The Seeker
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The Seeker: Quelling Relationship Anxiety
When I say I live with anxiety instead of suffer from it, I choose those words carefully, simply because I try not to fall victim to its grip. While my chronic anxiety can be crippling at times (excessive armpit sweating, sleepless nights), I have found a handful of coping methods…
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The Seeker: Searching for a Positive Outlook
A greatest fear of mine may be living a life that is subpar to my fullest potential and simply existing in a plane of mediocrity — living but not thriving, a plant that doesn’t bloom due to insufficiency … feuille-morte. I’ve been applying to graduate schools and if you are…
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The Seeker: Practicing Self-Love Through An Extrasensory Lens
In the name of Valentine’s Day tradition, this year I committed time and attention to the person I care about most: myself. Before you judge me as a vainglorious or narcissistic person, hear me out. After losing myself in — and rediscovering myself after — a series of unhealthy relationships…
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The Seeker: Time Affluence For the Overachiever
While evolving into the current 2021 version of myself, I’ve somehow lost the ability to slow down. I can’t tell you the last show I binge-watched over a weekend. Rarely do I have downtime to scroll through social media (sorry marketers, not all millennials are as obsessed with social media…
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The Seeker: The Winter Solstice Brings New Beginnings
For those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere, the December Solstice earmarks the longest night and shortest day of the year, also known as the first day of winter. Meanwhile, our friends in the Southern Hemisphere experience the opposite. An easy astronomical explanation: The December Solstice marks the day…
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The Seeker: Tapping Into Your Source Energy
If I mention the term intuitive healer, would it sound familiar to you or a bit unconventional? For the unfamiliar, this type of healer is someone who listens to our unspoken needs by connecting with a source energy. No, not a source of energy, a source energy. Never heard of…
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Roam & Dwell Wants to Change the Way We Look at Retail
Good news for the eco-conscious or eco-curious: Roam & Dwell, a new brick-and-mortar concept offering sustainable, affordable and ethically-sourced fashion and beauty products for both men and women, opened its doors in the old Salon 1226 space in Plaza Midwood this fall. “The DNA of the store is sustainability,” says…
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Oracle Card Reading Helps Shift the Focus Inward
If I were to go back and brand the decades of my life, my thirties would appropriately be titled “Confused but seeking clarity.” Even after crossing the threshold of my mid-thirties, I’m no less adrift. But perhaps, as they say, not all who wander are lost. I recently noticed that…
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The Seeker: NoDa Yoga Struggles To Pivot in Pandemic
You may have heard by now that multiple yoga studios have permanently shuttered in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic; a conspicuous void that will be no doubt felt by the community once we return to “normal’. Amidst the unknown future we collectively share, NoDa Yoga has launched a crowdfunding…
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The Seeker: Take Care of Yourself So You Can Take Care of Others
Looking back a decade, it’s strange to imagine my life before yoga. There’s almost a tangible division between the previous version of me and the most current version; like those inspirational before-and-after life-altering weight-loss stories. My story isn’t around body weight, but more about the weight of my soul suffering…
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The Seeker: Show Love It’s the Bhagavad Way
The Mahābhārata is the longest known epic poem, quite accurately described as “the longest poem ever written.” At about 1.8 million total words, the Mahābhārata is roughly 10 times the length of the Iliad and the Odyssey combined. As the sixth book of the Mahābhārata, the Bhagavad Gita makes up…
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The Seeker: A Live Stream Full of Detox Revelations
While sheltering in place these past few weeks I’ve found myself exploring new strategies to maintain my mental and physical wellbeing. This week I virtually checked into a Facebook Live event titled Detox 101: Simple + Effective Holistic Detox Tips featuring Lauren Klitzsch, a holistic health coach based in Charlotte.…
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The Seeker: Confronting Anxiety in a Quarantine
According to Dr. Amy Fletcher at Thrive, a health and wellness center in SouthPark, the most recent research suggests that one in four women regularly deal with stress and anxiety, and because I align with the quartile that suffers from those maladies, Fletcher’s recent Facebook Live webinar “Stress, Cortisol and…
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Virtual Reiki Passes Healing Vibes Through a Screen
Considering we are in the midst of a deeply unsettling pandemic, it perhaps goes without saying that the standard healing methods I’ve come accustomed to are now verboten. What’s a girl to do when anxiety levels are high and the need for a one-on-one reiki session are higher? The answer…
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You Don’t Need a Destination for a Retreat
While I should consider myself lucky to live in a place that experiences such mild winters, I can’t help but feel this season has outstayed its welcome. In the traditional Hindu medicinal system Ayurveda, winter is characterized by a heavy, downward moving energy that causes in us a desire…
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How to Use the Moon to Your Advantage
With the Wolf Moon lunar eclipse following hard on the heels of not just a new year but a new decade, a full moon meditation sounds like the most magical way to tiptoe into January. The January full moon is also known as the Wolf Moon and kicks off the…
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