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Carina Chikyo Nickerson

My meditation practice started 12 years ago as part of my search to find inner ease. Since then I have been working closely with Dr. Andrew Shugyo Bonnici in Applied Meditation Therapy and have recently received certification as an Applied Meditation Teacher. I am also a certified yoga teacher through Cloud Nine Yoga School and have been engaging in psychospiritual work with Sasha Papovich for the last 3 years. I have loved leading meditation groups in the Long Beach area for patients of Dr. Aleksandra Wirga, and look forward to expanding my schedule to include more groups and yoga classes.

I am currently available for private and group work in Applied Meditation Therapy and yoga. Please contact me via email for more information.

I've loved making things for as long as I can remember. When I was little I loved knitting with my Nana and making holiday trees with old Reader's Digest magazines.

When I was pregnant with my son I decided to take an online art and writing class. Through it I uncovered a way of painting that aligned my inner world with a richly layered painting process. I fell in love with color and bought a sewing machine so I could work with beautiful fabrics I couldn't find in stores. I began painting with magenta and turquoise. I took to making my own bread. And I found a refuge in making art; what I like to call domestic bliss; after I put my kids to bed.

My practice and my art are linked profoundly, delicately, and sincerely. I owe my meditation practice for opening my heart to the richness and depth of my own life and the longing to express it.

May you find real soul nourishment on these pages. Love to you all....Carina

Friday, October 18, 2013

Stepping Gently on the Unknown Ground of This Moment

Choosing to be in your body and with this breath can be scary.  The practice is simple; yet it takes us away from familiar ground.  The familiar ground of thinking.  Thoughts arise, but in practicing not THINKING OUR THOUGHTS we come to realize we are not our thoughts, and all of who we thought we were comes into question.  This is shaky ground.  It can be fucking scary.  It can bring us into direct contact with the deep seated fear in our body we have been trying to get away from our whole life.  

The deep fear of unworthiness.  
The deep fear of badness.  
The deep fear of annihilation.  
The deep fear of being unlovable.  
The deep fear of being left. 
Inquire into yours and drop those words down for the next sentence.  

So most of us walk around with this vague sense that something is wrong.  Something isn't quite right with our life.  If only we had a lover.  If only we had money.  If only we had respect.  If only....then we'd be happy.  But alas, not so...not so...not so.  You know this to be true.  You've gotten things you really wanted and did it ease the dis-ease?  Maybe for a few minutes.  At best a few days.  

The only true solace is to be found in resting in this moment.  Not believing our thoughts to be absolute truth.  And expect the shakiness of fear to hold your hand.  It is part of the practice.  IT'S OK TO BE AFRAID.  IT'S OK TO ASK FOR HELP.  Have faith in the unconditional wordless holding of this moment.  Surrender and fold into your own body.  Trust your breath.  Take refuge in your belly.  Above all, trust your innate goodness.  But don't take my word for it.  Just now, drop it all and come into yourself wholly holy and completely with so much kindness it makes you cry.  Soften your heart.  BE ALL YOU ARE.
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