Integral Healing Arts

A year came and went. I thought today was 365 days. But yesterday was…which means today is the last day of my 7 day count down of SELF-DISCOVERY THRU RECOVERY and the 1st day of the rest of my life.

Count Down! Day 2 out of 7 aka 364 days of SELF-DISCOVERY THRU RECOVERY The truth is… I am an addict. Mostly booze/alcohol. But long periods of daily ma*****na use. Ci******es off and on since I was 15/16… yuck. And the day I got fired, I poured the bottle of gin out in the gutter my street. And I shuttered with Shame, grief, humiliation, devastation, confusion, relief, anger, clarity, embarrassed but I felt free.

And I started counting days, sometimes hours, mostly weeks. Weeks turned into months. A year.

364 days. 52 weeks. 12 months.

Suggestions:

Choose to notice when you want/ would have a drink. Take note. Make a different choice. Witness the felt sense. Connect to Center. Love. Integral Healing. Craft. Design. Implement strategies. Adapt when s**t gets weird. Acknowledge feeling. Disconnect when necessary. Integrate Love.

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Happy almost anniversary to me!

But I am safe. I am serene. I am surrounded by nature. I can go to the river under a blackened sky and soak in a natural hot spring and plunge into a mountain river and I can take deep, conscious breaths…

I can transform my energy into synergy and potent vitality to carry on. I can dance and move freely. I can write poetry or quietly sing. Today, I sat with the elders and remembered we are all in this together.

PEACE FOR ALL 🤲🏽🕊️🫶🏽🕊️✌🏽

Mondays are my new Sundays. I’ve extended my weekends into all aspects of my week. I use spaciousness as a strategy to create time to stretch, to roll out tension, to sit in silence, to write and to eat mindfully.

Here are some of my modes and methods for self care—

Movement: yoga, Anya, dance, steel mace work out, basketball, yard work, cleaning the house, biking and walking.

Massage: rolling out (styrofoam roller & Yoga Tune Up balls), tapotement, massage gun, thai partner massage and dry brushing.

Meditation: Seated, standing, brushing teeth, when chewing, in between thoughts, in conversation… exercising the pause. The breath is my guide.

Motivation: Goals, rituals, ceremony, setting intentions, aligning with my preferences.

Metta: Loving Kindness

The peal back to reveal: over the days, weeks into months of sobriety, I had so many moments to quietly recognize when I would have a drink.

I didn’t write it down; I didn’t tell anyone; I didn’t go to meetings— but I was looking for proof that I am an addict! I swear I have a problem. I had lost my composure. I was suffering in my buzzed state. I was hiding from things I didn’t want to see/deal with/understand.

My recovery wasn’t about 12-steps or even being sober really— it was about self discovery.

https://taijamar.com/blog/2023/11/11/the-peal-back-to-reveal

I am preparing to teach, to present, and to share with Dragonfly Yoga Barn, Studio & Retreat 300-hr AYTT in November.

The Art of Assisting: The “no correction” method; Thai Yoga Therapy; working with private clients; how to “assist” without trying to fix both in person and online.

In the gentlest way, the Universe is guiding me, reminding me, and lending me some tools. I feel like compassion is a good place to start. T'ai Jamar Hanna Katie O'Connell

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Thank you for “Your Inner Commitment” workshop today. 💎 I am hosting a circle tonight 8/30 for women who need/want to be inspired, activated, motivated to invest in their financial freedom/future self. If you’re interested in joining and not on Facebook, please DM for info. 6:30pm MST Full Moon Activation 🌕🪷💸 let’s support each other and commit to our highest preference 🤲🏽

Specializing in shock and trauma, recent injury and chronic pain; I integrate cranial sacral, osteo-thai and visceral harmonization. My approach to connect to the nervous system; communicate with the muscular-skeletal system and integrate the respiratory system.

Time is the most precious commodity and it is FREE! A fulfilled life includes space and time to enjoy and to pursue your passions; to spend quality time with your people and to pray according to the rhythms of your own spirit. If your time is under-paid, under-valued, misdirected; there is a conflicting message to the nervous system, to the higher consciousness, to the world. TIME to reflect, to digest, to inspire is precious! Time to tap into the seasons, cycles, and the natural unfolding of the breath cannot be measured in things, in possessions, or money. Time to witness your breath, to connect to your body, and to love the spaciousness between thoughts is a GIFT! Honor this LIFE with your time, with your presence, with your willingness to FREE yourself from the restraints of societal expectations and the normalcy of being busy. SLOW DOWN. Be Still. Pause. Let go. In loving kindness.

Downloading messages these days. Listening to the waves of clarity up against any limiting beliefs and confusion. I have major work to do to share all that I come to dance and play with. Will you join me?

Just a little reminder to be in your body. Notice what you notice.

Recruiter. Educator. Leader.