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  M couldn’t get a good nights sleep, she had chronic fatigue and a lack of motivation. She went to bed exhausted but couldn’t stay asleep, waking up often from vivid dreams and then not being able to return to sleep. When she became almost psychotic from lack of sleep, M reached out to a physician who prescribed medications for her thyroid. The side effects made the condition worse and that was when she called me to ask the River for help.  As I have stated before, holistic health is a superior method to treat illnesses. I envision the day when patients sit in a circle with several practitioners of different specialties and the case is discussed, diagnosed, and treatments suggested from a variety of perspectives. Let’s imagine a therapy case study with a physician, physio therapist, pharmacist, psychotherapist and spiritual counselor.  This method leads to the primary cause and therefore is the path towards holistic healing, not just addressing symptoms, with all the a...

  This session continues with transcripts from the channeled fellowship called the River. This is a group of beings who gathered to give us teachings about how to heal and evolve. I hope this session about old and future anger is helpful. Please let me know in the comments. This was a powerful and prescient session because years later, I was invited to work in a pain clinic as a therapist. Through a plant medicine session, who later became a teacher for me also- I learned that my task was not so much to alleviate pain, but to help the patient find meaning in the pain. This is not from an attitude of ‘suck it up buttercup”, but a compassionate view of-given that in this moment your body is having these sensations, can we find a way to go back to the root of the pain? In my experience, cancer is usually linked with old anger. (See Julia Star’s Blog site https://longboatcounselling.blogspot.com/ for the article about my brush with cancer.) I find it interesting that the River l...

  This chapter is a compilation of questions from previous sessions with the River, who is a fellowship of beings who gather to channel information which is necessary and beneficial in these times. They describe their fellowship as composed of beings from the three worlds of the earth-inanimate, plant and animal, beings who have lived on earth but have passed on and beings who have never lived on earth, but have a loving relationship with our planet. I have done as little editing as possible with these teachings, to preserve the tone and cadence of their voice. I hope this is helpful for all my readers. Let me know if you have any further questions or comments.   Julia: I have a question about people or animals who lose parts of their bodies through surgery or traumas. River: Any organ in the body can be lost through surgery, misuse or by receiving the minds intent which denies the organ from being fully functioning. Although the organ is removed, the body treats it as...

  Based on over thirty years of work with veterans, first responders, and individuals facing illness and trauma, I have found this practice is essential before any meaningful conversation can begin. When I am practicing any kind of therapy with my patients, I always start with a somatic meditation, starting with a clearing breath using a longer out-breath followed by a grounding procedure, body scan, and central nervous system clearing.   I’m really doing charka clearing, although I don’t always describe it that way. Many people recognize what I’m doing and then we can discuss their experiences using more traditional terms. However, I explore the charkas in a flexible way, not assuming that we will find the conventional issues, colours or images as described by traditions such as Hindu yoga. I simply ask people to simply focus on the areas of their bodies where they feel emotional tension or unresolved trauma. Then we explore from there- exploring their interoception of se...

  The practice of life meditation centered on the solar plexus has been a deeply absorbing journey for me, extending over many years. Now, reflecting on this process some forty years after the original channeling from the fellowship of the River which I have written about before, I find myself drawn again to the River’s foundational instructions. This renewed focus continues to inspire me, inviting a return to the solar plexus as a core point of meditation. The solar plexus, as the River described, a place of a vast vortex inwards, but also outwards into connection with others. Through this meditation, I am transported into a state of peace—my mind becomes open, acutely aware, and attuned to a higher vibrational level of existence. I experience a profound sense of power rooted in this center. It is not a power exercised over the environment, objects, resources, or other people, but rather a profound connection to Source. This connection manifests as vitality and a sense of emptines...

  Following two weeks of practicing the Death meditation, and our discussion of its benefits, the River suggested I move on to a Life meditation. This meditation is the opposite of the Death Meditation but also the balancer and completion of the integration of life and death.  They suggested I start the life meditation by focusing on my knees. There are several reasons why they chose the knees. First of all, when I was six years old I was hit by a truck in my right knee which left me with a permanent limp. This injury affected me throughout my life, resulting in  flare ups into my hips and back and up into my shoulders and neck. Without my conscious knowledge, I have favoured the right side of my body all my life, and that lead to painful flare ups in my neck and shoulders. This injury caused many long years of agonizing migraines and flare ups. Awareness changes everything. Conscious aliveness is the first step to positive change. I have come to understand that knees rep...