First Week of Life Book 2019

I am absolutely blown away by what is on offer in the first week of Life Book 2019. I haven’t set paintbrush to paper yet, but I’ve watched the warm-up painting videos, watched Sarah Trumpp’s art (but not the yoga yet), looked at both of Andy Mason’s offerings, and listened to Tamara LaPorte’s wonderful meditation.

The meditation just blew me away. I did not listen in optimal conditions – I had two noisy neighbours who kept intruding into the soundscape. But I persevered and even though I didn’t really see a symbol on my robe, once I opened the door, I got a big shock. There was my mother welcoming me and I walked into her arms and was enfolded in such warm light and love. It was amazing and totally out of the blue – so nice to sit in her arms for a while - she's been gone for so long.

I already had my word of the year “TROUNCE”. I picked it because it kept coming up in crosswords and puzzles in December. But the visit with Mum, gave me “OPEN HEART” and a symbol I can use. My animal is a “scaredy cat” – this came from an exercise I did as part of Alexa Cohen’s Awakening Through Art.

Then today, I looked at Andy’s videos – they too were a revelation. I loved the concept of the Parental messages and Child feelings that keep us hooked to behaviours or reactions. I will certainly be looking more closely at developing my Adult consciousness to counteract what I think are some 60-year-old hooks. Amazingly, I had recently come to the realisation that some of my problems might be related to a childhood illness and the associated ongoing problems while growing up and even now rearing their ugly head.

But… best of all were the links between my words when I looked at the feelings that they gave me. TROUNCE is about challenge, discovery, freedom, order, space, inspiration. It’s about beating obstacles, pouncing on life and letting the scaredy cat go – with my aim being clear-headedness. OPEN HEART is about acceptance, belonging, community, warmth, inspiration, discovery. It’s about letting things and people in – the aim is to be interested.

So, there are two clear double ups in my needs – inspiration and discovery – both of which I’m sure, will be more than adequately met by Life Book 2019. I am so looking forward to the journey.

Thanks Tamara, Andy and Sarah - I can't wait too see more.

And if you would like to join in, the link below will take you somewhere so you can have a look:

https://www.willowing.org/product/life-book-2019/