Saraya Kirby, Coaching Client & BU Program Grad | Amber Hawken

Saraya Kirby, Coaching Client & BU Program Grad

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Like anything, healing or development of our spiri

Like anything, healing or development of our spiritual aspects can not only become a bypass for meeting ourselves more deeply beyond a self serving goal of reaching the promise of some kind of divinity or official teacher status.

It can become another loop we get stuck in that never ends and requires us to be in a perpetual state of dissatisfaction and discomfort with who and where we are.

Self-evaluation and self-criticism are, basically, neurotic tendencies which derive from our not having enough confidence in ourselves.

For deeper courage to unfold (requires for accepting the limitations of our human flaws) we need to surrender that neurotic quality of self and step out of fascination, step out of preconceived ideas and, if I may suggest something rather wild?

Love our fucking lives*.

May any practices and rituals come from a devotion to something beyond ourselves or our spiritual *gain* (alas, an oxymoron) and stand strong for the sheer respect of life itself in all of what it is right here and now — not what we’d rather wish it would be.

Feel the difference in your heart between the two.
1. Rituals and routines to strengthen your x, y and z.
2. Devotional practice as best as humanly possible from humility and gratitude for this miraculous opportunity at life.

Which opens your heart (and energy flow/strength) without limitation?

It’s time we brought back the reverence for the simple and pure purpose of reverence itself.

Else all our efforts simply eat away at the inherent joy, pleasure and life force alive in each moment.

In other words — don’t miss the point of living by trying to better yourself at the cost of presence and fulfilment of this very moment.

There are multiple caveats to this piece and one o

There are multiple caveats to this piece and one of them I’ve got a video coming which contradicts the use of techniques and questions our dependence on *methods* to move what we can ultimately meet with completely and total presence… but I’ll leave that one for another time.

This speaks to the half-assing and bypassing patterns of our humanity that wind us up overflowing with tools and drowning in powerlessness.

What are your thoughts? Let’s do a discussion 👇🏼

With love.

I’ve done my share of wild things in my time. Gr

I’ve done my share of wild things in my time. Growing a human being is supreme to it all. I said to @pope_ryan_ it feels like that 15km mark of a half marathon. It hurts but you’re stoked for making it this far. The end is in sight and presence at this point is crucial. I’ve relaxed into it now which means each new phase can be breathed in and allowed.

My vagina hurts. It actually hurts. Technically the pubic bones are getting rubbed and knocked off centre, but I find myself walking along and suddenly I’m cupping my yoni in the middle of the street to reduce the intense ache. Graceful right?

I’m waddling so well I wouldn’t be surprised if ducks started to greet me this week.

The nausea is far less but still present. Ryan has saved me by cooking meat twice a day to feed this vibrant Kung Fu dancer who never stops wriggling, and that significantly settle the sickness and boosts my energy. I CAN FINALLY EXERCISE.

By far the most challenging aspect (second only to every buried fear rearing it’s head first trimester) has been how sedentary I was to work with the nausea and migraines.

Sleep is great. Deep and restful. Red light therapy and little meditations each night are the slow wind down routines that have created a solid container to support rest.

The best part would be how connected Ryan and I are as a team. It’s so intuitive, generous, purposeful, loving and powerful. I’m so supported by him which means so is baby. This is everything (to me).

On a final note — we’ve had our closest friends and family go through a serious immunity building experience the last three weeks. We continue to remain thriving and well amidst the storm — I feel baby is very protected.

Fresh food cook ups, supplement drops and daily check ins have meant we’ve had our finger on the pulse of these tremendous initiations.

Most of all have been in complete service together to others who cannot do it themselves. Bonds have deepened all round. My love goes out to anyone moving through this upgrade too.

Tomorrow is the first day of the last weeks I serve before transitioning into spaciousness before birth.
I’ve never felt more belonging in my body and life.

Pulse check for 2021. Just ordered Italian take o

Pulse check for 2021.

Just ordered Italian take out, pouring a single glass of pink champagne and sitting down to colour in Australian animals after doing reflections for the previous year.

This is one of my favourite photos of this year. Sitting outside the sweat at a recent Alchemy retreat feeling the kicks of my growing baby as the women’s voices from the darkness metres away vibrated through my body.
 I have spent so much of this year offline and immersed in intimate and raw in person experiences both in business and self. So much so that I want to take some time to pause and honour before dumping my reflections into the gram feed.  Before I list a few hyper-summarised slabs of my heart in a single line below, I want to say thank you to every person I served and worked with.

From my THRILLS inc. women to Alchemy attendees and anyone in between. The level of healing and expansion I witnessed this year exceeds the combined efforts of the last decade. It was beyond an honour.

I was so incredibly inspired by my man, @pope_ryan_ my gosh what a man. You rocked your own world this year and it was such a gift to support you every step. Very literally at times. Second only to growing our child for seven of the previous twelve months. Creation with you is so vividly fulfilling and adventurous. I’ve never felt more held and alive at once.

Before I write a book, here a just a few stand out hyper summarised slabs of my heart that spring from the pages of my reflections:

Integrity is a form of wealth.

If you choose not to play in the playground but instead, stay safe, the playground becomes a hazard.

Surrender proceeds trust, not the other way.

If Devotion isn’t at the centre of the *toolkit*, self deception dominates.

The ultimate practice is no practice at all.

Grief is easier when it’s aligned.

Blueberries are very fucking expensive diet.

A woman’s body is nothing short of an exceptional miracle. This is the last year of my life as a maiden and it gives me goosebumps inside and out.

That’ll do.

Happy eve of the year that will be new tomorrow and will beckon us into the next phase of now.

Love me.

📸 @artiscomedia

MERRY CHRISTMAS, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE 🌊🎄

MERRY CHRISTMAS, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE 🌊🎄

For you to save and return to. Remember, it’s th

For you to save and return to. Remember, it’s the most simple that is most effective. You’re born with everything you need — time to relearn what we’ve lost and forgotten amidst the distraction and disconnection. Happy Bloody Holidays, loves 🧡 (third time lucky, I kept missing one slide)!

Did you need reminding? I figured we could all do

Did you need reminding?
I figured we could all do wth it.

Tension in the body creates resistance in life.

It depletes the system and strips us of the energy required to act in alignment.

If you’re finding yourself resisting, procrastinating, playing with thoughts, avoiding feelings, contacted, sulky or apathetic — come back to basics.

Mucho love 🧡

Time stamping this moment I never want to forget.

Time stamping this moment I never want to forget. I’m sitting in front of the women for December 2021 Alchemy retreat feeling the ending and beginning of the last time I’ll teach as maiden. The next, I’ll be mother.

Third retreat in a row and six months of growing our child @pope_ryan_ and it was the final day of four for the women.

A magnificent monstrous retreat for facilitators given the level of release, reclamation and nourishment this group experienced.

I remember feeling baby being so present — I could feel your every kick and couldn’t help but think you were the reason we could hold such a strong container those four days. One of the most solid we’ve ever required.

At the time, Ryan’s in Doomadgee with @adam_kavanagh_ and we’d only heard from him once. I was so honoured to be his woman and for him to be there, as dangerous and wild as it was.

I felt such a deep sense of belonging and purpose in that moment. There was no where else I’d rather have been. 100% full in my spirit and 99% empty in my tank. I was floating.

My dearest teaching alongside me and having pulled off a miracle at the venue by contrasting a temporary shala just 10 days prior (@aprilcarrett — we nailed it).

Just hours later from this shot, we were fully packed and as I closed the car door I burst into tears and the energy began shifting from holding to being held.

Baby wriggled all the way home, demanding salted chips, soda water and sleep.

What’s most surreal of all is just how much I look like my mother in thar very moment. I’ve forever been Dads mini but as life expands, I see her more and more.

Thank you @artiscomedia your skill is capturing essence. I’ll be forever grateful for this.

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