Healing Mama

Motherhood is an indescribable journey of awakening and healing; so often as we parent our children, we become aware of our own wounds that are yet to be soothed and healed. With impossible standards and expectations upon Mothers, it's so very easy to slip into feelings of unworthiness and failure; the fear that we are somehow falling short and letting our little ones down. Turning inward with compassion at times of struggle is medicine, both for us, and those we love most. This recording begins with a short talk, then I will guide you into a meditative experience of nourishing self-compassion.

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So beautiful! I did the best I could… 🙏🏻

dearest Mar- i am so grateful to have “stumbled” upon your meditations. you have become one of my most relied-upon voices of kindness and compassion in these Uncertain Times. thank you so much for the depth and motherly love which pours through every word. may you be blessed with more grace and joy and reciprocity than you can imagine. thank you. thank you. with love, ayreAnna. 🙏🏽♥️🕊️

This track has been saved for a while with the intention to ask my mom if she would be open to listen. I am not a mother. I’ve always told her, I will never truly understand the kind of love that a mother feels. I am vulnerable, sensitive and love my mom deeply. We have had a difficult time the past few years, as I have been in a dark, painful and immobilized place. She does not understand it. At times I realize her inner child and deep wounds are where her anger, or hostility towards me come from….not that she doesn’t love me. As an adult child, with a mom who is turning 90 this year, I am beyond blessed to still have her here, thriving more than most, and yet…any day that could end.
For her or me.
My deepest wish is to heal from where I am, back to a place of “aliveness”, living aligned to my values, with abundant peace, joy, passion and love. I had found that, even in a life with many obstacles which resilience and deep connections helped me thrive through. That is what my mother has seen, and we both are struggling in different ways that I have not just struggled, but have lost my sense of self as well. Painful for us each.
In my wish to heal for myself is also for my mom to “see me” again, as a better, more true version of myself before it is too late. I can only heal myself, I can’t expect or force others to.
I “see” my mom, her wounds and shadows, that she has not faced, or even have awareness of…. I also still see her love, beauty, kindness.
It would be a blessing for my beautiful, loving, compassionate, mother, who is a warrior for her child can leave this earth feeling our true bond, with peace , and joy between us again. Today I’m seeing her, I listened to 2 of your poems that lhelped me this morning. I decided to listen to this meditation myself before asking her if she would be open to it. The words at the beginning, from a child’s point were so powerful, important and part of what I also want and need from myself, and from my mother. If she is open to it, I plan to be near her yet give her space to connect to her special, true place within herself. She deserves to feel self love, and compassion for all she has sacrificed for her children to become. Thank you for creating a practice that I feel I too can use to better understand both myself and my amazing mother. 🙏🏼

Always, your arrow flies through to my heart. I appreciate your wise counsel. Blessings, Mar. 🙏🏼✨💫💞

Thank you! I'm doing the best I can, and that is enough. ❤️🙏🏻