Angela Deutschmann Newsletter
February 2011
Hi everyone
We have had an exciting and fulfilling first sixth of 2011 with two
magnificent JUMP workshops, the beginning of a new cycle of Spiritual
Growth Clubs, a delicious Morning of Joy last Saturday (thank you
Cherylann, guests and sponsors!) and Insights From the Edge moving into
its second year of existence. I keep on seeing how much fun and
aliveness there is in doing what you love and constantly taking your
self-expression to new places.
Two coaching sessions – and some circumstances of my own - this week
also showed me how important it is, not simply to be supported in the
pursuit of your Joy, but also to seek this support in the right places.
Two different clients, on the very same day, spoke with me about their
disappointment in not receiving support for big possible career moves
from their immediate family. Knowing the circumstances as I did, it was
surprising to me for two reasons that this is the particular place they
had sought reassurance.
Firstly, those family members themselves were not in joyful, independent
careers and therefore would be highly unlikely to comprehend or
encourage such a move. If the person from whom you are seeking advice or
reassurance has not themselves gone the same way or at least highly
values going the same way there is no point in seeking support there.
Secondly, both these clients (well into their thirties) were still
attaching their worth to getting approval from their parents and older
siblings and I can assure you that the universe is never going to allow
such a power-leak to keep on happening. There is no value for us in
seeking support from people whose approval we think we need. If they
don’t give it, then we are resentful or devastated and, if they do
(which is even worse) our dependency simply grows. So, look for support
in your new ventures from those who respect the same things you respect
and whose approval you are not desperate to receive. Useful feedback is
much more likely.
It’s Embody next week and we can’t wait! If you want to love your body
but already know that this can’t be achieved by willpower, control,
positive thinking or expert information, then this workshop is for you
and you can enrol until Tuesday. You can find more info on this and our
upcoming Shadow Workshop below as well as my latest Bull’s Eye: How to
Really Create Real Change.
I am regularly posting notes, pics and snippets from my readings on my
Angela Deutschmann Facebook Page (not the same as my personal account).
Please visit if you’re interested so we can turn this into a useful
resource and fun community.
Much love
Angela
Find me
@ :
twitter
Facebook
BLOG
Upcoming Events
Shadow Work
All of us have internalised the idea, to greater or lesser extents,
that there are qualities, emotions and experiences that are wrong –
envy, cruelty, certain desires, laziness etc. This has resulted in most
of us suppressing or controlling these feelings to such an extent that
we swallow instead of express them and, in so doing, push them into the
shadow. After a while of pushing parts of ourselves away from our
conscious recognition, we begin to be very fragmented resulting (most
commonly) in fatigue, confusion or irrational self-sabotage.
It’s impossible to know your passion, for example, if you have not
really known your anger because anger and passion are two sides of the
same coin. By the same token, if you are repressing your pain you are
undoubtedly also repressing your joy. For those of you who are
courageous enough to begin seeing what parts you have pushed into
shadow, I will be offering an introductory Shadow Workshop where we will
work practically with these concepts in a small group. You can expect
the processes to be uncomfortable, and you can also expect to leave the
workshop deeply relieved and released.
From a recent reading; Knowing now that you cannot be emerged or born
into the light until you have encountered all your resistances, gives
you more permission to do so. Make that a priority. We cannot think of
what would be a bigger priority than going fully into your own
resistances, into your own pain, and coming out the other side, because
without that your emergence is not possible.’
For personal stories on my own shadow work you can read the articles
“Vampires and Vultures’ and ‘From Holy to Wholly’ on
http://angeladeutschmann.wordpress.com.
Johannesburg
Introductory Shadow Workshop
Date: Tuesday 29 March 2011
Time: 7pm sharp to 10pm
Venue: Venue to be announced
Cost: R265.00 per person payable in advance. Includes tea and coffee
To book: Contact Garrick at +27844608667 or
admin@angeladeutschmann.com
Embody
You can download a free talk about
Embody from our website, which speaks of the origin and philosophy
of the process, and answers lots of questions.
The Embody workshop is the result of my personal pain about my body. For
years I was so confident, sure and present in my mind and spirituality
and at the same time, so ashamed, disconnected and undeveloped in my
body. I opened up all this pain and transformed it into an exceptionally
powerful and unique workshop that puts you back in touch, in
conversation and in love with your body even if you haven’t been there
for years.
Our bodies, like everything else, are communicators to us. They
communicate our divinity, in an immediate, uncomplicated manner. Our
bodies are as profound a source of wisdom to us as our minds and
spirits. They are faithfully attuned to our highest path, even though we
are ashamed of them, hate them and, more often that not, attempt to
control their expression.
It is not us who are meant to shape our bodies, it is our bodies which
are meant to shape us
If you are brave enough to fully see and own your own body,
compassionate enough to accept the bodies of others and wild enough to
fall unconditionally in love with your body – forever - then I invite
you to Embody.
One participant’s experience:
‘My Embody experience is best described when I think of the story of
Beauty and the Beast! How the beast needed to find the love for who he
was before he physically transformed into the gorgeous prince. I can
truly appreciate what Embody puts on the table in terms of concepts and
processes. Having my life structured in such a way where I am required
to be constantly intellectual in all that I do and how I approach left
me disconnected from my body and my basic right to FEEL as God / My Soul
/ Higher Power intended.
Looking back my journey at Embody, I realise how I needed to shave the
layers away to start feeling again. How I needed to cut away the
restraints and allow for all that was great within me to naturally
surface to the light to be experienced and integrate into my
consciousness. No amount of positive thinking, visualisation or any
intellectual approach could have leaped me forward as Embody allowed me
to be. FEELING, being PRESENT in my own skin and AWARE of my body's
voice was all I needed. I had to learn to step into pain, shame and at
some points even hatred! But that is the beauty of life as I realised on
Embody. You feel that pain / shame / fear / hatred and then transmute
and so you make space for greatness and all that is good! Amen!
I am reminded what it feels like to be safe, vulnerable and loved
through my eyes! Reminded how playing big, taking risks and plunging in
enables the sweet bliss of freedom and lightness to find a sweet spot in
my life. Because after all, when we working with the soul and our
bodies, the people that really matter will see my beauty. Thank you to
Angela, Shaun and my Fellow Embody Graduates! I have been gifted with
love and a new level of "being" to operate from. Amazed when one is not
weighed down with the intellectual clutter picked up along the way in
life, how perspective, inspired action, focus and just feeling with
every cell makes one BURN with ALIVENESS and BLISS. I am grateful that I
was able to step into my "beast" and found my "beauty" that I can now go
forward and strengthen’. Brynmore, Management Consultant
You can also read more about this pioneering process, including stories
from graduates, at Embody Workshop
Next Embody:
Date: Friday 8 - Sunday 10 April 2011. Please book soon to
make sure you get your place
Venue: Boondocks Mountain Lodge, between Nelspruit and Barberton
Cost: R 5 800.00 includes full accommodation, delicious meals, 30 hours
of personalised input from two expert facilitators and exclusive use of
this magnificent lodge and labyrinth
Payment plans available
To book: Contact Garrick at +27844608667 or
admin@angeladeutschmann.com
Spiritual Growth Clubs
‘Having worked with Angela this past year has been an amazing
experience. I use the word experience as through her processes and
methodology I have been able to move from the intellectualising and the
cognitive awareness that I used to deal with life and actually start to
feel, emote and engage totally differently and live the aspect of
“Experience trumps Awareness”. It has been an amazing journey for me to
get to this place, it is through her brilliant application of Ontology
that has made this possible. Getting to this point has added huge value
to not only my life but has taken my coaching to a whole new level.
Spending time with the group each month and ending off with our own
tailor-made Jump workshop has been invaluable to me on so many levels
and has given me a lucid indication of where my Joy lies. I have had a
profound shift based directly on the workshop and know that choices that
I have made in the days, weeks and month following the workshop have
been done with clarity and certainty that they not only add my Joy but I
am liberated to follow and commit to it.’ Gavin, Ontological Coach
An increasing number of people are committing themselves to conscious,
responsible and empowered living. The number and variety of spiritual
workshops and therapies attest to this. Yet, more is required to
manifest awareness in action than just a once-off intervention. Personal
transformation is a dynamic and ongoing process and requires consistent
integration and support, whether that is in the form of honest feedback,
access to new knowledge or motivation. Often we attempt, or feel we are
forced, to pursue our spiritual development in isolation. Besides the
fact that this reinforces a consciousness of separation, it can also
leave us blinkered to our own stumbling blocks or gifts or next steps.
My popular Spiritual Growth Clubs provide a rare opportunity to walk
your personal path in fellowship with like-minded people who are open to
learning, sharing and growing as much as you are. They also come with
expert facilitation and access to all the new insight with which I work.
Contact Garrick before 30 April to register for a 2011 group (Johannesburg only) or to learn more.
‘It has been very difficult to put into words how best to describe my experience in a Growth Club. The Growth Club provided me with a safe and respectful space to express my deepest pain and emotions - a place to be real, raw and authentic. Through this year long process I was able to grow, to shift, to gain such huge awareness about myself, learning to trust myself, to respect and honour my intuition and to fully experience the rawest of emotions that I would ordinarily never have had the space to do so. Angela’s exceptionally respectful and honouring approach is hugely appreciated and her gentleness and beauty permeates in everything. I thank her for giving me the cushion to "land safely" through the year and my Jump process and to gain inner strength and depth. I value the privilege of having been given this blessing to learn and grow with her. A very privileged Club to be in. Thank you’ Ilana, owner Magical Moments
Insights From the Edge
Each month I make available a full-length teaching on a topic pertinent to humanity at the time. The topics cover a range of aspects about the human condition from health, money and parenting to personal and collective evolution. The insights are radical, yet gentle; profound yet surprisingly practical, and attract interested readers from all over the world.
Insights from the Edge will inspire you, challenge you and equip you to live in the middle of the risky, new and wild place that is Joy.
To subscribe to Option 1 for 12 months costs R 1 000.00. Once a month
you will receive a link to a brand new reading and transcription.
To subscribe to Option 2 costs R 1 400.00. Once a month you will receive
a link to a brand new reading, transcription PLUS some notes on how to
apply the reading to your life.
You can also purchase the products above on a once-off basis for R200
and R250.00 respectively from our online store. All of the above can be
paid for by credit card from our store.
Click here for a free sample or to sign up.
Insights From the Edge in 2011
January 2011: ‘The Power of With’ is a daring invitation into living a ‘with’ life instead of a ‘without life’. This reading makes it clear that the only way to do this is to stop, turn around and face whatever you have been running from, what it is you most fear. The illusionary nature of a fear can only be seen and be dissolved when you are intimately close with it. In that moment, you choose a ‘with path’ (instead of flight or fight) and Divinity is experienced profoundly.
Personal Readings and Spiritual Coaching Sessions
A personal, or couple’s, reading is a session where I channel insight from your higher self about what is most dominant in your ‘field’ at that time. This can include patterns you are holding, some of your life themes, blockages in your body, the particular cycle you are in at the time or what thought patterns may be holding you back from feeling free. Usually there is an opportunity to ask specific questions if you wish to, but the reading will take on a particular direction or set of themes right from the start. The energy of these conversations is gentle, incredibly loving yet also full of humour and practical suggestions.
Time required: 1 to 1.5 hours
Cost: R650.00 in office hours. R700.00 after-hours
A spiritual coaching session does not involve direct channelling. It is an opportunity for you to bring specific issues to the session, perhaps those that came up in a previous reading but not necessarily, and to work with my questions and ideas on these. I don’t follow a specific coaching methodology and will work with what comes up in the moment using discussion or physical movement or conscious dreaming or anything else that can move you forward. A warning: I’ve been heard to say ‘I couldn’t give a damn about your success…I’m only interested in your Joy’!
Time required: 50 minutes
Cost: R500.00
A baby blessing, which can be done at a baby shower or as a regular reading, is a conversation with an unborn child. They are normally shorter than an hour, though this depends very much on the chattiness of the child. Best time to have one is between 20 and 35 weeks pregnant.
Time required: 1 hour
Cost: R650.00 in office hours. R700.00 after-hours
Please contact Garrick if you are interested in booking a distance
reading or a one-on-one session in Johannesburg, Cape Town,
Bloemfontein or White River.
It is also available to have a coaching session over
Skype.
Parenting Lightly
I’m delighted to have made available my first ebook: ‘Parenting Lightly – the Five Pillars of Raising Children with Joy’, which can be purchased for R55 from our online store. This book does not examine parenting techniques but, more importantly, a fundamental parenting philosophy. It invites you to be truly available to your child rather than internally enslaved to an idea of who they are supposed to become or what kind of parent you’re supposed to be. I have also turned this approach into a talk if any of you / your networks would be interested.
Bird Cards
For those interested in joining my fascination and work with Jane Toerien’s Bird Cards (www.birdcards.net) I am now stocking these myself and you’re welcome to contact Garrick to purchase them at R300.00 per box set
Bull’s Eye
January 2011
How to Really Create Real Change
(hint: not with positive thinking)
Much has been said about using positive thinking, affirmation and visualisation to create the changes you want to see in your life. Indeed, it’s an industry all of its own with the movies, cards and action figures to match. I doubt whether this philosophy could have grabbed human consciousness so powerfully if it had no truth to it at all, but here are the reasons why positive thinking on its own isn’t enough to bring real, sustainable change to your life.
Positive Thinking is still just thinking
Arguments about the power of the human mind to influence
circumstances are usually built on the theory of the Law of Attraction.
But the Law of Attraction works on a far more comprehensive basis than
simply matching what you think or affirm with your rational intellect.
You are comprised of a body, feelings, an imagination, a subconscious, a
past, a deep belief system, a pain body, an astral presence and,
undoubtedly, more layers than even that. All of these aspects of you
combined create your field (also known as your electro-magnetic field,
whole self or aura) and it is the vibration of your complete field that
attracts or repels experience. The thoughts you can control - located in
your intellect - are just one part of what ultimately determines your
reality.
This does not mean you have no conscious influence at all on what comes
your way, but it does mean that you need to be aligned on many levels to
do so. It’s never going to work to repeat three times a day ‘I am worthy
of a loving relationship’ while still carrying unhealed pain from the
previous one. Simply because you have a picture of a bikini-clad model
on your vision board does not mean that that body will arrive on your
doorstep, overpowering your low self-worth in the scramble to get there.
Change happens because you inquire honestly and deeply and intimately
into your relationship with what you feel you need. On Embody, for
example, we look at why you want a certain kind of body, what has
happened to your body that you’ve stifled, what associations you are
holding with beauty, ugliness and being physical in general and much
more. Simply imagining how nice it would be to feel beautiful is never
going to cut it.
More importantly, the purpose of life is not success, it is wholeness.
This means that your soul is more driven by your development than by
your ego’s shopping list. Managing to manifest something in your life by
positive thinking is in itself not of great value in the bigger scheme
of your evolution. However, reaching into your deepest well of courage,
brilliance, creativity and truth in order to create your Joy, is very
much what it’s all about and how it works. Fulfilling our desires is
vital as a seduction into growth, but it is not the aim of life (our
becoming is), which is why positive thinking will never be enough.
The Change Cycle is comprised of TWO steps, not one
In order to create change there are two steps required – the first is
Permission and the second is Demonstration of that permission.
The Permission piece is internal. It is about allowing or truly desiring
this change to occur, not only because you want it intellectually, but
because it also aligns with who you are on an emotional and deep belief
level as well. To illustrate this once more: it won’t work to simply say
you’d like to make more money when, on a deeper level, you have some
resistance to wealth - rationally or irrationally. To really give
permission for something new, for example having more love in your life,
means you have to actually be ok with all the implications of this and
carry little ambiguity or resistance. This step is deeply personal and
intimate. No-one (including Divinity) can or will ever be able to give
permission for something on your behalf, no matter how much they may
want it for you. It is in this step of the change cycle that imagining
new realities, dreaming and visualising can assist you to see if you are
really aligned with what you’re desiring and help you to clarify it.
However, if you stop at this step, you are only directing half of the
required energy to complete the change cycle.
The second necessary step to making change happen is actively and
regularly demonstrating the new permission you have given. This is
external i.e. it is action of some kind. Demonstrating a permission
means regularly devoting your resources – time, energy, money and
attention – in that direction.
Most of my clients, at this point, protest that they don’t know how to
demonstrate a new permission. What I have learnt is that willingness is
more important than knowing how. Back to our example, if you feel you
have given real permission for a new relationship with your body then
you must demonstrate that in whichever way your circumstances allow: buy
a new scrub instead of a new book, invite friends over for massages not
movies and spend time engaging with the pain you’ve buried in your body.
You will always have what you need for your one next step – probably not
your tenth next step, but at least the first. The way you ‘put the
universe into gear’ around a desire of yours is to actively and
regularly demonstrate that desire in action – even if it feels silly,
even if you can’t see how this will lead to step 10, even if you’ve
tried it before. This is the second, unavoidable, part of creating
change.
Thank you to the people whose readings have taught me about this empowering and workable approach to change.
For more newsletters please visit our
Archive.
To sign up for our newsletter please
click here.