feels so busy, chaotic, and pressured. We keep pushing forward just to survive, just to pay the bills. Somewhere along the way the joy seems to get lost in the dysfunction.

How do we stay aligned when we spend so much time in environments that pull us out of alignment?

To be honest, right now I feel like I’m treading water — doing my best to stay afloat.

There are many things in this world we cannot control. But one thing I can return to is my practice.

Today I chose to take a day of rest.

A day to step away, breathe, and reconnect with the Divine through my sadhana.

To come back into balance.

To remember who I truly am beneath all the noise.

My prayer today is simple:

May I find peace.

And if you are struggling today too, may the energy cultivated through my practice ripple outward and reach you.

You are not alone 💕

03/14/2026

Sometimes during Mercury Retrograde we may feel emotionally, mentally, or energetically dysregulated. Old patterns, memories, and even past karmas can rise to the surface.

It can feel uncomfortable… but these moments are also invitations for reflection and growth.

So how do we meet these moments?

Through Tapas (discipline) and Sadhana (spiritual practice).

Having a spiritual practice gives us an anchor when everything else feels uncertain. It becomes a space where we can return to ourselves and reconnect with the Divine.

Some days when I feel dysregulated, my sadhana may deepen and intensify. Other days it may be much softer. The important part is simply showing up.

Even 10–15 minutes can be enough.

• A few moments of Ātman Vichāra (self-inquiry)

• A short meditation

• Sitting quietly with the breath and the Divine presence within

Spiritual practice reminds us that we are not our passing emotions, thoughts, or karmic patterns.

It brings us back to our center.

When old energies rise, meet them with awareness, compassion, and practice.

✨ The path is not about perfection — it is about returning to yourself again and again.

How do you ground yourself when life feels dysregulated?

03/09/2026

Alternate Nostril Breathing for Balance & Regulation 🌿

In a world that often feels overwhelming, simple breath practices can help bring our nervous system back into balance. One powerful technique is Alternate Nostril Breathing, known in Sanskrit as Nadi Shodhana Pranayama.

In yoga philosophy, nadi means energy channels and shodhana means purification or cleansing. This breath practice is believed to help clear and balance the body’s energetic pathways while calming the mind and regulating the nervous system.

Benefits may include:

• Calming the nervous system

• Reducing stress and anxiety

• Supporting emotional regulation

• Improving focus and mental clarity

• Creating balance between the left and right hemispheres of the brain

How to Practice:

Sit comfortably with a tall spine.

Bring your right hand toward your nose.

Gently close your right nostril with your thumb.

Inhale slowly through your left nostril.

Close the left nostril with your ring finger.

Release the right nostril and exhale slowly through the right side.

Inhale through the right nostril.

Close the right nostril, release the left, and exhale through the left nostril.

This completes one round. Continue for 3–5 minutes, breathing slowly and gently.

Why it helps regulate:

Nadi Shodhana supports balance in the nervous system by calming the stress response and activating the body’s relaxation response. As the breath becomes steady, the mind and body begin to settle, helping us move from dysregulation back into a state of presence, clarity, and balance.

🌬️ Sometimes the most powerful medicine is simply the breath.

Pause. Breathe. Return to yourself.

03/03/2026

Is what’s happening in the world affecting our nervous system?

Yes. It is.

Whether we are watching the news or not…

our physical body feels it.

our mind feels it.

our emotions feel it.

our spirit feels it.

I’ve been feeling the anger. The grief. The heaviness. And I don’t have to turn on the television to know something is happening — my body already knows.

Even if you don’t consciously feel it, your nervous system is still responding.

So what do we do with all of this?

With the things that feel out of our control?

Do we turn outward?

Or do we gently turn inward?

When we are angry, do we breathe deeply?

No. Our breath becomes shallow. Tight. Restricted.

And when we aren’t receiving deep, nourishing breaths, emotions can become stuck in the body.

Regulation begins with awareness.

With breath.

With space.

Breathwork is one powerful way to allow emotions to move as they arise instead of holding them in our tissues.

Taking a moment to go within — to sit with yourself and your breath — creates room for flow instead of suppression.

✨ Embodied Empowerment Circle: Regulating in a Dysregulated World

🗓 March 15

⏰ 2–4 PM

Join us as we gather in community to share how the world is impacting us, connect soul-to-soul, and learn supportive tools to regulate our nervous systems through breath, movement, and embodied awareness.

You don’t have to hold it alone. 🤍

02/26/2026

The weather doesn’t just change the sky — it can shift our nervous system, too. 🌬️

Research shows that changes in barometric pressure, reduced sunlight, temperature swings, and especially strong winds can influence mood, increase irritability, elevate cortisol, and heighten anxiety. Wind in particular has been associated with increased restlessness and emotional reactivity — likely because rapid atmospheric changes subtly stress the nervous system and disrupt our sense of environmental safety.

Long before modern research, traditional systems recognized this connection. In Ayurveda, excess “Vata” energy (associated with air and wind) was linked to anxiety, scattered thoughts, and dysregulation — described in texts like the Charaka Samhita.

In yogic philosophy, regulation of the breath was seen as regulation of the mind. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali teaches that through pranayama (breath control), the fluctuations of the mind begin to settle. The Hatha Yoga Pradipika similarly describes breath practices as a way to steady the life force and calm internal turbulence.

When the outer winds are strong, we can soften the inner winds.

🌿 Slow, lengthened exhalations
🌿 Grounding postures
🌿 Gentle meditation
🌿 Conscious breath awareness

The environment may shift — but through yoga, breathwork, and meditation, we cultivate steadiness within.

How does the weather affect you?

02/24/2026

Hey beautiful souls 🤍

How do you regulate in a dysregulated world?

In a world of constant noise, pressure, and stimulation, our nervous systems can easily become overwhelmed. So how do you come back to center? How do you soften, ground, and reconnect to yourself?

Yoga helps us move and release stored tension from the body.

Breathwork gently brings the nervous system back into balance.

Meditation anchors us in presence and creates space between stimulus and response.

✨ Come join us for our Embodied Empowerment Connection Circle: Regulating in a Dysregulated World ✨

🗓 March 15

⏰ 2:00–4:00 PM

Together we’ll explore grounding practices, conscious movement, breath, and meditation to support nervous system regulation and inner steadiness.

You deserve to feel safe, steady, and connected — even in a chaotic world. 💛

02/21/2026

Regulating in a Dysregulated World

We are living in a time of constant stimulation — noise, screens, expectations, urgency, comparison, productivity pressure. Our nervous systems were not designed for the speed and intensity of modern society.

The result? Many of us are living in subtle (or not so subtle) dysregulation.

Our sensory systems are constantly taking in information — light, sound, social cues, emotional energy, digital input. When there is too much, too fast, for too long, the nervous system can become overwhelmed. We may feel anxious, scattered, irritable, numb, exhausted, disconnected, or on edge without fully understanding why.

This isn’t a personal failure.

It’s a physiological response.

Societal pressures to perform, achieve, and keep up often pull us away from our bodies. Chronic stress keeps us in fight, flight, or freeze. Over time, we forget what true regulation feels like.

Yoga and meditation offer a return.

Through conscious breath, slow intentional movement, and stillness, we send signals of safety back to the nervous system. The body begins to soften. The mind begins to settle. Sensory input becomes organized rather than overwhelming.

Yoga grounds us back into our physical form.

Meditation reconnects us to awareness beyond the noise.

Together, they gently restore balance between activation and rest.

Regulation is not about perfection.

It’s about learning how to come home to yourself again and again.

In a dysregulated world, choosing to regulate is an act of empowerment.

02/16/2026

✨ Grateful for the Souls Who Gathered ✨

From the depths of our hearts — thank you to the beautiful souls who joined us for our Embodiment Circle.

Together, we co-created a tranquil and peaceful space… a sanctuary where each person was invited to open, soften, and share a sacred piece of themselves. Your vulnerability. Your honesty. Your courage. It was felt. It was honored. It was deeply cherished.

Through heart-opening yoga and gentle balance practices, we softened the body and expanded the heart. In meditation, we breathed as one — many beings, one heartbeat. 💗

There is something profoundly healing about coming together in a circle. When we gather with intention, walls dissolve. Masks fall away. We remember that we are not alone.

Community is medicine. Connection is sacred. Gratitude fills every space we opened together.

Thank you for trusting the circle. Thank you for being you.

Until we gather again… ✨

02/14/2026

Happy Valentines Day from Orianna and I. Sending the divine love in our hearts out to you all! The unconditional and divine love that rests in the space of our spiritual heart is the divine template of us all; Shiva and Shakti love story flows through each of us! Much love 🌈💕

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