Our Sacred Yes

I believe we must find the Sacred within our everyday lives. This begins and unfolds through finding our true Yes and No.

When we find our Sacred Yes, we are able to move - mind, heart, body and soul - towards what we are called into, whether that is loving, creating, or simply being alive. As we do this, our Soul blossoms.

We begin to find our Sacred Yes by being very gentle and observant with ourselves, noticing what our body and heart respond to when we allow space.

This way of being creates serendipity, enhances synchronicity, and puts us in the flow of a life where Love is the fundamental force creating what we experience.

Our Sacred Yes can be the swipe of a paint brush, listening to a song that has been playing in your head for days. It can be letting the body sway as it stands outside on a cold winter day. It can be calling the friend you have been thinking of, or moving towards a loved one who is in pain with tenderness. It can be adding that extra spice you are drawn towards to your evening meal, pausing at the window as you hold a cup of tea. It can also be letting yourself feel and honor what you have long discarded in yourself as silly, unimportant or wrong.

Whatever it may be, it starts wherever you are. As Mary Oliver said, "the world offers itself to your imagination." It's just a matter of accepting the invitation.

Marion Woodman

“The way to healing lies in finding a connection between body and soul. Soul needs body as much as body needs soul. Each is out of context without the other, an abandoned fragment of what it is. ”

— Marion Woodman

Marion Woodman was a unique presence in this world. She dove deeply into her own healing, uncovering and discovering lost truths about femininity, patriarchy, and healing. When I read her, I recognized a teacher who was alive inside of my soul, but who I was only now finally meeting.

Marion passed away in 2018. She is one of the many women who had the courage to work in the darkness of the 20th century, making fertile the soil for this next great awakening.

Rectify

This incredible show (produced by Sundance, now on Netflix), written and directed by Ray McKinnon, is one of the most beautiful I have ever watched. It takes the watcher on a honest and hopeful journey of sorrow and healing. Truly magnificent.

The show begins with the main character, Daniel Holden, released from death row after 20 years in prison. It is unclear at that time whether or not he is innocent, though obvious that his family believes him to be. What unfolds from there is one of the best and most hopeful dramas I have ever watched.

As a therapist, I watch many shows that I find powerful or real, but few that then go on to portray the healing that is possible in this real world we live in. Watching Rectify was as much a healing experience as an entertaining experience.