A Four Chambers of the Heart Reading of yourself is a wonderful way to get to know yourself better so that you can live from empowered awareness. I learned this technique from my teacher, Sonia Choquette, and it is one of my favorite forms of self-care.

The 4 quadrants of the heart, the upper right, the upper left, the lower right, and the lower left each hold the energy for a different aspect of our being.

The upper left chamber of the heart is the wise heart. The upper right chamber of the heart is the inner child heart. The lower right chamber of the heart is the inner adult heart. The lower left chamber of the heart is the courageous heart.

 THE WISE HEART

Reading the wise heart chamber, the upper left chamber, allows you to look at all of life from the perspective of your soul or higher self. Once you are in a centered meditative space ask this heart chamber to tell you about all of the challenges you have experienced over the course of your life. See those challenges from...

Our authentic selves and our inner child are intertwined within us and form a powerful role in the subconscious part of our minds.

If you have been distanced from your authentic self or inner child, the wounds you carry may be deep but it is important to know that you can do the healing work to find your way home.

The deeper work of healing your inner child.

We all have an inner child.

As children, we have core needs  to be seen, to be heard, and to have the space to be and authentically express ourselves. If, as children, our needs were not met, we can be wounded and then grow to carry that wounding within ourselves. Much of the work that we do to heal our inner child is to heal the wounding that occurred as a result of unmet needs. However, the inner child is within us and calls to be recognized whether our childhood needs are met or unmet. The inner child has positive attributes as well as difficult attributes which call to be explored.

Inner child work involves...