YOUR AFTERCARE FOLLOW-UP GROUP SESSION

Click on the below button to be taken to a dropbox folder where you can view the recording from our Aftercare Follow-up Group Session on the 13th June 2022.
As the video includes music, we are unable to upload it to Youtube. If you experience any issues with the link, please let us know on hello@soulshineretreats.com

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RETURN TO SELF WORKSHOPS

Your Return to Self Workshops were focussed on the awareness and insight to help gain a clearer connection to who you are, your inner blueprint, narratives and how you came to be and live from those places. To continue exploring the themes from your Workbook, I have provided resources to inspire and build awareness around these themes below. There are books and podcasts which can be slowly savoured and explore on your journey back to yourself.

For ease, each book below can be clicked on to go straight to Amazon UK to purchase.

Some fave books around Self-Compassion and a template to continue your daily Self-Compassion journaling…

YOUR SOULSHINE MEDITATION LIBRARY

To support your continued exploration of Self-Awareness, the foundation for change, I have provided a range of Meditation practices below. Each of us are on a journey to explore the gateways that open for us in our quest to experience the ‘space between stimulus and response’. This is where the full and expansive possibility of transformation resides…

I also highly recommend Insight Timer App both to set your own ‘gong’ when meditating alone and also for the incredible resources and guided meditations.

SOOTHE YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM

I’ve shared some recordings from our Nurturing Resilience online group programme for you here so you can keep exploring practices to soothe your nervous system:

SOUND MEDICINE WITH LOUSILA

The lovely Lousila has so kindly provided a range of beautiful sound journeys for you to keep enjoying in the comfort of your home. I have enjoyed all of them immensely and strongly encourage you to find moments to relax to the medicine of sound. Lay in a comfy place and I recommend headphones to immerse yourself fully.

Lousila has a Patreon Membership that you can join if you wish to keep enjoying regular sessions with her. Simply click on the below:

'Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha' is a mantra to Tara, a beloved saviour deity in Buddhism known to liberate souls from suffering. Tara is known to protect from fear, danger, heal illness, and increase longevity and prosperity. On the ultimate level she awakens our wisdom so that we can realise the true nature of reality. It is believed that practice of Tara mantra brings Tara's instant help to overcome all problems and help actualise all our material and heartfelt wishes.

Creating your Sacred Space

I recommend that you create your own Sacred Space in your home. This is an example of my altar. Having a space to return to each day can help with that sense of connection and continuity to practice. My Altar brings me such joy each time I hang out with it and I take half of it wherever I go! Notice how I have a photo of Little Soulla on there too! I also keep one by my bed so I can keep connecting into my younger parts with love and care.

Here are the decks of cards that I had on our Altar during retreat…

Each image links to an Amazon page where you can purchase the decks.

And some of the sound instruments that Louise & I used in class.

For the wind chimes, I use Water and Louise uses Fire. Again, both are linked to Amazon.

BITS & BOBS TO Build your Soulshine Toolkit

Here are some extra resources to continue inspiring you in your Journey to Self:

Morning Pages Journalling

Want to understand a bit more about the Morning Pages journalling? Check out the creator talking about this on her website. I particularly like the idea of taking a dust-buster to the different areas of our consciousness:
Click here to find out more

5 Love Languages

The 5 Love Languages offer amazing and super simple insight into how we give and receive love. It can be a serious game changer for our relationships - both intimate and with those around us. You can check it out here, which includes the online quiz to work out your Love Languages.

I think this really becomes a fascinating practice when we look at how we can translate those love languages into ways of attending to our own needs, building a loving and attentive relationship with ourselves. Work out what YOUR love languages are and then see if you can apply them to the ways that you care for yourself first.

Building Self-Care

Create Your Own Soulshine Nourish List

Print off the document below & write a list of all the things that nourish you, no matter how great or small. Fill it in and pop it somewhere you can see it. On the fridge, in your wallet. I loved doing this (and not just because I love a list!). Taking the time to recognise all the things that YOU love and that give you even a momentary warm & fuzzy is quite a joyful experience. Remember, you want all the things on the list to have no required outcome i.e. take care that there isn’t an underlying sense of having to ‘do’. Only pop things on there that fill your heart with happy.

Daily Nourish Log

Print off the log and every day commit to at least three items (or less!) on your list. It could be a candlelit bath, a siesta, a chat with a girlfriend. Whatever it is, commit to it and write it down each day. It will really help with that process of consciously making time for yourself, connecting to yourself and building a foundation for stronger self-care boundaries.

Soulshine Music & Sounds

You can find all the Soulshine Music (perfect for practicing yoga at home) on Spotify using the following search link: click this link
And for lovely Louise, you can follow playlist inspiration here: Louise's Hubby's Spotify

Soulshine Poems

Here is a selection of favourite Soulshine poems that we often share during retreats: Simply click here to download now

Here is THAT recording that you all loved from our evening session: CLICK HERE TO WATCH ON INSTAGRAM

Other Soulshine LOVES…

Great Teachers

• Brene Brown is an amazing inspiration and provides really accessible teachings on the importance of vulnerability and impact of shame in our lives. Check out her online courses, read her books and enjoy her TED talks.

• Byron Katie is the creator of 'The Work'. She asks, who would you be without your story? The Work is a way to identify and question the thoughts that cause all your suffering. Truly powerful practice.

• Pema Chodron is a beautiful Mindfulness teacher. Check out her books and talks for inspiration.

• Gabor Mate - Trauma & Addiction specialist. Awesome Stuff

• Joe Dispenza - Making Neuroplasticity accessible. Heal your mind. Heal your body. BOOM!

  Fave TED Talks

  Here are some of my favourite TED talks & YouTube clips for getting inspired. I definitely recommend getting lost in TED and all the inspiration readily available online. The perfect solution to that morning commute!

• TED Talk: Louie Schwartzbery - Nature, Beauty, Gratitude

• TED Talk: Brene Brown – The Power of Vulnerability

• TED Talk: Brene Brown – Listening to Shame

• TED Talk: Jill Bolte Taylor – My Stroke of Insight

• TED Talk: Amy Purdy, Living beyond Limits

• Alan Watts - What if money were no object?

• Eve Ensler – Love your Tree

A final note from Soulla

Well done for getting this far my love! Remember that there is no race or competition to read every book and listen to every resource. Take your time and savour the process. Check in with what resonates. Listen to your wisdom and let it guide you. Everything we need already exists from that place.

I cannot wait for our paths to cross again. We have so much more to share with you.