June 2025 - Deborah King

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When Your Field Moves First: How to Know You’re Already Shifting

There’s a moment I see in nearly every student before they take the leap.

They sit quietly. Still deciding. Still doubting. The mind is looping. The pros and cons are stacked like files in their chest.

But their field is already moving.

Before the voice says yes. Before the hand clicks enroll. Before they speak desire out loud… the energy has already shifted.

It’s subtle. But undeniable. A lightness around the heart. A low hum behind the ribs. Sometimes it shows up as a restlessness, like something is pushing from underneath the surface.

You might think of it as indecision. But I’ve come to recognize it as something else entirely.

The signal that your system already knows what your mind hasn’t yet caught up to.

That you’re ready.

The Intelligence Beneath Thought

We are taught to rely on logic. To wait until we can articulate every reason. Every risk. Every return.

But healing doesn’t start with thought. Transformation never begins in the mind.

The mind is a late arrival in the process. A translator, not the origin.

The truth begins in the field.

In the quiet space around your body. In the way your breath shortens or deepens. In the flicker of instinct you can’t explain.

I’ve had students tell me they woke up with a phrase echoing in their mind that wouldn’t go away. Others heard a line in a song or felt a heat behind their sternum when they saw something that stirred them.

These aren’t coincidences. They’re energetic messages.

Your field is more attuned than you think. It senses alignment before language can describe it.

When Energy Moves, Something Has Already Begun

If you’ve been feeling unsettled… restless… even irritated by your current path, consider this:

That feeling may not be resistance. It may be readiness.

Readiness often masquerades as discomfort. The kind of internal friction that happens when the energy is already shifting and the mind hasn’t found a story for it yet.

The old container no longer fits, but the new one hasn’t fully formed. That’s what transition feels like.

And your energy always leads the way.

This Is Why So Many Seekers Get Stuck

They wait for perfect clarity. They want the next path spelled out in neat, bullet-pointed steps.

But the next phase of your growth rarely arrives like that.

It arrives as a whisper. A tightness. A surge of emotion you didn’t expect. And when you don’t trust the whisper, the body starts to speak louder. Through symptoms. Discontent. Emotional spirals. Or plain old inertia.

The truth is: By the time you feel the nudge to grow… your energy has already signed up for the next level.

Your mind just needs to catch up.

Are You Ready to Move with It?

If you’ve been feeling that pull lately — that quiet hum that says there’s more for you — this is your invitation to follow it.

You don’t need to wait until it makes perfect sense. You don’t need to justify your desire to evolve. You don’t need to wait until your outer life aligns to your inner ache.

You only need to listen to what your body already knows.

If you’re reading this and something in you is already leaning forward… there’s a reason.

And there’s a container for you.

The Master-in-Training Program

The LifeForce Energy Healing^® Level IV Master-in-Training program isn’t for the casually curious.

It’s for those whose energy has already begun the shift. For those who know they’re done with the surface-level work. For those who want to be in a living field that reflects back the version of themselves they’re ready to become.

This is a year-long initiation, held inside the most sacred container I offer. You’ll be working closely with me and my LifeForce Energy Healing^® team of trained teachers. You’ll be supported by a global group of truth-tellers, energy workers, and awakening leaders. You’ll experience healing, yes. But more than that, you’ll begin to transmit.

Because real transformation isn’t about acquiring information. It’s about shifting your frequency so that your life… your presence… your work… become aligned with the truth of who you actually are.

Level IV is open now. We’re already moving. The field is forming.

Click here to explore Level IV >>

If your energy knows it’s time… we’re ready when you are.

Are You Living the Work… or Just Learning It?

It’s a pattern I’ve seen in students over and over again. And yes, I’ve even lived it myself.

We begin with hunger. We consume every book, every workshop, every podcast. We underline, highlight, transcribe. We memorize the mantras, recite the steps, learn the systems.

And for a while… it feels like progress.

But something’s missing.

You start to notice that despite all you know, the same emotional patterns return. The same triggers pull you out of your body. Your voice still catches when it needs to speak the truth. Your energy dips in rooms that ask you to rise.

The knowledge is there. But it hasn’t moved into your bones.

This is the difference between learning the work and living it.

And for most of us… this is the real threshold of transformation.

When the Path Becomes a Persona

Sometimes, the deeper we go into spiritual study, the easier it becomes to get lost in the performance of it.

We use perfect language to describe imperfect states. We become adept at recognizing patterns in others. While subtly avoiding our own. We speak of embodiment before we’ve actually let the energy drop below the neck.

And it’s not because we’re faking. It’s because the ego is clever. It will wear the robes of the teacher to avoid being the student.

But your body knows.

Your field knows.

You can’t think your way into transformation. You have to walk it.

The Signs You’re Still Circling

So how do you know when you’re in study mode… but not in embodiment?

Here are a few signs I’ve seen:

Your outer language is confident, but your inner world still feels shaky.
You feel safe teaching the work… but shaky when it comes to living it in your own relationships, boundaries, or decisions.
You feel a quiet sense of fraud (not because you’re dishonest, but because something still hasn’t landed).

None of this is shameful. In fact, it’s sacred.

Because this moment…the one where you see the gap…is the exact moment the real work begins.

From Knowledge to Transmission

There’s a moment in every initiate’s journey where they move from reciting the teachings… to becoming the teaching.

This doesn’t happen in the mind. It happens in the field.

It happens in the way your energy walks into a room. It happens when your presence calms someone without you saying a word. It happens when your intuition speaks before your mind can form a sentence.

This is the shift from study… to transmission.

But you can’t make that leap alone.

Not because you’re unworthy.

But because real embodiment requires containment. It requires rhythm. Community. Accountability. And a safe, sacred space to shed the parts of you that were never true.

That’s what I created LifeForce Energy Healing^® Level IV for.

What Happens When You Live the Work

Living the work doesn’t mean perfection. It means congruence.

It means your inner world and outer world begin to sync. It means you can hold contradiction with grace. It means you no longer need to speak your truth loudly, because your frequency says it first.

Inside Level IV, we practice that kind of congruence. Every week, you’re inside a living field. Receiving direct guidance. Practicing advanced techniques. Being witnessed. Being challenged. Being held.

You start to catch your energetic blind spots. You stop spiritually bypassing yourself. And one day…maybe quietly, maybe all at once…you realize…

You’re no longer thinking about the work. You’re walking it.

This Isn’t About Mastery. It’s About Devotion.

The spiritual path isn’t a curriculum to master. It’s a way of being. Returning again and again.

Living the work doesn’t mean you’ve arrived. It means you’ve stopped hiding.

And if you’ve felt that you’re circling something deeper, that despite all you’ve learned, something wants to land more fully…this is your invitation.

Not to study more. But to become more.

Click here to explore Level IV >>

We’re still welcoming a few more into this year’s circle. And if you’ve felt the pull, I’d love to walk with you.

What Happens When You’re Finally Held

For years, I tried to do it alone.

I devoured the books. Sat in silent meditation. Attended the weekend intensives. I said the affirmations, lit the candles, pulled the cards.

And it wasn’t wrong. That solitary path taught me discipline. Listening. The subtle rhythm of my own soul. But there’s a ceiling to how far you can go when you’re the only one holding the container.

Eventually, something breaks down. Or opens up. Or both.

Because there comes a point on the spiritual path when the next layer of healing won’t come through knowledge or solitude. It comes through connection.

It comes when you’re finally held.

Why the Solo Path Can’t Carry You Forever

Spiritual independence is noble…and necessary. But it’s also, at times, a clever disguise for control.

We stay alone because we think we have to be perfect first. Because we’ve been hurt before. Because the idea of being seen in our full truth, in all our mess and medicine, feels too vulnerable.

But healing doesn’t fully land until the nervous system feels safe.

And no matter how devoted you are, your nervous system needs other humans to finish the work. Regulation happens in relationship. It always has.

There’s a reason monasteries, mystery schools, and lineages have always emphasized the group field. Not for conformity. But for containment. The container amplifies your gifts. And it protects your process.

The Energy of Being Witnessed

When you’re held in a sacred container, something shifts.

It’s subtle at first. You speak less from performance and more from presence. You feel less urgency to prove. The pressure to be “on” begins to melt.

You start to be seen not just for what you know, but for who you are becoming.

This kind of witnessing has weight. It accelerates the work. Because when others hold you in your truth, it becomes harder to walk away from it.

In ancient Ireland, there was a word (“anam cara”) meaning soul friend. Not just a companion, but someone who holds your essence in view, even when you forget it yourself.

A group of soul friends held in sacred space? That’s alchemy.

What Community Can Do That Solitude Can’t

Here’s what I’ve seen again and again:

People enter the container wobbly. Second-guessing. Masked in their old coping. Still trying to hold it all alone.

Then, over time…sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly…something unlocks.

They speak from deeper places. They listen differently. Their field begins to harmonize with the others. Their inner channel strengthens. Not because someone told them what to believe, but because the container created the safety for their own knowing to rise.

No single moment causes it. It’s the presence. The rhythm. The quiet accountability of being seen week after week. Especially on the days when you don’t feel shiny or sorted or inspired.

The Sacred Field of the Master-in-Training Program

This is why I created the Master-in-Training program (Level IV).

Not just to teach more techniques. But to create a sacred structure for real transformation to land.
It’s a yearlong journey held in rhythm and reverence. You receive monthly live teachings, advanced practices, private sessions, direct mentorship, and the presence of a circle that begins to feel less like strangers… and more like spiritual kin.

The shifts that happen in this field are not small:

People stop outsourcing their power.
Their intuition sharpens.
Their healing stabilizes.
They begin to walk as their energy — not just think about it.
And perhaps most importantly… they feel held. Not just in their light, but in their process.

If You’ve Been Trying to Do It Alone

This is your sign to stop.

Not because you’re incapable. But because you’ve reached the edge of what solo work can hold. And because the version of you that’s coming next is too important to emerge unsupported.

There’s no badge of honor for being the lone wolf. Only delay.

We’re not meant to hold our full becoming alone. We’re meant to let it unfold inside a circle that knows how to hold it.

The door to the LifeForce Energy Healing^® Mast-in-Training program is now open.

If you’ve been feeling the pull, come walk through.

Click here to explore the Master-in-Training program >>

We’d be honored to hold what comes next.

3 Signs You’re Ready for Initiation (Even If You’re Scared)

I’ve sat with thousands of students over the years. In rooms, on calls, inside sacred containers. And I can tell you something with certainty: the people who are most ready for spiritual initiation are rarely the ones who say, “I’ve got this.” They’re the ones who hesitate. Who tremble. Who say, “I feel called… but I’m afraid.” If that’s you, you’re not behind. You’re not broken. You’re standing at the edge of a threshold. One foot in the life you’ve known. One foot in a life you haven’t fully imagined yet. Initiation doesn’t wait until you’re fearless. It waits until you’re ready to listen. So how do you know if that moment has arrived? Below are three of the most common (and sacred) signs I’ve seen in those who are on the brink.

The Outer Work Isn’t Working Anymore

Maybe you’ve taken the classes. Read the books. Cleaned up your habits. Done the therapy. Maybe you’ve even had beautiful breakthroughs…insight, peace, the occasional spiritual high.

But something feels incomplete.

You know the practices. You can recite the mantras. You may even teach others. But underneath it all… you feel like you’re circling something deeper that hasn’t quite arrived.

This is the moment when the outer scaffolding starts to shake. Not because it was wrong, but because you’ve outgrown it. You’re no longer seeking knowledge. You’re craving transmission.

Initiation doesn’t offer more information. It offers transformation. It’s what happens when you stop doing the work from the outside-in… and begin living it from the inside-out.

If your current tools feel flat, if the path that once energized you now feels quiet… you may not be lost. You may be ready.

You Feel Called to Serve But Don’t Know How Yet

One of the clearest signs that a soul is ripening for initiation is that they begin to sense an inner call to serve.

Not in a flashy, performative way. Not from ego. But from something quieter. Truer.

You start to feel that your healing isn’t just for you. That the pain you’ve walked through… the grief, the unraveling, the resilience… was always leading somewhere.

You feel more attuned to others. More perceptive. You begin to feel energy in new ways. You might even get downloads or intuitive nudges you can’t explain.

But along with this gift often comes confusion. Who am I to lead? What does this mean? Where do I start?

That’s where initiation enters. Not to give you a job. But to root your gifts in clarity and structure so you’re no longer walking around half-open, overexposed, or stuck in the limbo of “almost ready.”

When you’re truly ready to serve, life begins to meet you. Initiation is how you answer the knock.

Fear and Excitement Are Both Present At the Same Time

Here’s the one most people overlook.

You feel a pull. A stirring. A magnetic invitation toward something you can’t explain. And right beside it? Fear.

The fear says:

- What if I’m not advanced enough?
- What if I fail?
- What if I change too much and lose the life I know?

Let me be clear: these are not signs you’re not ready. These are signs you’re touching the edge of your evolution.

When the soul is about to step through a doorway, the ego flares. That’s its job. Its entire purpose is to preserve what has already been.

But your soul came here to grow. And fear is not your enemy. It’s the bell that rings when you’re close to something real.

If you feel that trembling… and the pull doesn’t go away…you’re ready.

What Initiation Really Looks Like

Forget the dramatics. Real initiation doesn’t always look like lightning bolts and mountaintops. More often, it looks like commitment. Listening. Stepping forward even when it’s inconvenient. It looks like sitting in community, being witnessed, being held accountable to your higher self. It looks like devoting yourself to a rhythm. And letting that rhythm rewire you. When I lead students through the Master-in-Training year (Level IV), we don’t just talk about energy. We live it. We meet each week with intention. We practice. We unravel. We realign. And we do it inside a sacred container where your nervous system can rest, your field can stabilize, and your gifts can take shape.

A Sacred Invitation

If this post landed for you… there’s a reason.

The path of initiation isn’t abstract. It’s structured. Grounded. Held.

And that’s exactly what the Master-in-Training program (Level IV) offers.

This isn’t a course. It’s a sacred apprenticeship.

A yearlong container where your growth isn’t just witnessed… it’s stabilized.

Where your intuition sharpens. Your presence deepens. And your old stories begin to fall away. Not overnight, but with rhythm, practice, and grace.

If you’ve felt the inner nudge…the one that won’t quiet down…this may be your time to say yes.

Not to more searching, but to structure. Not to more theory, but to embodiment. Not to more tools, but to transformation.

Click here to explore Level IV and join the journey >>

The invitation is open. If the door is meant for you… you’ll feel it.

The 7-Step Map for Going from Awakening to Embodiment

There comes a moment on the spiritual path when the insights are no longer enough. You’ve had the dreams. You’ve felt the surges of energy. You’ve read the books, taken the courses, and maybe even started sharing your gifts. But something still feels partial. Like the pieces haven’t quite landed in your body.

That’s because awakening and embodiment are not the same thing.

Awakening is the spark. Embodiment is the flame that endures. Awakening changes how you see. Embodiment changes how you live.

What most people don’t realize is that the gap between the two can stretch for years (sometimes decades) if it’s not consciously bridged. The mind can awaken long before the field is ready to hold that new frequency. And that’s where frustration, doubt, and inertia set in.

So what does it take to bridge that gap? After more than 20 years of teaching energy medicine and witnessing thousands of students move through this shift, I’ve come to see a clear pattern. A progression. A map.

Not a rigid formula, but a set of energetic thresholds that carry a seeker from awakening into lived, spiritual embodiment.

Here’s how that path unfolds:

Step 1: The Disruption

Every journey begins with something breaking down. A loss. An illness. A spiritual experience that unravels the illusion of safety. The disruption is rarely convenient. It rarely comes when we feel ready. But it cracks the shell of your previous self.

Most people try to resist this step. They ask how to get back to “normal.” But disruption isn’t punishment. It’s preparation. What looks like collapse is actually space being cleared.

The energy body begins to restructure long before the conscious mind agrees.

Step 2: The Search for Light

Once the old container has shattered, there’s a hunger. The seeker enters the absorption phase. Everything feels new and alive…books, courses, modalities, teachers. You want to understand what’s happening inside you. You collect tools, frameworks, and insights like sacred breadcrumbs.

This is necessary. But it’s also incomplete.

Many seekers stay in this phase far too long. The search becomes the identity. They know everything about healing… except how to live it.

Awakening without anchoring creates energetic instability. Eventually, the body demands something deeper.

Step 3: The Shadow Reveals

As light enters the system, it illuminates what has been suppressed. Old patterns. Wounds. Stories. Ancestral pain. Suddenly, you’re no longer floating. You’re face to face with the parts of yourself you tried to bypass.

This is the phase where many give up. They say, “I was doing so well. Why is this happening now?” But this is the medicine. The initiation.

You cannot embody what you’re unwilling to face.

The trick here is to not pathologize the shadow. It’s not failure. It’s invitation.

Step 4: The Sacred Mirror

This is the first major turning point. And the step most people cannot do alone. The sacred mirror is an external container. A teacher. A lineage. A group field that can hold you as you begin to embody. Why does this matter? Because energy does not stabilize in isolation. Without reflection, your nervous system can’t calibrate to the higher frequency. You start to wobble, to question, to shrink. This is where Level IV begins. It offers the container. Not just teachings; transmission. Not just learning; resonance. When you are held in a sacred mirror, your system begins to trust the shift. Embodiment doesn’t just happen because you want it. It happens when your field feels safe enough to reorganize. And that safety often comes from being witnessed.

Step 5: The Choice to Stay

Eventually, the glamour wears off. The highs fade. The ego flares. And you’re asked (sometimes subtly, sometimes forcefully) to choose.

Do you stay on the path when it’s not exciting? Do you stay when no one is watching? Do you stay when everything inside you wants to return to comfort?

This is where embodiment is forged. Not in peak states, but in consistency. Integrity. Humility.

The people who cross this threshold often look unremarkable from the outside. They’re not shouting on mountaintops. But their presence becomes unmistakable. Calming. Magnetic. Grounded.

That’s what real embodiment looks like.

Step 6: The Quiet Flame

Eventually, there’s a shift. You’re no longer trying to become something. You’re no longer reaching for light. The light has settled. It has roots.

You speak more clearly. You sense more cleanly. You begin to carry your presence like a frequency. Not as a performance, but as a current.

People feel it. They come to you without knowing why. The service finds you. The message comes through you. You’re not performing healing. You’ve become the field where healing happens.

Step 7: The Return With Power

Once embodiment is anchored, a new kind of movement begins — not from seeking, but from being. The initiate becomes a guide, whether formally or simply through presence. In this step, the energy no longer flows to you or through you. It begins flowing as you.

This is where your service stops looking like effort and starts looking like alignment. It’s where your voice — your actual spoken voice — starts carrying transmission. You don’t need a stage or a role. The field around you tells the truth of who you are.

This is the return to ordinary life… as someone who is anything but ordinary.

This is what Level IV points toward. It is not a course. It is not a toolkit. It’s the sacred fire where your gifts are remembered, refined, and lived.

Not just for you. For the lives you’re meant to touch.

I want to leave you with this:

You don’t need another awakening. You need anchoring. Witnessing. Structure. Transmission.

You need a place where your field can stabilize, your gifts can rise, and your truth can be lived. Every day, not just in ceremony.

That’s what LifeForce Energy Healing^® Level IV is for.

It’s a yearlong immersion into the sacred fire of transformation. Not as concept, but as practice. In Level IV, you’re not just learning about energy. You’re living it. You’re not studying your gifts. You’re using them… in real time, in a held space, with direct mentorship.

People join Level IV because they know they’ve outgrown the solo path. Because the insights they’ve gathered need a place to land. Because they’re tired of plateauing and ready to embody the truth they already sense inside themselves.

This isn’t about becoming a healer. Though many do. It’s about becoming whole. It’s about rewiring the patterns that fragment your energy. It’s about becoming the kind of person whose presence itself is medicine.

You’ll work in a sacred group container. You’ll be mentored directly by me and supported by advanced teachers. You’ll participate in monthly live teachings, community practice, private healing clinics, and one unforgettable retreat.

The transformation? You’ll speak differently. Breathe differently. See differently. Your energy will start doing the work before you even open your mouth.

Because this isn’t education. It’s initiation.

If you’re feeling the call, you likely already know.

The doors to Level IV are now open. Enrollment details were included in your retreat welcome packet and have been sent via email.

And if you’ve already decided, this is your confirmation.

Click here to join LifeForce Energy Healing^® Level IV >>

We’d be honored to walk with you.

The door is open. If you’re ready to walk through it… we’re here.

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Deborah King