We Are The Lightbearers
I taught an emotional yoga class this past Thursday morning, the day after a crazed human went on a shooting rampage in Maine…a feeling that this time this horrible violence has occurred closer to home. Terrifying! These past couple of weeks have pushed our hearts and minds and emotions. Imagining what it might be like for self, family or friend to be directly in the line of fire. To lose one or more loved ones to senseless violence on the home front or abroad.
How can we keep going?
And yet, what choice do we have?
Joy still fills my daily life. Ease, light, privilege. It’s difficult to reckon with, dancing on the razor’s edge of all of these different life experiences happening all at once.
My work and play as a human as well as a yoga teacher, life coach and bodyworker, is mainly one on one, or with small groups. It all starts with the body, in the present moment, on being with what is, be it pleasure, pain, grief or joy. Receiving and offering this work is a privilege in this day and age. And yet, I find it to be critical, crucial and meaningful. Doing this work offers the space for a multitude of experiences~~ to let go, explore, reset, grieve, retreat, love, feel delight, heaviness, uncertainty, to move freely, to experiment with the unusual…and on and on.
If we don’t have this in our world….then what?? If those of us who are able to don’t fill our cups, how can we do the important work of offering what we can and are able to those who are deeply suffering, or simply relating to folks who are in our daily lives? This is how I come to terms AND celebrate what I bring to this world. This is how I can write this message and tell you about my offerings, be them pleasurable, privileged, important and hopefully rippling in impact, bringing the Light.
Retreat!!
Join me and my wonderful teaching partner, Chandra Cantor, for our annual Yoga Retreat in Costa Rica!, February 24-March 2, 2024. For those of us lucky enough to be able to travel, this is a delicious retreat for body, mind and spirit! We practice yoga twice daily, and are surrounded by beauty and inspiration. Spaces are filling up, so now’s the time to register! February 24-March 2, 2024 at The Goddess Garden Eco Resort in Cahuita, Costa Rica! Click here for more information and/or to register.
Ongoing Work!
Coaching: I am here to work with you, body, mind, and spirit! Not only do I work with people in support of their life goals, visions and dreams, I also help people grapple with challenging existential questions, and long held patterns that may no longer serve…because of course, all is connected…Creating the life you want to live on purpose takes a certain kind of willingness to open up to the places that scare you, are dimly lit or feel unsettled within you. Our modern world requires this.
Commitment, vision, taking honest looks within, positive mental fitness, are all pieces of the coaching realm (among countless others). I coach with sensitivity, care and humor, and invite in the body for learning and listening. I love working with creative types on projects that have meaning, and benefit from accountability, agility, and visioning alongside a great, caring and observant coach. I also love supporting individuals and couples through really tough times, to find themselves more in alignment, more free and happier than ever! ~~I currently have an interest in supporting those who have challenging health issues. I myself have just been on a rollercoaster ride of healing some intense skin issues. I’d be honored to support you on your healing journey.~~
My clients have included artists and creatives of many varieties, people going through divorce, pregnancy, job changes, stuck chapters of life, body shifts, as well as couples. Feel free to be in touch, and/or schedule a Coaching Discovery Call to learn more about how we might work together.
Bodywork: Receiving touch and rebalancing your body, energetically and physically. My bodywork practice is just about full right now. Feel free to be in touch, and we can discuss what might work best for us to get together.
Yoga: Yoga practice via Zoom has been a huge saving grace these past few years. It continues! Join in on Mondays at noon or Thursdays at 7:30AM. The practice will open up your energy channels, keep you strong, centered, stretched and in a space of kindness and care. This is what the world needs right now! Also, see the above announcement about my Yoga Retreat in Costa Rica~~ February 24-March 2nd, 2024~~.
“We are the light bearers, stewards of a truth that insists on being shared despite doubt or fear of imagined limitation. We spread the flame by teaching or by growing still, by daring to be outrageous and dancing beneath the full moon, or by holding a friend in need and taking part in life's normal routines. This is our message- there is hope encoded in each cell, each loving thought, each time we reach out to one another. There's truth that won't be stopped by toppling buildings, snipers' bullets, war clouds on the horizon, or the inner storms of grief, despair and insecurity. We are the peace we've been seeking, the peace that stretches beyond the mind's need for form or understanding, the peace for which each human heart longs. Now is the time for the light bearers to offer up the truth of who and what we really are.” ~Danna Faulds
I’m sending you all my love during what may be a challenging time. We all need to seek out support and RECEIVE when we’re feeling tender, pained, grieving or overwhelmed. I hope to be of service to you!
Robin Shaw is a life coach, yoga teacher and massage therapist. She brings a somatic approach to her coaching and is passionate about the way that the body and brain support one another in deep transformational growth towards a fuller, happier, more balanced life. You can visit her website, www.flowingintowisdom.com for more information.