Pictured above is Armukara Angel, Vinny Jones and me in the Ceremony Dome at The Mind Body Spirit Festival last Sunday where I ran an “Open Your Heart” session.
I am just back from The Mind Body Spirit Festival in Olympia. Here’s link to an “Open your heart” meditation with no music from me. And here is one with lovely music and video. It was so lovely to create a ceremony space for people to really relax into their beings and into their hearts. One person said they thought that they should do this before doing things in life and I agreed. What a wonderful world that would be!
My friend Rose encouraged me and Cathy to go on The Carousel on Brighton beach riding the Victorian sparkling horses and it literally was so much fun. £3 for total joy and bliss! Sometimes I can get quite focussed on “life” stuff and a carousel ride with friends was just the tonic!
I wanted to also share the lovely modality Deep Brain Reorienting from Frank Corrigan that I work with. This is a way of releasing shock and affect that may have got stuck in the body. If you ever feel that you are experiencing similar things over and over and feeling confused why you might be having this. It could well be that you have shock and feelings that have not been processed. This might not allow you to feel your innate grounded feelings where you can recognise that something does or does not feel right for you. I have found it an amazing way to support people to shift old thoughts and to be able to calm their nervous system and have a more grounded way of being in their body. This then helps with receiving the life that feels right for them.
Above is an image of how Deep Brain Reorienting works. When you were a baby you had innate needs that may not have been met. When this happened there would be a shock in the deep brain creating an orienting response and producing affects such as fear, pain/grief/, rage and shame at the loss of needs being met. This then would create negatively-valenced seeking. This means that you may have developed ways of responding to look after yourself and get your needs met. For example you might fight, fawn, freeze, attach, please/appease, submit or act in ways that is not who you truly are but is your way of connecting (like a part or a reactive response). I guide you to slow down and be in your body and space and I use an activating stimulus you have chosen, like an action or word or process that has activated you. This help open a file for shock in the deep brain body. I guide you to keep it really slow and it allows the shock to process and move through and then the affect or feelings and then potentially opens a new pathway of thoughts and being. Sometimes you are not aware of what is making us hold on to old ways of being and gripping on. Through this work it seems like you are able to be with yourself with compassion and therefore allowing, being compassionate with and also developing greater awareness of you.
What would you like to open your heart to? And might you like to work with me in different ways?
My one-to-one coaching sessions for individuals or couples are a heart-led space for you to explore whatever’s feeling tender, unclear, or in transition. We look at what you want your life to look like but also look at how you can create that, but also what inner work might need to happen (like with DBR or Internal Family Systems) to support the flow of this. I work with people at all stages of their relationship journey — whether you’re:
Each session is completely tailored to where you are, and held with kindness, curiosity, and deep care. You don’t need to have all the answers — just a willingness to explore.
I work with Deep Brain Reorienting, and wanted to share this insightful interview conducted by Frank Corrigan on the topic (under The Neurofeed Podcast).
So, go ahead and watch or listen to the interview, and feel free to reach out to me if you would like to uncover more about it.
