Ann LeVally Amberg, M. C. S., M. A. - Depth Ecology Consultant & Guide
The Sacred Container: Weaving a Life 

This red cedar bark basket is a practical item, representative of the native Coast Salish tradition of the Pacific Northwest. I enjoyed making it; I worked with the materials as if they were a part of my body and mind. I had harvested the raw cedar bark from the tree, cut it into strips, soaked it, and assembled my materials, taking instruction from an elder Lummi basket maker. As I worked it gathered to itself a certain shape and character and was born, a new being. 

The basket is imperfect and real in the same way our being is. It is also a living image that reminds me that life is gathered in and of the world. We are fragile, alive, and peculiarly unique. Our consciousness is a biopsychic phenomenon; it is of the body (soma), and of the psyche, or soul-mind. It is radical gift that we are here, for a short time, holding the tension between being and doing, earth and spirit, knowing and not-knowing, struggle and ease. We are sacred containers for life.

I look forward to accompanying your inner exploration into new territories of the imagination, and discerning right alignment as you navigate everyday consciousness. As a seasoned leadership consultant and trained depth psychology advisor with 20+ years of experience in teaching, Jungian dream work, Deep Imagery guided visualization, client mentoring, ritual and nature-based soul inquiry, I offer you a safe, nurturing container to build trust and new capacities for inner and outer relationship as we transform old patterns into new vitality for life.