Inner Journey with Dr. Saliha Afridi

Inner Journey with Dr. Saliha Afridi

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Inner Journey with Dr. Saliha Afridi episodes

  • Episode 22: Forgiveness .. it’s so hard…

    If ‘forgiveness’ is hard for you, try saying the word ‘compassion’ or try saying ‘I want to heal’

    What is it and what is not

    Why should we do it
    What the journey is like
    What is pseudo-forgiveness

    It has been a long journey for me to come to the place where I see the value of this ongoing act for my own self…

    Forgiveness is an act of self love

    It is a practice of a generous heart
    It is freeing
    It is in service of an open and tender heart that loves and lives deeply

    What you practice gets stronger

    What you feed will grow

    What feelings and thoughts are you practicing and growing?

    58 min
  • Episode 21: Grief, loneliness, trauma- we are all feeling it… we all know it…

    I share the framework of Francis Wellers gates of grief - all the grief in us that we have not acknowledged or processed - it’s in all of us

    1. We will all lose someone and something we love. This scares us and we run from acknowledging this. If we soften into it- we might know the depths of love.

    2. We all have parts that have never known love. If we grieve the times and experiences where we lost these parts, and show them love and bring these parts to the light of love, we might know integrity and wholeheartedness.

    3. We all are grieving the sorrows of the world. What humans are doing to each other, the planet, to animals, to the oceans… if we feel this grief, we might know what it means to be connected.

    4. We all are grieving the loss of what we expected but did not recieve. This longing for a ‘home’, this need for belonging- it’s our inheritance and coded into our cellular and spiritual memory. If we tend to this grief we might know the duty we have to each other.

    5. We all have an ancestral grief. We are not just a sum of our childhoods, but all the ancestors that came before us. If we acknowledge this grief, we might know that we have the power to heal the world.

      6. 1 hr 4 min
    6. Episode 20: Scarcity Vs Abundance Mindset
      • scarcity vs abundance mindset (love, money, time)
      • I briefly touch on un-integrated shadow of money - limiting beliefs you have (I will do a seoerste live on this another day)
      • why does it still hurt when i have done so much work on healing
      • how hope is keeping you stuck and full acceptance of an event or experience means giving up the hope of it being different
        • 1 hr 1 min
      • Episode 15: How intuition shows up for us

        I wanted to share a story with you guys today as to how intuition sometimes shows up in our lives.

        It can show up as a song, it can show up as the sun shining down in a specific moment, and even in the dreams of those close to us (also called Dream Tending).

        How has intuition shown up for you?

        InnerJourney #intuition #dreams
        8 min
      • Episode 14: Breathing for 11 minutes - How & Why

        Many of you have seen my stories about breathing for eleven minutes and have asked me to share more details, so I want to share with you the full practice that I have built up to.

        The practice is done with intention and devotion, a place for me to connect with myself and my spirit, a place where I ask and open myself up to recieve.

        I know that it’s a bit hard to commit these minutes to ourselves, but really keep at it…I promise you it’s worth the struggle.

        InnerJourney #breathwork #meditationpractice
        8 min
      • Episode 13: Loneliness and it’s impact on our overall health

        Loneliness and it’s impact on our overall health

        Loneliness is different from being alone, and it’s different from solitude.

        Loneliness is not just painful but it is also lethal.

        Connecting to ourselves - our bodies, our spirit, our values

        Connecting to our tribe
        Connecting to nature
        Connecting to our community

        These types of connections are antidepressants and anti-anxiety

        Consider your time- how do you spend it? Are you deliberate and intentional about who you see and what you do?

        And when you are there are you too busy distracted on social media or emails ?

        We do a lot, but we aren’t experiencing a lot… and that experience = connection… and they connection is what we are all longing for …

        1 hr 3 min
      • Episode 19: Intuition and lessons from my journey

        On this live I speak about many things including an insight from my journey abo it the difference between perfect and complete… how since childhood we receive brainwashing from every institution from childhood that what it means to be ‘complete’- and only “perfect” is complete… how 100 out of 100 is complete.

        To tease apart those two ideas… perfect and complete - is the task of a lifetime.

        I am complete and I am progressing.

        I am healed and I am healing.
        I know and I am learning.
        Life is now and we need a plan.

        That delicate balance of these two ways of life… being and doing.

        And life… it doesn’t start when things are all settled. It will never be ‘settled’… life is unsettling also. Life is imperfect also. Life has bad days also. That is life. I have arrived… and I don’t have to change anything about my life… this is what deep acceptance and surrender must feel like (??!) - it’s a very new feeling for me.

        I also speak about intuition/listening to your inner guide/ wise adult/ authentic self/ trusting your decisions etc (which is all the same thing btw)

        Let me know your thoughts… and questions ❤️

        PS I mentioned Acceptance and Commitment Therapy- there is a level 1 workshop coming up by Dr Daniela Salazar in March see @lighthousearabia

        I also mentioned JV - he is a therapist @lighthousearabia - he has workshops he does on Alchemy of Art and also on intuition.

        1 hr 1 min
      • Episode 18: Shadow Work Part 2

        Shadow work … answering your questions

        What is the shadow?
        Why do we project it?
        Why to do the work?
        Can young people do shadow work?
        How to spot your shadow?
        How to integrate traits like greed and aggression?

        1 hr 4 min
      • Episode 17: Complexes and Shadow Work

        Complexes and Shadow work

        "Shadow work requires heroic willingness to take responsibility of oneself to grow up, and therefore be less demanding and expectant of others"

        Where are you demanding and expectant of others?

        "Shadow work asks us to stop blaming others.

        it asks us to take responsibility.
        it asks us to move slowly.
        It asks us to deepen our awareness.
        It asks us to hold paradox.
        It asks us to open our hearts.
        It asks us to sacrifice our ideals of perfection.
        It asks us to live the mystery.
        We suggest that you relate to the shadow as a mystery rather than a problem to be solved or an illness to be cured"

        Follow the trigger. The big reactions. The times you fight, flight, freeze or fawn.

        Follow the people and the things that annoy you.

        They will take you to the energy pockets called complexes.

        As you learn about the complex, you will integrate more and more of the trapped energy in that complex into your consciousness...

        giving you more energy, more personal power. more freedom.

        1 hr 6 min
      • Episode 12: What does it mean to have generosity of spirit and having greatness of spirit?
        Generosity

        What does it mean to have generosity of spirit and having greatness of spirit?

        What can you give/ be generous with?

        • You are a custodian of everything you have/ nothing y nothing you have belongs to you (time/money/love/belongings/talent/education)

          • What is *not generosity?

          If you expect anything in return- you have lost the benefits of that
          -do it for your karmic account / God/ Higher self account

          How can you BEcome more generous?

          • you are what you repeatedly do - do generosity to be generous

            • I also answered some questions about “boundaries” and “toxic generosity” (not sure what that is but I answered it accordingly)

            Oh and thank you for being so generous with your attention and love and support for me and I fumbled at the beginning of this live 😵‍💫

            1 hr 5 min

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