Perennial Medicine - Thea Elijah
A gateway into Perennial Medicine and the teaching of Thea Elijah In such radically changing times, we need deep roots.
At first glance, our world today appears to be beset by problems that humanity has never faced before, and equally full of dazzling miracles that are almost as difficult for our cultures to integrate. We need to become familiar with the wisdom traditions that teach us how to remain healthy and undistracted, rooted in our natural rhythm and purpose. Only then can we serve life through its many changes.
๐ซ How does the concept of "being in each other's business" foster a sense of unity and cooperation?
Earth people are the tenders. Earth people, when out of balance, are the worriers; they are naturally attuned to everybodyโs business: Is she going to be all right? Is she going to be okay if I donโt call her? Iโd better call her. Iโd better call and make sure sheโs okay. Do you need a blanket? How about this? Is there enough for lunch? ๐
Take steps today to embody your inner "Earth Element" by actively engaging in acts of kindness and consideration towards your fellow community members. Feel free to share in the comments below ๐ญ
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A Whole Heart Connection Intro means:
๐ Do-able practices that help us access the healthiest part of ourselves, so that we are truly living rather than just coping.
๐ Skills that allow us to contact the healthiest parts of others, so that our conversations and relationships are honest, simple, and generative.
๐ Embodied knowledge of how to shift out of pain, discouragement, and trauma into profound yet safe healing states, so that we can keep coming back to life from the deepest love and wisdom inside of us.
Come for the first time, to find out what itโs all about. Or come back and take it deeper.
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Every Element is healthy to the extent that it is in service to the Heart. This means that it must be in all ways working for the benefit of the Heart, rather than self-serving. An Earth Element must concern itself with what is nourishing for the Heart, not simply with what brings comfort or pleasureโeven if that which would bring greater nourishment would also require much more work. ๐๐ชด
For more Earth seasonal resources, consider visiting my website. Link in bio!
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Are we getting what we need? Do we know what we need (rather than what we simply want)? Do we even know how to tell our needs from our wants?
Earth time is about the fulfillment and flourishing that comes from thoughtful tending of our needsโindividually and as a part of the greater ecology of community. This begins with exploring the above questions on a โme firstโ basis.
Make yourself as comfortable as possible in order to take some unhurried time to sit and ponder this question:
๐ญ What are your needs?
๐ญ What kind of โfoodโ would it take for you to thrive and be fruitful?
Late Summer is the season to โmake yourself as comfortable as possible,โ and to see if there are more or better or healthier ways of making yourself comfortable. From here we can comfortably invite others to explore the benefits of considering, caring about, and expressing needs for the sake of our mutual thriving. โจ
For more Earth seasonal resources, consider visiting the link below. ๐
https://perennialmedicine.com/element/earth/
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Nothing belongs inside of your heart except the Love. Give the world back to the world, and care about it infinitely, limitlessly, from Open Space. โจ๐
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(PS: A few more slots are still available for the Whole Heart Connection Intro Online on August 24-25, 2024! If you wanna come and join us, visit the link in our bio. )
Spend some time connecting with your Heart and bringing Earthโs considerate attentiveness to the places where you may have unfulfilled needs or hungers that you donโt even know about. Are you feeling homeless, forlorn? Is there anything we can do to bring you back into the garden?
Each element expresses this loss-of-Heart state differently, although in all cases when an Element loses Heart, it becomes prone to pathogenic (xie) voices. These are cruel demon voices that crush us, and they tell lies so pernicious that they wreak the same degree of havoc on our system as a virulent pathogen. Thatโs why it can be very useful to identify some of the typical demon voices of Earth to which each of us might be particularly proneโso that when we hear them inside of ourselves, we know itโs a sign of loss of Heart.
When Earth has lost Heart, some typical manifestations might be:
๐ด๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ .
๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐คโ๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐.
๐ต๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐.
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ข๐โ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ.
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ , ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ข๐โ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐คโ๐๐๐.
Can you think of more examples? What sorts of cruel demon voices do you hear, when you have lost Heart in Earth? If you can identify them as the pathogenic voices that only come to us when we are in loss of Heart, you wonโt have to fear them anymore, because you will know that they are not true. Instead, youโll know that it is time for a me-first healing in Earth.
For more Earth seasonal resources, consider visiting the link below. ๐
https://perennialmedicine.com/element/earth/
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Come join us for a weekend of Whole Heart Connection. ๐
This workshop will be held online but there will be upcoming live classes in Rhode Island and Seattle! Feel free to browse through my website for more details.
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Earth will often begin to feel helpless because they want so much to be in a community of caring and sharing. Without it, they can start to feel really needy, but whatโs actually needed is the spirit of caring and sharing, not endless feeding or caretaking.
For more Earth seasonal resources, consider visiting the link below. ๐
https://perennialmedicine.com/element/earth/
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Late summer is a time of year when in traditional societies, people would get together to do the work of harvest. All we have left of that now is a little celebration on Labor Day weekend, but traditionally itโs a season of abundance, and sharing, and (in a sense) taking care of each otherโs business.
Earth people are the tenders. Earth people, when out of balance, are the worriers; they are naturally attuned to everybodyโs business: ๐ผ๐ ๐ โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ก? ๐ผ๐ ๐ โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ผ ๐๐๐โ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐? ๐ผโ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐. ๐ผโ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐ โ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ. Earth people worry about needs being met.
We call this โworry (SI)ๆ โ when this kind of mental and emotional circling is no longer connected to the Heart, and in fact is turning our stomach into knots and making us ill. As soon as there are needs anywhere, especially an unmet need, or maybe just my need to make sure that there arenโt any unmet needs, then in pathological Earth thereโs the potential for this circling of the mind thatโs going round and round just like a waitress gone mad: Honey, do you need anything?
For more Earth seasonal resources, consider visiting the link below. ๐
https://perennialmedicine.com/element/earth/
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At times, we may have a hard time finding in ourselves the aperture of the heart, let alone any sense of a light coming through. We may be fully identified with whatever we are going through, and may believe that our thoughts, feelings, and life experience are the sum total of who we are.
Opening the back of the heart very gently, allowing the light to come into our heart and look out through our eyes, can help us to remember that we are not just our own thoughts and feelings-- we are the light coming through those thoughts and feelings.
We are not our failures, nor are we our successes. We are the light coming through all of what we have lived. We are not the story; we are not the attributes and qualities with which we are familiar in ourselves. We are the light coming the story, the light shining through the attributes and qualities--like light through a stained glass window. Everything we call "ourselves" is the stained glass window. ๐๐ช
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Food for Thought ๐ญ:
A healthy Earth element must concern itself with what is nourishing for the Heart, not rote learning and information overload.
For more Earth seasonal resources, consider visiting the link below. ๐
https://perennialmedicine.com/element/earth/
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Late Summer is the time for asking these questions:
โ๏ธ Have we learned to take care of ourselves?
โ๏ธ Is our chosen work fulfilling?
โ๏ธ Do we have a good ecological balance of giving and receiving in our lives?
Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. ๐ญ
For more Earth seasonal resources, consider visiting the link below. ๐
https://perennialmedicine.com/element/earth/
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For Fire seasonal resources (online workshops, books, blog posts, emails, and self-guided CEUs), visit the link below.
https://perennialmedicine.com/element/fire/
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Why spend a weekend at an online Whole Heart Connection Intro class?
It's all about CONNECTION...
Whether it is about personal healing or healing for others, the first step is creating Healing Space within ourselves.
No matter how wounded we may be, no matter how difficult the situation we face, we can create that Healing Space (and itโs easier to do it together). Whether your concern is with personal or collective healing, Whole Heart Connection practices build solid skills for health in the midst of turmoil.
If you're free, come and join us for Whole Heart Connection Intro Online on August 24-25, 2024. Visit the link below for registration. ๐
https://perennialmedicine.com/shop/live-classes/whole-heart-connection-intro-aug-24-25-2024/
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During one of the last online classes that included Deirdre, we worked with the Divine Name Al Muhiyy, and Deirdre read out loud to us from ๐ท๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ : ๐โ๐ 99 ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ฃ๐ by Dr. Rosina-Fawzia Al-Rawi:
๐๐ฎ๐ก๐ข๐ฒ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐.
๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ก, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก, ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก.
๐๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก.
๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฅ๐. ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐๐ญ๐๐ง, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ.
๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ก๐ข๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐, ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐, ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ? ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ. ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฌ.
๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ง๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ .
In loving memory of Deirdre Sulke-Meister. ๐ค
Read more about Deirdre via the link below.
Donโt Let The Fire Go Out Pt.2 - Perennial Medicine Perennial Medicine with Thea Elijah-Chinese Medicine, Whole Heart Connection and Sufism
Hee-hee! ๐
Come and join for the Whole Heart Connection Intro on August 24-25, 2024 and feel your hearts moonwalk with joy and gratitude. Visit the link below for more details. ๐
๐https://perennialmedicine.com/shop/live-classes/whole-heart-connection-intro-aug-24-25-2024/
You get a chicken and you get a chicken, everybody gets a chicken! ๐
Register now for Whole Heart Connection Intro Online on August 24-25, 2024 and bring your rubber chickens along for the class. It will be held via Zoom so whether you're staying home or somewhere else, it's a perfect opportunity for you to join us.
Everybody is welcome to sign up ๐ค
Visit the link below for more details and registration.
https://perennialmedicine.com/shop/live-classes/whole-heart-connection-intro-aug-24-25-2024/
A heartwarming feedback from Christina. โค๏ธ Much love to you!
It's never too late to nurture your connection with yourself and others so come and join us for a weekend for Whole Heart Connection Intro. This class will be held via Zoom so if you're planning to stay at home--specifically on August 24 & 25, 2024, then this might be for you. More details via the link below. See you then (hopefully). ๐ค
https://perennialmedicine.com/shop/live-classes/whole-heart-connection-intro-aug-24-25-2024/
We are built like Russian dolls. Thereโs me, and then thereโs this little one on my lap that Iโm protecting. Then thereโs this much bigger lap that I am on. ๐ฉโ๐ฆ
Together, letโs explore the Inner Child and the Inner Adult: how to find it; how to be in a healing relationship with it; and how to help others find this place in themselves, and begin to trust it and bring that into the world. โค๏ธ
To register for Making Connections Inner Child, Inner Adult, visit the link below.
https://perennialmedicine.com/shop/live-classes/whc-making-connections-inner-child-inner-adult-july-20-2024/
Note ๐: Participation in this Whole Heart Connection workshop is limited to students who have already completed the Whole Heart Connection Intro.
Here is a second โguest blogโ by my recently deceased friend Sharon Gray (see my blog about Sharon on my website).
It follows up on last weekโs blog, and it has been essential guidance for me during my time of mourning Sharon.
Read Sharon's full blog here: https://perennialmedicine.com/the-hidden-beauty-of-grief-by-sharon-gray/ ๐ค
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The Hidden Beauty of Grief by Sharon Gray - Perennial Medicine Perennial Medicine with Thea Elijah-Chinese Medicine, Whole Heart Connection and Sufism
To sign up for this month's Opening the Door class, consider visiting the link below.
This class is open for everybody who wants to learn more about Whole Heart Connections practices. Looking forward to seeing you all ๐
๐ https://perennialmedicine.com/shop/live-classes/whc-opening-the-door-re-discovering-our-deepest-resources-july-21-2024/
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