Apathy, Boredom, guilt and shame

Getting to Know Apathy, Boredom, guilt and shame

  • Unstuffing Your Emotions: Unmasking Apathy and Boredom- Suzanne McMurray (Lecture, Length- 21:12)

  • The Masks of Apathy and Boredom- Pegeen Foley (Practice, Length- 25:14)

  • Unstuffing Your Emotions: Understanding Guilt and Shame- Suzanne McMurray (Lecture, Length- 21:07)

  • Qigong Movement for Balance of the Emotion of Shame and Release of Guilt- Jean Hickman (Practice, Length- 27:49)

  • Bach Flower Remedies- Mary Ann Billerman (Practice, Length- 12:21)

  • Full Moon Ritual: Fire Ceremony- Jean Hickman (Practice, Length- 30:00)

Unstuffing Your Emotions: Unmasking Apathy and Boredom- Suzanne McMurray

Basic overview of how we can use apathy to our benefit when anger’s power may not be appropriate.

The Masks of Apathy and Boredom- Pegeen Foley

What is beneath your inability to really engage in life? Why is there such a feeling of being stuck? EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) Tapping allows these questions to be explored while tapping on meridian points so you can gain some clarity as to what’s beneath the stagnation. Meridians are acupressure/ acupuncture points that correspond to every system, organ and emotion in our bodies. It’s what carries our Life Force Energy and keeps us balanced and healthy. This is a very easy and effective self care practice to learn and do anywhere, anytime - even while stuck in traffic! Come find the magic that you hold within your very own body. It’s there waiting to be tapped!

Unstuffing Your Emotions: Understanding Guilt and Shame- Suzanne McMurray

Introduction to one of the most misunderstood but necessary emotions.

Qigong Movement for Balance of the Emotion of Shame and Release of Guilt- Jean Hickman

Qi gong is a practice that helps balance mind body, spirit and our EMOTIONAL body! Yes you have an emotional body that lives within you and your aura! Stagnant energy is quite often rooted in emotion that is off-balance. In this practice we honor the emotion of shame as an ally and release the shame that binds us, for inauthentic shaming messages can leave us fired up, burned out and fatigued. 

Old patterns of shame may be stuck within us somewhere, Qigong movement can help to release.

Learn practices that help you to connect and restore integrity, self respect and integrity. With Qigong and the intention to develop a healthy relationship with shame, we can become vital healthy humans for shame is a vital powerful emotion that is part of our consciousness, part of our self.

Bach Flower Remedies- Mary Ann Billerman

Bach Flower remedies use the natural essences of flowers to target different emotional states of mind.  “They do not treat physical illness directly but work by restoring harmony to the mind to allow the body’s natural defenses to work” (Bach, 1997).  Emotions like grief and anger if left unattended can cause physical illness.  The Flower Remedies work in conjunction with conventional medicine to restore emotional and mental wellbeing and improve health.  It’s a gentle way to cultivate the mind the virtues of the flowers.

Full Moon Ritual Fire Ceremony- Jean Hickman

Burning old patterns to hide emotional imbalances no longer serves yourself or others. Join Jean as she guides you through ceremony and ritual to burn, shed, discard the old contracts and conditioning that are the obstacles to your health and well being. As we acknowledge what needs to be let go, you can blow that intention into a stick match, incense, or the smoke of sage or palo santo. You can also write down your limiting beliefs onto a special piece of paper roll it up, tie it and throw it away. The process of ritual to rid yourself of patterns that hide self doubt, apathy, boredom, shame, guilt is to play an active part of the PROCESS towards health and healing! Once we release, we will fill with celebration of the Full Moon and all of its energies! Fill with gratitude, joy, and the wonderment of self love! Set your sacred space with the tools and the intentions and we can move ourselves towards the path of healing ourselves together. It is so exciting to become our True Authentic Self!

The Full Moon of August has been called the Sturgeon Moon. The sturgeon represents depth and strength. We will call in the qualities of the sturgeon to fill us with determination, perseverance, depth, knowledge, generosity, strength, and sexuality. Here we celebrate a powerful awakening to anger and the need for change. Allow yourself to be open and find healing through ceremony. During this Full Moon consider what you are giving to the world. Now think of the qualities you give to others? Are you sharing positive energy, or are you more about complaining and transmitting negativity? Do you give a value in what you do on a daily basis? Consciously giving of ourselves is giving to ourselves. Giving, not investing. Just as the Earth is giving us her generous gifts in abundance now, what are you giving to yourself to fill yourself with unconditional love and generosity.