Enjoy this consciousness quickie where I notice a moment of choice involving... you guessed it - peanut butter and honey bagels for lunch. What do you eat? Why do you eat what YOU eat? Have you ever really thought about it? Today, I did. Whose rules for food and diet do you follow? What if you could unfollow it all and live by what works for you and your body? Thanks for joining me as I navigate life in 10 second increments... Consciousness includes everything and judges noth

Freedom is often imagined as something external—freedom from obligations, pressures, or restrictions. We picture a life without constraints, a world where we can do whatever we want. But there is another, deeper kind of freedom that begins internally, in the space of awareness. Awareness as the Key to Choice When we become aware of our viewpoints, beliefs, and assumptions, something remarkable happens: we gain the ability to question them. Automatic thoughts and inherited bel

What If Your Body Is Actually On Your Side? Many people spend years trying to control their bodies. Strict diets. Punishing workouts. Skincare routines built around fixing perceived flaws. And often the result is frustration. What if there’s another possibility? The Right Body for You™ tools suggest something revolutionary: Your body is not the problem. Your body might actually be trying to help you. Bodies Are Highly Intelligent Your body constantly communicates through sens

The Limits of “Just Love Your Body” The body positivity movement has brought an important shift. Instead of constant criticism, there’s an invitation to love your body. And yet… for many people, that still feels out of reach. Because if you’ve spent years judging your body, the idea of suddenly loving it can feel forced or even untrue. You might find yourself thinking: “I’m supposed to love my body… but I don’t.” And then judging yourself for that too. So what if body positi

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

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.

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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?

This Is Called Acoustical Awareness… and Your Animals Have It (Truth is, so do you.) There’s something your animals are aware of long before you ever hear it. Before the storm rolls in. Before a branch cracks in the woods. Before another animal steps onto the land. They know. Not because they’re “on alert” in the way we’ve been taught to think about it…but because they are constantly receiving. Sound, yes. But also Vibration. Movement. Energy. And something else we

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

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

In the 19th century, philosopher Karl Marx introduced the concept of “false consciousness.” He observed that people sometimes adopt beliefs that support existing systems—even when those beliefs limit their own possibilities. While Marx focused primarily on economic systems, the idea has far-reaching implications for how society shapes perception, behavior, and identity. How Society Influences Belief From birth, humans are immersed in cultural narratives. Societies create fra

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

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

I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you. Simple words… and yet, they carry the power to shift energy in ways we may not even be able to see. Rooted in the ancient Hawaiian practice of Ho'oponopono, this meditation is an invitation into reconciliation—not as something you have to figure out, but as something you can allow. A returning to balance.A softening of what feels heavy.A willingness to be present with what is… without resistance. These phrases are not about