Light Body Yoga

New Paradigms for Self-Healing

by Shannon Port

In the tradition in which I study we talk a lot about self-healing and the regeneration of the soul. I am only now beginning to understand by a glimpse of my own healing process how profound the journey of self-healing is; it goes beyond what can be felt and seen by the five senses and into the realm of the unseen; for it is often the unseen forces which rule your life and cause you to act unconsciously choosing over and over again those things which cause you pain and suffering.

Self-healing means to look at oneself with total compassion and to see where you have chosen to move towards pain and darkness and then to send love to those fragments of yourself and choose again, replacing the old paradigm with a new paradigm. In the process of self-healing you learn to accept your shortcomings as a human being and appreciate your perfection as a soul. The goal of the journey is to awaken and manifest the power of your soul within your human psyche and body. This is ultimately the opening of your glorious and heavenly heart center. This is GRACE in its most realized form.

Self-healing is not required. At different checkpoints in your life you may be given the opportunity to heal at which point it is left up to your free will to choose it or pass on it. The more times you pass on healing, the deeper your denial becomes and the more pain and suffering you take on to be healed at a later time. The day you choose to heal is the day  you choose to consciously evolve. This is the day you begin to wake up and "Know thyself."

Self-healing means to come into the totality of your being; to claim all the lost fragments of self and bring them into ONE SELF. In doing this work you shine the light on every aspect of your being and hide nothing. You become a transparent being of light. There is nothing left to fear and no part of yourself that remains hidden.

The choice to heal can come only from love; a deep courageous and profound love that desires to receive the gift of Wisdom.

Wisdom shines her light on anyone who earnestly seeks to know the truth. The pain of denial by far outweighs the labor of love that it takes to journey into self-healing.

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"Oh My Beloved.."

I had the most amazing experience seeing Snatam Kaur in her Celebrate Peace concert this month in Philadelphia.

If you have the chance to see her in concert in 2008 please don't miss the opportunity.

She is unifying people all over the world with her divine voice. She teaches the power of chanting and music to take us beyond our differences and into our oneness with each other and the Divine. The experience is heart-opening.

Stroke of Insight

Jill Bolte Taylor: My Stroke of Insight

Brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor shares an inspiring and personal story about her first hand experience  discovering the right hemisphere of her brain through a stroke.

from: TED: Ideas Worth Sharing

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229

Breathe. Believe. Receive.

by Shannon Port

Close your eyes and take a deep breath in through your heart center and as you do so focus on what it is you want right now. Believe in it and feel it, and then exhale your breath slowly and RECEIVE what you desire from deep within your own being.

Start working with the practice of receiving and Mother Shakti will begin to reveal Her secrets to you. The art of manifesting is the art of receiving. One can only know this through personal experience.

The world will open up and show you a different kind of power that lives deep within your own being when you start to listen and receive the cosmic intelligence that lives in each moment.

There have been those who say that it is impossible to be in the moment and I assure you that they have never had the experience of being there themselves. It takes a deep desire to
be there and a willingness to listen. In our action-oriented world we have given little importance to the art of listening and receiving. The truth is that our world has become so noisy that few people know how to listen anymore. The noise is creating all kinds of problems for us. When we cease to listen to our bodies, we become ill. When we let our minds become overloaded and overstimulated with noise we become drained of energy and depressed.

Rejuvenation and healing begins with listening. All right-action arises out of receptivity. This is the age of the arising of the feminine. Those who have the ears and the heart and mind to hear will discover these secrets through their own creative experience. They will discover that receptivity and listening will open the door to a new world; a world where your intuition and creative self join forces to manifest all that your soul desires.

To be present in the moment is to have the power to access the creative intelligence of the Universe to bring in whatever the moment calls for. That very intelligence lives within us. We are creative beings and our most expansive state of consciousness comes from being completely immerged in the present moment. Many great athletes, artists and musicians will attest to this whole-heartedly. Often times musicians and athletes report not having to think about what they are doing or worry about their next note or next play because it simply arises out of the moment that they are in.


This is the beginning of a series of writings I am working on about receptivity and the feminine teachings.

Breathe. Believe. Receive.

by Shannon Port

Close your eyes and take a deep breath in through your heart center and as you do so focus on what you want right now. Believe in it and feel it, and then exhale your breath slowly and RECEIVE what you desire from deep within the well of your own being.

Start working with the practice of receiving and Mother Shakti will begin to reveal Her secrets to you. The art of manifesting is the art of receiving. One can only truly discover this through his or her own personal experience.

The world will open up and show you a different kind of power that lives deep within you when you start to listen and receive the cosmic intelligence that lives in each moment.

There have been those who say that it is impossible to be in the moment and I assure you that they have never had the profound, perception-altering experience of being there themselves. It takes an unwavering desire to
be there and a willingness to listen. In our action-oriented world we have given little importance to the art of listening and the feminine act of receiving. The truth is that our world has become so noisy that few people know how to listen anymore. The noise is creating all kinds of problems for us. When we cease to listen to our bodies, we become ill. When we let our minds become overloaded and overstimulated with noise we become drained of energy and depressed. As a result we fail to participate creatively in the world around us and this leads to a world that is out of balance.

Rejuvenation and healing begins with listening. All right-action arises out of receptivity. This is the age of the arising of the Feminine. Those who have the ears and the heart and mind to hear will discover these secrets through their own creative experience. They will discover that receptivity and listening will open the door to a new world; a world where your intuition and creative self join forces to manifest all that your soul desires.

To be present in the moment is to have the power to access the creative intelligence of the Universe to bring in whatever the moment calls for. That very intelligence lives within us. We are creative beings and our most expansive state of consciousness comes from being completely immerged in the present moment. Many great athletes, artists and musicians will attest to this whole-heartedly. Often times musicians and athletes report not having to think about what they are doing or worry about their next note or their next play because it simply arises out of the moment that they are in.



This is the beginning of a series of writings on receptivity and the Feminine Teachings by Shannon Port.

Shannon can be contacted by e-mail at: shannon@iamlight.com

The True Entrepreneur

by Shannon Port

The feminine quality of receptivity has been largely misunderstood and overlooked in our culture today. We tend to praise things like competitiveness, assertiveness, physical strength, wealth, aggression, material success, and all things aimed outward; all things that seek to establish power, wealth and status or the illusion there of.

The only problem with all things aimed outward is that they are the source of neither wisdom nor happiness. They often create a momentary illusion of happiness and then turn quickly to a  downward spiraling of depression and or self-destructive behavior. When one seeks only to acquire things on the outside, those very things become the source of their inner poverty. In order to keep up the illusion of happiness, you have to keep on going and keep on acquiring more and more; whether it be fame, wealth or power.  The true entrepreneur seeks the wealth that comes from the opening and receiving of the wisdom that comes from within; the wisdom that comes from the feminine qualities of listening and receptivity. These are the qualities that produce the creativity of your soul which will bring you true happiness and true success.

In our world today we have a growing crisis of depression. How often do you find people who have found material success and status and at the very same time suffer from deep anxiety and depression. This is so common that we tend to believe it is normal; to have both success and depression at the same time.

There has become such a compulsion to act and a resistance to listen to what is coming from within. It is almost as if hearing what is coming from within will cause more pain; or perceived pain. The voice from within may contradict the need to keep on going and keep on acquiring and that would be counter to our most praised beliefs of bigger, better, faster, richer, more successful. It has become easier to dull the voice from within with self-destructive patterns of behavior than to listen and hear the whisperings of your soul. The truth has gotten lost in the game and been replaced with pills and illusions of happiness.

The beauty of the physical world is that we are meant to enjoy all the fruits of our talents and success. The material world is rich with opportunities to advance the evolution of our consciousness when we learn to balance doing and acquiring with sincere listening and receptivity. To be receptive is to listen to what is coming from deep within yourself as well as to listen to what is coming from those around you; your loved ones, your friends, your community and your world.

One of my teachers often reminds us, "sex, money and power all end with your last breath."

The only thing that goes with you when you leave this earth is the consciousness you create in your lifetime.

That is your true legacy and the real measure of lasting wealth and happiness.

*quote by Joseph Michael Levry

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Freedom

First, speak the truth.

Then, you can seek the truth.

And only then will you be the truth.

Indeed, the truth

will set you free.