RIP Matriarchy EGALITARIAN RISES. .

Over the past few months especially with the Presidential Election of 2016 approaching fast I have been engaged in some very intriguing conversations about our structured society, and matrimonial, and patrimonial way of viewing our world.  . One of which, just happens to be about the difference between matriarchy and patriarchy. Two of our sisters I will use as subjects simply by our society standards for this article. Hillary Clinton is a perfect poster of the evil matriarch(female, women) this is not true she is just an evil person, has nothing to do with her being a woman. Elizabeth Warren now she is in the "other" category which I would take as a compliment.She knows of the persecution of that title and all that it will bring. (matriarch).  Of course just stick any of the "good ole boys white club in the other ring.

The one resounding echo was "Women in charge and enslaving men". I am speechless and that is hard to do. While I expected the counter parts of the male gender to sputter out this nonsense it hit me hard to hear my sisters tell the same tale. I retreated back to my office and felt the need to clear the air and set the record straight, or as straight as our experiences have clearly defined.

ma·tri·ar·chy
ˈmātrēˌärkē/Submit
noun
a system of society or government ruled by a woman or women.
a form of social organization in which descent and relationship are reckoned through the female line.
the state of being an older, powerful woman in a family or group.
"she cherished a dream of matriarchy—catered to by grandchildren"

I purpose a different viewpoint if I may, a reassurance of offering what a matriarch was defined pre-contact America's. Sisters hear and read this well, this is how we rise and how we also fall walking behind in the shadow's.

Matriarchy is a term used to describe a society different or in the "other" category. The label derived from the early European hierarchical patriarchy This mostly entailed the church and religious motives along with a superior unjust inequality. . It often applied to any society that did not conform to what was defined as 'civilized". Basically, what this meant was that any society where women were considered equal to their men counterparts the Europeans automatically viewed the culture as "other or uncivilized" and subjugated it in the most brutal and and forceful ways possible.(The religion sector became the dominant patriarch building block.  Don't really see a difference today? The simple truth is these societies posed a threat then and still do today,to the hierarchical patriarch type of system and the European invaders views of how the world should be.

Take a look at the definition I posted above the first one is the only one people see, not sure why perhaps because it is the first, or the most negative of the three listed. I am going to ask you now, to return to that section and take a good look at the second and third definitions and hold those in your mind for the next part of the article. Let's get down to the nitty gritty of what is truth, and what is myth. I also say, remember this too, words don't teach but experiences do. While digesting the words from the definitions I ask you to recognize the grace, the dignity, and soulful purpose of those statements. After all, the matriarch represents women which is the feminine energy, and patriarch the men which in turn is the masculine energy, which by the way we all have a 50/50 shot of containing both, while some tip either way on the scale. Sisters take this as a spiritual movement a circle of all the energy that has been passed down over centuries, and now let's remember and awaken.

Let's introduce a new word a word that the First Nations People (the ones post pre-contact Americas
they held a society know as a" egalitarian.." They relied on constant consensus and basic cooperation for their basic survival. Which in today's world is still the level at which we live. (wages being a prime example) They worked together to solve societal problems and they firmly believed in society safety nets..Can we say the same? It also helped that they shared everything in the community. This is not even considered today.

Many first nations followed the adage you might never know one's father, (brutal times), but you always knew one's mother, grandmother, and elder woman. This also stemmed from a belief of the these people that human sexuality was not a threat to society. Women were just as free to pursue their sexuality as men.Gender, and gender identity, sex, and sexual orientation were not stigmatized by these First Nation people. In other words, if a person who happened to be a women was a better hunter and warrior than gatherer (which required a high level of plant recognition)and weaver, she was not only allowed but highly praised to achieve and excel to use her skills as a hunter and warrior for the balance of the community. The same logic applies to the men of the society. Both are accepted for their strengths not their gender.

The matriarchy of the First Nations were highly dependent upon equal rights for every member of that society, sharing the power amongst all members of the given society.  Sisters what has happened to our spirits our truest essence of our birthright.? Sharing the wealth was considered in the best interest of the egalitarian society for it kept harmony which brings balance of members which also meant strong opposition to inhumane treatment. Basic birthrights; air, water, food, shelter, etc, were just not a consideration.


So now I see how these conversations take a turn and end up in some off the wall realm between what is word, and what is experience. I truly see why in this day and age why so many hierarchical patriarchs and monarchs, and democracies, women, men, feel the heebejeebees over the word Matriarch...I stand today, as the leading woman in my linage, my family, my community of sisters, I see a new horizon, new awakenings, a powerful surge of energy growing and expanding perhaps the First Nation's Peoples are not so lost and forgotten, perhaps they merely have quieted until we rise once more. Yes, I will be the one that when the conversations move to the realm of matriarch, I shall claim EGALITARIAN as the crowd hushes and ignorance bleeds silence, perhaps then a true conversation shall emerge.

My sisters be strong, be free, but most of all FLY to the truest energy that we are...We were born of the same, by the same, and for the same of all energies in this universe.
Peace

Intergrading Meditation Into Drug and Alcohol Centers.

Drug & Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers Today

Over the years the industry of Drug and Alcohol Treatment has grown to enormous numbers it is also projected to grow by 31% from 2012 to 2022. Speaking from experience of twenty four years in Recovery the spiritual side of the program has become watered down with a very narrow viewpoint for the 21st century. The rehabilitation center I came out of(1992) was old school mostly medical and emotional with very little attention to the holistic and spiritual side from the get go. Yes, prayer is implemented from the first hour of entrance and yet so much is left untouched. Thank goodness for AA meetings and sponsors.
 Addiction no matter what the ism is, boils down to dis-ease with oneself, hence the phrase it is a disease. The facts  are that most addicts come broken and lost, empty and feeling apart from not a part of the world.  A pattern of bad habits, bad choices, and well the spiral continues to the rock bottom point.  

The industry today is big business, from the courts, to the centers. to the sober living houses, long gone are the half-way houses of old. This is the 21st century and while it has kept up with the medical and psychological sides, it lacks still on the holistically spiritual side which is truly having the individual tune into his or her body, mind, and spirit as a center of three. This century has brought forth the holistic concepts of homeopathy, holistic healing, Reiki, EFT tapping, Yoga, Herbs and natural organic eating, energy and sound therapy, and my favorite Meditation just to name a few that have really come to the forefront of awakening and tuning into our truest selves. 

When entering a rehabilitation center, most people are at their lowest in all three centers, body, mind, and spirit. This is the point to which many if these were implemented at the beginning of the journey it would allow old habits to be quickly countered with new healthy loving habits and also create a earlier practice motive. Early recovery demands early methods of meditations. 

How Meditation Helps Recovering Alcoholics

However, at the root of every meditative practice is a quest for detachment or inner calm. In this sense, meditation fits nicely with recovering alcoholics’ central goals, i.e. establishing distance between themselves and their desire to drink.

It’s this psychic distance between wanting to have a drink and actually doing so that is so useful to recovering alcoholics. When students enroll in meditation classes, either through an alcohol rehabilitation clinic or an independent meditation schools, they learn to view their own impulses from a third-person perspective. In so doing, there’s a potential to cultivate peace and contentedness without resorting to alcohol or substance abuse.

Relation to Rehab

Many alcohol and drug addiction treatment programs have included meditation in their overall treatment plan. It’s not used in place of other therapies.  Instead, it provides powerful additional support for addicts in recovery. Part of the value of meditation is that those in treatment can practice it even after the initial recovery period is complete.  This makes meditation a valuable tool they can use to stay sober for the rest of their lives.

Research supporting Meditation for Addiction

A growing body of research supports meditation as an effective addiction recovery technique. For example, one study found that recovering intravenous drug users felt meditation was one of the best therapy tools to help them overcome their addiction [1]. Researchers who examined incarcerated substance abusers found that those who were taught how to meditate had lower levels of relapse and more positive outcomes after release than those who received only conventional recovery treatments [2].

Research suggests that meditation also helps people with alcoholism and drug addiction when it’s incorporated into a practice that includes physical exercise. For instance, yoga sessions that include meditation have been shown to be an effective part of addiction recovery [3]. In another study, recently-abstinent cocaine addicts who learned Qigong, a Chinese practice that incorporates meditative techniques, reported fewer cravings and other addiction-related symptoms than those who received a placebo treatment [4].

Meditation is not only for the spiritual

With all the talk about higher powers and Buddhist or Vedic meditation, a person couldn’t be blamed for assuming that meditation as a part of alcohol rehabilitation is a specifically spiritual endeavor. While it’s true that the world’s best known traditions of meditation all have a spiritual bent, there are just as many secular takes on meditation as an act of mindfulness rather than prayer.

What is Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy

“…mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), brings together the latest understandings of modem science and forms of meditation that have been shown to be clinically effective within mainstream medicine and psychology.”

- Mark Williams,The Mindful Way through Depression

Since this sort of thinking circumvents any talk of faith or otherworldly intervention, it gives scientists a chance to have an empirical look at the benefits that meditation can play in addiction recovery. One study conducted by the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Wisconsin found that mindfulness meditation can play a role in preventing relapse.

Dr Aleksandra Zgierska coordinated the study, and she says the practice of mindfulness as a means of staving off cravings is nothing new – it’s just that most of the evidence of its effectiveness was anecdotal until recently. Now, backed by clinical research, meditation as an alcohol rehabilitation tool is garnering mainstream attention.

To integrate this holistic healing and many of the others into mainstream  rehabilitation centers would only prove to add one more useful tool on the road of recovery. To be so archaic in this Dawn of Aquarius Time seems to be counter productive to the generations walking out of today's center's without every tool possible to their complete recovery and cure of this dis-ease. 

NO NO NO ...Is What We Feel YES Is What We Say?

Women what is wrong with saying NO? We always seem to have defend the simple decision to not doing something. It is a learned behavior as it is not instinct to feel one way and act another or respond against the natural grain. So why do we do it?

Studies show that about 75% of women have a difficult time saying NO. It even extended to telling little white lies. The key reasoning behind this is that the simple fact is people want to stay connected to other people even in the worst unhealthy ways.We don't want to reject people, We don't want people to think poorly of us, so what we really are doing is managing what others think of us??? What? A vicious cycle of never ending guilt-ridden, embarrassment, awkwardness in the that moment when someone asks the NO question. In that one instance we don't fully understand the emotional intensity of our feelings and emotional tension. Most the time the pressure is to great and we give in with a yes.

The truth is NO is liberating and it is a necessary tool in maintaining balance and harmony in one's life, be it the mind, body or spirit. All that giving in and sacrificing for others illusions takes a toll on every aspect of our human condition. The desire to stay connected to others, means disconnecting with our selves in most cases. So the first thing one must do truly be in tune with oneself and know when to deviate from social graces, and self sacrifices to understand that saying NO is a viable option.

Here are four  times one should stop and quiet and the inner desire to please others and instead listen to makes you happy. PERIOD!!!!!!!

NEED A LITTLE SPACE - Skip some social outings like Happy hour, or girls night out, perhaps one is engaged in many hobbies and classes and social meetings. Let one or two go, it will not fall apart if one does not show up. One is not the indispensable.

FEELING PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTED- Take the night or day off. Shift your priorities from the  routine get out of the same old same old and follow your FEELINGS> that GUT INSTINCT.

CAN ONE HEAR ONES' THOUGHTS- CREATE YOUR "CAVE" "SANCTUARY"- When one's thoughts are jumbled and taking control or out of control the best thing to do is RETREAT that is a calming and soothing word or at least it should be. It is not meant to be shameful or cowardly but enlightening as to understand that ONE NEEDS PEACE AND QUIET. Escape with a good book, a favorite TV show. perhaps a meditation to relieve stress, and quiet the mind.

NOT IN THE MOOD-JUST SAY NO- When one says no somehow there needs to be circumstantial reason behind the answer. Justification on the part of the one who is saying NO. There is only one true agenda and that is the agenda we have with ourselves. find your comfort zone and relax. Give yourself permission to stay NO without explanation or justification just a simple graceful No thank you, maybe next time.

Now these are very simple and easy times to take notice it is a good beginning to practice the art of saying NO. We live in a 24/7 world with lists, and chores, obligations, and on and on and while it all needs to be handled and taken care of to the one's best ability, it is also so very important to realize that one's self is the most important consideration and obligation to handle in the moment of the 24/7 hustle and bustle.

Take a test see how many times it comes up in a 24 period of you wanting to say NO, but you said yes you might just be surprised at how YES YES YES comes out way more than NO.

Namste my world tribe.

DIET DO OR DIE..

Sisters, today was an interesting day spent with sisters of all ages ranging from 18 to 60 and in the conversations we had one topic kept coming up over and over again. DIET? 

This sisters cringes at the very thought of the word. I see the first three letters spell DIE and wonder how in the world that even  sounds inviting? Everything is balance, it does not matter what, or where, when, or how, or why it all equals balance to be free in spirit, mind, and body. The universe in all it;s magical wonder when creating this magical space we call home, it created all that our bodies would need to sustain us in a natural living order of life. Every plant, animal and insect provides the balance to us all surviving on this planet. One wonders does the dragonfly wonder about getting to fat? Or does the bird worry about under arm flab? How about the elephant does it wonder if it's bone structure is wrong to big? Then how about the fish do they concern themselves with bloating or being in the right size of gills? The correct answer is NO.  If there is any concern or thought at all it is merely about survival and maintaining it's natural course. 

We are the only species that somehow equates weight and bone structure to vanity. Humans carry a huge amount of what the image should be whether it is sustainable or not is irrelevant to most. The conversation continued and as the voices and discussion carried on, ringing out was how we as women describe ourselves, portray ourselves, we do more damage than any outside interventions. 

My voice rang out, I could not take it any longer, define the word diet? In one roaring answer it was to lose weight because they had gained to much. Oh wow! Now, the journey was beginning,  

di·et¹

ˈdīə

noun

1. 1. 

   the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats.

   "a vegetarian diet"

   synonyms:

   selection of food, food, foodstuffs;
2. 2. 

   a special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons.

   "I'm going on a diet"

verb

1. 1. 

   restrict oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food in order to lose weight.

   "it's difficult to diet"

   synonyms:

   be on a diet, eat sparingly;

   
   

   Are these truly accurate? The conversation changed once again, we maintained the word did have it's value, We didn't agree on the perspective of the word. As the conversation took on a path of at first it was a constant you against me thing, I needed to be right, and you needed to be right, and then it went to actively changing  someone's beliefs or thoughts to line up with theirs. The gazing upon this from a distant as an observer was stunningly real. Watching the dynamics of the energies whirl, and twirl, and change like the sudden on set of a storm or the dead silence of suddenly being in the dark. It leveled out, over about an hour so, We exchanged these final thoughts, we all were interested in maintaining our best health and too look as best we can. Now that second part, shifted a bit different personalities and beliefs often defined it differently. Then came the really interesting part, all the ways we came up with as a collective together: all our ideas and came out, they were amazing, and funny, interesting, new, and some even a little odd. Discussion included raw organic food, juicing wonders, we talked of high protein and fresh foods, finding and funding our local suppliers in the area, we even started a EATING THE DIET GROUP on Saturday;s we are traveling all over the area for local farmers markets, and herbs, raw, milk, etc, along with that we are all hanging out at the local yoga free classes. WE all came together to decide we would eat everything naturally as possible we would never deprive out bodies, our minds, or souls, of what we need and sometimes just crave. We honored each other in acknowledging that we falter wave back n forth, and it is OK because or general intentions are always to honor the true self and the natural order of balance through trial and error. 

   
   

   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   Now the second part of our little gal chat was about what is acceptable and how much is enough?Then it  started the whole cycle again just as above, and all of sudden it came clear this is how a collective works.We understood that the elephant serves a purpose and that is what is required to exist.We understood that the bird required all that it's arms provided to fly. We began to breath clear in our own gills and understand we have come this far with like minded people who are open and willing to delve into new territory, new ideas and figure life out together in a healthy and loving and supportive manner. The cycle in all it's chaos to splendid madness, right back to balance and center We found our balance our DIET NOT TO DIE. 

Let Our Bodies Heal...

My dear sisters I greet you this Tuesday afternoon with a late entry. Greeted my Feminine first thing this morning.  I noticed one hour later, the day was going to off, out of step or just a little funky.

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We are one day away from being free of the Mercury Retrograde thank the Como's for bringing it to it's end.  The day went off like I said and I had a choice at that point, I could  "belly up to the day, suck it up, and push on? or I could stop, hit reset and realize, and ACCEPT  I am out of sorts, and so I will kind and gentle to ME  I decided to listen to the inner child and it requested rest and healing some things were out of balance.

I looked at my calendar and my lists, yes I am list gal spotty at best but still a list. I sat back and asked the question what is the next thing I need to do right now? Nothing was planned for at least a couple of hours. I started to think of all the times that I have pushed my body to limits I knew it could keep of with. I reset one more time and thought this time is different, something changed and I went right to the HEALING LIGHT, no argument or debate in my head, no guilt, or martyr syndrome, just the healing solution. I thought how much as women we overdue, and submit ourselves to horrible body treatment. when in truth it is our bodies that sustain our ability to keep treating our bodies with disdain.

I say no more, today is the day we rise up and or quiet down and LET OUR BODIES HEAL.  Every cell in our body is a living breathing entity it has purpose and meaning. This body, houses our spirits, our souls, our dreams, our fears, loves, and loses. Quite powerful stuff if you ask me. A little humbling to. It follows our lead, and keeps pace with every dance without missing a step most days, and then we hound it "saying come on get over it", when it missed a beat , we knew it could no longer make. Yes, I believe with all my heart that we do it knowingly and willingly because our minds tell us so, which really is EGO most of the time of it's little existence, but it packs a punch every time.

Our bodies are perfect, made just for each and every one of us. Every tiny infrastructure, membrane, vessel, organ, your strengths and weaknesses, it runs in perfect time with the natural order of the great divine energies, and created perfectly to fit you and your life long purpose here in this time and place. Why then do we as women, find it so hard to find time to HEAL?

I pondered a bit more, then I shut my eyes and focused on my breath white, pure, and fresh, clean, as it went into my body I too went in to be reminded of how wonderfully magical this meat skeleton truly is. I watched and listened the inner workings of my body, noises, and movements that I could never describe well enough, or perfectly accurate, I moved freely watching as all these little entities moved about repairing and reconstructing moving in tune with my thoughts. OOPS! I saw a blood vessel pop, I noticed my thoughts split second, I had a negative thought pass quickly, but it still left it's mark.  In that moment, I realized" everything I am arises from my thoughts". I continued to sail through my body, all the imperfections over time and choices were now actively being serviced and rebuilt. I noticed the increase of light in my body dark spots soon lightened up. I spent 25 minutes or so give or take in this space and time, as I started back to the day at hand I came back with such humility and grace and respect for what lies inside this bio-organic magical entity I get the honor to adorn.

So, this is what I am going to do for the rest of this 24, my sisters LET MY BODY HEAL. Peace love and light to you all.

Greeting The Feminine Divine

It's 7am and the alarm is going off, warm and cozy, blankets all around, and the first light to hit one's face and eyes. Yes, morning has come calling. The day lays waiting, it's agenda is unfolding and before one goes and starts checking those 'To Do' lists and grasping at all that one has to accomplish.  Coffee already brewing, don't rush. STOP! Rewind.

Lay in one's bed for just one more minute to two, close one's eyes take a deep breath and greet the woman feminine divine, smile at her: thank her for allowing the first breath of the day. Acknowledge her spirit, her power of intuition and instinct. Let her become a part of the day, the hour, the minute even the second. Show her that she is in ever moment of decisions and desires. Hug her tightly, it just feels good.  It's healthy too.

All to often, one just clammers through the morning,  banging and busting out, it's a jump start that never stops once it gets going. This will be the mode of the day no doubt, one will fall in and out of non-stop pedal to the metal, to exhaustion by the end of the day. In 24 hours one will take the body, mind, and spirit to the depths of anxiety and to the heights of complete meltdowns, and this is just the way our world works today.

One small step, one positive moment, by engaging with one's divine feminine before the initial rise and shine will seem like one more thing to do, BUT that one thing will live strong through out the day.  One will find that life cannot so easily break and batter the one who GREETED THE FEMININE DIVINE the sunrise and thanked her kindly for the first breath, the first glimpse of the inner workings of being in love with the beauty inside. Ready, Set, Go.

RESET: If one did not greet her this morning, then stop right now and RESET start NOW and see how the day turns around.

Meditation For the Sisters.

We all go through times of despair, and being out of balance. Life is supposed to be that way. What experiences would one truly get if the road of life was straight, no bumps, always smooth and never a up or down twist or turn? Life just isn't meant to be that way.

 The truth is, we are on a road that changes constantly, it never repeats the same way twice. So how does one maintain balance when the surface is constantly moving? There is the first lesson. Everything and everyone is constantly moving everything is in flux. Things come together and fall apart and then they come together again and fall apart. It is constant and every lasting in this time and place. This what being a soul in a meat skeleton is all about. The experiences that we get to participate in all the craziness and absurdity all the love and joy bliss and peace these are all abundant and it is us who must continue to purge and plow through it all with the best attitude we possibly can muster.

How does one have a good attitude? It starts from the inside. Meditation allows us to dive deep within to find the strength the power and the infinite love that surrounds us every moment of our lives. It provides solutions to the internal and the direct result of that is solutions then become available for the external. The true eternal light that resides in all of us requires us to our part, to stay connected to the divine for that is salvation.  No matter what is going on in one's life, there is a meditation for that purpose, just as there are plants for every ailment and light in every dark corner.

Meditation is the key to understanding and loving oneself through it all no matter what. It is about seeing what you are truly made of and also will guide you to the a path of purpose and passion. We are never broken this is what meditation tells us. We simply need a little mending now and then. Meditation brings forth all the pieces that make one unique and just like a patchwork quilt all the pieces will fit together in a natural order and process go with it, flow with the energy and see what beautiful pieces of YOU come forth. Mediation is the road map we are given to navigate this space we occupy for this lifetime the next be something different. Meditation the calming of the mind, and body and spirit, it aligns all three to be in perfect harmony with the cosmos after all that is where we all came from. The line we are all made of stardust is beautiful but true. Meditation does that it allows one to see truth as beautiful that includes the inner workings of oneself.  Meditation creates a new outlook a new path and in that one's attitude is adjusted just by a few simple moments of being still.

Stillness is the key to quietness of heart. Meditation leads the way to this occurrence. To be still and just breathe is a automatic gear for attitude to change like having a car in neutral and then all of sudden it reeves up and you know you can go anywhere and do anything. Mediation brings one closer to that which is and that which is not, and in some cases that which might be. Meditation allows you to manifest everything you need from the highest source by the way that source is in US not out of us. It builds from the inside and leaks out to the outside. The balance in mediation is the Yin and Yang of life. One is Yang most days operating in the big big world, Yin is the moments you stop and breathe and connect to source. Meditation is it's name.

Over the next few days meditations will be posted on a variety of subjects. The invitation stands to try one or try them all, and of course feel free to share meditations that have successful worked. Take a moment and drift away, sit, breathe, check the attitudes and then meditate  it all away. Seek balance in all things and meditation is the first tool one will use and it will be the best tool one will have to walk this path of human existence.

Rising in a Full Moon

Well my sisters I could not just do one article on the Full Moon that is now in it's second day.  The power we attain from our grandmother is amazing if we only stop and breath and feel her power. I wanted to give inspire all of my sisters and hopefully leave you all with a little more wisdom, a little more clarity and most of all, a little more FULL of Magic. 

Grandmother Moon expands in her fullness in the sign of Leo on February 3rd 2015. This Leo energy coming in is summoning us to step into our own fullness through sharing our hearts with courage while allowing our unique light to be seen. It’s a call to cast away the voices of judgement that limit and suppress, so we can allow the love and truth from our hearts to flow through.

“The Moon is exploding with positive energy. There are no negative aspects to this Moon. Yeah! This is a celebration Moon. A reward for the hard work and intense striving that you have done. This is reveal in the moment and grandeur of it all. 

“The Moon is coupled with Jupiter in Leo (funny being we are in a couple month of LOVE). They are opposing the Sun in Aquarius. Uranus is the modern ruler of Aquarius. He is in a positive position with both lights (the Sun and the Moon.) 

 “Jupiter is king of the gods. He is the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter expands whatever he touches. He makes you feel good. This is an excellent Full Moon to be creative. You can expand your business. Your work may improve. Your creativity can grow.”

“…The Leo Full Moon is in a trine (beneficial aspect) with Uranus. You could make positive changes in your personal life. For instance, you may encounter new relationships, new friends and/or a new love. New friendships formed now may encourage you to be your authentic Self.”

“…You could change your personal habits like quit smoking. This would increase your health, well-being and vitality. You could make positive personal changes in your home. This would make your life easier and more effortless…”

“The best part of Leo is the inner child. You are to nourish and protect your childlike innocence. You are to be open to new ideas and fresh perspectives. 

“Be curious about life. Be engaged in the magic of the moment. Be in your heart.

“Let go of the need to criticize and judge. This will kill your creativity. Instead, allow yourself to make mistakes. It is the only way to learn what works and what does not work for you. 

“The magic word is ‘try. ‘Try something different. Try and observe your mind and heart open.”

Full Moon..Feminine Power To It's Height.

We have said goodbye to January and I welcome the Imbolc

 time of February. It is still a time of hibernation but with a hint of spring soon arriving. Our little groundhog shadow spoke of six more weeks of winter. In this season I have experienced a huge transitional life stage and one of those that come out of nowhere kind of season. I mention this only because as this new time with a full moon on the rise, I remembered the beginning of this was also at a time of the full moon cycle.

Feminine energy the goddess divine, the power of the tides, the moon, the daughter of Mother Earth, each of us, burning, rising, burning and rising again and again leaving us to know that we truly are of spiritual wonder and magic. We are the creatures that bear life just as the essence of this universal creation. We nurture and balance out the Masculine side of our opposite and loving partner. We are of genuine grace and senses above and beyond the basic day to day realities. We born of water, and our bodies rock the cycles of waves and hurl with pain as the hurricanes, and we lay calm as the stillest body of water. We were born of this magic and celestial wonder.

On this Full Moon, let us all take a moment as gaze our eyes onto Her delight, let us think of a sister or sisters near or far, at hand or risen out this world. May we see the faces of the Feminine divine and bow our heads to show grace and to our knee to honor the SHE in each of us. Breathe in all the glory and light for this shall help guides when we are one step shy of complete darkness. Each breath taken is a ray of divine light that ignites as it enters us. As we exhale in her bounty of light, let the breath taken be freeing to all our souls across the universe, and may all those that are burning, show us the way, and all those that rising carry us along.

Peace love and light to all my sisters, all my feminine divine souls, all those that carry this energy more than masculine. A burden sometimes but a gift indeed.