Awaken Ananda
Blog and Journal
What His Life Is Teaching Mine - Fathers and Daugthers
I think about the lineage we carry in our bodies, the ancestral threads woven into who we are before we take our first breath.
The Ache That Follows Pilgrimage
And now suddenly… emails.
Grocery stores. Unpacking suitcases. Notifications. Schedules. Modern life returning at full speed.
I encourage pilgrims to move slowly when they return home from any pilgrimage
We are back. And nothing is the same.
No one in our group left the same. Not because Peru fixes you. Intentional and sacred pilgrimage create the conditions for something more genuine to emerge.
Skeptic to Believer
By the end of those 21 days, I had hope again. The fog had significantly lifted. I could feel life force moving through my body. I wanted to live. Truly live.
Why Reiki Works When Talking Isn’t Enough
I love depth.
I love self-awareness.
I love it it when someone can name their pattern in real-time.
But let me tell you what I see over and over again.
Brilliant, self-aware, high-functioning women sitting in front of me… completely exhausted in their bodies.
Valentine’s Day Is a Story We’ve Been Sold
Valentine’s Day doesn’t create insecurity.
It reveals what is already tender.
For many, this day touches the younger parts inside who once asked:
• Am I chosen?
• Am I special?
• Why did they leave?
• What do I have to do to be loved?
Your inner child may not care about roses or reservations.
They do care about belonging.
How We Show Up When Everything Feels Like Too Much
When anger has nowhere to go, it turns inward. We numb out. We collapse. We shame ourselves for not doing enough. Or it turns outward and becomes sharp, reactive, cruel. None of that feels good. None of that actually helps.
Birthdays as Thresholds
Birthdays are often framed as milestones to celebrate or moments to endure quietly. Another candle. Another number. Another year added to the story.
But the body experiences birthdays differently.
A birthday is a threshold. A pause point in time where the nervous system naturally takes inventory. Not of accomplishments or productivity, but of what has been carried forward and whether it still belongs.
Only 1 Spot Left for the May 2026 Peru Pilgrimage
This journey is a deep, intimate container—a pilgrimage into the heart of the Andes, the womb of the Earth, and the truth of your own soul.
Why a Spiritual Pilgrimage Matters in a World That Feels Overwhelming
“We make the journey not to escape life, but so life does not escape us.”
A pilgrimage is a return....
a return to quiet,
to clarity,
to meaning,
to the part of you that remains whole even when everything around you feels broken
There is more to life than this....
You're waking up.
Awakening isn’t always loud or dramatic. It doesn’t require incense, mantras, or a belief in anything “woo.”
It’s simply the moment your soul begins to speak louder than your conditioning.
Lion's Gate Portal - What to Do When it Opens 8-8
The Lions Gate portal offers a unique opportunity for spiritual growth, manifestation, and transformation. By spending even a few moments in connection with the portal and harnessing the energies, you can tap into the magic.
"That was my family's unspoken rule: some wounds are better left unacknowledged, buried deep inside."
For Asian American and Middle Eastern American communities, cultural beliefs that seeking mental health treatment will bring shame and dishonor to the family leads some people to internalize their symptoms instead of seeking therapy.
Anticipatory Grief and Birthdays
We don’t talk enough about the anticipatory grief of watching our parents and loved ones get older.
In Person Healing In Atlanta
There is much happening all over the planet. Many of us are deeply impacted by what we are seeing and hearing.
As we move into deeper and deeper levels of collective and individual initiation into the New Earth frequency- it becomes clear that these are tender times.
For the Love of India
In this lifetime I signed up for a path of roots and wings.
Today I make my journey to India. I have taken the long road to get here.
Diwali and the Dark Goddess
Diwali starts on the new moon, and like the time before creation, everything is dark. The void...where there is nothing and everything.
Awakening Ananda - Podcast with Julie Parker
Potentially for the very first time, you are about to learn of the divine Sanskrit meaning of the word ‘Ananda’ – and in doing so your life may never be the same again.
lions gate portal
The Lion's Gate portal is a powerful time to accelerate healing and embody the sacred feminine energy of creation we are.
The feast of Mary Magdalene
Pure and simple, Mary Magdalene has been made to be what men needed her to be.
That doesn’t make her a sinner or a saint, it makes her a woman.