Loving Our Bodies – Laughing Medicine Woman

October 3, 2026October 3, 2026

These Days…

A common phrase, a point in time… a song title by Jackson Browne… The phrase, These Days, and the melody of Jackson’s song play through my mind in the background of my day like a soft guidance to explore further… Explore what, I wonder? Listening to Jackson Browne’s lyrics, it is a sad song–a song of regret and loss… of lost opportunities and loves. A very sad song… and… a theme that also played in my mind over these past eight years of living through and healing a failing liver. I understand this sad song. And yet, why would my inner guidance system suggest I reflect on these painful feelings that I have endeavored so wholeheartedly to let go from my suffering mind? I have an answer now, and I’d like to share it with you, Friend…

A song about reflection that focuses on a painful past… I like to call that “ruminating.” With an autistic brain, ruminating is one of my strengths. With a nervous system that loops like a labyrinth through the brain, my capacity to “search deeply” into past experiences to better understand the pain and hurt I experienced there… well, I’m really, really good at that 😛 It took me quite a few years–and a late diagnosis of autism, however–to realize this pattern of thought was causing illness AND prohibiting recovery in the body. This practice and the ‘art of ruminating’ was actually making my body weaker and less likely that I could heal. Jackson Browne’s song reveals an opening for me to discover how ruminating can be used to build a new pattern, a new way of being in a new world, from the same premise of reflection. Let’s explore that…

February 8, 2018May 28, 2018

Ahnalira’s Detox Protocol

How do you know that a detox protocol is a good idea for you? When you have a health goal that seems stalled regardless of your effort, chances are the biochemistry of your body is compromised by environmental toxins, heavy metals, and/or pathogens. If you have a chronic health condition that compromises your vitality, it’s likely your body needs help detoxifying the debris from daily metabolism. If, like me with autoimmune hepatitis and autoimmune encephalitis, you find yourself in the midst of a health crisis…detoxification may be your lifejacket back to shore.

For me, the process of discovery led me through at least 50 hours of medical lectures and conferences to develop an understanding of how I could detoxify my severely compromised body safely. This is what I learned…and am learning ; >) Continue reading “Ahnalira’s Detox Protocol”

April 19, 2015April 19, 2015

Loving Our Bodies Means Feeling Safe

Let’s talk science for a moment. Proven fact: every emotion solicits hormones and neurotransmitters to evoke a host of chemical actions. The blood fills with these “chemical feelings” and every cell in the body “reads” the chemical message to determine their course of action.

Of course, the cells cannot extrapolate one kind of fear from another. The chemicals don’t tell them whether a predatory animal is attacking or whether there isn’t enough money in the bank to cover the mortgage payment. The message is the same. On the level of biochemical interaction, so is the response in the body.

And it’s a good response. It’s kept our species alive through the ages. It’s an appropriate response to a life-threatening situation. However, when anxiety/fear becomes an emotional norm–when angst of one form or another is the steady stream of chemicals flowing through our blood to direct cellular activity–then our bodies never get the opportunity to restore and regenerate. Never feel safe to take care of their needs. Inevitably, dis-ease results. Continue reading “Loving Our Bodies Means Feeling Safe”

April 4, 2015August 3, 2015

Loving Our Bodies–The Lessons of Healing

My new theme for all the writing here is: Come live in the rainbow with me, friends, and become the full spectrum light you are. And, as usual, it’s through my personal journey of becoming that I gather these words to share.

To catch everyone up:

I traveled to Casa de Dom Inacio seven times over the course of four years. When I made my prayer requests for the healing of physical conditions (type 1 diabetes, spinal injuries, and hepatitis C) before every spiritual intervention, I didn’t fully understand that what I would receive from the entities there would be emotional and spiritual healings (see: Reflections from John of God) rather than the immediate release from physical imbalances. OK…so that’s not exactly true–hepatitis C went into remission after the second visit, and my insulin requirements went down by half over the course of all the visits. It was, however, during the next to last visit to the Casa, when the entity, Dr. Augusto, told me to get lab work done (see: Final Day of Trip 6) that I began my journey of healing the physical body. Continue reading “Loving Our Bodies–The Lessons of Healing”

February 5, 2011March 1, 2011

Fun and Easy Personality Game

OK, here we go.. First off, pick one of these shapes:

square triange circle squiggle

The shape you pick… the one that just popped out at you and into your head (without knowing it’s meaning; >) represents your core values. There is often another shape that you will resonate to when you hear its description; this would be your secondary shape. Continue reading “Fun and Easy Personality Game”

October 14, 2010April 3, 2011

Sanctuary for the Divine – Physical Well-being Re-defiined

self esteem, physical well being, law of attraction, ho'oponopono

Our bodies are sanctuaries for the Divine. I read that yesterday, and it stopped my mind in its tracks.

That’s a good thing.

I’ve tended to think of my body and other peoples’ bodies, as I believe most of us do, in terms of function and size and shape; measuring always how it could do better, look better, feel better. For most of my Life experience, how I measured myself to this criteria determined my sense of esteem and confidence on this playground called Earth.

My body is a sanctuary for the Divine. Continue reading “Sanctuary for the Divine – Physical Well-being Re-defiined”