Mirroring Training in Colorado

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The following advanced training is designed for those in SAIP but is open to others by application. Please contact the Animas office for an application.

The illuminating and wondrous art of mirroring creates a container for the deep healing that permeates our psyches when we are truly listened to and heartfully heard. During this training, we learn to detect the Larger Story that pulses beneath the events of our individual lives. We discover the glistening web that brings a group together, gossamer strands connecting our hearts. When we are fully heard our story sweetly reflected through the skilled and compassionate mirroring of another, we find ourselves on solid ground again, able to leap into the next stage of our soul's path. This alchemical exchange is magical and priceless. In our time together, we will immerse ourselves in the deep listening required to mirror well and to uncover the archetypal themes that might frame another's experience within the arc of their destiny. We will work with themes we find in our stories, including life purpose, the give-away, sacred tasks, self-healing in nature, death and re-birth, engaging the Beloved, fear personas, loyal soldiers, anima and animus, the hero/ine's journey, the four cardinal directions, the soulcentric developmental wheel, other-than-human allies, underworld visitations, archetypes and archetypal themes. We will explore several principles, including mirroring vs. projection, transference or interpretation; thinking vs. loving; story gestalts; pattern recognition; framing; and talking the storyteller into his/her feelings.