Untangling Tangles

I recently completed a 6 day Workshop-Retreat called Treasure Maps to the Soul where we untangled our tangles.  It was experiential learning, as we worked on our own inner struggles and learned to help others with their inner struggles.  This was an advanced Inner Relationship Focusing workshop.  I’ve been training in Focusing for years and this brought the process to a new level.  Focusing is a gentle way to be with our whole self getting a “felt sense” from our “self-in-presence”.   A tangle is a stuck place that feels repetitive and keeps us from moving forward.    The origin of the tangle may have been a trauma or “stoppage” of life energy in our early life.  Typically it has multiple parts that need to be recognized and cared for.  My tangled parts appreciate the time and attention I spent and continue to spend with them. In addition, I was privileged to be part of the process to help other people untangle their tangle and find more life forward energy.  This was all done in a loving community of people, with natural surroundings and good food.  We worked together to untangle our tangles and move forward with life energy.