Awakening. It’s a big term, one that encompasses a lot of spiritual arenas, and it’s mired in false definitions and proclamations. So I feel compelled to shine some light and clarity on this topic. I have been in the unique position to work one-on-one with hundreds of others who have had these various combinations of awakenings, not to mention experience my own personal emergence. But even though I am uniquely qualified to offer some clarity here, it’s an awkward subject to talk about in such general terms, because “awakening” is not black and white—there are a lot of grey areas.

When I had my own awakening into original nature, including the emergence of a full psychic awakening, there was a lot of disorientation. I was lucky enough to have had access to great teachers like Adyashanti and  Eckhart Tolle, but I also met a lot of people proclaiming a direct realization with God when they were, in fact, not at all realized. I was confused and shocked at the number of teachers who were instead deeply involved in trance work, or projecting these illusions about their teachings for marketing purposes. Many simply had a real delusion and misunderstanding about what a real awakening is. 

I also met many who were truly awakened to their true nature, but their lives were utterly dysfunctional; they had no skill for navigating life. What is freedom unless you can be free inside of your daily life? 

And so, even for me, who was in the throes of awakening first-hand, I found it very difficult and confusing to understand. Sadly, awakened spiritual teachers can be as full of shit as the leaders of other industries, like movie producers, venture capitalists, therapists, doctors, lawyers, etc. Continue reading…

I want to introduce you to Meghan Roekle.

I met Meg a number of years ago and had the immense privilege of witnessing her unfolding realization and awakening process. She, unlike myself, has been in a slow burn of realizing Oneness.

Some backstory: Meghan trained in Clinical Psychology, got her PsyD, and has been working as a therapist since 2001. She has spent her life in search of truth, not simply focused on a spiritual awakening, but also the deeper realization of what creates wholeness, why and how we act, and what are the deepest truths behind all that.

In pursuit of this, she worked and studied in a variety of settings over the years: as a teacher inside of academia, as a practitioner of integrative health, as a researcher pursuing healing traditions in the fields of philosophy, energy/body work, art & literature, and spiritual/non-dual teachings. 

Healing is an ever-deepening process. However, we can often fall for the illusion that tells us, “one day I will be healed.” This little controlling voice starts driving you towards perfection, taking charge of your transformations. Our society has very few accurate definitions of what a truly transformed life looks like, so this little, “one day I will be healed” voice imagines all kinds of scenarios of wellbeing: waking up to sun-filled mornings, craving green drinks and super foods instead of caffeine and sugar, days that have plenty of time to workout and meditate before you skip to your dream job… and of course, you are “awakened”. You never have fits of rage, jealousy, or inconsolable grief, and never any physical pain or social isolation. In a nutshell, being “healed” is some version of “perfection”.

Ultimately, these are all illusions. What real healing is remains in the dark, unspoken—and, sadly, rarely seen.

Instead of true healing, we as a society sell these illusions of well-being, offering up some middle ground of functioning in the world and containing our depression and pain as the model of health. As a culture, we have greatly miscalculated how deep the human capacity for healing is. We continue to underestimate the real power of full transformation that every one of us has at our disposal, regardless of the depth of our pain.Continue reading…

As a woman terrified of full-blown intimacy – a legacy from a childhood where it was terribly unsafe to let anyone into my bubble, but I still yearned to be loved, and in love – life offered up a spectacular solution: I have been gifted an unending parade of platonic soulmates.

Because of this mysterious and baffling gift, I have the great honor of being a serial platonic soulmate. I have been blessed with love that transcended all my terrors, and kept me in great company during the deep darkness of my early life. I am totally aware of what a rare privilege that is, and have learned something inexplicable through this experience.

Now, we humans have a tendency to hide or feel guilty about the gifts that are offered up to us in seemingly discriminatory ways. However, I believe that if we inhabit and share our privileges, we can inspire others to begin to inhabit those same privileges. After all, we are one.

Personally, I love being inspired by the greater privileges of those who appear to have something I don’t, and if I can stay clear enough to not get threatened into a story about “not me” or “left out” – or the stickiest for me, “injustice” – I am invited to rise up to claim those same privileges as my own, realizing they are in fact indiscriminate.

Kiran describes this as a tool for energetic “tune-up.”

This tool provides energetic support to your own integrity, regardless of the field you are in and regardless of the collective energy. We can use it for:

• Fatigue
• Injured places
• Walking into dense areas
• Public spaces
• Movie theaters
• Concert halls
• Airports
• Public transportation

Even though this “Grounding and Shielding” technique can be helpful, it is important to remember we are not separate from Source, and we are not fragile or unprotected. We can sometimes mistakenly believe we are, and feel vulnerable, and then get a little precious or over-bearing with energy tools, thinking of them as more important than mere hygiene supports.

In this chat, Kiran is inquiring about why we hold on too long, and how we can let go in a way that creates a new agreement that remains friendly and loving moving forward.

In this talk, Kiran speaks about the conversation nobody is having around sex. Recorded at the 2018 Science and Non-Duality conference in San Jose, CA.

In this conversation with Kiran Trace, recorded in 2016, she reviews her teachings of Delicious Yes, and how we can implement this to find fulfillment. She also speaks very vulnerably about sexual misconduct from her personal history, as well as the greater politics and what we can do to heal ourselves and our collective story.

We hope you enjoy this talk. Want more? Kiran’s classes include 1 hour dialogues every week, plus awareness practices and a community of international partners to help you with accountability towards your goals. Unprecedented liberation is possible. Check it out.