Welcome to the February edition of Connect, the Waking Down Teachers Association's (WDTA) publication.

Our intention is to inspire and support you in your continued embodied awakening process. To this extent we will feature individual teachers, essays and other content that we feel might be of value.

This month's edition features a contribution from Cielle Backstrom. Enjoy!

With blessings on your journey,
The WDTA

PS: Check out our resources web site on wakingdown.org - we added links to free audio recordings of the February 2010 telecourses on Integral Theory and Waking Down held by Saniel Bonder with Hans Plasqui and Sandra Glickman & Terry Patten.

Sacred Collage By Cielle Backstrom
	I think if I could have awakened by just thinking about it and using my mind trying to figure out how to "do: it, I would have woken up 30 years ago. Waking Down clued me into the need to include other paths to lead to a whole being awakening. I needed to listen to the wisdom and truth of my body, emotions, and soul. I learned that an important step to awakening is to free up energy and attention that has been bound as a result of limiting beliefs and past trauma. Again, if thinking about limits could have freed up the bound energy I would have already completed this task. On top of that, some of our limiting beliefs or governing sentimentalities lie far below the radar of the thinking mind. But they can be accessed and unraveled through investigations via body, emotions and soul. The soul speaks through archetypal images. Working with sacred collage has help my soul speak to me and assist in my whole being awakening. Click here to link to Cielle's collage story web site which includes instructions.

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