Dear Sweet, Awe Inspiring, Gorgeous Mama's!!
You continue to amaze me! What transpires in our circle continues to amaze me! Your willingness to hold whatever arises and to trust in divine grace is truly precious.
Cathy, thank-you for joining us virtually and know that we were all holding you and Kirk in our hearts! Michelle C, thank-you for letting us gather in your beautiful home and soak up your radiance! Tammy, I am so sorry you cannot join our circle anymore and I congratulate you on your acceptance into your program!
Every single week, I am humbled (like on my knees humbled) by the guidance and messages that I receive within this sacred space.
Personally, this Friday's gathering was especially meaningful, and I'd like to share my experience with you. I did not have a good start to my Friday morning, and I certainly didn't feel much like a spiritual teacher when I pulled into Michelle's yard. Yet there was a calm knowing that all would be ok. As I prepared for class, I felt supported and guided to hold space and to serve.
Over the course of last week, I found myself feeling very disconnected towards my family, and pretty darn resentful of my role as a wife and mother...(how perfectly ironic that today is Mother's Day). Suppressed and buried emotions were surfacing and, sure enough, I got hooked into believing the story behind each one of them. I was painfully and acutely aware of the contrast of the "Patti" who was showing up for my family and the "Patti" that was showing up for my students. So, I decided to bring this incongruency to our circle, and during our meditation, I asked for help. I asked for the truth of this blockage to be revealed and I asked for the courage to move through it.
The calling to have each of you draw a Wild Woman card and to share it with the group revealed so much about the energy of our circle and it guided the practice that followed. Many of the words that came to me during our movements have never come to me before. I trusted in these words and trusted that they were meant for each of us. During our practice, something inside of me shifted... something that has been shrouded and locked down for years and years, came into the light.
It took the rest of the day and evening for this shift to integrate. Serendipitously, my Friday plans supported the integration perfectly. Katrina C and I had the most glorious afternoon in Canmore where we both received treatments with a true angel on earth, Patti Mayer. Patti helped me to claim a part of my self that has never been claimed before, a sense of glorious independence. I do not yet know what it all means, but it feels authentic and real and INCREDIBLY invigorating!
I hope that the messages I chose to share of "Presence" and "Passage" as well as Kuan Yin's "Mother of Mercy Prayer" resonate as deeply for you as they do for me. (Michelle C, I ordered my own deck of Wild Woman cards and I LOVE them)!
And how perfect is Kuan Yin's message for us this week?!
I wish each of you the most glorious Mother's Day celebration today, how wonderful that we all share this journey of motherhood!
With the deepest of love and appreciation,
Patti
xoxo