Mindfulness, Meditation & Breathwork
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Learn in a private and personalized setting how to meditate on your own, without the need of a guide, guru, or technology. I teach from a non-dogmatic perspective and emphasize the foundational and universal wisdom to practice safely and meaningfully. You can be completely new to meditating or an experienced practitioner looking to go deeper.
Meditation - We'll initially focus on inner object referral meditating. We can also cover various styles of meditation depending on your objectives and preference, including compassion meditations, mindfulness, mantra or sacred word prayer, imagery, body scans, open awareness, embodied contemplation, insight meditation, and techniques for either relaxation or focus.
Breathwork - We can incorporate breath for two purposes: for embodied contemplation techniques and to optimize health by regulating the nervous system. I utilize Buteyko methods for corrective or functional breathing. These are simple but powerful techniques to correct our breath. As we regulate our breath, we regulate our nervous system and relieve stress. Our access to mindfulness or meditative states is limited otherwise, as is our overall health!
Consciousness Exploration - For more experienced and grounded meditators, we can delve deeper into self-enquiry, journeys, and meaningful lucid states/dreaming. Compassionate presence and wisdom are still always the focus.
These sessions are 55 minutes over zoom (please reach out to book locally at Balance Arts Center in Chelsea or to book for private groups and events).
For a personalized mantra and Transcendental Meditation style, see my on-demand mantra course. For a more actively charged breathwork therapy to release tension, see my biodynamic breathwork sessions.
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"I’m still spinning from our reading yesterday. I wanted to reach out and say thank you. You really made me feel okay with embracing the unknown that is in front of me at the moment. Thank you for embracing my energy and what I brought into the session with me."
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"I had a wonderful experience. Your astrology is more than just a recreational use; it's empowering, eye-opening, and truly invaluable. I'm eager to schedule another session to dive deeper into other areas of my birth chart, as I found it fascinating and so applicable!"
"Susan did a solar return overview for me, which was very illuminating. I learned about aspects of my natal chart I had not been clear about before and these were so validating to me as I undergo a period of profound transition in all aspects of my life. Her insight imbued me with confidence in the direction I’m going and hope for a positive outcome. Understanding where I can experience flow instead of friction is key to empowerment and success."
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What to Know / FAQs
Birth charts, also called natal charts, are the map of your energetic field. This is the snapshot of the cosmos at the exact moment and location of your birth - the energy and vibration the universe made at that very moment. It is the field of energy and cause & effect you are working with inside you and projecting outside of you.
Astrology birth charts are very precise. You will need to know your birth date, time, and location to book a reading. Most birth certificates have the birth time indicated on them. I do not offer birth chart rectification at this time but if you have a couple hour gap then we can work with that.
I'm an archetypal and evolutionary astrologer, both psychological and spiritual, using the western tropical zodiac and primarily whole sign houses. I also use Ancient Hellenistic Astrology and to a lesser extent Jyotish (Vedic).
My approach is a fusion across these styles, from ancient to modern, esoteric to psychological, and technical and intuitive. I work with archetypal energies and cyclical themes, rather than focusing on overly specific manifestations and generalizations. I importantly take a mindful and holistic approach.
I use evolutionary astrology, but I don't concoct past life narratives (feel free to ask me if you want to hear my rant on this). I talk about your soul journey, your spiritual journey towards meeting yourself, and time/space fluidity and you can interpret & integrate that however you choose.
Psychosynthesis is a transpersonal or spiritual psychology developed by Roberto Assagioli, a lesser-known contemporary of Carl Jung. Unlike psychoanalysis, however, psychosynthesis is not a perpetual analysis of the psyche and unconscious, but instead seeks to synthesize our conscious and unconscious layers to create inner harmony and importantly expand to higher consciousness states.
Psychosynthesis is a discipline to help liberate us from the unconscious cycles of our own minds and emotional body. It offers tools to navigate the human experience with both love and will.
"Psyche" meant "soul" in Ancient Greek, but we've separated the two and lost the connection to the latter. Psychosynthesis reclaims our soulfulness and reintegrates this into our very being for true mind-body-spirit based self-healing.
If you are familiar with Inner Family Systems, Psychosynthesis created an earlier framework that is very similar in terms of parts work. Psychosynthesis encompasses various other tools, however, and is a much deeper and spiritual based modality. I am not certified in IFS but have studied and taken courses on that practice as well.
At its most ambitious and for those on a spiritual path who are ready to detach, Psychosynthesis is a framework for Self-Realization.
You can read more about it here.
I offer coaching and not therapy services. Coaching and therapy are separate modalities.
I am not a psychologist, therapist, psychiatrist, or medical doctor and these services do not substitute for that medical care.
Coaching sessions are not talk therapy, so we may naturally explore some processing of past experiences as it arises, but we'll focus more on the present as well as your future and potential. We'll work together to move beyond unconscious limitations to higher consciousness exploration.
Coaching is about moving forward and how to use the past as fuel to do so, rather than getting stuck in the past.
This is not the fluffy motivational kind of coaching but is transformative work that taps into your own inner wisdom. It's also not talk therapy so is not about renumerating the past but exploring your potential and innate abilities, through self-knowing and compassion.
Yes, I do! Please reach out and happy to discuss private groups, events, or corporate offsites for meditation and/or breathwork instruction. You can also reach out for in-person sessions (in NYC), either individually or for groups.
Biodynamic Breathwork & Trauma Release System (BBTRS®) is a breathwork therapy targeted specifically for trauma release. BBTRS uses conscious connected breath, among other tools, to activate the body's physiological responses and experience either altered states of consciousness or heart-centered states that ease the defensive outer layers to gently release tension. Importantly, this style of breathwork handles this delicately, appropriately, and in line with your needs in the present moment - the focus is real healing, not over-activation or temporary catharsis.
BBTRS uses a six element approach including breath, movement, touch, sound, emotions, and meditation. The breathwork empowers your body’s natural process for healing, restructuring your systems on a cellular level, opening up to more intimately connect with yourself, others, and life.
This type of trauma release breathwork is activating by design. If you're looking for a more function-based breathwork, check out my private meditation training. Changing how we breathe, changes how our nervous system functions.
Sessions are all live, private, done virtually over Zoom, and we can record them.
If interested in an in-person session in NYC, please reach out before booking a specific time slot.
I am not a psychologist, therapist, psychiatrist, or medical doctor and these services do not substitute for that care. Please consult with a professional for medical or psychiatric care. By booking a session, you agree that you understand this disclaimer.
Mindfulness practices, meditation, reiki, or other services provided by The Cyclical Seed do not diagnose, cure, prevent or treat disease. The services offered are not intended for medical treatment, psychological, or psychiatric therapy. Our services are not facilitated by a medical professional. If you have a medical condition or concern, please consult a licensed health care professional. If you are currently experiencing mental health concerns, please seek professional help from a licensed psychologist or mental health professional.
The business is not qualified to give legal, financial, business, medical, psychological, psychiatric, or any other specialist advice. If you require such advice you should seek a licensed professional.
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