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25.01.2022 "It helps to think of our swamps of despair as the necessary muddle before clarity. Actually, swamps are incredibly fertile places full of life. In mythology the heroine must cross such a place in her darkest hour, where she comes to face her unlived life - meeting each of the divine allies disguised as regret, doubt, and insufficiency which swell up from the mud of her despondency. If she is willing to consummate the full encounter, they will reveal themselves in service to the vitality of her true being." by Toko-pa Turner (toko-pa.com)

25.01.2022 When a cherished part of us is dying, either by way of our own discernment or by the hands of fate, we find ourselves at a crossroads. I call these Crawling on the Belly times because it’s as if our legs are knocked out from under us, and we’re forced down by the elemental gravity of loss. Though others may surround us, we exist alone in exile from what we loved, and the only way forward is through the dirt.

24.01.2022 The Feminine is more powerful than the Masculine, the soft is more powerful than the hard, the water is more powerful than the rock.-OSHO #soulwork #lightworker #lovemylife #mysteryschools #shakti #raisingconsciousness #love #spirituality #mindbodyspirit #wombawakening #empoweredwomen #FEMININE #wombhealth #femininehealth #tantra #chakrahealing #apothecary #consciousness #woman #awakening #spiritualthoughts #embodiment #soul #meditate #spiritjunkie #pregnancy #womb #yonisteam #psychology

24.01.2022 Collective Nourishment Circle What a heart full circle it was. Weaving ourselves into the sacred ecosystem. All proceeds from the circle will be donated to feed families who are starving due to job loss from covid restrictions. I always finish my groups feeling so inspired by the woman that I hold space for. Their stories and insight. Their courage. ... I always feel privileged to walk alongside them on their journey #shamanicjourney #stillnessthroughmovement #empoweredwomen #wombawakening #restoration #energyhealing #womancircle

24.01.2022 Biodynamic Echinacea transformed into tincture BENEFITS OF ECHINACEA TINCTURE Echinacea Angustifolia tincture is widely known for promoting a healthy immune response. There are dozens if not hundreds of studies to back this up, bosting some pretty impressive stats.... Researchers are the University of Connecticut found that taking echinacea cuts the chances of catching a cold by 58%, and if you do get sick, echinacea can reduce the average duration of sickness by almost a day and a half. Its general purpose infection-fighting powers are showing promise in the treatment of a number of infectious diseases, including herpes, malaria, syphilis and urinary tract infections. Echinacea was used by Native Americans as a natural all-purpose pain reliever, to treat everything from headaches to snake bites. Other studies show that echinacea is a potent anti-inflammatory, which may contribute to the treatment of numerous condition. Some of these include: Vaginal Yeast Infection UTI Genital Herpes Respiratory Conditions Viral Flu Infection Asthma Contains phytochemicals and indicates a valuable tool to combat tumors. Colds Pain Energetically Echinacea stimulates the I forces within the body-soul matrix. It is this cohering sense of Self that is at the heart of all immune function able to discern and accept life-enhancing forces and to ward off destructive forces.

23.01.2022 The difference between fitting in and belonging is that fitting in, by its very definition, is to parcel off our wholeness in exchange for acceptance. Excerpt from Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home by Toko-pa Turner #soulwork #lightworker #lovemylife #mysteryschools #shakti #raisingconsciousness #love #spirituality #mindbodyspirit #wombawakening #empoweredwomen #FEMININE #wombhealth #femininehealth #tantra #chakrahealing #apothecary #consciousness #woman #awakening #spiritualthoughts #embodiment #soul #meditate #spiritjunkie #pregnancy #womb #yonisteam #psychology #steamyaugust

20.01.2022 The basic principles of womb care during your bleed.

20.01.2022 Side post about something close to my heart: Do yourself and the world a favour and watch this Truth. Kiss the Ground can be found on Netflix now and in my opinion is one of the most important things you can watch this year! Im with her

19.01.2022 When the individuals needs are at odds with the group or relationship, they must break into new ground, either by choice or by divine intervention. More often... than not, we either resist, ignore, or reject these calls to attrition. We leave our roots planted in the shallow soil of false belonging for whatever benefits they might be affording us. But if we havent been listening to the early warning signs of restlessness, doubt, and longing, one day a strong gust of fate will blow through our lives and knock us right out of that soil. Whether by way of an accident, a physical illness, or a sudden loss or crisis, life will have its way with us. The door slams shut on your old way of life. The way home is completely lost. By home, I dont just mean a geography or culture, though that is an excruciating form of exile that many millions of people are facing. I also mean the way things were in a broader sense: a golden era, a cherished relationship, a role in your community or family, a career track, or even in the ability of your own body. These are what I call Initiations by Exile because, as we discover in myths and fairy tales, every hero or heroine must endure a period of their own exile if they are to be initiated into the true medicine of their calling. Excerpt from Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home by Toko-pa Turner (belongingbook.com)

18.01.2022 One day when you wake up, you will find that you have become a forest. You have grown roots and found strength in them that no one thought you had. You have become stronger and more beautiful, full of life giving qualities. You have learned to take all the negativity around you and turn it into oxygen for easy breathing. A host of wild creatures live inside you and you call them stories. A variety of beautiful birds rest inside your mind and you call them memories. You have become an incredible self sustaining thing of epic proportions. And you should be so proud of yourself, of how far you have come from the seeds of who you used to be. - Nikita Gill

18.01.2022 Soil Soil Society Human Humility Humus https://www.theguardian.com//satish-kumar-soil-soul-society

18.01.2022 I WILL pluck the yarrow fair, That more benign shall be my face, That more warm shall be my lips, That more chaste shall be my speech, Be my speech the beams of the sun,... Be my lips the sap of the strawberry. May I be an isle in the sea, May I be a hill on the shore, May I be a star in waning of the moon, May I be a staff to the weak, Wound can I every man, Wound can no man me. Earr Thalmhainn, Carmina Gadelica by Alexander Carmicheal The Weed Wife by Rima Staines

16.01.2022 My upcoming circle, Collective Nourishment, is supporting a very special organisation. All proceeds are being donated to Enviro Crime Solutions, who work closely with Environmental Crime Investigation Unit of SANPARKS. Currently, this organisation is feeding the people who surround the Kruger National Park. Enviro Crime Solutions is having to wear a very different hat and take on very different responsibilities during Covid. By feeding the people, they are also decreasing poa...ching of the wild animals, as the people dont need to poach to feed their families. Its a beautiful reminder that all is connected and nothing can survive within a container. I thought I would share some of information about this amazing organisation and a trailer for a documentary which includes some of the amazing woman who work alongside this cause. https://youtu.be/6sY5qkpzUGw

14.01.2022 When the moisture goes out of our lives, and were no longer able to see beauty or converse with magic, we must ask ourselves how we can replenish our well-ness.

13.01.2022 TO THE WOMAN WHO IS SLOWLY FADING AWAY To the woman who has lost her spark. To the woman whose get up and go, has well and truly gone. This is for you.... This is to remind you whose daughter you are. This is to remind you, that you dont have to be everything to everyone, every day. You didnt sign up for that. Remember when you used to laugh? Sing? Throw caution to the wind? Remember when you used to forgive yourself more quickly for not always being perfect. You can get that back again. You really can. And that doesnt have to mean letting people down or walking away. It just means being kinder to you, feeling brave enough to say no sometimes. Being brave enough to stop sometimes. And rest. It starts the moment you realise that youre not quite who you used to be. Some of that is good, some of that is not. There are parts of you that need to be brought back. And if anyone in your life is not okay with that they are not your people. Your people will be glad to see that spark starting to light up again. So, if you have been slowly fading away my friend, this is the time to start saying yes to things that bring you joy and no to things that dont. Its really pretty simple. ~Donna Ashworth Nicole Sacred Wild Woman Medicine Photo Credit ~ Unknown

13.01.2022 Oh these words... they wash over me and feel delicious Yin is the place of refuge and rest, of containment and acceptance. Darkness is, after all, the primordial womb from which dreams emerge. It is the origin of all life before it comes into being. Yin is the receptive, feeling, compassionate force within. It knows the wisdom of surrender and chooses to yield, even when everyone else is getting ahead. For yin, withdrawing is entering. Its there we refine our intuition an...d have a centre from which to interrelate. Yin is the eternal, or what Rumi calls the reedbed. It is the place from which all beings have been plucked and to which we will all, some day, return. Like an ecosystem, yin considers all components essential. Ideas that emerge from this level of imagination serve more than the individual causethey serve the great togetherness unto which we are all responsible. Excerpt from Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home by Toko-pa Turner (belongingbook.com)

13.01.2022 If there was something in the air If there was something in the wind If there was something in the trees or bushes That could be pronounced and once was overheard by animals, Let this sacred knowledge be returned to us again.... (Atharvaveda vii 66) See more

12.01.2022 Wise words from one of the greats

11.01.2022 Only 2 spaces available

11.01.2022 "There is no such thing as a heroine's journey that doesn't involve entering a dark thicket, battling savage beasts, and facing your own despair. After all, the Queendom can only be entrusted to someone who is willing to die for it." by Toko-pa Turner (toko-pa.com)

11.01.2022 Only 1 space available for anyone feeling the invitation of the spring equinox energy. Spring Equinox Circle: Spirals of Manifestation Lets journey through the spring equinox, where equality of night and day occurs. ... After the winter comes to an end, it marks the return of the light bringing longer days, new crops, and a reset in terms of fertility... We attune to this energy by coming out of our cocoon to plant the seeds of new beginnings. The season of hibernation is over. During this time, the veil between the spiritual and physical world gets thinner, allowing us to receive messages and information. A time to cleanse and a time to ride the spirals of manifestation. During this circle we will focus on these aspects. Learn from the energy of spring. Come to understand how we can embrace this energy in our life. Surrender into its fertile spiral. Circle May include aspects of the following depending on the energy of the group and day: - movement - ritual - restoration - story - seasonal wisdom - herbal healing - energy balance - vibrational medicine - sound Location: Tallai Investment: $80 Limited to 6 beautiful woman to allow for quality of care. Date: 26 September 2020 Time: 14:00-17:00 If you would like to book in, please message me.

11.01.2022 Forget transcending your sadness, your longing, your heartbreak. Forget the disgusting lie of permanent bliss. Weep yourself into the arms of the Beloved. Break yourself on Her altar. Surrender, my love. Surrender to all of yourself, the divine and the muddy, the sacred and the shitty. It is the safest thing of all, to let yourself be filled with anger, fear and sorrow, filled with LIFE. To let these dear spiritual friends rise and fall in you like ocean waves. Be penetrat...ed by all that you fear. Surrender to all that you run from. And come alive... - Jeff Foster

10.01.2022 Only 2 spaces available Spring Equinox Circle: Spirals of Manifestation Lets journey through the spring equinox, where equality of night and day occurs. ... After the winter comes to an end, it marks the return of the light bringing longer days, new crops, and a reset in terms of fertility... We attune to this energy by coming out of our cocoon to plant the seeds of new beginnings. The season of hibernation is over. During this time, the veil between the spiritual and physical world gets thinner, allowing us to receive messages and information. A time to cleanse and a time to ride the spirals of manifestation. During this circle we will focus on these aspects. Learn from the energy of spring. Come to understand how we can embrace this energy in our life. Surrender into its fertile spiral. Circle May include aspects of the following depending on the energy of the group and day: - movement - ritual - restoration - story - seasonal wisdom - herbal healing - energy balance - vibrational medicine - sound Location: Tallai Investment: $80 Limited to 6 beautiful woman to allow for quality of care. Date: 26 September 2020 Time: 14:00-17:00 If you would like to book in, please message me.

10.01.2022 For anyone feeling the call of the spring equinox energy and would love to dive deep into their creative power and shed the old to feel lighter! I have 1 last spot (that has just come available) in my circle coming up this Saturday The circle is going to include: ... Movement Restoration Apothecary Story Deep Energy Healing Shamanic Practice Embodiment Practice Seasonal Wisdom and...... Date: 26 September Time: 14:00-17:00 Investment: $80 Location: Tallai Message me to book in!!!

09.01.2022 Wild Rose Tincture This divinely inspired wild rose tincture will be available for purchase soon. Grown in the flow of biodynamic gardening. This tincture is all about heart expansion and unfolding into heart intuition. Perfect to bring one into the vibration of self-love, emotional connection and embodiment, promotes security and strength, stability and integration. This tincture is perfect for this time and the trials that the collective consciousness are facing. It is ...also deeply supportive of the reproductive system, fertility, and the birth of life or creative expressions. In my opinion, rose is the herb we all need during 2020. So much love and care has gone into this magical tincture. I cant wait to share her with you all. #soulwork #lightworker #lovemylife #mysteryschools #shakti #raisingconsciousness #love #spirituality #mindbodyspirit #wombawakening #empoweredwomen #FEMININE #wombhealth #femininehealth #tantra #chakrahealing #apothecary #consciousness #woman #awakening #spiritualthoughts #embodiment #soul #meditate #spiritjunkie #pregnancy #womb #yonisteam #psychology #steamyaugust

08.01.2022 Lets journey through the spring equinox, where equality of night and day occurs. After the winter comes to an end, it marks the return of the light bringing longer days, new crops, and a reset in terms of fertility... We attune to this energy by coming out of our cocoon to plant the seeds of new beginnings. The season of hibernation is over. ... During this time, the veil between the spiritual and physical world gets thinner, allowing us to receive messages and information. A time to cleanse and a time to ride the spirals of manifestation. During this circle we will focus on these aspects. Learn from the energy of spring. Come to understand how we can embrace this energy in our life. Surrender into its fertile spiral. Circle May include aspects of the following depending on the energy of the group and day: - movement - ritual - restoration - story - seasonal wisdom - herbal healing - energy balance - vibrational medicine - sound Location: Tallai Investment: $80 Limited to 6 spaces to allow for more intimacy and care. If you would like to book in, please message me.

07.01.2022 The deep Feminine, the mystery of consciousness, She who is life, is longing for our transformation as much as we are. She holds back, allowing us free reign to choose, ... nudging us occasionally with synchronicities, illness, births and deaths. But when we make space for Her, she rushes into all the gaps, engulfing us with her desire for life and expression. This is what She longs for, this is what we are for: experiencing the Feminine through ourselves. We simply need to slow down, and find where to put our conscious attention. And it is this, this willingness to look again, this willingness to put consciousness onto our places of unconscious, to express what we have always avoided, which starts the process of unblocking, so that She may flow through. ~ Lucy H Pearce (image: If you know who the artist of this incredible piece is please inform me so I can give credit where it is due, such an incredible artwork )

07.01.2022 It is always such an honour to hold space for incredible woman on their journey towards soul. I always leave feeling humbled, with a full heart. So many woman having deep realisations and releases. Seeing them show up for themselves, be vulnerable, and connect to intuition. What a gift May the spirals of Manifestation continue to flow within your lives as the days progress. Thank you to ... Deanna Webb Janna Kremez Kate Porter Jeni Drew Sarah Louise Rachel Lauren For trusting me to support you on your path! Hand to heart, I feel deeply grateful.

07.01.2022 The loss of the feminine in our personal lives takes many forms, but many of us can live a whole lifetime without knowing what is at the root of our missing. It may be felt as a secret longing for a way of life, a feeling of inclusion, or a set of practices which are currently ridiculed in our culture as insipid, insubstantial, or even dangerous. Devalued for generations of patriarchal culture, our families and cultures are left with little to no recollection of how to estee...m and tend to these qualities in ourselves or one another. These qualities are what I consider aptitudes of the soul: The intelligence of our feelings; the necessity of ceremony and rites of passage; the power of listening and being witnessed; the significance of intuition and dreams; it is sensitivity itself, vulnerability, and the bodys wisdom. But perhaps more grave than any of these losses is the overarching ability to consider and tend to our belonging with one another, and with the earth. Toko-pa Turner, Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home (belongingbook.com)

06.01.2022 When you dream of a wild animal, you are touching the part of yourself that can never be domesticated. The animal heart lives according to an ancient set of laws. She doesnt care about politics and politeness and never takes more than she should. She reminds you of your nobility, your physical magnificence, and the unselfconscious power of instinct. The animal heart sees clearly what the intellect cannot because it follows the innate knowing of the earth itself. The animal ...heart lives behind logic, below reason, underneath the armour of objectivity. She has lived longer than any of us can remember because it was from her belly that we were born. Half-sighted as we are, we forget and deny her, building our platforms on what we think is her grave. But she is far from dead. She stays hidden not because she is timid, but because she is wise. And if she comes out to greet you, know that you are trustworthy of her approach. Excerpt from Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home by Toko-pa Turner (belongingbook.com)

05.01.2022 Don’t bow your head too long in the river of despair. Its undercurrents are strong and may pull you into always travelling downstream. Make a choice against its worship. Thank it in earnest for the softening it makes of the hard ground in you, for the vitality it ushers into the stale riverbed of unfeeling, bracing, and holding. But know the true altar of your worship is with the love that broke you open. Worship at the altar of your being supported. After all, you are the r...eceiver of too many generosities to count. Count them anyway. As Wordsworth wrote, pleasure is an acknowledgment of the beauty of the universea homage paid to the native and naked dignity of man Even thinking about pleasure brings pleasure. At any given moment we can attune ourselves to well-being, which is a tributary of belonging. It is that place in our hearts where we are grateful for all that we’re receiving and, for a moment, want nothing more. Excerpt From Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home by Toko-pa Turner (belongingbook.com)

05.01.2022 Before we can open the heart and become fully embodied, we have to feel safe within our body. We have to turn of the fight and flight response that say it’s not safe to be in your skin. Many woman are pulled towards the feminine spiritual path due to promises of pleasure, untamed embodiment, and expansiveness of being. However, they don’t realise that before we can step onto that path, we have to feel grounded, safe, and nourished within first. If we don’t, we further push o...ur body into fight and flight. Come and spend an afternoon exploring this concept, that before expansion comes contraction. Before breathing out, we have to breathe in. That wild nourishment has to come first, before we can step into the undomesticated self Soul nourishment is a precursor to allow shakti to rise naturally To book please message me. Investment into self is $80. Only 6 spaces available Location: Tallai (address given upon booking)

04.01.2022 'Menstrual cycle awareness is the womans mindfulness practice' is a quote from our Hay House book, Wild Power: discover the magic of your menstrual cycle and awaken the feminine path to power. Although we say 'the' we are not saying THE. We are not saying that other mindfulness practices arent for women, but rather we are wanting to highlight cycle awareness as a significant practice, which has an added chutzpah because it is built into our being. Because it is in us, it ha...s a potency all of its own unlike other mindfulness practices. Many spiritual practices were created by men and to suit their nature. We regard the menstrual cycle as the original spiritual practice for women and that all others in a sense are derivative. #awomensspiritualpractice #menstrualcycleawareness #loveyourcycle #wildpower #redschool #period

04.01.2022 DEEP IN THE TANTRIC MUD We have been sent gurus, guides, angels, healers, provocateurs, allies and antagonists in all shapes and sizes. Our partners, our kids, ...friends and family members, lovers. Our therapists, our work colleagues, strangers on the subway. Our true teachers are all around us. Because the true teachings of life are ancient and lie deep within us. All the people in our lives right now have gifts to offer. Some gifts are obvious. Some gifts are only realised in hindsight. Through some relationships we are taught how to listen. To receive someone elses truth without rushing in to fix them, advise them or stop them feeling what theyre feeling. To take their world seriously. To get out of our own heads. To lose our self-absorption and narcissism and step into different shoes. Some relationships teach us how to hear ourselves, connect with our own wants and needs. To share our authentic feelings honestly, speak whats really going on in our inner world, even as our hearts pound and we worry how well be received. Some relationships teach us how to be loved, how to let love in. How to allow ourselves to be supported. To ask for help and not see that as a weakness. To be looked after. To be cared for. To receive loving attention. To be held in anothers compassionate gaze. To let that compassion in. To know that we are so deserving of that. Some connections teach us how to give support, to pay attention to another persons feelings and needs, to look after another. To take the lead and step in and step out of our own stuff. To give our time and attention, our emotional and physical strength. To offer the gift of our willing sacrifice. To discover our limits in the giving too. To give from a place of self-nourishment, not guilt. Some relationships teach us the necessity of speaking up for ourselves. They force us to get honest about whats not okay for us, what hurts, what feels wrong, what feels like too much or too little. To become aware of when our boundaries have been crossed. To express our righteous anger, the part of us that feels unseen, unheard, not respected, abused. To respect ourselves enough to say No, despite the consequences. Sometimes we learn through break ups, heartbreaks, the death and transformation of relationships. We find the courage to take a step out of something thats unhealthy for us, step out of the old and into the unknown, step into aliveness, step into heartbreak and feelings of loneliness maybe, step into our power and honour our precious hearts as they close and open and close and open and... Sometimes we grow by staying in relationship when we feel like leaving and stepping away. Staying present during conflict and misunderstanding, feeling our feelings of anger, fear, grief and exasperation, shame and guilt, expressing our painful or blissful truth. Finding power in the staying. Slowing down and looking together at the mess. Finding a place of reconnection, maybe. Making amends, maybe. Saying sorry, maybe. Owning our wounds and actions. Sometimes relationship teaches us how to be with another and sometimes it teaches us how to be with ourselves. How to stop running from our precious aloneness. To find the joy in silence, stillness, solitude. To be One. To be two. To unify. To separate. To sense when we are out of balance. To sense when we feel neglected. Smothered. Numb. Disconnected. Empty. Full. To take seriously our need to be alone. To take seriously our need for companionship. To know when we are hiding, afraid of being seen, avoiding connection. To know when we are addictively abandoning ourselves for another, running from ourselves to meet another in codependency, expecting to be saved, fixed, mended, made whole. Sometimes relationship is bliss. Sometimes it is confusing, agonising. We are called to touch the heights of intimacy. We are called to touch the depths of our existential loneliness and deepest longings. We are called to know ourselves. All experiences on the path of relationship can teach us, change us, heal us. Even in the struggle, we can find blessings and insights. If we are willing to slow down and look. If we are willing to stay curious and do the courageous work of softening into our embodied experience. If we are willing to feel into the pains and pleasures of relating. Deep in the tantric mud, we may strike gold. - Jeff Foster

03.01.2022 Listen to the rumbling of change, tune in to its whispers, sit with it, flow with it!!

03.01.2022 THE BIRTH OF HOPE: A JOURNEY TO THE ROCK BOTTOM OF TRAUMA The wound is the place where the Light enters you. - Rumi... As someone who has recovered from what we now call Complex PTSD, I want to share my most important discovery, the one principle and insight that saved my life, altered my destiny, and ultimately led to profound healing. The discovery? Awakening to my own indestructible Presence. Discovering who I really am, that calm, surrendered place in the midst of the somatic, emotional and psychological storm of the body-mind. The holy non-dual light in the darkness. No matter how intense and terrifying my feelings got over the years; no matter how tense and contracted the muscles in my body became; no matter how my mind raced and spun and catastrophized over every tiny little thing; no matter how loud and violent the inner voices of fear and shame became; no matter how much I spaced out, dissociated from my body, went numb, lost myself in nightmares; no matter how hard it was to breathe sometimes in the midst of fear, crippling social anxiety and that crushing sense of unworthiness at the core of all trauma; no matter how many times I escaped into my addictions binge eating, computer games, codependency and people-pleasing, fantasy, overworking, self-hatred, desperately attempting to control others; no matter how bad things got, there was a safe place I could always return to, a sanctuary of Self. Many times I forgot this safe place of course. Many times I lost myself in the whirlwind of trauma again. But then I would remember Trust. Breathe. You are safe. Thoughts and feelings and bodily sensations have never hurt anyone. You are here. It is now. You are not in the past. You are not in the future. You are here. Now. You are breathing. You are safe... Sometimes the work of recovery felt impossible to do by myself. Many times I sobbed in the arms of my partner, or a dear friend. Once or twice I sobbed in the arms of a stranger. Sometimes I had to write out my pain, splurge it all on paper, let the paper hold me and ground me and give me hope. Sometimes I felt I was about to die or go mad. Probably thousands of times I imagined myself being carted away in a straight-jacket, or a coffin. And then, I would drop out of the mind again, come out of thought and its myriad futures, and fall back into the fucking earth. Into the ground. Into the couch, the bed, the grass, the living day, the reality. And then, spontaneous tears would come. Or spontaneous shaking. Or spontaneous fire, the sense of my own animal power. Here, Jeff. Come back here Healing is messy. Healing is terrifying sometimes. Healing can also be blissful of course, some days. There is no right way to heal. We learn to expect the ups and the downs. We learn to expect the despair and the joy and the confusion. Sometimes healing can come unexpectedly through a scene in a movie youre watching, through a piece of music, a passage in a book, or a moment of stillness in a shopping mall. Sometimes a work of art, or a poem, or a conversation with a friend, healed and inspired and soothed me and brought me to Presence more deeply and quickly than any therapist or healing technique ever could. Sometimes, feeling unable to go on, unable to escape myself, the only place I could go was the core of my deepest pain, into the abandonment wound itself, into the heart of the dissociation and the numbness. I took the risk of letting the numbness kill me (as my mind feared it would). And every time, as I turned towards the abandonment depression, the cosmic tiredness, the searing sense of isolation, the voided void, the howling trauma core, every single fucking time it didnt kill me, and every single fucking time I found that it was the safest place to be, and every single fucking time I found relief, relaxation, even sweet healing tears there, in the place I thought I would breathe my last breath. In the darkest place, I found new creativity, new love, new life. I learned to bless my sweet body, in its full-on fight-or-flight mode, or its full-on get me out of the moment mode, bless the racing heart and the trembling limbs and the sweat and the nausea and that awful sinking feeling in the belly and that terrible sense of urgency to escape. I learned to trust it all although I hated it all so badly sometimes! I leaned to trust it all although it felt so very hard to trust sometimes. I started to become the parent - the mother and the father - I never had. The one that stayed with me in the pits of hell, who held me close and whispered, I am here. You are safe. This is just the passing intensity of the mind and body and nothing bad is happening, and you just need to remember to breathe, and it will all pass as it always has, and I am here with you through every breath you take... I learned how to be with the abandoned one inside, that terrible, lonely, searing depression at the rock bottom of all trauma. I learned to see that it was just a feeling calling for love, and it didnt define me, and it wasnt a threat, but an exquisite part of existence itself, that didnt have to be cured or defeated, but loved. Yes, I learned how to befriend the lonely one within, the abandoned one, the one who wanted to die, I learned to breathe with it and see it as a frightened part of me desperately needing my love. I learned to take care of the lost child. I found that I was bigger than my frightened mind, bigger than any feeling, however intense, bigger than grief, bigger than trauma itself, bigger than my own limited notion of myself. Layers of shame and fear began to melt away, layers of addiction, layers of mind, layers that were only trying to protect me from raw life, and my raw self, and my raw feelings and bodily sensations, and my raw truth. As all these outdated coping mechanisms fell away, I learned to see and love my imperfections again. To rejoice at my wonderful mistakes. To laugh at the absurdity of my moments. To let myself break down sometimes, to give up sometimes, to surrender, to not know. To let myself be seen by others. To stop repressing my authenticity and weirdness. To stop trying to be a carbon copy of other people. To pursue my own wonderful, scary, original path. To let myself forget, and remember, and forget again. To let myself be humbled, often. To begin again, each day. There are a hundred other things I could tell you about my healing journey. But if I only leave you with one thing right now, let it be this... There is a place in you of utter safety, innocence, stillness, purity. It is ancient and wise and has survived a billion nightmares. It is unnameable and crystal clear, as soft as the finest cashmere, tougher than diamond, and more loving than anything you could possibly imagine. It is fearless yet it holds the most overwhelming terror like a newborn baby. It is not a destination. It is not a place you get to one day. It is not some far-off utopia. It cannot abandon you. It is God before God. It is you, your deepest self, prior to any trauma. Obscured sometimes, yes, but never truly lost. It is the eye of the storm. Utterly unmoving. Utterly still. Utterly powerful. I am grateful to my deepest psychological pain. It showed me the way Home. It cracked me open to my holy vulnerability and the preciousness of this human existence. It taught me things that joy and bliss and all kinds of worldly success could never, ever teach. My trauma took me close to death, yes, but then it woke me up to more life. There is so much hope, friend. There is so much hope. - Jeff Foster

02.01.2022 Combining herbs based on each womans unique needs, history, and energy. Creating a combination which mirrors them physically, emotionally, and spiritually. In this blend I see a woman who is ready to start new. Ready to delve deeper into parts of herself undiscovered. I see a woman yearning for flow and freedom. Movement. A woman ready to put herself first. Ready to release the blocks to her feminine side. To feel truly beautiful and enjoy that natural beauty. These are some... of the things these herbs whisper to me. Lets see the journey they take her on #soulwork #lightworker #lovemylife #mysteryschools #shakti #raisingconsciousness #love #spirituality #mindbodyspirit #wombawakening #empoweredwomen #FEMININE #wombhealth #femininehealth #tantra #chakrahealing #apothecary #consciousness #woman #awakening #spiritualthoughts #embodiment #soul #meditate #spiritjunkie #pregnancy #womb #yonisteam #psychology #steamyaugust See more

01.01.2022 In exile, we must do as the goddess Innana did, surrendering layer after layer of armour and adornment, until we are bare. We must then undergo a symbolic death of the old life in order to be reborn with greater resilience and a holy assignment to carry forward. The initiated adult has learned to withstand uncertainty, has paid a debt to the gods through her loss and her grief, and has decided to make beauty with her life as the future ancestor that she is. Excerpt from Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home by Toko-pa Turner (belongingbook.com)

01.01.2022 I am in love with this red clover that I sourced from a biodynamic farm in Australia The quality is incredible. Red Clover aids in reducing metabolic waste. It works to stimulate anabolic and catabolic reactions and improves overall function, allowing waste to leave the body and nutrients to be preserved. This is why its commonly known for its blood purification properties. I love this herb for its estrogenic effects and how it supports menopausal symptoms The flavonoids... in the herb can mimic estrogen in the body. When combining this herb in a delicate balance with others, it can support a woman with dips in estrogen associated with menopausal symptoms, for example hot flushes, insomnia, vaginal changes, and bone loss This herb does not only support you through menopause, it can also support you through earlier stages of life. The liver is the main organ responsible for hormone production and detoxification for the entire body. In a day and age where toxicity is rife, red clover can support you in the detoxification of these toxins, therefore ensuring optimal liver function #soulwork #lightworker #lovemylife #mysteryschools #shakti #raisingconsciousness #love #spirituality #mindbodyspirit #wombawakening #empoweredwomen #FEMININE #wombhealth #femininehealth #tantra #chakrahealing #apothecary #consciousness #woman #awakening #spiritualthoughts #embodiment #soul #meditate #spiritjunkie #pregnancy #womb #yonisteam #psychology #steamyaugust See more

01.01.2022 The shadow should not be equated with evil, only with life that has been suppressed. As such, the shadow is rich in potential. Becoming conscious of it makes u...s more fully human, more interesting. A shadowless person is extraordinarily bland and uninteresting. A willingness to allow our darkest impulses, as well as repressed creativity, to surface and be acknowledged is a step toward their integration. Negative shadow contents such as rage, lust, anger, etc., can be destructive when acted out unconsciously, but when consciously acknowledged and channeled they can provide new directions and new energy. In concrete terms, the shadow will out, whether in unconscious acts, projections onto others, depression or somatic illness. The shadow embodies all the life which has not been allowed expression. It embodies all lost sensitivity, which denied, breaks through in sentimentality. It represents our creativity, which abandoned, locks us into ennui and enervation. It embodies our spontaneity, which suppressed, routinizes and stultifies our lives. It represents a life force greater than our conscious personality has yet utilized, and its blocking leads to diminished vitality. -James Hollis from The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife Art by Brent Hollowell

01.01.2022 The florally charismatic Passion flower, with its drop-dead gorgeous flowers and exotic fruits that resemble green dragon eggs, is a truly helpful remedy for these times: it gently soothes the nerves and can ease insomnia, stress, and anxiety. #soulwork #lightworker #lovemylife #mysteryschools #shakti #raisingconsciousness #love #spirituality #mindbodyspirit #wombawakening #empoweredwomen #FEMININE #wombhealth #femininehealth #tantra #chakrahealing #apothecary #consciousness #woman #awakening #spiritualthoughts #embodiment #soul #meditate #spiritjunkie #pregnancy #womb #yonisteam #psychology #steamyaugust