Hi folks! I'm Amber. I will be writing some guest blog posts for Colynn in the coming weeks. You'll get to know me a little more with each post, but for now, I want to tell you about my experience with Colynn as a teacher and past life regression facilitator. I first met Colynn through […]
It feels so easy to coach everyone else. In speaking with people, it is so obvious to me where someone's blocks are, where they are going "wrong" in their lives, decisions & businesses, & what they need to do to get the results they are looking for. What makes me a good coach is not […]
I have arrived back in the Western world. It hit me when I was flying from Roatan: Wow, it is the end of that part of the journey. The journey that I prepared for for months and months. The pinnacle find myself, love myself, “fix” myself journey away from my family, my old life and […]
Here I sit on an airplane to Honduras. Last night it hit me.... I am leaving Costa Rica. Holy shit. How pivotal. I can compare this to savasana. At the end of every yoga class is the final resting pose, it signifies the end of class, the death of all the shit that has come […]
Sovereignty. This word had come up for me a few times over the course of this journey. At forest dance it was the theme of day 2. Sovereignty is not a word I am completely aware of. For me I remember it in relation to the monarch. The dictionary defines sovereignty as supreme power or […]
Grasping. I recognize it is what I do when it feels like I am just wandering, ungrounded. It’s like slowly melting down a hole while trying to hold on or grab whatever you can off of the slippery sides. And now, I’m back in Costa Rica. The unravelling seems to happen quicker, the more I […]
️I am Queer ️ You will have to excuse me, this is like the third time I have ever expressed those words in relation to my sexual orientation out loud. I am Queer. Queer, as defined by the Oxford dictionary, is an adjective that describes a person as strange; odd or as homosexual. Wikipedia defines […]
Mar. 26 - Journal Entry OWNERSHIP Up until recently, every relationship I have been in has been about ownership. Being together means property. This means I get to tell you what to do and I have to listen or not, to what you tell me to do. We can fight if either doesn’t “listen”, etc. […]
March 24 Journal Entry Thoughts while spending contemplation time during the retreat. For the last few years I have been super into manifesting and finding clarity around what one wants in order to attain it. More recently I made a list about what/who I want my next partner to be/be like. It’s a great list. 😉 Back […]
Today fate put me in a car from the farm to Jaco to meet my babies with yet another interesting and beautiful creature so full of lessons. My drive to Jaco with Pat was yet another, super clear sign from the universe. The farm was so amazing and healing. On my last day I was […]
Mar.6 - Journal Entry Summer Vosburgh is travelling today. My thoughts go to her. Sitting here with no internet, I just trust. Funny how it happened, seems perfect. AND scary. Denise is gone and my neighbours leave tonight. Some nerves happening for me about being alone. Again, more of what I need. :O Mar.10 - Journal Entry […]
Oh My God Today I arrived on the farm. I did not expect this. I was shown to my abode and there were no fucking walls. Open air to the mother fucking jungle. No net on my bed. Listen... 4 weeks ago I had eyelash extensions and a French manicure, 6 weeks ago I had […]
Mar. 3 - journal entry Sitting with Harry and Denise, I was listening to them speak to being in a place of contentment. Not complacent, yet also not looking to devote their time at present to healing... As they feel in a good place at the moment AND both are single. The lesson? I am […]
Mar.1 - Journal Entry Yesterday was a day of insights. I did over 8 hours of yoga. Over 3.5 hours of physical asana & 2.5 hours of dancing and then ended with an astral projection meditation. What I recognized was more worth issues around the actions I have been taking in my personal & professional […]
Feb. 27 - Integrity More conversations with Denise, bringing me closer to my true essence. At this moment, the conversation revolves around integrity. To be honest and admit to something that I don't love admitting to, I have cheated on almost every person I have ever been in relationship with. I know. Harsh. I pride […]
Funny how things go... Envision Yoga Festival was the first plan I made post decision to sell everything I own after a Clarity Breathwork Session. Kylie Judge & Leah Barsher ran a special session for my clients and invited me to join them at Envision & Forest Dance here in Costa Rica.... without really knowing what they were, I […]
Journal Entry - Feb. 24 Off to Costa Rica for a month and on another plane. Thinking of the # of planes I have been on in the last few years is crazy. Lots of thinking happens on travel days. It was just a little over 2 and a half years ago that I hired […]
Journal Entry - Feb. 23 San Pedro was yesterday. Such a beautiful medicine & my crazy, kick ass, hero dosing body has become uber sensitive. Everything was so beautiful yesterday. Thelagoon, the people, life. And I had too much, LOL! I craved touch yesterday so deeply & longed for connection. I felt like I didn't […]
Ceremony #7 A perfect end. After the usual terrifying piece, all calmed. I built a world under blankets and felt all the sensations - Visual, auditory & physical. Overwhelming sensations. Why does it have to be so terrible? I talk myself through it. What comes to me now is this trouble I have with control. […]
Before enlightenment - chop the wood, carry the wood, stack the wood. After enlightenment - chop the wood, carry the wood, stack the wood. It feels weird to say, but today I hit enlightenment. Years of being so hard on myself, I cried for. Years. Like all of my years. All the pressure I have […]
The SWEAT The TEMAZCAL MY intention : to find the strength to carry on and finish the 2 hour ceremony and carry that strength into my life. Analogy : I was shown me walking through an abyss of dark just r eaching out to grab whatever I can hold onto. BUT in the SWEAT it represents […]
Journey #5 Journal entry : Went for a big dose tonight. Went to another dimension of melting and waves and totalphysical sensations. At one point I felt work being done in my crown. It felt like my skull was being mined away from my head, the pieces falling into the deep abyss inside my head. […]
Wow. Travelled all night to get here. Cusco and then the Sacred Valley. Had a massive breakdown today. Sat in the shower and cried. Had a nap, cried somemore. Total fucking breakdown. I didn't know what to do, under the effects of Medicine and then 8 hours of travelling with the biggest breakdown ever, I […]
Ceremony #4 Journal entry : Judgement. Inner monologue. Hatred. Failure. The last 3 ceremonies have been exactly the same but completely different. Everything highlighting this crazy war I have going on 24/7 with myself. The blame for not loving me shifts from one worthy opponent to another. For so long the physical aspectof me. All […]
What I wrote after ceremony #3. Yesterday was the most beautiful Valentine's day I have ever had. I officiallyunboycott the day as it now has so much more meaning. How beautiful an annual reminder of the day I fell in love with myself. The day I saw my worth. The day I came to grips […]
What I wrote after my second ceremony. This night I journeyed into "All the things." The medicine came on fast and came on strong. I realized I spend a significant amount of time labelling myself - I am this, I am not that and tonight the labels went away. I can not really tell you […]
This is from my journal the day after my first journey. 5 years ago ish, I had an urge. A crazy urged to head to the jungle to drink jungle juice and find and connect to a deeper part of my soul. Last night that dream came true. I have spent the last 5 years […]
This is me. No filter. No make up. No eyelash extensions. No gel nails. No faces to cover up my hatred for selfies. This is the girl I love to hate and hate to love. This is the girl I cover in make up and falseness because I can't seem to find her beauty without […]
So yesterday was a big day. The start of the retreat. We were to all meet up for the shuttle. There we all get to check each other out, size each other up and see who we are with for thenext at least 7 days. Well of course my group is the coolest. 2 ex-navy […]
After 22 hours of travel,I landed in Iquitos, I left the airport in a tuk tuk, and as I sat in the 35• weather headed to town and checked out the scenery, it finally it hit me. Here I am doing this alone. I travel alone quite regularly, but often to meet people. Go on […]
This is how I feel today as I sit at the airport, ready to fly! Today I set off for who knows how long. To go do who knows what, who knows where lol. Well I know a bit. Tomorrow at this time I will be landing in Iquitos, Peru. I will be whisked […]
Friendship. I needed a ride to the ferry a month ago and was at a loss for who to ask. All my friends are busy, have their own lives and are often business oriented - meaning the reason I know them is because of my work. I definitely learned 2 things. I have trouble asking […]
Today I am headed to the mainland to teach some yoga!!!!! Yes!!!! At Oxygen Yoga and Fitness Chilliwack both tonight and tomorrow night. And it is just what I need, because today “I Got Served” with divorce papers. This is not a sad day, it is actually a great day. I have been married to the father […]
From Bali to Big Lake. What an incredible journey. From +25 C to -9 C. So many incredible lessons along the way, in fact it feels like they just keep a comin. Today I speak to my perception of control & stability. I came back from Bali so I could finalize the sale of the […]
Today what comes to mind is shame. The word shame. The feelings of shame. A lot of the stuff that comes up around trauma, for myself and for others, is shame. Shame really means that you think something is wrong with you. That what happened to you has something to do with the way you […]
Gratefulness is the word that comes up for me today. Around 1pm Bali time, I found myself sitting at a cafe with 3 men & 3 amazing children I did not know a month ago drinking cat poo coffee. Lol, yup you read it right. Drinking cat poo coffee ???? ????. Yogi Will, Ryan and my new friend […]
Today I was going to post about something else, but the universe had a different lesson in mind for me it seems. Today I speak about anger. I was on the last leg of flights yesterday and decided to journal about how chill of a person I am. Like I do get upset sometimes and angry, […]
Today I speak to attachment. Like seriously what a life we are living. 4 months ago I drove my youngest and final at home daughter to live with her dad and made one of those life changing decisions. To leave my long term relationship. One of the scariest decisions I have made. I quickly realized […]
Today’s post is about boundaries. Yes boundaries. I know weird, right? Well I have learned a lot about a shit load of things in the last little while and boundaries come up for me when I think of these very cool chicks I know. When it comes to lending ahand, these ladies don’t seem to […]
Today’s post is about healing. Last night I was asked, since you are guiding these women on their healing path in this Bali Retreat what have you done for yours? And I thought back. I noticed the dots connecting behind me now. The start of taking yoga, the retreats, the workshops, the travelling, the coaching, […]
Today’s post is about being Humble. Man the universe is so intricate and amazing. Knocked down from riding so high and yet also loving it. The lessons are immense. The selling of my house is humbling. I have spent my whole life getting to where I am. I went to Med School, nursed in various […]
Today I post about FAMILY!!! Friday was a sad day for me. I had to leave the island. Originally I thought I would be spending Xmas by myself until Dimphy invited me over to spend the holidays with those I love the most. And it was amazing. The island is my happy place and these […]
Today brings up a lot of my stuff around expectations. We all have them AND they bring us so much disappointment in life. We tend to put our own opinions and wants onto others, literally setting them up for failure and ourselves up for unhappiness. I came to the island to visit my family for […]
I always love to ask people, really where does your journey begin? And the answer always varies. I keep thinking this next chapter doesn’t start until I go on this epic pilgrimage across the Americas, but I was wrong. This chapter started back in September when I started coming to the island, or even in […]
Do you practice what you preach? It is a good question! So do you? Integrity is defined by Webster's Dictionary as the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness. Integrity is defined by me as the quality of practicing what you preach! I have worked in profession after profession in which I have given […]
I have read that Divine Timing means that there is a set time for every event, situation and thing that happens in your life. Do I believe it? I am starting to! The question then becomes how far back do you look or what do you count as divine timing? Something that I say in […]
Your heart chakra, located exactly where you think it is, is the center of unconditional love in your body. An open, balanced heart chakra leads to gratitude for all that you are and have, a healthy, loving relationship with yourself and others, and the ability to give and receive love freely. One of the ways […]
If you’ve been following along with our social media for yoga teachers series, then you already know the importance of Facebook and Instagram for yoga businesses (and most importantly, how to use them!). But why use YouTube? It’s no secret that YouTube has become an incredible free resource for students to take yoga classes, meditate, […]
I shared mudras for self-love with you, and now it’s time for mantras and affirmations for self-love. Align yourself with the vibration of the Universe and the frequency of love with these beautiful mantras. Some beautiful ways to use mantra are: During japa meditation with mala beads Simply holding the mantra in your mind as […]
How does being stuck in fear feel for you? Maybe it feels shaky, like anxiety. Maybe it feels more sluggish, like dread. However fear manifests for you, we all experience it. Maybe it comes up for you when you think about leaving your 9-5 to pursue your yoga business full time. Maybe it comes up […]
February is all about love, right? I'm all for it. But how about we focus on the love that's already within you, and how to connect with that love and give it to yourself instead of showering it on everyone else? Mudras are powerful tools to help you shift your energy and access different elements […]
Welcome to the second post in my social media for yoga teachers series. Does it seem like every yoga teacher on Instagram seems to have cracked the code for social media success except for you? I promise, there are no secret codes for growing your Instagram following full of the exact students and clients you […]
Palo Santo, incense, and sage are all powerful tools to burn in your space. But what’s the difference between them? When should you use one over the other… and how do you use them? Sage and palo santo are typically used to cleanse a space of negative energy, whereas incense is typically a blend of […]
Money is energy. An exchange of money is simply an exchange of energy, and as such, you can attract it to you. You can manifest it. You can create it, just like you can with any other energy. But. You cannot attract, manifest, and create the money you want in your life if you are […]
Start your 2018 off right by freeing your mind and tuning in to the vibration of the Universe. The mantras below will help you manifest the year you want by getting calm, finding peace and stillness, connecting with your highest self, and creating abundance. Try combining these mantras with your yoga practice for an even […]
Last week, I covered why it’s critical for you to use social media for your yoga business (if you missed that blog, check it out here). This week, I’m sharing exactly how to use Facebook as a yoga business. Why Facebook? Having an active Facebook profile helps with brand awareness, SEO, and more than likely […]
I know “promoting” yourself can feel a little icky. Yoga is supposed to be about love and light and union, not gimmicky marketing. This is a mindset I see in my clients All. The. Time. And as a yoga teacher myself, I’ve definitely been there! But in 2017, social media is non-negotiable for your yoga […]
In the modern world, many of us have a mentality of scarcity and lack. Scarcity mindset keeps you grounded in fear— fear of there not being enough of whatever it is you desire, whether it’s money or love or travel. When you fear that there isn’t enough for everyone, you forget that the universe is […]
