Here’s the thing about inner work: in order to heal, you have to be brutally honest with yourself. You have to follow...

Here’s the thing about inner work: in order to heal, you have to be brutally honest with yourself. You have to follow...
If your heart suddenly cracks open, this is when the bucket is lowered into the well of the past and hauled up to the surface. it means this pulley system of the heart is operational again! Consider this to be an unexpected miracle, a true liberation.
It leads to dangerous group-think, dishonesty, and violence. But tribalism also serves a crucial purpose.
Because our wounds birth the rest of our brilliance, and because we effect this healing somatically, embodied love is both dark and light. Emotional shadow work to become more compassionate and loving contrasts with superficial, new-age love, which we know is paper-thin and evaporates when the going gets even a little tougher.
“A common notion is that spiritual practice is at odds with emotional work. It certainly can be, but it doesn’t have to be.”
We process emotional pain along the same neuro-circuitry we do physical pain. Why is this so mind-blowingly...
Nothing brings up our blocks, inner work, and childhood trauma patterns than being genuinely cared for and loved. So,...
Honestly, I was really dejected after COP 26 (the last climate summit in Glasgow), while I was also becoming tired and...
This week I have reflected on how damn lucky I am to have the life I do—to be well-educated, to have had the...
Of course, it's usually unhelpful and abusive to call people names, curse at them, and engage substance-less emotional...
Without my artistic passion, I’d be a less happy guy. But being an artist isn’t just a source of joy; it’s...
Originally Published at: https://www.theresilientactivist.org/healing-myself-to-heal-the-planet/ When I was 26...
In every heartbreak, collapse, or other crisis I’ve experienced, I’ve become poignantly aware of what I’ll call...
The Nourish Practice is a somato-poetic, deep meditation, qi gong experience that delivers a profound sense of...