THE REASON Interview with Josette Tkacik

Josette Tkacik is one of my dearest friends and greatest inspirations on the planet.

She shows us all how to stand up and shine our Souls and live a passionate life aligned with our truest, deepest and highest Self.

Every Day 200-300 people line up outside the Historic Santa Barbara Carrillo Ballroom for the Experience of Josette’s signature Zumba Fitness Class.

I adore her classes and the infectious energy that she embodies, shares and evokes out of all of her students.

Her story of how she created her current reality is nothing short of magical and miraculous.

Josette is considered a medical “miracle”.
In 2011 her doctors diagnosed her with Rheumatoid Arthritis and told her she would never dance again.
Not only is she in complete remission from RA, she now has the biggest and most well loved dance classes in the world.

It was my great honor and pleasure to interview her about living in alignment with your Purpose+Values+Message+Vision.

Check her out and her offerings out at www.josettetkacik.com

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REMEMBER, THE REASON REVEALS THE WAY.

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A Cup of Tea with the General Manager of The Universe

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Today I had the great pleasure of experiencing the most beautiful and delicately refined traditional tea ceremony hostessed by my dear friend Sara, a Master of connecting with the Medicine of Plant Spirits.

Drinking Tea, she says is one of the most powerful ways of connecting with the wisdom of the land, people and spiritual energy of the place where the tea that we are drinking grows and has the effect of awakening higher states of consciousness.

We first smelled and then sipped about 5 little cups of Oolong Tea that she acquired from a Chinese friend who travels all over the world questing for the finest organic teas.

Then we smelled and sipped about 5 little cups of a Pu-erh tea from China that had been aged for over 40 years.

Each sip we sipped awakened the part of me that is awake, aware, alive and deeply appreciative of each moment and I found my vibration continuously rising and settling into an embodied realm of sweet happiness, peace and calm contentedness.

Before she poured the last little cup of tea she said,

This cup is for a part of you, a loved one or anyone or anything that you would like to connect with more deeply.

During the last week of leading the Vibration Transformation Cleanse I found myself intensely aware of the part of me that I like to call The General Manager of the Universe.

I first heard that cute, funny and true term for the part of me that thinks I have all the answers, knows what’s right for me and everyone else and wants to control everything internally and externally while doing an Emotional Freedom Technique tapping session with my friend Kate.

During the Cleanse I discovered how deeply exhausting it is to be the General Manager of The Universe.

So I gave my 2 weeks notice and am currently going through the process of passing the responsibility of micro-managing the Universe back to, well, The Universe.

During the Cleanse the gift of a book arrived in the mail from one of my clients.

The book is called The Surrender Experiment by Michael A. Singer and I have been listening to the book on tape and highlighting my favorite parts in the book every moment I can.

In the book he asks,

Am I better off making up an alternate reality in my mind and then fighting with reality to make it be my way?

Or am I better off letting go of what I want and serving the same forces of reality that has managed to shape the entire perfection of the Universe around me?

The answer to me is clear.

So when Sara went to pour the last cup of tea, I knew she was pouring it for the General Manager of the Universe.

I picked up the cup and before it even touched my lips, the General Manager of the Universe said:

I AM AFRAID.

I asked:

What are you afraid of?

The General Manager of the Universe said:

I am afraid that if I let go of control and do not micro-manage everything and everyone that everything and everyone will go out of control and chaos will reign.

I asked:

Is that True?

The General Manager of the Universe thought about it for a second and simply said:

NO.

And ever since then, the General Manager of the Universe inside of my head has had absolutely nothing to say about anything.

Shiva Shakti LOVELIGHTBLISS

unnamedIt was 9 weeks ago on Shivaratri, the Hindu celebration of the Divine Union of the Beloveds that I sent out my clear intent for supreme blessings on my Beloved partnership with all of existence.

On that night I drew this picture of Ardhanarishvara, half Shiva/half Parvati, half woman/half man, the perfect blend of the opposite flows of energy, the Divine Lovers merged as one being.

Since then, there has been…

So much clearing of old ways of being that were holding me back from spiritual expansion..

So much cleansing of suppressed mojo.

This path requires sacrifice because not everyone is devoted to this level of consciousness.

It is a path that requires great devotion and courage.

One has to be willing to shed the old ways like a snake shedding it’s skin.

And lemme tell ya…there are some big ole detox moments at first when you want to cling to the old ways because you are going into unchartered territory.

You have to have Faith Supreme in the Supreme Force of Love and trust that the burning is going to set you free.

But it’s SO worth it because you create so much space to receive high octane LOVELIGHTBLISS.

More than ever, I am truly in awe of Love right now.

Love is the way and Love is the answer.

I am so grateful more than ever that this path of Fearless Radical Love is the way that I happily choose to walk through life.

And this is the truly amazing thing…

The first and foremost and foundational Beloved relationship is totally internal.

It is the Divine Union of the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine within.

Just like this picture.

It truly is a state of being that is real.

And…it feels SO good and so right.

The high frequency Love that I am attracting from this internal energetic state of being is so pure and direct and obvious and beautiful.

It reminds me of my first memory (that some people say is not possible and a bunch of malarky but it happened because I was there….mmmmmmmk?).
My first memory was…

Being the egg and my #1 commitment was to allow ONLY THE BEST.
And…
Being the sperm and my #1 commitment was I AM THE ONE.

That’s how I got here.

Being the best that I can be and being the one is the perfect way to describe this Shiva Shakti Beloved Love.

It is the energy that creates life and magic and miracles.

So here I am…
I found everything inside of myself that I have been looking for outside of myself.

And now that I have it inside it is happening in more balanced, harmonious and super sweet ways than ever externally.

Today I am grateful for all of you Fearless Radical Lovers out there who are dancing this dance with me…because it’s a lot more fun to talk and breathe and dance and play with others who are on this path.

Thank you for doing the deep work and raising the bar on what is possible in our relationships with all people, places and things.

Being in right relationship with people that are willing and able (and we are all able if we devote ourselves) to work and play like this is a total turn on, so inspirational and clears the space so that LOVELIGHTBLISS and a whole lotta passion and play can prevail internally and externally on all levels, planes and dimensions.

And let’s remember what Marianne Williamson said:

“The revolution that will save the world is ultimately a personal one.”

It all begins within.

Be the best you can be…which means CHOOSE LOVE!!!!
And…
Be the one.

You are the one that you have been waiting for.

New Vision

10153211_10152348356088908_463669779321104571_nThe time has come to take a good look and do a revision.

To create your life with refined precision.

To get crystal clear, aligned and make some wise decisions.

Today is the day to give birth to your new vision.

NYC Soul Retrieval

Anne in NYC Spring 2014Spring has sprung in New York City.

And this lady has had many opportunities to get herself into some very fun and wild trouble.

It literally feels like it did when I was living here when I was 18.

The energy of Love creates a powerful attraction pattern.

There is a major Soul retrieval opportunity to do things in a more self-loving, authentic and super positive life affirming way that is of the highest service possible to my True Self and those that I have the pleasure of meeting.

Alas, it’s times like these when I am grateful for a lifetime of hard won lessons, clarity of my greater purpose, clearly defined values, crystaline discernment and a deep unshakeable connection to my true desires and long lasting sustainable intentions and that I choose to stay aligned with who I truly am and why I am truly here no matter what

Hold Your Sacred Space

GoddessHold your space, keep your heart open, and believe in the ultimate perfection of all things, no matter how they look to you on the surface.

If you stay with you, what you desire for your Self, what you most require for inner peace and harmony, there is nothing in the world that can disrupt that focus. (Unless of course you allow your Self to be disrupted).

There’s a payoff here that you may not see coming.

The benefits of loving Self unconditionally are beyond anything you can imagine right now.

No one else matters more than you do.

Love you and everyone will love you, or at the very least show you the respect you deserve.

With an open heart, your life is transformed.

Stephanie Azaria

Slow down for LOVE

1017704_10151720591533908_598238833_nA friend recently asked me if she thinks that I have held back with the advancement of my career because of my relationship with my man.

And I said,

YES.

For sure.

For me, building anything, especially a career, is not worth it unless the foundation of it is LOVE.Continue reading

Movement —> Keep it fresh and new

1471904_10152031103793908_741085991_nSelf Love and Self Care come in many different guises.

One of the foundations of Vibration Transformation is to raise your vibration by moving your body regularly.

Although my foundational movement program has always been Yoga, I also enjoy a lot of other forms of exercise.

I have always loved dancing, free weights, spot exercises and resistant bands amongst many other exercises.

This Summer one of my best friends invited me to try out one of her new workout DVDs called Brazilian Butt Lift.Continue reading

One True Thing

tumblr_mj8v7e3hRC1rqdwmro1_250_largeI heard a truly wonderful quote by Swami Vivekananda recently.

He said:

Take up one idea.
Make that one idea your life. Dream of it. Think of it. Live on that idea.
Let the brain, the body, muscles, nerves, every part of your being be full of that idea and just leave every other idea alone.
This is the way to success, and this is the way great spiritual giants are produced.Continue reading

One of my magical mentors

UnknownIt sure is amazing to start the day off with a personalized email from one of my mentors Gay Hendricks.

I am sure that you already know who Gay is, but just in case you have never crossed paths with him, I highly recommend that you check out all the amazing work and play that he creates with his beautiful wife Kathlyn Hendricks, aka: Katie.Continue reading

MAKE SPACE FOR LOVE

I am SO excited to be interviewing with my dear friend Liesel Rigsby, The Energetic Matchmaker on

Wednesday, October 2 at 5:30pm PST.

Liesel’s mission is to help women on a spiritual path attract their Soulmate.

The topic of our interview is MAKE SPACE FOR LOVE and it’s free!Continue reading

Pressure makes diamonds.

Irritation makes pearls.

Out of the turd comes the lotus.

The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are.

There can’t be any large-scale revolution until there’s a personal revolution, on an individual level.

It’s got to happen inside first.

— Jim Morrison

My dream job didn’t exist.
So I created it.

We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. 

— Frederick Koenig