Barbara Alexander
Reiki Master/Teacher, Epona Approved Equine Experiential Facilitator, Life-in-Balance Coach
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Barbara Alexander is an author and leading innovator in the field of Equine Experiential Learning and Spiritual Alignment, the art of listening within.
As a Reiki Master/Teacher and the Founder and Director of Epona Ridge, a sanctuary retreat for advanced human development and spiritual growth, Barbara has walked the path from twenty years of Business Performance Improvement in the corporate arena to the sacred dance of life purpose and personal alignment with the help of horses.
Barbara has facilitated thousands of people from across the world in retreats that have changed lives and opened hearts to inspiration. Epona Ridge is located in Asheville, North Carolina.
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Fragile...
It is 3:20am and I can’t sleep. There is a word that is circling in my head and I don’t know if I want to welcome the vibration or shift my focus for a better feeling emotion. The word is Fragile. My overworked mind assess the vibration once again... What am I feeling and where is the comfort in this place? Laying here I notice the comfort in the awareness that I am not alone. I am not alone, not because my husband is sleeping soundly next to me, but because I can feel another all encompassing presence and that is bringing me an indescribable comfort.
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Creating a healthy foundation for relationships.
With divorce rates at an all time high, we have begun to understand how we may not have set ourselves up for success in the first place... Studies have shown that unhappily married couples are at higher risk for heart attacks and cardiovascular disease than happily married couples. In the New York Times article, Is Marriage Good for Your Health? By Tara Parker-Pope, she notes that studies indicate "the emotional tone of a marital fight turned out to be just as predictive of poor heart health as whether the individual smoked or had high cholesterol." No wonder we are having trouble!r
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How Do You Move Forward?
Someone who actively seeks the calling of their heart, who deliberately steps forward with their clear intention and focus on joy, is more balanced, effective, happy and fulfilled then the millions who bump their way through life living in reaction to whatever comes their way. There are some wonderful business coaches out there with processes and plans on how to grow your business, but what if you have no idea what you want to do?
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Do, Do, Do, Don't
It is a wonderful thing to stand where you are - and to know that you are either allowing joy into your life or that you are feeling the desire for something more deeply fulfilling. Either one is a sign that your inner guidance is working to show you the way to go. The guidance of intuition starts out very subtly - offering us opportunities to make healthy shifts along the way. Sometimes we rationalize with ourselves to go one way or another but when we go the wrong way, negative key indicators become increasingly more apparent.
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Finding Your Sacred Calling
Have You Found Your Personal Calling? Could it be that we are creating a tribe based in living authentically and following our true purpose? ABSOLUTELY! One of the things I know beyond a doubt is that you will find a far greater value than you ever expected... by honoring yourself and 'the life potential' you have as the gift of Being Authentically You... We all have something so valuable... so sacred...
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It's My Time to be the "Star" of My Life
Maybe the cycles in our lives affect our perspectives, and some form of wisdom, the wisdom that brings a great sense of knowing and inner peace, comes with age and experience... But I am finding that these are not the only or even the most important variables in personal happiness, something that is far more valuable if you are seeking the life you came here to live.
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Managing the Out of Balance Moments
To be able to manage the out of balance moments of our lives is a skill that everyone can use! Once we understand that we are always creating, you can learn how to support yourself when those "out of left field" things come around in your life. I was listening to a CD about energy and the Law of Attraction today and a new light went on about the what we experience in our everyday lives. I see it as a constant alignment of energy (good and bad), we are always creating with our thoughts and feelings, we are a constant-creation-of-vibration so to speak!
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A Different Way of Meditating
Feeling perfectly content to be so physically small in this great big space, I was sitting on the ground in what I have come to call the Temple of the Horse and though no other humans were there, I was far from alone. We were just watching the snow gently falling outside through the arched doorway that led from the arena to the forest. A spring snow is not at all uncommon in the mountains of North Carolina. It was so quiet that day, the air was fresh and it looked like a winter wonderland, cold enough for snow but not too cold to be outside.
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How to Improve Inner Stability
When change happens, when we are caught in a place that feels like a maze, when life seems to throw us a curve ball, it is in those times that I am most grateful for the investment in my personal practice and life skills that are continually expanding. Sometimes the emotional winds are cold, and can bite at our comfort in ways that seem to penetrate our very existence. If we are not aware, or practiced in the skills of personal balance, our lives can be tumbled around leaving us confused, and with the feeling of being weakened, lost, and/or boxed in.
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The Delicate Balance of Standing in our Power
How much is enough and how much is too much? Learning to stand in our power teaches us a delicate balance at the most advanced levels. As a standard of practice we are never taught how to become intuitively aware of non-verbal communication. Most leaders just go blasting their way into the wild blue yonder… and then there are those who follow in their wake. Which one are you?
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Hello? It's the Universe calling...
How do we hear what the Universe is telling us? Recently a new student asked me, “What can I do to get clearer on what the Universe is trying to tell me?” For those that are attuned to the fact that the Universe can even connect with us, this is an awesome question! It is probably the most valuable life-skill we have in our lives.
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How Do I Know the Right Way?
Sometimes it feels like we are speaking a completely different language... even when we think we understand each other! A woman asked me to help her with her horse the other day. She was new to horses and so excited to be learning about her own energy and how she and her horse could have a better relationship. "It's like we are learning each other's language," I explained.
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Finding Inner Balance Retreats and Coaching
Life skills for transitions,personal empowerment, self actualization and the Law of Attraction, Reiki training,sound therapy and meditative jou eys with horses designed to improve personal wellbeing.This unique experiential learning lowers blood pressure, reduces stress and opens pathways to joy.
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