Category Archives: Spirit

Awakening Kali

Posted on July 7, 2010 by jenny

Ingrid Bacci wrote a book called The Art of Effortless Living.  I liked it, so in March of 2008 I went to her workshop at Kripalu. I signed up for a private session, and it was pretty amazing.  Here are … Continue reading →

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Statement of Faith

Posted on June 24, 2010 by jenny

I want to write — I guess it’s a “statement of faith” — my story about the universe and my life that gives me something to hold on to while I go through this rocky time.  “Rocky time”?  This is … Continue reading →

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Voice of God Within

Posted on June 22, 2010 by jenny

Woke with a jolt of fear.  Last night was the start of a Sufi Retreat at Neskaya.  When we went around the circle saying our names and what we hoped to get out of the retreat, I stumbled around, finally … Continue reading →

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Guidance

Posted on June 15, 2010 by jenny

(Written in July 2009) Dear Guides and Guardian Spirits, I’m feeling a little sad and scared and lonely.  Can you help me? Dear Jenny, relax.  Let your weight sink down into the couch.  You are truly supported by the earth … Continue reading →

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I’m doing the best I can

Posted on June 12, 2010 by jenny

(Written in June 2009) I’m thinking about the words I wrote yesterday “Please see me.  Please hear me.  Please understand how painful and difficult my life is.  Please understand that I’m doing the best I can.” My therapists understand.  All … Continue reading →

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Journal Work

Posted on June 3, 2010 by jenny

(Written in February 2009) I spent a bit of time yesterday holding the baby doll, and telling her I won’t leave her, that her welfare is my top priority.  She feels warm now, and sometimes being with her is comforting, … Continue reading →

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Voice from the Past

Posted on May 30, 2010 by jenny

In 1995, I had a conversation in which I found out that I was wanting to publish a book because “it would prove that I deserved to live, even though my parents were disappointed in me.” I was so horrified … Continue reading →

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Moon Shell Home

Posted on May 28, 2010 by jenny

I made this collage at a Sufi Retreat in an exercise called “Soul Collage”.  I was very pleased with it.  The name comes from two passages in The Feminine of History is Mystery. full moon in cancer we decorated the … Continue reading →

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Hope

Posted on May 4, 2010 by jenny

I have just come back from Rowe for a weekend with Deena Metzger. Deena is a poet, a therapist, a shaman, and an elder.  I have been with her a number of times and I love her fierceness, her warmth, … Continue reading →

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Hopeless Pain

Posted on April 28, 2010 by jenny

(Written in October 2003) O god I feel so hopeless at this moment.  I think if I could just lay down my head and die I might do it — but no, that’s not what I want.  What I want … Continue reading →

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