Preparing to move has me Freecycling like a mad woman. Have you heard of this? You post to your local group what you have to offer, or something you are looking for. Then someone who wants it or has it to give responds. Perfection!
I have been giving – candle-making supplies (I’m over it), rubber stamps (fun but…), furniture (nice but not my style), baby stuff (“Big Girl” over here). It feels really good to find someone who wants something that I have to give. It makes me happy for them, and me, and the thing being passed on, and the Earth.
I have this stuff to give. I also have intangibles to give – skills I’ve learned, lessons I’ve hard-won, tools for living in peace, methods for connecting with Grace. I have created avenues for these – Moon Circle, Second Sunday Sangha and the upcoming Moon Circle Retreat.
I want to find those who want what I have to give. People hungry for ease, and grace, and peace. I want to give it to them. Nothing would make me more happy.
So, I have decided to give a spot in the Moon Circle Retreat on October 5th-7th to someone who WANTS it, someone REALLY ready for change, a fresh start or an attitude adjustment / someone who NEEDS a weekend away, the support of a safe group or just some rest / someone you know? You?
Just tell me in the comments below this blog on my site why you WANT / NEED / ARE READY FOR a weekend with me.
Or answer my oft-used question “If I had a magic wand, what would we do for YOU?” Be selfish, be honest, get real…
And please spread the word about this. I’m not going to give your entry more weight the more you Tweet it or share it on Facebook – but don’t we want the person most perfect for this opportunity to have it? Won’t that best serve the Whole?
Here are a couple of tweets to send:
https://twitter.com/LisaSarick/status/243004858720993280
https://twitter.com/LisaSarick/status/243006435015925761
Or share from my FB post on this.
You have until midnight on Friday, Sept. 7th. I’ll decide, after reading and praying, who to give the spot to on Saturday, Sept. 8th… then I’ll post it in the blog comments and make contact via email.
May we all be happy. May we give what we can, find what we need and offer our most radiant selves to the world.
Hi Lisa,
I have just returned from a life transforming retreat at Rowe and my energy is clear and soaring. I have never lived FULLY this way at home before and it is so different, so wonderful, so full-filling. I want to stay in the place of living in tune with my soul, but know I will need the support of my many sisters to do this. You are one of first recognized soul-sisters in Syracuse, and I really want to spend time with you again – especially before you take your beautiful self to a new community. I have missed you. I know time with you is a precious gift, and I would be glad to receive it again. Blessings and Joy, Heidi
Lisa,
I just read your post and it immediately grabbed my attention, so much so, that I’ve asked Dave to pause our Friday night movie so I could respond. You’ve asked us to submit why we feel we need or want a Moon Circle Weekend and three words come to my mind…connection, clarity and balance. My story isn’t unique, but like most women I have a full-time job as a bank manager and find difficulties balancing my work and personal life. Often I joke with my colleagues that I feel like I’m living on auto-pilot. However, I realize this type of existence affects my relationships and my focus on life in general. I’m taking strides in improving in these areas but know I would greatly benefit from connecting with other women and learning from the wisdom they’ve gained from their sacred stories. Thank you for giving us an opportunity to win a spot at one of your retreats; it’s truly a wonderful offering. Much joy and love. -Shelly
I gave birth to my daughter exactly two and a half years ago today as I am reading your blog and considering what to write in response to your generous offer. I have experienced intense, extreme, profound, beautiful, challenging, joyful, incredible, ground breaking, life changing and necessary transformation. I was born into a new woman.
But, this woman, she is not done. I am stuck. In limbo. Ready to shift into the immense power that is right at my fingertips, bubbling up in my heart, but I am grasping for the next step. It is as though I see the light, feel the light and know the light, yet somehow there is still a small shadow in my soul that I cannot define.
I am first and foremost, a mother to my sweet girl whose birth, although very traumatic for me, gave me the gift of a great awakening. This profound journey is what inspired my path into finding my calling of teaching yoga to women in the childbearing year. I am also a partner to my loving husband, whose demanding 80 hour per week career brought us from the West coast to the East coast one year ago for his residency program. I am a full time mother (often feeling like a single mother) and partner and part time birth advocate and visionary. I squeeze in my own yoga and meditation practice and some resemblance of self-care and soul feeding in little sound bites throughout my day, when I am able to – during those moments when my toddler is sleeping or happy playing independently, in between laundry washing or folding, food prepping or cooking, class prepping or teaching, conversation with my partner. You get the idea.
As a mother, partner and birth worker/yoga teacher, I give and I am of service. Since my daughter’s birth, I have not given enough to myself. As a family, we are excited about expanding our family, but I need to break through the final phase of this transformation to be able to open myself to a new soul. This retreat would be the second time in two and half years that I would be giving time to myself for more than an hour or two.
I NEED this. I WANT this. I need REST. I need TIME. I need SPACE. I need SUPORT in a circle of women. I NEED these things to embrace love and move away from this last ounce of fear. I need these things so that I can welcome a new soul into our lives with an open heart. I need these things so I can determine the next move to propel my business forward with a heart of love.
We cannot afford a retreat, training, getaway or something of the sort for me at this time. We have chosen for me to be at home full time because we value our daughter having that stability, but it comes with sacrifice. I believe that this retreat, this Moon Circle that you are offering as a gift, may be exactly what I need for a complete shift fully into trust, peace and to find my whole power as a woman. I am happy, peaceful, healthy and free from suffering and fear. That is what I wrote in my journal merely days before I found the gift of your offer. Please consider me for this opportunity to create my own change so that I am in my full woman power and leading with love when serving women, mothering my daughter, loving my partner and honoring myself.
Om Shanti Shanti Shanti
Sarah
Heidi, Shelly, and Sarah,
Thank you so much for responding and sharing where you are. You are all on such lovely, conscious journeys!
I read, then I sat. I meditated. I called in Spirit guidance and asked how I may best serve. A way popped into my head within minutes… which is good because I am not one of those 1 hour meditators!
I would like to offer Sarah the retreat weekend.
I would like to invite Heidi and Shelly to Moon Circle on that Saturday night, October 6th. I will be broadcasting from the lakehouse that night for the live online event. I would love to have you two there with us at the house that evening – like a girls night (including dinner!). You could come from 5:30 – 9:30 or so. If you don’t want to make the trip – I will send you the link to join from home online.
I seemed to fit because the topic of the Moon Circle online that night is Relationship Harmony! I will lead you in clearing blocks to happy, healthy relationships and give other tools to maintain peace and presence at home. And also you could still get away for some time in circle.
So mark your calendars, tell your partners, and make this time for yourself (and them, actually!).
Any or all of you can comment here or email me personally.
<3
In loving service,
Lisa
Thank you Lisa.
When I read your response today I was bubbling with joy! I said to my 2.5 yr old daughter, “Haaaa, I won! I won! Oh, I won!” and she said back to me “Mama, we won!!!”. She had know idea what all the fuss was about, but we hugged with delight, laughed and smiled. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to grow, nurture myself and refill my energy so I can honor myself, provide for my family and serve the women I work with to the fullest. I look very much forward to meeting you, the other women at the Moon Circle and absorbing all of the juicy goodness this weekend has to offer. See you soon.
Namaste,
Sarah