Rebecca Donnelly
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It seems the link to articles and videos are not working for me. It says you have found a non working page when I click the link. Is there another way to access them?
Thanks so much!
Rebecca
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Amy! Thank you for reaching out. I have had a lot coming up this week after our group and engaging with all this material on a deeper level. It means a lot to have a check in /recognition / heart felt connection. And how about for you? How are things percolating? Maybe we can begin that email thread to stay connected on a regular basis going forward. I absolutely love what you offered here about ancestors nurturing us into conditions that allow us to heal. . . wow. . . what a huge shift in my body from. . . .how will I, this singular being, work on this heavy ancestral darkness and shame. . . to the conditions are so much more favorable now to look at healing. . . Thank you, thank you
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Christine, thank you for reading and listening to my words. Yes, I so resonate with what you shared as well in such a gorgeous and loving and caring way to the places that want to be heard. It reads like such an honoring of yourself. I am taking that with me. It is a well known practice for me to not be gentle with these places where I hold back. I just love the idea of loving and parenting and looking for the gold in that place that wants to express itself. Thank you for that.
I wonder about your references to your Mom? Has she been through similar things to my mother? Is she still here?
sending tons of love and gratitude. . . .thank you for receiving my story and letting me know.
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Benjamin, I just wanted to say thank you for this deeply thoughtful response. It is the beginning of a healing for me to have my words/back story received in such an embodied way. I find as I respond to both you and Lorie that there is a deep well of tears because I feel very seen and very vulnerable. I do feel the vessel of safe space here and am hopeful I can sit with the discomfort of whatever this energy trapped in my throat might need to loosen and heal and express for the sake of me, my family, and my patients.
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Lorie,
Thank you. . . I have been wanting to sit down when I have enough space to respond. First of all I can’t say enough how deeply I appreciate the thoughtful responses from both you and Benjamin. It is such a unique experience to try to articulate a lifetime of a deeply experienced personal challenge in an embodied context for others to read. It has touched me deeply to feel heard and seen after sharing this.
I appreciate the suggestion of practicing forgiveness. I have engaged a bit with Kristen Neff’s work on self compassion and it is absolutely a juicy and needed place of practice for me. I think this pointed suggestion to use it in relationship to how I practice or how I engage with using my voice could be really fruitful.
After our group I feel more clear that communication, ownership of my thoughts, and this tightening around my throat is a primary piece of Prima Materia. I also have clarity that the second part is in the family energetics of choosing to not live because the pain is unbearable.
I am looking forward to continue to massage the language around both the lead and the gold and work with the discomfort of bringing all of this to the forefront of my awareness.
Again, thank you for creating this container and forum for healing in this way.
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Hi Benjamin, how can I go about getting my chart read by you? I am assuming you are booked out quite a bit but I would love to do this if it is a possibility. Thanks for considering and I look forward to hearing back!
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Yay! I love it!! So looking forward to meeting you Thursday Lucy!
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Thanks Kelli! As it turned out no one had success logging on virtually so that is just as well you were not trying to get in. It was interesting however that my very best soul buddy in Austin got through somehow!. . . that felt auspicious. In addition 9 students, completely new to Nia, were there in person and I think everyone had a great time! So thank you for asking and I think there will be more opportunities there in the future! And sounds like we may be dancing together throughout the mentorship!
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Hopefully there will be more opportunities for dancing virtually or otherwise! Have a great weekend and I will look forward to gathering in just a little over a week!
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So it turns out that I have an opportunity to offer a free virtual Nia class this Friday at 6pm EST. I have a lot of jitters as it has been quite some time since I have taught and this will be sort of a trial for a new location. And I am going to just put it out there. . . if the timing aligns come check it out. . . .here’s the link to join
https://goteamup.com/p/1460267-true-balance-studio/e/43974601-nia/
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Ah that is great Benjamin!!
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Hi Kelli!
Yes, dancing keeps me sane for sure! Nia is a combination of dance arts, martial arts, and healing arts. . . I love a good free dance and find that so therapeutic… and that happens in Nia classes too but there is some structure as well. But/And it is always guided by doing the moves in your way and in a way that you are feeling some pleasure. I find that learning and embodying different movement forms also helps me to find strength and balance and fun ways to move I might not have come by in my living room! Honestly the dancing for me and the teaching has been a huge healing and contradiction for me to move out of darkness to a place of feeling joy in my body and just feeling much more life force available. You can check out http://www.niatv.fit if you want to check out a recorded class or you can find lots of live online classes at Nianow.com . I don’t know about San Francisco (I am sure there must be some there). . .I do know of classes in the Marin area because I have a sister there.
Thank you for reaching out Kelli. . . .looking forward to getting to know you more this year!
Rebecca
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I am accessing the link from the healthy seminars site and it seems all the links give me the same message.
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Thank you Lorianne, I just gave that a try with no luck. The link still takes me to a 404 message that says I am lost. Any other thoughts?
No rush to get back on a Sunday night. I will try again tomorrow, thank you.
warmly,
Rebecca