Friday, January 23, 7 -9 pm.
With Sheila Foster, M.A.
Friday, January 23, 7 -9 pm,
$15 general public, $10 Caritas members
An ambiguous loss is often an ‘invisible’ loss because it is often not recognized or acknowledged as a significant loss, either by others or even by ourselves, in the same way a death is—with community recognition, ceremony, condolences, and a sense of finality. Ambiguous losses can be devastating, agonizing, evoke fear and deep heartbreak because they offer no true closure. This ongoing ambiguity is highly stressful and sometimes debilitating, putting true living on hold indefinitely. While our losses are deep and unhealed, there is a way to come out of the shadows of unresolved grief and live a happy and fulfilled life—in spite of them or even because of them.
- Is there someone in your life who is physically present, but not really present? Does it seem that they are there, but not there?
- Have you somehow lost, and are you missing and grieving a beloved child, family member, or friend who has physically disappeared from your life, for reasons known or unknown, and yet you still feel that their psychological/soul presence remains with you?
- Have you immigrated to this country leaving family and friends behind, not knowing when or if you will see those beloveds or your homeland again?
- Do you dread the holidays, certain birthdays or anniversaries, and are you relieved when they are over?
- Have you somehow lost your capacity to live fully, work, and enjoy life due to physical or mental health issues, aging, accident, or trauma?
- Are you feeling the losses associated with aging?
Sheila Foster, M.A. ~ Sheila has an M.A. in counseling psychology, 40 years of study in a mix of Jungian and transpersonal psychology, the Sacred Feminine, the structure of consciousness and initiatory experience, shamanism, energetic healing, and systemic constellation work. Since childhood, she has been drawn to the Mystery, having had experiences beginning at age two, and has followed the trail of the mystical/contemplative path of direct experience and non-dual teachings. After a volcanic Kundalini awakening, she was guided to found the Temenos Center in Maryland, which became the container for healing work, workshops, trainings and a women’s mystery school. She is also a practitioner and teacher of the spiritual practice Samyama, a yogic path of transmission, awakening, and healing. For more information Email: [email protected] or visit www.templeofthesacredfeminine.com.