Birla Angelica

16/09/2023

What if there is only love?
So, just like many of you, I can get completely overwhelmed with anxiety and fear.
Particularly when going through transitions in life, fears can surface that I thought I already had worked through, deep rooted angst and terrors about the future.
For me, this manifests in depression, in feeling as if my insides are in knots, and in a terrifying paralysis of my inner world.
Many years ago I developed techniques to bypass this to avoid the pain. Ways to distract me, patterns of behavior that bounded in old ways of survival, ways to jump over the feelings I don’t want to acknowledge and avoid facing parts of myself I refuse to own and love.
When we are faced with this we have several options. We can choose to continue to avoid facing discomfort. To continue denying our own dark places, and only love the parts of ourselves that fits the version of us we can accept.
Or- when we are ready, we can sit with the totality of ourselves and face the parts that has been pushed down. I know that no truth will be denied forever. If it is your truth, it will continue to raise its head, whether it fits in with your self image or not.
And this brings me back to the beginning. Fear arise when your truth contradicts your life. Your plans. Your image.
When your truth forces you to change.
Change can be terrifying. It can be paralyzing.
And yet- what if there is only love and nothing to be afraid of?
What if you face your truth, work with it instead of against it? Could this inner work you do contribute to the collective transformation of the one consciousness of this earth?
Could it be, that your willingness to love all of yourself heals your little part of this universe, and helps bring healing to something much much larger?
Could this be our true work?

30/08/2023

I practice and teach Reiki, and it is such a wonderful way to start working with energy.
If you are curious about your healing abilities, Reiki is a perfect place to start. It can give you a framework, a system to channel your healing through, and for someone like me it was perfect. If you are like me you need a structure to begin connecting with healing, because without that structure you have a hard time giving the energy flow purpose and form.
However, it has become more and more important for me to emphasize to my students, that access to healing energy does not happen through Reiki alone.
Access to healing energy is our birthright- we are born with this.
In my Reiki trainings I teach the Reiki symbols, and my students receive these symbols through an attunement ceremony, just as I was given them.
I deeply believe in the power of ritual and ceremony, but it is important to me to remind you that it is not necessary for you to use symbols or be attuned to Reiki to be able to channel energy.
If we rely too much on the symbols they can instead become a divider between you and your healing.
Healing flows from your heart, it flows through the world and healing energy is available to all of us all the time. If we are unsure of ourselves we can sometimes hide behind the system, the structure, the symbols. We can fall into the trap of ‘performing’ rather than trust that healing energy, pure love, is already there.
We are already whole. The people around us are already whole. The healers work is to reflect this wholeness back to the client, and to the part of our clients that has forgotten their wholeness.
Let your loving energy flow directly to others, whether you have been attuned or not. Trust that your immediate love and your witness of others wholeness is all you need, and all they need.

21/04/2023

I haven’t posted anything for a long time, and today I’m back in my studio after a couple of weeks in Denmark. This place! - it’s so full of beauty and peace.
So, if you need some beauty and peace in your life, dm me for a session ♥️♥️♥️

25/02/2023

This rain is such a blessing! I’m in Eaton canyon loving the river and the snow dusted mountains ♥️

11/01/2023

If you are interested in learning how to work with energy, check out my classes!

11/01/2023

Skriv til mig hvis du er interesseret i en Reiki session med mig- jeg hjælper dig med at finde din indre balance igen, hjælper dig med at sænke dit stressniveau, og hjælper dig i det hele taget med at være i dybere kontakt med dig selv og din egen sandhed.
Det foregår i The Wing, som er mit smukke studie i Tikøb, og jeg glæder mig til at se dig! Sms 28705251 for tider og bookninger.

09/01/2023

Sunday evening vibes

08/01/2023

Sunday morning vibes.

31/12/2022

♥️

I studied the world’s great religions.
I devoured the long, dense tomes of philosophers.
I did what the gods and gurus said I should do.

I was a good boy yet I found no comfort, no home.
Only second-hand thoughts from second-hand people
and a brief respite from a terrible nostalgia.

In the name of spirituality I fell into denial.
I denied anger and called it peace.
I denied shame and called it power.
I denied sexuality and called it purity.
I denied my humanity and called it Awareness.
I denied desire itself and proclaimed myself enlightened.

Now, I find my home in simplicity.
I have been humbled. I know nothing.
I see a cloud and hot tears stream down my face.
Or the face of an old friend, it shocks me with its perfection.
Or a lamppost on my evening walk,
bowing to me with its perfect incandescent light.
All things pull me back to God, I cannot prevent it.

I use human language but I am not quite human.
I am a sparrow at dawn. My song is my home.
My body is my temple. My altar is loss and the strange relief of grieving.
I find solace in the utter lack of solace.
I find rest in my own restless desire for life.

My love, may I sit beside you now?
Will you share with me what’s on your heart?
(I am as lost as you are).
Will you give me your tears, your shudders and your trembling?
Shall I hold you until it stops, and if it never stops shall I hold you?
Will you hold me too?
Shall we look after each other, as the end draws near?
Yes, shall we look after each other?

Oh God. Oh God.
I have found my true religion:

Simple. Human. Kindness.

- Jeff Foster

30/12/2022

There is something so exciting about a new beginning! Something hopeful and energizing about starting again, about doing it right this time, about another chance at life, at health, at self love and love for others.
We often get this feeling up to New Year’s Eve, and we set ourselves some goals or resolutions for what we want to do better in this new year ahead.
Unless I consciously choose not to, I am prone to be hard on myself around this time of year. My mind can be filled with ‘should’s’ ‘ought to’s’ and harsh words to myself about all the ways I am failing to be perfect. I am the master of looking at myself from the outside and picking myself apart, and in the past my new year resolutions came from this place as well.
It was a way for me to try and live up to an unattainable persona created outside of myself, pieced together by societal ideals and childhood conditioning.
So today my reminder to myself and to you, is to go inward when you think about the year ahead. Go in, listen to what is whispered quietly in your heart.
Let your resolution be a sacred intention you set for yourself out of love and compassion. Something that resonates deeply and fills you with calmness and happiness.
Something you can use as your northern star that guides you through the year to come.
Happy new year!

16/12/2022

I have missed the beauty of cold winter so much! I really appreciate how lovely all the sunshine in LA is and how easy it is to plan outdoor events, but spending a few days here in Utah reconfirmed for me that my heart loves the changing seasons and snowy winters the very most! There’s true magic in the way nature completely transforms in winter- so white and silent, so fresh on the skin, so clean when you get away from the roads. I’m grateful to experience a bit of it this year. ❄️❄️❄️ and to know that right now everything is resting and looking inwards- Germinating- gathering up energy for the spring rebirth, can be a useful reminder for all of us. I know this time of year can be busy, but remember to rest. To light a candle. To journal. To just be in silence. ♥️

01/12/2022

FINAL STUDIO CLEARANCE SALE 💙

This Saturday 12/3 from 1-5pm at 1691 East Mendocino St in Altadena. Everything that’s left will be available for our deepest discount yet - 55% off! Pick up some beautiful stocking stuffers and we’ll throw in free gift wrapping 🎁

After this sale, we’ll be putting a pause on production and taking a much needed break, so you don’t want to miss this one 😎 See you Saturday!