Trust Your Intuition

“The only real valuable thing is intuition.” -Albert Einstein

I sat at a conference with Deepak Chopra, my meditation teacher, about 10 years ago as he talked about how intuition gets stronger the more we meditate. He said that the skills of people like the New Jersey Psychic would be scientifically verifiable in the near future.

He was right. The science of intuition continues to build showing it is a complex cognitive process rather than just a mystical phenomenon that we write off as “woo-woo”.

Although intuition has been a potent force in human culture and in many scientific discoveries (including Einstein’s theory of relativity), we now better understand what a powerful tool it can be in our decision making.

Do you trust your intuition? If not, do you know why?

This month’s Wisdom Wednesday explores all the nuances of intuition (as well as the science behind it), and ends with a guided meditation and breath practice to tap you into your 3 wisdom centers so you can receive guidance for whatever questions you are currently wrestling with.

Enjoy the replay below as well as a FREE yoga class with me exploring the 3 wisdom centers in the body.

June 2024 Wisdom Wednesday

07:00 What is Intuition?

09:00 Is it magic?

11:00 Einstein

14:00 Beautiful Brain- Einstein’s brain

17:00 Science of the Brain & Gut

20:00 Somatic Marker Hypothesis

23:00 Intuition is a Continuum

24:00 The Myers Briggs Type Indicator

30:00 Can I trust my intuition?

35:00 Yogananda on Intuition

36:00 Supernormal

39:00 3 Seats of Intuition

39:50 Ways to Access Intuition

41:00 Pineal Gland

42:00 Guided Practice

Yoga Practice for Your 3 Wisdom Centers

Work & Retreat with Betsy

Yoga & Meditation at Heartland

Tuesdays & Saturdays at 9 am CST

Join Betsy in practice at her Iowa City studio, Heartland Yoga. Betsy’s classes are a fluid integration of psychology, therapeutics, asana, breath work and meditation. Each class works with theme to take you deeper inside. Classes are amenable to all levels.

For registration in person or online, and all other offerings at Heartland, click here.

Reorganizing Our Internal Spaces

Retreat with Betsy in Nosara Costa Rica

May 9-16, 2026

Registration just opened….spaces go fast!

Spring is an ideal time to go on retreat. Although we often think of retreating to a warm place in the middle of winter, this retreat is ideal to help you transition through Spring, a season of rebirth, into the season of Summer, a season of play and expansion.

Just like we often Spring clean and rearrange our homes, the body, mind, and heart also need this.

All of us, no matter where we live, take on heavier energy in the winter months, and if we don’t burn through this heaviness, once Spring arrives it looks like depression, lethargy, low motivation, weight gain, and a tendency to “not deal with things”. This makes rebirth, play, and expansion much more difficult.

This retreat will help you shed that heaviness quickly via twice daily yoga sessions, meditation, healthy food, warm and humid weather, and energetic purification via practices like yoga nidra, breath work, hypnosis, and energy medicine as we move deeper into the realm of the unconscious with Dr. Betsy Rippentrop, a skilled energy medicine practitioner, psychologist, and yoga teacher.

For more information and to sign up, click here.

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