Ancient Myths, Archetypes and Sacred Contracts

“She sat at the back and they said she was shy.

She led from the front and they hated her pride.

They asked her advice and then questioned her guidance.

They branded her loud, then were shocked by her silence.

When she shared no ambition they said it was sad.
So she told them her dreams and they said she was mad.

They told her they'd listen, then covered their ears,
And gave her a hug while they laughed at her fears,
And she listened to all of it thinking she should,
Be the girl they told her to be best as she could.

But one day she asked what was best for herself,
Instead of trying to please everyone else,
So she walked to the forest and stood with the trees,
She heard the wind whisper and dance with the leaves. She spoke to the willow, the elm and the pine, And she told them what she'd been told time after time.

She told them she felt she was never enough,
She was either too little or far far too much,
Too loud or too quiet, too fierce or too weak,
Too wise or too foolish, too bold or too meek,
Then she found a small clearing surrounded by firs,
And she stopped...and she heard what the trees said to her. And she sat there for hours not wanting to leave. For the forest said nothing, it just let her breathe.”

Author of this wonderful poem is Becky Hemsley and her page is
Here’s the link to her book on U.K. Amazon:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1739824504/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_AKZA5G0JD3TTSZNXCW1A

Gorgeous painting called “Love for the Earth” by Lisete Alcalde

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Energy Management Workshops - Your Archetypes, Astrology and Chakras

What better way to spend this hot summer's day than writing to you all. Its been quite a day for me, as I rode home from town on my bicycle today - first time in over 40 degrees ... I was a bit red faced when i got home but felt pretty chuffed to have done it !! Anyway, moving to more serious things ....

This is to let you know that I will be offering a new format "Chakras" group during 2017, which I am calling Energy Management Workshops !!

The workshops are open to those who have identified their Archetypes (otherwise known as Sacred Contracts) and who would like to learn more about (or remember) how to use them to create significant life changes. Many of you have already done this as the "Chakras" course" .. this time it will include some new information from an online course I did with Caroline during my summer holidays.

The Chakras group will run for a full day on one Saturday a month (Dates to be determined by the group) and then I will offer a gathering midway through the month for people to share insights and challenges they have experienced.

The workshops will start in March and run through to August.

Please check out the flyer attached for more information and let me know if you would like to join me.

Gentleness

Caristia

Where Women’s Marches Are Happening Around the World The Women’s March on Washington is expected to be the largest inauguration-related demonstration in United States history.

There is a lot happening around us at the moment. I've been asked to run my Sacred Contracts course for some people I have been working with during this year .. and there are a few places left available! Contact me if you would like to join us.

The process designed by Caroline Myss is a great way to understand what's going on in your life from the perspective of your Soul. It begins on 6 December and runs through the holiday period .. a time when we sometimes have a little break from the hurry and bustle of life. If you would like to join us, please make contact.

If you live away from South Australia, don't worry, I have used Skype with distance clients very successfully, so it is available wherever you are!!

Here are some comments from past participants:

I loved this course! I was ‘stuck’ in my life at the time and did not know how or what to do about it… archetypes helped me enormously in seeing my strengths and weaknesses and later to take action to make positive changes in my life. Linking them in with the Chakras provided new insights. I still love observing them in myself, as well as seeing the archetypes running in other people... the victim, the rescuer, the drama queen!
Alison

I was a typical Type A personality pushing on through life at great speed with varying degrees of outward success, but quite dislocated from myself. The Archetype Course revealed the various, surprising, composite parts of myself, giving me a deep and ever developing understanding of who I am. The Ahaa moments during the course still resonate profoundly. Caristia is an experienced, wise, and compassionate guide leading you through the process. She is an extraordinary teacher and mentor. I am, several years later, still a type A personality, but this course has transformed my life into a more holistic balanced life adventure, as I have learned to become my own best friend.
Christine

When my mother and I worked together on our archetypes under Caristia’s intelligent and thoughtful guidance, our relationship permanently shifted out of the criticism and resentment we had been in for 40-plus years. The archetype model enabled us to be honest with each other in a blame free way and we have been much closer since then. We now have a mechanism for communicating clearly with each other and, five years down the track, we are getting on better than I ever thought possible.
Jane

Friday night musings ...

The mythologist Joseph Campbell said that when we want to get from one place to another in our lives, we first have to overcome an obstacle, cross a threshold. We do this by journeying inward and beginning to follow our deepest impulses, leaving the known path and entering the darkest part of the woods where there is no path, not knowing where we’re going, not knowing what will happen, not knowing where we’ll end up. This is the first step of what Campbell called the hero’s journey. On that journey, we search for what’s missing in our life in an arena with no rules, no security, and no guarantees of happy endings.
Entering the dark forest represents entering the world of original experience, where you work out your life for yourself instead of having it interpreted for you by others. By following your own life force, you grow into maturity and become the authority for your own life, living out of your center. While the journey is intensely personal, the goal is to bring new possibilities you’ve discovered for your life back to the community for other people to experience. This is the flow of life that renews the world.

~ Flora Michaels in Womankind magazine
womankindmag.com/…/where-you-stumble-there-is-your-treasure/

Where you stumble, there is your treasure | Womankind “All times are changing times,” writes author Ursula K. Le Guin. Change is reliable, faithful, constant – an ever-present tide in our lives. We, on the other hand – fickle, contradictory, changeable souls – are of two minds about that constancy. Some days we hate change, wanting everything to stay e...

Hi everyone,

This is to let you know about a retreat that I am offering on Saturday March 5.

2016 seems already to be a huge year, and personally I have enjoyed the opportunity I have just had to step back a little and get clear about where I am going this year.

So, now I would like to offer that to you as well.

The day will have as its basis a story as told by Dr Clarissa Estes - Sealskin Soulskin. This story tells about what happens to us when we spend too much time away from our soul self.

We will also consider some guidance available to us from astrology, from my dear friend Vicki Duggan.

However, this day is mostly about taking time out and reflecting and there will be plenty of time to do just that.

Please join us for this retreat, just before the year kicks into top gear !!

Gentleness

Caristia

Wow, here it is 2016 … already. I feel so fortunate to be able to ease slowly into the year. I'm taking time to sit in the sun, watch the birds and the clouds, drink cups of tea slowly and enjoying precious time to catch up with dear friends. I don't think there is a better way to allow the new year's energy to slowly seep into my being…. I'm loving it.

However, I am also aware that New Year can be a confusing time, when we wonder where we are going and what we should be doing. One thing I have found useful at these times is to run a Transient Archetypes chart. The great thing about these charts is that you don't have to have identified your own 12 archetypes to do this chart. We simply ask a question of the cards and allow them to provide the guidance. This can seem a bit wild and out there .. but every time i run one of these charts with someone, I am amazed at how relevant the cards are and the usefulness of the guidance the person receives.

If you feel unsure about where you are going during 2016, then maybe a Transient Archetypes session will provide some guidance about where you're headed.

Gentleness

Caristia

In preparation for this brand new year we have just started, I am undertaking a Quest with an online, fabulously international group… I've copied the initial quest prompt that we received at the beginning of December below … initially I read it, and kept on doing the pre-xmas stuff (though mine is quite small really) .. but now, in that beautiful slow patch that feels like I am between the worlds a while, i re-read it and … got it. Slow, Slow, Quick, Quick Slow … I love dancing and this reminds me of the need to go slow, and allow myself to listen … something I love to do now … its just such a special place to be. After years of trying to make life happen .. now I am listening … and its lovely ….
You do not have to have it all figured out now.
It’s good to have some direction and goals to work toward, but it’s also fine to feel lost.
Don’t let the New Year’s planning enthusiasts bully you into making decisions with your head rather than from your core. If you feel lost, be lost.
Allow yourself time and space to listen and watch for a new fork in the path.
Trust what is deepest in your heart.
Let everyone else set goals and make lists. Follow the still, small voice inside.
While the world gets back on the treadmill, madly trying to fulfill their resolutions, cultivate silence and stillness.
Let the first page of the new year remind you that you have an empty slate, full of possibility. Don’t rush to fill it. Leave room for the possibility of new insights and opportunities.

There will be more coming about this in the next few weeks, but I just wanted to whet your appetite today :)

With much love and gentleness
for a peaceful new year

Hello Adelaide friends,

Just to let you know that i will be hosting a summer solstice celebration on Monday 21 Dec 7.30pm. The longest day of the year .. Celebrating life, love, the ups and the downs of it all !!! And the turning of the wheel.

Please let me know if u wld like to join me .. There is space for 10 women.

We will indulge in a shared supper of christmassy delights afterwards.

Much love and gentleness

Caristia