(Friday, November 15, 2013) A woman named Terry Peterson made a deep impression on me at the Mankato Women’s Spirituality Conference in October. I took her “Soul Breathing” workshop while Pat and Bonnie were conducting their dream class.
Last night I attended Terry’s monthly session at the Salt Cave on Nicollet Avenue. Who else should appear but Eric Christopher, the past life regression therapist I met with last winter. A few weeks ago he started taking the T’ai-Chi intro class that meets right after my 6:30 beginner class. He told me he went to Stout with Terry from my T’ai-Chi class and with Terry Peterson, so he has known them both for over twenty years. He also takes a “free dance” class with the Terrys and Sifu Rob. He’s been a part of the Soul Breathing sessions for the last year.
The weirdness of all that shook me up a bit. In my morning tarot meditation I had drawn Kali the Awakener (the Tower). The card image is of the Indian goddess Kali discharging lightning bolts from her open palms.
The sensations breathwork create in the body are very electrical. Every cell vibrates with a constant, low-level charge that lasts about 45 minutes. I love it. Eventually Terry calls in the spirit guides and angels: the cave pulses with an other-worldly energy, like an open portal. The glow of the cave reminds me of the inside of my kiln at two-thousand degrees. We the Soul Breathers are earthenware pots transforming in the fire. I feel gentle flames brush the middle of my spine and my forehead. At this point I start to receive messages about people in my life, past and present. The dark-haired woman who has guided my dreams for decades says she is my Native great-great grandmother. Everyone who appears to me is bathed in unconditional love.
http://straightbamboo.com/eat-sleep-breathe/the-benefits-of-breathwork/