What IS This Feeling?
“The truth rises to the surface like oil on water’
~Proverb
If I were to give one pure intention that has driven most of my journey, I would say it would be truth. As a constant metaphor in my reality, she has courted me for decades and is the most loyal companion I know. And not because I always see her clearly, but because I know she’s always there.
My first vehicle for truth was the written word. I came into this world equipped with a passion for communication and poetry became the lens through which I filtered my reality – from a very young age. It was the most meaningful way I could find to express my emotions and it enabled me to take the perceived misfortunes of life and turn them into something beautiful.
I eventually parlayed this gift of writing into a lifelong career that has taken me through 15 years in Corporate America and nourishes me currently as a self-employed marketing copywriter. I have a portfolio of clients that I write for now and look to someday publish my own novel about my other life-passion: consciousness.
From the time I was little, I have always had an effortless experience of something greater than me. And the older I grew, the more this experience began to guide me into what would, eventually, be my most treasured life-accomplishment.
In an effort to nourish this awareness of what I will boldly refer to as truth, I began meditating when I was 27 years old. And this led me down a very intentional path of self-awareness that includes a dedicated practice of meditation, asana and spiritual philosophy. It includes two yoga certifications, seven years teaching in the studio and a 6-month immersion course to learn to teach a technique called Transcendental Meditation.
It was during this 6-month immersion that my truth rose to the surface and consciously began to guide me into what would be the most challenging, yet fulfilling, path on my journey thus far.
I am beyond passionate about facilitating self-awareness through the written word for all the life-supporting benefit it brings to both the individual and the collective.
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What IS This Feeling?
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