Transforming the Sacred Wound Part 6: Descending into the Wound
The transformational shift that can occur around the sacred wound feels a whole lot like a descent. It has a downward quality to it. It often feels heavier, stickier, thicker, and more…
Writing
Transforming the Sacred Wound Part 10: The Genius
And so what emerges from the initial aversion, resistance, and pain of the wound is something generative creative, playful, and sometimes even luminous or numinous. Marianne Williamson…
Transforming the Sacred Wound Part 5: Handling Numbness
Oftentimes the starting point is just numbness, like there is nothing there to access. We can’t feel ANY emotion. We just sense a wall or a barrier. Instead of regarding numbness as bad or…
Transforming the Sacred Wound Part 4: Go to the Body
In order to identify the sacred wound, it helps to feel into the body for an emotional reaction. People often report a tightness in the chest, a nausea, a blockage in the throat. Our…
Transforming the Sacred Wound Part 3: Stop Scratching
Few of us relate to our wound like it’s a form of genius in any sense of the word. We relate to it like we have to get rid of it. I have a friend whose father left her mother, and sisters…
Transforming the Sacred Wound Part 2: Identifying the Wound
In my previous blog post, I began a discussion about the sacred wound . The essence of the message was that when we regard the wounding we experience in our lives as good news rather than…
The Sacred Wound: A Doorway to Your Genius
Everyone carries a wound. No one is exempt.
Midlife
I was teaching a workshop a while back and realized I was the only one in the room with gray hair. I don't mind the gray. What caught me was quieter than that: I wasn't young anymore, and…
Why Discipline Matters
Yesterday I had a disagreement with a vendor I buy supplies from. I was pissed most of the evening, and by the time I went to sleep, I felt clear. Then I sat down to meditate this morning,…
My Ashtanga Yoga Practice Was Boring Today
That's right. You read the title. Because I am an Ashtanga yoga teacher, I should ALWAYS be inspired by my practice and all things yoga. I'm not. At least today I am not. In fact, I had a…
The One Minute Meditation
A client of mine just forwarded this one minute meditation off to me designed by Elena Brower . What I love about it is that it quickly tune you in, opens your heart and quiets the mind.…
Creating Authentic Relationships
For the most part, people take relationships for granted. We assume we know what the other person wants and needs, and they assume we know what we need. The main source of relationship…