Freak out Today. I re-read a text today from someone who I worked with 10 years ago. He was mad that he was still getting my emails. He was both my student and freelance employer who literally opened every email I ever wrote. He loved my classes, gave me a $5 raise every 6 months (yes that’s important), and took my classes. But that day he wanted to fight. He wanted to lash out. He wanted to make someone commiserate with him about how he was feeling – and perhaps he thought I was safe. 

The only thing I regret is that I didn’t get to fully Soul Map with him. All his shadow work was out on the table. All his beautiful spirit too. But he was living in his shadow when he texted me. He tended towards lashing out randomly at people. Perhaps he found relief when he called me a fraud (imposter syndrome – I get it), and my work “b**shit (he’s been hurt – I get it) and then tried to joke with me…. “ which shows he misses how hilarious I am (I get that too).

So what to do? Offer love. Stay focused.

Not let it get me off my game. Like a true spiritual athlete, I am able to unpack the shadow and stay unattached with compassion. Work my own tools, connect with my team, practice in sadhana ritual, radiate authentic gratitude and abundance, attract more genuine relationships, and serve my Tribe.

Basically, my chakras are on fleek.  But I still did my own Soul Mapping… want to know how I started? I did something radically honest. I took this trigger and rocked it.

I allowed myself a breath, to create space, and to ask….

What if it’s true?

What if you are a fraud? How can I USE what he is saying in a radically honest way so that I can make sure my consciousness is expanded as far and wide as it can go…..?!

Listen, #love, you don’t have to do any of that. Or you can do it all. Soul Mapping only begins by NOT bypassing.

Loving yourself by becoming AWARE of your body-mind-spirit automatically gets you moving towards your power zone.

Your peace zone. Yoga is magic. It’s the intersection of intelligence and devotion. You are not your neurosis – even though you get triggered by it. 

In this way, spirituality is practical.

In the end, I decided that entire yoga system of science mixed with devotion that’s been passed on for millenia and the 20 years of deep psychological therapeutic healing medicine modalities and the 30 years of off-broadway acting singing and traveling before that really are not, in fact, b**shit. 

Thus, I decided to offer you some yummy yoga. Because in the end, that’s all he ever wanted. 

I’ll meet you tomorrow night in Soul Culture Circle. Have a mat, be yourself, get messy for a minute and then be in bliss. The more you practice, the better you get at making it a ritual.

In Clarity, Flow and Love,