Winter Welcome

Welcome to the New Year!

There's something about the energy of the new year that I just love.  New beginnings are kind of my favorite thing.  That's one reason why I love new moons, birthdays, the first of the month, Mondays, and the inhale of each breath.  It's an opportunity to start fresh.  Begin again.  

Change, adapt, revamp, re-dedicate, renew, transform.  

While I believe we can START something whenever we want, at any time, it is fun to utilize the energy of a new year as motivation.  To ride the wave of anticipation, planning, and intention setting. 

While you are making your resolutions, intentions, or just following your desire to feel better, for those living in the Northern Hemisphere, this is also just a reminder that with the Winter Solstice on December 21st, we've entered into the WINTER SEASON.  

Winter is the perfect time for DREAMING.  

For planning and planting the seeds you wish to bloom and nurture in the spring.  This energy from the start of 2018 is really a perfect match for this dreaming part of the season. 

Winter is also about RESTING.  

As the trees and the earth have gone dormant, bears are hibernating, and other animals stay cozy in their nests and burrows, so too are our bodies ready to hibernate.  It's the time to eat hearty and warm soups, stews, broths, and roasted foods.  It's the time to support our immune systems with vitamin d supplements, teas, sleep, and warmth.  It's the time for getting quiet and reflecting and resting.

My gentle reminder to you is this: 

As you feel the resolve to cut out sugar, get back on the exercise bandwagon, jumpstart your yoga practice, plan to meditate daily, or make progress in your career (or do nothing different at all - that's okay too!), remember that it is also completely valid to rest and slow down.  Listen to your body and give it the care it needs so you can accomplish all of your desires and needs. 

Let me know one thing you're excited to get started on in this new year and one way you will rest this winter!

Happy Winter-ing!

Resources for Supporting Your Intentions:

•  Nutrition and Fitness: free tips and content from Buron Coaching
• Group Coaching: FREE intro session about habits and the benefit of coaching at Core Studio, St. Paul
• One-on-one healing sessions: Breathwork + Energy Healing, including a 30 minute Reiki mini-sessions for tune-ups
• Group Breathwork: the 2nd and 4th Friday of every month!    

Bubbling Birthday Blessings

It's my birthday week!  And I have to tell you, no matter how much older I am turning, I LOVE my birthday.

There's just something about that day that feels special no matter how ordinary my schedule is for that day and, the minute I open my eyes in the morning on the 14th of December, I feel such a deep, profound gratitude and giddiness to be alive.  

Maybe this love started when, as a kid growing up, my parents would always decorate the kitchen and put out the red "You are Special" plate at the head of the kitchen table for our birthdays.  There would be streamers strung from each corner of the room, a new table cloth,  and our chair would be all dolled up to match.  Even without the trappings of presents and crepe paper and ribbons, I still to this day feel this sense of anticipation upon waking... anticipation that it's my sparkling, glittering, bubbling day to be special.  (Of course, we are special and important EVERY day of our lives, but it's fun to have a particular day to really receive and celebrate that!)   

Ever since starting my own healing practice, I've always wanted to do this, but it never really worked out or it wasn't the right time.  This year, however, is the year!: 

So in honor of my birthday, this week all hour long healing sessions (in person or long distance) can be purchased for $20 off and scheduled sometime from now until the end of March.  I also offer a package of 3 healing sessions for those who want to have more regular self-care/healing work in their life or want to share the healing vibes with a session for a friend as well as themselves. 

Energetic and emotional healing work has truly changed my life for the better in so many ways and it is such an honor to be able to share the tools I've studied and practiced on myself.  If you feel called to do some inner work so your outer life can feel more easeful, full, and vibrant, it would be my pleasure to go on that journey with you. 

And thank you for being here!  One of my joys in this life is to write and having you here to read my words is something I feel such gratitude for.  As I celebrate myself, reflect on the past year,  and dream of all the magic in my next year to come, I send deep and gracious love from my tender heart to yours!  

Exciting Tidbits and Gratitude Lists

Last week I had a phone date with a girlfriend who lives miles away and, since we haven't talked in several months, we were catching each other up on life.  Speaking out loud all of the things that have been going on for me lately, I realized I am in this really beautiful (and sometimes exhausting!) harvest time.   

For years, I've been planting little seeds for my desires.  Some of the earlier seeds were pretty broad and vague ("I want to make good money doing what I love...").  The more I did the inner work around my patterns, beliefs, values, self-love, worth, and receiving, the more clear my seeds have become and the more I am allowing inspiration to come through my action.  

All of this waxing poetic to say: I have some really exciting things happening in my life that I want to share! (haha!)

I've found a home for my one-on-one sessions!

It feels really amazing to say that I have a community of healers to be part of as I've been looking for a place to land my healing practice for a time ever since I moved to MN from NY.  I've joined on with an awesome team of practitioners at a lovely space in the Lyn-Lake area Minneapolis.  So if you've been curious about breathwork or energy healing or meditation or intuitive guidance, I have a home space for you to come visit me!

To celebrate this new nest, I'm offering Sunday Reiki Mini-Sessions: 30 minute gentle hands-on session at a discounted rate - perfect for those who've never experienced a reiki session before, those who need a little energy tune-up, or those who are on a budget. Reiki is a relaxing, restorative way to spend a Sunday!  $25 for 30 minutes on a Sunday, because everyone deserves to have some self-care in their lives!  

Save the Date!

Starting January 17th, 2018, I'm partnering up with Core Studio in St. Paul to coach a 12 week Health and Wellness program.  We'll meet once a week from 7pm - 8pm for 12 weeks to help you achieve the healthy vibes and healing vitality you are looking for in the new year by focusing on habits and lifestyle changes.  More information here, if you're interested.  

Moon Manifesting Breathwork Meditation

And if you're looking for ways to harvest your own good things in your life, keep your eyes peeled.  I'm creating a 5 week breathwork class that follows the moon phases for optimum manifesting of your new years intentions and best life dreams.  We'll follow the creative cycle of the moon and use the power of the breath to plant, act, clear out, and receive! 

And while all of these beautiful things are blooming, I'm continuing my gratitude practice publicly for the month of November, so if you don't follow me on instagram or Facebook, here's the round up from Nov 2nd - Nov 12th:

{click on the images to get the written gratitudes! xo}

#30daysofgratitude

With a new month upon us, I posted this message over on Instagram + Facebook.... join me there for daily gratitude (or keep your eyes peeled here for weekly re-caps!)... 

For the past two Novembers, I've given myself the quest of posting what I'm grateful for every day for thirty days. Since it's a great outlet for my creativity and I have so many good things in my life to appreciate, I shall once again partake in #30daysofgratitude. 🍁🍂 

Today's Gratitude :: this platform in which we get to "share". For me, sharing is a really important piece for healing and I love that I get to witness and hold space for you, in circles, over coffee, with your pictures, and your captions. Even though I have "an addiction to the scroll" and I'm working on finding balance in my relationship with social media, I enjoy getting little glimpses into your world, hearing your thoughts, sharing in your stories. I see you. I hear you. I'm grateful for you and thank you for seeing me. #day1 #creativityishealing#shareyourstory #alwaysanartist

Thank you for being here, dear readers!  I look forward to sharing with you more all month. xo!