The heart is like a garden

January 8, 2018

“The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear; resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?” – Buddha

Quote of the day

Sharna Pearce

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Aug 26

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Happy Friday beautiful people 💕

May you remember the awesome moments of your life this weekend - the laughter, the beauty, the lessons, the triumphs and the seemingly ordinary. ✨

Know that at least one life has breathed easier because of you. Thank you 🙏🏽

xo

#laughter #loveinfusedliving #awesomeness #beauty #growth #moments #gratitude #emerson #adelaidesmallbusiness #affection #health #youmatter #fridayvibes

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Aug 25

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Vision. Clarity. Relief. Direction.

Do any of these words feel good in your body? Are you craving these sensations?

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I REALLY love helping people to find clarity, direction and relief from the intensity and confusion that can bind up our days and our lives.

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One of my refined gifts is the ability to intuitively listen and hear the next right step for someone. To compassionately explore and reflect back the insights I receive.

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In the energetic intensity that is August (!) there's a whole lot of confusion and confronting life challenges presenting themselves. I'm feeling them personally and witnessing them in many friends and clients.

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So with spontaneous inspiration - I'd love to offer some relief and guidance in a limited number of lightning clarity sessions! An opportunity for 15 mins of my undivided attention on whatever it is that you're stuck on or grappling with.

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I LOVE what comes out of these focussed connections. And I'd love to connect with you!

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5 spots only. Comment below or send me a DM to book your spot! These bookings go quickly!

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Can't wait to connect!

xo

#clarity #adelaidelife #relief #vision #loveinfusedliving #adelaidelocal #direction #august #wellness #adelaidenow #transformationthursday

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Aug 24

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We are not broken. We are perfect just as we are. As perfect as the day we were born It is not becoming that we need to pursue. It is the subtle and potent practice of unbecoming.

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We have been taught to fix ourselves. To improve on ourselves. To learn more. To become more. To be more.

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What if we simply relaxed and invited a gentle curiosity about what is true? What if we slowly released the conditioning, the assumptions, the pressures of keeping up with the Jones's.

Who would we be then?

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Unbecoming is a lifelong process. The delicate privilege of listening within. Turning toward what feels right and true and good in our being. Bringing compassion to each moment as we bravely choose a life that uniquely resonates for us - one authentic moment at a time.

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I guide people gently toward this unbecoming. Revealing the lightness and freedom of true authenticity. The ability to connect with and be nourished by the world around us. Our world.

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I invite you to start exploring. To follow your curiosity. To play with what life looks like when you say 'YES' to the things that light you up, and 'NO' to the things that don't. Let me know what you notice 🤔🙏🏽

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#unbecoming #loveinfusedliving #adelaidelocal #freedom #yes #no #madeinadelaide #beyou #stress #conditioning #nourished #adelaidesmallbusiness #curiosity

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Aug 17

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- EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT -

Back by popular demand! The 'Transformation Workshop Series' is running again! (last held in April 2021)

Keep your eye out for launch dates coming out soon!

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This workshop series holds the foundational wisdom for how we can truly embrace love-infused living - embodied, authentic, grounded.

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Workshop 1 - Creating Sacred Space
Sink into simple daily practice
Experience sacredness of presence
Connect within
Listen to your inner guidance

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Workshop 2 - Cultivating Inner Peace
Simple practices for stress + anxiety
Understand your nervous system
Experience peace and nourishment
Build safety in your body

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Workshop 3 - Fostering Values for Life
Explore Deep Inner Values
Honour your shadows + your truth
Experience your inner wisdom
Claim your uniqueness + light

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Each workshop includes a maximum of 8-10 women. Small gatherings provide the safety and connection for you to be held, seen, loved and honoured.

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These 3 pillars are the basis of all the work I do - guiding women to honour + integrate their shadow so that they can enthusiastically claim their light!

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DM me or email hello@loveinfusedliving.com.au to register your interest. xo

PS. Workshop 2 - Cultivating Inner Peace will also be run online on another date. Let me know if you're keen!

#sacredspace #adelaidelocal #innerpeace #kinesiology #virtues #authenticliving #adelaideworkshop #womenscircleadelaide #wayofthefeminine #trauma #adelaidehills #loveinfusedliving

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Aug 15

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I've been absent from socials for a while...integrating and planning for new things to come.

The most recent full moon energy seems to have brought with it a need to reflect and redirect any approaches, relationships or offerings that are no longer in alignment with our hearts.

I am still digesting and being nourished by the words of Marianne Williamson from weeks ago. Truly, there were so many gems. But this one, from A Course in Miracles, is sticking with me daily.

'You can either have a grievance or a miracle.
You cannot have both'

Powerful food for thought.

So we can either hold resentment and judgements about the world we find ourselves in, and remain stuck in a world that keeps gifting us more grievances...OR we can choose to drop the resentments, to forgive ourselves and one another, and be gifted spontaneous healings and a life that feels in flow.

I believe that this is the real work we are doing here. To move beyond the impermanent, 3D grievances (that our nervous systems love to feed) and step into the 5D understanding that we are the Universe having a human experience. Our thoughts create our reality. Imagination is in fact, pure consciousness.

The grievance - and all we imagine as a result of it - keeps us suffering. The release of this - and all that we imagine without this grievance - lifts us up.

Inner peace lies in this quote for me.
How does it feel for you?

xo

#grievance #miracles #adelaidelocal #stress #peace #kinesiology #humanity #loveinfusedliving #innerpeace #relief #acim #words

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Jul 28

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In my conscious pause this week I have been gifted some truly love-infused experiences. In the words I've read, in the conversations I've had - and last night was no exception.

Last night, I had the great honour of hearing the potent and open-hearted Marianne Williamson speak at our beautiful Elder Hall in Adelaide - surrounded by cherished friends and a whole audience of love-inspired people.

The mesmerising and articulate way Marianne weaves a 'love lens' into her teachings and stories is something to behold. Her presence and humility is palpable.

She is the very embodiment of what I view as love-infused living - a life led with body, heart and mind in harmony, and acting on the magnificent creative life force that infuses our being everyday. It is standing up to be counted. Being a force for love and peace. Taking responsibility. Holding compassion. Embodying our greatness.

What a delight to feel this rise in our world. We can learn through pain, or we can learn through joy - it's in our hands. I choose joy!

xo

#loveinfusedliving #mariannewilliamson #love #compassion #fearisnotreal #elderhall #pause #adelaide #chooselove #adelaidelocalbusiness #greatness #letsdothis #takeresponsibility

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Jul 27

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I've been moving at such lightning speed in recent weeks - creating, creating, creating...and now I have crashed a little, exhausted. I try not to do this (power on & crash) but when that energy is flowing it can be so hard to resist ✨

So I am consciously moving more slowly this week - making space for life to respond. I've softly surrendered into my deep love for reading.

And I've fallen upon pearls of wisdom - beautiful reminders for us all - that were too good not to share:

"Imagine how an unshakable love for yourself would impact every thought, every action" @donmiguelruiz @barbaraemrys

Just pause for a moment and imagine this - imagine an unshakable love for yourself - even for a fleeting moment, imagine what this would change?

Imagine Love - that divine, creative life force that flows through you - imagine allowing that to course through your veins - unbridled - without doubt, or question. Filling you up - dissolving the fear, the judgement and the stories - imagine this....

So beautiful.

You're welcome 😘

xo

#love #creativeforce #universalenergy
#adelaidelocal #imagination #poweroflove #unconditionallove #dissolvefear #youarelove #innerpeace #adelaidehills #loveinfusedliving #slowingdown

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Jul 19

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Do you remember hearing this as a child?

I remember it, clearly. And as I feel into my body, I know that every cell of my being does too.

On reflection, I'm not sure that it has done me any favours.

Sure, I have wonderful manners and I value kindness and compassion toward others. These, in themselves, are positive traits in a world that is craving softness, acceptance and love.

And, boy do I believe passionately in a world that welcomes softness, acceptance and love. More than anything.

But in learning that 'if I can't say something nice, don't say anything at all' what I lost was understanding how to speak my truth. That my truth had a place in this world. That, in fact, my truth is as vital for my health as oats, and sunshine, and Vitamin B.

This underdeveloped capacity to acknowledge, value and express our truth is all too common in this modern world.
I know I'm not alone in this.

And the flip side of our inability to express our truth, is a lack of capacity to acknowledge, value and honour the truth of others.

Being skilled in hearing and expressing truth - staying present to this truth - and finding the healing, the vulnerability, the power in it - this is where the magic lies. There is gold here, pure gold.

The truth is, our truth is not always 'nice' - but, in healthy spaces, all of us is welcome. The 'nice' and the 'not so nice'. This is wholeness. This is authenticity.

I'm here to help you (and me) to build the capacity to witness your own truths, to learn the skills to honour this and to compassionately share these gems with the world around us.

If this resonates for you, and you'd like to start to safely honour your truth, let's chat. DM me or leave a comment below.

I welcome your truth with love 💜

xo

#truth #manners #mannersmatter #wholenessjourney #authenticitymatters #adelaidelocalbusiness #loveinfusedliving #bodysafety #traumainformed #softness

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Jul 15

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For me, providing a deeply compassionate space for clients to acknowledge and process trauma is an honour and a privilege.

My heart lights up when participants in my 12-week Cultivating Inner Peace Program share the profound impacts the course modules and our individual sessions have on them.

In this program, a potent blend of education, tools and strategies around stress, anxiety and overwhelm combine to bring deep transformation and relief.

My heartfelt gratitude to every one of you, my beautiful clients, for taking the first brave step and choosing YOU.

If you'd like a sneak peak at one of these tools or strategies, comment below or DM me. xo

#gratitude #adelaidelocal #stress #courage #trauma #transformationjourney #loveinfusedliving #reliefstress #southaustralianvibes #chooseyourpath

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Jul 14

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Why do you do what you do?

I've been reflecting recently on why I do what I do - why my specialist interest is in anything to do with stress and anxiety.

On reflection, it's funny (both funny haha and funny strange) that the primary reason I have so much knowledge and so many tools and strategies to soothe stress and anxiety is because I have a low tolerance for them both! 😂

I think for 2 reasons -
💠 I experienced too much of it in my childhood, and
💠 I am a sensitive soul, so I feel stress and anxiety in my body quite deeply

Our greatest challenges so often become our greatest gifts. I have spent decades (and lifetimes I suspect) seeking an understanding of what stress is, why we experience it and what we can do to support ourselves.

So now I help people to stop feeling stressed and overwhelmed in their day-to-day lives and to create space to experience the fullness of life. And I love what I do 💜

Do you love what you do? xo

#stress #anxiety #anxietytools
#adelaidelocal #innerpeace #purpose #loveinfusedliving #kinesiology #trauma #adelaidehills #lovelifepassport

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Jul 12

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I LOVE the yin + yang symbol. It represents such big and potent concepts in such divine simplicity.

This symbol reminds me to connect with the natural and continuous relationship between the darkness and the light, the conscious and the unconscious, stillness and action.

If this ancient symbol is new to you, let me share a little of its wisdom...

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The Black / the Yin represents the feminine, the darkness, the stillness, the shadow, the unconscious, the unseen, our inner world.

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The White / the Yang represents the masculine, the light, the active movement forward, the conscious, the seen, the outer world

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As we move around the circle (in either direction) we can observe the black slowly merging into the white, and then the white slowly merging into the black. This represents the nature of life and of our inner nature. The eternal movement from the dark times into the light, and the light times into the dark. This too will pass.

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We also note a small dot of the opposite colour within each. An element of the darkness always present in the light, an element of the light always present in the dark.

Navigating the darkness with awareness, and taking RIGHT action informed by our still times in the dark.

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Both stillness and action hold great importance in our lives. Action without stillness becomes random action, stillness without action keeps us stuck.

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In times of stress and anxiety, the great wisdom of Yin + Yang reminds us of our need to become still to bring clarity to our truth before taking aligned and self supporting action.

Are you curious to learn more? xo

#yin #yang #adelaidelocal #anxiety #southaustralianvibes #stress #tcm #rightactions #loveinfusedliving #wisdomoftheday

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Jul 8

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The 5th crucial factor for physical, mental and emotional healing in Maté's 7As is ... Attachment.

Numerous research studies have shown over and again the profound effects a healthy attachment to an emotionally available and physically safe adult during early childhood has on positive physical and mental health outcomes throughout our lives.

Equally, not having opportunity to form healthy attachment in childhood proves a key factor in the experience of physical, mental and emotional pain later in life.

In addition to acceptance, awareness, anger and autonomy - being able to feel genuinely safe with another, and to trust someone enough to be vulnerable, exponentially increases our capacity to accept ourselves fully, to resolve trauma and to open to deep health and healing.

Secure and healthy attachment at any age gives us a place to surrender - a place to rest deeply, to repair. Something we all need and deserve 💜

#attachment #adelaidelocal #healing #kinesiology #safeplace #pain #rest #trust #stressreduction

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Jul 4

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I've been absent momentarily - learning and creating! I'll share more soon ... but for now let's continue with Gabor Maté's powerful '7 As of Healing'

No 4. is Autonomy. The capacity to self determine - to know self from non-self, the ability to create boundaries and make independent choices about what constitutes our lives, both physically and emotionally.

'From a simple biological perspective, it may appear that the survival of the human organism ought to be nature's ultimate goal. It would seem, however, that the existence of an autonomous, self-regulating psyche is nature's highest purpose.

Mind and spirit can survive grievous bodily injury, but time and again we see that the physical body begins to succumb when psychic integrity and freedom are jeopardised'

Enmeshment, co-dependency, the lack of clear boundary between child and parent - can all significantly impact on our ability to heal and stay well.

'Boundaries and autonomy are essential for health. We experience life through our bodies. If we are not able to articulate our life experience, our bodies speak what our mouths and minds cannot.

Autonomy - knowing and embracing an internal centre of control, an internal reference point for identity, values, actions - has a profound impact on healing.

We all have stories of compromised boundaries. I'm still a work in progress! How well can you say 'No' or 'Yes' and mean it? xo

#bodyautonomy #traumainformed #adelaidelocal #identity #kinesiology #stress #healingtrauma #adelaidehills

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Jun 27

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I just had the immense pleasure of spending 3 incredible hours learning about Socials with Soul from the vastly knowledgeable Jemma at @noidea_agency 💜 along with a beautifully wise bunch of women seeking just what I am looking for...authentic socials with meaning 🌀

This was all thanks to Kellie Hansen @kelliehansen.naturopath.coach @sasoulpreneurs
A big shout-out to you Kellie - thank you for your vision to create space for us all to learn, nourish, share and grow 🙏🏽

#sasoulpreneurs #adelaide #authenticconnection #southaustralianvibes #adelaidelocal #gratitude #womeninbusiness #vulnerabilityisbeautiful
#action #wayofthefeminine #kinesiologyadelaide

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Jun 21

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Deep Winter Solstice Blessings to you - here in the Southern Hemisphere.

This is a profound moment of pause, the inertia created by the shift from the decreasing of daylight yesterday and the subtle increase in daylight tomorrow.

It is a time for deep contemplation, stillness and rest. In the 3 consecutive days, we are letting go of that which no longer serves us (June 20), pausing in the void (June 21), and reflecting on that which we do want to include in our lives as the light and warmth emerge in the Spring (June 22)

Find a quiet spot today and gently check in on how you are tracking.
Are there parts of your path that need some redirection?
What do you need?
What do you no longer need?
What can you give?

This reflection is a potent investment for when the cycle starts anew in spring xo

#newblogpost #rest #restore #reflect #loveinfusedliving #wintersolstice #deepstillness #turninginward #adelaidehills #adelaidelocal #reflectionstories

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Jun 17

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As we raise our awareness in our bodies we start to become more conscious of the sensations we feel when particular emotions rise. Anger is by far the one we avoid feeling the most. Why?

'There is something basically anxiety-provoking about the anger experience because it co-exists with with positive feelings, with love and desire for contact....anger leads to an attacking energy that threatens attachment.' To feel negatively toward a loved one may be too much to bare.

And so it seems more comfortable to either avoid the experience of anger through repression, or to discharge against anger so as not to actually experience it in our body.

'So repression and discharge are two sides of the same coin. Both represent fear and anxiety, and thus trigger the same physiological response.'

What of healthy anger then?

'Healthy anger is an empowerment and a relaxation. The real experience of anger is one of a surge of power going through the system along with a mobilisation to attack. There is, simultaneously, a complete disappearance of all anxiety....

'Anger does not require hostile acting out. First and foremost, it is a physiological process to be experienced. Second it has cognitive value - it provides information.

We are greatly empowered, without harming anyone, if we permit ourselves to experience the anger (sensation) and to contemplate what may have triggered it.

Depending on the circumstance, we may then choose to use words and/or action to alter the situation, or simply allow the anger to dissolve.

Healthy anger leaves the individual, not the unbridled emotion, in charge.' Gabor Maté

What has been your experience with anger? xo

#anger #awareness #sensations #emotions #health #healing #hostility #empowerment #loveinfusedliving

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