I just moved back to Minnesota after spending the last year in California learning Emotional Release Therapy. It's strange returning to a place that I've called "home" from deep within my being for so long, but having left for a brief time.
So far, there have been a few encounters with people I am acquainted with, and they do a sort of double-take and eventually say "I didn't recognize you!" But it takes them a minute to process. I feel like I've been gone for years, not just one. And I feel like a (nearly) completely new version of myself. And on the flip-side of that coin, A YEAR is not that long in the grand scheme of this Universe. It's amazing to me the "both/and-ness" of being gone for a long and brief time.
Some of my closest people here in Minneapolis have also changed dramatically over the last year. And we get to have this new meeting of our souls as we are IN THIS MOMENT. I love watching people shift and change into more authentic versions of themselves. To witness people in that process requires, to a certain extent, leaving and returning. Because, if I watch a plant grow day to day, I may not even think about it's incremental growth until I notice that it's got a whole new stem, or bud, or flower. So, when I return after a year away, the growth I am able to notice (in myself & others) is much more defined.
I come back to Minneapolis carrying with me new gifts to share: a new ability to receive and receive, a new practice with boundaries, and a new way of walking in the world. Maybe this is what people "don't recognize" about me.
California offered me many things which I received with joy. It was a difficult, magical, and playful year. Through my training and practice I was able to plumb the depths of my Self - to find that wellspring of light within my being - and express these remembered parts. I got to keep meeting myself anew over and over again, which I carry on to the present moment.
We all get to keep meeting ourselves over and over again. That's the beauty of the human experience! (At least, that's my humble opinion.) We get to experience what it's like to be alive. And as the NorCal folks would say, "that's hella cool."
This new energy of trust in my journey - trust in the Universe - is carrying me forward like a river. I am the river. I am the ocean waves upon the shore. These are things I bring back to Minnesota with me.
So, here I am. Merry meet, Twin Cities! Let's reconnect. I'd love to share space with you.
To kick off my return to Minneapolis, I'm offering a limited amount of bodywork packages (3 sessions for $150). I am also willing to trade goods/other energy work for one session. Currently, I'm working out of The Medicine Tree Acupuncture Studio, but I'm also willing to bring my massage table to you.
Email me to schedule: healingartsbycm@gmail.com
See you soon!