Breathing Bliss Playtime

. . . as I breathed in and out of my mouth for an entire hour and a half, I was laughing with such bliss that the vibrations spread in the entire room as all 30 of us breathed in and out without a pause. It took another hour before my body was able to shift out of the tightness in my extremities and wow, I was buzzing with sensations I hadn’t felt before . . . it was the beginning of a whole new adventure for me.

The Italians, Nico and Lucia (see Global Friends in www.wisdomwithinus.com), were facilitating the Breathwork experience in 2002 at the Center I opened only months before in Thailand and this was a workshop that I was very thankful for as I trusted in engaging fully with the purity of this experience.

The theory is that when breathing in and out of the mouth without a pause, the breath forces stagnation in the cells (emotional blocks) to be pushed out of the core and although we are conscious of every sensation, we feel emotions leaving the body and there is no need to hold on to any of the stories, we simply breathe through the emotional reaction and it’s gone; layer by layer. How do we store emotions in the body in the first place? Often when shocking situations occur (where we hold our breath), or we don’t breathe in our daily lives, we build up the blocks in our physical cells (which are simply thought patterns bouncing in and out) and this creates dis-ease (not at ease) in the body. Of course as I mentioned before in other articles, drinking plenty of water and breathing helps us clean this stagnation.

After the session, Nico also explained to me that Breathwork can be done in the ocean with a mask and snorkel. Because I had been a Divemaster in my 20’s in Vancouver, my knowledge was that when we breathe in through the snorkel we should exhale out double the time so that we do not have a carbon dioxide build-up in the dead space of the snorkel . . . Nico reminded me to clear my mind of that thought pattern and trust that when we breathe in and out of the snorkel, this was not the case. So, as I received and trusted, we went into the ocean and as we lay face down on the surface of the water (should be fairly calm and not big waves!), cradled by a partner holding us for support, we each did about an hour of breathwork.

It was such a different sensation in the water, as this is the place where we were in our mother’s womb, in water. Doing Breathwork in the “air” atmosphere was much more intense then in the water. My body became pure oneness and my visions were simply white light and I could feel myself as a dolphin. At the time I figured I must’ve been a dolphin once before, but still to this day, it doesn’t really matter what it is, it just IS and the expansiveness of being a lightbody was incredible . . . the only word is bliss . . . but there must be a more powerful word to describe this light/love bliss . . . if I find the words, I’ll let you know!

After this initiation in to Breathwork, I practiced each day in my home and every week a group of us met in the ocean and practice there as well. The visions became profound as I had could see my “sources” and so many energies come and touch my heart with their hands. I remember crying with bliss during this time. Now, after so many years of experiencing all these layers, tears do not come anymore . . . I simply go into a space of such pure bliss that tears of bliss or sadness don’t seem to be there anymore . . . it’s like another layer so deep clears out all of the tears. I use Breathwork to feel every organ as well and go deep inside. I have asked my liver a few times what is creating it’s heaviness and I get clear visions and then it’s done!

As I traveled for the next 3 years in Russia, Asia and Europe, I was often alone in rooms and hotels and this was a perfect time to explore and play with Breathwork (I was also exploring alivEmotion movement of shifting patterns and emotional energies as well). One night, in the outskirts of Moscow at the country spa studio, I decided to do Breathwork standing up (I slept in a room in the spa, so when we closed, I was alone to explore!). I breathed in and out for 3 hours! The sensations were so much different then lying down and it felt like all the blood went to my feet and after an hour, my body only wanted to stand in the Tai Chi tree pose. I had taken Tai Chi Chu’an classes at the Center in Thailand and experienced standing this way many times, but now, in this moment in Moscow, I wanted to move in the alivEmotion ways, but my body’s vibrations put me right back in to the tree pose. It was indescribable! At one point, the weight in my feet was so intense that I decided I’d better lie down, as fear started to trigger that maybe Breathwork is only supposed to be done lying down and I started to doubt this exploration in that moment! So I shifted my position after about 2 hours and the last hour continued breathing and vibrating. That night, at 3 am, I released everything in my intestines. What a cleansing . . . what moves, moves!!!

If you want to experience Breathwork, try it out for about 10 mins. Lie down on the floor and breathe in and out of your mouth without a pause. This is not hyperventilation, it is taking in the breath and filling your core. Expand your ribs opposed to lifting your shoulders. My intentions are to breathe in pure white light and exhale whatever wants to leave. The initial sensation is tingling on your cheeks and the back of your head. The arms and legs begin to tighten and what I like to do is move my arms and legs, or shake them so that they do not contract so much. You choose what feels good, but if you start to tighten, it’s okay, trust it! Breath cannot hurt you. What is happening is that the breath is accumulating in the core and leaving the extremities to push out the emotional stuff in the cells. If you meet someone who does Breathwork, you may want to experience it with them first before doing it alone, or have a friend or partner join you and guide you through the breath. I actually breathe with the clients when I give Breathing Bliss sessions, so it’s okay to be sitting and doing it! Have fun and play and send us your stories of how it felt!

Energy Healing to Massage

Energy healing infinite exploration . . .

“Come over and be my guinea pig with hands-on healing”, I spoke excitedly with neighbors ‘n friends in Phuket, Thailand, where I had already been living for 6 years. This was 1998 when I began exploring Barbara Brennan, Donna Eden and many other modalities of energy healing.

It was from my personal experience of feeling the energetic power of energy healing blast open my heart chakra (throwing me backwards) that convinced me there was a new “truth” that I desired to play with and understand more about. It was long before this time that I thought all of this was “woo woo”, yet was right in to aliens, sirians and life in the universe, which was the “woo woo” stuff I loved at the time!

As friends came over and trusted me to move my hands around their fields of energy, I started to feel incredible sparkles of light tingling in my hands and could sense textures, like strands, shifting intensity in different parts of the person’s energy field. Without any teachers or role models except the books I ordered off Amazon, I began to find my own way to understand energy and also practiced playing in the auric layers Barbara Brennan described and opened and closed chakras through Donna Eden’s suggestions (did this work at the renowned Chiva Som International Spa in Hua-Hin in 2001). With some guidance from these books, it helped me begin with a focus, but the child and the rebel in me wanted to explore in the “unknown” and feel for myself what sensations would arrive in any given moment.

I began to see visions in different layers . . . when I would be in the 4th layer of the aura (according to Barbara Brennan’s interpretation of the 4th layer), I would see “past life” movie clips. At the time, I believed that my stuff was my stuff and I didn’t say to anyone what I saw. However, when I began to work at a spa in Phuket, with Dorinda Rose Berry (one of the facilitators working with us in Wisdom Within Us), my trust in understand the visions became more clear as they matched other intuitive therapists, such as Dorinda, working on the same client. We would all receive the same messages for the same client in our own ways.

Soon the clarity of the visions as well as the sensitivity in feeling energy intensified. The visions started with a symbolism on the left side and the right side. I would share with the client this vision when working in Russia, as the expectation was to receive a “reading” after a session. Sometimes I picked up a vision of someone who had passed away for the client, and this was surprising for me, as it seemed too simple to see this, yet I still didn’t get what the purpose was. I didn’t want to disempower another by using this information to tell them what to do in their life, but I would explain the vision and then ask them if it resonated or not. I would tell them “not to listen to me” and that anything coming out of my mouth was simply my experience and if it helped them see something new about themselves, then they are to choose, not me. We are all perfectly capable of tapping into our inner energy vibrations and receive our messages.

Studying the Language of Light system in Singapore in 2002 when I first opened the alternative center in Thailand, was the beginning of exploring the idea of meditation with new symbols, new chakra systems, DNA activation, holograms, releasing cords of attachment, patterns, and the power of intention through connecting to a higher vibration of colours. The symbols channeled in 1998 in Florida resonated with me at the time, as they were feminine, flowing, energies (like the movements I had begun to play with in alivEmotion) and the focus was very detailed. The initiation of the energies was profound for me, as I remember Dorinda, Roger and I in the middle of the center receiving these rainbow light vibrations and my body reacted so intensely that I had to get off the chair and lie down. My body didn’t know how to ground the high frequencies, but within minutes I integrated and learned fast to receive and trust.

In energy balancing sessions, time became irrelevant. When I stepped aside and felt each moment of sensations fully in my hands and in my entire BEing, the vibrations were incredible. My eyes would flutter and visions would flash by as I grabbed them and shared with the clients later without any judgment of what I saw. It was simply about describing the vision and that was that. The precision of the visions resonated with clients and chills would blast through my entire body with such a “knowing” that there was no need to judge or manipulate or conclude what the vision may or may not be about. These visions often matched the area of the body in the liver, or stomach, or charkas. I believed that the “story” of energy was not important, but if the client wanted to get to the root of the story to release it, then that was perfect too. When the vibration was feeling weak, my hands would stay there and I saw myself as simply a satellite dish or conduit being used by “higher forces” to BE whatever the moment sensation invited, without any thought or assumptions getting in the way.

I became so sensitive that even a glass of wine with friends would affect me, so I naturally stopped putting anything in my body that didn’t serve it and even food is chosen in the moment with what I need. My entire life took a huge change in all aspects and so many experiences unfolded as a result.

After years or working in the auric field, it was massage that came next, as my feeling was that people around this planet, especially in the west, were lacking touch. I began to explore how the power of connecting with the field around us could be just as powerful when my hands were massaging the body.

Healing Massage . . . authenticity . . .

. . . as I began to take the energy field sessions to massage sessions, initially, I was not quite in my power with giving a massage at top international spas, as I was not officially certified in any systems. So, I would focus on other sessions and would avoid advertising massages. However, I would give massages to friends, spa owners, and staff and before I knew it, the demand for me to give a massage increased. The reason was my ability to connect fully to sensations in the moment and give a massage the way I wanted to receive it. I was so in the moment of receiving the energies of love, that not only was it feeling good for the one receiving the massage on the table, but I was also feeling good being a “receiving conduit” of light.

There was also one piece of information that made all the difference for me. It was a few years before that I had asked a neuromuscular therapist for a quick exchange to show me a bit about massage. What I took with me was the sensation of inviting the fascia and muscles under my hands to move me, opposed to me moving it. This intensified the experience and brought me deeper in to the moment of what vibrations was happening close to the body. As I moved with music slowly in alivEmotion, I massaged in this purity as well.

When I move with music, I become a Receiver and feel the frequencies ‘n vibrations as I become one with the music (like becoming one with the client) and my hands feel the space around me with such intensity that my entire BEing pulses with the natural rhythms and I can be in the middle of moving traffic and go so deep inside that the environment on the outside doesn’t faze me one bit. This is the beauty of giving a massage in environments that are noisy (some crazy spas in cities) and not taking any of it personally.

My confidence increased with the responses of clients as they commonly asked (all over the world), “where did you learn that massage, as that was the best massage I have ever felt!” . . . . when I would answer that I made it up myself and that I have never taken a massage course before, they were very surprised. I, to this day, rebel to go into the “system” of insurance or modalities that teach without the love of sensations. When I travel to international spas and give trainings for spa therapists, I share how to move with music and to feel it. When they can move with the sensations and feel the purity of love with music, then everything else in life can come together in that way (alivEmotion.com), whether it’s giving a client a massage, cleaning the house, or making love to your husband/wife; we sense wholeness and oneness.

Our hands are an incredible gift with 7,200 receptors in them, they truly are meant to “transmit” . . . and although I am not responsible for “healing” another, as it’s their choice to “receive”, I am a body that vibrates with frequencies and when I receive for myself, I become a ball of energy that is a conduit for the other. When we raise the tune of the song to a sensation that releases heaviness, we shift stagnation.

As a conduit in our bodies, or course drinking plenty of water and breathing is important for all of us to give and receive the lighter energies in every session. The fact is, drinking plenty water and breathing deeply into every cell in our bodies is the key element to flushing out the old and receiving the new.

In countries such as Thailand, where massage is a daily occurrence in every family unit, we begin to see that we don’t have to create a “right and wrong” way to massage someone. If we are massaging our child, there is no doubt it is from a place of love; which means you are a receiver of loving energies which is then received by the child. The Thai people have the younger family members massaging the elders.

For me nakedness is not an issue, but when I initially came to Canada in 2007 for a month of work, I was shocked when the spa manager said I shouldn’t hug the clients and I am not to massage “sensitive” areas. Of course the rebel in me ignored this, as I KNOW we humans love hugs and when the intention is from a place of pure childlike love, there is never an issue. I taught every client how to hug with a vibrational “hummmmm” after every massage and I also have the client naked under a sheet on the table, as I massage in a way that some have described is an “emotional flush” and thus, I am moving my hands along the entire side of the body. Of course the sheets are positioned so that we are all comfortable. For women and men, I massage the organs (intestines, liver, stomach, etc), breasts, lymphatics, and every single person that leaves that room is amazed with their experience as it’s from the purity of LIGHT and LOVE that is so beyond the insecurities created by those who vibrate on a level that only creates more blocks.

Let us be FREE to be in our authenticity of our KNOWING and our TRUTH with how we receive for ourselves and thus, when we go inside and feel every sensation, we radiate outwards to give from a place of purity that is only LOVE/LIGHT.

Experience massage and give your friends one . . . for couples, give each other a massage and notice any insecurities/discomforts you may be feeling and breathe deeply and trust that you are perfect the way you are and receive in all ways; as you exhale, invite your entire body to melt and expand . . . feel the beauty of touch in a way that is from an inner knowing that our body this life time is our most profound gift and when we play in the playground of sensations from the inside all the way out, we experience seamlessness that connects us in all ways.

We invite you to send your experiences to us and post them here!

Intuition - The Blink Blast!

Intuitive gut feelings . . .the “blink blast” . . . listening to our truth . . .

“Wow, I just got major chills!” as the truth resonated . . . ever felt that? Of course you have! We all have! We are vibrating, watery, conduits with frequencies and sensations flowing in us, through us and around us constantly. Some of us get visions, some of us feel chills, or some of us get a stab in the gut . . . so how often do you actually “listen” to your inner guidance? Do you think this inner “knowing” is like a navigational system that is part of us? Yes, you already know this! Are you listening? Are you acting upon it? Are you making the decision to make changes in your life (because you have changed), whether it be in a relationship, in a job or, or?

How do we “know” to trust our intuitive “feelings” or “visions”? We all have an inner “knowing” that often gets tainted with what is “right” according to our “belief” systems and what we are “supposed” to do opposed to what we “feel” to be our “truth deep within” in our daily lives. I used to laugh so much at the Verve’s words in Bittersweet Symphony, “trying to make ends meet, you’re a slave to money, then you die!” Who wants to live like that? Is that fun? Is that following the inner “knowing” that there is much more to life then slaving away with an illusion that we will be happy if we have lots of stuff ‘n lots more stuff?

So how do we get out of this binding grind ‘n make a shift? How do we listen to our intuitive guidance? We all know about our 5 senses (see, touch, hear, smell, taste) and have heard of the 6th sense, our intuition. We all know there is some kind of connection between all of us on this planet, yet we get in a robotic mode something like: wake up in the morning, brush our teeth, drink our coffee, drive to work, answer phones, drive home, yell at the husband, control the kids, watch TV, take a sleeping pill ‘n go to bed and do it again and again and again. We don’t drink water, we forget to breathe deeply and our bodies are screaming “hello, can you hear me? I need water and breath to feel good?” We become “attached” to our things, our relationships, traditions, mechanical time, addictions and don’t even take the time to really LISTEN to what we are truly desiring deep, deep inside, in “that” place that we often think is “woo woo!” and push away. After all, my father said “I must be successful”, my husband says “I must get a job” and my boss says “I must make my quota this month or I’m fired”. Is this listening to the truth INSIDE? Is this what we chose?

Okay, so you are now reading this . . . if you’re already in the intuitive zone and listening to your inner guidance, then rock on! If you want to know more, read on.

How do we begin to listen? Well, we could start by creating a time in our day to connect with self, nature and more “self”. Does this mean you have to sit in the lotus pose and wear white? NO! You can go hide in a closet if you want, whatever works, works and it’s adapting to your current environment and doing what you gotta do to find space to journey inside. I have “gotten out of my way” to “listen” in all kinds of situations, whether it be on an airplane, in a traffic jam, in the forest, in a back yard, in the shower, anywhere. Of course we are made of frequencies and are a conduit of energies, so the more peaceful and nature-like, the better! But, adaptability is the key to embracing whatever is, IS in your current reality.

Now that you have found a space in time, in your “busy” day making money for all that stuff you “need” to be happy; then what? Why not start by drinking some water and breathing? Sit down or lie down and breathe. Breathe in and out deeply and FEEL it, I mean really FEEL it. This concept, of course, is nothing new and is taught by many. If you like to write things down, you might have with you some kinda journal and write whatever comes as you sit back and breathe in, drinking water in between. Notice how the water feels too. As you feel calmness, notice your thoughts and observe all the “blah-blah chatter stuff”.

So, what do you want? What is your bliss? Do you know? Why not? What do you want to create in this lifetime? How do you want to feel good inside and thus feel good helping others on the outside? What doesn’t feel good right now? Your relationship? If so, do you remember the first “blink” moment you were in that relationship? I can remember all of mine, and yes, I didn’t listen to my “blink” at all cuz my illusions (Walt Disney) got in the way and thus, I stayed in them and basically became numb and didn’t “go there to my truth” to hear my gut feelings. At 22 years old, I stood in front of a bathroom mirror saying, “one day, yes one day I will leave this relationship!” . . . no more do I live like that! When I learned the power of detachment, following what feels good for me first, I could be of service to others with compassion, love, truth and an energy that IS pure joy. I do not feel any guilt about taking time for ME or walking away from situations that simply do not serve me anymore! When I let the guilt go, space was created to “listen” to what I wanted and thus my purpose became clear as I gave from a place of clarity and authenticity.

Say YES! and play with your inner wisdom; when you feel a “blink blast” or intuitive sensation, trust it and listen. What is the real pure depth of your truth? Peel away all the masks ‘n emotional attachments and really have a look. See how beautiful you are? Do you see? Do you see how amazing we are as little balls of light that are smaller versions of the universe? Do you see how we get caught up in the illusion of whatever box we put ourselves in? What is the box you put yourself in? How do you “listen” to the intuitive guidance bleeping inside under all the layers of cardboard? Find your YOUnique way to do it! Ask yourself a question and hear the “blink blast” reply. Wow, it’s incredible, and if you want to get angry, cry, scream, that’s okay too as you’re only releasing layers of the box and spreading your wings. It’s time to BE YOU! It’s time to be the RECEIVER so you will be a GIVER from the purity of your beautiful heart!!! Blast ur Bliss!

Intuitive Guidance Introduction

Intuitive Guidance blog is a place for you to ask me "anything" you want about a situation in your life that is not serving you now . . .

. . . by serving you, I serve me from a place of "feeling good". I want to help you go inside, listen to your emotions (your indicator of where you're at) and use intuition (your navigational system) to fully live your dreams and choices. No matter what is happening in your life, or how in the dark you might feel, you have the power to shift your situation . . .

. . . the intuitive guidance on this blog is free . . . however, if you do not want to chat about your situation openly on this blog, and you want a private session, then you are welcome to skype me using video/phone (skype name: rhondaphuket) or email (rhonda@rhondaannclarke.com) or text my mobile at +1-250-240-3045. I am in Canada pacific timezone, so wherever you are on this planet, we shall align the time together . . . the "energy exchange" is intuitively guided as well, so whatever the fee or service is between you and I, is what works for us . . . .

. . . I really look forward to meeting you! Love, Rhonda