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Allowing Life To Be As It Is

Meditation, Mind-Body, Mindful Living

by Sara Avant Stover

I wanted to share an excerpt from a dharma talk I offered last year at this time in my online Internal Family Systems & feminine spirituality community, Women’s House of Wisdom.

In it, I speak to the metaphysical principles behind these holidays, and what they can teach us about true, spiritual surrender, what’s possible when we stop trying to control life through our personalities, and the transformative cycles of death and rebirth.

This is for you if you want to remember what’s really possible for you (beyond your human limitations), are tired of trying to fix/control/manipulate life, or have simply reached a place in your life that your ego can’t help you get out of.

May this be of benefit.

Join Sara at DMC at one of these upcoming programs!

Sara Avant Stover is a pioneering teacher of feminine spirituality for over twenty years, a bestselling author, and a Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) Practitioner. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa and Summa cum Laude from Columbia University’s all-women’s Barnard College, she had a cancer scare, moved to Thailand, and embarked on a decade-long healing and spiritual odyssey throughout Asia. Since then, she’s gone on to uplift tens of thousands of women worldwide. She specializes in supporting women as they navigate challenging transitions, helping them to heal what feels unhealable and live with greater peace and fulfillment. Sara has been featured in Yoga Journal, the Huffington Post, Newsweek, Natural Health, and on ABC, NBC, and CBS. She lives in Boulder, CO and online at SaraAvantStover.com.

April 19, 2023
Tags: Ego, Letting Go, Surrender
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