The Fire Inside
An inquiry - How are we are deconditioning from more masculine ways of being and leaning into our feminine sides? How do we cultivate the new generation of empowered and awakened women the world desperately needs to come into balance?
The story we are told of women is not this one. The story of women is the story of love, of foundering into another. A slight deviation: longing to founder and being unable to. Being left alone in the foundering, and taking things into one’s own hands: rat poison, the wheels of a Russian train. Even the smoother and gentler story is still just a
... See moreNo longer acting out her mother’s unhealthy modeling, or in reaction to what she thought others wanted or expected from her, she could start making choices that would allow her to create the kinds of relationships that she would actually want to be in. Immediately, she pledged to start showing up differently. To stay aware of her feelings, needs,
... See moreAs for these women, the dakinis have a gift to present to you too. They offer a feminine model that is fierce, wise, spiritual, and embodied. They give us the energy of the undomesticated feminine; they are not meek or submissive. They are luminous, subtle spiritual energy, the gatekeepers and the guardians of the unconditioned wisdom and sacred
... See moreEvery moment of our life is relationship. There is nothing except relationship.
Audre Lorde, Uses of the Erotic: Erotic as Power
Once we begin to feel deeply all the aspects of our lives, we begin to demand from ourselves and from our life-pursuits that they feel in accordance with that joy which we know ourselves to be capable of. Our erotic knowledge empowers us, becomes a lens through which we scrutinize all aspects of our existence, forcing us to evaluate those aspects
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