Easter is an up-and-down holiday for people around me. I was listening to someone describe his church experience growing up; he was recalling the horrifying priest's invitation to feel what it must have been like for Jesus to have nails driven into his hands. I was remembering hiding Easter eggs full of candy for my children, and dinners with extended family when I was growing up. Some things our parts may miss, and others they may be grateful to be out of (or somewhat stuck in like the nails in the hands).
Life continues at a breakneck pace, and my inner healing does also. There are revelations piled on healings and compounded by new/old wounds that are jostled. I'm thankful that I can do inner sessions with my parts, while also realizing that I won't be able to process everything that is coming up. If I can find a few moments to breathe and enjoy the healing that I DO experience (from a new church home to the baby leaves at the nature center), I count myself lucky!
Blessings this Spring/Easter/Challenging/Glorious day!
Karen
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Inner Mentoring
I like the ring of that phrase! I want to offer classes and individual coaching, in person and online, to teach people how to access their "inner mentor" (Highest Self) and take care of their own needy inner parts.
I'm also interested in how to use inner parts work with physical problems. I talked this week to Nancy Sowell, who worked on an arthritis study which showed that people actually could lessen their physical pain by doing inner parts work. I had always believed this, but the interviews on this website prove it! (As does the study they did). Here is the website:
Arthritis study
http://www.pacostudy.org/player.swf?file=http://www.pacostudy.org/wp-content/uploads/LivingWellWithRA.flv&allowfullscreen=true&height=480&width=625&&id=veneers&searchbar=false&showicons=false&autostart=true&overstretch=fit&backcolor=0%C3%97287585&frontcolor=0xFFFFFF&lightcolor=0%C3%97000000 .
I am open to ideas on how to let people know about these classes and services. I will also be selling my game- perhaps retitling it the "Inner mentoring game" or something.
What do you think?
Personal checkin- I am making progress with my "not good enough" parts. I am learning to be gentler with myself, and to take more time to smell the roses (and do jigsaw puzzles) even during the WORK DAY (I work at home, so that is easier).
RIght now I am working with parts that don't like to bring up uncomfortable topics. I realized that when I keep not bringing things up that actually makes the problem worse, because some parts just burst out at some point, impatient with total lack of progress.
Anyone recognize this part? Have suggestions?
Thanks and blessings,
Karen
I'm also interested in how to use inner parts work with physical problems. I talked this week to Nancy Sowell, who worked on an arthritis study which showed that people actually could lessen their physical pain by doing inner parts work. I had always believed this, but the interviews on this website prove it! (As does the study they did). Here is the website:
Arthritis study
http://www.pacostudy.org/player.swf?file=http://www.pacostudy.org/wp-content/uploads/LivingWellWithRA.flv&allowfullscreen=true&height=480&width=625&&id=veneers&searchbar=false&showicons=false&autostart=true&overstretch=fit&backcolor=0%C3%97287585&frontcolor=0xFFFFFF&lightcolor=0%C3%97000000 .
I am open to ideas on how to let people know about these classes and services. I will also be selling my game- perhaps retitling it the "Inner mentoring game" or something.
What do you think?
Personal checkin- I am making progress with my "not good enough" parts. I am learning to be gentler with myself, and to take more time to smell the roses (and do jigsaw puzzles) even during the WORK DAY (I work at home, so that is easier).
RIght now I am working with parts that don't like to bring up uncomfortable topics. I realized that when I keep not bringing things up that actually makes the problem worse, because some parts just burst out at some point, impatient with total lack of progress.
Anyone recognize this part? Have suggestions?
Thanks and blessings,
Karen
Sunday, April 3, 2011
A Church for Parts?
I play flute, and I spent this morning playing for a church service. It made
parts of me sad and wistful. I don't belong to a church and don't really
believe in God as people in most churches talk about "Him". But I would still
like some of the other things in church- kids belonging to a fun group learning
about what is real and holy in the world, ritual and singing and uplifting
messages, hopeful community that supports each other through sickness and death
as well as birth and marriage.
In some ways my IFS training group was a little like that-encouraging each
other, sharing about joys and trials, experiencing deep feelings and spiritual
experiences together.
I would like to experience things like this more regularly. I'm thinking about
starting a meetup group, or maybe a subgroup within a church or other community,
that would fill some of these roles for me.
Most particularly, my parts would like for other people to recognize them and
share a common belief that loving and healing parts is a holy activity.
Maybe as I put the request out there it will be "heard" and "answered"
by......the universe?
Have a blessed week :)
Karen
parts of me sad and wistful. I don't belong to a church and don't really
believe in God as people in most churches talk about "Him". But I would still
like some of the other things in church- kids belonging to a fun group learning
about what is real and holy in the world, ritual and singing and uplifting
messages, hopeful community that supports each other through sickness and death
as well as birth and marriage.
In some ways my IFS training group was a little like that-encouraging each
other, sharing about joys and trials, experiencing deep feelings and spiritual
experiences together.
I would like to experience things like this more regularly. I'm thinking about
starting a meetup group, or maybe a subgroup within a church or other community,
that would fill some of these roles for me.
Most particularly, my parts would like for other people to recognize them and
share a common belief that loving and healing parts is a holy activity.
Maybe as I put the request out there it will be "heard" and "answered"
by......the universe?
Have a blessed week :)
Karen
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