With the media broadcasting fear hourly, how do we choose our responses to the information we receive, rather than reacting?  While common sense responses like washing hands, eating well, getting the rest your body needs, and generally caring for yourself so your immune system is resilient make sense.  Some reactions don't, and they can actually hurt.

A friend who runs an international university program based in in Yuma, AZ, right on the Mexican border emailed me with his experience of the Swine Flu publicity.  "Adding to the hysteria, I hear right wing (representatives) using the Swine Flu thing to further spread fear and hatred toward Mexicans.  "Isn't it a shame we don't have secure borders?" they lament.  Funny.  And some Mexican friends I know are certain that the virus was manufactured in the US to kill them." 

He included the following quote from a conversation between Andrew Cohen and Ken Wilbur at EnlightenNext:
 
WILBER: At times like these, our spiritual practice becomes essential. We have to develop a heightened awareness of our own internal mechanisms and of what can throw us back into a contracted, survivalist mode. That’s really important, because there are some very serious survival issues right now. We might not make it as a species. And being able to watch yourself contract in the face of that is a supreme teacher. It’s a chance to really learn how you allow the survivalist mode to knock you out of your true self and your already-free awareness.

COHEN: Yes. And the reason it’s so important is that it isn’t just our feeling experience that contracts; it’s our perspectives and our values. We fall out of touch with that which is higher, that which has inherent glory, and we contract into a very fearful orientation to life. Often, those who are able to really make a difference in times like these are those who are able to see global events and crises in the biggest developmental context—to see it all as part of a larger process, which itself is indestructible. Never losing touch with that perspective is critical, because when we lose touch with the bigger perspective, we lose touch with the best part of ourselves.

Responding thoughtfully, wisely, with compassion, to situations as they arise benefits everyone, including you.

Peace,

Tracie

I'm so excited to be part of a wonderful new collaboration with Katryn Lavanture of EcoLibra.  Katryn is a gifted EarthKeeper, Ecopsychologist, Sound & Energy Healer, and a truly lovely person.  We are crafting several juicy, fun, experiential workshops, as well as some beautiful and potent vibrational essences.

Co-creating with Katryn is offering me the opportunity to deepen the offerings and services of TTN Therapeutics.  I have a deeply held belief in living a sustainable life, and supporting my clients into that same balanced way of being.  Katryn's expertise in the field of Ecopsychology, as well as her years of experience as a healer, form an inspiring synergy with my own expertise in affective bodywork, plant medicines, intuitive energy therapies and transformative learning theory.  

So come share a workshop with us!   On April 24th we are offering Using Flower Essences and Essential Oils to Enhance our Connection to Nature and Earth from 6:30 -8:30, and on May 16th we are offering If the Land You Life on Could Talk from 10: a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  Email or call to let me know you are coming!

Spring blessings,

Tracie