I am a fire sign, (Sagittarius) and I think I wear that well (most of the time) in that I embrace all things fiery- passion, movement, energy, ambition and red pepper flakes. I think I do this naturally and without resistance. Of course all coins have another side and so I also work with the energy of anger, impulsivity, boldness and recklessness that comes along with fire constitutions. Sometimes gracefully, and sometimes not so gracefully. We also all happen to be in a fire sign energy during the recent cosmic times. Mercury retrograde is happening in Leo July 25 to August 18.  If you are wondering what that means- essentially the planet that governs mental energy and communication energetically spins backward during Leo, a very boastful, fiery, leader, stage-grabbing sign. So we can expect miscommunication to involve power struggles, ego and control. While this may sound scary, there's also opportunity hidden in the flames of these fears. Here I put forth 4 powerful forces...

It seems only right to reflect on the ways we are free this time of year. Last year at this time I thought about being free from environmental constraints and personal beliefs that limited my full jump into private practice. This year, I reflect on liberation from a specific kind of fear.... the fear of unconditional love. Unconditional love generates from within and is cultivated by generous and warm offerings to oneself. I admit, I am better at this energy going outward versus inward. I see the fear of unconditional love being present in myself and in many of the clients I serve and it looks like this... "excuse me, I'm growing here." Resistance to unconditional love seems to serve a function of keeping a handle on self growth. For example, if I can maintain a critical eye of self, I can be ever-evolving and improving. Somehow, self-reflection slips into conditional love because we are tying self-acceptance to the process of change. It can also look like this: the ...

I would describe difficult emotions as any emotion that you are not comfortable with. Every person has a story, experience, family model, cultural norm, or personal belief about emotions and their expression. Some are accepted, some are not. However, they still arise and fade within you, as part of you, like a visitor for a while. How we entertain these visitors speaks volumes about our "emotional intellig ence"- being aware that emotions can drive behavior  and impact people (positively and negatively), and learning how to manage those emotions- both our own and others- especially  under pressure. (Inst. of Health and Human Potential) Consider Rumi in The Guest House... "This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes As an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they're a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, ...

You are perfect the way you are. If that's true, then let's talk about this idea of "healing." I know a lot about this word- it's in the title of my business and I've been a therapist for over 12 years teaching clients, students and others about it.  So, if I believe everyone is perfect, then why the heck do I have a business called Rasa Healing??? Well, when we think of the word "healing" we may often think of getting better, doing something, taking action, purging, rewiring and possibly undergoing a surgical mental or emotional overhaul. Let's work together to consider a different perspective... Healing is actual healing of the way our mind sees the soul. We heal perspective, we do not heal ourselves. My work in the world is a practice of helping others achieve knowing-ness that they are so genuinely worthy and full. Our true self, our soul, is completely untouchable in it's purity, wholeness, divinity and deservability. Surprise!!!...

If we can recognize the Akasha as a powerful fluid, living, breathing library of your soul, then we can also embrace the power of the authors writing the entries. What author you say? It's you . Even though it may seem that things happening to us are unrelated to our own will, on a soul level, we have carefully and intentionally sewn in our participation. Make no mistake, we are not helpless bystanders to our own stories. We write them, along with the hand of God and within the pattern of the karmic threads we are wanting to work on. We can think of our many lives like a quilt- various pieces sewn together. There is a pattern we follow and slowly rework to new and different patterns. While we can sometimes be subject to the square we're in, we can still control where we put the needle and in what direction we sew. Therefore, it is critical that you don't check out, reject, walk away from, or worse yet, give the needle and thread to someone else to make your quilt. Sp...

Lately the human experience has been heightened with the intensity of releasing shadow energy. The "shadow"represents parts of us that we choose not to integrate and that tie to unhealed aspects in our soul. This energy is now releasing in order to make way for greater consciousness. Not just on an individual level, but as a collective people, and in mother earth. This shift has meant that karmic imbalances have risen to be more seen. Patterns can't quite hide under the rug as they used to successfully and people are finding more and more, a growing desire to heal. Examples will come in all forms, types, and life areas depending on the individual. Once such example may be themes of self-worth popping up through others' rejection, greater insecurity, or seemingly coincidental opportunities where asserting values of worth become necessary. Whatever is coming up for you, it's purposeful.  Nothing is coincidental and my favorite question to ask during times like...

Release is a word used too flippantly and I don't think it gets enough credit as being sacred. I have previously thought of it as an armful of stuff you suddenly drop, and then simply carry on as you were. Or something that strips from you like skin after a sunburn- painful and slightly annoying. I have since learned that release can be slow, gradual, intermittent, with or without your permission, and most importantly, sacred. Release happens when it's time . Divine timing can be a mysterious process of phases and seasons in life that ebb and flow like the ocean tides. If you are plugged into yourself, or in flow, you may have a sense of when you are in a stage of release. It can feel either abrupt, or ease-filled, and there are many things you can do to aid the process, or resist it. Release is nothing to be ashamed of. It's not meant to be seen as your life is "hard" or that punishment or karma is being repaid.  Release is beautiful.  It's a necessary cl...