As I continue to work on my own with the concept of Hibernation, I engage with my inner BEAR. š» š» š»
Bears are amongst the most powerful symbols I find inside my own internal forest.
Once I see it, itās impossible to unsee.
Bears are carriers of maternal archetypal force, fierceness, independence and protection of the young ones.
Bears are sharp and courageous but also raging and destructive.
Above all, Bears follow and represent the cycle of LIFE-Death-LIFE with their natural cycle of hibernation, rest, deep solitude,silence and stillness inside the cave; and then the awakening during spring when she comes out and she is hungry!
Hungry for nutrition (honey is another ancient symbol I have been working with). I see myself a lot in this powerful image.
As I am deep inside both my own moment of hibernation, also deep into my moon time, day 3 of bleed š©ø, when the veil is very thin and one can have deep insight into the nature of life…but also – the collective moment of PAUSE, I had the urge to draw and play with the Bear image.
It has been so therapeutic to recognize my Bear energy, my Rage, my Power, my need to go inwards, and with the cycle of rest (and stop resisting it).
When I am trying so hard to deny these parts of myself all sorts of troubles and imbalance turns up. So I am here, Bear!
Here, cuddled inside my BEAR FAMILY as three of us rest into each other.
Bear hugs to you all!
Aleks
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Aleksandra
She, who remembers.
I work at the threshold, where psyche speaks in symbols, and the soul remembers. Rooted in Jungian depth psychology and Internal Family Systems, my work invites women and seekers into the quiet, often forgotten places within: the underworlds of grief, the wild terrain of desire, the sacred chambers of the inner child, inner mother, the Shadowlands, and Self.
With a background in womenās heath research, in ritual, and in lived experience spaces, I do not offer diagnosis or treatment, I offer devotion to the unfolding Self. On the threshold of becoming- where we always are.
Through dreams, parts work, myth, and the body, I walk beside those ready to meet themselves fully, fiercely, and tenderly.
This is not fast work. It is sacred work.
It is not about fixing, it is about remembering.
I do not promise certainty.
I promise presence, and a deep trust in the wisdom already within you.
My work is rooted in the wild: in the seasons and the body, in the wisdom of the land, and in the deep ecology of the soul. I honour the personal as political, and the psychological as inseparable from the cultural. Feminism, ecopsychology, and embodied awareness are not add-ons here, they are the soil this work grows from.
I offer one-on-one soulwork sessions, womenās circles, and immersive psychoeducational experiences that weave together depth psychology, parts work, and embodiment. Some of this work unfolds indoors, some in wild placesāalways with reverence for the wisdom of nature, the nervous system, and the feminine psyche.
Welcome to the HORĆ nest.
I think you might just be ready to re-member your Self.
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Aleksandra Staneva, PhD - Internal Family Systems & Jung 
This is so intelligently and creatively presented! It is always with a great interest and pleasure that I engage in all your writings.
You are not only very knowledgeable and talented, you are truly gifted! I feel privileged to know you and to have access to your materials!
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