In Frances Hodgson Burnett鈥檚 classic children鈥檚 story, The Secret Garden, there is a passage where the young girl, Mary, describes springtime to Colin, a bedbound boy who has not ventured outside in some time. 鈥業t is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine, and things pushing up and working under the earth,鈥� she tells him.1 This is an image I hold in mind as the seasons turn. It also seems a rich way of visualising an inner journey, in which we seek to 鈥榰phold the tension of the opposites鈥�, as Jung put it.2
This issue鈥檚 cover article, 鈥楾he sound of dreams鈥� by Caroline Georgiou (p6), is about innerdance, which is a sound-healing modality. Caroline鈥檚 account of this experiential practice certainly has echoes of sun on the rain and rain on the sun. She describes how those taking part simultaneously experience somatic arousal and deep rest. And I think that this makes sense because, as Jos茅 Luis Leal hints at on p11, most therapeutic transformation can only emerge from contrasting states being simultaneously present. And with some synchronicity, Alistair Ross also writes about embracing our inner weather (p19). 听
The theme runs through Helen Carter鈥檚 words on p24. She is the first to take part in our new feature Ten reasons, which introduces practitioners from different faith contexts, and invites them to talk about how their worldview impacts their work. Helen shares that her belief system, Buddhism, acts as a container and supports her sense of therapeutic presence. Here too, there is a strong sense that suffering can be more fully felt in the context of 鈥榖eing with鈥�. I hope that you like this new feature and if you would like to share your own 鈥榯en reasons鈥�, then please do get in touch. 听
Playing about with the symbolism in Mary鈥檚 depiction of springtime, I am reminded just how useful metaphor can be at filling spaces where words don鈥檛 quite come. Mike Moss鈥檚 article, 鈥楢 shared journey鈥� (p20), is an example of this. It describes an active imagination exercise during a supervision session. By trusting in the power of an image, and letting go of the usual structure, Mike and his supervisee were able to find new meaning, and access parts of their combined process that were still 鈥榩ushing up and working under the earth鈥� (to return to Mary鈥檚 seasonal chat with Colin). Arguably, spirituality itself works in a similar way in the therapeutic relationship. And, although it holds an inevitable mystery, advocates like 香港六合彩精准资料 Spirituality Executive member, Sukhi Sian, call for it to be named and recognised in workplaces. Read Toolkit on p12 to find out why.听
I hope that you will find springtime inspiration in these pages and, as ever, please get in touch if you would like to write about your ways of working听
Amy McCormack, Editor
thresholds.editorial@bacp.co.uk
