OUR HEART'S DESIRE: THE CREATION OF BODY & SOUL
"We, Julia and Scott, use our full power of intention, imagination, action and mindfulness to create the following Heart’s Desire: We work together in our center. This center nurtures healthy living and spiritual development. Our center is a sacred space that imbues order, simplicity, beauty and functionality. It is a fun place to work and has great energy. This center provides creative, fulfilling service in which we are both successful and inspired."
~ Written November 2001 in Bristol, England
This affirmation has become the reality that is Body & Soul Wellness Center and Spa. Wow! Our meeting and subsequent journey together has been so wonderful and exciting - we’d love to share the story with you...
We met on March 1st, 2001 at Mt. Madonna Center, a well known retreat in Northern California, at a meditation workshop with Dr. Jon Kabat Zinn. Neither the distance (Julia from UK & Scott from Iowa) nor the 150 other workshop participants would interfere with destiny’s meeting. Our conscious connection began on a magical stroll through the magnificent redwood forest. That connection kept tapping on our hearts until we conversed via email two weeks after the workshop had concluded. Thus began our 18 month long distance relationship.
During this whirlwind courtship, we came to realize just exactly how each of us had attracted the other through the divine principles of intention and manifestation. We had independently created affirmations for the soul mate we wished to find, long before the Mt. Madonna meeting.
Julia - "My soul mate will meet me spiritually, psychologically,
emotionally, physically, mentally and soulfully."
Scott - Drawing upon the "recipe" for creating one’s heart’s desires as outlined by Sonia Choquette, Scott affirmed, "I am in a meaningful, loving, soulful, and passionate relationship."
Unfortunately, neither of us was specific about the geographical location of our soul mates! No matter. Four thousand miles and different cultures could never interfere with our true soul connection.
And so, we each endured 7 trips (14 total) across the Atlantic. It was during these rendezvous that our souls merged and we began to dream our wildest dreams together.
Dreams about our relationship - “soulful, committed; keeping the relationship the central priority in our lives...”
Dreams about our home - “beautiful, warm, hospitable...”
Dreams about our family - “loving, happy, close...”
Dreams about our work together “service, healing, fulfilling...”
To maintain the energy and passion of our dreams during the times we were apart we wrote them all down as affirmations (“heart’s desires” as Sonia would call them). They traveled with us, backwards and forwards on our trips, we’d read them together and then imagine their unfolding; daydreaming and planning each one - it was so exciting!
After mountains of immigration paperwork and legalities, we married in September 2002 in Galena, Illinois. Soon after, we manifested the home of our dreams - and it had everything we desired - even a meditation room! In June 2004, Body & Soul was born - a true reflection of our collective desire to nurture and care for others in a beautiful, serene and sacred setting. Body & Soul has a spiritual purpose, and we have been given the opportunity to be the stewards of its mission; “...a Safe Place for people to Relax, Heal, Connect and Grow.” Just as it was the hand of grace that brought the two of us together, it is grace that brought into creation the God-given dream that has become Body & Soul.
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We hope that you’ll share in the ever unfolding story that is the Center, and believe that you also can make all of your dreams come true.
With love -
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