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The Awakened Method is body-oriented somatic mindfulness healing therapy that uses pre & perinatal birth psychology, ecopsychology, spiritual ecology, and mindfulness modalities.

The way we learn is more than books and lessons; it’s about how our soul, spirit, and body are supported to unfold.The 7...
09/27/2025

The way we learn is more than books and lessons; it’s about how our soul, spirit, and body are supported to unfold.

The 7 Pillars of Embodied Learning 
Curiosity
Joy
Autonomy
Connection
Creativity
Reflection
Belonging

These pillars create the ecology of freedom-based learning, where children (and parents) grow in wholeness, not pressure.

When we nurture these 7, learning becomes alive, joyful, and deeply human.

Which pillar do you feel most connected to today?

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Awakened Parent Ashram at  – September 27 Acton Academy, Santa Cruz 10:00 AM – 4:00 PMJoin us for a transformative day o...
09/02/2025

Awakened Parent Ashram at
– September 27

 Acton Academy, Santa Cruz
 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Join us for a transformative day of connection, learning, and community with the Awakened Parent Ashram Tour. This immersive event invites parents into a living experience of storytelling, dialogue, and embodied exploration.

Highlights of the Day:

Storytelling & Parent Circle – Share the struggles and beauties of modern parenting in a safe, supportive space. These conversations will also be part of the Village Effects Podcast: Parent Circle Series.

Farm-to-Table Community Lunch – Nourish body and soul with a seasonal meal prepared in the community.

Parent Exploration Workshop – Experience new ways of seeing education and child development, exploring how embodied and freedom-based learning empowers curiosity, autonomy, and interdependence.

Tickets: $123 for singles | $183 for couples
(includes a digital copy of the Awakening the Village Within workbook + 3 months of parenting mentorship within the Acton Academy community)

This event is more than a workshop; it’s a step toward reclaiming parenting as a practice of wholeness, community, and soul connection.


The 7 Spiritual Lessons of the SoulExpressed Through the Spirit of Your ChildEvery child comes into this world with a so...
08/27/2025

The 7 Spiritual Lessons of the Soul

Expressed Through the Spirit of Your Child

Every child comes into this world with a soul blueprint.
A sacred sequence of lessons, they are here to live, not just learn.
These lessons don’t arrive in words, but in waves.
Through play, emotion, behavior, curiosity, resistance, and deep need.

Your child’s soul is the steady current of who they are.
Their spirit is how that soul moves through the world.
And each soul must pass through these 7 spiritual initiations on the path to wholeness.

Here’s how those lessons unfold:

1. Trust & Fear → Self-Development
Lesson: I am safe in my body. I belong here.
The soul’s first task is to establish presence. To root. To know that the world will hold them. When fear replaces trust, the foundation of “I am” becomes shaky.

2. Pleasure & Guilt → Self-Gratification
Lesson: I am allowed to feel good. My joy is sacred.
The child learns to follow desire, to explore with the senses, and to find delight in embodiment. This is not indulgence, it’s how they learn they are alive.

3. Empowerment & Shame → Self-Definition
Lesson: I have the right to choose. My will matters.
This is the stage of “no,” of boundary testing, of forging a separate self. When shame is used to suppress power, the soul contracts. When met with guidance, the child learns right use of will.

4. Love & Grief → Self-Acceptance
Lesson: I am lovable—even in my shadow. I accept all of me.
The child learns that love can coexist with limits, with loss, with imperfection. They don’t need to hide parts of themselves to be worthy of connection.

5. Truth & Lies → Self-Expression
Lesson: My voice matters. What I say and feel is real.
This is where the soul learns to speak and to discern. When truth is honored, the child becomes authentic. When silenced, they learn to shape-shift instead of self-express.

6. Illusion & Vision → Self-Reflection
Lesson: I can see beyond the surface. My inner knowing guides me.
Here, the child begins to question what is real, what is projected, and what is their own. They become capable of introspection, intuition, and deep imagination.

Awakened Parent Ashram at  Acton Academy – September 27 Acton Academy, Santa Cruz 10:00 AM – 4:00 PMJoin us for a transf...
08/22/2025

Awakened Parent Ashram at Acton Academy – September 27

 Acton Academy, Santa Cruz
 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Join us for a transformative day of connection, learning, and community with the Awakened Parent Ashram Tour. This immersive event invites parents into a living experience of storytelling, dialogue, and embodied exploration.

Highlights of the Day:

Storytelling & Parent Circle – Share the struggles and beauties of modern parenting in a safe, supportive space. These conversations will also be part of the Village Effects Podcast: Parent Circle Series.

Farm-to-Table Community Lunch – Nourish body and soul with a seasonal meal prepared in the community.

Parent Exploration Workshop – Experience new ways of seeing education and child development, exploring how embodied and freedom-based learning empowers curiosity, autonomy, and interdependence.

Tickets: $123 for singles | $183 for couples
(includes a digital copy of the Awakening the Village Within workbook + 3 months of parenting mentorship within the Acton Academy community)

This event is more than a workshop; it’s a step toward reclaiming parenting as a practice of wholeness, community, and soul connection.


The Awakening Workbook is Almost Here!I am thrilled to announce that my workbook, Awakening the Village Within: Parentin...
08/15/2025

The Awakening Workbook is Almost Here!

I am thrilled to announce that my workbook, Awakening the Village Within: Parenting Toward Wholeness, will be released at the end of August. This is not just a workbook; it’s a pathway for parents who are ready to step into conscious, soul-centered parenting and reclaim the village wisdom we all carry within.

In this workbook, we explore:

How birth and early life experiences shape the child’s autonomy, will, and sense of self

The hidden lessons carried in the womb and how conscious awareness can transform generational trauma

Parenting is more than guidance; it is the sacred art of holding space for children to evolve their soul, spirit, and humanity

Ways to integrate mind, body, and relational wisdom into daily life so that learning, connection, and growth are woven into every moment

As a Somatic Pre & Perinatal Birth Therapist, Village Parenting Mentor, Village Child-Led Learning Consultant, and Birthkeeper, my work blends embodied parenting, birth psychology, Steiner and Jungian insights, Eastern psychology, and village-based approaches to parenting and child development.

This workbook is for parents ready to go beyond surface-level strategies. It’s for those who want to understand the inner landscapes of their children and themselves, and to step into a parenting path that fosters authenticity, empowerment, and wholeness.

 If you’re ready to awaken the village within, reach out to view the workbook today: info@awakenedparentashram.com

Let’s support our children, heal our own stories, and step into a culture of conscious parenting, interconnection, and thriving humanity. 

Why Does My Child Trigger Me So Much?Understanding Behavior, Breaking Cycles, and Returning to WholenessYou’re trying yo...
07/29/2025

Why Does My Child Trigger Me So Much?

Understanding Behavior, Breaking Cycles, and Returning to Wholeness

You’re trying your best. You’ve read the books, listened to the podcasts, and maybe even practiced gentle parenting. But still your child melts down in the grocery store, refuses to sleep, or says something that cuts deep and suddenly, you’re not the parent you want to be.

Why?
Because parenting doesn’t begin with tools; it begins with awareness, with story, and with healing.

In today’s world, we’re parenting without a village, often carrying generations of unresolved imprinting, cultural programming, and emotional suppression on our backs. And our children? They don’t just “push our buttons.” They reveal the places in us still asking to be met.

In this transformative session, we’ll explore:
Why your child’s behavior activates old wounds

How to identify your parenting storyline and where it came from

How to understand the developmental, energetic, and ancestral layers beneath behavior through the 7 Emotional Bodies

You’ll learn how behaviors rooted in fear, guilt, shame, grief, and lies aren’t problems to fix. They are emotional signals asking to be seen, understood, and transformed.

Each emotional body reflects a spiritual lesson.
Your child isn’t “acting out”, they are learning how to navigate:

Trust & Fear

Pleasure & Guilt

Empowerment & Shame

Love & Grief

Expression & Truth

As parents, the way we’ve integrated or avoided these emotional polarities becomes the template we parent from. Our children mirror these patterns not to provoke us, but to invite us into a relationship with the very parts of ourselves we’ve forgotten or rejected.

When children are supported in building healthy relationships with all aspects of being human, they don’t have to avoid discomfort or act out to get their needs met. They develop the capacity to name their emotions, set boundaries, and express what lives behind the feeling.

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