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Spiritual insights from the Laii Sorcerer Glastonbury Retreat

LaiiSorcerer Glastonbury Retreat 2024
L-R Shivani Shinde, Meeta Wadher, Dr Anamika Shinde, Indu Priyamvada, Laii Durve, Smita Rege and Urvashi Shah at Stonehenge as part of the LaiiSorcerer Glastonbury Retreat.

Glastonbury is a great place for spiritual retreats. Its rich history of mystical legends and its serene natural surroundings provide an ideal environment for introspection and spiritual growth. The town’s ancient sites, such as Glastonbury Tor and the Chalice Well, offer a unique, tranquil atmosphere that fosters deep connection and rejuvenation. These places were explored during the beautifully curated Glastonbury Retreat by Laii Sorcerer. Guided by life coach and healer Laii Durve, the group of six seekers who attended the Retreat gained wonderful insights about their self, their purpose in life and much more.

Here’s what each of them had to say about their individual experiences:

Participants of the LaiiSorcerer Glastonbury Retreat 2024 at the Goddess Temple along with the high priestess.

Learning, laughter and love

“The Glastonbury retreat with Laii was a spiritual journey filled with lots of learning, loving guidance, insights and beautiful experiences. Laii ensured that we were constantly in touch with ourselves and gathered our insights to help us with our intention for the retreat.

It was filled with lots of learning, laughter and love.

Thank you Laii for making the Glastonbury retreat a packed and wholesome spiritual development programme.

My key takeaways from the Retreat are:

+ Learning to respond rather than react
+ Observing as much as possible
+ Reducing my interference
+ Staying within oneself as much as possible
+ And importantly no शहाणपणा (shahanpana or shrewdness)”

– Indu Priyamvada

LaiiSorcerer Glastonbury Retreat participants with Laii Durve at Merlin's Cave
LaiiSorcerer Glastonbury Retreat 2024 participants with Laii Durve at Merlin’s Cave.

Continued growth and exploration

“Attending the spiritual retreat at Glastonbury with Laii didi was truly transformative. From the moment I arrived, the ancient energy of the land enveloped me, sparking a sense of anticipation and reverence. Each day was filled with activities designed to deepen my connection with myself.

Exploring the town’s sacred sites, such as the Chalice Well, was like stepping back in time, immersing ourselves in centuries of spiritual tradition. The workshops and discussions led by Laii didi provided valuable insights for personal growth. Each experience offered a new perspective and a deeper understanding of myself.

As the retreat drew to a close, I felt a profound sense of gratitude for the opportunity to immerse myself in such a sacred space. The lessons learned and connections made will stay with me long after leaving Glastonbury, inspiring continued growth and exploration on my spiritual path.”

– Shivani Shinde

LaiiSorcerer Glastonbury Retreat participants with Laii Durve at the cottage.
LaiiSorcerer Glastonbury Retreat 2024 participants with Laii Durve at the cottage.

Unburdening the Self

I joined the Retreat at the last minute, but I was super excited.

One we started the Retreat with Laii, it was one of the best experiences as a lot of insights about ourselves that we were unaware of or didn’t want to expect or acknowledge surfaced. The goddess temple meditation was amazing to start with followed by Merlin’s Cave. The VortexHealing session was so amazing it felt like a-20kg unnecessary weight that I was carrying was lifted off. I had a lot of resistance towards letting go. But I tried and I could see a difference in my actions immediately.

Last but not the least Stonehenge was amazing and beautiful with receiving energy. Our final destination, the town of Bath, was really beautiful and we were able to do a little bit of shopping there, too.

Thank you so much Laii for everything you arranged so we could benefit from it in our personal growth. I would love to join the next Retreat with a different me and a new topic to work on.

To experience the different side of YOU, Laii’s Retreat and one-on-one session is a must-do.

Good luck and loads of love to you, Laii! Thank you!

– Urvashi Shah

LaiiSorcerer Glastonbury Retreat 2024 participants with Laii Durve at Stonehenge.
LaiiSorcerer Glastonbury Retreat 2024 participants with Laii Durve at Stonehenge.

Interpretations, judgments and interference

“This was my third retreat with Laii at Glastonbury. The first two, in 2019 and 2022, were great experiences and that motivated me to register for the third one.

My journey started a little before the Retreat as I was travelling solo to London, Scotland and Geneva, before reaching Glastonbury for the Retreat. Eleven people had registered and only six of us could reach London on 4th June. It’s amazing how people pay money, are ready to invest their time and energy, but they can’t reach there. It’s amazing how this works, how the land calls people.

I’m very grateful that the land of Glastonbury is supporting me in my inner journey and is ready to receive me. Our first session was in London. It was the opening session and we started observing ourselves from the first day onwards.

Observing our egos, our victimhood and also our ‘shahanpana’. Now, ‘shahanpana’ is a Marathi word, but I think that’s most appropriate way to describe it. So, we started observing, we started writing, we started internally watching ourselves.

And this observation continued for various different topics throughout the retreat. So, every day there was a different topic that was introduced by Lai and it was very much appropriate to me and to the group as well because it was related to interpretations, judgments and interference.

I could see Tor from my cozy pink room. I really loved being there.

As we went to different places each day, such as the Goddess House, Chalice Well and Stonehenge, we let go of log of things. The Retreat was full of ‘let go’ energies.”

– Meeta Wadher

Never stop self-work

The spiritual retreat to Glastonbury with Laii was peaceful and relaxing. During the retreat, I experienced peace within myself for the entire seven days that we were there. We had beautiful sessions, which were led by Laii. By visiting the holy places of Glastonbury, I felt a beautiful connection with the land. This Retreat has proved to be a pivotal moment in my spiritual journey, reassuring my faith and a good reminder to meditate, and to never stop self-work to maintain inner peace.”

– Dr Anamika Shinde

*Testimonials have been edited for length and clarity.

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Life of a Coach (part2)

Introduction:

People learn in a variety of ways and through various means. One method is to seek advice from role models who are generally successful in their lives. Life coaching primarily assists people in understanding and thinking differently. Its main goal is to allow the person receiving coaching to discover for himself what is beneficial to his or her development. 

  1. Why did you decide to be a coach? 

I never intended to become a coach. For me, it was more of a happening. Maybe it’s because I’ve always been empathetic to people since I was a child. Understanding people and attempting to find the root cause of any problem was a tendency or perhaps a way for me to deal with problems in my life.

  1. What are the pros and cons of being a life coach?

There are no advantages to being a coach because a coach will never think this way. I realised it when I was able to detach myself from my people and address the same situation to offer direction or help with my set of understanding to my group of students. A coach can only function as a coach when he or she is completely wise. I never gave my students solutions; instead, I have always believed that they must find their own solutions. I hold them, love them, and care for them, but I never try to rescue them or tell them what is right or wrong. Because there is no such thing as right or wrong. It’s all about learning your lessons and progressing.

  1. Describe your journey as a life coach?

My journey began as a teacher and has now evolved into that of a coach. My basic personality was solution-oriented rather than direction-oriented. This is not my path, I realised. It is not necessary to have your student achieve a perfect score of 100 on 100. But being with them as they form into who they are.

  1. Key lessons that you have learned?

Lessons I’ve learned include the fact that everyone has their own set of karmas and that everyone will choose based on their frequency. I’ve never really boosted anyone or asked for one-on-one coaching. It has always been more of a personal communication, and they have chosen to work on a specific topic with us.

Conclusion:

As a coach, you really don’t do anything – if you do, you lose your position as a coach. Simply provide a safe space for your people to evolve. The same way you feel when you’re with your parents.

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Life of a Coach (part1)

Introduction:

What comes to mind when you hear the word “coach”? Is it connected to sports? Do you see glum-looking men and women rearranging their prayers to win the match? That is the most common image that people have, but coaching is much more than simply winning a game. When a trained individual assists a person in improving their life, whether in terms of their job or on a personal level, this is referred to as life coaching. A life coach will assist each individual in understanding their self-worth in a world that is entirely focused on tearing people down and making them feel worthless.

  1. What does coaching entail?

A guide, a teacher, and a coach. We are all humans. Humans are similar to our students. We all have baggage, and as we shed it through understanding, awareness, and a strong support system, we evolve. A Coach is frequently judged for being the most perfect human being. So, all I ask is that you allow them to be human beings with a little more knowledge of the subject than you, that’s all. In India, I frequently witness a culture in which a guide is asked to serve as Guru. Guru has attained enlightenment. The coach is not enlightened, but he is undoubtedly on the path to ascension. Coaching is a guide to the path that one chooses.

  1. What are the myths about coaching?

Coaching is not the same as teaching or fixing someone. The biggest myth is that you should be the best student or coach. There is nothing better than a good coach. However, a coach is someone who is familiar with the path as well as several alternative routes to the same destination. A coach will never give you answers, but will make you think and speak when he or she believes you are finally getting there.

  1. Why should you select coaching as a career option?

Coaching, on the other hand, can be a viable career option for those with relevant experience. There is no such thing as an ideal coach training or course.

  1. Does being a healer make you a better coach? Why?

Being a healer and being a coach can be very different things. They don’t have much in common. You can be both a healer and a coach, but being a coach implies that you are a healer, which may not be a prerequisite for moving forward on this path or journey. A Coach is always changing. Until he or she achieves mastery.

Conclusion:

In today’s society, this is something you should think about for yourself and your loved ones. It will give you an advantage at work and teach you to love yourself even when you make mistakes.

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Spiritual shopping and Maya

Spirituality is not any different from our existence.

To put it simply, spirituality means being connected with our true nature – connecting to ‘Who am I ‘.

Then why all this confusion over being spiritual or non-spiritual? 

Very often people claim with a sense of superiority,   that they follow spirituality. This is not spirituality but just a subtler way of boosting one’s ego. Our basic nature is spiritual. In fact  following spiritual practices should be a natural part of our daily routine – as simple as  having food.

In the so called quest for spirituality people go through a crazy process,  attending all sorts of workshops or ‘trainings’ that they come across. 

The search for one’s Self is a part of the journey,  but  most of the time in this entire process people lose sight of their destination and It is important to understand that the spiritual journey is all about peeling off layers of karmas and one needs to make the distinction between the real thing versus illusions created by attending various dubious therapies. Lack of understanding of this point leads to  stopping of the practices and landing back in square one, maybe even with added karma baggage. 

One needs to realise that all of us are already on this journey and it is very important to stay with oneself and not get influenced.

There is a difference between being influenced and having and following a coach, a guide or a living Guru or Master in physical form.

Consistent and committed practice is of utmost importance and  constant self-awareness while practicing is the key. One will meet diverse people and different teachers on this journey, but staying grounded on the path  with awareness and not getting deviated is preferable. 

People who apparently don’t practice spirituality are busy judging people who are, or at least claim to be, on the path. It is expected that such judgements will happen  and sometimes people who are following certain practices may be elevated to Angelic or Godly status by others. It is funny that nobody gives one freedom to continue shedding one’s karmic baggage.

The judgements people make are rooted on their hurts, and projected onto you. Honestly these judgements have nothing to do with you – but this only highlights the fact of how much these  people  are in need of direction towards working on themselves.

Your critics do a great service of mirroring you and indicating to you how much you have healed and how much healing is still required by you.

Keep it simple and real.

Spirituality is a way of living…. as natural as breathing.

Breathe with a smile

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The beauty of Kashmir and understanding the Victim- Perpetrator energies

Recently I visited one of the most beautiful places in India,  rather, on Earth – Kashmir. This was my fourth trip to this lovely place and feels like home with every visit. Whether it is the Himalayan ranges,  Nature in her full splendor, or the pure clean atmosphere – I just soak in the wonderful energies of this place.

This time my trip was as an observer and not as a tourist. I realized that Kashmir has tremendous healing powers but at the same time needs a lot of healing too. A lot has happened on this land. On the etheric level, several Rishis and enlightened Master’s are still showering their blessings on this land.

Everything depends on how one looks at Kashmir – from the point of view or with the energy of the victim or of the perpetrator. In the Family Constellation session, the dynamics between the victim and the perpetrator are very interesting. Each one cannot exist without the other and they keep manifesting these energies. This ultimately shows up as a great power issue with disastrous results  like mass killings and genocide.

It is very important that as a human being and, more importantly as an aware human being,  one takes responsibility for both these energies – victim and perpetrator – and makes peace with them. Today Kashmir needs healing since all these things are not being acknowledged.  At the same time, the truth is that this place is a great healing energy.

Diana Cooper ( with whom I am certified as an Angel Teacher) had mentioned in one of her sessions that Ascended Master Kuthumi’s retreat is in Kashmir. While I  was moving around different locations in Kashmir, I connected with him almost daily. My silent walks, the time spent by myself around rivers, the people I met and even the times I went shopping at the local shops – all these helped me to learn a lot about victim energies. 

Now it is time to accelerate the evolution of human consciousness and we already have immense support for this. Our first step would be to accept and acknowledge ‘what is’ – the rest is a process with healing to reach upto a level of love and compassion for all.

I have decided to conduct my first retreat in Kashmir, India, in 2023 and am looking forward to the stay, to receive healing and knowledge and learn to be with the flow as the ascension process is already under progress for all of us.

My lovely readers, I hope you have got a new perspective about victim, perpetrator and Kashmir today.

Lots of love and healing.

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Love & relationship: how can couples seek balance?

Read on to know how you can strike a balance and make peace in a troubled
relationship.

The key to establishing a good relationship, in which both partners feel comfortable and
supported, is to know how to maintain balance. If you want to live a happy and stress-free
life, you need a healthy connection. A relationship’s early stages are filled with butterflies,
roses, and quiet moments together. Partners are frequently madly in love with one another,
devoting everything they have to the connection. It doesn’t take long, though, for one spouse to become overwhelmed and burnt out. The truth is that a love relationship is more than just mushy texts, dinner dates and movie nights.

Relationships are often difficult and frightening to understand, especially when writing or advising about them. Well, a lot relies on your perspective and upbringing, both of which have multiple layers of natural ways of dealing with a romantic connection or partnership. Security, protection and someone who will provide are all qualities that women look for in a man. That’s natural, but if the partner (men) can’t manage any of the above, the dynamics alter, and the downward spiral begins with blames and complaints, and it simply keeps piling up.

As I’ve always said, love is unconditional, but relationships require a balance of give and take. To find security in a spouse, my advice is to go within yourself for the source of your insecurity. So that it can be healed, and you don’t have to force your spouse to give you since, as we all know, he has his own problems. The same may be said for providing and protecting. In an ideal world, it would be reasonable to expect these things, but as I often say, your vibration will attract a man for you, and he will not do anything to help you learn your lessons.

So, dear women, go to the source of the problem. Return to your youth and observe what happened; you’ll find the majority of your answers there.

What do men want?

Men desire, or rather require, a woman who essentially serves as a buffer between them and the rest of the world. They already have a lot of pressure to give and be at a certain level of society, so they need some breathing room. If your girlfriend isn’t doing this, it’s time to consider what happened in your childhood, as well as your connection with your mother. Every male will look for a replica of his mother, while every woman will seek out a replica of her father. Yes, you do it, whether you realise it or not. You need to stop doing this so that you can find a fit for yourself instead of settling into a comfortable expectation zone.

Learn how to start a new life afresh. Don’t keep the old because you will never be satisfied with it, because old wounds tend to recur more frequently than joyful memories. It’s all about taking notes.

Fortunately, there is a way to deal with a relationship’s conflicting expectations. For example, the way any two people fold towels will almost certainly differ, but does this mean that one of the methods is incorrect? Obviously not. Expectations with no appreciation leads to nagging, which leads to frustration. Consider the issues you and your partner have battled about. How many of these quarrels are really over something significant? Have any of them come up with a viable solution? The likelihood is that the answer is no. So why not devote your time to something that is both useful and beneficial to the strength and durability of your relationship.

Be honest with yourself and approach your life with wisdom.

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Falling in love vs rising in love

You discover the beauty of this beautiful emotion when you fall in love, but you truly understand the healing powers of this energy source when you rise in love.

We always imagine life in a linear manner. You are born, you live through your toddler years, become a teenager, then an adult and finally an old person. Your roles in life also progress accordingly. You start at being someone’s son or daughter, become a working professional, a friend, a lover, a spouse, a parent and so on. However, when it comes to love, why do we stop at falling in love?

I totally understand why. Being in love is such a beautiful experience that in spite of all the challenges that come your way, you still prefer to be in love. The thrill of the first look or touch, the excitement of dating and chemical changes in your brain – the entire package of falling in love is so exquisite you end up accepting the tears and struggles with a smile. But what happens next?

You try to make this experience a part of your daily life by getting into a live-in relationship or by getting married. The minute love becomes an ‘everyday affair’ it loses its magic touch. How are you supposed to be in awe of your morning cuppa or the daily local commute every single day, right?

Wrong! You can keep the magic alive by not stopping at ‘being in love.’ Go on to the next step – Rise in Love. Falling in love is important in order to understand how to rise in love. This is my new understanding for today’s human race who are ready to shed their baggage and have selected this time zone to come to planet Earth.

Healing from within

Rising in love is the most beautiful and most evolved form of being in love but it’s also about where you are in your life and how much inner work you have done for your individual growth. For instance, a nature lover will not deck up her house with fresh flowers. On the contrary, she will nurture the plant on which the flower blooms and take care of it so that it continues to give beautiful flowers.

Trying to possess what you love or obsessing over it or doing anything and everything to have it, shows your wounds, hurts and unresolved issues from your past. It is said when you love someone, give them so much of freedom that they don’t feel overpowered in your grip but revel in the softness of your touch. That’s when love will be akin to bliss.

When the person you love actually feels complete freedom, you are truly rising in love. Love is energy not emotion. When it becomes an emotion, it ceases to be love and merely becomes a reflection or reminder for you to start working harder on your inner self.

We, the human race, are all wounded, but we can heal. Rising in love is the process of self healing. You may not choose to fall in love, but once in love, you can certainly choose to rise in love. Do you agree with me? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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7 things you need to know about rising in love

The dictionary defines love as an intense feeling of affection that you feel for something or someone. Grammatically, the word can be used as a noun and a verb. ‘The love of a mother’ encapsulates the purest form of the emotion and the use of the word as a noun, while ‘I love ice-cream’ celebrates this emotion in action. Like other emotions, the definition of love changes from person to person. But unlike other emotions, love remains paradoxical in nature.

Let me explain this a little more. Love is a commonly used word in our everyday lives. We use it while referring to our favourite things – be it people, food, clothes, places or books and movies. We say we love something or someone without understanding the intensity of the emotion. However, when we fall in love, we gain a different perspective.

Love redefined

Quite often, we fall in love with people to learn our lessons. Love is just an illusion in such relationships. The only way to really understand the power of true love is with freedom and by letting the other person be. If you think you are in love, here are seven things you need to know about this powerful emotion:

  1. Love is not manipulation: If you find yourself manipulating the person you love, know that it is not coming from a place of love but of insecurity.
  2. You like a person because of their qualities, and you love a person in spite of their flaws. If you can accept your partner with their flaws and vice versa, you are indeed lucky to be in love with them.
  3. Relationships require give and take. You need to maintain a balance in a relationship. But love is not dependent on such parameters. That’s why maintaining relationships based on love can be difficult.
  4. Love is the biggest mirror. It helps you to see who you truly are. And it also shows who your partner truly is. Being in love brings with it huge learnings about your own past.
  5. There is no place for comparisons in love. Comparisons involve judgements.
  6. You lose the true essence of love as soon as you try to control it. Love is freedom and acceptance.
  7. Love definitely heals but only when it stands for what it is.

True love and only love is real

When you peel the layers of your own shadow self and accept yourself for what you are…

When you heal your own wounds…

When you balance yourself from within and hold yourself…

…only then the real vibration of love can attract you towards your match.

Love between two individuals is not just an attraction, be it physical, intellectual, emotional or sexual. It is a connection between two souls without any apparent reason. Rising in love is love. But that happens only when you fall in love. Falling makes you look at your wounds and heal them. Once that happens, you rise and reach the authentic vibration of love. To sum up, love is indeed a paradox – you have to fall in love to be able to rise in love.

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5 Ways To Make Social Media A Part Of Your Spiritual Journey

We are all more connected than ever before in today’s world. I’m not talking about the spiritual sense of the word. Rather, we are intrinsically tied to our phones and one another via social media.

The way we communicate has changed dramatically as a result of social media. It may, among other things, assist raise awareness for topics that might otherwise go unnoticed. However, we can’t deny the reality that the amount of judgement that people make while looking at a photo triggers them strongly.

Instagram, for example, may feel like a vast pool of noise at times. It’s often background noise that prevents us from connecting with our true selves.  Spirituality is nowhere to be found not even in highly shared Osho and Rumi quotes. Hence, these are the ways to make social media a part of your spiritual journey. Keep reading!

  1. Detach yourself from toxicity

Unfriend or unfollow toxic people from your handle. Continue to spring clean your friend list to ensure that you are not surrounded by toxicity or anything that makes you feel bad. Hence, unfollow individuals who don’t contribute to your practice and don’t have anything to say. Would you attend a yoga session that didn’t make you feel anything?

  1. Don’t indulge yourself in online hate

Protect your energy from unpleasant news, other people’s opinions, and overthinking over them. Don’t take social media news seriously, participate in gossip, judging, trolling, and harassing others, and aimless surfing.

  1. Keep track of the time spent online

Limit the amount of time you spend on social media. Keep track of how much time you spend on social media and use it wisely. Add in the fact that spending too much time on social media can cause anxiety and even depression. Posting, earning likes, comments, and following may become addictive.

  1. Filter the content you watch or read

There’s a lot of information on social media, so learn something new and leave the rest. Choose what you want to gain from it. Keep information and use it, but let go of things that are detrimental to you.

  1. Stay observant online

Analyze each story and see what’s going on within yourself. – Social media posts can frequently elicit an emotional response. Observe, analyse, and take notes on what you observe and how you react to it. These are communications that have a deeper significance for you. Take the time to read what others have to say and to respond when you have something to say when they make you think, when they assist you, and when they offer value to your life. Criticism is encouraged, but only in the form of constructive criticism.

It is the purpose of social media to make you feel wonderful. Make the most of this chance to socialise your spiritual life and practice. Stay away from toxicity and connect with people on a deeper level. It is entirely up to you to decide what you consume. So why not make the best choice for your spirituality? Make the most of your freedom!

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Exchange Of Energies Over Social Media

“It takes discipline to not let social media steal your time.”

–Alexis Ohanian 

Trolls and bullies are everywhere, and they exploit the Internet to hide their identities. Is there anything else they communicate other than their hateful words? They do, in fact, transfer their energy. We are online on social media 24 hours a day, seven days a week in this age of virtual existence. Staying connected is no longer restricted to face-to-face meetings and phone discussions. It also helps to like and comment on one other’s social media posts. So, are you doing anything else? Is it possible that you’re giving and receiving vibes via your social media interactions?

In a few years, social media has become the most significant aspect of our lives since the pandemic has become a part of our existence. A lot was made available to us through social media, but a lot of it also led to depression.

Well, energies are passed on even through ideas, so have you ever considered how you overthink and become depressed after reading certain things or having an online conversation?

Yes, we are always in a state of give and take. We as humans have been through a lot during the pandemic, yet we all know deep down that we deserved it, but have we used it wisely?

Weren’t we addicted to our phones? Chatting online has become an inevitable part of our lifeline.

We all give and take, but do we offer advice to others and seek positivity as well? Social media is a wonderful way to interact with others for networking or knowledge.  Yet, it may be draining at the same time since we are engrossed in it for multiple reasons, and our bodily ability to hear, listen, and think is being exhausted. Overindulgence must be guarded against. Protection for the mind, thoughts, and ability to think. Cutting cords, shielding, using reiki symbols, and bath salts are all techniques that are highly suggested for protection.

It’s time to stop overindulging in things that exhaust you.  Stop giving power to the content you read. Don’t throw up your wisdom simply because you have time to do anything to distract yourself from your loneliness. When you are in your power, use social media carefully.