Inner Alchemy blog

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Soul Karen Johnson Soul Karen Johnson

Trauma from your Mother’s Womb

From the time of conception up until our birth, all that happens to us within the quality of our womb atmosphere, has instructed us about life, relationships and our family of origin.

From the time of conception up until our birth, all that happens to us within the quality of our womb atmosphere, has instructed us about life, relationships and our family of origin.

Memories or experiences are stored as vibrational imprints.  Because of this imprinting we develop our own unique view of the world. These imprints shape how we interact, positive or negative.   Our early imprints, whether preverbal, ancestral or collective, get in the way of welcoming in our embodied self. 

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Soul Karen Johnson Soul Karen Johnson

Ancestral Trauma Healing

The idea that trauma is passed from generation to generation has always resonated.  Everywhere I look, I see the legacy and repetition of trauma acting out.  I feel the heaviness of what was not acknowledged.  A deep need to meet what wasn’t met at different times in our history.  I feel the earth suffering from what we cannot feel.  Unresolved trauma disrupts every aspect of life.   

We are the sum of our experience uniquely defined by our memories. Our life flows where we are integrated and balanced.  Often a simple object or incident summons up a recollection:  it can be the door to a forgotten past.  There are places within us that we do not want to own but still they keep showing up in our relationships and circumstances.   

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Body Karen Johnson Body Karen Johnson

VOOing – Slow Down to Move Forward

There is a beauty and perhaps bravery in slowing down.  We live in a fast-moving world, constantly on the run, plugged into our phones, sleep deprived, often in a constant state of fight or flight.  What if by slowing down you improved the quality of your life, relationships and overall wellbeing.

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