Templo del Amor y Luz

27/10/2024

Simple recipe for good living:

19/08/2024

As prepare for my trip back to Nelson next month, I'm reminded of so many goooood memories. Here's one of them: the release party of "Santiago Sadhana". If you fancy some chanting, have a watch/listen.

Filmed in the beautiful Nelson United Church in BC in May of 2018, this devotional music concert features Sarah Calvert on live loops, piano and guitar, Adha...

03/08/2024

Gratitude.

This is also a song featured in the musical, "Already Home" from Act II, scene 5.

27/07/2024

As a Hakomi therapist, I always feel nourished after a session, versus depleted. If you're curious about Hakomi....here are some succinct deets:

Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy combines advances in neuroscience with the gentle inward-looking practice of Mindfulness

10 Basic Assumptions of the Hakomi Method

1. Early experiences impact perception.

2. Perception impacts core beliefs about one’s self and one’s world.

3. Core beliefs inform behavior and body stance

4. Core organizing beliefs are kept in the unconscious (implicit memory) for protection and efficiency

5. Unprocessed, and therefore unintegrated wounds lead to disorganized and habitually limiting behaviors i.e. personality or character types.

6. Therapy happens when the therapist, using relational mindfulness, gains cooperation of the client's unconscious.

7. Working collaboratively, somatically and in mindfulness allows for:

-limbic connections to be restored

-neural pathways shifted, repaired and strengthened

-implicit memory becomes explicit and integrated.

8. Introducing delayed or denied nourishment, using mindfulness and consciousness managing techniques, helps the client have a deep and more complete understanding of his/her self-organization.

9. Increased self-awareness allows for a greater sense of choice in responding to life's circumstances, i.e. increases adaptability.

10. Increased choice results in more functional, flexible and adaptive behaviors.

**By intentionally shifting into expanded states of consciousness, Hakomi practitioners develop an exquisite sensitivity and attunement to others. Hakomi training facilitates the emergence of a heart-centered welcoming presence in the practitioner, reducing client resistance and fostering a sense of safety and connection in the healing relationship.**

Experience Hakomi for yourself with me if you feel called.
Mucho amor y luz,
Zarah

13/06/2024

Reflections on how my pooch has changed my life:

How a Mexican Mutt transformed a Former Commitment-phobe “Okay, so it’s only been two years, is it too late to give her back?” My higher self knew tha...

08/05/2024

A good antidote to grief: GRATITUDE. Recorded this a few years ago. Enjoy. Disfruta.

This is also a song featured in the musical, "Already Home" from Act II, scene 5.

08/05/2024

Estoy buscando un transportín para mascotas de tamaño pequeño a mediano para comprar. Tengo una bolsa de viaje que compré en Petco el año pasado, que se usó una vez... ¡Entonces mi perro creció! Buscando vender la mía, o comerciar. ¿Nadie?

Esta es la bolsa que tengo:https://www.petco.com.mx/petco/en/PRODUCTOS/Perro/Transportadoras-y-Viaje/Transportadoras-y-Accesorios/Sherpa-Transportadora-de-Tela-Original-Deluxe-Negra-para-Perro-o-Gato%2C-Mediano/p/100203

16/04/2024

Greet the world with an open heart
and reach out and embrace living
in all its richness, variety.
and staggering wonder.

--Richard Wagamese, from his collection of meditations, "Embers"

05/04/2024

Mañana: Kriya to balance the spleen and mantra to create inner harmony.

28/03/2024

Tomorrow’s class will use the energy of spring and rejuvenation with a Kundalini yoga Kriya focused on supporting the liver and cleansing, and some qi gong sounding. Let’s spring into this spring!

La clase de mañana utilizará la energía de la primavera y el rejuvenecimiento con un Kundalini yoga Kriya centrado en el apoyo al hígado y la limpieza, y algunos sonidos de qi gong.

27/03/2024

This week I’m excited to once again play with my soul sister Marcia Elizabeth at Endless Summer.

22/03/2024

Tomorrow we celebrate spring with a rejuvenating kriya to elevate!