Path of Healing

Reflections + methods on my path of healing in hopes that it inspires other to find thier path as well. Let's continue to uplift one another.

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✨My post teaching yoga bliss face✨ . If you haven’t felt it, I’m so grateful for all of you🙏🏽For showing up. For reaching out. For giving me space to direct my energy in a way that not only uplifts myself but universally uplifts the conscious collective (that’s what happens when we do yoga together.) Your messages of gratitude have tickled my heart + brings a sparkle to my eyes (maybe it’s the tears of happiness) . This new world that we are living in has been an interesting one to explore. Finding our way from darkness into light. I’m grateful that in this time I’ve been able to fulfill multiple creative projects that have allowed me to reconnect with many of you from across the globe. Looking forward to deepening those connections as time moves forward. Any requests or things you’d like to share, Just reach out💖 I’m only a DM or a zoom click away✨ . Looking forward to sharing more yoga elevating and nurturing Vibez this weekend😘 . Tonight//Saturday 7pm (CET)• High Vibez with some Vo-ga . Sunday 10:30am• Innersparkle Flow w/ @cocobellayoga . 6pm• Dipped in honey 🍯 Slow Flow, Yin, + savasana #soundbath . 7:30pm• Psychic Development (Mantra, Pranayama, + Meditation techniques passed down from #SriDharmaMittra ) @dharmayoganyc . All classes are Berlin time but accessible from your home. Classes from me are available by donation or USC. For cocobella, check them out for affordable rates-discounts available for healthcare workers✨ (at Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ZcLBvDnMq/?igshid=c77yfkzp6dt0

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✨physicality it’s a joke✨ . „This idea of physicality is still just a concept, and we have very sophisticated sciences now that describe this process of liberation through all of these body energy centers, and it‘s funny that you can get back to yourself through this map called a body, but ultimately it is the false identification. What a joke! . It is very much a dream-thought radiating from the one eternal emanation, which is also YOU, right now, beyond the husk of your worldly identity. The earth herself is a dream and is dreaming, and we are all asleep in it right now. I am sleeping because the dense physical plane is the world of attachment and desire, and ultimately, I am a vibration shapeshifting back and forth between image vibration and perfect eternal light and identification with the physical, which isn’t really physical, even though it seems real“- @jamesfadiman . #goingbeyondyourself #beneaththesurface #physicality #whatajoke #whatlivesforever #eternallight #soulsearching #transpersonalpsychology (at Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_P4Zn_DKSa/?igshid=13thg1pzi83zy

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✨I hope when all of this is over I still relish in the sweetness of sunshine ☀️streaming thru my windows. I still listen to the silence with the background singers of birds 🐤 I still feel no need to rush out of the house 🏡+ I just allow myself to melt into Self, polishing the lense to gain a clearer perspective 👁It’s the little beautiful things that can add up and outweigh how insane this life can feel at times💖what are you grateful for?✨ . Background art 🖼 by @natgirsberger + @brittharrrrison also very grateful for you both😘🐰 . #quarantinelife #gratitude #gratitudeattitude #gratitudepractice #quarantine #divein (at Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B--aAyjDNoM/?igshid=1dc7krcorxbdf

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✨when you feel like you have your life under control but then you lose your job overnight...✨ . ✨This hasn’t been comfortable for any of us. For many of us, our routines were lost, our jobs were lost, our security was threatened and we had no choice but to rebuild. I believe collectively we can agree that it’s challenging times to say the least, but with all challenges, they force us out of our comfort zone, it gives us room for growth. I keep hearing the words of Yogi Bhajan in my head “KEEP UP!” 👳🏽‍♂️and in all of this it has allowed me to discover new gifts within myself that I can share. It has reconnected me with many friends/students across the globe,🌍it has restored my purpose as to WHY I do this work. It has inspired me to support others, to unite together. It hasn’t been easy, but it’s been fulfilling.💖Even tho I’m not back to making my regular income,💸I AM SO FLIPPING THANKFUL FOR ALL OF YOU🙏🏽For keeping the dream alive, supporting all the KATerpillars who are striving to make their way out of the cocoon🦋I am hope(filled) that we can’t get their this and evolve in supreme ways. In the meantime, I’ll be teaching zoom yoga classes DM if your email and I can send you the links😘 (at Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-HZDiyISqivXzxfnyrrI2mIGHPR5HZjhJObyc0/?igshid=1cr437jsjeibj

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Your „airdrop“ is on. Are you aware of what you’re accepting and declining? . This is partially why distancing yourself is valuable. Asides from spread the virus, you separate yourself from the mixture of information, thoughts, emotions, that don’t belong to you. Perhaps you’ve sensed the panic? Perhaps you’ve sensed this urgency to be out + connect. I understand where this is coming from. Our freedom is being siphoned from our lives. But freaking out never helps. Ignoring the reality doesn’t help either. Stop. Breathe. Assess. . Fear initiates panic and fear is a very very very low vibration, which means it will continue to “accept” more negativity from the collective iCloud- which causes you to act from an inauthentic place-attracting more sh*t that will not serve you. . This is a potent time to be alone with yourself. Turn off the air drop, and scroll deep into your internal world. . The beauty is when we are all elevated we are connected to the ultimate truth. So let’s raise our vibration + tune in. From the elevated consciousness clouds there’s a much broader view of the entire situation. Giving clarity in understanding on how to move forward. . #stayhome #socialdistancing #airdrop #consciousliving #icloud #staythefuckhome #breathe #tunein #travelinwards #meditate (at Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-BJnp9jpB1/?igshid=1fnyojvshewfe

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This is a test🌍🦠 . And you can pass it. Breathe deep to stay calm. Illness feeds off fear. And fear is spreading faster than the virus itself. This fear becomes a magnet to attract more negativity into tour life. And what is it that you’re working towards connecting to? . Darker times are dense with hidden messages, lessons, a cry out to look deeper. It shouldn’t be ignored. Take this time to dive inwards, connect to the root + address it. Navigate between the mysterious darkness and shine some light into it with your breath. This light can help diminish the darkness so that we can see the truth, the essence as to what should be understood. . gradually the world is uniting together and collectively working towards taking care of themselves in order to protect their neighbors known and unknown. Can we take it one step further? Can we collectively be at peace? Can we give back to our Mother Earth who is requesting us to wake up? At least in all of this there has been a cut down on flights + consumerism which is gently nurturing our planet back to health. . Yes, our survival is being jeopardized, this is a sign of imbalance in the root chakra, meaning we need to embody the Earth element. We need to connect + nurture the source that has provided us. Feel the Earth within you. See the external world within You, we are all the same. Root down. Stabilize. And with consistent effort you will normalize + hope(filled) that we can continue down this path collectively to nurture ourselves, each other, and the world from which we came from. . We will continue to root to rise in my online classes. dM your email for an invite. 15% of all donations goes to @citizensclimate (at Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9471Z1IhotaFBsXN0c1RgMuPqGoVTblVPiCgk0/?igshid=1jxb2wmtk0uql

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✨What would your life look like if you lived from the heart?✨ . ✨For me it would be living from purpose, a portion of which I feel is directed towards elevating situations, honoring the darkness while shining a light upon it, and not letting fear or excuses get in the way of myself connecting to that higher potential ✨while this might not be my *highest potential* dancing. I could feel the weight of the mood of the day alleviated when @annaflawesome and I brought some #shakeymedicine #dancetherapy to the beach✨our dancing doesn’t necessarily stop what is swirling around at the moment BUT it did alleviate stress + it brought smiles to many strangers faces—so THAT in itself helps me feel a deeper connection to my heartspace and to those around us💖so are you still living from the heart? If not, what could you shift in order to take yourself there? This is a divine time for settling inwards to discover. . Big love to Anna who always inquires from the heart and who invites wild dancing to any place. You are magic for the heart + soul✨ (at Krumme Lanke) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9xJ9xxIVfGG-zDiRbalqaPT4zG-oGvSXUdsx00/?igshid=786vwh6safzj

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✨Once upon a time, I wanted to know what love was. Love is there if you want it to be. You just have to see that it's wrapped in beauty and hidden away in between the seconds of your life. If you don't stop for a minute, you might miss it.✨ . #cashback #moviequote #stillresonate #sunset (at Brixlegg, Tirol, Austria) https://www.instagram.com/p/B88Onk2oOR3yZCv4bfcONhUNVjfNmp1EhFX7c00/?igshid=6wv88dosb46c

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✨whether you distance yourself for an hour, two, days, weeks, even a month...there is so much to realize within. Eliminate the external distractions. See yourself in a new element. Connect to your vibrant self, there is so much to recognize within🙏🏽 and on that note, I’m taking a mini break to 🎿💖🏔 time to be at peace on the peaks and to be reconnected with my yoga sister @bianca.hanika ✨I’ll be back to the Berlin groove on Sunday😘 . OG #quote @mantramagazine (at Berlin Hauptbahnhof) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8wCVp2oXJ_PFeeYk822B5L9ugGs6Sib_BemPw0/?igshid=bpuh1usm17nl

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✨Finding your path✨ . There are many paths we can take but ultimately it leads to the same place, fulfilling our own dharma, purpose. Throughout my process I’ve discovered many techniques that help in seeing myself in a whole new way. From asanas to Breathwork to dancing to meditating to journaling to kundalini to journeying to shamanic work to subtle body work to so much more. There is something to be discovered + treasured in each part of the journey. How are you choosing to move forward today? . PS of Youre interested in any of these modalities, I’m happy to point you in the right direction😘 https://www.instagram.com/p/B8s9BtIoDUNVtyAIKKF9YH3Qgdxl0lZk2kjoUA0/?igshid=e39xswofc76

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Love note to self + perhaps it resonates with you 💓 . Remember when they said that you couldn’t do yoga, but in the same breath they said it saved your life? Remember when the others flooded your mind with doubts as to how you’d be able to move? While it was coming from a protective place, there’s a fine line between protection and restriction. Limitations are limited in time, everything is temporary, so don’t let the restrictions define you. We were all given the ability to transcend out of the cocoon yet every phase has its purpose. Your time of stillness to heal is as important as the time needed to rediscover the body. Listen closely within🦋 . You can reflect all you want on what others say but the main voice that matters is the voice within you. The voice that is nestled deep inside your Heart beneath all the whirlwinds of mindchatter. You know yourself best. Shine from your light and don’t let anyone else convince you to live otherwise. . #tbt #portugal #dontletthemstopyou #yogalove #backbend #recovery #yogasavedmylife #6monthspostsurgery #beachyoga #comeback #comebackstronger https://www.instagram.com/p/B8hA1ijIRA1tR7HekRz9khCrKt1_5kDpsANEwM0/?igshid=o0tkgbx506yy

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✨Surprise Yourself✨ . So I’ll share a story of a time when I felt completely defeated (bc maybe we’ve all been there before) where there was little sight of the light at the end of the tunnel. Looking back, it’s a bit sad funny and true, but I hope you find some humor and insight in it too. . #TBT to waking up in a foreign hospital strapped to a bed with three broken bones and my nurses were treating me like I couldn’t walk. For all I knew I couldn’t. I was being transferred from bed to bed by the nurses lifting me by a sheet. I wasn’t allowed to move. My one nurse told me to tell her when I had to pee. She placed a pad under me that resembled something you would give a dog to potty train. I thought ok, this is my life now. I can’t get up. So naturally after being pumped with who knows what I had to go. So I told her, I peed😳 She said why didn’t you tell me before? It was a total miscommunication..then later I said ok I need to pee. So she got a silver bucket and placed it under my seat and I thought, ok this is my life now. I will always have to call someone to place a bucket underneath me. I had no idea as to what my future held for me, but the reality in this moment was I couldn’t move and I would have to always call a nurse to bring a bucket for when I had to go🤦🏼‍♀️ . The next day I was moved out of ICU and i had a new group of nurses taking care of me. It was that time, so I buzzed and I said, I need to use the bathroom. She looked at me with little compassion and harshly said, well get up and go. I was convinced that I couldn’t. But being the super strict German nurse that she was she refused to help me and just watched me from a far telling me to just get up. I was so hesitant (I had been glued to a bed for a few days) but then to my surprise I was able to sit up for the first time. I placed my feet on the ground and walked to the bathroom, and well ya you get it. . I wonder how often do we project into our own life based on others beliefs or conditions. How often are we allowing others to shape our reality as to how we should behave/act/think/feel? It was in this moment that I realized (cont in comments) (at Südstern) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8PQDZCIKQ7JtaDAn8rIc32pQt6y-Ni9D6boxI0/?igshid=smuqsvyix977

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✨I recall a month into my healing and dreaming about my yoga practice and having the realization, that The physical practice might be the hardest part of my healing. Not going to lie, for the first 2 months my lazy side loved having an excuse to stay in bed and read and binge watch Gaia TV + Stranger Things (thanks for the insane dreams)🧟‍♂️✨ . ✨This last week of coming back to my mat has been equally beautiful + hard. I recognize that I’m making grand progress considering my condition but I’ve had to accept that my body has taken on a new form. A body that went thru many disciplined years of training to reach new heights, and suddenly a deep disconnection to all the physical progress just after one accident. I could wallow in bed and cry about the pain (trust me, i have) but this morning when I woke up, i used the pain as inspiration. Simply bc i don’t want to feel this way anymore. Instead of bathing in the pain, Ive decided to explore it, it isn’t always pretty but to neglect the shadow will only haunt you in the end. I’ve been more inclined to show up to regain familiarity with my body. And damn, I’m glad I did. I still feel far far from bendy free flowing fluid Kat (this video is sped up), but I can feel my toes + my heart cracking open a bit more, shining into more space of hope that greater shifts will occur. So stay committed to what you’re working towards. I believe it’s human nature to see-saw between these states of optimistic highs and defeating painful lows, but when you find the breath and let it move you, suddenly you’re reunited with the ebb + flow. 💖💫 . @yoga_now_berlin #yoganowberlin #berlinyoga #pathofhealing #yogasavedmylife #yogini #recovery #yogapractice (at Yoga NOW Berlin) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2UGHTLAWH0/?igshid=1ifxts8dfhovt

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✨Limited vs. Limitless✨ • ✨How often are we controlled by limitations? Physically? Absorbed beliefs of others? Or worse the doubt that we hold against ourself?✨ • ✨I spent a good portion of my summer feeling limited in my capabilities, but in these limitations, taste of limitless were felt as well. Thing is healing/evolving is a process, and I realized I couldn’t let past traumas/injuries/habits limit myself from moving forward. Naturally, there is hesitation, observe it. Discerning between the safe intelligent limits that my body + mind created verses the limits of the nonsensical mind has helped me move forward in learning my new self with more awareness. With this came greater appreciation for even the tiniest bits of progress along the way✨ • ✨I show up to my practice knowing what previous Kat loved. Knowing how to get in certain abstract shapes, but my new body doesn’t know it yet. Even the once familiar feels bizarre. I have my new limits, but each time I revisit certain shapes, I find depth physically + inwardly🙏🏽✨ • ✨As we get deeper within ourselves, we become limitless. And while I might not be able to physically show my physical limits completely disappear, the limitless within instills that it’s all possible. #justdotheyoga ✨ (at Yoga NOW Berlin) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2NPmowg6Sx/?igshid=vzef7t4iwhxz

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✨I promised myself I’d be honest with myself in terms of recovery + coming back to the yoga studios. I’ve been easing back in, mainly teaching yin which is ultimately my authentic practice at the moment💖I truly believe reconnecting with many students has enhanced my recovery in many ways. So thank you thank you again + again for always showing up🙏🏽I felt a disconnect in purpose when on bedrest + to be reconnected with you, naturally reconnects me with myself✨Stay posted via my stories to stay updated on my schedule✨ (at Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1s9sucoJsL/?igshid=94wkn678ctba

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✨by the time my surgery was approaching, the fear had dissipated + evolved into excitement with a burst of creativity✨I was having Brekkie when @jlo #waitingfortonight came on the radio and suddenly creative consciousness just streamed thru me💫 so here you have it, my parody of Waiting for Tonight, surgery remix 🤣 insta will only let me post a snippet, you can find the whole video on my @tumblr #KatSchamens 💖 #jlo #surgery #surgerylife #waitingtobescrewed #screwme #finallyscrewed #finallyscrewedmyheadon #c2 #brokenneck #brokennecksurvivor (at Schlosspark-Klinik Berlin) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1gJhZ5gJEE/?igshid=1dil67v0uexu7

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✨What do you do when fear presents itself and there’s no escaping?✨ . ✨What I’ve learned is freaking out never helped. Sure I’ve had plenty of panic attacks that would come in waves but once I swam beyond the current, even if I was „swimming“ for days, I was able to feel a sense of peace + relief in the open waters—the magic started to unfold. Let go. Let God. Trust. Stay grateful. Keep it positive.💖 . Flashback to finding out I needed surgery after seeing that my C2 dislocated itself, it was the scariest moment to date. It took me about 3 days to fully digest that I had no choice. This was 3 days of pure fear that I would’ve shared at the time, had I known how to even wrap my mind around it. It was fear of surgery vs. fear of waking up paralyzed the next morning✨As a holistic healer/yoga teacher we try to disconnect from ego + connect to the Higher Mind. Hah, my ego was so full blown in these moments as I kept wanting to use MY power to heal myself. It’s true, we have the Power, but I also learned part of your power is letting it go + giving the reigns to someone else, while instilling DEEP amounts of trust✨ . I was speaking to my friend Markus right after I got the news about surgery on my C2. He shifted the perspective for myself with these words. . „you made me swing upside down + spin around in aerial yoga, and it didn’t make sense to me, because I didn’t understand the physics behind it. Now it’s kind of the same. The doctor is your teacher. They know how to do the „acrobatics“ and they know what is safe even tho it sounds scary to someone who doesn’t do it everyday“ @markutt . thankful for the ones who are spot on knowing what to say at the right moment🙏🏽 it’s true, you have to believe even if it doesn’t make sense. I respect that it’s a hard battle + shifting gears in times when the darker mentalities + emotions are looming is TOUGH✨but overcoming the darkness is a natural high that will stick with you✨ . And to my students, I’m sorry if you ever debated anything I asked you to do-from flipping, flying, or balancing on your hands. I hope the fear that you overcame was more rewarding in the end😉 https://www.instagram.com/p/B1a8z5wI6y_/?igshid=14xr88vruyt6f