Shadow Work® and Ancestral Weaving®, a Path to Joy

A Bartolameolli Christmas

As a Houston-based certified Shadow Work® coach, I help individuals see that the painful patterns they hold onto are a way of staying connected to someone they have loved and lost.

Combining this process with Ancestral Weaving®, a process that I created, we explore our ancestral blessings and transform negative feelings and behaviors into healthier ones.

Finding new ways to connect
My colleague and I work together to assist women in finding ways to be connected that are new, empowering and joyful. By delving into our own ancestry, we help Shadow Work participants get in touch with their own painful patterns. Through this process they can leave behind what no longer serves them, as well as deeply connect to the goodness they wish to carry from their lineage.

Ancestral Weaving tools and Shadow Work, along with conscious movement evokes those issues that live in our tissues and transforms the trauma to bring restoration of spirit, mind, heart and body. Oftentimes it is when the wound is uncovered and in its subsequent healing, that unknown strength, awareness and insight are revealed.

The journey to joy
As I have connected with my own rich ancestry, both the pain and the joy, I find the connection and belonging that I’ve yearned for. The journey getting there requires the willingness to feel loss, loneliness, rage, grief and despair. To delay and defer this grief will also diminish the gifts.

I was given a strong sense of spiritual connection growing up, and while these practices have changed over the years, the seeds of the deep shamanic work for Ancestral Weaving® were planted first in my vibrant Italian-Catholic upbringing.

As we learn in Shadow Work®, Ancestral Weaving® and in any wisely and maturely facilitated grief work, even the shaming and fear-based wounded patriarchal religious systems will yield gifts. The brave, curious heart of a child can seek and discover bestowal of something good, deep within, as can all spiritual seekers on this divine journey of personal evolution.

To learn more, read an excerpt from my memoir, For All My Relations-Bartolameolli.

Find out about my Shadow Work® and Ancestral Weaving® workshops.

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Acknowledgments

Working with Sally in the last year and a half has been instrumental in my healing, self awareness, and recovery. When you’re in contact with Sally there is a level of support and energy that flow effortlessly from her. I have participated in several of Sally’s workshops and groups, which have all brought me closer and closer to my true self. The amount of awareness that I received working with Sally has been so valuable and precious to my life. I value and care for myself more deeply and lovingly today then I ever have. Sally is one of the most powerful women that I’ve ever met and lovingly instills strength and courage to others. Through working with Sally I’m healing my little girl and my little girl is healing me ♥

I wanted to take a moment and tell you that this Shadow Workshop gave me a unique opportunity to objectively peer into my life and see how my fears have been holding me back from claiming my golden shadow. You all created a space that was safe and trustworthy for me to confront my deepest fears of failure. I was also able to see how these fears have been contained in a blanket of sadness, buried just beneath the surface. I was able to expose and name those fears and shame and break through to a much more lighted space. I will be eternally grateful for your kindness and willingness to walk through that with me. Just having you all there made my journey a little less scary. Blessings and rockin’ out peace,

Laurie Noaker, DVM, DACVIM

Working with Sally as a guide via email has enabled me to feel what I really feel for the first time in my life. Slowly this is also enabling me to make changes and be what I really want to be. Part of me wishes I had found her many years ago, but her insight has helped me to see that I found her just at the right time.

Sally’s Sacred Feminine Spirituality course was exactly what my soul was craving. The tools she shared enabled me to finally establish a meaningful prayer and meditation practice and the principles we worked through via Blessings From Mary were a revelation in many ways. The course was thought-provoking and inspiring, well beyond my expectations. Sally’s knowledge and passion are immense and the connections made within the circle have been a tremendous blessing to me.

Jodie Eisenhardt

Blessings From Mary is an easy to follow a step by step process which has helped me to connect with my spiritual guides and angels. Working with the book has encouraged me to journal regularly and it has given me a sense of peace and self-fulfillment.

Patricia Raskin, Media Broadcaster of positive programming

Just being in Sally’s presence helps me remember who I am. Her massively expansive heart and deep, soulful eyes both nurture and empower me.

I have found the daily meditations in Blessings From Mary to be both inspiring and deeply sacred… It seems each day I receive a message that guides me to deeper understanding of my own wounds and fears, empowering me with the courage to heal my pain, while strengthening my own spiritual connection. As a result of this book, I feel I am more open to receiving guidance from Mary, while uniting with spiritual guides of my own as I continue on my journey to embrace my Divine Purpose.

Sally bring a deep spiritual connection to everything she does and encourages me to my own deeper connections. I am blessed by her presence in my life.

Sally is a thoughtful, compassionate and remarkably insightful listener. She communicates in a manner that is gentle yet firm. She creates a safe space to be vulnerable and process difficult thoughts and feelings. Her workshops have helped develop my intuition, creativity, wisdom and empowerment.

Sally has a clarity and directness in the way she communicates, along with her ability to connect with people easily, and her natural intuition this creates the alchemy for an excellent coach and facilitator. Her vibrancy is infectious!