Whether it’s a ghost with a blade or the promise of certain physical disintegration, these scare tactics cannot touch our true essence. Illusions of impending catastrophe will try to convince us to abandon the sowing of seeds. They will urge us to remove our hands from fertile soil and trample precious new life as we run to erect unnecessary defenses. We have the capacity to dismiss the illusion of urgency. We can reject the fear and...
Read moreBirth Is Untamable
There is nothing wrong with imagining different scenarios and working to manifest our preferences for the big day, but birth is inherently untamable. It will always articulate its wildness, whether in the moment we offer ourselves up to the unknown, or decades later in seemingly random bouts of rage and wounded fury. The wildness will always prevail.
Read moreThere IS More Than One Way to Birth A Baby
Without room made for questions or conversation, I was told by the attending obstetrician, in no uncertain terms, that "there is only one way to birth a baby and that is to push." Despite the various complications which made solid ground for intervention and my repeated pleadings over twelve hours in hospital, life-saving measures were refused... That is until my baby's heart stopped beating inside of me. Only then was I finally granted the surgery I knew could have saved my son's life. I endured the emergency cesarean without anesthesia...
Read moreNot Every Disability is Visible
I trust my body is trying to tell me something and I intend to listen. The learning curve is a pronounced and painful one, but I will persevere.
Read moreDiscord is a Gift
This struggle is a beautiful one, and so much of the reason why we manifest in the flesh. I feel a collective awakening, wherein we’re turning our attention to the less honored aspects of self. When we can both honor and allow ourselves to embody the less attractive aspects of this process, we begin to sow seeds of alignment.
Read moreThrowback Thursday (with a twist)
Ego was working overtime that night... Refusing the severity of my condition, I raged against and in spite of an injury which threatened to divert the unbridled path of self destruction I walked. Instead of heading to the emergency room, I clung with desperation to that path of rebellion and ruination, managing to track down ways to dull my physical pain AND "keep the party going." I succeeded tremendously. I am both ingenious and relentless when it comes to my own undoing.
Read moreLove, light, and healthy dose of darkness
There certainly is a bias toward light, even within the communities set up to assist with healing and transformation. Thankfully, the balance is returning and exposing all artifice in its wake.
Read moreCan You Hear the Hawk's Cry?
A daughter’s tears absorb into the parched earth, as she bear witness to the imbalance and separation. Our work now is to hold space in acknowledgement of these traumas and assaults on the sacred. We must allow the festering wounds to emerge from the depths, right up to the surface for all to see. This purge is a necessary step and cannot be avoided.
Only through the opening, emptying and cleansing of our wounds can these spaces revive and re-cover.
Read moreWelcome Back
Return of the visionary.
Return of the oracle.
Return of balance.
Realigned, we imagine again.
Creation unfolds,
Contesting all boundaries.
Making a mockery of limitation.
Gratitude for the agonizing forgetfulness that has revealed the magnificence of compassion, grace and unconditional love.
A divine homecoming.
Welcome back, priestess.
Accomplices Not Allies
It has taken me nearly a year to emerge from one of the most difficult periods of my life. Yet, I emerge. Like a phoenix, I feel my energy stronger than I ever have. And for this I thank my Warrior Goddess self and the wholeness from which she springs. Never doubt for a minute the blessings present in every moment. I finally realized and wholly internalized the truth that, from drought comes abundance. And following times of plenty comes starvation. Life, like the divine feminine which creates it, moves in cycles.
Read more#VIBRATEHIGHER
My frequent use of the hashtag #vibratehigher is an invitation to be and feel IN-spired. To me that means moving with and IN spirit.. In alignment with the Soul's intent for Being. Being in alignment does not articulate the same for anyone. Each and every one of us has a different path we walk here. And none of us can do anything but walk our path.
Read moreCatch a fire
The mark of an effective activist and/or strong movement is, once one mover and shaker is no longer active in resistance, there are others who step up and handle business. How many people are able to learn and be inspired by our energies? Like one match setting fire to the next. Each of our fleshy shells burns out at some point. Remembering our name or what we did is not important, just as long as there is still fire somewhere. We are not our flesh, we are the conscious collective.
Read moreThere is no being without the bee.
We must share the plight of the bee and pay attention to all the animal encounters we are gifted with. Even the most painful ones. Our survival depends on our ability and success at interpreting the messages and honoring the messengers by acting upon them. We must protect the symbiotic relationship between Mother Earth and all of her inhabitants, from the mammoth to the minuscule...
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