Transcending The Darkness

There is something to be said about honouring the energy of each season. When we don’t we can feel a hell of a lot more suffering.

Winter is a time to rest, heal, feel the depths of our soul, let go, dream, manifest, visualize, be in nature, enjoy, find stillness often, go slow, rest…

In doing these sometimes really hard, uncomfortable things… we can feel grounded in the wisdom that has been remembered… as we transcend the darkness into the light of spring.

From this grounded place we can have the capacity that helps immensely when it comes to putting action steps towards our missions, visions, and creations in the next coming months.

A question that has recently kept me accountable and motivated to heal is: what do I want to be known for?

IIA’s 2023 Spring Newsletter

If you have been following our journey, thank you… it has been so nice to have you. Your energy and essence keeps us accountable and inspired.

What a transformational season of resting and reseting. I sometimes don’t realize until mid winter, how flipping tired I am. Which usually comes with a couple necessary burn outs to keep me humbled.

It does gives me a gauge as to where I am at though. Back in the day I would have never even let myself feel tired. I didn’t ever stop long enough to consider it (conditioning). Building awareness and integration takes time. We cannot rush the process.

Needless to say, The Roche family is rested and re-centred. We have lots of projects and creations in mind for the near future and look forward to sharing our sacredness with anyone who it resonates with.

our family and health

Finn and I are changing on a consistent basis. Is it comfortable? No. But the more we challenge ourselves the more we are supported. We are living proof of that abundance.

The past 6 months have been spent detoxing my body of the last 10% of seizure medication I have been taking for the past 18 years. The darkness has been dark… and I know what I shed, our children shed. I am so grateful for the support of this family I chose. They are warriors for choosing me as their partner and mother.

And equally, we have been divinely supported during the process and have even had many moments of enjoyment. We are so grateful for our new health and wellness family goddess who has been holding the space like a champ for our family. She is magic.

world learning

Homeschooling has turned into… unschooling… which has turned into just world schooling really… if we have to label it.

I am absolutely amazed at the resources/experiences we have been able to find and offer the girls. It’s authentic, diverse, real and natural. Every time we drop our expectations a bit lower, Rosemary and Lavender lead us somewhere deeper and more meaningful.

We also have been spending our extra time as a family visiting different homeschoolers over Cape Breton Island. This movement is big and it has incredible momentum behind it.

We have met some truly, earthy, authentic, real, resourceful, creative, abundant, natural beautiful families and are very inspired to continue co-creating with this special community.

camps

Unfortunately Finn and I will not be running swim lessons and summer camp this coming season. We have a special wedding to be at in Ontario, so we will be spending some of the summer weeks there.

That’s not to say we may not have a Pop UP Day Camp at some point, here or there. We will keep you posted.

Finn and I are really looking forward to hosting a camp experience with our Unamaki Homeschooling Group in Baddeck once a month come April. We will be running programs for the kids (integrating people’s super powers) and providing supports for parents.

future creations and visions

Finn and I are eager to prep our land and continue developing our property. We have some big visions moving forward and we know that what we put our attention towards will grow. And having other structures that visitors can utilize while we run our programs is a high priority for us in the next 3-5 years.

Finn’s been working away at the shed… which is now being transformed into our first cabin. Our plan is to move it… yes… movie it… to the North East corner of the property in order to have extra space for an office/bunkie. We are looking forward to creating simple, beautiful stations where our visitors can find stillness. We look forward to attracting people who are curious about healing, nature, living intentionally, more simply, self-reliant.

We are also looking forward to hopefully getting our new 700 foot driveway put in next door. When we bought this house, it came with a strip of land that starts at the Cabot Trail and ends at the back of our lake. Our plan is to build there in the next few years. We are in the beginning stages of designing and manifesting.

But once we have access to that piece of land by car, we will be able to continue creating more spaces for our visitors.

coaching clients

It has been such a magnificent opportunity working with other curious beings who want more for their lives. Regardless of their story, they are showing up, doing the work and seeing the results of shedding past patterns that no longer serve them.

I am so grateful to feel inspired to hold the space for those who want to heal and fully step into their worth and abundance.

The clients I attract are equally significant in my own healing journey as they too are teachers guiding me to continue stepping outside my comfort zone towards my destiny.

Come April I will be opening my availability to allow for two more clients. I am attracting individuals who feel curious and/or inspired to shift into a new way of living, breathing and being. This service is recommended for individuals who have tried many healing methods and are feeling as though they are “missing something”.

If this opportunity resonates with someone you know, feel free to share our contact and/or have them book an Exploratory Session to see if we would be a good fit.

https://imaginationsinaction.as.me/explorationcall

Many Blessings,

The Roche Family

June 30, 2022March 30, 2023

The Blank Canvas

The Blank Canvas

No one can prepare us for the unique space that presents itself (and what to even do with it), after any kind of change. There is no manual for how to live from our heart and it can feel very uncertain and unfamiliar.

Although this unknown space can feel scary, it is equally freeing… this is where the magic to create lies.

Finn and I call it, Our Blank Canvas.

After the big move, Finn and I took the entire fall and winter months, sitting in the discomfort of the unknown. Sifting through the pain body that surfaced as we adjusted and adapted to this new idea of a Blank Canvas.

We consciously knew we had intentionally initiated big changes, but didn’t know exactly what it would look like. Without relying on the systems and structures we had contributed to for so long, we quickly realized that we would now have to create these systems for ourselves.

This made us feel very overwhelmed in many moments.

How do we choose what to put our attention to (and when), when we already feel we have so many other hats that we are wearing!?!

Needless to say, over several months of divine waiting and observing, Finn and I gained some clarity. This gave us the confidence to start reflecting, manifesting, and vision boarding to ensure our intentions were loud and clear.

Only then could we began the process of organizing and implementing the several baby action steps towards our goals.

When we are divinely waiting can feel confusing, frustrating, and/or uncomfortable as we want to know what the future holds, or what our purpose is, and if we are on the right track… in that exact moment.

However, this moment in time is a critical part of our growth and healing process. It creates spaces to feel, heal, explore, venture, enjoy, rest, discover, reflect, process, slow down. And then, when the timing is right, clarity comes; always arriving when we are ready.

So here we are today, in the next phase of our action steps… getting the property ready for our 9 Week Summer Day Camp Program, including Swimmer 1 Swimming Lessons. Putting in driveways, swing sets, renovating sheds into cabins, and gardens to prepare our sacred land for our Campers next week.

To reflect back to all the action steps that were required to get this magnificent opportunity up and running makes our hearts sing.

We are so grateful for listening to our heart’s aspirations and putting them into action! And equally grateful knowing we get to share our services and love with the community.

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September 20, 2020March 30, 2023

Healing the Body

Our bodies have the wisdom to heal themselves. In fact, they were perfectly created and designed to do so. However, as we begin to conform to the conventional way of thinking, feeling and behaving (from birth), over time our bodies layer with subconscious blocks that make it harder and harder for our bodies to heal.

By implementing tools and resources to help bring our bodies back to a balance we are creating the most optimal state for true healing to take place. When we think about making action steps towards self healing we want to approach our healing from multiple angles (ie., the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual) to help maximize our progress in the healing process.

THE PHYSICAL

Learning how to build our family’s immunity and decreasing the inflammation in our bodies through our diet and the use of supplements has been a huge lifestyle shift; the benefits are well worth the inconvenience at times. Through the use of our family nutritionist, she was able to skillfully decipher each of our food sensitivities and intolerances. By eliminating the foods that did not agree with our bodies, each of us noticed significant results to our overall well being.

Consuming two litres of water a day while being mindful of my daily caffeine intake keeps me energized and replenished.

Implementing a daily exercise routine (through the guidance of my physiotherapist) to help reconstruct and strengthen my core foundational muscles has relieved all of the chronic pain. Seeing my osteopath and chiropractor has been equally important as being in alignment helps promote proper healing.

Sleeping for 8-10 hours each night to helps maximize my healing and overall state of being. Sleep in itself is a spiritual practice.

THE MENTAL

A big part of our overall health is directly linked to the condition of our mind as it influences all systems in our body. The way we think alters the way our body responds and/or functions, potentially creating imbalances within the body. Good news is that we can change this imbalance by changing the messages our minds are sending to our bodies through the use of affirmations.

Affirmations are mantras or statements that can be recited to change the way we think and the messages we send to our bodies. You can get creative using affirmations. I write mine on sticky notes and place them in different places around my house (i.e., bathroom mirrors, windows, fridges, bedside tables, car dashboards).

If you really feel committed you could write out your affirmations in your journal, sing them, record them and listen to them etc. Practice your affirmations until you feel it sink into your subconscious… until your heart genuinely believes it.

THE EMOTIONAL

Did you know that our past memories are stored in our subconscious mind but the emotion to these memories are stored in our bodies?

When we encounter an experience when we are younger without the wisdom or knowledge to navigate our way through the situation our bodies store the emotion we attach to the memory.

After this conditioning, we react to future situations in similar ways of when we first experienced them, otherwise known as Pavlov Conditioning. This overtime, creates a belief system in our subconscious mind which further creates inflammation in different parts of our bodies where we hold the past emotion.

With the daily use of the Heart Freedom Method I am able to revisit times in the past (held in my subconscious) that need love and attention, while balancing my mind and realigning my body.

THE SPIRITUAL

The power of intention is by far the most profound tool I have more recently learned to discover. I implement it into my daily routine and use it to accelerate my dreams and aspirations. It is especially exceptional when you are trying to heal.

I usually write my intentions on the new moon which include statements of things that I want. When we include the word gratitude in our statements we are telling the universe we are grateful for “our wants” as if they have already come true. Focus on feelings you want to feel or actions you want to implement (i.e., I am grateful for listening to my heart, I am grateful for playing, I am grateful for trusting in the process of life etc.).

When I read my intentions everyday I feel what I want to feel like and I imagine or visualize what it looks like. I keep these thoughts, feelings and pictures in my awareness as often as possible. You can even create a vision board with pictures and words to help you focus on your goals.

I ask. I believe. And then I receive.

August 26, 2020March 30, 2023

Permission to Unleash your True Potential

Truth. We have been living in a culture that has the tendency of bombarding us with external messages as to what “success should” look like, feel like, sound like, be like. These ideas and unrealistic expectations that are driven by systems and corporations can leave you feeling pretty defeated many times throughout your life. And overtime these skewed messages are internalized and can alter our core belief system (being we are all worthy of love) leaving us blocked and/or limited within our own power.

Thankfully, we are living in a time where we are seeing more and more systems breaking down as they are no longer sustainable. It only takes a global pandemic to shed some light into our lives and encourages us to really evaluate how we are living and where we are choosing to put our time and energy. The power of this light acts as a contrast, sometimes creating a lot of external and internal struggle. However, these challenges are the gifts that ignite the light within ourselves, motivating us and giving us permission to unleash our true potential and discover our true passion, purpose, dreams, creations and inspirations.

LIVING A LIFE FROM YOUR HEART

True success is living a life through your heart and creating a life that you truly desire beneath the fear and expectations we have for ourselves, others and Source.

In fact, our hearts’ only want two things…

~to know what are dreams are~

By giving ourselves permission to acknowledge what our dreams and aspirations are we can begin to break down the limiting belief systems we were raised and conditioned with and start living from a place of inspiration. Abundance is limitless. There is more than enough for every living being. In fact, abundance expands the more times we tap into this energy field. Admitting our dreams to ourselves does not however magically make them appear.

Therefore, our hearts also want us…

~to put action steps towards achieving them~

Living from our heart is the practice of stepping outside of our comfort zone and putting action steps towards our dreams and aspirations to make them our reality. However, it can be overwhelming when our dreams are so big that we don’t see how they are attainable.

Imagine a lego structure completely built and intact (this is your dream). It is important to take one little lego block of an action step at a time when setting your goals. As you take one little baby step at a time towards your dream it is easier to enjoy the process and feel successful at the same time.

WHAT DOES MY HEART SOUND LIKE?

I’ve had many clients ask me this question. They want to follow their hearts but they don’t know what she/he sounds like.

Think of your heart like any other muscle… you have to exercise it to build its strength… and it takes practice.

Start by asking your heart simple questions. Whether it be before you grab that chocolate bar or before you head out for a run, ask yourself, “is this being loving of myself?”

When you are listening for her/his response, keep in mind that your heart has a quiet, soft voice and comes from your chest area. If the answer is loud, pushy and comes from your head area then you know to ask the question again and listen carefully for your heart’s voice instead.

LIVING LIFE BY YOUR HIGHEST VALUES

Think of three areas of your life that you find truly inspiring. After admitting some of your dreams and aspirations this may change what your highest values are. Know that these values can change over times as you grow and heal.

Write out what you want, how you want to feel and/or how you want to think under each topic. Use present tense when creating your sentences (i.e., I am grateful for listening to my heart and following through with action steps). When we use present tense statements as if what we want is already happening we are setting clear intentions for the universe to deliver our requests.

Use your highest values to help you stay focused when living your day to day life. Use them to help you decide where you put your energy and with whom you spend your time with. If you cannot see how your choices and/or decisions support the values you live by then use this to help guide you to a better option that is more aligned with your heart.

Here’s to the next ten years of wondering, exploring, manifesting and creating on this divine sacred land. How does it get any better than this?