The inner and outer Journey
The Spiral Up Process is unlike other programs that focus on goals to the exclusion of inner work, or offer spiritual guidance without being anchored in the practical details that make up our lives. Distinctively, the Spiral Up Process, combined with the other elements of the Coaching Sanctuary, forms the perfect balance for both forward action and spiritual development. It balances the best of sacred masculine energy—intentional, goal-oriented, linear strengths that forward us on our horizontal path—with divine feminine energy—intuition, receptivity, relatedness that lift us on our vertical path of spirit and soul. By working with these two sets of strengths, we are able to expertly navigate any challenge and take advantage of every opportunity.
We come to recognize that feeling fulfilled comes not from a linear path, but from transformative cycles—the balance of both the horizontal and vertical––that create the Spiral Up path.
Spirals in our lives
Spirals are the most widespread shape in nature, present in everything from the swirl
of galaxies to whirlpools in a river. Like a spiral staircase, the shape of our lives is meant to rise to ever-widening levels of perception, perspective, and expression. And like the universe, we are dynamic, ever evolving. But conscious evolution doesn’t just happen to us; it requires our participation. When you actively engage in the Spiral Up Process, you tune in to the natural cycle of life that includes letting go and surrender, as well as forward movement and progress. This ebb and flow, contraction and expansion, allows you to move toward your dreams in ways that you never imagined possible.
As with any heroic journey, we embark on this particular Journey because we want to have a breakthrough in our lives, to create something we’ve never had before—perhaps a satisfying career, a passionate rom
antic partnership, a deep sense of peace and joy. Spiral Up shows us how to evolve from conditioned habits of thinking and behaving to an Inspired Life. The Spiral Up Process maps this evolutionary journey by starting out with a foundation level that helps you tune into and prepare for the three different levels, or stages, of consciousness, signified by the three loops in the upward spiral.
The bottom loop (Level One) represents a place we all go to now and again, Life by Default. This is when we're on automatic pilot, operating in an inauthentic fashion, struggling to get something from out there to make us happy. The middle loop (Level Two) is Aspiration: the realm we enter as soon as we make the conscious choice to live more authentically, in alignment with our highest self. As we start to become the women we know we can be, our zeal for life builds, and we ascend to the top rung of the Spiral (Level Three), Inspiration.
