I’ve had the honor of doing intuitive readings for over five years and, while every session is unique, there’s a core question that keeps coming up over and over:

When I tuned into the energy of May, what came through was: sun star

Reiki is one of the core practices, along with the akashic records and sound, that I weave into all of my healing and creative work.

The more I’ve leaned into a healing vocation, the more I see that wellness is a remembering that we, too, are nature.

The word “beauty” may evoke a lot of things… You might think of a complex industry—things to buy that can alter the appearance or even impossible standards that abhor uniqueness. But what if we remembered that beauty is simply a frequency?

The thing about lightning is that what we see is just a tiny fraction of a culmination of a whole set of conditions.

At the beginning of this year, I channeled the energetic themes for each month, and the word that came through for April is:

Lightning

I used to be a current events and news junkie but, in recent years, I’ve been more selective about how much media I consume in order to conserve and protect my energy.

Despite being so conscientious about where I place my attention, one day last week, I was really feeling the intensity of the collective suffering under the current political regime.

What I didn’t realize pre-spiritual awakening, was how I’d been unknowingly holding myself back from fully feeling true joy, passion, and peace.

People often describe me as “grounded.” I like the sound of that—especially because, for many years, I worked as a business analyst on the 59th floor of a landmark building in midtown Manhattan. I think of that time spent hovering in the skyline and then I think of the immense gratitude that emerges whenever I have bare feet on the ground…

When I tuned into the energetic theme for February, Awakening is the word that came through.

At first, I thought, “that’s pretty basic.”

But now I see how truly relevant awakening is particularly right now, in this historical moment.

Sobbing at Newark airport.

Massive flight delays in Manila.

My aunt passing away days after I bought my ticket to see her.

At first glance, you could easily throw all of these into the “bad things” bucket.

I’ve been called to the land of my ancestors from my maternal lineage. Next week I’ll take an epic journey to facilitate group healing sessions at a wellness summit in the Philippines.

This is a time when nature, post-Winter Solstice, remains in a potent portal of dormancy and wintry slumber.

While the days slowly begin to lighten, the still darker days bid you to go inward and to simply be present. Perhaps asking you to witness the wisdom within yourself.

Today we’d like to introduce you to Jo-Anne Suriel

Today we’d like to introduce you to Jo-Anne Suriel

Can you sense the pure potential of this moment?

This weekend, we’ll experience a truly expansive and magical full moon.

In a material world, why does it feel so right when someone says “everything is energy?”

Perhaps it’s because, deep down, we know that it’s true.

Money is an energy. So I try to spend it consciously in support of businesses that align with the values of balance, consciousness, and compassion.

In times of great joy and in times of great disappointment, one of the most healing things you can do is to gather in loving community.