We were lucky to catch up with Margaret Burns recently and have shared our conversation below.
Margaret, thanks so much for taking the time to share your insights and lessons with us today. We’re particularly interested in hearing about how you became such a resilient person. Where do you get your resilience from?
I get resilience from the inspiring colleagues + clients with whom I work. I also call on my own inner strength, which I have been cultivating over the years through Kundalini yoga, meditation + traveling to spiritual places around the planet to access the greatest energy for support. I am lucky to also have such a beautifully supportive + understanding family. Resilience is something I teach, as it is essential as we move into the more intense energies on the planet.
Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?
My passion is teaching + offering psychic guidance to my students + clients who are just beginning or have already begun a journey into deeper meaning of their own life paths. My work includes online trainings in my newly-formed Spirit School, as well as in – person offerings + shamanic work. I am absolutely inspired by the intelligent, talented women who come with the intent to more deeply meet themselves spiritually so they may actualize their full potential. Most of them have had psychic experiences, identify as empaths, + have had to navigate a world where they have felt alone + unsure of their true purpose. Tapping into our divine wisdom is not only a practice, it is essential for those of us who feel open to energies + unable to understand how to feel at one with our lives. My clients claim their new life paths + practice their inherent gifts in ways that open them to possibilities they never knew existed before. Giving clients a personalized practice is essential to the unique way they also practice. I have a masters in Philosophical Theology from Austin Seminary, which provided my academic foundation for learning about many religions around the world. Researching cultural practices that have similarities + cross-overs also provides me with a foundation to be able to ground the intangible into modern day life. My co-creator, Stephanie Berry + I are opening our Fall 2023 Warrior Spirit Training for earlybird pricing in July.
Stephanie Berry is one of the founders of Calyx Wellness Studio, a woman-owned local business since 2019, specializing in midwifery care, herbal medicine + energy healing. We both adore our clients + the space itself.
I am available for one on one shamanic healing + consulting regarding spiritual formation + I welcome offers to host events + speaking engagements. My home office since opening is at Calyx Wellness Studio. I also can be found at Ceremony Social Spa.
There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
Co-creating with supportive + talented practitioners, investing heavily in my own work + education + committing to my own daily practice of meditation + self-study.
Begin a meditation practice. See this time as time where you put yourself first. See where it feels uncomfortable to do this; make notes on when it’s hard for you to do the very basics + why. Give yourself praise when you overcome these patterns + have faith in the power you are cultivating.
Before we go, maybe you can tell us a bit about your parents and what you feel was the most impactful thing they did for you?
The most impactful things my parents did was allow me to be myself. My father is a Harvard-trained Astrophysicist, + my mother is child psychologist/art therapist + yoga teacher herself. They did very little questioning of my life path + a lot of support, even when they did not fully understand what I was doing or what I was trying to accomplish. What they may not know is they are also the inspiration for this, as both of them have also always marched to the beat of their own drum. The galaxies + the science of our minds has always been a part of me.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.warriorspirittraining.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/warriorspirittrainings/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/urbandeserthealing
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaret-burns-8575176/
- Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/calyx-austin
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