Posts Tagged: alchemical

Big men are real enough to feel!

Posted August 2nd, 2012 by Joy & filed under Joyful Loving, Secret Garden, Written Posts.

Recently I was working with a couple for the first time who, by virtue of their background in therapeutic work and facilitating tantra groups, could have been expected to deeply ‘know the […]

How does consciousness in your lovemaking grow you?

Posted June 11th, 2012 by Joy & filed under Joyful Loving, Secret Garden, Written Posts.

The energetic exchange that happens in conscious lovemaking is a gateway to, and creates energy for, profound transformation. At this time, it is perhaps appropriate for spiritual values to be lived […]

Sex is Life, Life is sex – How does this help you have a rich and ever-fresh love life?

Posted June 7th, 2012 by Joy & filed under Joyful Loving, Written Posts.

Sex is Life, Life is sex. All creative expression in life, all beingness, has sexual energy at its root. Life is simply the interplay of masculine and feminine energy. Life […]

Woman’s rage! A Response from Joy to the bwati ongoing group egroup

Posted April 26th, 2012 by Joy & filed under Being, Joyful Loving, Written Posts.

I felt so happy to read this egroup letter. It is a momentous theme and several women in the egroup have been nudging at the same one. What has happened […]

Independence, resistance, and the ‘shield’s’ response to conflict

Posted April 19th, 2012 by Joy & filed under Being, Joyful Loving, Written Posts.

Joy talks to a woman who is finding work and relating difficult after a Secret Garden retreat Your armour of independence, wanting to do things your way, have your own […]

Lomi Lomi and Living a Soulful Life – what might happen for you on a lomi lomi retreat?

Posted April 18th, 2012 by Joy & filed under Huna, LomiLomi Hawaiian Massage and Ritual, Secret Garden, Written Posts.

When you book a place on a LomiLomi retreat you may not consciously be intending to heal deep ancestral or childhood patterning in order to bring light into your cells [...]

How Can You Grow Love in Your Life this Spring?

Posted March 30th, 2012 by Joy & filed under Joyful Loving, Secret Garden, Written Posts.

Relationships take many forms. Some people thrive with one mate for life, some enjoy having several lovers, some prefer to live alone and yet still relate to colleagues or friends, [...]

The Alchemical Power of Honesty in Awakened Intimacy

Posted March 9th, 2012 by Joy & filed under Being, Joyful Loving, Secret Garden, Written Posts.

One of the most important tools you have in the potentially lifelong exploration of loving joyfully, in which intimacy is an awakening, is honesty - radical, uncompromising, totally compassionate honesty. [...]

What is a Secret Garden circle?

Posted March 7th, 2012 by Joy & filed under Being, Huna, Joyful Loving, LomiLomi Hawaiian Massage and Ritual, Secret Garden, Written Posts.

Secret Garden circle work and shamanic work are a profound call to stillness, silence, deep work and self-inquiry for those who are looking for deeper fulfilment in their lives and an awakening […]

The Joyful Loving work– How YOU Can Live Awakened Intimacy

Posted March 7th, 2012 by Joy & filed under Joyful Loving, Secret Garden, Written Posts.

A man who was considering whether to participate in the upcoming Joyful Loving ongoing group said to me recently, ‘Shouldn’t exploring love be a private matter-and what is the point [...]