Welcome! My name is Katie, and I am here as your Earth Priestess to guide you along a new form of ascension journey:
- A journey of Healing
- A journey of Connection
- A journey of Deepening Joy & Fulfillment
It happens here, now, in this moment, as we come to know ourselves ever-more-deeply for all that we are as human beings alive on this Planet Earth in these wild, challenging, yet simultaneously abundant times.
Yes, we find ourselves in a curious time in history where we have access to more than our ancestors could have ever imagined; while, simultaneously, facing challenges to a new degree that threaten our own individual selves and the whole of life on our Planet Earth as we know it.
It is times like these that we must be open not only to answers and solutions to solve our problems and resolve our ailments, but to an entire new way of being that allows us each to know ourselves in a wide and deep connection to our own selves, one another, and all life on this Planet Earth.
In connection: To the fullness of our own selves, each other, and all life on this Planet Earth
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What is The Embodied Path?
A grounded spirituality for modern times, I bring to you an opportunity to explore and ground in the practices, perspectives, beliefs, and skills that lead you forward into the life that best serves:
- best serves you, your own self, as you follow a heart and soul-centered pursuit of that which is grounding, enlivening, enlightening, and deeply fulfilling
- best serves the world we are all part of, as you, yourself, show up in connection and serves to the whole web of life that lives and breathes on Planet Earth
The Embodied Path arises from the weavings of my own complex life paths, grounded into the wholesome spiritual teachings I have been honored to learn and embody:
- grounded in systems biology and ecopsychology (amongst other scientific disciplines)
- grounded in yoga and tantric path of an embodied spiritual realization
- grounded in an Earth Priestessing practice, in communication and serve to Planet Earth in all her forms
- grounded in service to humanity, including the widespread effects on all life forms
A heart and soul-centric path, infused with spirit and grounded in the biological. Here, we call upon a healing connecting with all parts of self (mind and body, spirit, soul) in connection to the world we are all part of.
About The Journey
In 2020, I awoke to find myself in a dark, fiery pit of despair as I looked out on a world around me in flame. My own self, burning after forcing myself to live a lifestyle far out of alignment with what my own heart yearned for, I would spend the next years working desperately to make sense of my own self and the role I play in the greater web of life we are all part of.
Along the way, I didn't know where I was going. All I knew is that the world humanity has created is one I no longer wanted to be a part of. Instead, my heart pleaded for me to create something new: so that me, my own self, could cultivate light and true fulfillment that I know I am here to embody. More than this, my guiding light became living in a way that served the world I am part of just as it served my own true self.
This is not an ego-based journey. Instead, it is one that demands an ever-deepening connection with all parts of self so that we can learn to discern what is true/right/best for the whole of our own being; just as it becomes what is true/right/best for the world we are all part of.
A working theory and an active co-creation:
If you have come here for a crystal-clear path perfectly denoting an idealized path forward, than you have shown up for the wrong sort of ascension journey. Here at Upward Slopes and We Are The Forest, we are co-creating a new sort of path forward: one where we get to hold the vision for the world we want to live in, while we get to take aligned action to ground it in.
Because of this, what I offer below is no fixed, clear-cut, perfected path to a guaranteed outcome: instead, it is the best guidance I can offer for one who finds him/her/their self in a similar place:
- Desperately wanting to call in and embody a new way of being in this world: one that brings joy and true fulfillment, as well as grounding, safety, and peace.
- Knows that humanity has lived out of alignment from the biological laws that govern our world and holds a heart-centered vision for healing the whole web of life we are all part of
- Yearns to show up more empowered for the world, while simultaneously longing for one's own fulfillment
My working theory (one one that continues to serve my own path as I show up for the world around me) weaves together an approach grounded in both biological principles with an embodied spirituality. The theory goes something like this:
As we co-create a brighter, more beautiful way of being, the path forward that most serves is one that serves our own selves as it also serves the whole web of life we are part of.
To walk this path, you have to recognize that we are not here to serve immediate, egoic needs. Rather, we are here to hold a bigger vision: one that often takes patience and hard work, one that brings us to all that we are here to embody and bring through.
For our own, highest selves.
For the highest unfolding of the world we are all part of.
The Journey
Step 1: Find your grounding
Every journey begins with a single step (which will then be followed by the next and the next). As we we get started - before going anywhere! - let us begin by creating a grounded state of felt connection and presence.
Grounding: where are you, here and now, in this moment? What is alive, here and now, in this moment?
Finding ourselves in this moment is essential for knowing what is alive and present each and every moment of our paths forward.
Presence. Experienced when we are held, supported, and nurtured in each moment.
This is our state of grounding that we begin with, and continue to cultivate each step of the journey forward.
Step 2: Connect Deeply - To self; To all that expands beyond self
Your journey unfolds through ever-deepening and expansive connection. At the heart of it all is your connection to your body and breath.
Your breath is a direct connection to self:
- your nervous system
- your circulatory system
- all other parts of you
Your breath is a tool for grounding & discernment:
- being present here and now
- creating space to call in wisdom
Your breath is your companion
- with you ever and always, from birth until death
Calling upon your breath, you begin the journey that is connecting inward. It's a journey that seems like it can't go too many places - until, that is, you take those first steps and realize that there is so much to feel and experience in your inner world.
An inner world - one that opens up vastly once you realize how very connected you are to the world around you.
We call upon the breath to guide us inward, and to connect us to that which lay outward.
From here, we continue to stay present to breath as we open to the many other ways of calling in deeper presence with what is here, alive in this moment.
Step 3: Allow Healing to Occur Spontaneously
Healing is a vast and complex experience, but it begins simply: via re-connection.
Or else, a deepening into connection with that which you never truly were separated from, but merely led to believe it.
Healing begins internally as you bring your conscious awareness to all the vast and complex ways that you are an interconnected being. Not to worry, you need not understand these connections. This experience does not need the analytical role of your mind. Instead, your mind is used here to bring your attention where it serves to form and deepen connections for your healing.
And, from this space, organically begin to heal the world you are part of.
Step 4: Discernment and Desire on Your Unique Path Forward
Once you begin taking steps forward into reconnection of your whole being, you will find healing, joy, and beautiful transformation spontaneously arising. This may be enough.
Or, you may find that, along this path, there is a need to direct your focus towards specific challenges or problems to be solved. This is when we get to bring our heads on board!
Connecting mind & body, calling upon that high level wisdom to work through challenges - this is when the journey becomes juicy, full of excitement, and brings an offering for true fulfillment as you bring through effort to make your way through that uphill climb.
Why work with me?
A Biomedical Engineer (B.M.E., M.S.) who abandoned the path laid down before me through corporate America and a twisted healthcare system.
Here, now, having studied far and wide:
- From formal yoga teacher and yoga therapy trainings, a decade of regular meditation, and the endless explorations of Eastern traditions that connects us deeply into self...
- Deep into core embodiment traditions as they have been known across the world and grounded in western scientific pursuit of the nervous system...
- Emerging from the depths of an 18-month formal Priestess training
- Foremost, into my connection with my greatest guide and teacher, Mother Earth
Bringing you what is tried and tested and known to serve a grounded healing path that opens us up to how truly magical this world is.
