

Alchemical Vessel = Creative Container
The soul is the sacred space where my head and heart meet, where God lives. [God, goodness by any name]
Brene Brown

Create Sacred Space
A container is essential to hold us as we grow & transform. From the shell of an egg to a protective circle, containers hold us as an alchemical vessel for soul . . . in all its forms.
We need to create sacred space a temonos for our time. Without it we fragment and fall apart. Even as we are falling apart at the seams now, we need to create circles of containment for the crises to come. From ecological grief and catastrophe to epidemics in homelessness, suicide, depression, addiction and anxiety, we need additional containment to help our center or soul hold us together, just as we hold each other in community . . . our ultimate vessel.
There are many forms of containers and ways to create them, layers within layers like a nesting doll. We need these layers because we need to grow and transform rapidly to meet the rapid change around us and within us.
There are many forms of containers and ways to create them, layers within layers like a nesting doll. We need these layers because we need to grow and transform rapidly to meet the rapid change around us and within us.

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
Joseph Campbell
You are the acorn & the oak in all its stages
Acorns are containers that hold our potential . . . or pinecones or any other seedling. The point is that we grow into who we are & are meant to become. You cannot become a weeping willow if you are a poplar (though you can try). Yet, too often we are born in a container (home, family, society, etcetera) that calls us to be something & someone that we are not. If unchecked, this causes distortion, broken limbs & lost potential. A container helps protect us from this outside potential, giving us time to grow into ourselves.

Creating Soul Space
Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world.
Ramana Maharshi

Your body is a divine container that will change over your lifetime. Revel in this! Notice it! This is the way of things: the softening of the shell so the soul may emerge.
Sara Wiseman
We are a container for our soul

Individual
We have to first contain ourselves
Relational
Reconnect to heal relationships
Family
Families are our building blocks
Community
Called to contain the vulnerable
Earth
Our planet is our only home
Space
Expand into the space beyond
Body
Your body is your primary container
Family
Create a family of support for YOU
Room
Your room is your sacred sanctuary
Altar
Altars contain & orient you to soul
Work
Work where you grow & change
Journal/Diary
Keep your treasures safe

alchemical vessels are needed to hold the power of soul safely
Containering Tools
We learn to create in the image of our soul, but we are imperfect vessels, pieced together. Yet the gold of soul can heal us and allow us to hold the power of soul without shattering us or misdirecting the soul's energy. It is a matter of safety for ourselves & others that we begin & continue to create containers.

Learn & play with different ways to vessel your soul
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Video & Social Media
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Creative Growth
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Sharing & Caring
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Embodying Soul
Containing Paradox:
Containers allow us to open & close our heart. They separate & protect us but also unite & connect us.
Gift Economy
Economy comes from oikos ("house") + nemein ("management"), to create a home of shared resources.

"Sacred space" is another way of saying 'with intention'"
S Kelley Harrell
We co-create earth as sacred space


Relationships Contain Us
Seek those who support you as YOU
Love is our Gold & Glue
Holding us together body & soul (essential containers)
Coursework and play . . .


Containers+
Creating your day, body & life as a vessel for your soul with time-tested practices.

Morning Practices & Prayer
Open your day with an affirmation of your purpose
Circle & Mandala
Hold trauma imaginally through creative practices.
Mid-Day Dedication
Create a ritual affirmation to align to your soul
Visualization & Imagination
Create a safe soul container when you need it most.
Evening Practices & Prayer
Connect to your dreams & soul to gain insight and seed dream incubation overnight
Boundaries & Thresholds
Boundaries create empathy & thresholds facilitate transformation by ritual

HEATHER

Threshold
Ritual thresholds create a container
Boundaries
Boundaries make us empathetic
Contrast
Find your church (whatever it is)
Both/Yes &
Superconscious soul container
Art & Lines
Create an artistic container
Trust
Create an image to hold you
Nature
Wilderness is our alchemical vessel
Prayer
Affirmation & Meditation
Journaling
Write to process, reflect & learn
Embodiment
Treat your body as a soul temple
Visualization
Envisioning is a form of creation
Gratitude
Give gratitude daily to be happy

HEATHER

Sunrise
Gratitude & new day ritual
Loving
Love is the way to connect in & out
Imagining
Imagination is our superpower
Worldview
Shift to see a benevolent world
Nature Ritual
Seeing nature as ensouled
Sunset
Close your day & open to dreams

HEATHER

Come Together in Creation
We are creating a vessel for soul together, collaborating with each other & nature
- Create containers to bridge differences in the soul's transcendent function
- Unite a masculine & feminine container for healing power and wholeness
- Clarify your vision & make an intention to hold your container
- Create an imaginative container for yourself & wounds
- Learn how to create circles & containers of wholeness to contain others
- Overcome limiting & divisive beliefs to claim your alchemical power


