The 28-day Soul Coaching program is about telling the truth to yourself about your life. When you tell the truth, your energy increases and when you don’t tell the truth, you become depleted. Many people are
exhausted and depleted because they are not being starkly honest with themselves. When you are
authentic, your soul thrives.
Telling the truth to yourself is different than telling it to others. For example, if you pass a mere
acquaintance on the sidewalk and they say, “How are you?” even if you have just had
a fight with your husband, found out that your child is on drugs, and are coming down with
a cold, it is still okay to say, “I’m fine, how are you?” But if you tell yourself that everything
is fine when deep inside you know that it is not fine, your soul suffers.
What Is the Soul?
Soul is a word we use to describe the central or integral part of something; it is the vital core. In its
most profound sense, it also describes the essence of every human being. It is that place within
each of us that is infinite, eternal, and universal.
The soul is a source, which gives rise to form; yet it is unknowable. It is illusive by its very nature,
but it must be nurtured and cared for. We can intuitively understand what its needs are, yet never
fathom its depths. It is the substance that links our body and spirit to the greater forces of the
universe.
What Is the 28-Day Soul Coaching Program?
The 28-Day Soul Coaching Program is a spiritual journey that is divided into four one-week
periods. Each week is dedicated to one of the Four Elements: Air, Water, Fire, and Earth.
I believe that our memories, beliefs, and emotions are tied in some mysterious and organic way to
the elements of nature. By activating these elements within us it seems that we also activate
quadrants of our souls.
For many years I worked as a practitioner using a system I developed that was based on the four
elements. I taught this modality to therapists to incorporate into their practices. The system was
based on the idea that the elements have an effect on the psyche. I found that when a client
immersed herself in images of the elements, each element evoked different emotional responses, as
well as different kinds of memories. The remarkable thing about this elemental approach to
therapy is the way that it reveals the emotional impact that the elements have on us.
A proverb from India states that everyone is a house with four rooms—mental, emotional, physical,
and spiritual—but unless we go into every room every day we are not a complete person. The
elements are powerful tools for entering these inner rooms.
Throughout history, the elements have been associated with natural balance and wholeness.
Ancient native people knew that within each element were patterns of energy that permeated the
universe. They used this understanding to develop cosmological models to create a sense of
harmony in their lives.
From Native Americans, to ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Mayans, Aztecs, Persians, Celts, and
Hindus, the mysterious panorama of nature has been divided into separate parts that are designated
by the four elements. Egyptian sages fervently believed that reflection on the four elements
provided a profound understanding of life.
In the mystery schools of Mesopotamia, initiates underwent rigorous rites of Air, Water, Fire, and
Earth. Each elemental rite was said to test a particular aspect of the initiate’s nature. Hippocrates,
honored as the father of medicine, declared that a patient’s health depended upon a balance of the
four elements. The great Sufi poet, Rumi, wrote that the four elements were the foundation of life
and had a profound effect upon the human spirit.
To those ancient people, the symbolism of the four elements welded all separate pieces of reality
into a cohesive whole. Each one brought a gift that gave balance to the people. The Spirit of Air
gave the wind with its cooling breezes in the summer; the Spirit of Water brought refreshing rains;
the Spirit of Fire gave warmth from the sun; and the Spirit of Earth brought forth the hills,
mountains, trees, and plants on earth. The underlying energy of all the elements was the Creator,
the source of all life.
Although the natural world around us is an interwoven, interconnected universe, our forerunners
divided reality into separate components they called elements. They thought that the elements
represented different aspects of life. These wise predecessors understood that within each element
were patterns of energy that permeated the universe. They used this understanding to develop
cosmological models to orient themselves on earth and create a sense of balance in their lives.
In truth, nature is a melding of the elements—a vast cauldron of Air, Water, Fire, and Earth, and
none can exist without the other. When we divide nature into four elements, we must remember
that this is a symbolic system that can never encompass reality. Wholeness resides in harmonic
forces that exist outside the perception of our senses and are only symbolized by the elements.
However, through separating the aspects of nature into individual parts, which not only represent
the real air, water, fire, and earth, but also represent conditions of life, discernment and wisdom
occurs.
I believe that when you embark on this spiritual cleansing program, it is immensely valuable to do
it in the context of the cycles of nature. The energy of nature and its elements can help bring you
home to your spiritual roots.
Additionally, after you have finished the 28 days, you are encouraged to embark on an inward
journey much like a vision quest. It can be a few hours to a few days. After all the clearing you
have done in the previous 28 days, it is a time of stillness for the soul to reveal its sacred messages
to you.
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