One of the most significantly important aspects of this work, on which it’s very efficacy stands, is the trust that the client must have in the sacred space that I must create and maintain. This space we call the Temenos. The Temenos is a Greek word, which refers to a universal instinct to create a protected, safe space in which to heal and learn. It provides an enclosed, self-rebirthing place, akin to a garden, piece of sacred land or a maternal womb.

We open the sacred space to the six directions calling in the archetypes of Serpent, Jaguar, Humming Bird, Great eagle and the Earth and the Heavens. I then invite you to leave ‘here’ anything that does not serve you, shame, guilt, grief, anger, sadness, physical illness and disease. Release it and leave it right here on the floor of this sacred place, this temple. As so many have done before. Leave it behind regardless of how unpleasant it may seem, so that you can step forward into a future that is free of the limiting beliefs of the past, however ancient their source. There is only love and support here.

With the Sacred Space created and acknowledged it is then crucial to put forth into the Space and into the unconscious the permission to do this deep work. To passionately allow what is unseen to come into the light of consciousness to then be released. As mentioned it may not always be actual events and people that arise but just the sensations and feelings that underlie the manifestations that appear in your day-to-day life.

C. G. Jung relates the Temenos to the spellbinding or magic circle, which acts as a 'safe spot' where mental 'work' can take place. A space wherein an encounter with the unconscious can be had and where these unconscious contents can safely be brought into the light of consciousness. In this manner one can meet one's own Shadow, the wise old man or woman and finally the Self.