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    The Seed
    Leyla Aylin, M.A.
    • Mar 20
    • 1 min

    The Seed

    Sometimes you have to wait in the dark For what seems like forever Stuck Certain no progress is being made, not even a little growth...
    I Want to Make Heroes of Those Who Slow Down.
    Leyla Aylin, M.A.
    • Nov 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    I Want to Make Heroes of Those Who Slow Down.

    How brave you are for slowing down. For not finishing that to-do list. How courageous you are for not crossing that finish line, because...
    Marry the Wild
    Leyla Aylin, M.A.
    • Nov 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    Marry the Wild

    Go out into the woods and hold a marriage ceremony — Marry the root-talking trees and the rustling-leafed silence and the sun sifting...
    When There's Nothing Left To Hold Onto... Hold On
    Leyla Aylin, M.A.
    • Aug 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    When There's Nothing Left To Hold Onto... Hold On

    When there is no cure yet to be found, no solution in sight, no help coming over the horizon, when there are no techniques, no teachings,...
    You Cannot Rush the Soul's Growth
    Leyla Aylin, M.A.
    • Jul 31, 2020
    • 3 min

    You Cannot Rush the Soul's Growth

    Just like we cannot pry a seed open to gather the bloom, just like we cannot break into a cocoon and demand a butterfly…we cannot rush...
    To All Those Who Have Mothered Us
    Leyla Aylin, M.A.
    • May 11, 2020
    • 2 min

    To All Those Who Have Mothered Us

    To all those who have mothered us ~ To those who have really seen us, and mirrored back what is true and beautiful about ourselves. So we...
    The Veil is Thinning
    Leyla Aylin, M.A.
    • Apr 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Veil is Thinning

    Whenever our world is turned upside down, wherever there is a wound, or things go black and all is unknown, the veil thins. Wherever...
    We Are Being Made More Human
    Leyla Aylin, M.A.
    • Apr 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    We Are Being Made More Human

    Suffering brings us to our knees pulls us down into the dirt, into the earth, into the ground of our being Low, lower still into the...
    Mystery is Meaning Enough
    Leyla Aylin, M.A.
    • Mar 30, 2020
    • 4 min

    Mystery is Meaning Enough

    To be with uncertainty requires more vulnerability than just about anything else. No wonder we fear it. It requires we surrender, let...
    The Gifts of Fear
    Leyla Aylin, M.A.
    • Mar 16, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Gifts of Fear

    Our culture vilifies fear. But like any emotion, fear is neither bad nor good. Each emotion has an evolutionary purpose. They all have...
    Befriending Death in All Her Forms
    Leyla Aylin, M.A.
    • Jan 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    Befriending Death in All Her Forms

    If you want to grow, if you want to evolve - you have to be willing to die. You have to be willing to die over and over again. You have...
    The Wisdom of Sophia
    Leyla Aylin, M.A.
    • Jan 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Wisdom of Sophia

    Wisdom is feminine. At least according to many religious and mystical traditions. In fact, Wisdom is often portrayed as a female being....
    Carrying the Unconscious of Others: Shadow Work in Relationship
    Leyla Aylin, M.A.
    • Jan 20, 2020
    • 4 min

    Carrying the Unconscious of Others: Shadow Work in Relationship

    When I was younger I was in a relationship with a man who was uncomfortable in the emotional realm. And a few months into our...
    Turning Towards the Dark
    Leyla Aylin, M.A.
    • Dec 12, 2019
    • 3 min

    Turning Towards the Dark

    We live in a light-centric culture. All that is dark and mysterious is feared, devalued and artificially brightened. Our fixation on...
    The Feminine's Journey & The Hero's Journey
    Leyla Aylin, M.A.
    • Dec 12, 2019
    • 4 min

    The Feminine's Journey & The Hero's Journey

    The Hero’s Journey can often be described as the masculine path of transformation. It is a Call to Adventure, a slaying of dragons, a...

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