Jacqueline // December 31st, 2024
Yes, 2025 is here!
How about starting – or reinvigorating – your meditation practice?
Meditation is an powerful way to set the tone for your year. Here are five great reasons to meditate in 2025:
1. Meditation improves focus and mental clarity.
It helps clear mental fog, allowing you to live your life with a fresh perspective. It improves concentration and focus, which can enhance productivity and decision-making personally and professionally.
2. Meditation increases mindfulness.
It encourages living in the present moment, which helps you be more mindful and less distracted. This can improve your relationships, communication, and overall enjoyment of life.
3. Meditation fosters a positive mindset.
You can train your mind to approach life with optimism and resilience. Meditation helps shift negative thinking patterns, leading to a more positive and proactive approach. It helps you see the silver lining.
4. Meditation helps you live the life you want.
It can be a tool for intentional living. By practicing meditation, you can more clearly define your goals for the year and keep your actions aligned with your values and desires.
5. Meditation improves overall wellbeing.
It sets you up for a more balanced, intentional, and fulfilling year.
What’s your intention for 2025?
Curious about learning a powerful set of meditation techniques to support your new year?
Check out the Lightwork Level 1: Meditation class series starting in January. Or, explore other classes to refresh your practice this new year.
Jeanine // September 30th, 2024
Looking to make some delicious warming fall meals that support the body? For me, nothing comes close to squash soup. In past years one of my favourites was the superbly simple combination of roasted butternut squash blended with coconut milk and spices.
This fall, I took this simple delight and have boosted it up with lentils for additional protein to support your body! Whether you’re chopping wood, wandering through a forest, or working from home – this recipe will fuel up your physical energy so you can focus on your energy healing.
You can use red lentils or green lentils for this recipe. You don’t need to soak dry lentils before using them in a recipe. That said, soaking can enhance the rate of mineral absorption in the body and helps to break down the complex starch in lentils (making them easier to digest). So if you plan ahead, you can soak the lentils 4 hours or overnight prior to making this recipe!
If you’re in a hurry, you can bake the squash and potatoes at a higher heat, just ensure the oil you use can tolerate a higher temperature!
What you’ll need;
- 1 medium or large butternut squash
- 1 large potato
- 2 tbsp coconut oil (or neutral oil of choice)
- 1 medium white onion
- 4 cloves garlic (feel free to adjust per preferences)
- 1 knob of ginger (roughly equal amount to your garlic)
- 1 tbsp paprika
- 2 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 fresh serrano pepper or 1 tsp dried chilli (optional)
- 2 cups of preferred stock (veggie or chicken are my favourite)
- 1 cup of dry lentils (soaked if desired; see note)
- 1 can of coconut milk (400 ml or 14 oz)
- Salt & Pepper to Taste
How to make this soup!
- Turn on your oven to 375 F
- Chop your butternut squash and potatoes into cubes, toss with coconut oil and salt, and add to a pan. Pop it in the oven; we’ll return to it at step 11 when it smells delicious and is soft (in about 60-90 minutes).
- Time for some prep!
- Chop your onion and set aside
- Make a paste from your garlic (4 cloves), ginger (equal amount to garlic), and serrano (if using fresh) using a mortar & pestle if you have one. Otherwise, mince finely and add to a small vessel.
- Measure out your spices (1 tbsp paprika, 2 tsp cumin, 1 tsp turmeric, chilli if using dried) into another small vessel.
- Add oil to a large pot over medium high heat and wait for it to shimmer.
- Add your chopped onion and some salt and sauté until it begins to soften (~4 minutes).
- Drop in the ginger/garlic/pepper paste and mix throughout the onions (~1 minute).
- Add your lentils (1 cup) and stir.
- With your broth ready beside you, add your spices and stir until fragrant and mixed throughout (~30 seconds) before adding quickly adding broth (2 cups) to avoid the spices burning. Then add the coconut milk (1 can) and stir.
- Taste the soup, adding salt, pepper, and other spices per your taste preferences. If it tastes bland, add more salt!
- Bring soup to a boil, then cover, reduce heat to low and allow soup to simmer until lentils soften (~20 mins if cooking from dry, faster if soaked).
- When the vegetables from the oven are soft, remove from the oven and add to the soup pot.
- Taste the soup, and adjust salt and pepper as needed.
- If you prefer a more blended texture, use a potato masher or an immersion blender to break up any chunks in the soup.
- Serve!
I suggest a garnish of some citrus or yoghurt for acidity.
Alternatively, or in addition to that, you can add some cilantro or arugula fresh on top for a bit of greenery!
Jacqueline // January 29th, 2021
Heads up, everyone! Lightwork Level 4 program will be starting up in March 2021. This year-long online program is a game-changer so if you’re interested, make sure you don’t miss the train.
Level 4 rocks. Here’s why:
1) You learn to read energy. This is an action-packed roll-up your sleeves program that develops your intuition and spiritual awareness. Scott Robinson will teach you to read energy through weekly recorded classes, and will have the opportunity to practice in live readings. You will get to know yourself and the world on a profound level.
2) Deep personal healing can happen. It’s called ‘Transformation‘ for good reason. This is a chance to rid yourself of old energy that is slowing you down, making way for you to float freer in life.
3) Meditation becomes a powerful part of your life, allowing you to take charge and create what you want. This is a way to really ground your practice and own it for yourself.
Sound intriguing? If you’d like to take Level 4, drop us a note at lightwork@lightwork.ca.
You’ll find the details for the program here. Check it out!
Scott Robinson // September 3rd, 2019
An excerpt from the book, ‘Navigation’, by Scott Robinson
Abundance is the ability to create something and fully have the experience of it.
It is the ability to share your reality with something – to really soak it in. It is also known as high-havingness, and it can apply to anything.
It can be as simple as noticing the heartbeats in your chest and truly savouring the experience. Whether you are asleep or going about your daily life, your heart always beats for you. It goes on, steadily and faithfully, until you are complete with manifestation this lifetime. This is abundance.
Abundance can be a glass of water. First you are aware of the liquid. Then you become deeply present with it. As you drink it, you notice its sacredness. Perhaps you even tune into the entire Universe through the experience.
Abundance is a state of being. It is a way of living, without limits. It is love, ease and relaxation. If you choose it as your set point in life, you see abundance everywhere you look.
Scott Robinson // July 20th, 2019
An excerpt from the book, ‘Navigation’, by Scott Robinson
Being in balance is a spiritual choice.
We can choose sustainability. We can choose a more holistic way of living. We can choose to be in harmony with each other and the earth. We can shift our value system.
I’m not talking about reverting to a pre-industrial society. I believe in the gifts of technology. I’m just saying to use them consciously. I’m saying be aware of the addictive quality of products, and make conscious choices about how to use them.
As a spiritual warrior, aim to bring spiritual awareness to every decision. Is it of the highest integrity for all of humanity and the planet?
Choose the path of balance.
Scott Robinson // June 11th, 2019
An excerpt from the book, ‘Navigation’, by Scott Robinson
You are not your worries.
Your worries may profoundly affect you. They may feel deeply familiar. In fact, they may be more familiar to you than anything else in your life. Your analyzer may tell you they are critically important. They may even be part of your identity.
You may have worries older than your current relationship and current home combined.
Despite all of this, they are still not you.
You are Spirit, and spiritual-seniority is possible even when the analyzer wants to churn with worry.
Jacqueline // June 4th, 2019
Hello Everyone!
We have exciting news. Scott Robinson, Lightwork’s spiritual director, has a new book called Navigation that has just hit the market. Paperback and digital editions are available for sale now on the Lightwork website.
Navigation is a collection of Scott’s spiritual teachings, poetry and photography. It’s a journey into a fresh, new way of perceiving your life and the world.
The teachings in the book are from classes Scott has taught to the Lightwork community over the years, and the accompanying poems and photographs help to bring the teachings to life.
In Navigation, Scott Robinson offers a different way of looking at life and the world. He aims to help people create freedom, living outside the limits of consumerism, competition and judgment.
Mainstream society would have you believe you can’t choose your reality. Having devoted more than 30 years to deep spiritual practice, Scott has learned there are an unlimited number of realities, and you have the ability to consciously choose the one you want.
You can order a print or digital copy here.
Scott Robinson // May 14th, 2019
An excerpt from the book The Journey is the Goal by Scott Robinson
You can be in a state of spiritual well-being, even if your body is physically unwell.
When Gandhi was fasting to stop the riots in India, he was in a state of spiritual well-being, although his body was near death.
Illness or body pain is an energy manifestation. It often alerts us to an issue of which we are not consciously aware.
Healing is flow, and flow is change. We are all in a constant state of change. Nothing in the cosmos is meant to stand still. Mountains are slowly eroding to sand. Seasons end and new ones begin. It is the same with your energy. It is meant to flow, always.
When we block our energy flow as a result of resistance — fear, denial — we limit healing. When the flow is limited and this is not acknowledged, it will most likely lead to physical illness.
The body is a manifestation of energy, of spirit. Release the energy blockage, and you heal the body.
Jeanine // March 31st, 2019
On one of the most challenging mornings of my life, I used my meditation tools to cope.
The night before, my boyfriend and I had invited a handful of friends over for boardgames. There were snacks. There was laughter. There were fun games. But in the mix of it all, there was also a moment I realized his affection and attention was on a female friend at the party, and not on me.
The next morning, he and I talked. I referenced the meditation lesson that taught me to take responsibility for my part in every creation. I was able to see the bigger landscape of our relationship outside the context of this one ‘betrayal’. I was able to acknowledge that I had been retreating from our partnership and indeed had been less emotionally available to him as a partner. I was able to see that my behaviour had gone against our commitment to be with one another – not because I was with someone else, but because I was so involved in my work that I was no longer able to be with myself let alone him.
I was angry that morning. And sad. Those emotions were run, but run from a place of me recognizing the communication from my body and owning the experience I was having. I was able to detail to him why I was both angry and sad – not from a place of blame, but simply sharing my experience.
Using my meditation tools to see the bigger picture, to own my experience of every relationship, and indeed to manage my emotions from a place of understanding myself rather than sinking into the emotion – these tools made the most challenging morning of my life manageable. And being able to communicate from a clearer place, I was able to re-connect with my partner and share my experience from a neutral position without blame.
Challenging moments still happen, but with meditation tools they are more manageable.
Jacqueline // January 3rd, 2019
People, we’re kick-starting 2019 with a fabulous new way to book classes and services at Lightwork. We’ve just launched a brand new online booking system.
For the first time ever, you can view and book time slots for services like private meditation classes, energy reading & healings, restorative healings and more.
Plus you can sign up for Level 1, 2 and 3 classes easier than ever. Soon all other classes will be added to the system.
Do check it out! And please – give us feedback. It’s a new system so we’re working to refine it. If you have questions or find something confusing, send us an email at bookings@lightwork.ca.
We look forward to seeing you for classes and healing services in 2019!
