Book details

  • Genre:body, mind & spirit
  • Sub-genre:Inspiration & Personal Growth
  • Language:English
  • Pages:375
  • eBook ISBN:9798350998511

Sacred Shit

Food for Spiritual Unfolding

By Yoyo van der Kooi

Overview

This book is an inspiring guide to transforming life's setbacks and challenges into spiritual growth and confidence. Yoyo intertwines her fascinating personal journey with eight stages of awakening and shows how, just like the lotus flower that miraculously transforms muddy water into purity and beauty, we too can transform our inner struggle and the chaos of the world into wisdom and wonder. Enhanced with Yoyo's own paintings and photos from her life, this book offers a deeply personal and at the same time universal roadmap for anyone looking for meaning and inner peace.
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Description

Yoyo takes us on a deeply personal yet universally relatable journey through eight life cycles, each one seen as a stage of spiritual awakening. She guides the reader through these transformative phases and compares the process to the mystery of the lotus flower, that miraculously turns stinking mud into purity and beauty. Each phase brings challenges, lessons and opportunities for a deeper self-awareness and sheds light on what life is really about. Born during the Second World War and growing up in trying times, Yoyo had to find meaning in a desolate world. Her story begins in her childhood, when she was just six years old, with three younger siblings and a mother who completely collapsed after an unexpected divorce. From that moment on, we witness Yoyo go through her own survival struggles, discover her sexuality, encounter her ego, overcome her first heart-breaks, explore her creativity, pursue her dreams, wrestle with challenging relationships, and work her way through existential crises that at times make her doubt everything. But that's not all about her journey. As Yoyo steadily peels away layers of conditioning and illusion, she discovers profound insights about life and herself, and ultimately reaches a place of radical trust, inner peace and spiritual rapture. With refreshing honesty and vulnerability, Yoyo shares the highs and lows of her quest - from ego-crushing moments in the ashram of an Indian mystic to profound experiences in the tantric temples of Khajuraho. Her story is gripping, shocking, and sometimes heartbreaking, yet at the same time deeply inspiring. It is an invitation to everyone who feels that there must be more to life – a call to embrace the journey of spiritual unfolding.
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About The Author

Yoyo was born in Amsterdam in 1944, during the Second World War, when the Netherlands was occupied by the Nazis. It was just before the Hunger Winter, in which 20,000 people died of starvation. From these life-threatening times, Yoyo derived an indestructible lust for life. Her childhood was profoundly shaped by the painful divorce of her parents when she was just six years old. This experience sparked a lifelong passion for bridging seemingly irreconcilable opposites. With deep reverence for the sacred and a keen wit regarding life's absurdities, she shares her spiritual journey with wisdom and humour. As a visual artist, she was able to process part of her unresolved childhood traumas through her paintings. Eventually she won a prestigeous first prize for European painting with her poignant works that capture both the beauty and the suffering of the human condition. As a body-oriented therapist, she guided others in releasing deep-rooted tensions and inner conflicts. As a spiritual seeker, she travelled the world and absorbed the healing wisdom of mystics and non-duality teachers in both the East and the West. For Yoyo, spirituality isn't about escaping life's challenges – it's about transforming them. She reveals how our inner chaos (our fears, shadows, and existential struggles) and the quagmire of the world can be transmuted into rich compost that nourishes the blossoming of consciousness. Her refreshingly honest life story illustrates that even our toughest trials can become the fuel for spiritual growth and unconditional love. In her Mystery School for the Art of Living, Yoyo offers a unique path to wholeness and inner peace through (online) counselling, workshops, courses and immersive live retreats, inspiring spiritual seekers around the world.
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