Working Jenny's solar plexus reflex on this particular occasion, we both experienced a sudden 'jolt' and we were startled by it. It was not a sensation I had experienced before and it felt like something was 'given up'. Shawnie Collier
The opening paragraph of chapter three in Becoming and Beyond describes the divination stage of a shamanic journey. A journey is conducted to access other realms of consciousness or levels of reality. Once there a person usually obtains higher guidance often through symbolic language which when interpreted reveals what the psyche is trying to keep hidden.
Last summer, I visited Noon Cregg veteran’s retreat near Lamorna in Cornwall. I was entranced by Badger’s presence along with the stone cottage, low-impact, fully self sufficient retreat and Merry Maiden’s stone circle. You may ask me why? I am interested in different ways to work with trauma, complex trauma and PTSD.
Every Wednesday morning for the last nine months you could have found me picking up horse poo! That’s 36 trips or over 200 hours (voluntary work/travel time). It’s actually a Zen-like activity but you may well ask why? My friends at PaintedHorse – human and horse (dog, goat and sheep) – gave me the opportunity to...
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