Removing the barriers to embracing your femininity
This weekend I was fortunate enough to go to a Rewilding for Women workshop on Saturday. The focus of that workshop was to dive into 2 of the 5 divine feminine archetypes - the Lover and the Dark Goddess. For me personally, I knew I had a lot of blockages around intimacy and embracing my feminine side, and I was hoping that this workshop would help me to be able to do that. This had been an issue that I was trying so hard to push down and ignore but 2 weeks ago when I attended a weekend workshop (yep another one), I realised that I couldn't really push it down and ignore it any further, so my friend and I enrolled into the Rewilding for Women workshop.
To be honest I had NO idea what to expect from this workshop - and quite frankly, I was scared and apprehensive. I had head some people say that at the workshop some ladies would scream and make weird noises and crawl around the floor and stuff, not to mention dance (which is what I didn't think was me) so I didn't know what to expect. I had also been told by a lady that I met on the day (who happened to be a friend of a co-worker of mine - who actually came along too) "You'll hear and perhaps see things that are a bit out there but remember that this is YOUR time, so just concentrate on yourself and don't worry about what other women are experiencing". To be honest, that was the best advice that I received on the day and I was very grateful to receive it.
So what happened? We were introduced to 3 goddesses that embody the archetypes. For the Lover archetype, we were introduced to the Venus energy, for the Dark Goddess archetype, we were introduced to Medusa, and we capped it off with being introduced to Hygia, who seemed to have a very close connection to Medusa. Essentially, my body and what I experienced was something that I had never experienced before in my life. Having a space to be introduced to it and having the loving presence of the 5 supporters holding the space as well as Sabrina was amazing. It was one of the most safest places I could be at that point in time - and I felt safe enough to really just dive into what this workshop was about and embrace the various aspects of the goddesses that came up through me.
The day began with the opening of the circle and breathe work. Sabrina and one of her helpers then took out the shamanic drums and drummed each woman individually (front and back). I had NEVER felt so much intense energy coursing through my body as I did that morning - it was crazy. I felt so so so incredibly powerful, and when it happened, it was like my body had been taken over and frozen by some incredibly powerful life-force, and I remember hearing the words that my bf had told me the day before "You are so powerful you don't realise - hopefully this will help you discover it" - and he was right. I discovered the true power of myself at that moment. It was incredible - my arms and body felt like they were overtaken by some hidden force, and my body was shuddering to release a lot of the barriers that I had placed up (whether subconsciously or not). I felt this incredible heat rise from my feet (which throughout the entire experience felt like I was deeply grounded and stuck into the earth) going all the way to my head and out the top. My crown chakra was going crazy and then I started sobbing. That lasted for a while but when it stopped I felt so blissed out it was amazing. And guess what - we hadn't even got into the goddesses yet :P
The rest of the day was about meeting the goddesses, feeling the energy and accepting whatever emotions arose during the process. I danced like a sexy sultry goddess (heck I swear I NEVER would've thought I could move my body like that), I became a ferocious dark goddess and let out a few roars which I was amazed I could do, and I cried a lot. But you know what? It felt GOOD - my body felt so incredibly light after that, I felt liberated from the crap I had held for so long, and it taught me that it was OK to feel and accept certain emotions - there was nothing to fear, because at the end of the process, everything was going to turn out absolutely fine.
After the workshop I sat down with 2 of my other attendees and we debriefed on our experience. Each one of us had a completely different experience but agreed that it was one of the most amazing things we had ever done. Amazing! My boyfriend also told me afterwards that my energy felt a lot lighter and he could feel that I was exuding more of a feminine energy. This morning he said he could feel that energy coming from me a lot stronger and he was really happy with the fact that I had done the work because I think we both saw how beneficial it was for me.
So the learning from this experience is this - have nothing to fear. Facing your barriers and issues is tough - but 100% guaranteed that if you do it, you will come out the other end being a more better you - a better you for this world. You don't have to do it alone - I guarantee there is someone or a group of people who will help you do it. For me, I found Sabrina and her Rewilding for Women workshop. For you, you may find someone else - or - you may be so powerful in yourself that you can overcome that without the need for help from someone else.
Amazing!
To be honest I had NO idea what to expect from this workshop - and quite frankly, I was scared and apprehensive. I had head some people say that at the workshop some ladies would scream and make weird noises and crawl around the floor and stuff, not to mention dance (which is what I didn't think was me) so I didn't know what to expect. I had also been told by a lady that I met on the day (who happened to be a friend of a co-worker of mine - who actually came along too) "You'll hear and perhaps see things that are a bit out there but remember that this is YOUR time, so just concentrate on yourself and don't worry about what other women are experiencing". To be honest, that was the best advice that I received on the day and I was very grateful to receive it.
So what happened? We were introduced to 3 goddesses that embody the archetypes. For the Lover archetype, we were introduced to the Venus energy, for the Dark Goddess archetype, we were introduced to Medusa, and we capped it off with being introduced to Hygia, who seemed to have a very close connection to Medusa. Essentially, my body and what I experienced was something that I had never experienced before in my life. Having a space to be introduced to it and having the loving presence of the 5 supporters holding the space as well as Sabrina was amazing. It was one of the most safest places I could be at that point in time - and I felt safe enough to really just dive into what this workshop was about and embrace the various aspects of the goddesses that came up through me.
The day began with the opening of the circle and breathe work. Sabrina and one of her helpers then took out the shamanic drums and drummed each woman individually (front and back). I had NEVER felt so much intense energy coursing through my body as I did that morning - it was crazy. I felt so so so incredibly powerful, and when it happened, it was like my body had been taken over and frozen by some incredibly powerful life-force, and I remember hearing the words that my bf had told me the day before "You are so powerful you don't realise - hopefully this will help you discover it" - and he was right. I discovered the true power of myself at that moment. It was incredible - my arms and body felt like they were overtaken by some hidden force, and my body was shuddering to release a lot of the barriers that I had placed up (whether subconsciously or not). I felt this incredible heat rise from my feet (which throughout the entire experience felt like I was deeply grounded and stuck into the earth) going all the way to my head and out the top. My crown chakra was going crazy and then I started sobbing. That lasted for a while but when it stopped I felt so blissed out it was amazing. And guess what - we hadn't even got into the goddesses yet :P
The rest of the day was about meeting the goddesses, feeling the energy and accepting whatever emotions arose during the process. I danced like a sexy sultry goddess (heck I swear I NEVER would've thought I could move my body like that), I became a ferocious dark goddess and let out a few roars which I was amazed I could do, and I cried a lot. But you know what? It felt GOOD - my body felt so incredibly light after that, I felt liberated from the crap I had held for so long, and it taught me that it was OK to feel and accept certain emotions - there was nothing to fear, because at the end of the process, everything was going to turn out absolutely fine.
After the workshop I sat down with 2 of my other attendees and we debriefed on our experience. Each one of us had a completely different experience but agreed that it was one of the most amazing things we had ever done. Amazing! My boyfriend also told me afterwards that my energy felt a lot lighter and he could feel that I was exuding more of a feminine energy. This morning he said he could feel that energy coming from me a lot stronger and he was really happy with the fact that I had done the work because I think we both saw how beneficial it was for me.
So the learning from this experience is this - have nothing to fear. Facing your barriers and issues is tough - but 100% guaranteed that if you do it, you will come out the other end being a more better you - a better you for this world. You don't have to do it alone - I guarantee there is someone or a group of people who will help you do it. For me, I found Sabrina and her Rewilding for Women workshop. For you, you may find someone else - or - you may be so powerful in yourself that you can overcome that without the need for help from someone else.
Amazing!