{"id":46503,"date":"2026-07-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=46503"},"modified":"2026-07-10T09:13:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:13:54","slug":"whats-in-my-now-editor-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/whats-in-my-now-editor-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in my NOW? \u2014 Editor Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi! I\u2019m Claudia Dawson, Editor of What\u2019s in my NOW?, co\u2011writer of&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/5962f04c-668e-4df5-9bc8-967d540a42ed?j=eyJ1IjoiMXhmZzB6In0.4ieSFe4rvvESx3-YSOApdZUV-VKuM1Arc6QBuHWifaY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Recomendo<\/a><\/strong>, and writer of&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/9a09e9b3-b730-448b-b429-374692138f70?j=eyJ1IjoiMXhmZzB6In0.4ieSFe4rvvESx3-YSOApdZUV-VKuM1Arc6QBuHWifaY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Many\u2011Worlds Vision<\/a><\/strong>, a newsletter of shamanic dreams, visions, and channelings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also write poetry, play with altered states, facilitate psychedelic and dream integration, and practice energy healing with sound and light touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2026\/07\/wimb-ClaudiaDawson-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46504\" width=\"569\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2026\/07\/wimb-ClaudiaDawson-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2026\/07\/wimb-ClaudiaDawson-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2026\/07\/wimb-ClaudiaDawson-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2026\/07\/wimb-ClaudiaDawson.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>PHYSICAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/efd3ed57-4129-4137-a6d6-fae88960447a?j=eyJ1IjoiMXhmZzB6In0.4ieSFe4rvvESx3-YSOApdZUV-VKuM1Arc6QBuHWifaY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Full Body Red Light Therapy Mat:<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;This may be my most expensive \u201ctool,\u201d but it is definitely the most magical item I own. Just 10\u201315 minutes on this full-body mat reliably induces euphoria and a deep sense of calm in my system. I often pair it with meditation or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/0cc16d79-1c00-41cd-b75c-c444527be6a1?j=eyJ1IjoiMXhmZzB6In0.4ieSFe4rvvESx3-YSOApdZUV-VKuM1Arc6QBuHWifaY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meditative Mind music<\/a>&nbsp;to deepen the experience. There are no strict prescription instructions\u2014you can use it any time of day for mood enhancement, to help balance circadian rhythms, and to support muscle recovery after working out.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/dde01f12-2dfe-4adb-9ada-5908f28b0247?j=eyJ1IjoiMXhmZzB6In0.4ieSFe4rvvESx3-YSOApdZUV-VKuM1Arc6QBuHWifaY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Solfeggio Body Tuner Set for Chakras &amp; Meridians:<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;These are weighted tuning forks designed to be placed on acupressure points so you feel the vibrations moving through your body. They\u2019re color\u2011coded to correspond with the chakras and tuned to Solfeggio frequencies associated with energy balancing and deep relaxation. Like the full body red light therapy mat, using these tools affects me on what feels like a cellular level. The visible, felt effect is that I\u2019m deeply relaxed and in a more energetically coherent state after using them. I also use them on loved ones when I do Reiki, placing the forks on specific points so the vibration can support release and alignment.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/ad259d0d-7516-4e78-abe7-0258f02bdf6f?j=eyJ1IjoiMXhmZzB6In0.4ieSFe4rvvESx3-YSOApdZUV-VKuM1Arc6QBuHWifaY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Portable Massage Table<\/a>:<\/strong>&nbsp;Sound healing and light touch are not a business for me, but I love creating healing, soothing spaces for the people I care about, and having this portable massage table makes it easy to do that. It\u2019s affordable, low\u2011commitment, and sturdy enough to hold about 200 pounds. I also really love that it\u2019s pink.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>DIGITAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/598e9957-a40a-43ad-af0c-d27d512c646b?j=eyJ1IjoiMXhmZzB6In0.4ieSFe4rvvESx3-YSOApdZUV-VKuM1Arc6QBuHWifaY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AudioPen<\/a><\/strong>: I was an early adopter of this app, and I believe it\u2019s still run by one indie developer named Louis, who has always been so responsive and helpful. I use it frequently to transcribe my dreams, gnosis channelings, and newsletter drafts, especially when I\u2019m thinking out loud and don\u2019t want to type. You can create folders to organize your transcriptions and choose different writing styles to clean up your ramblings\u2014Academic, Technical, Descriptive, Casual, or whatever tone you want. I even created a custom writing style based on my own writing samples, so it sounds like me, just clearer. There are other features, too many to list here, but it\u2019s seriously my most used phone app, right up there with iPhone Notes.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/d497b477-e425-46ab-a8c2-294b76cc19a4?j=eyJ1IjoiMXhmZzB6In0.4ieSFe4rvvESx3-YSOApdZUV-VKuM1Arc6QBuHWifaY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ACER Integration Online Community<\/a><\/strong>: ACER Integration is an online community and yearlong program that moves through twelve tree archetypes using guided imagery, music meditations, online sharing circles, and other practices rooted in nature connection. Over the course of a year you get to know the trees and their medicine while deepening your relationship with yourself, the natural world, and other humans from all over the world. It\u2019s not a substitute for therapy, but there is an application and selection process, along with clear protocols that keep the container safe, which makes it a very safe place to integrate transcendent and altered experiences alongside the very real stuff of life. I participated as a community member during the first year of its launch and have been a Sharing Circle and Dream Circle facilitator with ACER now for almost three years. It\u2019s a very sacred space for me, and my favorite place that exists only online.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>INVISIBLE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong>Ubuntu Philosophy: \u201cI am because we are\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Ubuntu is an African philosophy of relational personhood and shared humanity, often expressed as \u201cI am because we are\u201d or \u201ca person is a person through other persons.\u201d Ubuntu reminds me that my becoming is not a solo project\u2014it happens in the space between myself and others. When I feel challenged in relation to someone, I remind myself of this, telling myself some variation like, \u201cI become a person through other people.\u201d This helps me remember that growth in this lifetime often means participating in uncomfortable relational dynamics, even when I\u2019d rather detach or dissociate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever been a fully embodied person, having spent most of my time in etheric realms and dreams. But now, in my forty-second year of life, I realize that spiritual growth doesn\u2019t happen only in the higher realms or with the angels\u2014it happens here, in the 3D, in the mundane, in the uncomfortable, in the relational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve learned to love sitting with people in shame, guilt, and fear, in the mud and in the hard stuff, because life is hard and it takes effort just to remain a hopeful, happy, loving person. If I can stay in that state while deepening my capacity to sit with sorrow, misunderstandings, and these human injury games we play, then I\u2019m also deepening my capacity to love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsinmynow.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sign up here<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0to get\u00a0What\u2019s in my NOW?\u00a0a week early in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>issue #262<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47588,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2303],"tags":[1553],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46503"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46503"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46506,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46503\/revisions\/46506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}