A Word on Cultivating Conscious Relationships

The strongest and most important relationship you can pour into, is the one with yourself. And, get this... there is a place you can go, to access healing that is limitless…. 

It’s inward. 

And not a detached, retreating, fleeing inward. But a fully embodied, aware & conscious path to deep authentic truths, innate wisdom and feminine magick that resides within you. 

Now, I get it. Years ago if I ready that, I prob would have immediately deleted this email and said

“yeah… I don't think I can do that.”

We all heal differently and at our own pace. 

So, If inward from the jump feels too intimidating for you right now, and sitting with self sends your thoughts racing…any practice of presence will guide you to a more conscious life. 

“Emily!? What kind of practices?!”  

I am so glad you asked. 

Anything that is not laced in productivity or expectation, preferably something that allows you to find a flow state and drops you down into your body and out of your head. It does not need to look like seated meditation, or a deep shamanic channeling, nor does it have to be inside the walls of Thrive. We just happen to know what has worked for about 150 women that have walked through our doors in the last 2 years we have been open.

Movement! We welcome you!

One of my favorite practices in living a conscious life is through movement. Sensual movement and dance to be exact… Feminine activating, intuitive, listen to your body, non linear movement to be specific, in a supportive and energetically aligning space. After all, it’s hard to get into any kind of vibe or mood when you’ve got emails looming and puppy chew toys and kids socks strewn about, and all you can think about is the bag of garbage your partner just keeps forgetting to throw out lol. 

Enter the birth of Thrive. 

An energetically sacred space and cosmically connected environment for you to explore the edges of all that you've known and be taught by your greatest teacher… You. 

If you are open to it.

Let's talk about forced flow for a second.  

Forcing flow, or forcing the divine feminine/ feminine embodiment, with a masculine energetic approach is going to honestly lead you to discouragement and frustration on this journey. 

What does that mean? 

So for example, if you come to the studio with the intention of conquering something, being hyper critical of pacing or trying to measure your success, you’re actually approaching your experience at the studio with more masculine energy, which is not bad inherently but not helpful in what our space can be for you…and in my experience, that negates the genius that purely exists within the definition of the feminine and the magick that feminine embodiment and flow truly is. 

Something to think about. 

Are you like this? Do you have a calculated expectation every time? Are you hard on yourself when it doesn’t happen? 

Another example; are you rushing to get somewhere in order to relax? Kind of a double negative, no?

How about your rest patterns. Are you really resting when you scroll through IG for a few hours…or, are you numbing. 

Do you avoid certain text messages when they roll on through? (Also, time and place for that of course, but examining your response to something like this, will provide you way more insight then pretending like it’s not there.)

To experience life as a conscious person, you do not need to force yourself to sit in silence or reflect on every moment all day long, because again that is going to completely deregulate your nervous system. (Something else to note, for a lot of us, stillness didn’t ever feel “safe”- which brings up the idea that “sitting with” can induce overwhelm, vs. the inherent need to go, and do and go some more, unconsciously floating through our existence.)

BUT, what we can do, is find curiosity in our patterns, our habits, our ticks and even our triggers too. 

And remember that we are the ones that can provide ourselves with that deep grounded, rooted safety within our own bodies, embodied healing and gratitude that allow us to soften in order to receive and be brave enough to question and observe. 

Dance is also one of my personal favorite ways to tap into all of this.

Layer self love to that curiosity, and thats a pretty good concoction for conscious living. 

When we are aware of the things we do have control over, I.e our own lives, sexuality and emotional sovereignty to name a few, the ripple effect trickles into how we interact with the world around us better known as our relationships. 

From there we can make healthy, mindful decisions about the life we want to live, who we want to be and how we want to show up in this world. 

And I think that sh*t is beautiful AND sexy.

XOXO Emily Rose