Learning to Live in the Present and Heal the Wounds of the Past

How much more could you accomplish if you reset the clock of the expectations you have for yourself? Could you drop the ideas of how old you are, what you haven't done, and how you've failed?

I asked a client this today, and then realized how broadly applicable these questions are.

I meet so many people who are weighed down by the past. Often, this heaviness is much greater than the actual challenges they face in the present. They actually often have the capacity to create the life they desire, but that life sits on the other side of a chasm of different flavors of regret, sadness, and shame.

Resetting the clock on the past does not mean lowering expectations for yourself - and it doesn't mean erasing the past.

Many people cope with this chasm by statements to the effect of they "no longer give a F&*k" or they "have no more f&*ks to give" to try to release themselves.

It's good to let go of caring about things that don't matter, like other people's opinions, but often times people are quietly actually trying to absolve themselves of their own opinions.

Creating a life that you truly love that has a positive impact will require caring an enormous amount.

It is essential to hold high standards for yourself, care deeply about yourself, and care deeply about the wellbeing of others (not their opinions).

So, what could your life look like, and what kind of impact could you have, if you were focused on the present *and* still held high expectations for yourself?

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I'm Ariana and I guide people to transform addiction, trauma, anxiety, and stress so they can experience meaningful lives filled with connection, purpose, and impact.

There's always hope - message me if you want to chat.

Advocating for Better Protections for Energy Healing in Massachusetts

The world needs a whole lot of people who care a lot.

A number of us Spiritual Guides and Energy Healers from Modern Mystery School Boston spent the afternoon at the Massachusetts State House in downton Boston testifying to make sure that people in Massachusetts continue to have access to energy healing and other forms of complimentary, holistic, and alternative healing.

We are particularly grateful to Representative Donald Wong for his ongoing leadership and support on these issues.

For many years now, bills keep getting (re)introduced to create unnecessary and prohibitive licensing schemes for a whole range of healing modalities, cultural practices, spiritual practices, and religious practices.

The bills get introduced under the auspices of protecting people from sex trafficking, yet somehow fail to incorporate any of the MA interagency findings on how to actually stop sex trafficking (none of these recommendations have anything to do with regulating healing work).

Do I like taking a day to go to the State House?

Actually, yes, getting involved in the nitty gritty of policy making is one of the most important ways you can be patriotic there is no one day when this is convenient, but it is SO important. I continue to be inspired by our democracy and what’s possible.

If you find yourself complaining about politics, please get involved at the state house. You may be surprised by what you find.

If you care about this work please:

1. Contact your representative and your senator to let them know that this isn’t ok

2. Message me and I will send you the details for contacting the professional licensure committee members to submit your opposition

Gardening and Nurturing the Soul

Everyday I tend my garden.

I plant seeds and seedlings.

I give them water.

I pull weeds, thin seedlings, and prune bushes and trees.

I add compost, minerals, mycorrhizae, and nutrients.

But the one thing I don’t do as a gardener is GROW PLANTS. 

When they are given the right conditions, plants already know how to grow themselves. 

They know when to sprout, when to focus energy on deeper roots, when to grow larger, when to flower, when to fruit, when to seed, and when to prepare for the fall and winter. 

My work as a spiritual guide and energy healer works the same way.

So many people I meet struggle with stress, anxiety, burnout, trauma, addiction, and other self-sabotaging patterns - despite having outwardly successful lives. 

And when they seek therapy, coaching, or other forms of self-help, they are able to name their problems, but still frequently find themselves stuck in old patterns.

If you come to me for support, I DON’T FIX OR HEAL YOU. 

When you have the right conditions, you already know how to heal yourself, create empowering habits, and live your higher purpose.

The challenge is getting the spiritual education, tools, and experience you need to become a master gardener of your soul. 

I guide you to cultivate the conditions you need to thrive as a whole being - body, soul, and spirit:

🍓To consciously plant what you want to harvest
🌱To clearly see when and where the weeds are sprouting in your mind and emotions - and have the right tools to choose what keep
☀️To nourish yourself with the energy and care you need to thrive
🔥To have the passion and will to nurture your progress everyday

You. Can. Heal.

You can heal.

Really.

You don’t have to stay stuck repeating the same patterns and programs. You may stay stuck. But you don’t have to. It is possible to heal, transform, and find joy in life despite pain and trauma.

This can seem like a controversial statement to some people because they have become accustomed to repeating the same mistakes and patterns over and over again despite the best intentions, efforts, and professional interventions.

This client had been to in-patient addiction rehab programs multiple times before she joined our pilot program to bring Modern Mystery School activations and healings to people in recovery.

Over 25 years ago, she was severely burned in a fire while she was sleeping. Due to the PTSD and pain, she was haunted by insomnia and hadn’t slept a full night since then. She also had trauma responses and triggers to many daily experiences like sirens and alarms.

After a single Life Activation session, she slept through the night for the first time.

Then, after an additional 3 advanced healing sessions of Ensofic Reiki, Full Spirit Activation, and Isis Emotional Rebirth Healing, she healed her triggers, calmly navigated experiencing an electrical fire, and is beginning to actually find joy in life.

I’m so looking forward to continuing this amazing program as Massachusetts reopens from Coronavirus shutdowns.

The Spiritual Meaning of Sacrifice and Regeneration

Easter always gives me a profound opportunity to reflect on the power of sacrifice. The story of Christ’s sacrifice has always struck a chord in me - because it invites us to learn to sacrifice the lesser for the greater.

While of the history of Christianity as an institution may be disempowering for many, Christ taught that we are children of God, and that we have the capacity to do everything that Christ did and more. Children carry the DNA of their parents, and as they grow into adults, have the capacity to become greater than their parents. 

Easter teaches us that if we want to step out of the paradigm of human struggles and reclaim our power and divinity, we need to be willing sacrifice a whole lot. 

We are living through a time of enormous struggle and pain. We are all being called to make sacrifices at different levels - and it is up to each us to determine if these sacrifices will be destructive or regenerative. 

As I wrote in a post last week, we have the OPPORTUNITY to wake up spiritually, leave behind old patterns, and step into living from our higher spiritual purpose rather than trying to reclaim an old “normal” that in truth, was already a crisis for most people.

This process requires a kind of enlightenment - literally a process of bringing of illumination and clarity of being that is only possible through deep spiritual work - to become aware of where we’ve welcomed the false safety of the familiar and observable to the detriment of our purpose, our soul, and our joy. 

For a chick to grow into an adult, it must have the courage and drive to break out of the shell that has been the only home and safety it has known from day 1, no matter how adorable the exterior pastel paint, or cozy the warmth of the incubator. 

Most of us have a head start, though, because we’ve already long outgrown our shells. They are crumbling, long since stopped providing nourishment, and only serve to stunt our growth. 

So, while this day is a time of sadness and remembrance for many who have experienced loss recently, it is also a call to all of us to sacrifice our shells, whether they are comfortable or crumbling, and begin to stretch our wings on the path to being spiritual adults. I’m excited to see us fly!

Happy Easter with all my love 💗🐣🐥🌷

My Spiritual Lessons from Coronavirus/Covid19

A lot of people are feeling overwhelmed and asking me how to understand the spiritual lessons behind the current pandemic. Part of our essence as humans is our capacity to learn and gain mastery, so asking this question is essential.

Something that I’ve been considering is this: what if there aren’t inherent spiritual lessons behind what we are experiencing? 

When I say inherent, I mean ones that we can sit back and receive automatically, regardless of are actively engaging in learning.

The idea that the virus itself is here to teach us something implies that we can sit back and receive those lessons - but what if we need to stay engaged, and choose what will come from this?

What if this is happening because of many unconscious choices amplified over a system of 7+ billion people? 

What if, just like war, the virus is something terrible that, in and of itself, isn’t here to teach us anything? 

What if there isn’t a neat package delivery of lessons for us to find at our doorstep and unwrap passively? 

What if, if we are to learn anything, it is totally in our own hands to CHOOSE to commit ourselves to bringing goodness and beauty into this world?

To do this, we would have to go inside ourselves and ask what good we can bring DESPITE the pain, suffering, and death that is happening. 

We would have to CHOOSE what we are going to learn - and it would be up to each of us to put in the work to ensure that the lessons we learn will drive the humanity’s next steps along our path in a positive direction.

We would have to CHOOSE where we will find opportunity amidst crisis. 

If this is true, what are you choosing to learn?

Here is some of what I’ve been working with, I’d love to hear yours! 

🔥 We have the OPPORTUNITY to wake up spiritually, leave behind old patterns, and step into living from our higher spiritual purpose rather than trying to reclaim an old “normal” that in truth was already a crisis for most people.

🌍 We have the OPPORTUNITY to choose to remember that we are all one and support each other now and once this crisis has passed.

🌱 We have the OPPORTUNITY to start creating healthy, ecologically integrated systems for food, industry, and living that heal and nurture rather than poison.

🤝 We have the OPPORTUNITY to start building the foundations for a peaceful, abundant, and interconnected world for everyone, even if we can’t connect in person at this moment.

The Opposite of Addiction isn't Sobriety, It's Spiritual Connection

For the past 9 months I’ve been working to bring the powerful energy healing work we offer in the Modern Mystery School to women in in-patient drug addiction recovery alongside two other amazing healers, Alex Bynum and Jordan Bain.

After just a few sessions, we’ve seen remarkable improvements, including an average of ~100% improvement in self-reported stress and anxiety and incredible individual results for healing damaging patterns of insomnia, nightmares, and PTSD.

Each person received a series of three weekly healings with a follow-up fourth session a few weeks later:

1. Life Activation

2. Ensofic Reiki

3. Full Spirit Activation - the second part of the Life Activation

4. Isis Emotional Rebirth

I’m so excited to launch a video of the testimonials from our work and I’d be honored if you’d watch!

Self-Mastery Through Healing the Subconscious Mind

Do you want to have the power to change problems in your life and the world? Healing the subconscious mind is an essential key to your empowerment and consciously creating change a better world for all.

Today I’m sharing about how to heal the potholes of your subconscious mind that are holding you back from self-mastery, higher purpose, and joy.

Energy Healing for Drug and Technology Addiction

Are you struggling with addiction to drugs or technology? Have you started to realize that you may need something in addition to 12 step programs, therapy, yoga, meditation, and acupuncture? Maybe you are realizing that you’re numbing out with your phone or socially acceptable drugs like alcohol and cannabis…

I’ve done a lot of energy healing with people in recovery from drug addiction for the past few years. A lot of clients I work with feel that there is more needed to stay in recovery than what they’ve been able to find in 12 step programs and therapy - more even than what yoga, meditation, and acupuncture can offer (even though all of those are awesome and important compliments to what I offer)! The opposite of addiction is connection, but not just any kind of connection - true healing requires a connection to your purpose.

Despite lots of work and often multiple attempts at recovery, they still have core issues of anxiety, depression, and unresolved traumas that leave them hopeless that healing is even possible.

I made a video about how energy healing can help you tackle your challenges from a higher perspective and begin to heal the roots of addiction and distraction so you can find freedom and higher purpose. The same bandaids that make you feel less bad won’t help you live your purpose.

I’d be honored if you’d check it out and message me for a free consultation if you want to learn more!

I spent the earlier half of the past decade struggling. After I nipped addiction in the butt, I was left hollow, extremely anxious, unable to look people in the eyes or hold a conversation without panicking in my head, lethargic, sometimes unable to move my body, lost and downright scared. I had done a LOT of damage on my energetic structure and emotional body. I was in an endless cycle of quiet misery and despair, waiting for relief. It wasn’t until I found the energy healings and meditations through Modern Mystery School Boston with the guidance of Ariana that I started to become present again. I now find myself with an abundance of energy, clarity, awareness and peace that I had not felt since being a young child. My anxiety is gone. GONE. I never thought I would lose that. But thanks to these healings, I have. Gillian - Energy Healer and Yoga Teacher