Toko-pa Turner on Adorning the Emptiness, Dreams as Transmissions from Nature, and Initiation into True Belonging [episode 103]
Toko-pa Turner is the author of the bestselling book “Belonging,” an international speaker, and a teacher and authority on dreams. In this episode, we dive into:
- Why there is always an emptiness that precedes creativity
- How an altar can emerge out of an empty space, by leaving an invitation for something to show up
- How you can work with dreams as the transmission from the unseen world
- How nature comes to you through dreams
- Why your personal purpose fits into the larger ecosystem
- Why expansion and contraction are essential to belonging
- How belonging isn’t just a state you can achieve
- Why belonging is the silent wound of our times
- How exile from false belonging is an incredibly sacred place, and a necessary initiation into true belonging
- Why your sense of belonging is an ancestral inheritance of displaced people
- How to live with the grief of the broken momentum of your ancestors, and how you can begin to mend
- How dreams serve the individual as well as the collective
- Why dream interpretation is really about getting comfortable with not knowing
- Why you need to build intimacy by sharing your dreamwork together with your communities
Links
- Connect with Toko-pa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tokopa/
- Connect with Toko-pa through her website and sign up for her newsletter: https://toko-pa.com/
- Buy a copy of Toko-pa’s book Belonging: https://toko-pa.com/belonging-the-book-by-toko-pa/
- Check out Toko-pa’s online course Dreamwalking: https://toko-pa.com/dreamwalking-a-course-on-dreams-by-toko-pa-turner/
- Find out more about Toko-pa’s Annual Women’s Retreat: https://toko-pa.com/annual-dreaming-retreat/
- Connect with Toko-pa on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TokopaTurner/