On Monday evening I attended the first of a closed women's circles. It was a beautiful experience. I rushed there from work and was not feeling "up to par", but the minute I entered the temple space, my emotions settled. A sweet sense of ease came upon me. There was a feeling of warmth with the goddess statue in the center of the room, draped with glittering scarves, the burnt orange walls and soft lights and shimmering tapestries. All the women there felt welcoming and somehow familiar. The evening was spent dancing, talking heart-to-heart and listening to each other. Everything was offered to us to help us open to the wisdom of our hearts, connect to and validate our emotions and deepen our access to intuitive knowing.
The most profound exercise we did was a type of heart-opening "confession". Each woman shared something that felt like it was pushing an edge and revealing a hidden side of she was. The only rule was that it had to start with the words, "What I need you to know about me is..." After each person shared, the group had to deeply breathe in the feelings, connect heart-to-heart and make eye-contact before moving on to the next. It was very powerful!
Next we worked in smaller pods where we repeated the exercise. However, this time, one of our partners had to tap into her own intuitive knowing. The partner had to connect with a profoundly deep core truth within the speaker and then reply with "the hidden messages of her soul", much like an oracle or wisewoman would provide consultation. The partner was only instructed to begin with the words, "What I need you to know about you is..." To hear women sharing what felt like their deepest secret and immediately afterwards hear insights resonant with luminous truth felt soothing and magical. After all, we have all had all had these "secrets" and fears! Watching absolute strangers channeling such heart-centered guidance was amazing. It was a wonderful reminder that we always have access to sage wisdom if we take the time and energy to connect with it.
I have been following the Goddess energies for decades now, informed by a perpetual quest to connect with, embody and transmit an aspect of life-force energy which is distinctly feminine. I'm not sure why I am so passionate about it or why I feel so called to the mission. But somehow, when I gather women in circle or attend women's gatherings where the authenticity is so deep and honest, I get goosebumps. I know I am exactly where I am supposed to be. A place where we can let down all the walls, stories and reasons for perceiving difference with others. A place where higher potential is cultivated and inner strength is nourished. It is the same for me when I am teaching hooping or teachers~ I get a numinous sense that I am doing something beyond the visible realms~ helping people to own their power and shine forth brighter upon the world. When attending or holding these sorts of events, I sense that there is an activation happening for me at a cellular level. Sometimes I imagine lightcodes in my DNA flaring up with luminosity.
I am not quite certain why these events can't contain men, but they don't. There is a sacred sense to gathering all the tribeswomen together to fortify through ritual and rites ... there is something mystical and ancient about it. It has been done for thousands of years across cultures around the world. Women's gatherings are a place to be deeply renewed. A place to be reminded of unlimited power of what it means to be connected to the All. It is a place to be reminded of the invisible threads which connect us all, which need no validation or proof. It is a place to come be as you are, be wild, chaotic, emotional, passionate and afire with divine inspiration...
The adventure continues.... more soon!
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