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My name is Monika Marguerite Lux.

I am an intuitive trauma transformation coach and creator of HeARTful Transformation Therapy, who helps especially young moms and teenagers break free from anxiety, social phobia, depression and PTSD. I am best known for my innate ability to intuitively identify the root cause of patterns keeping you stuck or in pain. Over the past decade, countless individuals have experienced deeply transformati

ve and long-term shifts from my integrative formula of Intuitive Coaching/Counseling combined with Expressive Arts Therapy, NLP, Systemic (Family) Constellation and EFT Meridian Tapping. My greatest passion is to see you break free from childhood trauma and ancestral burden, reborn like a butterfly, emerging from cocoon, in order to live your true magic being that you were meant to be by birthright. My mission is to help alleviate suffering and bring healing to those who are dealing with trauma, grief and anxiety through an emotional release process that’s gentle and powerful at the same time, connecting you to the truth of who you are. It’s like a realization that allows you to transform trauma into triumph and inner wisdom. In addition to my private practice, I am a blogger, speaker, author (The Art of Tapping : Lux, Monika Marguerite: Amazon.ca: Books) The Art Of Tapping, Balboa Press), YouTuber (www.youtube.com/c/balanching) and workshop facilitator. As a professional photographer, her most favorite non-traditional way of practicing meditation is to embark on a photo-taking spree at the breath-taking natural locations here on Vancouver Island. I choose to see you from an open heart! I meet you where you are! I know that you have the ability and potential to shift your life back into resonance and focus. I offer you a safe and supportive environment filled with love, kindness and acceptance for sharing your story! Together, we will create a vision and a roadmap for your life! Then, I will guide you through a transformative process from releasing, healing, growing and thriving, to living the life you’ve always desired!

🧘Why I Stopped Chasing the "Perfect" Hour of Zen 🧘‍♀️🧘For a long time, I fell into the trap of thinking meditation only ...
04/21/2026

🧘Why I Stopped Chasing the "Perfect" Hour of Zen 🧘‍♀️

🧘For a long time, I fell into the trap of thinking meditation only "counted" if I spent an hour in deep, undisturbed silence.
If I didn't have a large block of time, I simply wouldn't do it.

❓The result? I felt more stressed about not meditating than the meditation was actually helping.

🙏The real shift happened when I gave myself permission to think small.
Moving to a "5-minute bookend" practice didn't just fit my schedule—it changed my life.

❣️Here is how I practice on my busiest days:

▪️The Morning: Heart-Centered Priming (5 Mins)
Before I get up to check my email or look at a to-do list, I spend five minutes focusing on gratitude and visualize golden light energizing me for the day ahead.

👉The Shift: Instead of waking up in "survival mode" (reacting to the world), I start the day in "creation mode." It sets a positive filter for everything that follows.

▪️The Evening: The Mental "Emptying" (5 Mins)
Before sleep, I use meditation to consciously unburden my mind. I visualize a divine golden light of protection, and speak my mantras silently.

👉The Shift: I treat this as closing the "open tabs" of my brain. By intentionally emptying the day’s mental clutter, I move from the "doing" energy of work into the "being" energy of deep, restorative rest.

🙏The Lesson: Consistency Over Duration

🔸What I’ve learned is that our nervous system doesn't need a marathon; it needs regular signals of safety.

🔸Five minutes of intentional presence is infinitely more powerful than sixty minutes of "wishing I had the time."

🔸By lowering the bar for how long I practice, I actually stayed consistent—and that consistency is where the true transformation lives.

👍If you feel like you "don't have time" to meditate, try the 5-minute rule.
You might find it’s the most productive part of your entire day.

🙏Remembering Your Way Home❤️​Many of us drawn to deep inner work have spent years exploring, practicing, and seeking. Ye...
04/20/2026

🙏Remembering Your Way Home

❤️​Many of us drawn to deep inner work have spent years exploring, practicing, and seeking.
Yet, despite all that dedication, something essential often remains just out of reach—a true sense of belonging and a feeling of being fully "at home" within ourselves.

❤️​If you recognize that quiet longing, it’s not because you haven’t done "enough." It’s because the path forward isn’t about adding more; it’s about remembering.

🧘​The Peaceful Warrior course is a journey back to your original blueprint.
🧘It isn’t another self-improvement project or a checklist of new techniques.

❣️Instead, we focus on:
▪️​Reconnecting to the stillness already residing within you.
▪️​Reclaiming a wholeness that was never truly lost.
▪️​Returning to who you are beneath the layers of striving and "doing."

👉​To bridge the gap between understanding and embodying this state, we utilize gentle yet profound tools for the mind and body.
👉Through somatic Qigong, mindfulness meditation, Journaling, and EFT tapping, we clear the emotional noise and rewire the subconscious patterns that keep us feeling separate.

❤️​It is time to stop searching for who you should be and start remembering who you have always been.

❓​Are you ready to come home to yourself?

I invite you to learn more about my work in a quick call: www.balanching.org

❤️The Most Important Relationship of Your Life❓Have you ever wondered why some days you feel calm, decisive, and sure of...
04/19/2026

❤️The Most Important Relationship of Your Life

❓Have you ever wondered why some days you feel calm, decisive, and sure of yourself, while other days you’re defensive, unsure, and stuck in a cycle of self-doubt?

▪️You might say "yes" when every part of you wants to say "no."
▪️You walk away from a conversation feeling invisible.
▪️You snap at someone over something small, or you replay what someone said days ago, unable to let it go.

👉Those moments are rarely about the present.
They are often driven by a part of you that never fully processed an experience from long ago—a part that still carries unmet needs, old fears, and emotional patterns formed in childhood.

🧘This hidden part is your inner child.

🙏Moving From Reaction to Intention

🧘When your inner child "takes the wheel," you find yourself reacting from a place of hurt or insecurity rather than responding with clarity.

👉Over time, this creates a frustrating cycle: reacting in the moment, questioning yourself afterward, and wondering why the same patterns keep repeating.

▪️The missing piece isn't silencing that part of you.
▪️It’s knowing how to partner with it.

👉Reclaiming Your Vitality

🧘Your inner child is also the source of your greatest creativity, playfulness, and sense of wonder.

❣️When this part goes unheard, life starts to feel:
▪️Rigid and uninspired.
▪️Out of sync with your true essence.
▪️Void of the genuine happiness you deserve.

😊Imagine Feeling Grounded and Free

👉Reparenting is the process of uniting your adult self with your inner child.

👉By building this internal bridge, you can begin to:
▪️Reflect Gently: Recognize patterns like anxious thoughts, overwhelm, or the persistent feeling of being unheard.
▪️Respond with Clarity: Move away from blame and toward intention.
▪️Communicate with Confidence: Express your feelings with newfound authenticity and compassion.

🙏You don't have to stay stuck in old survival loops. You can move toward a balanced life filled with joy, laughter, and deeper human connections.

Beyond the Surface: What "Trauma" Really MeansWhen we hear the word "trauma", our minds often jump to major, life-alteri...
04/18/2026

Beyond the Surface:
What "Trauma" Really Means

When we hear the word "trauma", our minds often jump to major, life-altering catastrophes.

While those are certainly part of the story, trauma is often much quieter. It is found in the subtle, overlooked experiences—the moments where you felt unseen, unheard, or unsupported—that eventually became the blueprint for how you move through the world today.

The Real Root Cause

It isn’t just about what happened; it’s about how your nervous system processed it.
Trauma is the residual energy left behind when an experience was "too much, too fast, or too soon" for your system to integrate.

These experiences shape your current reality by creating "survival patterns".

What once served as a brilliant adaptation to keep you safe—like people-pleasing, hyper-vigilance, or emotional shutdown—may now be the very thing holding you back from the life you desire.

Decoding Your Survival Patterns

If you feel "stuck" despite knowing better intellectually, it’s likely because your nervous system is still operating on an old software update.

You cannot "talk" your way out of a physiological response. To truly shift, we must:
▪️Recognize the Subtle: Identify the quiet experiences that shaped your subconscious beliefs.
▪️Understand the Adaptation: See your current "blocks" not as flaws, but as tired survival mechanisms.
▪️Map the State: Pinpoint whether your nervous system is stuck in fight/flight or a freeze response.

A Roadmap to Reclaiming Yourself

Healing requires more than just awareness; it requires a practical, somatic approach to rewire the subconscious and the body.

By integrating tools like ▪️Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
▪️EFT/Kinesiology
▪️Systemic Family Constellations

we can bypass the analytical mind and address the root directly.

We move from surviving the past to thriving in the present.

Ready to uncover your unique pattern?

If you are looking for a clear, practical roadmap and unconditional support to navigate your path back to yourself, let’s connect.
FREE Discovery Call: www.balanching.org

❣️Mindfulness isn’t about feeling "amazing."👉There’s a common misconception that practices like Meditation or Qigong are...
04/16/2026

❣️Mindfulness isn’t about feeling "amazing."

👉There’s a common misconception that practices like Meditation or Qigong are meant to instantly transport us to a state of bliss.

❤️In reality, mindfulness isn’t a "fix-it" tool. It doesn't always make the difficult things go away.

🧘Personally, there are still times when things feel quietly difficult in a way that doesn’t show on the surface.
🧘In those moments, my practice doesn't necessarily change the circumstances, but it does change how I meet them.

🙏Finding the "Quiet Refuge"

☯️The goal isn't to force a positive emotion.
It’s simply to be honest and notice one thing that is working:
▪️One breath that feels okay and leaves the body with a sigh of relief.
▪️One moment where tension soften, even a little.
▪️One second of actual presence amidst the noise.

🙏The Power of Coming Back

🧘Mindfulness gives me something steady to return to—a refuge for the heart to rest in.
The simple act of coming back to the body, the breath, and what is actually here makes a real difference.

🙏It doesn’t happen all at once. It happens in small, consistent ways that add up over time.

❤️If you’re struggling to find "zen" today, don't worry about feeling amazing.
🙏Just try to find one thing that’s true, and let that be enough.

Trauma Healing - The Echo of Yesterday😢Healing from unresolved childhood trauma often feels like trying to run a maratho...
04/16/2026

Trauma Healing - The Echo of Yesterday

😢Healing from unresolved childhood trauma often feels like trying to run a marathon in a deep fog. It’s draining, disorienting, and sometimes, it feels downright impossible.

❣️But here’s the truth: Trauma doesn't just disappear with time; it echoes.
👉It echoes in your relationships, your self-talk, and your physical health.
👉To stop the noise, we have to find the source.

🗺️ Mapping the Echo: How it Shows Up
👉Childhood trauma isn't just about "what happened"; it’s about the internal map we built to survive it.
👉When we don't map these effects, we stay lost in the cycle.

It usually manifests as:
▪️Hyper-vigilance: Always waiting for the "other shoe to drop."
▪️Emotional Dysregulation: Feeling "too much" or feeling completely numb.
▪️The Inner Critic: That relentless voice telling us that we aren't enough.

🧩 The 3 Core Emotional Needs

At the heart of every human are three fundamental needs. When these are fractured in childhood, we spend our adulthood trying to fill the gaps in ways that often hurt us.

1. Safety: Knowing we are protected and secure.
2. Attunement: Being seen, heard, and understood for who we truly are.
3. Consistency: Having reliable support that doesn't vanish.

🙏Healing begins when we learn to meet these needs for ourself as an adult.
It’s about becoming the "secure base" we didn't have.

✨ Why the Subconscious Holds the Key
You can’t always "think" your way out of trauma. That’s because trauma isn't stored in your logical, analytical mind—it’s stored in your nervous system and your subconscious.

❣️This is why I created "HeARTful Transformation Coaching".

🎨Traditional talk therapy is a vital piece of the puzzle, but to truly heal, we have to go deeper.

By working on a subconscious level, we:
▪️Bypass the "logic" barriers that keep us stuck.
▪️Rewire the deep-seated beliefs formed in survival mode.
▪️Address the somatic (body) responses to past pain.

👉The Goal: To move from surviving to thriving by creating a personalized recovery plan that honors your unique story.

🙏Healing isn't about erasing the past—it's about reclaiming your future. You don't have to carry the weight of your "echoes" forever.

❣️"I'm just not who I used to be."🙏I hear this phrase often, and usually, it’s said with a heavy heart. ❓But what if tha...
04/14/2026

❣️"I'm just not who I used to be."

🙏I hear this phrase often, and usually, it’s said with a heavy heart.

❓But what if that realization is actually the first step toward a more authentic version of you?

👉Life transitions are identity shifts.

▪️We lose a part of our old landscape.
▪️We gain a new perspective.
▪️We learn to navigate the "in-between" and grow more resilient.

Growth is rarely comfortable, but it is always revealing.

You don't have to navigate the fog alone. I help people move through these transitions with clarity and purpose, turning "I'm not who I was" into "I am exactly who I need to be."

If you’re ready to stop feeling lost in the transition and start leading through it, let’s talk.

FREE discovery call: www.balanching.org




🌾The Science of the "Hollow Bamboo": How Reiki Works with Your Biology❓Many people ask me, "How can placing hands on or ...
04/14/2026

🌾The Science of the "Hollow Bamboo": How Reiki Works with Your Biology

❓Many people ask me, "How can placing hands on or near the body actually cause healing?"

🙏After 20 years as a Reiki Master, I’ve seen the results, but the science behind it is just as fascinating as the spiritual side.

1. The Biomagnetic Field

▪️Every living thing has an electromagnetic field. Science calls this the "biofield." The heart and brain, in particular, produce measurable magnetic fields that extend beyond the body.

▪️During a Reiki session, the practitioner’s hands act as a conduit, potentially smoothing out "static" in the recipient's field.

▪️Research suggests that the frequencies emitted from a practitioner's hands often fall within the alpha and theta wave ranges, which are associated with deep relaxation and tissue repair.

2. The Parasympathetic Nervous System (Rest & Digest)

▪️Most of us live in a state of "High Alert" (the Sympathetic Nervous System). Reiki helps flip the switch to the Parasympathetic Nervous System.
When you enter this state, your cortisol levels drop.
Your heart rate slows.
Your body’s natural self-healing mechanisms—which are suppressed during stress—finally turn back on.

3. Entrainment and Resonance

▪️In physics, entrainment is the process where two vibrating objects will eventually lock into the same frequency.
If a recipient is vibrating at the frequency of stress or pain, and the practitioner maintains a steady, high-frequency state of "Hollow Bamboo," the recipient’s body will naturally begin to resonate with that calmer, more healing frequency.

Understanding the Biofield

My Experience
During my three-year apprenticeship, I learned that we are energy channels, providing a frequency for the body to match.

I've seen this help everything from physical injuries to the deep emotional weight of grief.

By clearing the "noise" in the system, the body can finally do what it was designed to do: heal itself.

If you want to know more about the "mechanics" of how I can support your wellness, let’s talk!

FREE Discovery Call: www.balanching.org

Meditating with Reiki Life Force Energy: A HeARTful Approach 🌿✨🙏At the BalanCHIng Mindfulness Institute, we believe medi...
04/12/2026

Meditating with Reiki Life Force Energy: A HeARTful Approach 🌿✨

🙏At the BalanCHIng Mindfulness Institute, we believe meditation isn't about "turning off" the mind—it’s about tuning into the Universal Life Force energy. Here is how to keep your practice HeARTful and grounded:

▪️Start Smaller Than the Ego: Three conscious breaths are a complete practice. What matters is the act of returning to the present.

▪️Comfort is Sacred: You don’t need a "spiritual" pose. Sit, lean, or lie down. When the body feels safe, the energy flows freely.

▪️Release the "Empty Mind" Myth: Thoughts are just energy moving. Notice them, acknowledge them, and let them move on, like clouds passing through a clear sky, then return to your center.

▪️Your Breath is One of Many Anchors: If the breath feels tight, anchor your awareness in the heat of your palms, the center of the heart, a mantra, or the weight of your feet on the Earth.

▪️Restlessness & Sleepiness are Feedback: Don't judge the energy; witness it. One is energy seeking movement (Qigong might be the solution); the other is a nervous system asking for rest.

▪️Stillness in Motion: Washing dishes or walking to the car can be meditation when you are present with the activity. Mindfulness is not separate from life; it *is* life lived with heart.

▪️The Power of the Micro-Reset: Ten mindful breaths can shift your entire vibration. Never underestimate the power of a mid-day alignment.

▪️Stop Striving for "Calm": Peace is not a trophy. The harder you chase it, the further it flies. Simply be honest with what is here, and peace will find you.

▪️Self-Compassion is the Key: You cannot bully yourself into a higher vibration. Be gentle. Be intimate with your experience.

▪️The Art of Beginning Again: The whole practice is simply the courage to start over. Again and again.

The HeARTful REIKI Truth: Meditation isn't about escaping reality; it’s about becoming more intimate with it.

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When you're trying to clear your mind, do you find it easier to focus on a visual object or a specific word to stay cent...
04/11/2026

When you're trying to clear your mind, do you find it easier to focus on a visual object or a specific word to stay centered?

Are you curious about learning Reiki, and how ancient symbols from thousands of years ago still hold the power to help us navigate modern stress?

❣️Symbols in Reiki are often seen as mysterious, but they are actually ancient "keys" used to unlock specific frequencie...
04/11/2026

❣️Symbols in Reiki are often seen as mysterious, but they are actually ancient "keys" used to unlock specific frequencies of energy.

☯️Humanity has used sacred geometry and symbols for healing for thousands of years—from Tibetan mandalas to ancient runes.

☯️We’ve always known that certain shapes carry a unique resonance that helps direct our intention.

☯️Think of a symbol as a **magnifying glass** for the sun’s rays.
The energy (the sun) is always present, but the symbol focuses that power (like a laser) into a single, potent point.

🙏During my three-year traditional Usui Reiki apprenticeship, I learned that focusing on these symbols allows the energy to flow more freely by quieting the chattering mind and clearing away energetic resistance.

👉Whether we are working on physical recovery or emotional clearing, these symbols act as a bridge between the physical and the spiritual.
🙏They aren't just drawings; they are lived vibrations that help me "tune" the session to your specific needs.

❓I’m curious—do you have a favorite sacred shape or symbol that brings you peace?

If you’ve ever wondered how these "keys" work to open up your own healing journey, I’d love to chat.

😊Book a discovery call with me, and let’s dive into the "how" and "why" together.

❤️In my life, I have shared my home and heart with nine cats and two dogs. 😢Each time one of them passed, the loss felt ...
04/11/2026

❤️In my life, I have shared my home and heart with nine cats and two dogs.
😢Each time one of them passed, the loss felt devastating—a silence in the house that was hard to bear.

🙏However, Reiki transformed those final moments into a sacred bridge.
🙏It allowed my pets to pass over in profound peace, and in the stillness of prayer and meditation, it began the work of healing my own heart and soul.

🌞Through that quiet connection, I’ve received the messages and signs that remind me love never truly leaves us.

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