Wisdom Work with Quanita Roberson

The Mother Wound Meditation

Special meditation on the Mother Wound for Mother's Day.

Transcript:

To begin your meditation, find a quiet and comfortable space where you can be alone with your thoughts. Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths, allowing yourself to relax and let go of any tension or stress.

 

Imagine yourself surrounded by a warm, loving light. This light represents the unconditional love that you received in your mother’s womb. In the womb we all got what we needed or we wouldn’t be here. Deep down in us lives the memory of that unconditional mother love. In the womb when we needed nourishment we got it, even before our mothers. Her body fed us first. Sit in that love for a minute. That love was embedded deep within us. It was there from the beginning. You can call on that remembrance now.

 

Now let yourself think about the support that you may have missed out on in your relationship with your mother. Allow the light of the unconditional womb love to fill you up, and imagine it healing any emotional wounds that you may be carrying.

 

As you continue to breathe deeply, focus on sending love and forgiveness to your mother. Imagine seeing your mother for a moment not as your mother but as a woman, just like you with her own mother womb. Imagine her as a daughter, as a mother, as a woman. What might have been her hopes, fears, and disappointments? This can be a difficult step, as it may bring up painful memories or emotions. However, by seeing your mother, you get to see more of you and free yourself up from some of the negative energy that may be holding you back.

 

Finally, imagine yourself surrounded by a circle of supportive, loving mother figures. These may be actual people in your life, or they may be symbolic representations of the nurturing energy that you are seeking. Allow yourself to feel their love and support, and know that you are worthy of receiving it.

 

When you are ready, slowly open your eyes and take a few more deep breaths. Take a moment to reflect on your experience, and remember that healing is a journey that takes time and patience. With continued practice, you can begin to release the pain of the mother wound and embrace the love and support that you deserve.

Ep. 9: Experience Reality through Multiple Lenses with Sarah Drew

As the visionary author of the eco-feminist novel, GAIA CODEX, Sarah Drew catalyzes powerful blueprints for the future deeply rooted in the gnosis of the past. Sarah has been a featured speaker at the graduate level and at organizations such as Google, ABC Deepak Homebase, The Assemblage and Bioneers, and she is currently a popular teacher and mentor for women worldwide on topics such as Feminine Wisdom, Evolutionary Culture. and Regenerative Technologies. 

Sarah Drew is deeply interested in relationship and creation and how being in relationship lets us experience reality through multiple lenses.

 

For more information on Sarah:

https://www.sarahdrew.net/

https://www.gaiacodex.com/

 

 

Ep. 8: One Step at a Time, and then the Next Step with Nilima Bhat

Nilima Bhat, Distinguished Professor in Gender and Conscious Leadership, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico. Faculty of Excellence with School of Business and School of Humanities & Education.

Nilima Bhat is a facilitator of personal transformation, coaching individuals and organizations in their quest for conscious evolution. She is an international speaker and trainer on organizational culture, conscious business, women in leadership, and self-awareness for work-life balance, as well as Indian wisdom and wellness traditions.

Nilima’s extensive and pioneering body of work is encompassed in her two books, Shakti Leadership – Embracing Feminine and Masculine Power in Business and My Cancer Is Me – The Journey from Illness to Wholeness. Together they outline new and cutting-edge holistic and integrated approaches to DEI&B (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging), Leadership and Resilience.

Previously, Nilima spent 10 years heading Corporate Communications and PR for major corporations such as ITC-Welcomgroup, Philips India, and ESPN STAR Sports.

Nilima graduated from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai in Life Sciences and Biochemistry, followed by a diploma in Social Communications Media from Sophia Polytechnic, Mumbai. She later qualified as a yoga teacher from the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre and is a teacher-practitioner of the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

 

Website: https://shaktileadership.com/nilima-bhat/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nilima.bhat

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nilimabhat/

Ep. 7: Speak with the Earth and It Will Teach You with Daniel Cooperrider

Daniel Cooperrider's book, Speak with the Earth and It Will Teach You is a field guide to accompany the Bible. Discussing the connection between nature, spirituality and religion. Daniel asks us how our relationship to the natural world is integrated in our religion and spirituality.

Daniel Cooperrider is a writer, teacher, and pastor in the United Church of Christ (UCC). Daniel was Pastor of the Weybridge Congregational Church (VT) and has served as Pastoral Resident at the Wellesley Village Church (MA). Daniel writes at the intersections of theology, environmental ethics, poetry, aesthetics, and climate justice. Daniel is the author of Speak with the Earth and It Will Teach You, named the 2023 Gold Winner in the Nautilus Book Awards, Religion and Spirituality of Western Thought . Daniel lives on the edge of the driftless region in Madison, WI on ancestral Ho-Chunk land with his spouse, the Rev. Dr. Julia Burkey and their young one, Reverie Faye.

You can learn more about Daniel Cooperrider and his work at his website: https://www.danielcooperrider.com/ , on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/daniel.cooperrider.9/ , on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/greatlakeswanderers/ , and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjDrRBxp-nuDVHN-4n73OJw 

Ep. 6: Work to Play: Moving from Childish to Childlike with Rhea D’Souza

I had the pleasure of being in conversation this month with Rhea D'Souza, Rhea D'Souza is an Artist, Designer, a Biomimic, Coach, Strategist and Founder of Kabila Consulting: a firm that works with Leadership team to build a Tribe culture. Rhea D'Souza is one with purpose, connectedness and deep trust. Rhea D'Souza is a co-founder of One Design Space, a studio in  the green oasis of Mumbai, that curates experiences that bring different forms of art, dance, music, songs to more people. One Design Space builds a community that gathers to share it's intention: to be the bridge between the Art and the Commerce world. Working with C suite, children, women, groups, and tribal with the same intent. Rhea's work has constantly evolved in response  to the same question "How does Nature do this. How can we mimic nature and her ways. How can we finally see the One design that binds us ALL - the living and non living.

 

You can contact Kabila Consulting via their website: https://kabilaconsulting.com/

 

Read Rhea D’Souza’s blog posts at https://rheadsouza.live/

 

Follow Rhea D’Souza on LinkedIn st https://www.linkedin.com/in/rheadsouza/

 

Ep. 5: Mastering Life’s Daily Performance with Alton Fitzgerald White

Alton Fitzgerald White is a magnificent musician and author among other traits. In this conversation, Alton and Quanita talk about how to master life's daily performance with an emphasis on commitment and recommitment to areas in which one desires growth. Balancing the yin and yang, the commitment is stabilized with self compassion and rest. Other topics of discourse include how the right communities can influence your mindset and fertilize your growth; shifting narratives of traits that one may have been teased for into gifts and talents. The spirituality all around us exploring the places and things an individual might lean into to recharge. Inviting us to ask that question for ourself. The divine as an advocate for joy and growth and a being big enough to meet us all as the individuals we are.

 

While the event has already happened, click here to donate to The Alton Fitzgerald White Vocal Scholarship Fund

 

To stay in touch with Alton Fitzgerald White and the many projects he is working on please check out:

 

https://WWW.ALTONFITZGERALDWHITE.COM

Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100062959642542

Twitter: @WhiteAlton

Instagram: @Alton2459

Ted Talk: Alton Fitzgerald White: Redefining Service to Dream the Impossible Dream

 

Bio:

After completing a record-breaking 4,308 performances as King Mufasa in Disney’s The Lion King on Broadway, has added Author and in-demand Keynote Speaker to his growing list of titles. Both his book and the audiobook of My Pride: Mastering The Challenge Of Daily Performance, an inspirational biography filled with secrets to fulfillment and joy in work and life published by Disney Editions, have been nominated for several major national book awards. Other Broadway starring roles include Mister in The Color Purple, Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Ragtime, Ken in Smokey Joe’s Cafe, John in Miss Saigonand The Hawker in The Who’s Tommy. He made his West End debut as Ken in Smokey Joe’s Cafe in London. Alton has performed concert dates all over the world including engagements with THE BBC ORCHESTRA at London’s legendary ROYAL ALBERT HALL, CARNEGIE HALL, THE BOSTON POPS, TANGLEWOOD, TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FORUM, THE ATLANTA SYMPHONY, WOLFTRAP and THE CINCINNATI POPS to name a few. Some of those dates included music from his best-selling CD, Disney My Way!, full of re-imagined Disney on Broadway classics. Alton has appeared on the big screen opposite Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Marcia Gay Harden and alongside Oscar nominee Sam Elliott. He was also featured in The Pulitzer Prize winning and Emmy Award Winning RENT LIVE which was performed on FOX television. Alton’s resume includes Guest Star roles on the hit TV series LAW AND ORDER, THE BLACKLIST, THE GOOD FIGHT, LAW AND ORDER-S.V.U., MADAM SECRETARY, ELEMENTARY, MIND HUNTER, CODE BLACK, FBI and a recurring role on BULL as Judge Tahani. He is featured in the latest season of DEXTER and has featured roles in the upcoming LET THE RIGHT ONE IN and POWERBOOK:GHOST for SHOWTIME and DEAR EDWARD for APPLE TV. He will also be seen in the long-awaited 2023 Summer Blockbuster INDIANA JONES 5. Alton has written for several major magazines including a cover story about his detailed experience with racial profiling for THE NATION MAGAZINE titled "RAGTIME MY TIME" that has since appeared in publications all over the world and in dozens of college textbooks where the article is studied for its content and structure. Alton’s popular TEDx Talk-Redefining Service To Dream The Impossible Dream can be found here. https://vimeo.com/217567459

Ep. 4: Are We a Community of Our Ancestor’s Memories? with Clare Dubois

Rebirthing and reimagining ourselves at different life stages. The dangers and illness of separateness. Illness as a teacher. Learning new ways of being in relationship with the world. 

Ep. 3: Birthing Your Unique Voice with Barbara McAfee

Barbara McAfee is among many things a singer, songwriter and a midwife nurturing people's unique voices into the world. She is the author of the book Full Voice, The Art and Practice of Vocal Presence. Listen and view a couple of her music videos on YouTube at There are Songs and Brain Rats. For more information on Barbara McAfee please check out her website at https://www.barbaramcafee.com/ 

Ep. 2: The Great Surrender - Wisdom Work with Krister Linder

Sometimes we are living in the questions and at other times we are living in the answers. Living in the answer may sound like the easeful, desirable path initially. However, in life there are times in which we know the answers and the path but are resisting and rebelling. Sometimes the skill to cultivate is surrender.

 

More information on Krister Linder can be found at https://kristerlinder.com/ 

Ep. 1: A Conversation with Bruce Perry

Exploring the connection to self, nature and others. Particularly the play between self and others. Bruce Perry and Quanita Robinson discuss how as he became more successful in his career, the more separated and isolated he became. He recognized as he was study many different cultures in his career, the most harmonious people, that were the most content in self and body, seems to be those with the least amount of walls and separation between each other. Interdependent as opposed to independent or codependent.