Like Liquid

Like Liquid Fire...

We are not the dying embers of hate and fear but 

a Collective of great bonfires fueled by our ecstatic desire-filled fierce FIRE. 

Have some of us forgotten Who We Are?

We are reminded every day of our mortality and 

how our one lifetime is but a ripple in a vast lake of Eternities.

We Create and Destroy, Weep and Smile, 

Open and Close the invisible bars around our hearts...

And Yet We Fall, then, 

We RISE and 

We somehow Persevere...

This Knowing is immeasurable and insatiable...

This surge of Spirit pulsing through me...these words like liquid 

pouring out of me...

Freedom is not just Imagining but Dreaming our Worlds INTO BEing...

Where our choices are birthed from our hearts and the deep bellies of 

OUR TRUTH.

Fear not, Dear Ones, Beautiful Shiny Sparkly Stars that you ARE...

The Invitation has always been there to...

Dance Pray Sing Laugh Release Create

C.E.L.E.B.R.A.T.E.

Come PLAY...Burn Bright! 

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sleep tonight

I find myself unable to sleep tonight. The chatter within is especially incessant. As I close my eyes, I am taken back to Saturday. That morning, our women's Lodge took place where nearly 40 sisters gathered. The different generations were represented as were the many nations. We laughed, we cried, we sang, we drummed. And through our Blood, Sweat, Tears and Spirits...this sacred ceremony deepened our connection to each other and ourselves...the stone people whispered to us, carrying the messages of our ancestors...reminding us again and again of Who We Are. Children of the Earth. Shining Stars of the Cosmos.
Tonight, in the silence of this hour, whilst I battle this insomnia I begin to question Everything. Doubt seeps in, crawling close as it often does. It is in moments like these, I think of our last Lodge...
As I lay there in the dirt, the heat covering me like a blanket, I wrestle with what brought me there. The struggles, the hurts, the patterns I'd like to break free from.
The Blackness Within merges with the darkness inside the Lodge and I find it challenging to breathe. My chest is heavy and I think, "Am I going to make it through this?" A question often asked inside and outside the Lodge.
Then, a Sister begins her song and everything is different. Our voices reach out and connect together like the branches of our Lodge. We sit together in this Circle, sharing from the Heart and become the Voice of many.
Even now, I can still hear the songs we sang that day. Sleep may not come but my Sisters are always with me and for that, I am forever grateful. 

The Money Altar

The Money Altar

Good Morning, Sweet Goddess Sistars!

After a heartfelt, inspiring talk with my friend Karin yesterday...what she shared is the end result: this particular post today.  After people around her shared their money woes and stresses revolving around these issues, she decided to create a money altar.  The results are nothing short of a miraculous, magical blob of goodness!  And, as you can see from the photo above...I was inspired to do the same!

If at any time you are feeling constricted, stressed out and/or blocked in receiving the abundance you so desire...I suggest either creating your own altar or attuning to the one pictured.  Try setting the intention of releasing whatever it is you're blocked with or attached to and 

envision your arms stretched out to receive.

What's on the Altar:

Sacred sage gifted by a very dear sister.

$25 also gifted by the same dear sister mentioned above.

A citrine crystal representing clearing and abundance.

Ash from the fire of the last women's sweatlodge.

Beans gifted to me by a gentleman from one of our community sweatlodges which represents growth, strength, abundance and integrity.

Coins from some of the countries I have visited.

Cloth borrowed from my friend whom facilitates Trance Dances.

And most importantly, words written on pieces of paper:

This Altar represents money, abundance welcomed into My Life.

This Altar is for All Sisters.

Abundance!

Energy Exchange!

I am open to receive!

To release all blocks preventing us from receiving abundance.

To release fears and attachments around money and lack.

To release what no longer serves are highest good and abundant nature.

~~~~~

As we move through and swim in the Seas of our Truth, may we ride the waves and float with the water..and not against it.  May we Let Go and Love All that IS..being mindful of what serves the highest good for All.  That not only is there enough but More Than Enough.  May we be reminded why we sit together in Circle.  That are Gifts are fully received, from the heart and given freely with no attachments.  Pure and unconditional.  Sistars, the gift of your friendship, the lifelong connections and our stories/insights/BEing are PRICELESS.  This Path that we have said YES! to is an experience that can never be replicated and there is nothing like it out there available.  Why? Because we each bring something of ourselves and each of us is unique.

It is an honor to share this space with you.

With infinite gratitude,

Athena <3>