MEDITATION
ing these times it can feel
as though you have lost
the connection to the
light in your heart, and
you may feel abandoned
and alone. When you feel
disconnected it is easy to
get caught up in clever
goals and crafty plans
for how you think things
should look rather than
flowing with what the Divine brings to you.
“Our nature as awareness itself is in fact the ultimate holding environment. While we may not
always understand our
experience and while it
may never fit our ideas,
hopes, dreams and fantasies about the life we
were ‘meant to live’ we
can come to trust that it
is unfolding according to
a unique blueprint which
is emerging out of the unseen hand of love.”
- Matt Licata
In the midst of the uncomfortable moments, returning to the meditative
mind can reunite you with
the light and love within.
As painful as your feelings
and emotions may seem,
when you look at them
w ith pure awareness, you
can see that even the
pain is guiding you back
to the path of the heart.
My dear teacher, Chameli Ardagh, often reminds us that we don’t
need to make this all up.
I keep one of her quotes
hanging on my bulletin
board as a reminder not
to lose my connection to
the larger flow of life. She
says,
“So relax a little sister, this
is not all up to you.
In fact the more you can
let go of your agenda,
breathe a little deeper,
loosen the grip a bit, you
will begin to have a taste
of a deeper current running through you.”
Each moment, when
greeted with meditative
presence, has a message
for you. When you a slow
down, take a breath and
call your awareness back
into the present moment,
you allow space for your
feelings to reveal where
you may have been
pulled off course. By lean-
ing into the emotions and
feelings that are here in
this moment you allow life
to flow again. It is easier
to stop resisting and fighting with life when you
stay close to the physical
sensations of the feelings
themselves rather than
attaching them to your
favorite old stories or worn
out dramas. No feeling is
ever final, and when you
stay present and aware
you will see the feelings
flow with much more ease
and grace. It is from this
place of deep awareness
that you can tune into the
heart, receive inner guidance, and allow things to
come to you rather than
continually pushing to
make things happen.
Remember, you will never
be abandoned by the
unconditional love of the
Divine. The light in your
heart is always there, and
when you take the time
to reconnect with awareness to the meditative
mind you will always be
shown the way back to
love…. Always.
Amy Connor Pfaelzer is a Life Coach and founder of Sanctuary Life
Coaching. As a coach, Amy seeks to love, support and guide others
as they seek to reconnect with an authentic life lived from the heart.
Her coaching is inspired by her work with Awakening Coaching and
Awakening Women Institute. Amy is devoted to her practice of feminine
spiritual embodiment, yoga and meditation. Amy is a RYT-C yoga teacher
and holds a Master’s degree in Education. She is a facilitator of the
Radiant Child Yoga Program and leads children’s yoga teacher trainings
nationwide. You can connect with Amy at www.sanctuarylifecoaching.
com