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As I write this, I\u2019ve just got back from a pre-Christmas visit to my family in Sweden. I absolutely love this time of year, the four weeks that leads up to Christmas called Advent.
In Sweden Advent is the time when we decorate our homes with electrical stars and chandeliers in our windows. We burn a candle each Sunday for 4 weeks and stuff ourselves with saffron buns and gingerbreads, accompanied by \u201cgl\u00f6gg\u201d; warm wine spiced with cardamon, ginger, cloves and orange peel.<\/p>\n
Looking back at this year I\u2019m happy to be back working with in-person clients. I still do maybe 40% of my appointments on-line and I\u2019m grateful that we also have that option.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve also been back to Norway three times this year for work assignments at the small hospital in Nordfjordeid on the Norwegian west coast. For some time, I thought those trips would stop the more settled in Canada and the deeper into my work as a therapist I got. I now realize that I don\u2019t want to stop working as a nurse. I simply love it! And because of my interest in personal growth and the trainings I\u2019ve done, I\u2019m also (in my own eyes) much more equipped today in my role as a nurse, meeting patients wherever they are at, with different health challenges and at different times in their lives.<\/p>\n
Last spring, I started a training that will continue, and finish, end of January 2023. It\u2019s a continuing education learning more about working with NDE\u2019S (near death experiences) and surgical and anesthetic traumas. In a slow, mostly nonverbal way, it\u2019s about supporting the client through touch work. So much history is stored in our tissues, intestinalis, bones and fascia and through supportive touch work we can create a safe haven for the body to heal.
So, I\u2019m looking forward to going back to Saskatoon for my final week of this training in January.<\/p>\n
As some may have noticed, my Newsletters don\u2019t come out regularly every month as they did in the beginning. I noticed that when I put pressure on myself to be creative and \u201ccome up\u201d with something wise to say or write, I become stuck! So, I\u2019ve promised myself that it\u2019s ok to write only when I feel I have something to share \u2013 and in that way You won\u2019t get to many emails in your inbox \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
The way I\u2019d like to inspire is through example, and putting less pressure on myself hopefully inspires you to do the same. When we act out of joy and passion, the creativity flows and there\u2019s no effort. I like to have more of that in all my areas in my life, starting with the Newsletter!<\/p>\n
And if you feel you\u2019d like some more frequent inspiration, please follow me on Facebook \u201cHelena Swanstr\u00f6m Somatic Therapist\u201d where I also share more randomly, sometimes an article and sometimes just a quote or a poem.<\/p>\n
And speaking of poem, ending this Newsletter with a poem by David Whyte, wishing You all the best for these last weeks of December and I\u2019ll be back in 2023!<\/p>\n
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Above the mountains <\/em>
the geese turn into<\/em>
the light again<\/em>
painting their\u2028<\/em>
black silhouettes<\/em>
on an open sky.<\/em>
\u00a0<\/em>
Sometimes everything <\/em>
has to be<\/em>
enscribed across <\/em>
the heavens<\/em>
so you can find <\/em>
the one line<\/em>
already written <\/em>
inside you.<\/em>
\u00a0<\/em>
Sometimes it takes <\/em>
a great sky<\/em>
to find that<\/em>
first, bright\u2028<\/em>
and indescribable<\/em>
wedge of freedom\u2028<\/em>
in your own heart.<\/em>
\u00a0<\/em>
Sometimes with\u2028<\/em>
the bones of the black<\/em>
sticks left when the fire <\/em>
has gone out<\/em>
someone has written <\/em>
something new<\/em>
in the ashes\u2028<\/em>
of your life.<\/em>
\u00a0<\/em>
You are not leaving.<\/em>
Even as the light <\/em>
fades quickly now,<\/em>
you are arriving.<\/em><\/p>\nCall<\/h3>\n
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