Curious about Energy Reading and Healing?

Lightwork offers services called “readings,” “healings,” and “reading-healings”…maybe you’ve wondered what these are all about. Let’s explore this.

Stress, emotions, and old experiences can linger in your energy and affect how you feel, behave, and see the world. An energy reading helps you understand what’s happening in your energy system. An energy healing helps you gently release what no longer serves you, so your energy can flow more freely. A reading-healing combines both.

These sessions are professional, gentle, and supportive. Your certified Lightwork reader-healer tunes into your energy, describes what they see, and assists you to release what you’re ready to let go of. You can bring a specific question to your session or focus on any aspect of life — relationships, work, family, health, or simply a desire to understand yourself more deeply.

Energy readings and healings can be helpful in any situation. They can help you gain momentum when things are going well, deepen your self-awareness, and open up more space for joy and ease in your life. They can help you move through challenges.

If you’re curious about your personal energy, or wondering how to create more flow in your life, consider booking a session. 

Remembering Your True Self

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

A spiritually senior state is a reality wherein you can tune into yourself as a spiritual being. This reality is much, much bigger than the material world. All the worries and stress become significantly smaller, or disappear all together, when you are in a state of spiritual seniority because you know that ultimately they do not matter. The events in your life are simply opportunities for you to learn, to grow, to evolve spiritually, and to become
conscious.

The Courage to Shine Bright

I used to be consumed with thoughts of what people thought of me, to the extent that my fears of what others thought majorly influenced my decisions. My own voice was indistinguishable among the chorus of voices and messages telling me what I should do to belong, to be safe, and to be loved.

Meditation helped me to rediscover my own voice. I remember walking out of my first Lightwork Level 1 class absolutely amazed that I no longer had to listen to those highly critical voices in my head. Those voices weren’t me! The process took time to unfold, but in due course I felt so much more comfortable in my own skin.

Meditation tools have supported me feeling safe in my own space, listening to my own voice, and loving myself exactly as I am. My growing comfort with showing up as my authentic self has given me the courage to show up as myself with others, and the more I’ve shown up in the world, the more I’ve noticed others feeling welcome to show up authentically, too.

It can still seem scary at times, but each step on the journey is a reminder of the person I used to be, back when I longed to feel loved just as I was. And so I keep taking those steps, reminded of the power in accepting myself.

Living authentically is a journey, but regardless of what fears I may be working with, my intent is to choose to have the courage to shine bright, and to support others in shining bright, too.

How About Starting – Or Reinvigorating – Your Meditation Practice?

Yes, 2025 is here!

How about starting – or reinvigorating – your meditation practice?

Meditation is an powerful way to set the tone for your year. Here are five great reasons to meditate in 2025:

1. Meditation improves focus and mental clarity.
It helps clear mental fog, allowing you to live your life with a fresh perspective. It improves concentration and focus, which can enhance productivity and decision-making personally and professionally.

2. Meditation increases mindfulness.
It encourages living in the present moment, which helps you be more mindful and less distracted. This can improve your relationships, communication, and overall enjoyment of life.

3. Meditation fosters a positive mindset.
You can train your mind to approach life with optimism and resilience. Meditation helps shift negative thinking patterns, leading to a more positive and proactive approach. It helps you see the silver lining.

4. Meditation helps you live the life you want.
It can be a tool for intentional living. By practicing meditation, you can more clearly define your goals for the year and keep your actions aligned with your values and desires.

5. Meditation improves overall wellbeing.
It sets you up for a more balanced, intentional, and fulfilling year.

What’s your intention for 2025?

Curious about learning a powerful set of meditation techniques to support your new year?

Check out the Lightwork Level 1: Meditation class series starting in January. Or, explore other classes to refresh your practice this new year.

Harvest Abundance

Looking to make some delicious warming fall meals that support the body? For me, nothing comes close to squash soup. In past years one of my favourites was the superbly simple combination of roasted butternut squash blended with coconut milk and spices.

This fall, I took this simple delight and have boosted it up with lentils for additional protein to support your body! Whether you’re chopping wood, wandering through a forest, or working from home – this recipe will fuel up your physical energy so you can focus on your energy healing.

You can use red lentils or green lentils for this recipe. You don’t need to soak dry lentils before using them in a recipe. That said, soaking can enhance the rate of mineral absorption in the body and helps to break down the complex starch in lentils (making them easier to digest). So if you plan ahead, you can soak the lentils 4 hours or overnight prior to making this recipe!

If you’re in a hurry, you can bake the squash and potatoes at a higher heat, just ensure the oil you use can tolerate a higher temperature!

What you’ll need;

• 1 medium or large butternut squash
• 1 large potato
• 2 tbsp coconut oil (or neutral oil of choice)
• 1 medium white onion
• 4 cloves garlic (feel free to adjust per preferences)
• 1 knob of ginger (roughly equal amount to your garlic)
• 1 tbsp paprika
• 2 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 fresh serrano pepper or 1 tsp dried chilli (optional)
• 2 cups of preferred stock (veggie or chicken are my favourite)
• 1 cup of dry lentils (soaked if desired; see note)
• 1 can of coconut milk (400 ml or 14 oz)
• Salt & Pepper to Taste

How to make this soup!

1. Turn on your oven to 375 F
2. Chop your butternut squash and potatoes into cubes, toss with coconut oil and salt, and add to a pan. Pop it in the oven; we’ll return to it at step 11 when it smells delicious and is soft (in about 60-90 minutes).
3. Time for some prep!
   • Chop your onion and set aside
   • Make a paste from your garlic (4 cloves), ginger (equal amount to garlic), and serrano (if using fresh) using a mortar & pestle if you have one. Otherwise, mince finely and add to a small vessel.
   •  Measure out your spices (1 tbsp paprika, 2 tsp cumin, 1 tsp turmeric, chilli if using dried) into another small vessel.
4. Add oil to a large pot over medium high heat and wait for it to shimmer.
5. Add your chopped onion and some salt and sauté until it begins to soften (~4 minutes).
6. Drop in the ginger/garlic/pepper paste and mix throughout the onions (~1 minute).
7. Add your lentils (1 cup) and stir.
8. With your broth ready beside you, add your spices and stir until fragrant and mixed throughout (~30 seconds) before adding quickly adding broth (2 cups) to avoid the spices burning. Then add the coconut milk (1 can) and stir.
9. Taste the soup, adding salt, pepper, and other spices per your taste preferences. If it tastes bland, add more salt!
10. Bring soup to a boil, then cover, reduce heat to low and allow soup to simmer until lentils soften (~20 mins if cooking from dry, faster if soaked).
11. When the vegetables from the oven are soft, remove from the oven and add to the soup pot.
12. Taste the soup, and adjust salt and pepper as needed.
13. If you prefer a more blended texture, use a potato masher or an immersion blender to break up any chunks in the soup.
14. Serve!

I suggest a garnish of some citrus or yoghurt for acidity.

Alternatively, or in addition to that, you can add some cilantro or arugula fresh on top for a bit of greenery!

A Point of Power

Washed and tumbled in relentless fragility
The balance of strength
The net of time
The web of continuity
And a gasp of life

The point of entry
The art of departure
Hang under a primal sky
Like a rain drop in flight
On an embryonic night

A point of power
A source of life
A fledgling love
In a passionate embrace of Light

Cells divide
The day breaks
And the Earth cracks its stony crust
In the beginning…

Beyond the Apps: Meditation Is More Than You Know

As a meditation teacher, I can tell you things have really changed in recent years. Not long ago, you couldn’t get away with saying you were a meditation teacher at a dinner party without people looking at you sideways. Even on the west coast.

Now, meditation is more familiar. New students arrive to my classes excited to talk about their direct experience with mindfulness and meditation, many having tried apps or classes of some kind.

How about you? Maybe you’re brand new to meditation or maybe you’ve been meditating for years.

Whatever your journey, if you’re like many people, you might define meditation as endeavoring to be calm and peaceful. To be less stressed or reactive. This is true. But it can go much further than this.

Do you know you can use meditation to increase your energy level? Little known fact: meditation is a really amazing way to replenish your energy and release energy you want to let go of.

You’ve probably heard of energy audits for homes, right? You can figure out how a building is losing energy and make changes so it runs more efficiently and sustainably.

Well, you can do the same thing with your personal energy. You can do an energy audit to reveal how, when and where you’re using (and losing) energy in daily life. 

Let me ask you this…where in your life do you expend the most energy? And on the flipside, what relationships, activities or experiences recharge you the most? 

If any of this intrigues you and you think you could benefit from learning to power up your energy using meditation, consider joining me on May 27 and 28 for the Lightwork Meditation Energy Management Life Skills Workshop: 10 Techniques to Replenish Your Energy.

In the meantime, here are just three areas (there are many more) where meditation can improve your energy level.

Energy Saver #1: Energy-Savvy Relationships 

Relationships enrich our lives, but they can also test, strain and trigger us. If you’re not aware of how to handle these stressors, you can needlessly lose tremendous amounts of your personal energy.

Meditation can help you better understand how to define your personal boundaries, allowing you to let go of stuff that really isn’t yours to manage. With guided instruction and practice, you can become more skillful at navigating relationship dynamics — even challenging ones.

When you’re not losing tons of energy to relationship drama and stress, you far have more energy to apply to whatever you want.

It becomes easier to choose relationships wisely and recognize patterns you want to change. You can bring out the best in your relationships, and prioritize healthier relationships as a norm.

Energy Saver #2: Learn to Switch Gears

Are you good at not doing your job? And I use “job” in a broad sense here, as whatever primarily occupies your time, like being a student.

How good are you at putting work aside so you can flourish in your time off? Can you focus your full attention on your downtime activities, bringing a healthy balance to your life?

Many people really struggle with this. It can be hard to switch gears and really embrace fun, or restful, restorative time.

Our society is addicted to thinking and doing. This incessant future-focused, goal-obsessed life approach taxes the nervous system. Bodies need time to restore…and to just live and thrive.

Using meditation, you can learn to calm down the analytical part of your mind at will, and be more present for all aspects of your life. This is a huge win for saving your personal energy.

Energy Saver #3: Let Go of External Opinions

We live in an age of social media. We’re constantly faced with how other people’s lives look in comparison with our own, and how we are perceived by others.

Try to stop and notice throughout the day how much attention you’re investing in other people and what they may think of you.

Don’t get me wrong, we all need to engage in the world. We are fundamentally social creatures. But focusing too much of your attention on how others view you can seriously diminish your energy and quality of life.

Meditation helps you get to know yourself more deeply. This begins with learning to invest more energy and attention on you.

Now, let me be clear, I’m not describing narcissism. I’m talking about having a healthy relationship with yourself.

Meditation helps you experience life’s simple pleasures profoundly, without anyone even noticing.

Curious to know more and learn a powerful set of meditation techniques? I hope you’ll join me for my two-day workshop. 

Check out Tiffany Robinson’s Pacific Rim College online workshop on May 27 & 28.

Everyone is welcome, ages 16 and up. Pacific Rim College diploma students will receive 1 NU/WHS academic credit. 

Founded in 2006, Pacific Rim College is a globally-recognized and award-winning institution of Holistic Medicine and Sustainable Living located on the unceded Coast Salish Territory of the Lekwungen (Songhees) and WSÁNEĆ nations on Vancouver Island in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia.

Tiffany Robinson is a full-time Lightwork instructor. She has studied meditation for more than 16 years. She lives at the Lightwork Ecovillage on Gambier Island, an off-grid permaculture farm-meets-meditation centre overlooking Howe Sound.

Gratitude For Right Now

An excerpt from the book, ‘Navigation’, by Scott Robinson

The spiritual warrior knows the tropical beach is not better or more valid than a quiet afternoon at home. Fundamentally they are the same.

You can heal yourself by seeing the ways you believe your happiness is external to you; that it is somewhere ‘out there’. What programming leads you away from this moment where everything is already as it needs to be?

Because it’s all right here, right now. Life is complete and whole as it is.

Yes, there is healing to do as you create freedom for yourself, but at the same time, there is only now. The present moment. So if you’re waiting for a different reality to show up, you are missing your life.

In order to have you must let go

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

You must let it go. This applies to everything, including the things you want most in life. The old cliche of “if you love something set it free” is based in spiritual truth. Practicing non-attachment is one of the more challenging things for the human body, because the body believes that if you want it you should hold onto it tightly. This is not the way of Spirit, of the universe. As Spirit we understand that if we want something we need to let it go and the more we want it the more we need to release it. This does not mean we go into apathy; “who cares”. It means we can be passionately involved with something and at the same time not be attached, being able to let it go.

Finding Flow: Joni’s Story

Being a mom, social work student and Lightwork Teacher-in-Training, Joni Louie is not new to juggling a lot in life. We caught up with Joni recently to get her take on Lightwork, and to find out what excites her most about this stage of her journey.