Grounded
Centered
Aligned
Discerning
An Embodied Spirituality for cultivating
the gifts worth experiencing in this lifetime.
Clear
Focused
Joyful
Fulfilled
With the creation of ForestBody and The Embodied Path, I am here to guide you into the states I believe to be most worth experiencing in this lifetime. This work is not necessarily here to send you into enlightenment, or to an everlasting heaven, but rather into the physical, energetic, mental, and emotional states that are worth knowing here on Earth, right now.
This Embodied Spirituality is concerned with how you think, feel, and act now, and how you are working towards an ever-more skillful version of it all.
Along the way, perhaps you catch a glimpse, or enter into a fleeting moment of a "more ultimate spirituality." When this happens, honor it, soak it in, and give it the meaning you need to.
Still, understand that we are here walking The Embodied Path to take each step - each tender step - for the tangible impact it has on life - your life, and the life that expands beyond you here on Earth.
Know that, with intention and aligned action, we will learn to walk each step with greater skill, and in turn, find ourselves in those states that we are here to cultivate.
Get started now.
Grounded
Take a moment to feel into the ground you stand on. Do this physically as you tune into the literal ground you stand on. Feel your feet on the floor. Feel your seat in your chair.
Now, do this energetically. Take a few deep breaths down... down... down into the Earth you sit/stand on. Let your breath be your guide as your consciousness is moved down into the physical ground beneath you.
You can also do this energetically and psychologically: What grounds do you stand on in your life? In other words, what are the foundations that you stand on as you move through life? Bring conscious awareness to the foundations that hold your life. Breathe into this space.
I encourage you to let thoughts come to mind, or even visuals that show you what these grounds are. I also encourage you to feel it in your body: Where do you feel this in your body? What exactly does it feel like?
Now, let's talk more about grounding:
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Centered
Take a few deep breaths right into the center of your chest. Call upon slow, ease-filled breaths to guide you deeper into self, each breath bringing a new level of presence into your body and whole Self.
After some time (you'll know when), hold the intention to move deeper into center. Perhaps this is right here in your heart space. Perhaps you move your consciousness somewhere else in self: your diaphragm, your solar plexus, your womb.
There is no "right" space to be guided. Only, let yourself be guided to that space within self that allows you to settle into stillness as you are centered in the whole of your being. Where can you settle within self wherein all the chaos of the external world falls away? Rest here in this void. Let each breath take you deeper in.
Continue to breathe into this space as long as you'd like.
Aligned
It is one thing to talk about the alignment of head and heart, or of heart and soul. It is another thing to recognize the many (truly countless) parts of self as they either work together or fight amongst eachother.
It also yet another thing to recognize the whole of who you are as you connect into the infinite complexities of the life you are living (the living beings you are connected to, your roles and responsibilities, your desires and hobbies, etc.)
Aligning perfectly (all parts of self connected into everything outside of self) will never happen. Rather, all we ever get to do is to align the best we can given whatever moment we are in.
This is not something that your head is going sort out. It is an experience that is going to be embodied as it is lived. And, it is an experience that you can become more skillful at as you practice what is here to be practiced along The Embodied Path.
Alignment piece to be released later in 2026. Make sure you are subscribed to the Newsletter so that you receive it straight in your inbox.
Discerning
To expand on the above statement regarding "alignment," it becomes essential to navigate through life making the best decisions we can. Note that some of these decisions may be conscious, but mostly the decisions we make in life come from deeper (less conscious) patterning.
As we take each step through life, the goal is to become more skillful (e.g., wiser) with each decision and each patterned behavior. Here, we work to make more of those patterns conscious so that we can examine them, rewire what needs to be rewired, and cultivate patterns that are ever-more-skillful.
Discernment piece to be released later in 2026. Make sure you are subscribed to the Newsletter so that you receive it straight in your inbox.
