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Dreamspeak: Tiny Acorn; Mighty Oak – Toko-pa

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://toko-pa.com/2007/08/17/dreamspeak-tiny-acorn-mighty-oak/ Click on the link above to visit Toko-pa’s site for this beautiful and important piece on the personal and collective significance of dreaming, the ‘daimon’ and creativity in its widest sense:- ‘The daimon is in your goosebumps and sudden … Continue reading →

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Belonging: Be the Longing – Toko-pa

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Click on the link at the end of this piece for Toko-pa’s wonderful post. ‘The ache to belong in friendship and community can be so pervasive that it colours everything we do.‘ The writer stumbled across these words yesterday, and … Continue reading →

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Toko-pa – Where is my vital edge?

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://toko-pa.com/2015/02/26/where-is-my-vital-edge/ Click on the link for Toko-pa’s lovely blog, and this post on walking the line of our ‘vital edge’:- ‘We are both compelled by our wild nature into new forms of living, while also aching for the stability and … Continue reading →

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Toko-pa: On Being Cooked

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Toko-pa: On Being Cooked Click on the title for this helpful, profound post from Toko-pa on the pain and slow process elements of an ordeal by fire, and how we hold/fail to hold that culturally! Here’s a link to a … Continue reading →

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Dreamspeak: Ancestral Healing – Toko-pa Turner

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Dreamspeak: Ancestral Healing – Toko-pa Turner Thanks (once again) to Monica Cassani for the link to this beautiful and interesting post by Toko-pa Turner. Toko-pa talks about healing trauma/inward wounds passed through generations, drawing in her own family experiences, and the … Continue reading →

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