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According to Lise Bourbeau, all the inner demons we deal with come from five core wounds related to one of the parents (listed in the chronological order of arrival in a child’s life): rejection, abandonment, humiliation, betrayal, and injustice. The wounds are not necessarily...
May 10, 2023Side effects of breathwork can be risky for some people, here is a list of medical and psychiatric contraindications. For safety reasons, it's recommended that these people don’t participate in breathwork sessions unless they get approval from a medical professional. In genera...
May 4, 2023Breathwork refers to the increasingly popular practices that use conscious and focused breathing to enter different states of awareness. It can be done as a simple practice to gain relaxation, but also with the intention of diving deeper into our body and mind. It can lead to...
February 9, 2023Cacao ceremonies are a way of shamanic healing used for spiritual and medicinal purposes. Pure cacao is consumed for this sacred ritual to set intentions and open euphoric states. This ceremony aims to increase vitality, inner awakening, creative connection, uplifting mood, open...
January 25, 2023A temazcal is a low heat sweat lodge coming from pre-Hispanic Indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica. What is referred to as temazcal is this traditional structure as well as the temazcal ceremony held inside. The term temazcal originates from the Nahuatl word temāzcalli, meanin...
January 11, 2023Altered states of consciousness (ASC) (aka altered state of awareness) refers to “induced changes in one's mental state, almost always temporary”. ASC can be induced through pharmacological methods such as using MDMA or opioids and non-pharmacological methods such a...
December 11, 2022WHAT IS THE EGO? The ego refers to the extent one thinks highly of one’s self, having something to do with being self-centered or egotistical. Another common thought pattern regarding the ego relates to the “I” that is capable of referencing the self and making decision...
December 1, 2022There is a reason why they say "We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak" (Latin proverb). Communication is a two-way process where there is an exchange of ideas, feelings and experiences. It is the transmission...
November 21, 2022What is Aromatherapy? In a society where we inhale, ingest and apply unnatural and toxic products daily, interest in returning to the organic and the pure has been increasing rapidly. One of the practices that has gained popularity among the public and the world of science re...
November 18, 2022If you can hear a person's needs, it is a gift as it gives us an opportunity to contribute to their well-being. But, if they don’t know how to say the need and you don’t know how to hear it, then complaints are heard and it's going to be miserable for both. (Rosenberg) ...
November 1, 2022Ending meaningful relationships is never easy to do. It hurts both parties involved in many ways, both mentally and emotionally (self-blame, negative thought patterns, etc.). There is a rupture of attachment, which is a trauma; in fact, the brain chemistry of someone undergo...
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