Anger went into the ocean and fear burned up in a fire. New seeds were planted in Mother Earth, and the wind took what was no longer needed. In a shamanic ceremony, a fellow retreat participant performed a cord cutting for me, allowing regret and grief to be replaced with forgiveness and love. The warm [ More…]
Build Resilience and Restore Wellbeing Breath by Breath
With so many life events seemingly out of our control, knowing how to control our breathing to build resilience and restoration through our nervous system is a tool required to respond rather than react to these times. Tree branches are often seen as a metaphor for our lungs illustrating the important exchange of nutrients and [ More…]
Grounding through Sensory Perception
G R O U N D I N G … Gift yourself 3-5 minutes for this delicious grounding practice next time you are able to get out into nature. Notice how you feel and what is healed after this simple and potent practice of grounding through your senses. Stand or sit with the soles of [ More…]
Heart Brain Coherence
Over the past several years more and more research has been done on the power and intelligence of our heart. In fact, researchers have proven that our heart is 100 times more powerful electrically and up to 5,000 times more powerful magnetically than our brain. The heart is often referred to as our “second brain” [ More…]
Embodying the Elements Mexico Retreat: Yoga, Chant, Movement, Meditation & Magic
Join Shanti and Scott Medina, along with special guest Gayan Gregory Long, for 7-nights March 30-April 6, 2019 where the jungle meets the sea at Mar de Jade retreat and wellness center for an energizing and relaxing weeklong ocean-side retreat cultivating mindfulness, restoring well-being and embodying the elements of beautiful Chacala, Mexico. This was [ More…]