Life handed me an unexpected lesson in my own medicine this week. After yoga class, I fell riding home and broke and twisted my pinky finger. I'm now in a fairly dramatic hand brace, and I've got a specialist visit next week — fingers crossed (the ones that still bend) that we can avoid a full cast. So here's the irony I'm sitting with: I teach rest and restoration for a living, and now my body is asking me to actually practice it. I'm leaning on Yoga Nidra to help my nervous system settle, support the healing, and keep me company through the discomfort. It's humbling and kind of beautiful to be on the receiving end of the work. A practical note: Tidal Hearts Yoga Nidra won't release tonight as planned. The fall caused some technical difficulties on my end, so I'm giving it the time it needs to come out right. Thank you for your patience. If you've got a prayer or a good thought to spare, I'll happily take it. 🙏

"I know so much about myself. I've done so much work. So why does my mind still feel this loud?" This one is close to my heart, because I lived here for a long time. The Manomaya Kosha is the mind layer... the seat of thought, analysis, self-reflection, and that very particular kind of exhaustion that comes from being highly self-aware. The Flamekeeper has usually done a lot of inner work. You understand your patterns. You've sat with hard things. You show up for yourself, for others, with real presence and real effort. And still, there is this. The mental noise that doesn't fully quiet. The inner voice that keeps weighing, measuring, wondering if you're doing enough, being enough, resting correctly even while you're trying to rest. The beautiful and slightly maddening thing about this layer is that the very intelligence that helps you grow can also be the thing that makes it hard to land. There comes a point where the most profound thing you can do is let the mind loosen its grip, even briefly, and discover that something deeper has been here waiting. That's what this work is really about. Recognizing yourself in this state takes a lot of the pressure off. You stop trying to think your way into peace and start giving yourself permission to actually experience it. Even a single Yoga Nidra practice can show you what it feels like to move beneath the noise, and once you've felt that, something starts to re-organise. The mind becomes a collaborator rather than a critic. To learn more, join our VIP Supporters and gain access to our LIVE | States of Rest I'd love to see you there. ✧ You've worked so hard to understand yourself. Now, let's let you rest inside that understanding. ✧

I have something coming up this month you won’t wanna miss! I will be on a bit of a west coast tour… Vancouver, BC Victoria, BC Sunshine Coast, BC I would love to see ya’ll!

Over the last year, I’ve been building something deeply meaningful: The Astrological Archetype Nova Nidra Series And here’s what matters most: You do not need to believe in astrology for this to resonate. Because these archetypal energies live within all of us. Different parts of you. Different ways you protect, dream, respond, soften, and grow. Some are familiar. Some are still waiting to be seen. After studying Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey, I began weaving these 12 archetypes into a deeper inner map. A journey through the many layers of being human. Today’s session explored Pisces energy, the final archetype. The space where things begin to dissolve. Where you feel what’s no longer aligned… and what’s quietly asking to emerge. And if I’m honest… Most people feel this, but don’t act on it. They stay connected to what’s familiar, even when it’s no longer working. This practice is for the moment you’re ready to shift that. If there’s a cord in your life that needs to be cut… a pattern, a role, a version of yourself, or a story you’ve outgrown… This is your invitation. Inside VIP | Nova Nidra Live, you’ll get access to this replay of 12+ workshops exploring these archetypes So you can understand yourself more deeply. Don’t just think about the shift. Step toward it. Join VIP Supporters and start with this one → WATCH REPLAY

This will be the final yoga nidra in the astrological archetype series… Pisces! It has me wondering... Who here is a Pisces?!