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Shirley Riga
Apr 1, 20215 min read
She's With Me
I don’t remember when I discovered her. She emerged one day sitting in front of me, watching me.
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Shirley Riga
Mar 30, 20219 min read
Holding the Light
It’s so easy to believe what we see, feel or were taught when there is so much more. Sometimes it takes someone else holding a light for us.
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Thea Iberall
Mar 29, 20216 min read
Introspection
Using introspection, we can maintain an interior monologue of an "I" talking with "me". We can say "I drive myself crazy." But who's me & I?
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Mary Sorrells
Mar 28, 20216 min read
Testing my Wings
I have lost my ability to sing. I wonder if my tender emotions have been part of it. So I went on a retreat to learn to love myself.
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Shirley Riga
Mar 27, 20214 min read
I Believe You
Those three words are so helpful to hear when I’m struggling with self-acceptance. As a child I wasn’t believed.
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Shirley Riga
Mar 25, 20216 min read
Intentions
When the story of our past holds so much trauma it blurs the present, one may feel they are swimming upstream. There's more to us than ego.
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Shirley Riga
Mar 24, 20219 min read
Generational Circles
I chose to call close my inner child. I'm 8 years old, standing in the yard. If I had the opportunity to speak to her, what would I say?
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Shirley Riga
Mar 23, 20217 min read
Sacred Vessels
When I listened to reflections, I felt myself become an observer of me listening. I live more with the dualism of being human and spirit.
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Shirley Riga
Mar 22, 20218 min read
Knock Knock
Every time I ignore the knock knock, my reservoir empties more. But I found a way to ground by doing forest bathing.
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Shirley Riga
Mar 19, 20217 min read
Propeller Blades
Life gives us opportunities and some of them appear to be safe and some not. Some decisions lead nowhere and cause me pain.
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Shirley Riga
Mar 18, 20218 min read
Three Breaths, One Commitment
365 days ago, I made a commitment to myself. Every morning, I would sit in silence. I missed community. So began my Zoom meditation journey.
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Shirley Riga
Mar 16, 20216 min read
Primal Patterns
Yesterday, I walked right up to the edge of a bus I was ready to throw myself under, metaphorically speaking. It was a pattern I recognized.
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Shirley Riga
Mar 15, 20217 min read
Our Entangled Knots
Surrendering to pain sounded like defeat to me and I wasn’t going to be defeated. I wasn't interested in befriending pain. It was my enemy.
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David Stephenson
Mar 13, 20216 min read
Winter: the season of paring things down to the essence
by David Stephenson. Winter has a lot in common with COVID, like being in a dark cave. But there’s another side to Winter I want to explore
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Shirley Riga
Mar 9, 20216 min read
Deepening the Reservoir
I struggled for years following meditation rules, trying to do it right so as to reap the benefit others found. But I feared inner monsters.
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Thea Iberall
Mar 4, 20219 min read
Anger
I was 35 years old the first time I got angry. It took me being in a really safe place. But I was mad. And I let her know it.
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Madeline Champagne
Mar 3, 20217 min read
Life Questions
On the other side of this pandemic, we will have changed. We'll be sadder, happier, wiser, and stronger. I ask myself three life questions.
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Shirley Riga
Mar 2, 20215 min read
I am Present
My body is a feedback system. I tune in every morning and get today’s forecast. Am I in my body? I feel my body sensations.
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Shirley Riga
Mar 1, 20217 min read
Dream Care
Experiencing anxiety dreams is not new to me. From Jeremy Taylor, I learned that dreams come in service of health and wholeness.
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Shirley Riga
Feb 28, 20215 min read
Honest Boundaries
Boundaried walls of expectations help me feel safe and yet are limiting. I like to know what to expect. Today I choose to be alive.
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