For me it begins and ends with the shadow, all the brilliant and displaced aspects of our nature. For a long time I had no idea what that word meant. Like many others I associated the shadow with the dark. I latched onto ideas of violence, suffering, death and in a very narrow way I associated the shadow with biblical notions of archetypal evil. The restrictive notions of Abrahamic religiosity forced me into a world of high contrast where everything I experienced was caste in black and white, but the world is a much more complicated place.

For many a sudden boost in lucidity is the end goal. It’s a noble enough notion, wanting to bring a certain level of awareness into your present and by extension develop some level of control and self determination. However, problems arise when you begin to experience a level of lucidity but have yet to establish habits that allow you to move through your days to day with an air of authenticity.

Sometimes the most profound moments of connection and peace are found at the eye of the storm. Divine by Design COO, Sahlah Dubel, shares how she was able to turn a time of turbulence and turmoil into an opportunity to attune with the song of an ever-changing and ever- vibrating universe and reconnect with her ancestral centerpoint.