Culture and Communication Profiles help us understand how the ways we were raise have affected the way others perceived us, how we understand ourselves, and how we communicate when under stress. These worksheets are a gentle step to a more advanced level of self understanding.

Creative Arts Therapies (CATs) are mental, physical, and emotional health specialties that integrate art, dance, music, theater, and poetry to foster authentic healing, enhance self-awareness, and provide multidimensional forms of communication. After meditation, progress to our personal truths may arise as well as emotions, memories, and traumas. CATs can help to heal those tough emotions as well as enrich our soul.

Cord Cutting is the meditation of detaching an emotional connection to a person, archetype, or habit. I have collected a few guided meditations structured on visualization to help process these energetic ties. This practice has left me feeling lighter, clearer, and happier with my relationships.

The Autumn Equinox is about noticing the shift in the seasons, appreciating its natural beauty, and getting into the autumn spirit. I did some research about the celebration of the Autumn Equinox, also known as Mabon, to learn about the practice of seasonal mindfulness, cultivating my own rituals, and learning an Apple Spell of abundance.

A Full Moon Ritual circles around the concept of abundance. Imagine you already have everything, the health, wealth, abundance, relationships, career, family, and vacations, what's next? With a manifestation meditation, you can direct your philanthropic energy, goals, ideas, wishes, and dreams into something even bigger.

A New Moon Ritual is a time for self-reflection and setting goals. Since this is my first deliberate New Moon Ritual, I wanted to design a simple evening that reflected on the previous season and set effortless goals for the next. A New Moon Ritual is also a wonderful time to journal and appreciate the ending of a cycle and the beginning of a new one.

My experimentation with float therapy and a meditation practice not only healed my inner traumas but affected my lifestyle which showed through the health and wellness of my eyes. This allowed me to have more fun with my eye makeup and makeup shopping in general.

Taking care of your eye area produces well-rested eyes that are bright, brilliant, and engaging. Cooling eye pads are refreshing, restorative, and energizing, making this a powerful spa tool. It is both a nap and a cup of coffee and all under 15 minutes, it’s a great way to enliven your eyes.

The more attuned to our posture, the more we experience fullness, expansion, and release. With meditation, dance, and art therapy, learning about the Ribs can make good posture easier, increase oxygen intake, and uplift our spirits.

The Window of Tolerance is the capacity in which one can handle life’s stressors. It is made up of three sections: fight or flight, rest and digest, and freeze. The more you are in a state of openness, wholeness, and presence, the wider your window becomes. I outline how meditation and dance therapy help strengthen our Neuroplasticity, brain-gut connection, and compassion toward others. I also share my experience with a healthy prefrontal cortex and getting to a wide window of tolerance.

A towel meditation draws healing benefits from nature therapy, meditation therapy, energy therapy, beauty therapy, hydrotherapy, and sauna therapy. Simply lay in the sun, protect your skin, stay hydrated, and activate cod mode.

Between breakfastes, I made a cushion cover from a well loved blanket of grass for meditation, prayer, and garden gazing.

Learning a language opens opportunities for self expression and new cultures. It’s a Lit Therapy that expands my brain and builds my identity. Part of the fun is tailoring my learning style and tacking my progress. The process of creating a relaxing learning hobby enriches my life with mental, physical, and social benefits.

God moments can be routine, random, intentional, or awesome and can provide many therapeutic benefits. There are different types of God moments when we appreciate the beauty of living. God moments can be found in any meaningful moment and are worth collecting, experiencing, and feeling a rich gratitude.

During lockdown, my filling fell out and I’ve neglected to go to the dentist since. The other day I experienced severe tooth pain and made an appointment the next day. My dentist taught me a lot about what that pain was, how I could mitigate it, and the next steps to upgrading my dental care. 

There’s something magical about gardening that makes it so therapeutic for me. It’s a peaceful pastime that provides fresh air, cool shade, lovely fragrances, and sometimes food. Plants can be beautiful, resilient, and full of life. Over the past five years, I’ve had several seasons of caring for different kinds of gardens like indoor plants in colder weather, outdoor plants in warmer climates, and maintaining a garden for my pet snails wherever I go. The microecology for a modular garden is a science, an art, and an energetic connection.

In 2011, I took a solo train trip from Portland, Maine to Los Angeles, California. It took four days and the path went to Boston, MA, west to Chicago, IL, south to San Antonio, TX, and west to Los Angeles. Traveling can provide many wellness benefits. For me, it’s part art therapy, meditation therapy, and nature therapy. Looking back at my photos taken with my first DSLR, a Canon Rebel XSi, reminds me of how I used to capture the natural beauty around me.

Naps, waves, and surfers. The southern California coast is a wonderful spot to rest, meditate, and enjoy hydrotherapy from the immense beauty of the Pacific Ocean

Van Nuys, CA

Japanese Gardens have a long history of implementing specific design principles to achieve contemplation and contentment. I volunteered at a Japanese Buddhist temple where I enjoyed the meditation of gardening, focusing on one task, and removing waste to reveal beauty. Other Japanese gardens in Los Angeles are famous due to the influence of Dr. Koichi Kawana. At the Suiho En Japanese Garden in Van Nuys, his design reflects a calm space where we can focus on the beauty of both nature and our lives.

Los Angeles, CA

There are a variety of colors in places of worship and can be seen as a version of color therapy. Design choices include stained glass, colored walls and fabrics, gold-plated objects, flowers, and lighting. Aside from the presence of God, gratitude, and thanksgiving, the lighting perhaps played a role in wellness, release of tension, and enlightenment.