There is a common thread in the clients that I see in terms of the behavioural traits or struggles they encounter as a highly sensitive person (HSP).  It is a personality type born out of trauma exposure for many.  We will each differ in our personal tendencies however for example I would never label myself as shy and yet that can be a trait of a HSP, yet I have many other highly sensitive personality traits. There is a spectrum of traits, of which we will have some and not others, and also will be affected by some more than others…

Guest blog: Sebastian Deans, Shiatsu therapist and teacher

What does it mean to connect to the fabric of life and the greater consciousness?

Connection to being a part of Life as it is (as we are) happening in the present moment and interpreting patterns and signs in Life to mean something in us, with how our lives are. Carl Jung called these timely signs ‘Synchronicities’. This is similar to people saying “Life is not happening TO you … it is happening WITH you”... I may even say that it is happening AS you.

I remember when I read Elaine Aron's book, a highly sensitive person in my late 20s.  It was a real turning point as I realised I was highly sensitive which shed a new light on my life and how it felt for me to live in the world.  So in this blog I wanted to share some of the traits of being a highly sensitive person to help you decide if you are one as well… 

The stages on the lightbearers path

As with any journey there are marked stages along the way. Here’s what they are…

Stage One - Awakening

Stage Two - Journey of discovery

Stage three - Actualization.

Stage four - Expansion

Stage Five - Fruition

Many of us have experienced talk therapy these days. An experience of unpacking and processing events, relationships as well as our emotional and mental experiences. We gain a new perspective as new layers reveal themselves consciously as we do the work with guidance and someone supporting us. Soul work is similar in its sense of the unpacking layers of experience - revealing emotions, beliefs and traumatic experiences - only through the lens of lifetimes…

“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honours the servant and has forgotten the gift” Albert Einstein

For many of us our business is a large part of our personal growth journey and could actually be described as part of our spiritual development as it is a path of service to which we feel called. Some of us even have a Soul Mission to complete - we have come with a particular set of gifts and a mission which will help raise the collective consciousness at this time, but we have to remember it first! (read more). Yet to do this, we have to get out of our own way first and be able to align with a higher purpose or ideas wishing to be created which we can do by listening to our intuitive voice and living more intuitively. But what does it mean to do this?

It's very common for highly sensitive people (HSP) to struggle with setting reasonable personal boundaries with, well, most people.  They can tend to ignore or neglect their needs, over give, feel uncomfortable or deeply guilty saying ‘no’ to people etc. There are a number of common ‘limiting beliefs’ that prevent HSP’s tending to their basic needs at times and here are some of the key one’s I frequently hear…

Have you had those moments of being ‘in flow’ during a treatment, when it’s as though ‘you’ step out of the way or switch off, as though entering a trance, no longer is the conscious mind thinking, you may feel a-glow, you’re being guided by an invisible inner compass, your intuitive sense guiding your hands maybe taking you down a different path to your usual routine, perhaps you are receiving sense impressions or information about your client? Well in those moments you are acting as a channel in your practice.