I had the delightful experience on Sunday of listening to
Victoria Castle, A Master Somatic Coach, speaking about embodied abundance,
which she describes as living in a state of ease. As opposed to the wound up, shoulders up to
the ears bodily stance that often seems to be the price we pay for life in the
modern world.
She invites us to imagine stepping into the Circle, joining
the great flow of life and just breathing a huge sigh of relief. Imagine that
your place in the Circle is assured, that there is nothing that you need to do
to earn the right to be here, because you already belong. Your very existence,
and your consent to be here, is all that is required.
“The Circle,”
states Castle,” is home to a flow of
satisfying relationships, meaningful work, inspired learning, endless resources
and opportunities, laughter and creativity,
and a prevailing sense of ….. glad assurance.”
I love this concept. Here is the choice. We can operate from
the premise of some form of not enoughness, or what Castle calls the Trance of
Scarcity. From this perspective, we embody life as a struggle, with all our
senses in a state of perpetual high alert and life as a series of obstacles to
overcome. We are stuck playing the role of either victim or hero/martyr – both
of which keep us in a state of separation.
Or, we can awaken from the trance of scarcity and step into
the flow. We join the River of life where we draw from its “juice and vitality”, and make our own unique and joyful contribution
to it.
Intrigued? Tune in tomorrow as I explore her take on how the
stories we tell ourselves create our world.
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