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Feminine Power Week 7 Exercise: Activating Our Leadership to Create Our Brightest Future

Week 7 of the Feminine Power Course has been amazing! This segment was all about how to activate your leadership to create our brightest future. The emphasis of this segment was to stop using external excuses for not being the woman of our greatest vision and highest potential. There was encouragement to COMMIT to living as our future self now, playing the biggest game we can in service to the evolution and flourishing of the whole.

I loved the reminder that uncertainty is normal and healthy when doing something that has never been done. I also loved the reminder that growth requires the ability to tolerate imperfection. Finally, the idea that we NEED others in co-creative partnership to fully manifest our greatest visions. Such profound life lessons for expansion!

I received encouragement to be more vulnerable and cultivate the ability to be in partnership instead of being alone. I realized that I want to create a forcefield of open invitation around me to welcome in opportunities, collaborations and alliances of co-creation. I realized I want to commit to all the inner changes I need to make to magnetize ecstatic partnerships with luminous visionaries who up-level my capacity to love, imagine and take action. I desire to create structures in my life congruent with the future self I want to start living now!

I need to commit with ferocious tenacity to living in these new ways, even if they are extremely uncomfortable, foreign and misunderstood by those around me. I am really getting that I need to take an unshakeable stand on behalf of how I a seek to move the culture of humanity forward. As a pioneer of something that does not yet exist, I choose to self generate my own momentum and validation to move myself forward upon this path. 

A power statement that names the new sense of self I want to share is...

I AM the generative force of the universe and I am on the planet to create the full flourishing of life everywhere I go!

Anchored in this power center, the new ways I am showing up for life are...

~ I begin taking bigger risks extending myself to more people I admire, yet for some reason believe are "inaccessible" or "in a league above me",  cultivating curiosity about what possibilities exist for our co-creativity

~ I follow through on creative impulses I have in just a few days, instead of just writing them down and waiting for "one day when..."

~ I apply for bigger opportunities to present/facilitate which are on the edge of extreme discomfort for me because they are so new. I let my passion to serve the ripe blossoming of the whole motivate me to persevere, despite hesitation.

~ I look for ways to leave those I interact with feeling more radiant, enlivened and presenced when I leave

~  If I desire something, I take the initiative by virtue of my thriving essence and I initiate it. It is my nature to be an initiator, the same way it is the nature of the sun to shine. I am the creative force of the Universe! I AM.

Identify the fears that have been preventing you from creating co-creative partnerships...

My fears are that I will be the one ending up doing all the work and that no one would work as hard as me anyways, so why partner with another person. Then, once I am entangled with someone else in a relationship which isn't working, I fear that I will not have the ability to communicate my disappointment in their performance and need for them to step it up, and will bottle up my emotions and not know how to exit the relationship in a healthy and loving way.

I need to grow myself to be liberated from this fear, so I can collaborate well with others, by...

I create clear contracts and agreements which invite a deeper level of co-commitment from both of us. I take personal responsibility to create a sense of safety and peace of mind  by being the initiator of discussions. I learn to communicate more transparently, authentically and immediately when feeling discomfort. I learn to tolerate the anxiety of things being done at a different pace if they are not mine to do. I realize that partnership can gift deeply enriching gems of insight and experience which would be impossible to generate alone. 

 I have such a feeling of quickening around the importance of this training! I'm excited to see who I continue to evolve into...

Love,

 

Feminine Power Week 6 Exercise: Creating the Future of My Life

In Week 6 of the Feminine Power course, I was asked to connect with my future self as a lighthouse of inspiration and guidance in living my life forward now, as if already my future self. I was encouraged to recognize that there is always a GAP between my personal vision of my greatest potential and the actual day and time when I am actually living my full potential in the world. This week was all about closing the gap.

For example, the course teachers, Claire and Katherine, were just teaching 6 students a week but had the vision of teaching many thousands. There wasn't a day when 70,000 students showed up on their doorstep asking to be taught. They invested years teaching just 6-12 people to develop the profound skills of leadership and philosophy capable of serving tens of thousands of women. It took years for the gap to close between their vision and actually living it, but  their "meantime" was invested with absolute focus.

Below are some fun exercises I completed. I had to connect with my future self in terms of who I am, how others relate to me, and how life relates to me. I also had to write about what steps I have to take right now to cultivate the skills I need in the future. Finally, I had to name the support I  need to create for myself along the way... I love this class!

My future self is...

~ i am an ambassador of love, a visible leader who leads with heart, teaching millions 

~ i am a conduit of love-beauty-joy and I shine with inner radiance and vitality

~ i am a delicious goddess saturated by the power of the cosmos which freely flows through me

~ i am making love to life in yearning, giving, and receiving into fullness

~ life has a overflow of support to help me give forth my deepest creative talents and intuitive ideas

~ life is a delicious dance of delight, where the yum of creativity pours forth from me and is lovingly savored by those around me

~ life is fully lavishing me with everything i need to express the deepest possibilities and talents of my being

~ others seek out my wisdom to embody their highest qualities and greatest potentials

~ others cherish what I have to offer and generously enrich my life in return

~ others allow me to fully embody my deepest creativity and my own greatest potential

~ i am an extraordinary facilitator, unleashing deep love from within others and assisting them in having life-changing experiences

~ i am open-hearted, transparent, confident and receptive to all positive opportunities and relationships

~ i am experiencing more pleasure and love on a daily basis than I ever believed possible

~ i am nestled in safety and security and all my needs are beyond met in return for my loving overflow

I need the following skills/structures/capacities to bring forth the gifts I have to offer...

inner development

~ cultivate the confidence to say "no" to experiences, people and things which do not inspire my greatness

~habituate myself to say "yes" to new experiences and choices which support my creative flourishing and radiance

~ enhance my own self-image so I see myself as a woman capable and worthy of teaching millions of people directly or indirectly and thousands at once

~ deepen my own openness to life by embodying the divine feminine at an even deeper level, including softening, nurturing, receptivity, wildness, sensuality, and flow

~ learn to live at a luxuriously spacious and enjoyable pace which allows me to thrive and overflow with juiciness and rich depth 

outer development

~ continue serious study with exemplary facilitators who inspire my vision and deepen my knowledge on the area that I am most passionate about

~ articulate my own unique philosophy and message and crystalize the essence of my work into tangible products, services  or vessels of intellectual property which can be marketed

~ manifest more opportunities to be interviewed on radio and television 

~ facilitate transformative experiences for larger groups of people

~ increase the frequency of my facilitation

~ cultivate more powerful speaking skills and the ability to speak improvisationally without a plan and still impart a cohesive, transformative message

~ master vocal mechanics of tonality, pitch, tone, and speed while also cultivating a unique and inspiring vocabulary which deeply effects others

~ to become masterful at supporting the expansion of potential through intuitive, empowering coaching skills

~ develop comfort and expertise in beautifully integrating unexpected emotional releases by event participants and making their experiences crucial to the learning of the whole group

~ begin creating my next book proposal based on my passions

~ begin writing and recording my mp3 meditations/visualizations

~ host more teleseminars/talk radio experiences

The support that I need along the way to live in alignment with the future I am creating is...

~ daily quality time spent with evolutionary partners who inspire me to stretch beyond my perceived limits and to live in a divine diamond frequency of delight, as a passionate manifester of my wildest dreams!

~ sweet quiet time for reflection, movement and meditation 

~ continue living close to nature with good smelling  air, tall trees, trails, mountains, fresh water and with a sky which shows lots of stars at night

~scheduled time to replenish every couple months on warm tropical islands which infuse my being with ripe femininity, ambrosial flow and succulence

~ loving intimacy which nourishes my body and spirit

~ lots of water, tons of green foods, superfoods, fresh juices and whole foods 

 

In endless gratitude for these amazing learning opportunities...

 

xoxo,

Initiate Evolutionary Partnerships: A New Paradigm of "Best Friend"

Up-level the authenticity of your connection with others. YOU can take the initiative by being the source. Embody the essence of connectivity. Reach out and call instead of emailing. Meet in person instead of texting. Host friends to gather once a week. Share at least one meal per day with another person you care about.

Imagine this is the last time you will see this person. Let yourself be filled with tender, honest feelings. Look deeply into their eyes. Let a level of deep appreciation and presence pervade you. What are you waiting for?

For years I longed to initiate more authentic intimacy, yet lacked the words to express it or the knowledge of how to do it. I had friendships which were sweet, yet somehow superficial, and I longed to "drop in" and experience a level of raw open-ness which evaded me. But recently, some very powerful women visionaries have been educating thousands of women in the art of feminine power, and most especially, the art of creating evolutionary partnerships with others. I'm greatly inspired...

For me, independence has always been a comfort zone. I've always admired self-sufficiency and the ability to meet all my own needs. At work and in life, I've historically been most at ease when I am in charge and running the show... albeit at times at a manic pace to keep all the pieces from flying apart. But as the years pass, I realize more and more that independence does not carry the fullness and connection which I long to experience. The last year has included lots of yoga and studies of David Deida and Tantra which has accelerated the process of softening, opening, and revealing for me.

Maybe you share something in common with me? Perhaps you are a super independent woman who loves doing it all solo, yet yearns for heartfelt connection? Or maybe you are surrounded by friends with whom you wish to deepen your radical honesty? Or maybe you are in a romantic relationship and long to express a deeper level of empowering reflection to your partner, but lack a way to share feedback in a non-confrontational way?

The below chart is a useful place to start. I compiled it based on the life-changing Feminine Power Course offered by Katherine Woodward Thomas and Claire Zammit. These two remarkable women are taking it upon themselves to change the planetary evolution of human relationships by providing us with templates upon which we can create new shared visions of creative co-creation.

What I love about this evolutionary partnership chart is that it presents a way to create contractual agreements which profoundly increase the depth and empowerment we can share in partnerships. It is a new paradigm which invites humanity to evolve beyond the old-school perception of what a "best friend" girlfriend is ~ someone offering blind support and validation based on shared victimization. Instead, we are invited to consider building our capacity to reflect, be curious and connect with our friend's highest future self. Yum!

You can create an evolutionary partnership with a friend by starting out with a conversation. Begin by affirming your love and respect for her or him. Express that you are wanting to deepen your mutual capacity to love and speak authentically. Speak from your heart and share why you are blessed to have them in your life. Speak to what you admire about them. Articulate a deep, burning desire to know him or her on a deeper level. Finally, share that you are devoted to fully supporting him or her as their highest future self, embodied right here and now, and that you hope they will do the same for you.

Please post your stories of transformation to share how this may be useful for you!

Much love,

EVOLUTIONARY PARTNERSHIP CHART

Type of Relationship	“Girlfriend” Relationships	Evolutionary Partnerships
Contracts	There are no contracts. Little to no agreements in place. These often have no specific shared focus.	Agreements are in place to help both people realize their fullest potentials. Contracts direct both participants towards their fullest evolutionary expansion. Deep love and alignment and safety is created based on shared agreements.
Purpose	To provide each other with comfort.	To midwife the potentials of each other and the collective. We keep showing up because we are committed to the evolution of  each other and the whole.
How we become ourselves	Individually we become who we are.	Others are a crucial element to becoming who we are. We recognize that we can’t become ourselves alone, that we need each other to become our highest potential. We become who we are by standing with and for each other.
Motivation	To feel safe, loved, a sense of belonging, containment and security.	We share a mutual commitment to realize growth and evolution and the recognition of our interdependence. We share authentic care in service of mutual development and empowerment
Bonding	Based on shared victimization, complaining about things, stories of victimization i.e. relationships, body, growing up with parents, money, etc.	We choose to bond  inside of the futures we are committed to co-creating. We bond by helping each other become the women we were born to be.
Reflections	Affirming each other’s self image. Validating any emotions friends have without challenging assumptions of their beliefs.	We share reflections with our friend on things outside our friend’s current awareness. Inviting your friend into objectivity and a wider perspective.
What is happening	There is certainty of what is happening.	We encourage openness, curiosity for that which is not yet known. Inquiry to discover truth together.
Perspectives	See things from one perspective	Thinking together and engaging things from multiple perspectives.
On difficult conversations	There is a general avoidance of difficult conversations. There is a turning away, a tolerating of discomfort, and a habit of not confronting.	We welcome difficult conversations as a way of deepening the connection to foster growth and evolution. In service to the realization of our greatest potentials holding each other accountable.
Deep knowing	You keep interactions relatively mundane.	Your closest friends know what your deepest longings are as a woman. They know your current devotion to fulfill the highest calling of your life. You have given permission to people to share this and be there with you.
Mirroring	There is not always the possibility for complete openness, transparency and deep engagement.	Friends are given permission to challenge you and hold a mirror to reflect what you are not seeing about yourself that are getting in the way of fulfilling your potential.

 

 

Waking Up To My Evolutionary Potential...

I'm in week 2 of the Feminine Power telecourse and loving it! We have been asked to reflect on some powerful questions. Here are my responses...

What I most deeply desire to experience in my life at this time is to be an overflowing vessel of honey love, able to flow as an artist through any situation with grace and presence. I crave deep connections and the ability to trust whole-heartedly with the open innocence of a child and the wisdom of a sage. 

I deeply desire to express my highest expression of health, vibrancy, grace, luminous sensuality and cosmic connection. I long to be a clear channel and vessel for the expression of divine love, a profound lover seeing life from a galactic, instead of human perspective. I hunger to be so fully immersed in my own juicy, delicious goddess vibration that I glow with presence and beauty, inspiring others to do the same.

I most deeply desire to create beauty in my life. I am an passionate lover of beauty and want to create more through words, color, texture, sound, emotion and movement. I am compelled to facilitate a higher frequency of vibration within and between people so that affection can be more fully expressed and embodied. I want to immerse myself and others in experiences which are sumptuous, colorful, ecstatic, pleasurable and luminous.

I most deeply desire to contribute to others my absolute presence, openness, and sincerity. I'm inspired to cultivate my capacity for a deep sense of relatedness to everyone I encounter. I am called to be able to stay focused on my inspired vision and to have the courage to act as if I am already the wise woman I need to be to carry it out.

I feel as if my life is at stake. I'm willing to give myself fully to this adventure with this level of urgent dedication to my evolutionary expansion!

My intention for the next 8 weeks is to embody extreme juicyness, radiance, and deliciousness. I want to saturate myself and those I encounter with love and luminosity as if my life depended on it. I will be a beaming beacon of self-acceptance, nourishing everyone around me just by being me! Being suffused with presence and purity of purpose will help me more clearly envision and manifest the creative projects which want to emerge through me. I will have a breakthrough in my ability to my teach in new ways, such as with tele-seminars and streaming online videos. This will allow me to contribute the gifts I have to offer to exponentially more people, who will, in turn, become change agents quickening everyone around them to be more authentic and joyous. My projects will be manifested by uniquely feminine ways of creating which will allow me to feel relaxed, sensual, and open while easily bringing my visions into being. This experience will give me life-changing revelations about the creative power of the divine feminine, which will deeply enrich my work and how I choose to live, be and express as a evolutionary woman in my relationships and community.

Thank you!

Relating my Life to the Larger Story of Feminine Evolution

I'm in week one of my new Feminine Power Telecourse! I'm so excited, on the edge of my poof waiting for them to post the recording for tonight's first class since I missed the live call. In the meantime, I've been looking over the course materials. I was really moved by one of the shared agreements they ask us to honor... 

"Relate to my own experience as part of the larger story of women's evolution. I see my own personal challenges and struggles as they relate to the underlying principles we are currently engaging in the course, in service to the collective learning and empowerment of the women in this class, and in service to women everywhere." (Copyright 2010 Feminine Power)

This agreement feels SO in alignment to me. It reminds me to put my life into perspective by inviting me to stay focused on serving the collective essence of SHE within all of us, as opposed to getting wrapped up in the me, me, me of my little challenges. How can I soften into our shared experiences? It invites me to consider how any feeling I experience is the same as what all women experience. When I am afriad, it asks me to think of how other women feel fear too. When I feel elation it creates an opening for me to connect to all the women that feel elation.  It asks me to look at what makes us the same and to feel deeply into that. It gently encourages me to open my heart and devote myself being of service to other women seeking the same.

This one refocusing tool inspires me to find and tell my own life story in a new, deeper way. To inhabit a story with threads that connect me to the larger whole of women around the globe, across space, across time. I am compelled to feel deeply into my own doubts, hopes, dreams, yearnings and desires and through them nourish others... and also to move through any limitations or challenges on behalf of all women who want to move through the same thing and emerge ~ glowing, passionate, grounded and luminous.

Something big is happening...

xoxo