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the emotional element of trance
I'm interested in what makes the work I and others do, priestessing and facilitating trance and ritual - sustainable. Part of what I look at is: what is needed, for those being mentored in this work? For those mentoring? And for both ( Read more... ) -
going right brained -
In the past 2 weeks the trance team I work with has gone on a retreat, practiced a trance and presented a trance so - we've been in right brained space quite a bit. Saundra and I were talking about what this does to our day to day lives. I stop to get gas after a trance we've presented, and can't place my zip code to put into the credit card ( Read more... ) -
Warrior Mind Training
Article on use of trance / meditation techniques to help soldiers think like warriors.
Excerpt:
The benefits of Warrior Mind Training, students have told instructors, are impressive: better aim on the shooting range, higher test scores, enhanced ability to handle combat stress and slip back into life at home. No comprehensive studies have been done ( Read more... ) -
rhythmic voice
The trance team I work with has been experimenting with patterns, structure. There are enough of us now that three can work the trance voices, and one or two or three others can just go tranced out - then (once they become verbal again!) tell us what the experience was like ( Read more... ) -
trance: the witness
I met with five other women on our local trance team Sunday, and one of the things we talked about was the material in my last LJ post - how do you bridge the experience for those who trance easily, and don't want to go too deep - and those who need a strong induction to get them there ( Read more... ) -
trance: induction?... that is the question ...
Back from experiencing other approaches to trance at California Camp ( Read more... ) -
Cognitive Science and the New Spirituality
This was posted to a neurotheology list I'm on.
Article: Cognitive Science and the New Spirituality
If you're interested in one author's delineation of the differences between religion and spirituality, or in a well-stated approach to how spirituality is connected to growth and change - you may like this. I especially liked:
Although we have lost the ( Read more... ) -
sustainability in community: trancework
This past year I've been working a lot with what sustains the priestess in community. How we can sustain those who lead and do the work ( Read more... )
