The Magic Reviews
On
The
Transformation
"Once you unblend, you can't go back. You can't go back to being hijacked all of the time."
"I can't unsee that I'm not the one being hijacked. I now have agency over her."
"I'm not unhappy with myself. She has hijacked me because she's terrified."
"You're not the violin player, you're the conductor. You're in the driver's seat."
"You're not an actor on the stage. You're actually the playwright."
"My core purpose, my core driving purpose, comes from within. I'm enough."
"The heaviness comes from my chest, the lightness comes from my gut... where things should emanate from. It's all in my gut."
On
The
Unlock
"I've been in therapy for like 20 years, and you just described the nervous system to me. That was the unlock."
"Can you imagine making things stick and reclaiming consistent energy without a working awareness of these protective parts of your nervous system? No, that was the unlock."
"The reason there's conflict within you is there's multiple energy patterns that have different agendas."
"When I start thinking, I'm like, well, there's your problem. You do not want to think when you're in the middle of a tennis point. You just play."
On
What
Actually
Shifted
"I'm so much more relaxed... I can really see the ability to bring down the stress levels after things... you're done with it. I don't even think about it anymore. It just comes down."
"I can tap into this presence."
"I needed to be internally driven... I can be internally driven."
"I needed to just let the external shoulds go for a little bit and just see what happens if I just sit with myself."
On
The
Group
Experience
"It wasn't like Ellie was leading the group. It was like we were all leading each other."
"Every time we meet, there is someone who has this brilliant moment of clarity... And there's someone who was like, 'This is what I'm really struggling with.' And I'm like, 'Yeah, me too.'"
"You get both ends—feeling like you're not alone. And then there's someone who just throws out this bomb that gives you chills."
"We are all learning these things together about our internal nervous system and how that relates to whatever goal we're trying to get to."
"I'm learning something from everybody. We're learning together, but we're learning from each other so much."
On
Learning
To
Meditate
"What I love about Sanctuary is that it's unstructured... this is the first one that is literally like just be."
"I have dabbled in meditation for years... but I needed to just let the external shoulds go for a little bit and just see what happens if I just sit with myself."
"This is the first one that feels completely self-driven."
On
Before
vs.
After
BEFORE:
"I've been making my decisions or living my life based on external forces of what I should be doing and how I should be living my life."
AFTER:
"My core purpose, my core driving purpose, comes from within. I'm enough. I have enough knowledge to drive that and to pick and choose instead of being externally driven."
BEFORE:
"I'm not doing protein. Get the fuck off."
AFTER:
"Oh, God, she's working so hard. What a sweetheart she is."
BEFORE:
"Why don't things stick? You keep trying things and they're not sticking."
AFTER:
"Can you imagine making things stick and reclaiming consistent energy without a working awareness of these protective parts of your nervous system? No, that was the unlock."
BEFORE:
"I feel like I get too far away from it, and then I'm like, 'Wait, why have I been doing this?'"
AFTER:
"I can tap into this presence... I'm so much more relaxed... I don't even think about it anymore. It just comes down."
