Oz
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When I was a kid I was obsessed with watching The Wizard of Oz.
There’s never been another movie that impacted me like it. We would create a ‘magic bubble’ with blankets on the sofa, pop in the VHS and press play. (I’d then discover it hadn’t been rewound so we’d do that, the VCR whirring away, wait patiently) and then settle back down.
We’d watch the whole movie from start to finish, I knew exactly what was going to happen next, what the characters were going to say. My body braced at the scary bits.
If we try and watch a family movie now (with my 5 and 11 year old), I try and create the same aesthetic feeling - phones away, snacks ready (so no one asks during the film), dog cuddled in under a blanket. I’ve never felt more ‘at home’ than I do when we’re all together on the sofa. My daughter is super high energy and I enjoy the stillness after the ‘work’ has been done.
My favourite scene in The Wizard of Oz is when Glinda first appears like a vision as Dorothy is just settling into munchkin land.
I also loved the part when Dorothy got into the hot air balloon to go home. There’s truly no place like home and when I younger and travelling, I would find ways to be ‘home’. inside my heart if I missed the feeling of it. Especially useful on delayed planes and trains.
Like how totally magical?! 🎈
Have you ever been inside a hot air balloon? I haven’t.
Although when I was pregnant with my first child, my husband and I woke up in Italy to catch our flight home at sunrise and the sky was full of hot air balloons - it' was incredible. One of my many art imitating life moments.
Dorothy was a strong heroine in so many ways - a beautiful female role model for me as a kid and I’m sure helped influenced a lot of my adventures solo travelling as a young adult.
And of course our lives and this movie are made up of many many parts - I once saw the ruby slippers on display as part of a fashion exhibition - they were beautiful and a lot smaller than I thought they’d be.1
I wouldn’t say they were magical, the movie is bigger than the sum of it’s parts though - that’s the magic my love?
Space to dream
It occured to me whilst scrolling IG for hook ideas the other day that we are presented with an extraordinary amount of stuff from other people’s lives.
We can curate our feeds but ultimately if we fall into a scroll hole, the algorithm remembers and shows us more of that. It’s like falling down a rabbit hole into the witches castle when you meant to stay in munchkin land.
Actually I think it’s the vortex of spiritual warfare to forget what we’re here to do. (no judgement but we’re smarter than this - we operate on so many levels).
But here’s the thing about opposites… you can’t hold both…
This is why I love yoga nidra so much - Lauren Barber is one of my favourite teachers and she has many yoga nidra meditations here. It gives me so much insight and helps me remember…
Opposites teach me so much…
… as do contrasts…
I guess once of the things I love to do as a space holder is remind you of your potential, get you truly connected to what you’re here to do.
We are all mirrors for each other’s potential…
…reflecting back the essence by noticing and being kind, saying the things we feel and think - helping each other come back to centre.
If you are feeling a little untethered and missed our visioning session at the start of the year, it’s below…you can use it for the start of your new chapter this Spring/ Summer?
I can’t wait to tell you more about what has come to fruition through the intention setting work I did in this class - maybe next week?
I also wanted to share another workshop on storytelling and our origin story which prompted this post and me telling you about my passionate obsession with all things OZ.2
It’s called ‘Your Origin Story is your Superpower’ and it was delivered by Claire Tomkins for my members yesterday
You can watch it below if you’d like - I think you’ll adore the writing prompts and unlocking new parts of YOUR story.
With love for the next chapter of our story and huge thanks to my friend Hannah Harvey who inspired this post.
Let’s lean into whatever helps us remember our unique magic!?
Claire
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