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  • When Love Becomes the Path

    When Love Becomes the Path

    Karla Ruiz –

    I’ve been thinking a lot about seasons. How we assume a slow season means something is wrong… when in truth, nothing is wrong at all. Sometimes we need time to rest and regroup, and sometimes we need time to absorb nutrients and to settle into new ways of being. To observe. To take action. To…

  • The Smokey Mirror and the Parasite: Seeing Through the Illusion

    The Smokey Mirror and the Parasite: Seeing Through the Illusion

    Karla Ruiz –

    In Toltec wisdom, there are two concepts that keep popping up throughout most of the books that the Ruiz family writes: The Smokey Mirror and The Parasite. Both of these describe forces within the human mind, but one creates illusion and the other feeds on it. The Smokey Mirror is perception clouded by belief. It’s…

  • The Smoke of Self-Judgment

    The Smoke of Self-Judgment

    Karla Ruiz –

    There are moments when the smoke doesn’t appear as loud thoughts. It hides quietly in the body, in the pause before speaking, in the tightness of the chest, in that small urge to hold back.That’s what happened to me in one of my singing lessons. I’d been practicing for months, learning to breathe, to open,…

  • Clearing the Smoke

    Clearing the Smoke

    Karla Ruiz –

    Awareness is like that soft inner light that says, “Look, this is what’s happening right now.” When we notice where our mind, heart, and body are, without judging, without labeling as good or bad. The moment we step into this space is when we start having a choice. This is where our freedom begins. I…

  • The Seer Within

    The Seer Within

    Karla Ruiz –

    In The Five Agreements program, don Miguel and don Jose speak about the path of The Seer. The Seer is not a fortune teller or someone who sees the future. The seer is the one who sees with awareness. To be The Seer means we look at life without rushing to judge it as right…

  • Trusting Your Inner Voice Through the Fifth Agreement

    Trusting Your Inner Voice Through the Fifth Agreement

    Karla Ruiz –

    Most of us grow up in a world that teaches us what to believe, how to behave, and who to become. Before we even realize it, we’ve agreed to stories that don’t truly belong to us. Stories about love. Worth. Success. Failure. At some point, the stories don’t quite fit. We begin to question, as…

  • What If Your Truth Isn’t the Whole Story?

    What If Your Truth Isn’t the Whole Story?

    Karla Ruiz –

    During a recent Awaken Your Spirit session, someone asked a question that really stayed with me: “How do we change something we see as an absolute truth?” Not a surface-level question, one of those deep ones that makes the room go quiet. Because when something feels like truth, we don’t question it. We build our…

  • The Power of the Word: Speaking with Integrity and Intent

    The Power of the Word: Speaking with Integrity and Intent

    Karla Ruiz –

    A reflection on language, energy, and the way we communicate, starting with ourselves. Words carry energy. That’s something we’ve all felt, even if we couldn’t name it at the time. Maybe it was the moment someone said just the right thing and it cracked your heart open. Or maybe it was a time you said…

  • If Your Body Were a Temple

    If Your Body Were a Temple

    Karla Ruiz –

    Let’s use our imagination and ask ourselves the question, not with judgment but with love and curiosity. Connecting with our senses, with wide, open eyes and soft hands. If your body were honored as a temple… how would you care for her daily? Would you wake each morning and bow to her breath? Would you…

  • Where the Old Self Surrenders and the True Self Rises: The Power of Teotihuacan

    Where the Old Self Surrenders and the True Self Rises: The Power of Teotihuacan

    Karla Ruiz –

    There is always a sensation of stillness when I go back to Teotihuacan. A sleeping giant that brings us back to our center. A reminder of what is truly meaningful and important in life. That we are only visitors on this planet, and that Earth is the most generous host there will ever be. Teotihuacan:…