☝My workout routines in the past used to be fast paced and intense because I thought that if I pushed myself harder, then I would have better results and faster

After my hip replacement, life slooooowwwwed down because that was the pace I could physically move to

I learned to feel where I was strong
Where I needed strengthening
Which muscles were overcompensating
Which muscles were giving out sooner

Once I was feeling the subtleties of my body, she began to show me what was under each of those areas of strength, weakness, overcompensation and disengagement

With my left leg in particular, I could see areas of compromise from the soles of my feet, all the way to my hip: left arch collapsed speaking to feeling unsupported since birth, left ankle swollen from several injuries that speak to having my foundation knocked out from under me, knee turned in speaking to hiding or collapsing my feminine power, soft inner thighs showing the desensitization created in my sex center, hips cocked up to hide my sex, and my left hip was double jointed speaking to having zero stability or control in using my sexual and creative energy to move forward

It was in these slow spaces that I found the benefits of slow moving exercises to build the stability my intrinsic muscles needed to stand in my aligned power

As well, my body began to show me the events from my past that shaped my left leg to be this way so that I could love and shift those patterns

Going slow does NOT mean doing less or being less efficient

It actually provides the spaciousness to hear what's asking for support, and then give that support at the pace one is able to handle

Sharing with you a video of what a workout could look like. This may look 'easy', AND it's not. I for sure had a good sweat and am sore today

I purposefully check my alignment before moving, engage all of my muscles, make slow movements to ensure I'm staying in alignment and muscles are engaged, look for what feels out of alignment, feel where my body is wavering, re-adjust and reset to reinforce the new patterns I'm creating

Not only am I staying in great shape, my left leg has made incredible progress in strength and stability, which has translated into my feminine also finding more internal strength and stability

Our bodies are the tuning forks for the reality we are calling in. What's your body calling in?

Check out this article on the psoas muscle and it's connection to holding onto trauma

"The Psoas Muscle, also referred to as The Muscle of the Soul, holds onto traumatic experiences on a cellular level... (it is) also our deepest core muscles... This is where it gets interesting. As the psoas is responsible for keeping us upright, a necessity of our very nature and way of life, the psoas become the protector of our center of gravity at the very core of our being. The psoas are linked to our reptilian brain- the oldest part of our brain that consists of the brain stem and the spinal cord. The reptilian brain relates to our primitive selves."

If you have an imbalanced psoas muscle, it could be affecting any number of areas on your body and manifesting in many ways in your life

Are you able to find the space to tune into your psoas, the muscle of your soul, and ask what the current state is?

Is the psoas frozen and stiff, representing a possible triggered freeze state that's causing inflexibility?

Is it loose and flaccid, representing a level of dissociation and disengagement?

Is it strong and adequately flexible, demonstrating your soul's ability to stand in alignment while remaining flexible to life's changes?

https://traumaconsciousyoga.com/psoas/

☝Final Guatemala🇬🇹 trip update and it's a gooooood one!

Today I'm sharing about how tending to my own garden 🌻🌺🏵🌸, allowed life to flourish

This was a massive step of trust for me as I chose to interrupt an old pattering of doing, achieving and accomplishing, to create a new anchor point in reality of me of caring for myself in how I see nature care for herself

We are part of nature, inextricably intertwined, so it benefits us to learn from Her in how to best care for ourselves💚

Join me as I share about this journey and inspire you to take your own self-care into a state of alignment with the rhythms and cycles of life and love

👆🏽Sienna coming in strong this year with a message to love the world in gentleness

Even through the dying process

Even when my love is unable to shift the trajectory of death

Keep loving in gentleness
Hold them
Witness them
Hear them
Remember them
Honor them

And trust that love will be birthed even out of this darkness

My workouts are opportunities to tune into weak spots in my structure, to hear the stories beneath desiring to be loved and shifted into alignment

Some patterns I've been intentionally shifting are the sister wounds, and feeling like I'm receiving leftover love and connection

I'm able to feel where these stories are currently stuck in my body, and do exercises and stretches that support the strengthening and expansion of that area, as well as the releasing of what isn't serving, and giving myself what my being is asking for

Shout out to @delaneymdwight for showing me exactly what exercises will be best for me

Here I'm doing downward dog pushups to planks, reverse plank, and side planks with arms raises because they are targeting specifically the latissimus, as well as all of my shoulders, upper arms and neck with some of the entire backside being strengthened

I'm already feeling how these exercises are pulling my shoulders down and slightly back, straightening my neck and spine, opening my heart and throat chakras, and I'm feeling my entire backside strengthen with more energy moving throughout...feelslike I'm growing wings!

Life is also bringing me opportunities to have my own back, to honor the intuition of my soul when she shows me what's life-giving, to hold myself in it all, to open my heart to receive and give love, open my throat to express love, desire and truth, to have my own back regardless of how others show up, breath before responding, and to remove the burdens that aren't mine to shoulder

The body is the manifestation of the soul living a particular human experience

What we each choose to do with this information will determine if we cultivate life, or continue to live in a way that drains life and creates blockages

Reach out if you're ready to learn this language of love and make the shifts to love yourself into what your soul came here to express

Check out the round table discussion I had with Nina Izel and Carmel Clark around the Integrity of a healer.

In a season of our human existence where almost all of reality is inverted, where lying, coercion and censorship happen daily, and most choices seem to be between choosing the lesser of two horrific choices, NOW is a time to cultivate integrity and build on a new, solid foundation.

We share lots of valuable information for anyone on their healing journey desiring to understand what to look for in a guide/healer/teacher, what to expect on the journey, and suggestions on how to move forward with choosing a guide and modality.

Highlights:

🤍What does integrity mean to us?
💛Creating a safe container
🧡Trust and informed consent
❤️Quality over quantity
🤍Clear communication and agreements
💛Vulnerability and transparency
🧡How long is the healing process?
❤️Educating and empowering our clients
🤍Responsibility: what you put in, you get out

The intention of this Round Table is to unite healers and teachers across the globe to join in service, to educate and uplift humanity in this time of global transition. The focus is healing, awakening and self empowerment, expanding our awareness of who we truly are. We stand on the common ground that we are our own healers and love is the medicine that heals old wounds and brings us together as a real family that we are. We walk many paths but we all walk the one path of the One Heart.

And so, we gather together to bring our experiences, wisdom and tools to those who are looking for guidance, community and support.

Gathering in circle is creating a sacred space intentionally to share and cooperate reminds us that we are equal and part of the one human family.

We are planting this idea as a seed, and we are excited to see how it will grow, flourish and enrich the collective.

If you wish to get in touch with the moderators:

Nina Izel, moderator - www.avatarhealingarts.com

Carmel Clark – www.carmelclark.com

Kelly Love – www.kellyloverewilding.com

Thank you for watching and listening, I'm curious to hear what your experience has been in searching for guides on your healing path?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP_4ENJqNmY&ab_channel=Healing%26AwakeningwithNinaIzel

👆I just finished a Return to Love coaching program with Avia and am so pleased with the massive shifts she was able to make in her life!!

Take a moment to hear what she has to say about her experience or read a couple of snippits below.

If you’re ready to learn how to hear and heal yourself, send me a DM. We’ve got this!

”I feel like Kelly gave me the key to my body… the key to really listen, notice what’s happening, where the trauma is, and allowed me to create links I haven’t been able to create before.”

“Kelly treated everything with compassion, wisdom, patience and generosity as well.”

“In the process of doing this (program) I lost lots of weight, which I knew I would because the traumas were connected to the weight I was carrying….the way I feel about my body, sexuality and everything about me is so different since starting with Kelly. It’s like day and night.”

“Now I feel empowered in my body, I feel beautiful, I feel sexy. I feel I am definitely on the way to healing and making choices in my life that are coming from an empowered place instead of a wounded place.”

“I hope Kelly will have the ability to touch many more people, and support people in their healing the way she did for me.”

I enjoy observing small children and animals interact with the world around them.

Their actions seem to be inspired by pure curiosity to explore and enjoy life... there's no code of ethics, a list of right or wrong desires, or things they must do.

They see someone or something that piques their curiosity, and they go explore- with pleasure being the indicator of whether they desire more of that experience.

They express unhindered and exuberant love, joy and desire for connection, as well as unbridled fear, pain and rejection or shunning of an experience that is not pleasurable.

Are we able to come back this place of innocence as our own lives unfold?

Here's an excerpt from The Power of Intention by Dr Wayne Dyer. Here he's speaking about how to create an easeful and tranquil life.

"You didn't come forth into this world to suffer, to be anxious, fearful, stressful or depressed. You came from the God-consciousness of joy. Just watch little babies. They've done nothing to be so happy about. They don't work; they poop in their pants; and they have no goals other than to expand, grow and explore this amazing world. They love everyone, they're completely entertained by a plastic bottle or goody faces, and they're in a constant state of love-yet they have no teeth, no hair, and they're pudgy and flatulent. How could they possibly be so joyful and easily pleased? Because they're still in harmony with the Source that inteded them here; they have no resistance to being joyful. Be like that baby you once we're innterms of being joyful. You don't need a reason to be happy ...your desire to be so is sufficient."

Today I choose my own innocent desires to guide my expansion, connection and love, as well as inspire my life towards tranquility and ease.

For most of my life I was scared of my power because of the ways I had seen power abused, and because of the ways I had abused my own power.

I've since innerstoood that much of how I was responding to life and people was like an injured dog.

Unsure if what was coming towards me was love or danger, I often snapped at anything that had the faint whiff of danger...even if it wasn't danger.

This was a tiring and lonely way to live because it not only sacred off the danger, it repelled the good coming to me.

Learning WHY I responded to life and people the way I did was the first step in cultivating peace with myself because I learned I was normal.

AND I learned that all the fear, snapping, running, etc , were my body/mind responding in ways that it knew to keep me alive and safe.

It was always love

There was no internal betrayal, no evil nature driving my actions...just a scared, young girl trying to make it in what felt like a dangerous world.

I also learned that my subconscious responses have the ability to shift as I heal and integrate the pain that formed the subconscious fear patterns.

My body has gone from feeling like sleeping with the enemy, and frustrated with repeated patterns and heartache, to being my trusted confidant that guides me back to love everytime I choose to hear her and honor her requests.

If you crave this feeling of safety in your body, to hear clearly what your soul is asking for, and to wield your power with confidence and in love, DM me for a complimentary 30 minute discovery call to hear what the Return to Love journey is all about.

#thrivewithlove