“Every cell in your body is eavesdropping on your thoughts.”
‍ ‍— Deepak Chopra

Intention and Integration Circle
This is an opportunity for those who have participated in a Trillium Healing Arts session, workshop, or retreat.  The intent of this Circle is to work with the discoveries during a healing session.  In this 4 hour workshop we will allow our “gem” to work us.  We do this through self examination without using the critical mind, engaging in a variety of  opportunities to listen to our inner knowing.  We open ourselves up to this wisdom thereby gaining a new perspective for application to our daily life.   

Sunday, May 17, 2026
12-4
at Trillium Healing Arts in Brandon, VT

Intention Practices

A number of years ago I found myself falling into an excessive amount of inner dialogue regarding an issue.  I set an intention to “let it go”.  One of my favorite intention practices is forest bathing.  I posed the question, “What is it about this problem that has me hooked?”  I walked into the forest and soon noticed the woodpeckers amongst the trees along the path.   Flap, flap, and the bird flew higher until she would glide and drop down again.  The woodpecker’s flight pattern - flap, flap, glide - caused them to fly in a wave-like, sinusoidal pattern.   My storyline was causing a “dip in my wave pattern” causing my mood and sense of self worth to plummet until I was able to think about something else.   This was not the answer to my problem, but it offered me a practice to remember.  Now,  when I see a woodpecker I am reminded to let go.  

This happened when I was preparing for my name changing ceremony.  The friend who I wanted to officiate became ill and I had to scramble for an officiant.   A brand new friend called.  When she discovered my predicament she offered to fill in.  I felt resistance to this as I hardly knew her.  Gazing out the window at the bird feeder as I listened, I noticed 4 woodpeckers fly in.  I thanked her for her offer and asked her if I could get back to her.  I sat with the woodpeckers and their reminder to “let go” and saw that my resistance was in letting go of the plan I had created for the ceremony.   I graciously accepted her offer and she officiated a ceremony much different than I had planned and beautiful in a way I did not expect!

Intention practices are ways to 1) remember our intention, 2) discover what is keeping us from manifesting our intention, and 3) removing the internal obstacles which are in our way.

The second aspect of an intention practice is self examination without using the critical mind.  How do we tap into our inner wisdom to gain a new perspective?  Forest bathing often works for me but there are many other practices one can follow.  The key is in learning how to be your own objective observer.  

Meditation can help us quiet our thinking mind enough so we can “notice” the thoughts as they pass by rather than jumping on the thought train.  With a quieter mind we can then hear our heart speak.  Mind mapping is a way to visualize the relationships between the different facets of our lives in the context of our intention.  A moon practice is a way of visiting our intention throughout the moon phases to celebrate the stepping stones crossed and release attitudes competing with our intention.  

The third aspect of releasing our internal barriers usually requires some help.  These blocks are often so old that we don’t remember them and so deep we that cannot see them.  In my intention “to be present” I recently discovered one of my triggers causing me to loose my sense of self awareness.  When I feel that I am not being acknowledged or that the person I am with is not trying to understand me, I feel doubt, sometimes anger, and that I don’t matter.  Yuck, those thoughts aren’t helpful!  Feeling safe in self-expression is now part of my intention in order to be present.  I will need help with this and have decided to take voice lessons with an energy practitioner.  Stay posted, I’ll let you know how it turns out!

“Intention is a focus on a way of being in the ever-changing present moment.”
‍ ‍— Julia Wolf

Regarding my rates

My intention is to serve anyone who is on the healing path. This is a donation based practice.
Please contribute as much as you comfortably and honestly can so that I can continue to work without turning anyone away due to financial concerns.

My basic rate is $100/hour for individual sessions and $150 for workshops.

Please let me know if you would like to discuss another form of energy exchange.