Angela Deutschmann Newsletter
June 2011
Hi everyone
On the morning of writing this I
happened to be the seventh lucky caller into a local talk radio show,
702, for a competition to win R10 000.00. Those of you who tune into
this station know how enviable it is to get to play and even the
presenter, John Robbie, greeted me by saying ‘a whole lot of people hate
you at this moment!” I was delighted, excited and confident but ended up
not knowing the answer to the one question that would have won it. My
feelings over the course of the morning were fascinating to observe. The
strongest and most uncomfortable one was a sense of
having let people down. I
actually found myself wanting to apologise to my husband and domestic
worker. Apologise?! For not knowing an answer? It has now become very
clear to me that I fear that I will let people down (my loved ones and
the world) if I don’t always have the right answer.
This realisation is both horrible and
glorious. It shows me clearly that I have been in the grip of the helper
/ teacher / knower archetype as a means of avoiding something I don’t
want to ever allow: letting people down and what will happen to my sense
of self if I do.
Ironically, needing to always have the right answer is actually a
disservice to me and the people I'd love to empower. It means I don't
give myself enough chance to ponder something, to play in the fertile
field of the unknown for long enough to discover something totally new
and possibly even more valuable.
The glorious part of this is that now I
know and, as all those who have seriously embarked on shadow work will
tell you, even in just the naming of something there is freedom from it.
Does this mean I should stop being a teacher? No. Does it mean I need to
try and let people down now? No. It means I need to embrace the thing I
fear most i.e. make peace with the fact that I will definitely let
people down even when I don’t intend to, and realise that, while that
will hurt my ego, it doesn’t say anything about my real worthiness. Now
that’s a release worth R10 000.00
J
If you’d like to start exploring
Shadow Work and its gifts, there is an introductory workshop in July
and another Advanced Workshop will follow in September. The mid-year
(can you believe it?) JoyBoard
evening is coming up in June as well and I am super excited about
starting to use poetry for personal growth with the
Soul Poetry course in Jo’burg
in a week’s time and in Cape Town
on July 16. If you are a graduate of a Spiritual Growth Club and
haven’t received an invitation to the reunion event in August please let
me know.
It has struck me that it might be really useful for clients to
combine a coaching session with
some exercise. Not only in order to get both done at the same time,
but also because moving our bodies creates a context for different kind
of conversation. So if any of you would like to meet at Zoo Lake and
have your coaching sessions with me while we walk, please let Garrick
know when you book. Unfortunately this option does not extend to
readings
J.
I’m greatly looking forward to catching up with
Cape Town folks from 13 – 18 July.
Much love
Angela
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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 18 - Sunday 20 November 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 to register for a 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.
February 2011: ‘The
Experiencer and The Observer’ explains our two minds: the
Experiencer mind and the Observer mind. It teaches the difference
between the two and stresses how both are valuable and necessary for
full life. There is a list of symptoms to look for if you suspect you
give more time to observing than experiencing and four steps to
correcting this imbalance. A very useful distinction, especially for the
cerebral among us!
March 2011: This
Insights From the Edge gives us an invaluable distinction:
are you a Giver or are you a
Blesser? One comes from a wound, involves trying and creates
heaviness. The other comes from joy, has no attachment to outcomes and
creates empowerment. Liberating stuff!
April 2011: ‘The Philosophy of
Embrace’ suggests an approach to life that is beyond coping and even
learning. This amazing teaching asks us if we are holding ourselves ‘at
arm’s length from our reality’ and shows the four most common defenses
we use to that end. It’s an invitation to embrace what is, as a doorway
into wholeness and divine peace
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 in office hours. R550.00 after-hours
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 office. 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 R350.00 per box set
Bull’s Eye
June 2011
Apocalypse, now?
Some are saying Judgment Day will arrive this October, others are talking about time for transfiguration and moving into the 5th dimension, and many predict that 2012 heralds the end of an era, if not the current civilization. What’s up with all the end of the world talk and what does it mean for you, your job, relationships and, uh, endowment policies?
I should mention that I am not that interested in predictions and it certainly isn’t the focus of my work or thought. I have no idea if and when the world will end, what 2012 will yield or where the portal into the 6th ray of the 5th dimension is going to open. So why am I writing about this? I’m being asked pretty regularly by my clients if there is ‘something new going on’ (based on their observations of the lives around them) and there has indeed been some mention of this in the readings over the last few months. I hope that in sharing this insight here we can dispel some of the fear and use the current circumstances to take more responsibility and not less.
Since January 2009, my readings have suggested that things are ‘hotting up’ in at least these areas:
• Not only the temperature of the planet but also the average
temperature of (some) human bodies is increasingly slightly
• The experience of the passing of time is getting faster and it is
taking less time for things to develop, spread or burn out than ever
before
• Ideas, lifestyles, technologies, diseases, music etc are spreading
virally and much faster
• Relationships are hotting up: those which have been built on shaky
foundations will not be able to sustain the pretense or imbalance much
longer and those built on good foundations seem to be inexplicably and
easily getting better and better
• Organisations, philosophies, leaders, governments and ideas that are
not integral are being more quickly and firmly exposed and opposed than
ever before
• Our personal (and therefore collective) evolution has sped up
significantly. Paths, experiences, relationships and identities that
previously would have taken lifetimes to integrate are doing so within
just years and without needing to leave the current body to do so
• A large group of human beings is and will continue to choose to exit,
or die, at this time through seemingly unplanned, shocking and unusual
circumstances. Reasons for this are highly individual but are also
related to the renewing of the relationship between the earth and
humanity
• In terms of spiritual practice, the movement will increasingly be
towards personal, real relationship with one’s own divinity, and away
from meta-doctrines, obligatory practices and cult leaders
• It is getting harder and harder to cope with and carry around our
‘rocks’, or baggage from the past. Circumstances are more demanding of
our wellness, presence, lightness, transparency and creativity than ever
before
• The ‘veil is thinner’ between the human and the divine mind meaning
that intuition, imagination and all other ways of conversing with source
are easier to practice and
• The opportunity to live from wholeness and authenticity instead of
woundedness or ego has never been more available for those with the
desire, willingness and courage to do so
What are the implications of this for the practical details of our lives? Well, just from looking at the glorious group of people I’m lucky enough to call my friends and clients, I see an unprecedented number of us committed to telling our truth radically, taking full responsibility for our own pain and freedom, becoming conscious of the source and impact of our daily choices and facing our jobs, relationships, money and health squarely in the expectation that these support our joy not compromise it. If that’s what you are investing in, my guess is that whatever or whenever the end of the world (or even just your world) should appear you’ll be able to greet it gracefully.
(For your interest, I include below the latest newsletter from Martha Beck who - surprise surprise - is noticing similar things)
Cry Freedom!
Insight from Martha
"This month, perhaps through a series of coincidences, or perhaps
through something else, I've seen dozens of different people being set
free in dozens of different ways. Oh what the hell, I don't believe for
a minute that it's a coincidence. Something is changing in the
collective Zeitgeist, or the "Spirit of the Times." We are moving into a
time when transparency, authenticity and openness (what my coaches call
"TAO" or Chinese for "The Way") is critical. Being transparent,
authentic and open is not fool hearty social behavior, but the only safe
way to success.
I am beginning to believe that radical openness is the single
characteristic that will differentiate successful people from
unsuccessful people as time goes on. According to Kevin Kelly, a leading
theorist in technology and social change, as technology continues to
transform our lives, privacy will become a thing of the past. This is
obviously a daunting thought. The comfortable margins of anonymity and
secrecy that have been normal for humans thus far are disappearing.
As I coach many people from many walks of life in to what I call "this
wild new world," I find myself reaching one inescapable conclusion over
and over: If you want to live peacefully, joyfully and abundantly in the
years to come, you must walk your talk. Why? Because everyone will be
talking about your walk. If there is any level of hypocrisy in your
life, you are in "danger" of exposure - but this is like the danger of
having a wound cleaned or a broken bone set. As Byron Katie says, "It is
not happening to you, it is happening for you." So don't resent or
resist people who expect you to behave in a way that is consistent with
the values you express. Instead, wherever there is dissonance between
your value system and your actions, change one or the other to make them
congruent.
Let me give you an example: If you occasionally say negative things
behind someone's back while acting ingratiating to that person's face,
and you say you value honesty and want others to be honest with you,
either stop the gossip altogether or learn to say kindly and clearly to
someone's face what you would also say if they were not present.
The word "integrity" shares its root with the word "integer," which
means one indivisible thing. To have integrity means to be the same
person, to say the same things, in almost the same ways, no matter what
situation presents itself. "Duplicity" means to be two things. If you
plan to live a duplicitous life, prepare for your hypocrisy to be known.
It is the revelation of duplicity in those who are not honest and the
revelation of integrity of those who are honest that I've seen freeing
people all around me during the past few weeks. I believe this is a wave
of social change that will ripple through all our lives, removing
forever the possibility of living in duplicity while ostensibly
championing integrity.
To me, these crazy times are breathtaking and exciting. The challenge to
live with more integrity myself is like learning to ski a steeper slope
than I've ever negotiated before. I have loved examining my own life,
finding out where I have been wrong, and working to bring my values and
actions into closer and closer alignment.
For those of you interested in "manifesting" a wonderful life, this
scrupulously transparent, authentic, and open life will open the
floodgates. The pressure to be honorable is here to make you powerful.
This very day, do something brave to reduce any duplicity in your life.
Stand up for yourself with someone who you've allowed to bully you.
Apologize to someone with whom you may not have been entirely honest.
Immediately - this is a promise - you will find the things you have been
longing for drawing nearer to you. The TAO (The Way) of integrity puts
the Law of Attraction on steroids. It brings hope, peace, clarity and
love from everywhere in the Universe. Walk this bold path and watch your
life blossom.
~ Martha"
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