
It's hard to believe that almost five days have now passed since we all said our heartfelt farewells at Cae Mabon for the Transfiguration 2010. When together and sharing, with such depth of soul, it often seems impossible to imagine that life has ever been any other way. The sense of community and togetherness was amazing; we opened deeply, moving through and beyond aspects of ourselves that have long since served their purpose. All coming from varying levels of experience, the work touched us all in unique ways. Some experienced breaking through by the intensity of the sweat lodge, others found the power of stillness of the earth-spirit-walk transformational. And I'm sure we all experienced deep release through the many meditations, bodywork sessions and personal sharings.
It takes great courage and inner commitment to delve into many of the areas that we did, most especially those darker recesses that bring up fear and uncertainty. I feel a deep respect and honour to you all for sharing the journey with us! I hold deep gratitude to Chris, who has the courage and commitment to go there - TO GO REALLY DEEP and hold the space with a safe protected environment. Heart felt thanks Chris!
We feel deeply touched by the inner resolve each and every person offered during the unfolding of the week. There was a fine blend of joy, bliss, tears, sadness, deep contemplation, breakthroughs and many miraculous moments. Of course the process continues for us all as we integrate into our daily lives any treasures or insight that we took away from the Transfiguration.
There was so much energy released and broken down, perhaps more so than any Transfiguration so far. It was very powerful!
With all my heart on behalf of Openhand, I thank you all!
With Love
Trinity




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There is nothing to fear...
15 July, 2010 - 08:19 — jenipurdieWhen Lesley posed the question during one of our early group shares - "who here doesn't believe that we are all god?" - i think i was the only one who expressed some lingering doubt. "I want to believe that" i said. I now realise that as a result of my own experience in the sweat lodge I do believe it. When I felt the fear rising and began to embrace it I saw that all fears are a fear of death. And that therefore all fears are false, because I cannot die, I am eternal. For me, that equates to divinity, to everything/nothing. It took that EXPERIENCE of breakthrough to discover the KNOWING of the truth that has been waiting for me all along.
There is far more than that to say about this truly amazing week. For now, I simply wanted to share my gratitude that I am now free to embrace all of the experiences this life brings me, knowing at a deep level that there is nothing to fear and that I am held in my own divinity.
Thank you Chris, Trinity and all of you for co-creating the magic of our beautiful week!
Jeni xxx
powerful experiences
15 July, 2010 - 20:25 — BenTrinity and Jeni I much appreciated both of your sharings; they reminded me again of the profound time that we spent together and the beauty and magic of being in such a special place with unique and beautiful souls walking the path and shining light, and what's more having the courage to go really deep into our stuff, letting go more and more, and so opening the way for new opportunities to emerge from that.
It felt to me that a lot of energy was shifted and that that movement is still continuing; within the group it felt that profound realisations and unfoldings were taking place (and probably still are!). Its a lovely space in which to 'be', outside a lot of society's conditioning, and it was made more special and powerful by the hard work of Chris and team and the commitment within the group itself. It seemed that by being provided the space and opportunity people really got the chance to be more of who they truly are and to express themselves within that, and also to explore the idea of how to live this in day to day life.
Personally I found it very powerful, and felt the experience facilitated a greater unfolding and exploration on many levels. and that exploration continues...
Thanks to all involved in creating the beautiful and powerful experience that the week offered - both facilitators and participants!
Thankyou to the team. Trinity thankyou for your hard work and multi-tasking behind the scenes and 'under the surface': energy working, delicious food, organisational skills (and more of course)! and to David and Lesley for the invaluable part you played.
Chris, thankyou for once again facilitating with such integrity, power, subtley, dedication, commitment. For creating this powerful course, and this beautiful experience.
thankyou.
with love
Ben
Transfiguration 2010 photos
16 July, 2010 - 10:41 — Trinity BourneVibrant Transfiguration souls...
Lesley delighting in the sweat lodge preparation...
Studio unfoldings...
Openhand ceremony at Cae Mabon
16 July, 2010 - 10:54 — Trinity BourneA powerful morning together - releasing ties with the world that no longer serve us through sacred ceremony...
Studio sharing at cae Mabon more photos
16 July, 2010 - 11:10 — Trinity BourneHeartful sharing with Jeni and Ruth...
Never a dull moment with joyful Mandy...
Ahh the joys...
Re: There is nothing to fear...
17 July, 2010 - 12:36 — Trinity BourneThank you for sharing Jeni! It was wonderful to watch as you unfolded during the week. I particularly enjoyed sharing the experience of your uncontrolable laughter during your wild flower epiphany!
Ben,
Thank you so much for the kind words. I am excited to know what the next chapter in your unfolding brings.
Sending a heart full of Love
Trinity
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The Jewel in the Crown
17 July, 2010 - 18:23 — Lesley LordI find the Transfiguration Course to be the "jewel in the crown" at Openhand. I have repeated it four times now, and there is always more light poured in on my understandings. Two of the courses I did before my own Transfiguration (or Gateway 3 transition) occurred, and I've been through two more since then. Some might think, why bother when the "point" of the course has been achieved? My experience is it's a magical course in a magical location, where ever deeper levels of understandings arise and my appreciation of the Openhand Way reaches new heights. With so many wonderful mirrors it is always an enlightening experience, whatever the stage of your journey and I would highly recommend it to all true seekers.
With love and gratitude to all who were present this time,
Lesley xx
The joys of Transfiguration
19 July, 2010 - 15:40 — Trinity BourneShhhh - this is what they were really doing at Cae Mabon...
It's party time - after a week long Transfiguration you too can become this bendy
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Lesley is amused by the little joys in life...

Transfiguration smiles
19 July, 2010 - 18:03 — Trinity BourneBen and Jasmine sampling the conscious cuisine...
Transfiguration brothers solving the mysteries of life together whilst waiting for the hot tub ...
Chris pontificating on the laws of the universe...

Our own journey's shared
20 July, 2010 - 10:28 — KitalaWhat a week and the sun shone! To me Cae Mabon is a magical place, almost untouched by the frantic outside world and it is easy feel connected with nature and for time to be unimportant (apart from meal times!). It is so peaceful with the noise of the water in the stream, the breeze in the trees and the sound of the birds - such a difference to the world I normally inhabit.
The Openhand team worked tirelessly to allow us to get the most from the week. Chris, Trinity, Lesley and David were always on hand when needed to offer support and friendship in their own individual ways. A super group of people met up and shared, laughed, danced and banged the drums together. Thankyou all.
At a very personal level the Transfiguration was like a deep river for me. On the surface the powerful, steady flow of the water, with Chris guiding us and allowing us to find our own path, but underneath the undercurrents moving powerfully in different ways. This turbulence meant I went through a gamut of emotions and experiences, some joyous and some difficult, but all worthwhile. Shifting and shaking things up and getting some powerful incites. Getting back to 'reality
' has been interesting..
Great to see the pictures to remind me of the time with you all. Mark
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