Explore Quotes by Marion Woodman

Most of us are dragged toward wholeness.

Rage and bitterness do not foster femininity. They harden the heart and make the body sick.

At the very point of vulnerability is where the surrender takes place-that is where the god enters. The god comes through the wound.

Storytelling is at the heart of life. As a child, I was never bored because I could always get on with my story.

Storytelling is at the heart of life... In finding our own story, we assemble all the parts of ourselves. Whatever kind of mess we have made of it, we can somehow see the totality of who we are and recognize how our blunderings are related. We can own what we did and value who we are, not because of the outcome but because of the soul story that propelled us.

It is amazing that our souls - our eternal essences, with all their hopes and dreams and visions of an eternal world - are contained within these temporal bodies. No wonder suffering is part of the human condition.

A life truly lived constantly burns away veils of illusion, burns away what is no longer relevant, gradually reveals our essence, until, at last, we are strong enough to stand in our naked truth.

A life that is truly lived is constantly burning away the veils of illusion, gradually revealing the essence of the individual.

My soul is the bridge between spirit and body and, as such, is a uniter of opposites. Without soul at center, I would either transcend into spirit or become mired in matter.

The body is like an elaborate metaphor. One may be able to taste and not swallow, like the anorexic, or to swallow and not integrate, like the bulimic or obese.

This is your body, your greatest gift, pregnant with wisdom you do not hear, grief you thought was forgotten, and joy you have never known.

Transition begins in forgiveness.

To love unconditionally requires no contracts, bargains or agreements.

The connection between conscious and unconscious poses particular problems in the dancer because the body is the soul of action.

The healing of ourselves as healers has to take place first. Bringing ourselves to wholeness, we become more sensitive to other people. In the change of consciousness that happens within us, we bring about change of consciousness in those around us and in the planet itself.

The longing for sweets is really a yearning for love or sweetness.

The more you work with your dreams and your unconscious, and honor it, the more you understand it and it understands you. When you develop a relationship with your psyche this way, you begin to carry that energy into life and your relationships.

If we could allow the pace of our meetings to slow down to the pace of our hearts, we might find genuine understanding.

Love is the real power. It's the energy that cherishes. The more you work with that energy, the more you will see how people respond naturally to it, and the more you will want to use it. It brings out your creativity, and helps everyone around you flower. Your children, the people you work with--everyone blooms.

A flower won't open if I yell at it and say “Bloom!

Having a body that is like a musical instrument, open enough to be able to resonate, literally resonate with what is coming both from the inside and from the outside, so that one is able to surrender to powers greater than oneself.