THE EXCHANGE BLOG

an exchange of

IDEAS - WORLDS - ENERGY

Here you will experience a multimedia blog where my music career and healing practice collide, intermingle, and exchange.

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Oppression Healing
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Oppression Healing

My #oppressionhealing program started out as a response to the violent murder of George Floyd, the resulting BLM protests, and the subsequent antiracism activism initiatives that swept social media platforms, news stations, and the world. As someone who has always been a vocal supporter of Black Lives Matter, but who had been comfortably “not racist” instead of antiracist, my activism desperately fell short and my new education was teaching me that, BUT QUICK.

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Divine Balance
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Divine Balance

As Divine beings we‘re all a combination of divine femininity and divine masculinity, and in order to be our most whole, those selves must be in balance.

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Divine Masculinity
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Divine Masculinity

As Divine beings we‘re all a combination of divine femininity and divine masculinity, and in order to be our most whole, those selves must be in balance. But so many of us can’t find that balance because we don’t even know what our divine halves look like or how to embody them. Yesterday we discussed Divine Femininity, and today I’m going to be writing about Divine Masculinity.

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Divine Femininity
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Divine Femininity

As Divine beings we‘re all a combination of divine femininity and divine masculinity, and in order to be our most whole, those selves must be in balance. But so many of us can’t find that balance because we don’t even know what our divine halves look like or how to embody them. Over the next three days, I’m going to be addressing just that, starting with Divine Femininity.

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Affirmations
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Affirmations

Have you ever heard that phrase, “your body hears everything your mind says”? It’s 100% true. But I would venture to say that it should be even more comprehensive, something like, “your mind, body, and spirit hear everything you say and everything you think.”

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Light in the Darkness
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Light in the Darkness

To shine a light in the darkness is not an easy thing. It requires the vision to understand why the darkness exists in the first place and the empathy to speak to that darkness saying, “I see you. I hear you. I am you,” so that you can turn it into light gently.

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Sing the Light
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Sing the Light

All of this—the Reiki, the Music, and #singthelight—will make up my “life practice” (it’s so much more than a business or a company or a brand—it’s literally my most authentic me in practice every day): Ascending Arts.

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Decolonize Your Mind
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Decolonize Your Mind

I’ve been thinking about my own colonization a lot lately. I’m half Mexican and half white but I was raised in a white environment with white ideals, I received a white education, and I have a whitewashed understanding of race and history.

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Awe
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Awe

Awe is wonder felt viscerally. Awe sounds HUGE, doesn’t it? Even LIFE ALERTING, right? And it can be. That’s the awe I find when I’m working with you, my clients. In our reiki sessions, there’s no shortage of miracles.

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