Renewing with Healing Change

Scott Robinson // April 30th, 2022

An edited excerpt from the book, ‘The Journey is the Goal’, by Scott Robinson

Healing is flow, and flow is change. We are all in a constant state of change. Nothing in the cosmos is meant to stand still. Mountains are slowly eroding to sand. Seasons end, and new ones begin. It is the same with your energy. It is meant to flow, always. When we block our energy flow as a result of resistance – fear, denial, – we limit healing.

Meditation Poetry: Small Pebble, Huge Wave

Scott Robinson // April 30th, 2022

Some will transcend
Some will only touch the sacred waters for now

Every step of the journey is valid
Even the wanderings of a detour

Freedom cannot be forced, only encouraged

The door opens, then slams shut tight
or
The step over the threshold
with ease

No one can predict which one it will be

How do we know when one is ready?
The warrior only knows
for sure
when it happens

Each step
More Light

Small pebble
Huge wave

The dragon
The mouse

The stillness
The movement

The intent
The release

I see the sun come over the mountain
And I breathe the Light of a new day

 

Seeing With Clarity

Scott Robinson // March 31st, 2022

An edited excerpt from the book, ‘The Journey is the Goal’, by Scott Robinson

So much of what happens in life is unconscious.

I believe meditation is about raising your awareness and recognizing what is really going on in your life. If you are unconscious of an issue, it is difficult to heal it.

There’s so much in society that promotes unconsciousness and denial. Ignorance is bliss, but it is not freedom and it doesn’t work forever.

When the question, ‘Why?’ becomes bigger than the comfort of ignorance, you become more conscious.

Meditation Poem: Poised

Scott Robinson // March 31st, 2022

Rebirth!… out of the ashes comes life

The cultivated and the unwanted alike
And all the while the sacred cedar
holds space for the wandering naked ape

The path is known, plain and clear

with eyes open
The brave step onto the healing path

Ready

Poised

With passion

Now eyes narrow, honed on…..the way

Slow oblivion is not acceptable

We are creators

This is true

The forces of darkness wrestle back to Light and love

Because in the end the Light always prevails……
always

 

 

Meditation Poem: Change

Scott Robinson // March 1st, 2022

The leap of change

To let go of one season and embrace another

To destroy an old way of being and create anew

To know that all is fleeting

Only Source is forever

 

As the ages turn we move and flow

 

The universe expands and contracts

Like a single heartbeat

A single heartbeat

 

Constant change

Nothing in any universe is motionless

 

Wheels of Light

Wheels of dark

 

In what way do you want to travel?

In this vibrant ever-changing wash of energy

 

Choosing Awareness

Scott Robinson // March 1st, 2022

An excerpt from the book, Navigation, by Scott Robinson

Always notice the supportive aspects of your life that you want to maintain. You’ve created these. They’ve arisen from what you’re doing right now and what you’ve done in the past.

But of course, it’s important to notice all of your creations, even those that aren’t supportive to the world, and validate yourself. Spiritual practice is about letting go of judgment.

You’re working on changing your reality not because it’s a bad reality, but because you choose to change. You choose to heal. You choose to have awareness.

 

Meditation Poem: Peace and Clarity

Scott Robinson // February 1st, 2022

Create peace and clarity

Right here, right now

Stabilize this place

This moment

 

Deep grounding

With consciousness

Every molecule burns in gold

 

Cleansing

Clearing

A statement of Light

 

Create a vessel for Source

A sacred space for all

If it cannot vibrate at this level

It cannot share this space

 

Energy transforms

With effortless ease

With intent

All realities are possible

 

Living in darkness is a choice

Living in Light is a choice as well

 

Different possibilities

Different lives

What do you want?

 

Looking Within

Scott Robinson // February 1st, 2022

An edited excerpt from the book, ‘The Journey is the Goal’, by Scott Robinson

So much of what is happening in people’s lives is unconscious. I believe the process is all about raising awareness, and recognizing what is going on energetically and spiritually in your life. If you are unconscious of an issue, it is much more difficult to heal it, and to transcend it. Many of the big games on the planet are played simply to keep people unconscious. Ignorance is bliss, but it is not freedom, and it doesn’t last forever. When the question of “why” becomes bigger than the comfort taken from ignorance, then the spiritual journey becomes much more conscious.

Meditation Poem: Bright and Powerful

Scott Robinson // January 1st, 2022

Like the young morning’s light
Orange, gentle, warming

The giddy excitement of the new
Grounded in the ancient

A bright and powerful dawn

The darkness slowly bleeding away
Revealing the places longing to be filled

 

 

Celebrate Simplicity

Scott Robinson // January 1st, 2022

An excerpt from the book, Navigation, by Scott Robinson

Creating stability has been a priority in my own life. In the past I was into drama. One of the biggest changes I’ve had to make is letting it be okay to lead a simpler life.

Simple isn’t mundane. As you play with simplicity, you create more clarity.

I like to notice when I’m creating the next level of stability for myself. I can be more present for the simple things, which are often my biggest joys.

When I’m busy, I don’t have time to stop and really experience the small things. Like a raindrop hanging from a leaf. Or the scent of a rose as I walk by. Or the quality of the air at daybreak. Or the essence of light bouncing off water.

Or the pure stillness of a quiet room.

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Scott Robinson

Scott Robinson is the founder and spiritual director of Lightwork Spiritual Development, based on Gambier Island, B.C. For more than 30 years, Scott’s spiritual evolution has been his life focus, along with helping others discover themselves as spiritual beings.

Even in earlier stages of his life Scott lived outside the confines of mainstream society as a hippie kid, musician, video artist, photographer, poet and world traveller. Spiritually aware from childhood, he could see energy, and he knew there was a bigger picture than the material pursuits of life.

His spiritual purpose took shape in his early twenties when he discovered a meditation style that was an immediate fit. He dove deeply into spiritual studies, deepening his clairvoyant abilities and learning the art of self-healing.

Scott is constantly pushing the boundaries of spiritual knowledge. Through teaching, writing and photography, he empowers others to become conscious, bright spiritual beings on the path to freedom.

Scott is also Chair of the Board, chief visionary, and manager of the Lightwork Ecovillage, the Gambier Island sacred site that is home to the Lightwork practice.

Alison Cretney

Alison has been practicing Lightwork meditation since 2007. As a certified Lightwork teacher, she offers classes suitable to first-time meditators or anyone who has practiced other meditation styles. You can attend her classes in beautiful Nelson, BC, or by phone or Skype.

Alison has found Lightwork's clarity, ease and potency to be transformative in all aspects of her life including parenting, work, relationships and stress.

She has a Masters in Strategic Leadership Toward Sustainability which she applies in collaborative projects seeking solutions for climate change.

Julia Watson

Julia offers meditation and consulting services for organizations and individuals.

She started her conscious spiritual journey in her mid-twenties but it wasn’t until she came across Lightwork in 2002 that she found a meditation practice that really worked for her.

Julia completed Lightwork’s seven levels of training in 2010. She has been joyfully teaching meditation classes and offering private energy readings since then.

She was previously the Program Director at Hollyhock (Canada’s leading educational retreat centre) and is now a self-employed bookkeeper.

Julia received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University in 1994. She received a permaculture design certificate in 2000.

Julia Thiessen

Julia started taking Lightwork classes by phone from Winnipeg in 2004. The classes rocked her world so thoroughly she moved to Vancouver to continue her meditation studies, eventually graduating from Lightwork's most advanced program, 'Level 7: The Apprenticeship' in 2012.

Her move to the West Coast allowed her to become involved in the Lightwork Ecovillage, where she continues to deepen her meditation practice and learn life lessons (like...you really can grow kale year round!).

Julia is a certified Lightwork Teacher. She offers Lightwork Level 1 and Level 2 classes for beginners, as well as private energy reading sessions.

She brings creativity to the Lightwork administration team, and manages two annual meditation retreats: the summer '9-Day Dharma Healing', and 'Winter Light Week'.

She has an intuitive and studied understanding of all things green, arising from her work in therapeutic gardening at BC Children's Hospital and other locations around Vancouver.

Cathy Belgrave

When Cathy signed up for her first Lightwork class, she entered brand new territory. Coming from a scientific background, meditation was well outside her normal repertoire but she felt compelled to try it.

Without even being able to describe how, she shifted perceptions in all parts of her life and began making decisions that decreased stress. Encouraged, she thought she would keep meditating until it no longer felt like a fit. That day never came. She’s now a committed Lightwork practitioner and teacher.

Cathy offers Lightwork Level 1, Level 2, private classes and energy reading-healings. She blends her passions for writing, teaching and meditation by offering creative writing workshops for children and adults.

Darci Rosalie

Darci discovered Lightwork meditation in her last month of nursing school. She realized she wanted a totally new way of coping with stress, rather than relying on old, unhealthy habits.

So she turned down a fancy job in California with a big signing bonus and season’s tickets to her favourite football team. Instead she registered for Lightwork's beginners class and never looked back.

Throughout her healing journey Darci has witnessed how meditation has the power to shift tough situations and heal what needs healing.

Her favorite thing about being a Lightwork teacher is the simplicity and presence of being in the moment. The big and small of the universe come into focus and make room for significant awareness and healing.

Darci graduated from the Lightwork Apprenticeship program in March 2014. She offers energy reading sessions and meditation classes in a loving, supportive environment.

Tiffany Robinson

Tiffany Robinson grew up in Calgary and completed a BA in Psychology in 2003 at the University of Calgary, but knew from a young age she loved the west coast. After working for a variety of youth-serving organizations and educational retreat centres, including Big Brothers Big Sisters of Calgary and Area, Naramata Centre and Hollyhock, she took her first meditation class in 2007. It sparked a lifelong commitment and inspired a move to Vancouver in 2008.

Since then, Tiffany has been studying meditation intensively, completing Lightwork’s two-year Meditation Teacher Training in 2012 and the three-year Apprenticeship in 2015. She now offers introductory and advanced meditation classes full-time, and is Lightwork’s Operations Manager.

A dynamic, joyful educator, Tiffany draws from experience having worked as the Wellness Programs Specialist for the Crisis Centre of BC. For over 13 years, she was instrumental in bringing mindfulness into the Centre’s training programs, co-developing and facilitating hundreds of workshops and webinars for youth and adults designed to enhance well-being, resilience and mental health.

She is a Board Member and Resident Steward for the Lightwork Ecovillage on Gambier Island where she lives off-grid with her husband Scott. When she’s not teaching classes or sessions online, Tiffany loves to learn about sustainable living, enjoy time with community and investigate the natural world.

Jacqueline Voci

Jacqueline first learned to meditate as an antidote to stress and a crazy-busy lifestyle in the tech and PR industries. As she gradually made it part of her daily routine, an entirely new way of experiencing life emerged.

In March 2014, she completed Lightwork’s two-year meditation teacher program and began its most immersive course, a three-year apprenticeship to founder, Scott Robinson.

Jacqueline teaches Lightwork's beginner classes (Levels 1 & 2) and offers meditation workshops for companies and organizations. She has hosted workshops for the Dalai Lama Center for Peace & Education, UBC Faculty of Medicine, BC Cancer Research Centre and BCIT Student Association.

She is also a writer and communications consultant.

Elizabeth Stevenson

Elizabeth decided to give Lightwork a try in 2010, after observing a friend's Lightwork journey. Deciding it was a fit, she took classes from her hometown of Victoria by phone for six years. She then packed up and moved to Vancouver to continue her studies, completing Lightwork's Level 6 Teacher Training Program in 2017.

Meditation has helped Elizabeth let go of fears and embrace all aspects of herself. She's excited that teaching now gives her the chance to offer the Lightwork techniques to other people.

Prior to Lightwork, Elizabeth completed a B.A. in anthropology, and certifications in community counselling and permaculture. Music has always been an important part of her life. She enjoys singing opera and jazz, and offering vocal improv classes.

Leslie Dickout

Leslie took her first Lightwork meditation class by phone in 2012 while living in the busy city of New York. She was awestruck by the simplicity of the tools she learned, and how they helped her let go of old patterns. She knew she wanted to learn more.

Now settled in Vancouver and enjoying a much simpler life, Leslie offers Lightwork Level 1 and Level 2 classes, as well as private energy reading-healings. She completed the Level 7 Apprenticeship program at Lightwork in 2021.

She also works in communications at BC Recreation & Parks Association.

Zhenya Andriyash

Zhenya started taking Lightwork meditation classes in the fall of 2012 while living in New York City and working for a bank. Meditation was his way of dealing with stress-filled workplace and hectic city life.

While taking Lightwork's Next Step program, he moved to Vancouver to lead a quieter, healthier life with a focus on his spiritual development.

Zhenya completed the Apprenticeship program at Lightwork in 2021 and now he offers beginner Lightwork classes (Level 1 and 2), as well as reading-healing sessions.

Having a job in the tech sector, Zhenya finds his meditation practice to be essential for having wellness and balance in his life.

Bogdan Serban

Bogdan Serban is a certified Lightwork teacher and a soccer-playing dad of two boys.

He started studying Lightwork in 2015 after many years of interest in spirituality and energy work. He considers the Lightwork practice to be life-changing, improving his relationships at home and work, and instilling a deeper self-confidence. He uses the Lightwork techniques every day to support his parenting, marriage and work life.

Bogdan originally hails from the picturesque, mountainside city of Brasov, Romania. He’s lived in Vancouver since 2005 and works in the telecom sector. In his down time, you’ll usually find Bogdan hanging out with his family or on a soccer pitch.

Bogdan completed his Lightwork teaching certificate in 2020. He also holds a degree in business management.