Karla Vandenbergh
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to my beautiful, glorious silver sister, friend, and alchemical muse, thank you for radiating your jewel here! I’m so grateful to be in continued alchemical circuitry with you and look forward to witnessing the continued unfolding, unfurling magic.
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Wow, Carmen, this is so cool! Thank you so much for sharing yourself, your prima materia, your process and this incredible visual of the mind map. I find visuals so helpful and useful and I love the way it pops in a multidimensional way off of the page. Thank you for your inspiration and I’m so grateful to be in circle with you. Sending love your way!…I’m off to try my own mind map : )
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Sarah, I am in awe and filled with so much gratitude that you have shared yourself so deeply here and in our smaller group circle. I am receiving and holding both you and your little girl. I feel a sense of wonder at the miracle of your life, and also the deep relevancy around your prima materia. I love the flower essence support of Star of Bethlehem. I have leaned into this flower being’s support many times and it is such an ally. Resounding in my mind now are Lorie’s words in our first weekend around radical tenderness; holding yourself and your little one with radical tenderness, and honoring any resistance that shows up. We are all here to support you and her. Deep gratitude Sarah!
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Liz! You alchemical rock star! I’m so excited for you, and percolating with buzzing love around your PM. I am humbled and inspired and fully support you in this unfolding this year (and beyond). I can really relate to the struggle of fully committing time to my personal projects and offerings, how important they actually are, and how distracting life and my own mind can be. It will be interesting to see what you discover around all of this and how it will emerge in tangible form, in kairos. I love how you had the body felt sense “biiiiing” click and then were able to circle back to see the interconnections to the earlier pieces. Cheers alchemical sister!
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Erin, your wild, soul-brimming, beautiful poetry lands in my heart. Thank you for granting yourself permission to write is and us permission to receive it. I am struck by the poetry that came through you, the condor and the hummingbird. It reminds me of the Tibetan sky burial, a feast where the dead parts of the body and soul are blessed and offered to the birds as a sacred gift. Although it may seem grotesque, it is viewed as a sacred nectar offering that both assists the body/soul as well as the imbibing birds. Transformation at its finest! I am grateful to be in the alchemical circle with you and look forward to witnessing and holding how this unfolds for you.
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It truly is a gift to us all. Thank you for this profound share and for revealing yourself so deeply with us here. Your writing and ancestral story is powerful and I can feel its bittersweet weight. This piece of your PM “My goal for this year is to be present with the uncertainty and discomfort..” is such a profound piece to the alchemical process. The inner sensing process helps so much with our ability to sit next to discomfort, and is an ability and skill we develop which allows us deeper access to both our lead and our gold. I am in joy to be in the alchemical circle with you, Joanne.
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Kelli, my heart swells with your share. How profoundly impacting it is for everyone in the circle when someone shares so deeply the truth of themselves, as you have done so beautifully here. I can feel the rawness of this and the tenderness you are offering yourself and your slippery little ghost. I love what you wrote about the sacredness of Joshua Tree and what you received there . I have my sacred tree spaces near me that are my woodland temples and places of refuge, where I feel I can receive deep wisdom and know love. The trees are my teachers and my kin.
Thank you for being
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thank you, Joanne, for adding your beautiful poetry here. I am adopting and integrating your words as they resonate so deeply. Thank you for joining me in the dance!