ALIGN WITH LIBERATION
Choose change
be with truth
mens work || counsel || ritual
spirit Led :: relationship focused :: body centered
projects i am involved in
check out the Academy of Attunement where i am a director of eduction
check out the Body Dweller where i share insights & experience from my practice.
check out Mystic Flora where i am part of the creation & facilitation team.
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cultivating connection & intimacy at the threshold of change, my work pulls from the ancient wisdom that flows through our bones & our breath. the wisdom that remembers how to be in loving, reverent relationship with challenge & conflict.
Ways to Work with Me
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counsel sessions are a space for men &/or couples to receive support in repairing & deepening relationship to self, other & all.
these sessions provide a supported container to tap more deeply into embodied connection (aka feelings/ sensations/ knowings/ beyond).
through ritual, inquiry & practice we learn to more accurately & honestly listen-to & communicate-from what is true & real within us.
for these containers to be useful we have to agree to observe & work with what is felt in our bodies. simultaneously we have to be willing to question the meaning our conditioned intellect makes about what we feel.
The focus of this work in a nutshell is to come into right relationship with our internal reality so that. we can create better relationships with what is beyond us.
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soul connection readings tap into the ancient wisdom of divination using rune casting alongside tarot & oracle cards.
these sessions are less about being “told” what your soul wants/needs & more about generating a conversation that allows you to tap into the subtle whisper deep within you to confirm & expand on what you already know but maybe haven’t been ready to acknowledge fully.
the focus is on empowering you to listen to & take action from the knowing that’s always been there, in your bones.
in a normative culture that de-emphasizes & ignores the needs of soul & spirit these readings are designed to support recipients in identifying practical, grounded steps to experience more alignment, connection & fulfillment in day-to-day life.
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i offer 1:1 mentorship for men who are ready to shed the armor & masks required to survive in this culture.
step by step we build awareness of the ways we’ve created internal safety by denying what is authentic & true within & beyond us.
as we build awareness we engage in embodied practice to build our capacity to face the challenges of life with an open heart & an upright spine
this work is for those who are willing to commit to creating long term, sustainable change within themselves & all their relationships.
if you are interested click here to book a complimentary connection call to discuss with me further.
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mens work is a community based offering for those that identify as men.
we meet 2x/month on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month from 7-9pm at Mystic Flora Apothecary in San Mateo.
1501 S. El Camino Real - Suite F
Belmont, CA 94002
this is an open container meaning that men are welcome to drop in at will.
it is donation based with a recommended donation of $20-$60. no one will be turned away due to lack of funds.
for more info please book a complimentary discovery call by clicking here.
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I am a co-weaver & co-teacher of The Art of Energy Work training. AEW is a multi-month, experience based training to attune to & work with energy as a life skill.
I’ve come to consider the information & experiences brought forward through this training as foundational & essential. I am honored & humbled to be one of the teachers brought together by Ayla Rose to bring this work to the world.
Click here to learn more about AEW & check out the Academy of Attunement
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I am the vision-keeper for Warrior Within, a multi-month initiatory process into Warriorship for those that identify as men.
This is a closed container that runs 1x/ year & is co-led by a group of strong, grounded, fierce & nurturing men.
Click here to learn more about it & check out the Academy of Attunement
Mens Work
“The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. If an individual is not successful in emotionally crippling himself, he can count on patriarchal men to enact rituals of power that will assault his self-esteem.”
~ bell hooks, The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity & Love ~
now more than ever we (men) need to come into a more whole relationship with who we are at the emotionally embodied, psychic & relational levels.
for too many of us growth & evolution at these levels has been stunted &/or tainted (as spoken to so directly by bell hooks in the quote above).
we suffer as a result. So do those we are connected to. All of them.
this work is not just about becoming more emotionally-tapped-in, more intuitive, more empathetic & more compassionate (though it is about all these things).
what this work is really about is cultivating all of these dearly needed skills while also building the capacity to face life’s challenges with a strong spine, firmly rooted, honest & open. no matter what. i know of nothing more “manly” & nothing more needed from the men of our age.
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i offer 1:1 mentorship for men who are ready to shed the armor & masks required to survive in this culture.
step by step we build awareness of the ways we’ve created internal safety by denying what is authentic & true within & beyond us.
as we build awareness we engage in embodied practice to build our capacity to face the challenges of life with an open heart & an upright spine
this work is for those who are willing to commit to creating long term, sustainable change within themselves & all their relationships.
if you are interested click here to book a complimentary connection call to discuss further.
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Mens Work is a community based offering for those that identify as men.
we meet 2x/month on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month from 7-9pm at Mystic Flora Apothecary in San Mateo.
1501 S. El Camino Real - Suite F
Belmont, CA 94002
this is an open container meaning that men are welcome to drop in at will.
it is donation based with a recommended donation of $20-$60. no one will be turned away due to lack of funds.
for more info please book a complimentary discovery call: click here
All that you touch you change.
All that you change changes you.
The only lasting truth is change.
God is change.
- Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower
My Philosophy
before we can become who we need to be, we have to realize who we are
before we can realize who we are, we have to accept who we’ve been
once we accept who we’ve been, we can take responsibility for who we are
once we take responsibility for who we are, we can become who we need to be
change is inherent to us. period.
every moment of every day & night we are in a process of change expressed within us & beyond us. the ways we relate to change, notice it, work with it (or against it) is reflected back to us in all our relationships.
my work is centered around coming into right relationship with change from the inside out & outside in.
this is practice centered work. It requires a willingness to commit to noticing how we are (& are not) working with change within & beyond us.
our potential is waiting for us to stop hiding from what is true.
the truth of what we feel. the truth of what we suppress & avoid. the truth(s) we ignore & those we prioritize above others.
those that commit & show up fully for this work tend to find a deeper sense of honesty, alignment & aliveness in themselves & their relationships.
through the work we re-member (as in put back together) a more full, more whole way to be ourselves (together) amidst it all.
this work is less about forcing change & more about coming into a more honest relationship with the change that’s already here, ready & waiting to be acknowledged & related with in the present.
we do this by:
practicing & observing
adjusting postures
adapting stances
building capacity to sooth whatever fears block us from meeting this moment with an open heart.
through the process of this work we learn that we do not need to force change. Instead we practice leaning into the wisdom inherent to change itself & learning to love what we find there.