It was illuminating to meet a couple of old sages that live in Florida. They were teaching us something called holistic coaching. It took me a while to realize they are spiritual guides. The intention they would set on learning from us, makes me feel humble. With their company, I felt invited to the opening of a new dimension inside the heart. It served me in noticing and using intuition in a healthy way.
They walked with me during the grieving process of my father's transition and also another loved father figure's transition. This experience flipped my perception of reality and the creativity in me began to unleash. The poems and drawings that move through me still fascinate me today. You can see a few below.
"When our illusions are dissolved, it gives us the opportunity to imagine new realities."
It is touching to see the systemic consequences of what we try to exclude. It was so moving that I signed up to a Master's in Family Constellations and a couple of months later I also signed up to a Master's in Systemic Tools and Organizational Constellations. It's impressive how all is related, from Systemic Health, Family Relationships, Couple's Relationships, Community Relationships, Team Work, Life Purpose to Internal Leadership.
The behavioral patterns that we inherit from our lineage and that we share in our families, organizations and communities are obvious, if and when we are ready to see them.
"Comprehending invites us to express ourselves with honesty and clarity."
"We are here to discover new dimensions of compassion and gratitude."
We can contemplate life with open eyes as if they were closed and we can also contemplate life with closed eyes as if they were open. By focusing on our breath we are invited to notice the thick and subtle awareness of our body.
"The body's sensations are keys."
I had the opportunity to share teams with more than a thousand players and their families, also, referees, officials, facility employees, staff, coaches and executives. I also accompanied national teams and lead different departments of sports organizations. I discovered that leadership was about inviting others to inspire and affirm themselves. Confidence is an inner job and it let's us add our abilities to the collective purpose.
"Sharing and collaborating is beyond competing and comparing."
To attend one self it is necessary to uncover our relationship with our emotions. Emotions can be in charge of our life and recognizing them helps us enjoy them instead of suffering them.
"Emotions are energy in motion and energy is intelligent."
I experienced hospital work in the intensive care unit, palliative care, child oncology and other departments. I specially enjoyed child oncology because of the vital curiosity that we can express even in the midst of suffering.
"Looking at death brought me closer to life."
I had learned to try to solve problems working from the specific towards the global. During this junior college formation I learned to work from the global towards the specific.
"Motion is essential to nurture ourselves with life."
Thank you to the teachers that participate in life with me, thank you to those before me and thank you to those yet to appear, J.P.