A teaching from Patrick Zeigler
Sekhem: Sekhem: Breath, Stillness and Heart-Centered Awareness
Explore a free-flowing approach to Sekhem through conscious breathing, stillness and attention to the heart center. These teachings address physical sensations, emotional expression, mental activity and spiritual experiences, with guidance on resistance, support and physical safety.
Explore a free-flowing approach to Sekhem through conscious breathing, stillness and attention to the heart center. These teachings address physical sensations, emotional expression, mental activity and spiritual experiences, with guidance on resistance, support and physical safety.
Sharing: Moving from Direction to Inner Experience
Teachings of Patrick Zeigler.
Sharing: “My first experience was a two-day workshop. On the first day, I was really frustrated. I wanted more direction: ‘Tell me what to do.’ There was all this rage coming up. When I’m not my best self, frustration is my strongest emotion.
“Then I realized it wasn’t about getting direction from outside. It was about going inward. After that, it flowed, and it was magical. The next day, the experience felt raw and tribal, and it felt so good. I wasn’t letting myself focus on what everyone else was doing. I had spent a whole day doing that, but it was good that I did, because now I know.
“For a first experience, the invitation is to let yourself be, without worrying so much about what everyone else is doing. They are letting themselves be, too.”
A Free-Flowing Way to Learn
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The practice brings together people attending for the first time and people who have returned for many years, sometimes close to twenty. Experience with other forms of Sekhem can help, but those approaches do not usually include the same degree of clearing and emotional work.
One familiar expectation is what might be called the Reiki template: receiving symbols, receiving manuals, and learning through an orderly, step-by-step process. That approach can work well. This practice does not follow that same structure.
The work is free-flowing. That is why very experienced practitioners and first-time participants can work together in the same class.
Initiation and the Next Layer
For someone accustomed to a structured initiation system, initiation may seem like the central event: When will it happen, and what will it involve? Here, the master-level initiation is offered within the first hour. The unfolding of the class then provides what is needed along the way.
The practice usually begins with the Shenu meditation. Initiations can occur right at the beginning. Some people may not recognize or experience that immediately; thinking too much can get in the way. Others may move into very substantial experiences from the outset.
The work can bring experiences that are unfamiliar, as well as experiences that seem familiar but are not yet fully understood. Remain open to both.
A familiar practice can bring the thought, ‘I’ve done that already.’ By the end, it may become clear that another layer has begun to surface. Having worked with something before does not mean that nothing more remains to emerge.
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