It began when Linda, Marcia and I were doing our Reiki share in the midst of the fires on the west coast. The smoke was endangering the health of Linda and me. Marcia, in Ohio, started to feel guilty because she could breathe. What can we do? What if those who can breathe do so with intention for those who cannot? I can support you and you can support me, no matter the reason, environmental or systemic racism. Our breath becomes a life raft across time and space.
You can use a 108 bead mala to pace yourself if desired. The number 108 is sacred. It's the number of wholeness. It's the number six chai representing the eternal life of the soul. Read slowly and breathe with each one. Pause to hear and feel the words. Read to someone else and watch their breathing slow as you read. If you grok the idea of this practice, you can create your own I Breathe With You.
Grok – Hindu word for intuit or understand. I love this word. Sounds like a bird talking.
Who among us can breathe? Who cannot? I breathe with and for you.
I breathe with you and all your friends and family connected ones.
…with the trees outside my window.
…with the waters big and small.
…with the wind.
…and smoke.
…with the fires
…and ash.
…and rain.
…with the fog.
…and the spiders who want to be inside.
…and the roly-poly bugs inching across the floor.
…with the rocks, big and small.
…with the sea lions barking at the bottom of the hill.
…with the screaming birds.
…seagulls.
… crows.
…eagles.
I breathe with the mighty hummingbird and her electric sound.
I breathe with the dahlias and the crocosmias.
…the geraniums and the mint.
…the milkweed and the marigolds.
I breathe with the wood of the house, strong and sturdy.
…with the windows and their vision.
I breathe with the mold hidden and not.
I breathe with the idea of balance.
I breathe with knowing I am not the center of the universe.
I breathe with my part in the world.
…with the joy in me.
…with the joy in you.
…with our separation.
…our connection.
Our suffering.
Our end of the cause of suffering.
Our letting go.
Our opening up.
Our open hearts.
Our minds, free and clear.
With my pain.
With your pain.
I breathe with being free of pain..
With the life force.
To be present.
To be soft and yielding.
To stand firmly in my groundedness.
I breathe with the skies.
I breathe with all the colors we see.
Red.
Orange.
Yellow.
Green.
Blue.
Purple
Black.
Brown
White
I breathe with the earth’s core:
fiery and expanding.
…and the earth’s crust:
brittle or crumbling,
fertile and verdant.
I breathe into all the elements.
Fire.
Air.
Metal.
Space.
Wood.
Earth.
I breathe with “being in relationship.”
I breathe with “ what is my portion.”
…”what do I need going forward?”
I breathe with the body.
…with the voice:
say my name, say all the names.
I breathe with the liver, toxin filter.
…the spleen and lymph, first line of defense.
..the blood, oxygen distributor.
..the bones, structure, shape and scaffolding.
..inner marrow, stem cell producer.
..lungs, wings of the heart.
I breathe with the sounds around and in me.
I breathe with the smells swirling in, out.
I breathe with my hands and their touch to this body.
I breathe with the sensations on my skin.
…the borders of my body.
…beyond the borders.
…with the heavenly host.
…with the moonlight.
…with the sun’s radiance.
…the stars.
…the night.
…the day.
…into this life right now.
…into the lives before this one.
and after.
…with the hands cupped to cradle our nation with all protection buddha mudra.
…with riding out the storm with calm.
I breathe with the power of love.
I breathe with giving love.
I breathe with receiving love.
I breathe with there is no difference in giving and receiving love.
I breathe with there is no OTHER when we breathe with our connection.
I breathe with all the forces of nature giving life to this planet.
May we breathe respect.
May we breathe balance through listening.
I breathe with hearing you and you hearing me.
I breathe with the name of god in the silence of my breath’s exhalation.
We all have seeds of genius, whether we are ready to share them or not.
Instead of letting our egos get in the way — with grandiosity or showing off — we usually let those voices in our head convince us to hold onto all we know in case we will be judged or ridiculed or — some other “horrible” fate.
What if we just got out of our own way?
What if we could TRUST in a power greater than our small self and TUNE in to our deepest desires and have FAITH that we are being divinely inspired?
What if we could just “get out of the way and let go?”
But how do we do that?
How do I do that?
First, I need to take a deep breath, put on my big girl pants and not be afraid to face my fears.
What am I afraid of?
That someone won’t like what I write? (So what? I can’t please everyone.)
They will think it’s corny? (They are probably right. I am corny.)
My children won’t approve? (They often find fault, so what’s new?)
So much that I have written stays hidden from view.
So much of what I have produced is out of sight.
So much of the last seven years of my life feels like I’ve been going in circles.
Maybe that’s because I thought I had to do it all myself – by myself – from my small self.
What if I truly tuned in –
to the song that is playing under the fears…
to the hum of my deepest knowing…
to the beauty of my soul’s voice…
What would I hear?
What if I pressed SEND on all those emails?
Or conversed with people I’m “friends with” or “connected to” or are “on my list.”
What if I made the value of sharing more important than the goal of “earning?”
I invite you to join with me and share the free gifts and the two programs that I'm offering now.
With all that's going on in the world — with all the difficulties in communication and all the strained and stressed relationships — I have two programs to be of help.
The first one is called the Compassionate Mediation® Program.
It's for individuals and couples to either add passion to their marriage or compassion to their divorce. I'd love for you to help me spread the word about that.
If you're interested, I give you a FREE Relationship Assessment that you can tell people about.
And then if anyone takes the Relationship Assessment and later takes my course on Compassionate Mediation Program, you'll get 30% of the cost of the course as my way of saying thank you.
The Compassionate Mediation Program, based on my book, is for individuals and couples who could use the help now.
It's a six hour program. It's evergreen which means it's always available.
And if you're interested, I'll send you copy that you can use to put on social media, to send out in an email, with a link with your name. And if someone that you send it to eventually buys the program, I'd love to thank you with a percentage of what the program costs.
So that's the Compassionate Mediation Program for individuals and couples.
The other program I’d love for you to share for me is my Compassionate Mediation® Training.
It is called Compassionate Mediation Tools For Your Practice Now. I send you a FREE ROADMAP and VIDEO that you can offer to a professional — a therapist, mediator, attorney, coach, clergy, counselor — someone who works with individuals and couples who could use this skill set.
And after they look at the free road map and the video, if they take my training, Compassionate Mediation Tools For Your Practice Now, you get 30% of that course.
And then eventually this fall, I'm going to be having the certification for professionals.
What I'm asking for now is for you to find out more about the relationship assessment that leads to the Compassionate Mediation Program and about the road map and video that lead to the Compassionate Mediation Training.
It's my fervent hope that we can reach as many people as possible with a message of SELF- leadership. And what I mean by self leadership — considering Dick Schwartz' work with Internal Family Systems — is when we come from our highest SELF, we are calm, clear, compassionate, courageous, confident, connected, caring. We need more SELF presence right now.
I want to help the individuals and couples to create the relationships they desire and deserve.
And I want to help the professionals reach as many people as possible with this process so that together, we can change the face of divorce and conflict in general, one heart at a time.
Communication can be difficult in the best of times, but no one has had a roadmap on how best to help clients in conflict.
Couples and families can use all the assistance we can give them and acquiring these “unique tools” for your therapeutic toolkit can help them – and you.
I am excited to share a transformational (IFS-based) training for relationship healing – Compassionate Mediation® – offering you techniques and materials you can use either in-person or online.
In his review of her book, Dick Schwartz said, “This is relationship healing at its best… Linda Kroll is a master at lifting couples out of their narrow perspectives…”
Compassionate Mediation® helps any relationship that needs healing – even if only one member of a couple learns these skills.
You will gain expertise to help people heal themselves and their relationships.
Warmly,
ABOUT LINDA KROLL, LCPC, JD
Linda Kroll, an IFS therapist, mediator, attorney, and Chopra-Certified teacher of meditation, yoga, and Ayurveda has created a program that covers emotional and spiritual healing along with financial and legal information and support.
Linda believes, “Families need not be broken, but can be peacefully and respectfully restructured.”
Now, more than ever – Linda’s process of SELF-led compassionate communication will help resolve conflict, heal old wounds, and foster relationship transformation.
Linda is the author of an award-winning book Compassionate Mediation® for Relationships at a Crossroads: How to Add Passion to Your Marriage or Compassion to Your Divorce and the Kindle book, “Compassionate Divorce™: Changing the Face of Divorce, One Heart at a Time. She is the Founder of the online Compassionate Communication Academy, where her six-hour online video series – Compassionate Mediation® Program – is available to help couples and individuals around the world.
Other IFS therapists who have participated in Linda’s trainings have said:
“Wow!! I love watching a therapist so competent in couples work! I will begin and merge concepts with my practice – especially with couples on the brink.”
“Thanks so much. This gives me a roadmap and framework for helping couples navigate their decision making in a way that honors and empowers both parties.
(Optional Note) I do not administer this course. I am an affiliate and support many of the products created. This means, if you choose to make a purchase, I will make a small commission.
During this time of stress and uncertainty, relationships can be strained to their limits.
I want to share with you my proven transformational process for relationship healing – Compassionate Mediation®
I’ll provide you with methods, strategies, and handouts I’ve used successfully with thousands of individuals and couples for over 35 years.
As a therapist, mediator, attorney, and Chopra-Certified teacher of meditation, yoga, and Ayurveda, I have created a process that covers emotional and spiritual healing along with financial and legal information and support.
I am offering a FREE short VIDEO introduction along with a FREE step-by-step ROADMAP of the whole Compassionate Mediation® Coaching process — so you can see how much the information and materials provided can help you to better serve your clients.
You can increase your expertise, impact and income as you share these invaluable tools.
Compassionate Mediation® is NOT just for individuals or couples considering divorce. This process works with clients who aren’t worried about leaving, but want to improve their relationship with SELF-led communication.
Any relationship that needs healing or transformation will benefit — even if only one member of the relationship learns these skills.
Sometimes the willingness to consider what an ending may look like provides the impetus to create a new beginning together.
Families need not be broken, but can peacefully and respectfully restructured.
Together, we can improve relationships – and even change the face of divorce – one heart at a time.
I’m very excited to start my program on Compassionate Mediation® Tools for Your Practice Now on soon.
It's going to be a personalized group, in which I get to know you individually and I can offer my support over the next three months.
I hope you can jump in and join us — even if you're on the fence — because there's so much to gain and nothing to lose.
I created this process merging IFS with my background as a mediator and attorney, and Chopra Certified teacher of meditation, yoga, and Ayurveda.
The tools I share with you combine emotional and spiritual healing, along with legal and financial information. You can help your individual or couples clients to add passion to their marriage or compassion to their divorce and heal from the trauma of this pandemic.
There's a no-risk money back guarantee, so if after the first session you think it's not for you, I'll give your money back. And in the meantime, you'll get to keep all the bonuses that I've offered. (See below)
Compassionate Mediation® is not just for people who are thinking of divorce. It's a process that you can use with an individual or a couple who is having conflict in their relationship. It gives you the tools to help you help them:
· be their best self
· foster a compassionate relationship with their partner now
· explore their options
· understand their rights and finances
· and then create a relationship they truly desire and deserve.
I merge IFS with higher consciousness and add in legal and financial information. If you are a therapist or coach, you can receive 5 Continuing Education Credits.
Here’s what you’ll receive:
3 Live 90 minute sessions on zoom
3 live Q&A sessions over the next 3 months
3 month in private Facebook group for mentoring and support.
5 Continuing Education Credits available for therapists and coaches
PLUS you get these bonuses just for signing up!
Initial Interview Template: I'm sure you have your own process, but this unique outline gives you the framework for knowing what to ask in what order to make immediate and deep connections to your clients, their parts, their partner's parts, and their enhanced SELF-leadership. You get an in-depth overview and your clients get an immediate appreciation of SELF and Parts.
.Miracle of Empathy Handout: Your clients will feel compassion for their own feelings and also their partner's. Using “I” messages and speaking “for” their exiles, their parts release the need to be defensive, blaming or judgmental. I have used this handout with my individual and couples clients to help foster a better connection, no matter what the future holds.
What Your Clients Should Know about Divorce Audio and E-book: My 30-minute Audio and E-book offer information for you and your clients. They include legal and financial information, available options for your clients, and how to provide counseling and support, along with a relaxation meditation.
Budget Form to Share: You can help your clients become more informed, clear and confident about their financial situation as they create a new relationship with respect.
And remember you have a No-Risk Money-back Guarantee!
(First Name), the LIVE course starts soon, and I would love to have you join me.
All my best,
Linda
P.S. Many of your colleagues will be joining this course. It’s a great opportunity to network and share your skills and expertise with others who can refer and support you.
We are starting the course on soon. Please join us!
Linda Kroll, an IFS therapist, mediator, attorney, and Chopra-Certified teacher of meditation, yoga, and Ayurveda has created a program that covers emotional and spiritual healing along with financial and legal information and support.
