Carol Martin B.A., RMT “When we learn to listen, the body, mind, and soul direct us perfectly.” A former world-class athlete, Carol held the Canadian women’s title in the discus event for seven years and competed for 10 years on the national track and field team. She has also coached younger athletes and taught fitness classes. Carol graduated from York University with a B.A. in 1975 and from the Sutherland Chan School of Massage (R.M.T.) in 1982. Since 1989 she has been associated with the International Network of Esoteric Healing as a teacher and practitioner. Along with Therapeutic Massage, Carol uses Esoteric Healing (Energy Body Healing), Ortho-Bionomy, Cranio-Sacral Therapy, and Spiraldynamik Therapy. In the past she pursued her interest in “movement” by studying various forms of dance for more than 25 years. This life long passion with human movement, health, and expression led her to create the innovative Enlightened Living Seminar™. This class establishes a foundation for everyday living with greater physical ease, emotional calm, and most importantly, breath. The skills are easily integrated into daily living: “tools for a life time” to improve one’s health, centre in the heart, and support the full expression of one’s potential.
Carol Martin’s Breathe Series – Meditation #14 We live in an age of information don’t we? We have so much information coming and going sometimes its hard to remember we also have bodies and feelings. In meditation the information you receive can be helpful in understanding many things because it comes from the intuitive, … More Google Yourself and Meditate for Updates
Carol Martin’s Breathe Series – Meditation #13 There is a deep need in you to let go and trust your self and discover who you are beyond your body, your thoughts and your feelings. You are more than you ever imagined your self to be. Breathe out any resistance to just being present to … More Meditation is Easy. Life is Work.
Carol Martin’s Breathe Series – Meditation #12 As we learn to meditate there is the challenge of developing a sense of who is speaking. Does the voice or message you hear come from your lower mind and your Personality or your higher mind and your Soul? Here are some things to keep in mind. … More Where Voices Come From
Carol Martin’s Breathe Series – Meditation #11 If healing happens naturally within us how can we help? Meditation helps with healing because it calms the energies of the Personality (physical, emotional, and lower mental) and at the same time meditation gets us out of the way by placing our consciousness above the diaphragm in … More Meditation is for Healing
Carol Martin’s Breathe Series – Meditation #10 You are a point of light – a divine spark of the light Divine. Your Personality doesn’t really know or care about this aspect of you however. So your challenge is to create in meditation a link to your Higher Self (or Soul’s) energy so that your … More Let Your Light Grow
Carol Martin’s Breathe Series – Meditation #9 The higher and the lower are always trying to meet within us. Are you ready to dance? It is going to be a dance, and each one is unique. Downloadable Podcast: Meditation #9: The Higher and the Lower Meet in Meditation
Carol Martin’s Breathe Series – Meditation #8 Letting go can be for many the hardest thing. Why? We identify with our thoughts and feelings and our bodies, so it’s a big deal to fundamentally alter your beliefs about something or someone. Meditation is all about letting go and opening to love, movement, balance and change. … More Letting Go: the Hardest Thing
Carol Martin’s Breathe Series – Meditation #7 When we pause to Breathe and Allow our consciousness to rest in the Observer aspect of ourselves we identify with the energetic aspect of us that is more than both our thoughts and our feelings. Meditation thus becomes a loving and gentle way to BE with our … More Meditation: A Loving and Gentle Discipline
Carol Martin’s Breathe Series – Meditation # 5 Meditation is an opportunity to just “be”. In meditation, as the Observer, you are beyond your body, your feelings, your thoughts, yet still connected and present to your self. In essence you are also beyond your many unconscious interference patterns. To name one lets pick “being … More Just “Be” with Your Breath
Carol Martin’s Breathe Meditation #5 When you rest in the energy of the Observer part of you – in the Heart Centre, connecting to your Soul – more of you can be present in the moment. This brings you to the place of real choice where you can exercise your spiritual Will. You … More Personality Integration with Breath
Carol Martin’s Breathe Meditation #4 Recap: Your Breath = Your Life. The Observer is a part of you that connects to your Soul or Higher Self energy. The Observer is a neutral, non-judgmental, safe place governed by the Heart Centre. Resting in the Observer allows you protection and clarity and assists you in the … More Your Mental Body from the Observer
Carol Martin’s Breathe Meditation #3 Understand why ♥ Chakra energy is “prime real estate” energetically. Do you want to create a sacred space where your Soul begins to speak to you? Letting go of expectations can be hard. What about our feelings? This weeks meditation works with the energy of your emotional body. … More Feelings
Carol Martin’s Breathe Series – Meditation #2 Observing 4 breaths for a period of time is a good fundamental exercise and a way to “learn to meditate”. This week’s meditation will focus more on the Observer within You and your physical body. Energetically the Observer connects directly to the Soul and while your consciousness … More The Observer
Carol Martin’s Breathe Series – Meditation #1 I’ve discovered that our breathing will mirror our psychology and we can turn the tables and affect our psychology with our breath. By allowing our breathing to relax and deepen we can relax and deepen our thoughts and feelings because these three aspects of us are … More Breathing Meditation
