Message us Mermaids 🧜🏼‍♀️

What happens when you follow your intuition across the globe to ancient sacred sites? Katherine Eady's journey to Greece transformed not only her spiritual practice but her entire relationship with her body and emotions.

Details

Despite having no ancestral connection to Greece and battling significant social anxiety, Katherine felt called to join a spiritual retreat to Delphi and other sacred sites. The experience demanded perfect love and perfect trust—surrendering to the unknown with strangers who would quickly become profound spiritual connections. At the Oracle of Trifonios, Katherine participated in a powerful fear release ceremony that began dissolving lifelong anxieties. In the ancient, unexcavated city of Gla, she experienced one of her deepest meditative states ever while chanting with her group in a liminal gateway space.

Most surprising was Katherine's realization that true spiritual connection doesn't come from escaping the body but from fully inhabiting it. Having grown up in a religious environment where only pleasant emotions were acceptable, she had spent decades suppressing her authentic feelings, resulting in physical manifestations like chronic tension and digestive issues. Through embodiment practices at the retreat, she began the challenging work of identifying and expressing the full spectrum of emotions—rage, grief, shame, and joy.

Perhaps most magical was her unexpected connection with the land spirits of Greece. In the Valley of the Muses, she could sense the wind spirits moving through the mountains before physically feeling the breeze. This reciprocal relationship between humans and the land became a powerful lesson: ”We find healing in the land, but the land also can find healing in us.”

Whether you're seeking spiritual transformation, emotional freedom, or simply a deeper connection with the natural world, Katherine's story reminds us that sacred journeys happen both externally and internally. What might you discover when you step into perfect trust?

References

Elyse Welles – Seeking Numina Website

Facebook – Seekers of the Sacred Wild | Facebook

Support the show

Shameless Promotions

Chloe Brown is the graphic artist behind all of the Mermaids’ delightfully whimsical branded reels, stories and picture posts on social. Contact her at [email protected] for artistic consultation and design work.

Sponsorships

We do not advertise nor accept sponsorships so that your listening experience remains free of distractions. If you are as passionate as we are about supporting spiritual seekers, consider buying us a coffee at: https://buymeacoffee.com/mysticalmermaidlounge.

Please feel free to email us with positive and constructive ideas, questions or comments at [email protected].

Thank you for listening! Please follow and rate/review if you love us. Blessed be.