LUMEN BLOG

A lumen is the basic unit for measuring brightness. It is a measure of the total quantity of visible light emitted by a source. In biology, a lumen (plural lumina) is the inside space of a tubular structure, such as an artery or intestine. It comes from Latin lumen, meaning ‘an opening.’

Kendra is dedicated to each individual’s personal process of living a life in service to their greatest Lumen. Her work is an experiential inquiry into limitation and freedom in our bodies and our lives. She believes that we can access and discover truth, insight, clarity, and inner guidance through the body. She blends shiatsu, bodywork, and movement practices with philosophy. She uses these practices as tools to investigate challenges, emotions, limiting beliefs and thought patterns, our relationship to pain, and suffering so that we can transform that into the strength and freedom of opening and aligning with what is most in service to our hearts.

LUMEN BLOG

A lumen is the basic unit for measuring brightness. It is a measure of the total quantity of visible light emitted by a source. In biology, a lumen (plural lumina) is the inside space of a tubular structure, such as an artery or intestine. It comes from Latin lumen, meaning ‘an opening.’

Kendra is dedicated to each individual’s personal process of living a life in service to their greatest Lumen. Her work is an experiential inquiry into limitation and freedom in our bodies and our lives. She believes that we can access and discover truth, insight, clarity, and inner guidance through the body. She blends shiatsu, bodywork, and movement practices with philosophy. She uses these practices as tools to investigate challenges, emotions, limiting beliefs and thought patterns, our relationship to pain, and suffering so that we can transform that into the strength and freedom of opening and aligning with what is most in service to our hearts.

ON PRACTICE | COMMITMENT & TRANSFORMATION

ON PRACTICE | COMMITMENT & TRANSFORMATION

ON PRACTICE, COMMITMENT, & TRANSFORMATION:  "If you have a deep refined physical practice, like Chinese martial arts, occasionally you will have subtle experiences of transformation. When you go to practice the next day, you try to recreate the experience. Often...

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What Causes Back Pain?

What Causes Back Pain?

WHAT CAUSES BACK PAIN? There are many causes of pain and these three are the ones that I get the most excited about and have given me the most benefit personally.  These could be helpful clues for you in your journey whether you have back pain or pain in general!...

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GROWING PAINS: WHAT’S WORTH RISING FOR?

GROWING PAINS: WHAT’S WORTH RISING FOR?

"If a person wishes to be sure of the road they tread, they must close their eyes and walk in the dark." - From St. John of the Cross, who also coined the phrase “the dark night of the soul." “All knowing arises from the unknown.” - Adyashanti “If you can’t beat fear,...

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MINDSET

MINDSET

MINDSET:  ON PRACTICE:  "With personal practice you engage in daily activity adjunctive to classes and/or studies with a teacher. The type of practice that will increase your well-being, liberation and empowerment is one in which you train yourself to be more aware...

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CRISIS AS OPPORTUNITY

CRISIS AS OPPORTUNITY: In this episode I talk about working with resistance in a way that can put us in touch with the feelings that keep us stuck and feeling dead in our lives. These feelings can keep us stuck in suffering or they can be a flood gate into coming...

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PAIN AS A BRIDGE: WAKING UP

PAIN AS A BRIDGE: WAKING UP Reacting and responding What's under the story Inside and outside Experiencing the pain Becoming sensative Resistance and Acceptance Pema Chodron on Warrior Slogans Ezra Bayda on the "Substitute Life" Sealskin / Soulskin Using pain to bring...

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A DEPENDABLE STABILITY

In this podcast I talk about developing the kind of strength that makes us consistent, dependable, and gives us integrity as human beings. It is the strength to keep on keeping on. It involves mastery as well as stability. You become like a rock or a mountain. You...

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