Reimagining Manifestation

Reimagining Manifestation

I believe that the popular teachings on manifestation and the law of attraction can often be more of a detour than a path toward real psychospiritual growth.

The overly simplistic version of reality they present fails to meet the complexity and nuance of life, and of ourselves as humans in so many ways.

And -I don’t think that we are meant to dismiss them altogether as ‘magical thinking’ either.

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{Story Time} Ecstasy Embodied

{Story Time} Ecstasy Embodied

It’s 2011…I’m at Kripalu in Massachusetts, training in SomaSoul somatic expressive therapy with Dan Leven.

At every single one of our year-long trainings, I move through a very specific sequence of states; I start from a place of feeling ‘fine’ (=not feeling much)…

after a couple days of intensive work, my defences melt and I dive deep into feeling -what in Gestalt Psychology we call- the ‘death layer’ (=my painful emotions, shadow, challenges -all that I have been unconsciously keeping away from)…

and then, something interesting happens.

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