Sacred Wisdom: Poetry by Candace Kirby
Writings
The Perfect Song
The Perfect Song: Poetry by Candace Kirby
The Warmth of This Moment
The Warmth of this Moment: Poetry by Candace Kirby
Freeze: A Survival Response
Freeze is a survival response that happens in the physiology as a result of overwhelm. Healing happens slowly and it needs to happen slowly in order to digest the overwhelm that is contained within it.
The Heart of Contemplation
Contemplation is a gentle practice of simply being here. It’s a practice of meeting what’s here in each moment including our shifting and changing internal environment.
Understanding Our Nervous System
When we experience trauma there is a shift that happens in our physiology and our innocent childlike orientation to authenticity becomes an orientation to survival. It’s an innocent attempt on behalf the child to restore a sense of safety and belonging.
The Heart of Trauma
When we experience trauma there is a shift that happens in our physiology and our innocent childlike orientation to authenticity becomes an orientation to survival. It’s an innocent attempt on behalf the child to restore a sense of safety and belonging.
Coming to Rest
Restful presence is a practice that allows us to know that peace is here irregardless of what else is going on in our experience.
The Impact of Trauma
When we experience trauma there is a shift that happens in our physiology and our innocent childlike orientation to authenticity becomes an orientation to survival. It’s an innocent attempt on behalf the child to restore a sense of safety and belonging.
A Resting Place
This place is a resting place. A safe place. A place where you can relax andbreathe deeply into the spacein your chestthat hardly ever receivesany oxygen. This is a resting placewhere you can allow your neck to loosen andyour shoulders to droopa littleallowing all the...