Paige - Transformation through the body as a spiritual guide

Tell me a little about yourself — who you are, what’s important to you, and any background or story you’d like to share that feels relevant to your journey.

I'm Paige - I'm happily married and am a proud mama to my 6 year old boy Levi - he's my greatest creation to date and I feel so lucky he chose me to guide him in this lifetime!

Motherhood has been both the greatest joy and also an initiation into the absolute core of my being. Little did I know I would simultaneously be giving birth to a new version of myself and start the journey of integrating my wholeness.

When I try to describe my health journey over these past 6 years I can't put it into simple words or logical linear terms. All I know for sure is that something big started shifting in me and that my soul chose illness as a way to wake me up and bring me back home to who I truly am.

For me ascension (the personal journey of spiritual growth and transformation) has been a very physical process. I have had to learn how to shed layers of lower vibrational energies like fear and negativity and begin to harmonise my body with its organic nature being love, light and unity. Through this process I have experienced both some of the blessings and also the terribly confronting limitations and decline of western medicine. I do believe everything happens for a reason and was taken through this process to show me what is not working and where the gap lies for those who are suffering and are left to navigate their symptoms and health alone.

This is about the same time I surrendered and offered it over to the universe. I declared "Well I've tried natural healing and I've tried western medicine. Both aren't working please guide me, this isn't the way it's supposed to be! People are suffering so deeply, there must be another way..." I learned to manage symptoms, elevate my lifeforce, nurture my spiritual growth and open to new possibilities. Understanding that we are more than just physical beings - we are also energetic and spiritual.

I tried many modalities that offered relief including craniosacral therapy, qigong, kundalini yoga, reiki, energy healing sessions, quantum healing along with introducing a clean, pure wholefood diet to care for my body on all levels. With time and openness I came to realise I was part of something much bigger than just my own experience.

“A whole new world was opening through me, along with others, and around me.”

This is the shift we are going through now as the Earth prepares to shift out of separation consciousness into unity consciousness. Dropping out the lower frameworks of poverty, pain, war and suffering and elevating into more enlightened states of peace, harmony, light and unity.

I am on this journey even now, healing is a spiral not a straightforward line with many ups and downs. It's not easy because we are undergoing a shift that has never been achieved before, our bodies are a part of this shift, not separate from it and change is occurring on a deep cellular level.

I have learned to deeply trust my body even when I'm struggling, knowing it has an intelligence of its own that can't be replicated. I trust my path as I am being guided along the way, knowing deep down that all will be okay.

I now teach Qigong which has been such an integral part of bringing back my lifeforce and has supported this transit from living an unconscious life to a conscious one. It is a beautiful heart-warming practice that supports the bodymind and nervous system on so many levels. I love my community and everything I learn through this practice!

If your body could speak, what story would it tell about your journey so far? 

My body would share the journey of inner alchemy, metamorphosis and the transition to higher levels of being here on Earth. 

How do you define ‘empowerment’ in a way that feels uniquely yours?

Empowerment: The process of embodying our greatest self, the part of us that is free, whole and true. 

To feel empowered is to step wholeheartedly onto our paths of truth as powerful creators of our own experiences. Where we learn to transcend limitations and live our fullest lives.

What part of yourself have you reclaimed through your photoshoot experience that you didn't know you were missing?

Self love and acceptance. Witnessing where I am on my journey - I feel each photoshoot I do is like an initiation into my next level of being. The inspiration I gather for the photoshoot look and feel is the energy I'm taking into that next year...

“This photoshoot was all about grounding into the elements, feeling connected with the Earth. Stepping into the power I feel cracking open from within. The mood was to feel flow, freedom, lifeforce and earthly presence. ”

Describe a moment during your shoot when you felt truly alive—what made it so?

Honestly being elevated high up on the rocks, with the sun streaming on my face and moving the Qi through my body I felt very alive and empowered. The more I dropped into the Qigong forms the more alive I felt and when I started to flow through the forms it felt natural and like I was connecting with my Souls energy.

How does your connection to nature or the elements influence how you see yourself?

I feel the Earth's great life-force that is one with my own. Connecting with the elements really drops me out of my personal ego self and brings me into the core of who I am - my soul energy. It brings me into presence. It teaches me how to integrate and balance my emotions and that we just like the earth are moving through a constant flow of energies. Our human bodies mirror the elements of the earth - our cells are over 60% water! To create a relationship with these natural energies help us understand our innate human nature and our interconnectedness with the Earth.

What’s one thing you wish everyone understood about their own feminine energy?

To never let anyone tame your authentic and true beauty! This is the most attractive life force - to just be who you truly are and learn to embrace your flaws knowing they are what make you unique. What you see as flaws is often what others admire the most. That your feminine energy is divine and whole and when you integrate both your light and dark you can live from a truly empowered, alive part of your being. This is the ultimate goal in freeing you from your shadow and finding your light. Knowing both are what make you whole and perfect.

Learn more about Paige’s offerings https://paigeburgess.com and on her instagram https://www.instagram.com/paigexburgess/