In this first episode, I invite you to journey in moving through new beginnings and challenges. We explore *why you’re doing what you’re doing* and *who you are being* behind your new beginning or challenge. I will guide you through three healing embodied experiences/meditations to support you in connecting deeply with your reasons for action, to build emotional capacity, resilience and strength, and to resolve and move through fears that may show up when beginning something new or challenging.

Show Notes: https://candicewu.com/building-empowerment-for-new-beginnings/
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Building Empowerment for New Beginnings and Challenges

I’m delighted to explore with Gina Fitzpatrick, the independent owner of One Key Yoga (http://www.onekeyyoga.com) in Chicago, IL, and mother of four very interesting humans.

You can find her in the studio nestled in the Ravenswood/Lincoln Square neighborhood teaching yoga for every body or having tea with friends.

Poised for Joy and a tomato connoisseur, Gina is a seeker of truth and the worst bad pun.

Here in this podcast, we talk about how Gina's studio began, including the sweet origin of the name of her studio- One Key Yoga, how she and David Bowie are bonded, the struggle and beauty of moving through grief and being seen, and her current mantra of “I am listening.”

Gina offers spiritually grounded workshops (http://www.onekeyyoga.com/workshops) to explore yummy cosmic energies including dreams and spirit totems, but all the way down to pelvic floor and the body. Last year she began providing an amazing yoga therapy program.

She truly brings her gift, herself, to her practice and to her studio. Thank you, for your beautiful existence and reminder to us all to LISTEN.

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Gina Fitzpatrick Reminds us to Listen + Love

Jim is one of the most significant spiritual and yoga teachers in my life. By his very existence and his applied teachings, he has taught me the deeper meaning of aum, that everything is truly possible, and a how to understand the way that the universe works, according to Tantric and Vedic Sciences.

Through his teachings I am able to understand the way something functions, who I truly am, how to heal at a deeper level, a deeper spirituality and being, and how to create from a place of freedom. I feel a continually level of integration and truer to my genuine self.

Jim has devoted the majority of his life to the study, preservation, and teaching of yoga, the Vedas and the Vedic and Tantric Sciences. His extensive quest to understanding the nature of the universe led him to to the study of several rare and highly advanced systems of Tantra.

He is the creator of the Darshan Method, a systematic approach to these philosophies and practices which can be applied to any aspect of life producing exceptional results in physical health and personal development.

Jim is known for his unique ability to inspire others to achieve physical, spiritual, and emotional integration. He is also a published author, classical musician, amateur linguist and a lifelong student of oriental medicine.

Jim works with clients that include professional athletes, celebrities, government officials, and CFO's of major companies as well as colleges and universities who have sought him out for his expertise. He can be found at www.darshancenter.com.

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= Show Notes
01:52 Who is Jim?
03:32 What is Spirituality?
05:57 How Jim got into Yoga and Vedic Philosophy
07:52 Learning from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
10:52 Vedantic Philosophy - Transcending and Ability to Direct Attention
11:52 Bhavagad Gita - Karma, Possibility, and our part in the Evolution of Consciousness
13:22 Alignment with Pure Consciousness: The Purpose of Yoga
16:02 True Freedom + Choice, Transcending identification with Samskaras
19:22 What is a Samskara?
24:52 Who and What Are We?
26:37 Yugas - the Grand Cycles of the Universe
30:12 Personal Responsibility vs. Defaulting on Morality
37:02 Tantra Talk
47:22 Getting Personal: Jim’s Struggles

Jim Shares His Transformational Study of Spirituality

In this episode, I talk about Family Constellations Healing, how it works and how it can support profound transformation. I guide you through three powerful Constellations Exercises that can bring you deeper awareness and healing as well as share stories from the Movie Coco and personal experience to illustrate examples of the impact of the lineage on one’s life. 

Family or Systemic Constellations illuminate the internalized images of our inner dynamics and can intuitively show us where our current life challenges may have a previous context in your ancestry’s losses. 

Ancestral healing work can restore and access the love and strength that is innate, build your capacity to feel and experience everything, and strengthen your ability to use your body’s wisdom and knowledge.

= Time Codes
00:00 Introduction of the Topic: Family Constellations
00:37 Brief Description of Family Constellations
01:38 Movie Coco - Spoiler Alert
02:13 What's the Movie About?
06:06 What is Family Constellations?
07:15 Ideal Family Example
09:12 Example of a Typical Family Situation
09:47 Impact of Family History on Current Life Challenges
10:53 The Body’s Knowing: From Women Who Run With the Wolves
12:44 How the Body Knows on Many Levels
14:45 Acknowledging What Is
15:09 Losses and Traumas That Can Be Inherited
17:15 What is Trauma?
17:37 Seeing into the Past Supports Your Future and Now
18:01 Personal Story About Unconscious Impact
22:05 The Power of Constellations 
22:33 Ancestral Homeopathy
23:32 Working with Parts or Symbols
23:55 What's the Point?
25:29 Beginning of the Workings / Exercises
25:40 Exercise 1: The Resource And The Challenge
33:36 Exercise 2: Tuning Into Your Parents
42:24 Exercise 3: Going Beyond
47:00 Thanking Yourself
47:39 End of the Exercises, Outro, Offering

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Ancestral Medicine: Family Constellations Healing

Dear Lovely Listener & Subscriber,

I'm a little sad, it's been a short ride here on SoundCloud and already you guys have shown so much love for my episodes but it's time for me to move to a different podcast host.

With this switch, I am also releasing the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, and YouTube, which should make it much more accessible to everybody. The links to all these platforms can be found at: 

https://candicewu.com/podcast

I hope you follow along and come to listen on one of the other ways. It's going to be fascinating and growthful, together.

With much Love and Appreciation,

Candice

Transition to iTunes and Stitcher

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This podcast has moved to different hosting. Please go to my website at https://candicewu.com/podcast to listen and subscribe. Thank you.

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