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awaken studio

270 Carlaw Avenue Unit 102
Toronto ON M4M 3L1
Canada

(416) 557-7312

http://www.phillipcoupal.ca

Email address: phillip@phillipcoupal.ca
Description:
– Studio and Office for Phillip Coupal Counselling + Coaching + Bodywork
 – Home of the Body Electric School Toronto
 – East End Toronto Center for Men Touching Men and Erotic Education
– Workshops Offered Monthly
Clients Served:  Individuals – Couples – Groups
Payment types: Cash, Cheque, Traveller’s Cheque, Paypal, Interac
Hours:
Monday: Call for Appointment
Tuesday: Evening Sessions Available
Wednesday: Call for Appointment
Thursday: Evening Sessions Available
Friday: Call for Appointment
Saturday: Weekend Sessions Available
Sunday: Weekend Sessions Available
awaken studio Providing welcoming space for :Counselling + Coaching + Bodywork
Session Space and Office
Studio for Bodywork and Personal Growth
Personal Development Center
Workshop and Playshop
Other:
Street Parking : Available 
Awaken Studio

Awaken Studio
270 Carlaw Avenue, Unit 102
Toronto, Ontario Canada
http://www.phillipcoupal.ca

awaken studio

270 Carlaw Avenue Unit 102
Toronto ON M4M 3L1
Canada

(416) 557-7312

http://www.phillipcoupal.ca

 
 
Email address: phillip@phillipcoupal.ca
Description:
– Studio and Office for Phillip Coupal Counselling + Coaching + Bodywork
 – Home of the Body Electric School Toronto
 – East End Toronto Center for Men Touching Men and Erotic Education
– Workshops Offered Monthly
 
Clients Served:  Individuals – Couples – Groups
Payment types: Cash, Cheque, Traveller’s Cheque, Paypal, Interac
Hours:
Monday: Call for Appointment
Tuesday: Evening Sessions Available
Wednesday: Call for Appointment
Thursday: Evening Sessions Available
Friday: Call for Appointment
Saturday: Weekend Sessions Available
Sunday: Weekend Sessions Available
awaken studio  Providing welcoming space for :Counselling + Coaching + Bodywork
Session Space and Office
Studio for Bodywork and Personal Growth
Personal Development Center
Workshop and Playshop
 
Other:
Street Parking : Available

awaken studio 270 Carlaw Avenue Unit 102 Toronto Ontario Canada

 

Courage…

Courage to ask…

Courage under the barrage of information …

Courage under fire …

Courage … feeling the fear and doing it anyway …

I feel inspired to be courageous as I have just been in the presence of courage. The men who I was with on the weekend were very courageous and that informs me and inspires me… My dear friend William is full of courage and that inspires me… My husband fills me with courage as I see him move forward… I am more able to gather courage to me as I feel the courage around me. 

I like how I feel when I am wrapped in the warmth of courage and determination. I like how I feel when I am aware of the clarity I can maintain when I am filled with a sense of courage. I feel like I can be an inspiration when I can be aware and present to my courage and the source of that flow of information and awareness.

Today I will move forward filled with courage and inspiration.

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Beneath the surface there is something else? or beneath the surface is more of what is visible on the outside?

I wonder as I look at this painting … ?

There is such a visage on the exterior what is on the inside… ?

What was in Caravaggio’s spirit as he created this…?

How does my interior match my exterior? or do they?

Beneath - Toronto 2012

My new workshop
Opening here in Toronto this weekend February 4th
 
Dancing on the Ecstatic Path ~ Bridging the Energy of Earth and Sky with the Energy of the Heart
 

Dancing on the Ecstatic Path ~ Bridging the Energy of Earth and Sky with the Energy of the Heart

 

Today is the day… Eruption

The land has been building…

The outer layers have been stretching…

The motion has been stirring…

The heavy peaks have been massing…

The heat has been rising…

The eruption has been pressurizing…

Today is the day…

Bursting forth in a new and vibrant energy!

HA! Breath – Life HA!

What will happen after the eruption? No one knows… I imagine there will be some silence and then there will be another build of activity. Or there could on the other side be some tumultuous event… It is all the same really… motion into a new place.

Bursting forward... Hilo May 2012

Sometime I can become obsessed with a project…

Today when I mentioned this to my husband… I said something like … “I feel bad because I have become obsessed with this latest project” He in turn surprised me and replied. That my obsessions were some of my best attributes and sometimes the result of the obsessive work was some of my most brilliant creation.

I was surprised. I had always thought that those projects that could consume my entire energy were not my best moments… Sometimes I just have no clue of what those around me are truly thinking. I am glad my husband shared his experience. I am glad because I had a little insight into myself that I often do not see.

LOVE – PEACE – JOY

Sometimes things are not as they appear... Strega Rome 2010

 

Today… Dancing…

Shiva Dance Dance Dance! Let Illusion Fall Away
Shiva Dance, Let Me See You …  Let Me BE You
Shiva Dance Dance Dance! I Am Total Freedom
Shiva Dance, I Am Total Love

or…

Shiva Dance Dance Dance! Let Illusion Fall Away
Shiva Dance, Let Me See You … Let Me BE You
Shiva Dance Dance Dance! I caught a glimpse of Freedom
Shiva Dance, I caught a glimpse of Peace

Today …  Shiva  …

“Lord Shiva is … In images, He is represented as a handsomeyoung manimmersed in deep meditation or dancing the Tandava upon Apasmara, the demon of ignorance in his manifestation of Nataraja, the Lord of the dance, goodness, humility, and every good quality a human should have. It is said that He looks like an eternal youth because of his authority over death, rebirth and immortality. He is also the father of Ganesha… “
 
 
 

Dancing on the Ecstatic Path …

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Lord Shiva Dancing for His Spouse Parvati

The Journey

One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice–
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
“Mend my life!”
each voice cried.
But you didn’t stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do–
determined to save
the only life you could save.
~Mary Oliver~
 
Travelling today…
 

The Journey ~ Diamond Head - Hawaii - May2011

More about movement on the Journey of Life www.phillipcoupal.ca

 

Today I am UnWRAPPED

I usually carefully put myself together, wrapping myself up, making certain non of the loose ends are showing. There seems to be no wrapping today. I am full of all of my passions and full of all of my fears and full of all of the joys of my life.

I am particularly aware of how raw I feel when I hear, inconsistencies and unbalanced elements. Hearing imbalances, untruths, lies has me feel a little raw today. The world can be cruel and unkind. I will need to be extra generous with my own self care.

I will be sweet and kind and generous and finally extraordinarily gracious with myself in order to compensate for the: gas lighting, crazy making, unbalanced emotional response that takes place in me as I hear lies or untruths.

The sweetness and graciousness will allow me to glow. The glow will let me be safe and know that it is alright to be UnWRAPPED.

More about the Juicy Heart blog and about Counselling and Coaching Gay Men and Male Couples www.phillipcoupal.ca

I want a little sugar
in my bowl
I want a little sweetness
down in my soul
I could stand some lovin’


 

MMMMMMM YUM!