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...
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Leyla Aylin, M.A.
Nov 16, 20212 min
How Brave You Are
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...
Leyla Aylin, M.A.
Nov 9, 20211 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...
Leyla Aylin, M.A.
Aug 25, 20201 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,...
Leyla Aylin, M.A.
Jul 31, 20203 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...
Leyla Aylin, M.A.
May 11, 20202 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...
Leyla Aylin, M.A.
Apr 30, 20202 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...
Leyla Aylin, M.A.
Apr 7, 20202 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...
Leyla Aylin, M.A.
Mar 30, 20204 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...
Leyla Aylin, M.A.
Mar 16, 20204 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...
Leyla Aylin, M.A.
Jan 20, 20202 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...
Leyla Aylin, M.A.
Jan 20, 20202 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....
Leyla Aylin, M.A.
Jan 20, 20204 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...
Leyla Aylin, M.A.
Dec 12, 20193 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...
Leyla Aylin, M.A.
Dec 12, 20194 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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