by adminwomen | Nov 14, 2022 | Midlife Transitions, Mindfulness, Rebirthing, Self-Compassion, Uncategorized, Working with Grief
This October twelve women courageously walked deeper into their pain, grief and despair at this fall’s retreat entitled “Healing Yourself, Healing the World: A Self-Compassionate Path through Grief.” Like “Kali” the Dark Goddess in the Hindu pantheon, we found that...
by adminwomen | May 11, 2022 | Deep Diving -Stage 3, Grief, IFS (Internal Family Systems Work), Rebirthing, Spiritual Growth
In Stage 3 of the Midlife Voyage, Deep Diving, we learn about how to use our embodiment practices to take us deeper into our pain, suffering, and our darkness deep down in our bodies. We hold it all in our bodies because we have exiled it there during our childhood....
by adminwomen | Nov 8, 2021 | Grief, Rebirthing, Self care, Working with Grief
Jon Kabat-Zinn tells the story in the introduction to his powerful book Coming to our Senses- Healing Ourselves and the World through Mindfulness. (2005) of a retreat leader asking him as he entered the retreat, “How is the world treating you?” Then the retreat...
by adminwomen | Mar 30, 2021 | Fear, Rebirthing
When I met Sally, age 60, she was trying to decide if she needed to retire or if she should continue working for another few years. But she was feeling so much fear about this decision, and about the idea of having to figure it all out that she was making herself...
by adminwomen | Nov 11, 2018 | Rebirthing, Working with Grief
GRIEF IS A “NO NO” IN OUR CULTURE Grief is one of those bad words in our culture. We don’t talk about our feelings of sadness and grief even in the worst of circumstances like death of a partner, child, or parent. It’s just too much for people to get close to and...
by adminwomen | Oct 21, 2018 | Mindfulness, Rebirthing, Uncategorized, Working with Grief
This past weekend, I had the amazing opportunity to witness 12 women sitting with, walking with and turning towards their “woundedness.” One of the participants said to me, “We are all broken, but we are just here being with our brokenness together!” And that is...
