Let us together create a Soft Simple Still world
for our heart, our soul and for the 7th Generation to come
Hi! my name is Sam. I am a Gardener and Storyteller of the Soul who weaves shamanism, story-telling and spiritual mentoring with the wisdom of the ever changing seasons and moon cycles, to create a gentle and profound space for healing and transformation. I live in Sydney Australia near the beautiful rocks of Coogee Beach.
Soft. Simple. Still. is a place where, like gentle butterflies that land upon your hand, words will land softly in your heart for profound healing, stillness and simplicity. Welcome to a Soft. Simple. Still world.
She travels alone.
Alone along the road of life,
where people come
and people go.
Where people share interests
and people share differences.
Where friendships are formed
and relationships made.
She travels alone.
Alone along the road of life
where she meets
and connects,
where she discovers
and finds,
sometimes friendships
sometimes relationships.
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She travels alone.
Alone along the road of life
she experiences adventures
she experiences love
she experiences loss .
She travels alone
alone along the raod of life,
And somewhere in her travels
she finds that space,
where her heart can stop trying
and her mind can stop racing,
where her words
can be free
and her energy
can be true…
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Once she traveled alone.
Alone along this road of life,
and then
she found
her place.
For so long we run.
We hide.
We get distracted.
We fall.
We achieve.
We climb higher and higher.
We dig deeper and deeper.
We run away.
We fall prey to a life that isn't ours.
And we do
and do
and do...
and then somewhere in the mist of all of that chaos we decide to stop doing...
and we listen...
and usually - not always - the listening comes because the little voice in our heart yells so loudly that we fall
fall hard.
Dis-ease,
illness,
pain
addictions
they are just some of they ways we fall.
So then, we realise we have no other choice
other than to listen…
TO LISTEN TO OUR HEART.
Soft. Simple Still has been created for you to do just that,
to PAUSE and LISTEN to the depth of something deeper,
to the depth of something sacred
to the depth of something profoundly real
- YOUR HEART
I recently wrote about each of those words
And why they are important words for me, and maybe you too.
My friend, I am passionate about helping folk like you LISTEN, FEEL, LOVE and BECOME who you are meant to be, by accessing the ancient wisdom that lives deep within your own inner landscape, so that YOU become your own Wise One, Medicine Person, Shaman and Healer,
And when you do that,
you come home
HOME
TO YOUR HEART.
As you have just read, my writings are poetic in nature.
They create a story, and imagery
they are a sacred journey for you to travel to, and enter into.
For me that is the best way to convey what I have to offer.
Storytelling is important.
It takes us from the here and now and takes us to that magical place of depth,
of vision,
of imagination.
I write to heal.
I write so you can share.
I write so that a community can be created.
I am a self confessed tea-a-holic, and a lover of nature, particularly the ocean.
Let us imagine that you are sitting here at my kitchen table, and you are sharing a cuppa with me, maybe you would like some homemade bread too?
Look outside my window my dear friend.
There are a lot of plants in front of your vision,
and beyond that,
is the ocean.
Come join me here and share a cuppa or three.
Every Wednesday I will put the kettle - Wholesome Wednesday.
Every Sunday - Soulful Sunday - I will send out my podcast - Mindful Moments with Sam.
I like Wednesdays. It is the middle of the week where the beginning of the week and all its bits and bobs have come and gone, and the end of the week is yet to come.
I will call it Wholesome Wednesday.
I will write to you on (most!) Wednesdays and offer you soft words of mindful ways of being in your inner and outer world,
soft words of stillness and healing,
soft words of nature connection and meditations.
I would love you to share a cuppa with me on Wednesdays.
I like Sunday’s as well.
It is the lazy day of the week where long breakfasts are eaten at my Dad’s and chats linger long and beautiful with family members. On this day I will upload a new meditation for you to listen to. To enable your Sunday to be long and beautiful and held and soft.
When you join me for tea on Wednesday or a Meditation on Sunday
you will get an invitation to pause in your daily life
you will get the opportunity to share a meditation or mindful thought or a healing process with me
you will get the opportunity to walk softer upon the earth, to slow down and deeply breathe out
will get the opportunity to heal - yourself, your lineage and the earth
you will also get the opportunity to comment and be part of my online community.
and finally, you will get the opportunity to help me shine my light further afield by commenting and sharing.
Here are what some people say about my writings:
“Sam's poetic writing is a mediation with nature and life. A refreshing breath of fresh air.” -
“This is an beautiful invitation to explore your inner knowing through words, ritual and ceremony. To pause and take sanctuary in a place where you can breathe, connect and allow the healing energy to wash over you.”
“I supported your work because I believe attending to our heart is essential and the more people who embark on this journey, the greater the healing and well being for everyone.” - Dimitrios
“I supported your work because…I’ve been reading your weekly messages for the past few weeks and every time they touch my heart and I look forward to them every week now”
Eloise
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Here is what your financial support tells me:
“I value the time it takes for you to write these emails and letters, and I value the time it takes to record your meditations”
”Thank you for writing your healing words for all of us to read and melt into.”
I am a lighthouse.
Your financial support is my foundation.
Your financial support also ensures that my personal life is soft and simple and still.
THANK YOU
So, thank you for creating a gentler path for our future generation.
In honour of your journey,
ps/ Here are some other posts you may like to read with your cup of tea
💔Are you experiencing Soul Loss?
🌸 Will you sit on the bench with me?
🍃 Life as a highly sensitive person?
If you were really sitting at my kitchen table we would probably have some kind of conversation that would go something like this:
“What inspired you today? What made your heart smile? And when was the last time you danced?”
My dear friend, please introduce yourself and share…
What inspired you today?
What made you smile?
When was the last time you danced?
Or maybe just share your substack URL and what it is about…or simply if you like tea and cake or coffee and scones?
Ps/ You can also contact me personally on sam@samanthacorrie.com.au or you can pour yourself a cuppa and browse my website here.
This is a wonderful conclusion, Sam. I particularly loved this bit: "So then, we realise we have no other choice other than to listen." For me, the times this happens to me made certain things clearer and simpler. Not to mention the necessary ego-check. :)
I am delighted to accept the invitation Sam. It is truly my sacred sanctuary to come here each week and be enveloped in your kindness. Where I find deep meaning, connection and the sacred pause to be able to listen to my heart. I will always enjoy a traditional breakfast tea the most, but also herbal teas, rose, chamomile and green tea. Hmmm, I probably don't dance enough, but I sometimes will when a good song is playing. x