Thrival Kit: Living Awake
Energize. Nourish. Awaken.
Our FREE Thrival Kit to uplevel with family and friends this month.
Our Leo Birthday Thrival Kit and gatherings to guide you in your AWAKENING.
There are moments in life that quietly divide time into before and after. Our REWILD Immersion was one of those moments.
This summer, we found ourselves in the valley of the Uinta Mountains of Utah at REWILD, an immersion we led with Dr. Zach Bush (check out Zach’s recent podcast with Joe Rogan here), Pooven Moodley, the Native American teachings and practices of Lakotas led by Doug Good Feather, and extraordinary musicians like Nahko and Manuel Obregon.
We, alongside a hundred and fifty human souls, came to this land curious about the deeper questions about life, humanity, who we are as a species, where we are going, and how we can create new ways and new systems to better serve our planet and one another.
The two of us—Jill and Jessica—had the honor of guiding participants every morning in breathwork and movement, primal, ecstatic, deep, and playful to help open up our energy, release old stories that bog you down and keep you playing small, and to connect more deeply to your inner world and to one another.
“I felt myself healing and opening in new ways. It helped me remember this incredible power that lives inside of me. The Shine sisters have a gift of bringing people together and creating connection and community in a way that feels authentic and empowering. I truly believe in what they are bringing to the world.”
Nature showed up in her vast glory. Smoke from the Utah fires filled the air on the first evening, led by cold rain in the mornings. We were all in tents, sleeping on the earth, and every morning in that cold rain we came together, and we moved in the elements anyway. At first, people's shoulders were around their necks, and they were bracing against the cold and the wet, but then as we moved, they not only peeled their layers of clothing but also the layers of old stuck energy and body pain, or thoughts of, “I don't want to,” to “this feels so good!”
We got beyond the cold, and we stoked the inner fire, and from that we saw more clearly the way forward. We started to AWAKEN together to something so profound…
These times are an invitation to REMEMBER:
Remember who you are.
Remember that you belong.
Remember that life and all its challenges are always nudging you towards expansion.
To remember, we must AWAKEN.
What does it really mean to be awake?
We don't believe awakening is one dramatic moment.
We believe it is hundreds of quiet moments where life gently whispers.
There is another way; in fact, there are a million ways, but so often we can only see in black or white or blue or red. It is actually so 👏 much 👏 bigger 👏 than 👏 that.
Maybe you've felt it too.
Maybe you've woken up one morning and realized that the life you've worked so hard to build doesn't quite fit anymore.
You love your family. You love parts of your work. From the outside, everything looks good. Yet somewhere beneath the surface...there is a quiet knowing that something is asking for change; there is something more than this.
Not because your life is wrong but because your soul is asking for something more true.
Maybe you've begun questioning things you never questioned before. What is health? What is success? What does it actually mean to thrive? Why do I spend so much energy trying to become someone instead of remembering who I already am? Why have I spent years chasing what I thought life was supposed to look like instead of asking...
How does my life actually feel?
What do I really want to bring forth?
That moment can feel exhilarating. It can also feel incredibly lonely. Because once you begin seeing differently, it becomes difficult to return to the old script, the familiar thoughts, feelings, and emotions.
There can be grief, confusion, anxiety.
If this has been your experience, please hear us.
You are not broken. You are not lost. You are Awakening.
And we believe millions of people are walking through this very threshold right now.
Awakening
Awakening is remembering how to trust yourself. It is becoming so deeply connected to your own inner knowing that fear no longer gets to make your decisions.
You begin listening to your body. You begin listening to Nature. You begin listening to your intuition. You begin recognizing that true health isn't something we manufacture. It is something we cultivate. Our values shift, our relationships shift. Many times it leads to more questions than answers. It is such a potent time to explore more deeply the truth of who you are, to find the answers within instead of looking outside for the world to tell you.
Awake and Aligned
This is why we created Awake & Aligned. Not because we have all the answers, but because we, too, are walking this path.
We know what it feels like to question everything. To outgrow old identities. To feel anxious. To wonder if there is another way to live. To discover that the greatest transformation doesn't happen by trying harder.
Awake & Aligned isn't about becoming someone new; it is about remembering what has always been true.
Over three months, we gently create new pathways in both the brain and the body.
Not through force. Through devotion. Through consistency.
Because thirty minutes every day has the power to transform us far more deeply than ninety minutes once a week.
We stop rehearsing the past. We begin rehearsing our becoming.
This is the movement.
We start Sept 28th with both a live cohort and a digital cohort.
One of the greatest gifts we experienced at REWILD wasn't just the beauty of the land. It was reveling in what authentic community feels like, gathering not to impress one another but to witness one another. It was a remembering of how important curiosity and connection are. And when we come together in this way, it amplifies the healing, the expansion; it reveals the way forward for us as individuals and as a collective.
Three Practices for the Journey of AWAKENING
Journaling
What story have I been rehearsing that no longer feels true?
Then ask yourself:
If I fully trusted the wisdom within me, what story would I begin living instead? Now let’s retell that story from a new perspective.
Write without editing yourself. Let your heart answer before your mind does.
Meditation
Find a comfortable spot outside in Nature.
Place one hand on your heart and one on your belly.
Close your eyes.
Feel your breath moving like a wave from the sit bones, belly, through the solar plexus, heart, shoulder blades, throat, and through the top of the head and then back down.
Take long, slow, deep breaths.
Ask quietly:
What have I forgotten that my soul is ready to remember?
Sit in silence for five to ten minutes.
Receive whatever comes without needing to understand it. Get curious. Trust what your inner voice is telling you.
Movement
Put on one song that makes you feel completely alive.
Begin by standing still. Feel your feet on the Earth.
Then ask your body:
If I trusted myself completely... how would I move?
Let your body answer by moving in whatever primal way it desires. Let your body lead; no need to look a certain way- just get curious and feel how your body wants to move.
From the heart,
Join us this month as we learn to awaken together.
This month, we’re offering a variety of ways to gather, both in person and online. From weekly somatic movement classes, to workshops, to our digital studio with over 200 practices—you’ll find a space to connect, heal, and shine.
Join us in-person or livestreaming for Freedom Movement - your first class is free!
Dance with Jill at Studio Shira on Sundays
August 15 Gather and Ground at Dharma’s Garden
August 19 Birthday Celebration Freedom Movement at North Boulder Park
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We are Jill & Jessica – the Shine Sisters – your guides to living your shine every day.
With our 40+ years combined experience in certified dance, yoga, reiki and nutrition ~ we are here to build community, empower from within and help you live your best life!
