Bear's Blog

Ah, don’t we love and appreciate those passive healing modalities! Luxuriating in a tub of hot water, a guided meditation (often called releases and transmissions these days), or another version of a sensory immersion - the sound bath. These pleasures and self-care remedies are ancient! They’ve been practiced in churches, temples, public spaces and private homes for centuries. Often a candle is lit and the bell rings to signify entry in a sacred space, whether in a personal or communal setting.

I call energy modalities t...

Sirius, the brightest star in our sky (and the closest to earth) is named the “Dog Star” after its home constellation. It’s been known and revered across many ancient cultures. Especially so in Egypt, where its appearance in early July signaled the growing season and the annual flooding of the Nile. Sirius rises along with the sun in the astrological sign of Leo on August 8th. Called the Lion’s Gate portal, that’s when a peak “flood” of energy arrives for growth and nurturance.

In numerology 8 is a powerful karmic number...

Ever heard the phrase “your time personality”? Our relationship with time IS mutable, and there are distinct differences between us. Anthropologist Edward T. Hall described different cultural attitudes to time as “monochronic” and “polychronic”.¹ He was describing societies. Enter organizational theorists and management experts, who applied these labels to individuals. Did you know that your Energy Signature also accurately describes your “time personality” – and there are more than two?

Hall describes cultures whose tim...

The full moon’s energy peak is well known for its drama with more deaths, births, and general spike of activity. The new moon today, July 24th, is just as potent in its effect on the tides and the waters of the earth – including our bodily fluids. New moon is the yin, a pull inward; full moon is the yang, outgoing movement. Generally women release their “flow” at the full moon; within that cycle, the new moon is the time when an egg is released and waits to receive, to be fertilized.

Moon phases were part of the original...

Energy Signatures is a model that describes an unconscious “operating system” behind many mental and emotional responses. It comes about through nature and nurture. Thankfully we can make conscious changes to modify those patterns to let our soul shine through! Our spiritual orientation is an overarching, bigger relationship to life. Whether spiritual or religious, we are looking for the ultimate meaning of our experience. Underlying that impulse is our soul’s longing for oneness.

Spirituality mostly bypasses religious i...

Resilience is seen as an essential skill to be healthy in many ways. A body that is cared for has resources to come back from illness or accidents. Spiritually it comes down to perseverance, and faith in the ultimate meaning and beneficence of life. A mind that has the knowledge and skills can respond positively to life’s setbacks. Cultivating resilience under stress is a complicated challenge, and our ability to manage in different circumstances and times can vary. Perspective is key.

We all have certain energetic patte...

Spirals are a basic form in nature. Water swirls and can achieve vertical movement. Energy funnels down into our chakras, feeding our physiology. The “learning curve” is a spiral. In education it means visiting and getting familiar with a subject and moving on before it’s mastered. Upon returning to it time after time, you achieve a more thorough understanding. I believe evolution happens in a spiral. Lessons learned and integrated create overall progress. We can also view history that way!

It's said if you don’t know hi...

Thich Nhat Hanh used the term “Inter-being” to describe how everything is intimately connected. He was no stranger to adversity; as a Vietnamese Buddhist in the late 60’s he advocated for peace. His country was divided into the communist North (allied with Russia and China) and the South (supported by France, the US and others.) The war lasted over 10 years, and was an ideological battle between superpowers. The US involvement sparked activism and the first modern anti-war movement in America.

Many wars have been fought ...

The shocking impermanence of it all. Life, death and everything in between! We humans long for predictability and stability to feel safe (our primal brain). Even things we’ve come to rely on – our democracy, the climate – can quickly (to us) undergo radical change. When experiencing something distressful, it’s helpful to know it will pass. Our ultimate mainstays are the cycles of the sun and the moon. So let’s take refuge in the sun right now at Solstice, when the “sun is still” for 3 days.

The ancients did, and built mo...

The revolution (civil war?) has officially begun. It’s been signaled for the last year, if you’ve been paying attention to astrology (or politics!) June and July were always forecast to be extremely rocky. Looking at humanity’s evolutionary trends, it’s clear the Age of Aquarius was going to be a dramatic shift. Despite setbacks and inevitable pendulum shifts, the overall picture is one of progress. This won’t be an easy time, but the universe is providing energetic support for us along the way.

There is an emerging scie...

The sun’s energies - solar flares, geomagnetic storms, solar winds - affect our ionosphere. The Schumann Resonances (frequencies that bounce between the earth’s surface and ionosphere), trees and humans all resonate in the same 8hZ range. Called the earth's heartbeat, this native frequency affects our health and well-being - and that of our terrestrial world. We live in that flow of energetic communication and connection. We’re understanding more about just how much trees have to teach us!

The earth’s surface - the “crus...

I’m passionate about expanding - and sharing - my understanding of energetic dynamics and the fundamental roles they play in our lives. Patterns that affect us as individuals, and ones that relate to society and the world at large. Humans can, and do, create plenty of chaos and destruction in our joint reality! Yet there are bigger, unseen forces that contribute to and even drive our experience. Our nature is to look for those underlying causes to explain any given time in history.

For thousands of years people have char...