November 22, 2020

Are We Living Our Best Lives?

We can only know if we are willing to be IN our lives rather than continuously trying to "escape" them... 

Be here with me, in the Truth.

Practices to support your life View this email in your browser image by me, on Instagram - follow me there for more like this (above) and that (below) :) ESCAPING Having opportunities to “escape” life, moments to leave the difficulties of our conditions, time to “be away from it all” is important. It can give a chance to rest and reset, to remember an experience of ourselves, a way of being and feeling that we often feel is inaccessible in the lives that we live. A feeling that we think our lives actually KEEP us from experiencing.  Our modes of escaping can be healthy or unhealthy; the frequency and/or duration of our escapes can vary.  But the thing is, we always return. We always come back to those conditions. We always have life awaiting our return. And thank goodness. Here’s the thing, escaping our lives only teaches us how to be in relationship to what’s NOT, what doesn’t exist or is fleeting. It teaches us to, distinctly, only feel at ease, expansive, free when NOT in the thick of our lives. But, again, life’s waiting for us on the other side. And that “reentry” can actually cause more friction, more suffering than before we “left.” Learning how to be in relationship with what IS, with reality itself, means we can be in our lives rather than wishing to escape them. We can learn to work, inwardly, to undo and dissolve the material that keeps us wanting to move away from rather than toward our life, toward Life itself. Open invitation stands for you to join one of my weekly Meditation & Coaching groups...   ✨Meditation & Coaching Groups✨ In these weekly groups, we explore, by way of meditation, our inner experiences as human beings. We have a chance to learn about how we’ve been conditioned/patterned over time and in relationship to life. Through awareness-based coaching tools & practices, we also have the chance to begin to undo the unconscious parts of ourselves that have us operating in a state of unrecognized reactivity to life.  The support and presence of a group of committed peers helps guide individuals in personal growth and transformation. *No prior meditation experience necessary* When: Dec-Feb (12 weeks) Tuesdays 4-5pm  OR  Thursdays, 4-5pm Where: wherever you are! All sessions will meet via Zoom Limited to 12 people* Cost: $225 Download more info here or email me to register! *these groups are ongoing and have some individuals in them already - additional spots will be given out on a first-come-first-serve basis (if both groups fill, I will explore adding another to my schedule)   -------------------------- INTERVIEW WITH GRATISFIED I was so honored to have been invited for an interview with Sara McGlothlin of Gratisfied (and who also happens to be a long time client of mine). In this interview we dive into all things life-coaching, wellness, how to know if we are living our best lives and what that even means! This was truly a lovely experience and I appreciated having the chance to answer some great questions and share more about this work that I love so much. I hope you can find some time to watch and/or listen. And reach out with any questions! And, if you haven't yet tried Gratisfied bars, you really should - they're incredible and one of my go-to more-than-a-protein bars. --------------------------     Join me over on Patreon for all of my yoga & meditation offerings!  Each week I release: 🔅a 5-15 min guided meditation 🔅a 10-20 min short yoga practice 🔅a 1 hour long yoga practice AND you have full access to all previously released recordings! Pick a tier that fits your needs best - super flexible, super easy! Would love for you to join me there! More info below or just visit Patreon.com/ellieburke   -------------------------- Last but certainly not least, I hope you find some time over the next couple of days to truly and deeply recognize all that you have, all that you are, and all that you get to experience in this life time. We have so much to be thankful for. I include all of you in my list. , Ellie Share Share Forward Copyright © 2019, Ellie Burke, LLC, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list "Until we make the unconscious conscious it directs our life and we call it fate." {Carl Jung}

“If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.” {James Baldwin}