Coming Home to Myself: Reflections for Nurturing a Woman's Body and Soul

by Marion Woodman, Jill Mellick

Guidance, enlightenment and truth on every page. From the writings of Marion Woodman and the mind of Jill Mellick, this book is a combination of moving words and beautiful artwork. In her previous landmark works such as Addiction to Perfection , Woodman captured the attention of half a million readers who found sustenance in the feminine wisdom she had to offer. By integrating Woodman’s words into prose poems, Mellick adds an additional layer of inspiration. Connect with your feminine essence. The driving force behind this book is the beauty and significance of the feminine essence. Through quotes and stunning watercolors, readers are offered sacred reminders of our worth and power as women. By carefully selecting excerpts from Woodman’s works, Mellick has crafted a book for women everywhere, guaranteed to speak to the soul. Daily meditation practice. We could all benefit by taking a moment each day to pause and reflect. Women, especially, often find themselves caught up in a number of roles and tasks that they strive to fill and complete. This book is a resting place, away from the chaos. It is a chance to check in with your body and mind and gain a higher vision for the day ahead. Read Coming Home to Reflections for Nurturing a Woman's Body and Soul and discover… Readers of other inspirational books for women such as Wild Mercy , That’s What She Said , or Beautifully Said will love Coming Home to Myself .

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Spirituality, Self Help, Poetry, Womens, Philosophy

280 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1998

About the author

Marion Woodman was a Canadian mythopoetic author and women's movement figure. She was a Jungian analyst trained at the C. G. Jung Institute in Zürich, Switzerland. She was one of the most widely read authors on feminine psychology, focusing on psyche and soma. She was also an international lecturer and poet. Her collection of audio and visual lectures, correspondence, and manuscripts are housed at OPUS Archives and Research Center, in Santa Barbara, California. Among her collaborations with other authors she wrote with Thomas Moore, Jill Mellick and Robert Bly. Her brothers were the late Canadian actor Bruce Boa and Jungian analyst Fraser Boa.

Reviews

[Christina Soderstrom · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book came to me just when I could understand it.

[Sophie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I consider this book as a daily meditation. I couldn't stop reading it and after finishing this book i go back to it and select a section and read with heart , highly recommended

[April · Rating 5 out of 5]

I discovered Marion Woodman through Stephen Cope (author of Yoga and the Quest for the True Self.) He spoke highly of her, piquing my interest. A student of Carl Jung and a woman in touch with her Self (note capital S), Woodman encapsulates femininity—both the marvelous and torturous aspects—offering awareness, non-judgment, and a creative path to wholeness.

"Body work is soul work.
Imagination is the bridge
between body and soul.
To have healing power,
an image needs to be taken into our body on our breath.
Only then can the image connect
with the life force.
Only then can things change" (page 42).

"I trust there is a healing process
going on in my unconscious.
If I can keep in touch with it,
my life flows forward;
I constantly open to what
I could never have imagined" (page 276).

"Simplifying is the most elegant of tasks
in our cluttered culture" (page 298).

[Luciana Vichino · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great insights but lacks the depth you can find on her other amazing books. To be used more like a citations book.

[Gabi · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of my new year's resolutions is that I will try, at least once a month, to find a way to systematically feed my soul. Coming Home to Myself was an excellent start. It is basically composed of tiny meditations/free verses that tell us everything we already know, but insist on forgetting on a daily basis. It's a very quick read, and helped me soothe the sharp edges of stressful days with its delicate simplicity. Sometimes I need books that restore my sense of perspective, and this is certainly one of them.

I have to admit that, now and then, the style felt a bit too preachy, but not terribly so. And the title is not lying when it says it is "nurturing"! I really feel I'm going to come back to it once in a while to read a random page or two.

Maybe this book's main contribution is to remind us - again and again - that women are not completely alone when it comes to their very personal experiences. The private is public indeed, and that doesn't make our experiences any less our own.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

An absolutely wonderful book. Jungian analyst Marion Woodman’s wisdom is poetically rendered in a collection of images, metaphors, and insights on topics that range from blind patriarchy through perfection to conscious femininity

[Rain Jewelle Martin]

gently inspiring and graceful

[carmoucm · Rating 1 out of 5]

I couldn't get into it, I wanted to but it was too ethereal for me

[Ioana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a short book that distills the whole essence of Marion Woodman's work.

Her teachings take a sort of poetry form and are all introduced by a small prose, a sort of explanation by Jill Melick.

Even I, who have read before a bit of Marion's work, found these teaching at times pretty cryptic. I am very curios what someone who never heard of her would make out of this book.

Nevertheless, for me it's that sort of book you keep close to yourself, read a bit and journal a lot about what you have read. There is so much wisdom here.

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this after doing my morning pages. I’ll read a chapter a day. I just finished my first read through, and I love this book so much. Marion Woodman was on to something and I am grateful to have found her work.

[Georgia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thank you Bill for thinking of me, for being my friend for almost 40 years and for loving me when I can't love myself.

[Jenna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this as a daily meditation/reflection. I plan to return to this book again and again.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

The year of reading thing when I seriously need to read them continues. Maybe it's just life now.

[Elham Sarikhani · Rating 3 out of 5]

Marion Woodman delightful insights on self-compassion, inner balance, and the importance of embracing one's true nature.

[Emma Durand · Rating 5 out of 5]

I could have highlighted the entire book

[Amber Middlebrook · Rating 5 out of 5]

I appreciate Marion Woodman's poetic and insightful words.

[Francesca Margati · Rating 4 out of 5]

buku favoriteku...aku wanita yang terbungkus dalam kesibukan kerja dan berbagai aktivitas yang cukup melelahkan, tetapi aku mencintai keheningan, terutama dalam keheningan bersama alam...karena dalam keheningan alam aku menemukan kedamaian dan cinta Tuhan yang begitu indah...dan melalui keindahan yang syahdu...aku kembali mendapatkan energi positive untuk jiwa dan ragaku yang membangkitkan semangat dalam menjalani hari-hariku....
" Keheningan alam yang sederhana adalah sorak sorai di dalam sanubari terdalam mengagumi mahakarya sang pencipta."

[Sandy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is terrific! I wanted to read it as a daily reflection, but it drew me to read page after page. Now that I've completed it, I'm free to enjoy it as a daily healer. Here's an example of the power in these pages - a quote that applies to my current path towards increased detachment:
"To the Crone, detachment is not indifference.
It means she has lived,
and suffered,
and, having suffered,
can draw back
and see with her heart."

[Aiga Al · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. I started to read it a while ago, but picked it up again this year and started from the beginning on my 3 day get away vacation. Book spoke to me on a very personal level and helped me admit things to myself so it helped me grow. There were some parts of book I couldn't relate to at this point in my life, but I know I will go back to it and reread it after some time. I think every woman would find something to treasure from this book.

[Jodi · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very useful book for dipping into on a regular basis for purposes of nurture and reflection.

[Jeanine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is another one of those books that is always on my TBR shelf. I love the poems in it and read off and on.

[Pat]

Best Book Ever

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't count how many women I have given to book to as a gift.

[Rachel A. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick read filled with pearls of wisdom. Great way to sample Marion Woodman's deep, rich, intimate works.

[LINDA ISHIKAWA · Rating 5 out of 5]

WHEN AUTHORS KNOW THE VALUE OF THE WHOLE PERSON AND RESPECT THAT EACH AND EVERYONE IS ENTILTLED TO MAKE THIER OWN JOURNEY TO THEMSELVES, BOOKS LIKE THIS
ARE BORN TO LIGHT THE WAY.

[Carolyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book for reentering yourself

[Sandy Ibrahim · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful distillation of Marion Woodman's great works.