Author Archives: Barbara Blum

This is mystical work.Then again, this is a mystical world.And it’s ok if you don’t understand it–this world, the mysticism, life. To be honest, often times I don’t really understand it either.But what life will keep asking of you, is that you allow yourself the grace of stepping into the unknown.To entertain possibilities you couldn’t […]

I’d like to speak for a moment about authenticity. The idea of stepping into authenticity is a theme that keeps coming up over and over again – for so many of the people I meet and work with, but also for me personally.  So when something seems to be heavy in the collective, I like […]

When emotions blind you. When the stories of the mind run amok. When the wisdom-body is ignored. When the energy is scattered and misdirected…  We contract.We become out of sorts. Out of balance. Out of alignment. When we find these aspects of our being falling out of harmony, we invariably stumble, trip, and fall.  Repeatedly.  Maybe you have felt and […]

And more importantly, how does one go about it? I’ve spent a million lifetimes – in just this single incarnation – trying to perfect some ill-conceived ideology of what self-mastery means. Many Masters have walked this earth, sharing their loving essence and their teachings of divine love, emanating a deep understanding of this state as […]

For a moment, breathe deeply with me. Rich, full inhales. Slow, elongated exhales.  Without our breath, there is no life… and this statement moves far beyond our physical aspect. My dedicated years as a yogi have taught me that learning to breathe deeply and intentionally is a foundational aspect not just of physical life, but of […]

Originally Published April 2018 There are moments when you just know you’ve landed some place magical, and I am at precisely such a place. I arrive here having traveled the lush forested land through what my driver tells me is an unusually powerful thunderstorm, and I believe that natural intensity was a foreshadowing of things […]

Originally published January 17, 2017 Revisiting India, the Land of Beautiful Intensity.Just over a year ago, I spent a month by myself in India, traveling to different cities, seeking as much cultural, historical and spiritual experience as possible. It was, without a doubt, one of the most difficult things I have ever done… being alone […]

Originally published July 7, 2018 What if the vibration from your own voice had the power to heal you? Yes, I know… it sounds a little science fiction-ish, but the truth of the matter is, there’s some pretty substantial and ever-mounting evidence pointing towards the power contained in our own voice. If you’re anything like […]

Discernment. This endeavor is at the root of the yogic and many other ancient practices. To practice discernment one must be so tuned in, so aware of your body, your breath, your mind – at every moment – that you are able to accurately assess what, if anything, is actually needed in any given moment.  […]

You, dear one, are meant to bloom. To find your fullest expression. Like every flower that springs from the earth, the opening of your gift will be its own process and will unfold in its own time. So much of life is spent as a constricted promise of something beautiful to come… a tight bud, a […]