It feels like a lot, because it is.
I spoke to quite a few people this past week who are struggling; with death, family trauma, career transitions, relational endings, collective overwhelm, depression, the grief one experiences when life doesn’t line up with the picture they feel they were painted… anyway, it all seems somehow par for the course right now… we are all holding so much.
I listened, I felt them in their sadness + despair, did not try to fix or distract them from the truth they were experiencing ~ I simply allowed them space to feel + breathed with them.
Our healing is magnified when we share our vulnerabilities – our emotions + experiences. Our embodied witnessing enhances healing power.
Remember, we transform in the wake of darkness.
Strengthening our WE capacity
If you have been on a path of healing, showing up for inner work, observing your shadows, witnessing the pain body etc, tending friendship/community, I believe you are building a heart bridge from “me” to “we.”
The teachings say this is a journey that can last a lifetime, and not everyone is going to be on the same timeline, so cultivate compassion + stay your course.
It feels like we are at a tipping point.
What’s important now is that you are strengthening your “we” capacity.
We are of the earth, we are flesh + blood + bone.
We are made of stars + our precious life is but a flash in the pan.
We all want peace, love and food in our belly - and we must acknowledge not everyone has this at present.
When we return to the awareness that we all exist in an interconnected web of life, and that everything that is in resonance with the coherence of the heart can be integrated, healed, and leads to a greater expansion of perspective, we make space for acceptance, tolerance, creativity, collaboration + ultimately the dissolution of separateness.
Pain and challenges are coming, and running parallel are joy and bliss.. how can you cultivate your capacity to be with what is?
Insights + Embodiment
Here are some of the things that I do, and what I share as tools in my classes + offerings:
Declare your/the body as a safe haven.
Breathe with intent, and practice the tools that ground and regulate you.
Take in new wisdom and sit with opinions different than yours ~ let curiosity be the energy that carries you beyond the shadow tendency to shame, blame or condemn.
Be so loving with yourself, and own your part in this collective healing.
Recognise how resilient the Human Spirit truly is and show up in reverence + celebration of that.
Gathering, sessions + offerings
The next opportunity to gather with me in circle is November 24th at Casa Copal - This month's ceremony embraces the mystery, and delves deep with the elemental essence of water. The date of this full moon sits with both Scorpionic energy of letting go and the regenerative serpentine energy of Ophiuchus. The embodiment and meditations of this Moon Temple will invite harmony, healing + hope. find all the details here on their events page
I will be DJ’ing a few conscious dance + breathwork events coming up this month + next and would love for you to follow me on social media if you don’t already - as that’s where I tend to promote things and would love to connect there!
I want to offer my service to anyone here that may need additional support. My home is always open for tea, I am supporting small group + individuals through yogic lifestyle practice and frequency, I am serving 1-1 breath at the healing sanctuary at Casa Copal + you can book into see me there - or if funds are a concern, you can contact me directly and we can figure out a trade/energy exchange, simply hit reply to this email + we can connect.
Lastly, I want to share an exciting opportunity that I am passionate about since being part of the non-profit organisation I have been working with the past couple years (Soul Seed Gathering)
LIVING RESEARCH is a 4 month online cohort that provides a unique methodology to greater understand ourselves and the world around us. Please check out the website for a deeper look into this profound journey, that will fundamentally shift your relationship to knowledge and transform your approach to research on any subject within your life.