What if everything you think is “real” is only a fraction of what’s actually possible? Across centuries of spiritual teachings—from Eastern philosophy to mystical Western traditions—one message keeps repeating: we are not seeing reality clearly. We’re conditioned, identified, and operating inside a narrow version of truth. And here’s the good news: you can wake up from it. The Big Idea: You’re Not Seeing the Whole Picture Nearly every major spiritual tradition points to the s

One of the most common things people say to me is:“How do you only do Access Consciousness and make a living?” I get why they ask. It looks like there’s one thing happening. But that’s not actually true. And this is where I’m going to disrupt a very persistent lie: Don’t do Access (or anything, really) just to make money. If money is the reason you’re choosing it, you’re already limiting what it can create. Especially with a company and tools that are meant to create consciou

Are you Scared or Exterrified? is a FREE Access Consciousness Intro Class with Certified Facilitator Kirsten Bonanza. What have you decided is so scary that you immediately go barriers up or into avoidance? What if there was another way? Would you like to have more ease with this? Exterrified = Excited + Terrified

A little blip of awareness from my day to day life. This time it involves my neighbors, Lamb's Quarter, foraging, and weeds.

Kirsten Bonanza, CF with Access Consciousness® introduces 5 (really a bunch more) tools to create an awesome life. Subscribe to see more! www.consciousbeing.institute

Have you ever wondered how to find a class or a facilitator on the Access Consciousness® website in a specific location? Here you go! I've taken some time to go through a search step by step and to show you how to do it yourself. Perhaps demystifying this process helps you to find your next favorite facilitator and POD & POC some of those things that have been sticking you or an Access Bars® class. What else is possible? To search yourself go to www.accessconsciousness.com

Do you allow change or is everything a struggle? Here's an invitation to bring more ease to your life with some simple tools for Change. To join the upcoming 8 weeks of Finding Ease with Change small group coaching go here: https://www.consciousbeing.institute/ ... Finding meaning and purpose as everything is up in the air can be daunting. What if you allowed it to be easier?

You wake up, shower, make coffee, go to work, check social media, and somehow, by mid-afternoon, a heaviness settles in. Your apartment is tidy. You have friends who like you. Your job pays enough. And yet… you feel off. You think, Why am I unhappy when my life is fine? Here’s the truth: happiness isn’t a checklist. It’s not about having the right job, the right apartment, the right number of likes. Most of the unhappiness you feel comes not from what’s missing in life—but fr

It starts as one thought… And then suddenly your mind is racing: 👉 replaying conversations 👉 worrying about the future 👉 analyzing everything you said (or didn’t say) And no matter how tired you are… Your mind just won’t shut off. If you’ve been stuck in this loop, you’re not broken—and you’re definitely not alone. Let’s talk about how to actually create mental clutter relief in a way that works in real life. 🧠 Why You Can’t Stop Overthinking Overthinking isn’t the probl

This first guided meditation is a gentle body scan designed to bring you into deeper connection with your body—an essential element of receiving more from Access Bars. Rather than “relaxing” the body as a task, this practice invites you to notice, perceive, and allow. As your awareness moves through each part of your body, you may begin to sense areas of contraction or lightness, without needing to change anything. What if your body already knows how to release… and all it re

When people hear the phrase “spiritual awakening,” it’s common to imagine a retreat from the world—leaving daily life behind to seek enlightenment in isolation. But awakening is rarely about escaping reality. In fact, it often invites deeper engagement with the life you are already living. Awareness Transforms How We Engage Awakening is not about avoiding challenges, relationships, or responsibilities. Instead, it changes how we experience and respond to them. Rather than

If you’ve been curious about trying an Access Bars session, you might be wondering: 👉 What actually happens? 👉 Will I feel anything? 👉 Do I have to “do” anything? Let’s walk through it—step by step—so you know exactly what to expect. 🌿 Step 1: You Arrive & Get Settled When you arrive for your session, there’s nothing you need to prepare. No special mindset. No meditation experience. No “getting it right.” You’ll lie fully clothed on a massage table or in a zero gravity ch

I had planned to share a Yoga Nidra (the yoga of sleep) journey this week. And yet, as I spent time connecting with Aztec and his herd, something else began to unfold. There was a quiet invitation… a sense that they desired to be part of this experience with you. Horses have a unique way of being—present, aware, and deeply connected to the energy of everything around them. They don’t ask us to quiet our minds or be anything other than what we are. Instead, they invite us into

You’ve done the work. Therapy. Meditation. Self-help books. Maybe even energy work. And yet… something still feels stuck. Not broken. Just… not moving. The Frustration No One Talks About It can feel confusing. Because you know things intellectually. You’ve processed. You’ve understood. You’ve tried. So why does it still feel the same? What If It’s Not About Understanding More? Most approaches focus on awareness. And awareness is powerful. But sometimes, the thing keeping you

Are you ready to slay your limitations? Have you heard of the Clearing Statement from Access Consciousness®? Right & Wrong, Good & Bad, POC & POD, All 100, Shorts, Boys, POVADs, Creations, Bases, and Beyonds™ is what we are talking about here. So what is the Clearing Statement? What do the words in the Clearing Statement mean? AND How the heck do you use the Clearing Statement? Let's me start off by saying that there is no complete written guide to the Clearing Statement exc

Loving Kindness, also know as Metta, is a style of meditation that is very relaxing. In the process you visualize and bring into your awareness other living beings and send them this loving kindness energy. The key phrases int his particular meditation are: May they be happy. May they be healthy. May the be well. May they live with ease. Though this guided meditation you can reestablish a sense of peace in your daily life. Who know what else can be changed by inviting more of

We suffer not because reality is hostile, but because we misread it. This is one of the most radical—and liberating—insights at the heart of Buddhism. It challenges a deeply held assumption: that pain, struggle, and dissatisfaction are caused by the world itself. Instead, Buddhism suggests something far more unsettling and empowering— our experience of reality is shaped by how we perceive it, not by what it inherently is . Tradition Overview Buddhism teaches that life as we o

At the heart of awareness lies a deceptively simple idea: reality may be far more dynamic than we were taught to believe . From ancient philosophers to modern consciousness practitioners, thinkers have long recognized that what we perceive is not always what “is.” Instead, perception shapes experience, and awareness shapes what we create in life. Perception as a Lens Eastern spiritual traditions, such as Buddhism , have long pointed out that the world we perceive is filtered

Loving the Skin You’re In: A Different Conversation About Bodies Most of us learned early that our bodies are problems to solve. Too big. Too small. Too wrinkled. Too soft. Too something. Entire industries are built around the idea that our bodies are wrong and need improvement. But what if the problem isn’t our bodies? What if the problem is the conversation we’ve been having about them? The Right Body for You ™ approach, developed within Access Consciousness ™ , invites a

There’s a moment that happens for many people—sometimes quietly, sometimes unmistakably—where you realize an animal is aware of you in a way that goes beyond behavior. It’s not just that they see you. It’s that they get you. Maybe it’s the way a horse looks at you and something in your body softens. Maybe your dog responds to something you never said out loud. Maybe a bird appears at just the moment you were asking a question… and somehow, you know. And then, almost as quickl