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I take what nourishes, I leave what drains. My spirit knows the difference like rivers know the rain. Indigenous practitioners, rootworkers, somatic healers, and mystics teach that healing moves in cycles: contraction and expansion quiet and expression solitude and connection Your body, your energy, your intuition—they all carry old intelligence.They do not respond well to […]
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