What Does it Mean to Feel Alive?

This post was written by Community Partner, clairvoyant energy healer and meditation guide, Ali Sweeney.

What does it mean to feel alive? Really ALIVE? Remember a time when you felt really alive. What did it feel like? Sometimes for me it is as simple as a tingle in my fingers. Feel that now, that aliveness that is the tingle in your fingers. Whenever I do that, a smile automatically appears on my face. Other times I touch into my heart and feel that space. What happens when you feel into your heart, do you feel safe, sovereign, and connected? The heart is the seat of the soul, the highest self version of you that is so very alive.

Many of us have lost this connection, this feeling of aliveness. There are many ways to not feel truly alive in this life – maybe you are just going through the motions, doing what others expect for you, or just distracted from the very essence of you. Think of all of the obligations, responsibilities, or screens we can distract ourselves with in any moment. The Alive Healing Circles are designed to bring you back to yourself and empower you to connect within and create a life where you feel wholly fully alive. Each circle is unique, yet there are a few common elements – safety, sovereignty, and connection – that work to support you right where you are. These events are virtual on zoom, and begin with a few tips, then we dive into meditation together as a group.

Safety

You are probably reading this article from a place of relative safety – you likely aren’t being chased by a saber toothed tiger. In addition to alerting us to physical threats, our bodies can send us an alarm anytime we perceive an emotional or egotistical threat as well. And sometimes we hide from those alarms or stop listening to them – but they are still going off and stealing your energy. If you are anything like me, you put up a good front that everything is ‘fine’ but on the inside you are regularly worried or constantly thinking. You might have enough to eat and a place to live, but our world regularly has us vigilant. And unless we soothe the alarm to really let our bodies know that we are safe, the alarm will use up a lot of energy keeping our nervous system on high alert and helping us stay vigilant. This constant alarm can create a fatigue that keeps you from feeling truly alive.

In Alive Circles, we start our meditation together and set the foundation for safety. When we feel safe, our system relaxes, and we can bring more awareness within. A reminder that we are safe in this moment can go a long way in soothing the alarm and helping to tame the thoughts that tend to keep you on alert and distracted. A foundation of security and stability is a great place to get connected within and start to create your life. When we are ready for more aliveness than the tingly sensations in the body, the creation cycle will help you tap into inspiration, passion, and connection. And in creation you begin to create a life fully lived.

Sovereignty

Living life out of unconscious patterns can also be exhausting, especially as they tend to repeat themselves until we choose differently. Maybe you are beginning to notice a shadow part of you, a patterning or habit that keeps popping up, or a part of yourself that feels less than others. These all take energy from the creation cycle and your life. Alive Circles empower you to heal these aspects of you. As we continue the meditation in the Alive Circle, we set the stage for empowered healing. Healing in these meditations is anything that you are looking to transform or change. Typically the circles have a theme (like money, feminine and masculine energy balance, releasing victimhood) but the healing is yours to choose. I am a cheerleader reminding you of your power. You are sovereign in your body and the healing is yours to choose. It is amazing to watch what opportunities open for participants as they begin to decide what it is they truly want to spend their time doing in this life and who they deserve to be in this life.

Connection

As the meditation continues in the Alive Circle, we intentionally connect to divine energy within each of us. You are empowered to be powerful in this life and more fully yourself than you have been aware of before. It feels so good to focus within and connect. And as the meditation continues, energetically we join together in meditation to support one another for the well being of all. The energy that is created by our connection to each other, our sun, earth, and stars is shared through us, for us, and to us. This shared power of the circle feels like belonging, like you matter, and are supported in the life you choose and the healing steps you wish to take.

You are the only one who gets to be you, and these circles are here to support you in becoming the next best version of yourself.

The next ALiVE Circle meditation will be on May 17 at 1pm mountain time. The circles are deeply moving supportive healing events. If you haven’t tried one yet, a sliding scale is available for $5-$22. Check out the registration here: https://consciouscityguide.com/event/alive-healing-circle-on-zoom-6/

More About the Author: Ali Sweeney is a professional clairvoyant energy healer, empowering you to live the life you choose. Through her business, A Light Insight, she works with all aspects of personal growth to help you bring your light, that very essence of yourself, back in sight. Find out more on her website: www.alightinsight.com