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Five ways to strengthen your Yin-power or the Divine Feminine

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The Divine Feminine, such an important vibe in all of us. Diving deep into the Yin flow, the Divine Darkness which beams out a ray of light… Being able to move through life agile like a snake, meandering through the wild landscape called life. Circling like the hips of a woman dancing to sexy movement just to, fast like a snake, reach out with the arms and hands in a bolt of decisive energy.

Yin

Yin, traditionally, is associated with the feminine, black, dark, north, water (transformation), passive, moon (weakness and the goddess Changxi), earth, cold, old, even numbers (2,4,6…), valleys, poor, soft. It provides spirit to all things. Yin reaches it’s height of influence with 
the winter solstice. It may also be represented by the tiger, 
the color orange and a broken line in 
the trigrams of the I Ching (or Book of Changes).
 So it transform all things in a constant flow of creating spirit, of allowing the unique life force of every being to be born, again and again.

Connecting with the divine feminine

To become one with this force, one has to let go of control, ground oneself and move in a rhythm between slow and fast, dancing between totally relaxed and sudden movements of complete focus. It’s important to connect with ones hips, the sexual organs and the root chakra, as well as the Earth. Here below some steps to take:

  1. Put on slow drum music and move your hips as well as shoulders and arms in the rhythm of the drum. Relax and breathe deeply, going into it, especially the movement of the hips. On one drum beat you then freeze up shortly in the position that your in, just to flow on right afterwards. Repeat as many times as you like.
  2. Go out in nature and find a tree that you like, or chose one of your potted plants at home. Sit with it, imagining to be like it, connected to the Earth. Imagine having roots like it, going into the ground, into the deep, divine, nurturing darkness of the soil within the Earths crust. Further imagine how you are filled with light just like it’s top is filled by the sun. Enjoy the balance that arises out of this within yourself.
  3. Focus on your thoughts. Whatever arises, say “that’s interesting, can you develop that further please?” to your brain. Your brain will hear you, and the thoughts can travel through your system, evolving and growing. By the next thought, do the same, no matter what it is. Continue for 5 minutes per day during a week, and your entire outlook on life can flow more and change to the better.
  4. Lie down on bed with one hand on your heart and one hand on your lower belly, in between your hips. Connect the heart chakra to your second chakra. Enjoy the flow of energy. Possibly a sexual vibe will rise as well. You can use pillows under your elbows to be able to relax your arms during the practice.
  5. Ask the question “how do you/I feel” during your inner conversations as well as interactions with others frequently. Practice for a week to really focus on it, and then it will come naturally.

For more on spiritual matters and my path, check out my podcast here Shift into Power or on Spotify. Also check out my previous blog post on 5 ways to strengthen your masculine energy

The most important thing in shamanism is freedom

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Love is always the basics of any spiritual journey. However, in shamanism, freedom is essential. Most of all, freedom of the mind or better said, in ones awareness. It allows you to really see, beyond concepts, to travel the worlds beyond without hindrance and to live without judgement. All of this is truly vital in the healing work of a shaman or shamana, as well as in ones own shamanic spiritual journey.

To interact with what truly IS

Freedom allows one to become as shamans call it fluid in ones awareness. To let go of societal constraints and reduce destructive learned behavior as well as trauma bindings or fears based upon bad experiences are all essences in many spiritual teachings. In shamanism however, it is not only essential but lies at the very core of the practice. Fluidity in ones consciousness allows one to really see and interact with what IS, with the true nature of existence and others. Thus one can act as a messenger between this world and the beyond, as well as be a conduit of true compassion and love.

A difficult but rewarding path

Often shamanic healing work is based in helping others achieve new levels of freedom within themselves. To do so, requires a level of freedom within the society that one lives in. Often a shaman or shamana lives a bit secluded from the rest of his or her community, to be able to act without being too influenced by the expectations or power struggles that usually flourish in a society.

To be truly free, from concept or within ones social field, takes a lot of work and can be difficult at times. But to be successful on a shamanic path it’s the key that opens the door to everything else. So if you are interested in shamanism or are already on this path, claim your freedom every day, the best you can! You will be grateful further down the road.

Spiritual Conspiracy

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Spiritual Conspiracy – Brian Piergrossi – Anuna “1901”

I am definitely a part of this conspiracy =)

I must say, although I find this video very inspiring and touching, it is somewhat narrow in its idea on what one can do as a “spiritual conspirator”, and I do not understand why they have to say “you will not see us in the media” – well, that would count me out, and I think I’m in…

 

Dancing Into Existence

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wedding dance
image by armin, showing me dancing with my husband at our wedding

I’m coming into Existence
blazing with rhythm – I’m here
swirling, dancing for all that I´m worth
living a challenge: accepting re-birth

I do have my slow days
GodGoddess can tell
but I know I’ll be just fine
as long as I keep creeping out of my shell

impeccability, discipline, reverence
those words are often in my head as I dance
you might not dig the way I move
might not understand it -I have my own grove
and so do you
only you can know what is the right thing to do
in your life
…

I dance as I sit, I dance as I lie
I dance in my head and feel how I fly
I dance as I sit, I dance as I lie
I dance as I meditate and feel how I fly

I’m dancing into Existence
I take a chance to finally be
entirely here and present
that is all there is to me

In love I take my steps
I follow the rhythm of my heart
I might not always know the way
I do my best, breathing, letting it flow – and that’s a very good start

There’s no way of knowing if I’ll “make it”
until then I will not entirely be
thus I keep dancing as much as I can
hoping to step into the freedom of being me

in love with Existing, unconditionally