The Sweet Spot of Sweat Equity

Sweat & Spirit: Playing with The 2 Poles of Manifestation — the Physical and the Visionary

Join me, Claire O’Connor, as I explore this fascinating topic with the transcendent David Paul Bayles, renowned Sierra Books photographer.

 

 

Click here to access the recording of David’s call

Manifestation of sacred space — and indeed all manifestation — involves a dynamic interplay of dreaming and doing; spiritual and concrete.

In this call, you’ll learn how to:

  • Connect more deeply to the soul of your sweet spot through physical doing and appreciating
  • Transform a childhood wound around a living space into a gift
  • Appreciate the powerful interplay between the physical and visionary (sweat and spirit) aspects of manifestation

We’ll explore ways in which vision and sweat can be paths toward a deeper connection with your Sweet Spot and a richer, more meaningful and powerful manifestation process.

David says:

To my knowledge, the space I occupied in the womb was pretty typical – once I left that sweet spot, things got crowded and complicated. I spent the first eight years of my life sharing one room with three other people. For the next 50 years, personal space always presented me with challenges. Over and over, I lived inside the story of there not being ‘enough room’ for me. Then the winds blew hard — big changes were headed my way.

I’ll be sharing my potent experience with the process of transforming my grief and rage over our blown-down forest into the building of my dream studio.

This experience continues to heal my stories around how much space I can take up, what kind of space I inhabit — and deserve. It’s an inner and outer journey.

I am fed daily by the sweet souls of the trees that became the soul of the studio that now sustains my creative soul… soul to soul to soul. I am connected intimately with the raw physical energy and sweat of the men who worked with me to get it built. My sweat and vision is intertwined with theirs in the innards of this sacred space.

The Kindred Wind Studio at David Paul and Lea Bayles' Dreaming Forest Farm

 

About David

David Paul Bayles is a photographer and teacher — living, creating and loving, with his wife Lea Bayles on Dreaming Forest Farm in the foothills of the Oregon Coast Range. His luminous and provocative photographs are in museum and private collections in the US and Europe and have been published in numerous magazines. His acclaimed book Urban Forest was selected by the Christian Science Monitor as one of their seven favorite photography books for 2003. He has taught workshops in Norway, Italy, Central and Southern California. Through his blog Alder Ego, upcoming exhibits and new workshops, David explores the interplay between photography, creativity, personal transformation and connection to nature.

Click here to access the recording of David’s call