Crossings
Many of us feel some level of discomfort with change – even welcome change. The very nature of a transition implies something left behind or released… with the unknown before us. We can rush through a threshold without taking the time to digest the experience or acknowledge what it all means. We can resist change by trying with all our might to remain in familiar territory with the old stories—the ones that once kept us safe but are now keeping us stuck. I’ve tried both approaches, and don’t recommend either way.
I do suggest that we slow down, breathe, and sit with the Occasion.
As we engage with questions and concerns that arise for you, we'll make room for grieving—or celebrating—what is gone, what is here, and what is to come. We'll note what no longer serves and must be left behind. We'll identify what you want to bring with you and what you’ll need for crossing into the new. We'll identify the fears, hopes and dreams that accompany transitions. Some thresholds come with a date and a gate – we know in advance where we’re heading. Other times, we’re drop-kicked through the experience with little or no forewarning and are left shaken and untethered, in unfamiliar territory. And some transitions aren’t a single event - they're a process we live through over weeks, months, and even years. We find ourselves on the other side through arriving step by step, our feet slowly steadying on new ground.
"Whether we arrive at these between-places by design, by accident,
or by the choices that others have made for us, the threshold can be a place of wonders.
It can also be chaotic, discombobulating, and even terrifying.
Yet a threshold, chosen or otherwise, is a place of wild possibility."
- Jan Richardson -
I offer mentorship for individuals and groups who are experiencing a Crossing (or sense it’s time for one) and are seeking guidance, support and inspiration through this time of transition. As with Quests, the work we do together is grounded in nature, creative arts-based experiential practices, and discussion. A Crossing often calls out for a Ceremony, so I encourage you to read that section as well. I also offer arts and nature-based integration sessions for psychedelic journeys. I’m happy to work with your primary therapist or guide through all types of Crossings.
Contact me here to schedule a complementary 20-minute discovery chat.
"A threshold is not a simple boundary; it is a frontier that divides two different territories, rhythms and atmospheres. Indeed, it is a lovely testimony to the fullness and integrity of an experience or a stage of life that it intensifies toward the end into a real frontier that cannot be crossed without the heart being passionately engaged and woken up."
- David Whyte -