Kim Hermanson's Blog, page 27

Showing up in your fullness… to dance with Spirit

My work is not only to help my clients flourish and be their fullest selves in this world. It’s to help my clients discover their unique relationship with Spirit….the unique way that Spirit wants to work with them.

Our ultimate assignment… is to become Spirit’s dance partner.

But in order to be that dance partner, we have to be our full selves. We have to show up as an equal to dance with Spirit.

We don’t just snap our fingers to become Spirit’s dance partner. It takes inner work and a shifting of our energy to align with our spiritual growth. I’ve worked with hundreds of clients over the years and what shows up from the intelligent field is always the Source vibration that they most need to bring them into their fullness. Here are the most common:

GOOD FORM: We need to develop a strong, sturdy sense of self with good boundaries. Good form is how you hold yourself in the world…the ability not to become unraveled by events or circumstances. A client was going through a scary divorce with a domineering husband. She needed to learn how to hold GOOD FORM in the meetings with her husband and their lawyers.

Where do you need better form?

GOOD SENSE OF SELF, CLARITY, DEFINITION: A sense of knowing who we are in this world and what we are here to offer. Many people come to me because they want to launch a business or creative work that represents them, their true selves. This of course, requires clarity and definition. And women who have spent many years as mothers come to a point when their children are grown and they realize they need to develop a better sense of self. Clarity and definition can start with simple things: “I like this, I don’t like that” “this is OK with me, this is not OK with me” “I will go in this direction and not in that direction.”

Where do you need to set a boundary or be more clear?

WHOLENESS: an ownership of the lost pieces of our lives. For myself, I spent most of my adult life dismissing my mystical and visionary experiences, including three intense shamanic initiations. I was too scared to look at this part of my life and too timid to acknowledge that I was being called to work on Spirit’s behalf. I’ve also spent many years developing the creative part of me, and dismissing the business woman and academic. WHOLENESS required me to own these lost and dismissed parts of myself.

What parts of your life or what inner passions do you need to own and embrace?

RIGHT SIZE: many of us, especially women, have been too small in this world, while some of us think of ourselves as too big.  Being arrogant or having a big ego are examples of being too big, but being too big also happens when we have an outsized view of what we can accomplish at any given time. For example, sometimes I work with therapists or counselors who have way too many clients. They need to realize they can’t help that many people.

Have you been hiding, do you need to be bigger? Or… for right now, does it feel right to pull back and not be so big?

Although the Source vibrations of STURDY SENSE OF SELF, GOOD FORM, CLARITY, DEFINITION, WHOLENESS, and RIGHT SIZE are the most common, there are numerous other energies that may arrive, such as: LIGHTNESS, EXPANSIVENESS, STILLNESS, FREEDOM, FLOW, ROOTEDNESS, STRENGTH, DEPTH, an INNER FOCUS, GENTLENESS, REST, CREATIVE FIRE, EROTIC and so on.

 

Many of my clients don’t tend to view themselves as equal to Spirit. And of course, when we’re hurting, we may need to curl up in the womb of the Loving Mother for awhile.

But the ultimate goal of your life is not to be a passive receiver. It’s to be a sacred co-conspirator.

Sometimes, a person’s Spirit teacher, guide or power animal shows up… but these spirit teachers come only when the client is ready to meet them as an equal. In my work, these guides don’t come to help, heal or protect you. They come to meet you in your full strength… so you can meet them in theirs.

That’s when brilliance happens.

Yearning for a Deeper Connection… with Spirit

As I get older, I find myself yearning more and more for depth… and a deeper alignment with Spirit. It’s all I care about. It’s all I want.

I don’t want to be distracted by anything that takes me away from that connection (crazy political news, my own insecurities or confused thinking, poor habits, …)

I don’t want to waste my time. I want my precious energy to be immersed in sacred things.

I want to fully embody my life and share my gifts on this planet.

If you feel that way too, I hope you’ll join me for this special upcoming shamanic pilgrimage in December.

Let’s end the year in a sacred place.

For more info or to register: https://www.kimhermanson.com/events/

Sacred Alignment: Entering the Realm of Non-Ordinary Knowing

It’s an intense time in our world… and the only real response is for each of us to clearly align with our own spiritual core. So I hope you’ll join me for a unique online experiential journey: Sacred Alignment: Entering the Realm of Non-Ordinary Knowing.

There will be two sessions: Fridays October 23rd and October 30th, from 10 am – 12 pm PDT (1 pm – 3 pm EDT / 6 pm – 8 pm BST). Sessions will include the opportunity for individual work with me, as well as handouts. (Recordings of the sessions will be available for those who can’t make it in person.)

The early bird rate of $59 ends Wednesday October 5th , so if you’d like to attend, please sign up today!

Now is the time to be doing deep work. If you’ve been haunted by a vision, if there’s something you’re too afraid to look at, if you feel inadequate for the healing work that’s claimed you, if your current spiritual practice is not connecting you with your own sacred wisdom, please join us.  It’s time to honor the call. Everything else is noise and distraction. 

To register:  https://www.kimhermanson.com/events/

This course will be on zoom, more information is below. Please email me if you have any questions!

SACRED ALIGNMENT: Entering the Realm of Non-Ordinary Knowing

Fridays October 23rd and 30th  

10 am – 12 pm PDT  (1 pm – 3 pm EDT/ 6 pm – 8 pm BST)

Early bird rate: $59 until October 5th ($83 after that)

* includes recordings, the opportunity for individual work with Kim + handouts

Click here to register:  https://www.kimhermanson.com/events/

We humans are brilliant when we’re aligned with Something greater than ourselves.

And no matter how much we push, intend and effort, it’s clear that we don’t often have all the answers that we seek.

But Something else does.

In this course we open third space—a field of potent Source energies and powerful intelligence that is not of this world. These Source energies are deeply transformative, and aligning with them requires that we open a ‘third’ channel of knowing. For each participant, the activation of these energies will be unique.

Only this realm knows what you need for your whole life to change.

As you anchor in this vibrational field, you’ll discover new spaces of possibility, as well as a flow, grace, ease, strength and clarity that you didn’t know was so readily available.

Experience peace, spiritual openness and deep trust.
Uncover the core vibration that wants to be set in motion.
Discover inner resources & possibilities that can’t be revealed any other way.

This course is not designed for those who float on the surface of creativity and spirituality… it’s for people who are committed to depth.

If something deep is nudging you, if you have a gift you’re scared to step into but know you must, if you’ve been haunted by a vision, if you’re resisting a call from Spirit because it feels way too big, please join us.  Some of us need strong connection with Spirit to do the pioneering work we’ve been called to do, and now is the time to make that connection.

This realm is calling you.

Click here to register:  https://www.kimhermanson.com/events/

Staying Present as I Engage With the Unknown

I hold my pen and engage with the unknown. I have to be present to move with Spirit. I can’t get ahead of myself. I can just be in the moment, and make decisions as I go.

Your Dance is Fiercer … than the Fire

“I am dancing and the fire is near me. I’m afraid of it, but I know my dance is more important. My dance is fiercer than any fire. I will keep dancing even if I am consumed in flames. I will use my terror of the fire to fuel me…it will only make my dance fiercer. This is not about the fire, this is about the dance. And I will keep dancing.”

No matter what is happening in your external world, you have a dance that’s yours to express.

Your dance is fiercer than any fire.

If you’re overwhelmed, unclear, or not getting things done…. BE a SQUARE

Creative, spiritually-oriented folks have absolutely no problem coming up with new visions and wildly wonderful creative ideas. But manifesting those ideas, or simply losing that frickin’ 10 pounds….

Not so easy.

As a creative person, I don’t need more ideas. I need discipline, definition and clarity.

I need square energy.

Let’s take a moment and tap into it. Close your eyes and imagine a square… it has clear, defined lines and sharp corners. It knows exactly how long its edges are, exactly where it will turn to make its four precise, 90-degree turns.

There is no fuzziness here. The square is not wobbly, it’s not unsure, it’s not meandering, it’s not in “flow.” The square can’t be pushed around, it’s not at risk of losing its shape. It’s solid.

Unfortunately, many of my clients tell me they dislike squares. Squares feel too masculine, to linear, and too regimented. They like circles and spirals, not squares.

But if you’re having trouble getting things done or making decisions, if you’re in overwhelm or simply need to set some boundaries with yourself or others, you need square energy.

This isn’t about imposing rigid structure on yourself. Most of us have tried that and failed. It’s about working with an inner Source energy. It’s energy you can actually feel that’s coming from Something greater than you. 

Spirit can provide you with good form… sturdy inner form.

How do you experience this Source energy?  Don’t simply “think” square or visualize the square… BE the square.

You ARE a clearly defined square. You are sturdy, you can’t be pushed around, you are well defined and solid.

You are a square.

 

To build anything, we need clarity, definition and good form. To overcome health issues, we need discipline. To have healthy and happy relationships, we need clear boundaries. Square energy is absolutely essential in this world.

It’s time to embrace your inner square.

Our safety lies in another intelligence

Late last fall was the first time I heard it. A very clear, distinct voice that sometimes spoke to me multiple times per day: “Don’t worry, Kim. You’re going to be fine.”

 I couldn’t figure this out—I frequently get messages from the Other side but they always relate to something. This time, I didn’t have a clue why I was hearing this message. My only thought was that the cancer I had a few years ago had returned, but I kept asking if I should get myself checked out medically, and the answer was always no.

After months of hearing this voice, in February of this year it became clear: the voice was reassuring me in advance about the pandemic.

I tuned in for a Doorway session, and something big, dark and foreboding showed up:

Something doesn’t look good. It’s heavy and there’s no movement. There’s something that’s blocking everything else out. There’s no breathing room.

The healing energy was expansiveness and it said:

Don’t go into the heaviness. You need to be expansiveness, it’s the only place where you’ll be safe. Step back. Don’t try to fix anything. Be expansiveness. This is beyond what you can know right now. Let God do it.

We humans think we need external things in order to be safe and that’s not true.

Our safety lies within us. It lies in another intelligence.

Your Sacred Containers

[image error]A bubble has space inside it. The bubble is a container—it contains space. A photograph is also a container—it contains an image, a moment in time. A sentence is a container — it contains a thought.

If we don’t have a way to contain something, it doesn’t exist. Magic potions are only potions because they’ve been contained in a bottle.

Rather than wonder what you might want to write about, or what your next step is, or how to solve that issue at work, or how to grow your business, why don’t you wonder about your container instead?

You can make any kind of container that you’d like—it can be big or small, round or square, it could even be a triangle or something with a unique shape. It’s your container, so make sure it pleases you.

Psychologist Charles Johnston said:

I spend a lot of time taking stock of and care of the containers I’ve created for my life: the physical places where I work and where I live, the commitments that define the relationships in my life, the kinds of things I choose to do. I find that, to a remarkable degree, if I just care well for the containers, what happens within them takes care of itself, growing and unfolding in ways that surprise and gratify… Things absolutely cannot grow unless they are in their own supportive environment. This means that you must grow a form that’s nourishing of what you want to create.

 

Most of us spend so much time worrying about things and contents, getting lost in whatever is happening in the moment. But the container is what’s sacred.

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” Maya Angelou

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”

~Maya Angelou

Einstein’s guiding principle: “Is this beautiful?”

Many scholars have noted how Einstein sought beauty in his theoretical work.

“As soon as an equation seemed to him to be ugly, [Einstein] really rather lost interest in it and could not understand why somebody else was willing to spend much time on it. He was quite convinced that beauty was a guiding principle in the search for important results in theoretical physics.” ~ Hermann Bondi, Einstein’s colleague