Sacred Presence (thank you Carol Q)

Riding the waves of the unknown

At the time of this writing I am on a plane to the Gold Coast for a five day hiatus following another intuitive pull that involves my first love of writing.

I woke this morning however with all the reasons why I shouldn’t go.

Rocco my dog had an operation on Tuesday - a lump taken out of his tail and it’s been a hell of a week. Five trips to the vet since Tuesday as bandages keep coming off and stitches too and an infection on top of that, wondering if he’ll be OK if he is alone during the day, and also thinking of all the other ‘priorities’ I should give my attention to, I questioned if I’m being delusional leaving the family at this time. Last night I looked at cancelling my apartment and was prepared to lose the $900+ being outside of the cancellation policy.

But the pull was still there and Clayton encouraged me to go, both of us knowing that I can easily fly home if needed.

Whilst I’ve received some instructions about what and how I’m writing this week which feels like an adventure with a very unknown destination, I have no idea what will be created.  Perhaps even nothing.  Like all intuitive pulls I’m surrendering control, and very curious to ride with these waves of the unknown.  There is something very exciting about that in fact.

I feel like I’m in a genie bottle but unaware of what exact magic will manifest.  The end product may not even be about writing but rather what the vehicle of writing has led me to. 

I ponder myself flying home on Friday night. Will I be tapping away at my phone, like I am right now, writing to what I found in that genie bottle?

As I’m sitting here in the sky, I’m also taking stock of what this year has yielded.

I started this year on the tail end of 2022’s gifts - the continued invitation to see my blind spots that had put thresholds on how powerful and loving I’ve allowed myself to be. Owning up to how powerlessness secretly played until it was caught out continued in 2023.    

Compassion was generously served and worked her wonders, setting the ball rolling for others to bring to light what has been in the shadows. Simply glorious.

And the mother of all  - the gift of contrast graced my world again for me to see when and why and for what bigger purpose I compromised on the premise that has been the overarching arena of how I’ve played my life and coached from for the last 19 years - that of uncompromising self-responsibility being the only gateway to freedom that I have experienced, regardless of the circumstances.  How did I turn my back on this for a moment? It’s dumbfounding to me actually yet I can with compsssion understand why.  And I can certainly appreciate for what purpose - to remind myself that drama is the only consequence when we orient in blame and judgment and there is so much powerlessness inherent in that. Sometimes we need to falter on what we know in order to be unequivocal about our knowing.  I am thankful for that. 🙏🏼

On a lighter note boy oh boy did I experience the infinite creative power of following the intuitive pull. In a moment of convergence that married my declaration that I would no longer make meditation negotiable with clients and my capacity to create channelled meditations, I offered the first 9 Week Meditation Program over January - March.  Little did I know that I too would experience the magic of this potion.

Similar to how I felt when I left my Human Resources career to follow the intuitive pull (which led me to coaching), I began the year full and content with how I coached - The Catalysts 3 month and year long Mastermind programs and overseas retreats.  There was no ‘need’ for anything else.  But then something else showed itself as I too listened to the meditations I produced - the directive to put on centre stage the invisible space from which I live and lead my life - presence, intuition, knowing, authenticity, surrendering, faith and grace….and to share that directive with people who care about the stuff that really matters and who are in positions of influence.  Thus the yearlong Sacred Leadership program for graduates was borne.

I applied a very consistent state of intuition and knowing as I called the 17 people in who I ‘knew’ had to be there. And what incredible joy this peer-ship is. 

Two very wonderful conversations have further defined this experience of Sacred Leadership.

A conversation with Penny P when she said something but I actually heard something else - ‘The courage to live this light’. Yes!  We are not only invited to be the ‘light’ but to also experience the ‘lightness’ of being. Yes! Thank you Penny. 🙏🏼

And then today in conversation with Carol Q, Carol shared that she heard the words ‘Sacred Presence’. She said ‘I pondered it and concluded what a wonderful pairing of words it is - a quiet grace and gentleness of being (within its strength and power actually), and it’s what we are or want to be, it’s what we want to welcome in, it’s quite divine … and it’s how I think of you.’ Thank you Carol. 🙏🏼

Yes Sacred Presence. 🥰 These are words that can’t be understood with the mind but felt instead. Meaning comes in due time from an allowing of what wants to be borne. It’s why I’m in the air on my way to Coolangatta. I hope that you too feel these words as you read and allow your own meaning to arrive and move you.

~ Pause ~

OK, I’m now on the ground in Coolangatta.  I’ve done the shopping and am having a margarita on my way home (not a very good one I might add).  Xavier Rudd’s ‘Follow the Sun’ is playing.  This was ‘the’ song we played on retreat in Kenya in November.  By the way…..Kenya retreats - another intuitive pull. 😍

So, back to the start of this writing - the adventure of riding the waves of the unknown, as I am doing here this week.

I was pulled to offer round 2 of the 9 Week Meditation Program and this time as my gift to you - no fee (last time the fee was $2K). We begin next Monday 7 August.  Round 1 had 22 people.  This time there are 144 people (and counting) who are participating in this program.  Wow.  Seriously wow. And the theme? Sacred Power. Yum yum yum yum yum.

I knew in my bones that 2023 would be another one of those ‘breakthrough years’ and the promise of that has certainly held true.

If you’d like to join the 9 Week Meditation Program (all meditations will be pre-recorded so that you can use them when you want to), please go this Facebook group, answer the questions and I’ll open the door. I’ll also be facilitating fortnightly group calls on Zoom to foster accountability, connection and community. If you can’t attend you can watch the recorded calls.

Group calls will occur on

Friday 18 August 10am - 11am AEST

Friday 1 September 10am - 11am AEST

Friday 15 September 10am - 11am AEST

Monday 9 October 10am - 11am AEDT

All Group Calls will be held on Zoom

Over and out for now.

Love,

Gisele