Andriani Marshanda Instagram – During the 3 days & 4 nights in a darkness retreat, I was immersed not just into the slowness of moving and feeling, but also in knowing myself deeper. It’s an invitation to love myself through the strength of being whole. Not through hardships but kindness, not through pain but softness, not through enduring but nurturing. The somatic based approach was mainly used to assist me to be with and accept states of fear or suppressed unresolved trauma that came to the surface. No external substance used here. I just rely on my body, my thoughts, my fears, and my willingness to shine a light onto my shadows to understand them and turn them into treasure.
Wrote this poem during my integration day
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“In The Dark”
Choosing no way out
Because it’s all inside
Memories unwiped
Feelings unlocked
Acknowledgement unleashed
What if it’s ok
For me to stay
One more night
Accept me and I’ll go away
The beauty of pain
I tell you
I see you
I hold you
And you tranquilize me
As I neutralize you
Nowhere “next”
No more achieving
No more need to be great
In order to feel great
I am whole
With the mosaic that is my all
Choosing no way out
Because it’s all inside
Of me.
#marshedpoem #marshanda #skycaveretreat #darknessretreat #darkretreat | Posted on 21/Oct/2024 17:47:24
