Sebene happy birthday <3 I am always so grounded by your words and insight. I'm in awe of your intention and radiant inner light. Thankful! Also..that stacked spiral imagery *chefs kiss*.
Middle aged Scorpio female here who appreciated the stacked spiral imagery very much. Gave some pressure release to the wondering about repeating triggers while feeling like progress is being made. Ahhhhhh…
You mention your upcoming silent retreat. I have been looking for an introductory meditation retreat, preferring residential retreat. Something that I can try as a toe dip into this type of personal exploration. Can you provide any tips on where to look? I have never been on retreat. I am on the West Coast.
Hi Tina. Glad this resonated. I recommend checking out Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin—a beautiful place to do a first retreat. Let me know how it goes. 💓
"I plan to enter the remedial track of clown college." This sentence speaks to me. "Clown college" reminds me of the joyful, playful nature of life and my aspiration to experience that joy. Yet, I'm always headed back to the remedial track, constantly needing to relearn how to play. The holidays are an annual challenge to joy. Celebrations all around me. I don't know how to feel joy when I'm lonely.
I texted my California brother to ask for a zoom chat on Thanksgiving because the holidays make me feel lonely. He said no, he was working on Thanksgiving. I was embarrassed. But my California sister came to me in a dream the same night I got the no. She brought along my whole family—Dad, brothers, sisters, nieces, mothers. I remember inside the dream I was annoyed they’d shown up uninvited. It took me awhile to connect this dream visit with my loneliness. That my family was here to keep me company even when they aren’t here physically. I hope to remember this feeling of gratitude on Thanksgiving Day.
Me too! I’ve used spirals as images, symbols and metaphors for “ seeing” my process from vantage points that so resemble and mirror one of your ways of knowing. For several decades now.
This first came to me in doing Authentic Movement, evolving out of my body awareness, well, mind-body. I was so grateful to have this somatic experience first. Moving was knowing for me, so that was a grand way of realizing the concepts. In ways, it also felt like waves, and in that, the spiral and its’ action persists.
Later, this whole awareness and my process was enhanced by reading, re-membering the concepts imparted by two teachers I studied with, Angeles Arrien and Emilie Conrad d’Oud. I mention all of this by way of feeling kinship with you(r) process and thanking you for sparking my aging memory about this. When I “ got it” this was something dear to me, a lot in my past, more ritualized in movement sessions, but with threads running to the present in a more basic, embedded form and meaning. I hope your gift of insight keeps unfolding too; with spirals, it’s inevitable, don’t you believe? 😉🌀💕
Have a great celebration of your birthday on the Wheel of the Year. Continue to feel healthy - and happy, joyful and fine. Brava! Blessed Be!
Thank you for a glimpse into your thought process and a reminder to let everything unfold. I love thinking about facing old patterns with new perspective! Light bulb moment! Thank you thank you and thank you
That's some 12th house funny business you've got going on there! I've been deep diving the houses my planets live in as well as my loved ones. I'm learning a great deal about what I've brought forward (dragged in a big santa-like bag behind me), from childhood and adolescence and I've been sitting down to tea with them. When I can befriend them, the suffering lessons exponetially. The way you carry/live with/share your life living with this strange inhabitant, cancer, I find sobering, uplifting, and even defiant. I've a feeling your sense of humor and perspective go a long way to your present lived experience. Your love shines through. Thank you.
And....many blessings on your upcoming solar return!!
Hey fellow Scorp! Have a most jubilant birthday! Yeah, another trip around the sun brings such gratitude and reflection. Between your rich energizing posts and all your other offerings that I’ve had the great benefit of being a part of, I do hope you know your Seb-ness is a gift to all of us. Especially if you smell good. 😁🎉🤟🏻🎃
Joy filled birthday!! I am so happy to be spending your birthday evening with you making sacred space. I've admired your dedication to clown school and I admire you knowing when to step away. Deep bows and hugs galore!
Hi Sebene, Libra with Virgo leanings, here (9/27). Love you. Love your work. Love your writing. Sending positive woogies your way. ❤️
Thank you Jori and yay to Libra Virgo energy!! 🙌🏾
Sebene happy birthday <3 I am always so grounded by your words and insight. I'm in awe of your intention and radiant inner light. Thankful! Also..that stacked spiral imagery *chefs kiss*.
Thank you!! 🥰
Middle aged Scorpio female here who appreciated the stacked spiral imagery very much. Gave some pressure release to the wondering about repeating triggers while feeling like progress is being made. Ahhhhhh…
You mention your upcoming silent retreat. I have been looking for an introductory meditation retreat, preferring residential retreat. Something that I can try as a toe dip into this type of personal exploration. Can you provide any tips on where to look? I have never been on retreat. I am on the West Coast.
Thank you.
Hi Tina. Glad this resonated. I recommend checking out Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin—a beautiful place to do a first retreat. Let me know how it goes. 💓
"I plan to enter the remedial track of clown college." This sentence speaks to me. "Clown college" reminds me of the joyful, playful nature of life and my aspiration to experience that joy. Yet, I'm always headed back to the remedial track, constantly needing to relearn how to play. The holidays are an annual challenge to joy. Celebrations all around me. I don't know how to feel joy when I'm lonely.
I texted my California brother to ask for a zoom chat on Thanksgiving because the holidays make me feel lonely. He said no, he was working on Thanksgiving. I was embarrassed. But my California sister came to me in a dream the same night I got the no. She brought along my whole family—Dad, brothers, sisters, nieces, mothers. I remember inside the dream I was annoyed they’d shown up uninvited. It took me awhile to connect this dream visit with my loneliness. That my family was here to keep me company even when they aren’t here physically. I hope to remember this feeling of gratitude on Thanksgiving Day.
Beautiful Dawn. 💓
Thank you for sharing this Dawn. It resonates. Yes, it can be so hard to recover that joy that felt natural as kids… here’s so more play!! 💕🙌🏾💕
Happy Birthday! Mine is Sunday as well. I knew there was something special about you from the very first meditation we listened to on 10% Happier!
Oh wow! Thanks for getting me/us! 😝 Happy Birthday Chad! 🥳
Me too! I’ve used spirals as images, symbols and metaphors for “ seeing” my process from vantage points that so resemble and mirror one of your ways of knowing. For several decades now.
This first came to me in doing Authentic Movement, evolving out of my body awareness, well, mind-body. I was so grateful to have this somatic experience first. Moving was knowing for me, so that was a grand way of realizing the concepts. In ways, it also felt like waves, and in that, the spiral and its’ action persists.
Later, this whole awareness and my process was enhanced by reading, re-membering the concepts imparted by two teachers I studied with, Angeles Arrien and Emilie Conrad d’Oud. I mention all of this by way of feeling kinship with you(r) process and thanking you for sparking my aging memory about this. When I “ got it” this was something dear to me, a lot in my past, more ritualized in movement sessions, but with threads running to the present in a more basic, embedded form and meaning. I hope your gift of insight keeps unfolding too; with spirals, it’s inevitable, don’t you believe? 😉🌀💕
Have a great celebration of your birthday on the Wheel of the Year. Continue to feel healthy - and happy, joyful and fine. Brava! Blessed Be!
Robin, thanks for sharing this. What a beautiful way to discover the spiral 🌀 and its power! And yes to kinship. 💓
Thank you for a glimpse into your thought process and a reminder to let everything unfold. I love thinking about facing old patterns with new perspective! Light bulb moment! Thank you thank you and thank you
Yay to spirals!! 🥳
Happy birthday 🥳
Thank you. 🙏🏾
Thank you, Sebene.
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Happy Birthday Sebene! Your words always resonate with me so profoundly 🤍
Thank you Kristen! 🥰
I have five planets in Scorpio too! Mine are partying in the first house though.
Oh wow! Whatever house, that’s a lotta Scorpio!! 🦂🦂🦂🦂🦂
And Happy Birthday 🎈🔮🍰🧁
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I love these orbit images and I love your clown school journey. Sending much birthday love to you, Sebene. 💗
Aren’t they so pretty!? And thank you Liz!! 💓😘💓
That's some 12th house funny business you've got going on there! I've been deep diving the houses my planets live in as well as my loved ones. I'm learning a great deal about what I've brought forward (dragged in a big santa-like bag behind me), from childhood and adolescence and I've been sitting down to tea with them. When I can befriend them, the suffering lessons exponetially. The way you carry/live with/share your life living with this strange inhabitant, cancer, I find sobering, uplifting, and even defiant. I've a feeling your sense of humor and perspective go a long way to your present lived experience. Your love shines through. Thank you.
And....many blessings on your upcoming solar return!!
Awww. Thanks for that beautiful reflection Mary. I appreciate it. 💓🥰💓
Hey fellow Scorp! Have a most jubilant birthday! Yeah, another trip around the sun brings such gratitude and reflection. Between your rich energizing posts and all your other offerings that I’ve had the great benefit of being a part of, I do hope you know your Seb-ness is a gift to all of us. Especially if you smell good. 😁🎉🤟🏻🎃
Thank you Mal!! Yay to us Scorpio survivor clown nice smelling humans!!
Thanks for assuming I’m nice smelling!! 🎃😂🦨
Btw, my post on Substack this morning was absolutely inspired by A2E!! 🙏🏻
Oh, cool. Will take a look!
I love your Substack so much! 🖤💛🖤
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Joy filled birthday!! I am so happy to be spending your birthday evening with you making sacred space. I've admired your dedication to clown school and I admire you knowing when to step away. Deep bows and hugs galore!
Thank you Althea. It’s so sweet sharing all this time with you and extra sweet to share my birthday! 💓😘💓