Medicine Women

Medicine Women

When the general public thinks of Native healers and "physicians", the words "Medicine Man" seems to naturally fall out of their mouths. Guess what? This is another situation where there was no gender bias, and there were just as many Medicine Women as Medicine Men.

Each Nation, tribe and village had medicine people; whether male or female was of no consequence. Children who were born with the gift of healing were taken by the medicine person as a young child and taught healing ways. They were taught to recognize the healing plants, trees, roots, berries and wild herbs. They were taught how to make poultices, teas and other healing foods.

Medicine Women were the local psychologists, therapists, physicians and marriage counselors. In some tribes, the Medicine Women were given the responsibility of making the warriors' shields for it was believed that she had special powers that would give those war shields added protection for the owners.

The practicing of medicine ways was a full time job for the responsibility for the well-being and emotional balance of the villagers belonged to the Medicine Woman. In return for her services, she was cared for by the members of the village. She always had food, shelter, her needs met, assistance when it was needed, and special spirit gifts that showed the honor and respect of her people. This was how the Medicine Women were "paid".

The art of being a Medicine Woman has not been lost. There are more practicing Medicine Women alive today than ever before using the same old natural ways combined with the new technology that has been developed. There are herbalists, naturalists, aroma therapists, massage therapists - those who teach spirituality, awareness, meditation skills - and on and on. The Medicine Woman continues to care for her family and loved ones with all the tools available to her so they can walk in balance, and live life in health and harmony. May it ever be so. Aho.

 

 

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Source: Powersource.com

 

 

 

 

Books to read:

 

The Medicine Woman Inner Guide Book:

 

 

Medicine Woman Tarot Deck:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Why I dance… Pourquoi je danse…

Why we Dance! ♥
 



One of the most poignant, profound and emotionally-provocative videos 

about Dance! we ever came across..

Beautiful visuals, touching for the ears, depth of meaning and message.

 An amazing achievement for all those who contributed!

 

Produced by the Ontario Arts Council, Why I dance… Pourquoi je danse… , 

is an Strong expression of the Soul, sharing the “how’s & why’s” anyone 

falls in love with the Art of Dance to such a deep and personal level.

This video was created to support the goals of Ontario Dances.

Ontario Dances is a program of the Ontario Arts Council (OAC).

In 2013, the Ontario Arts Council celebrates 50 years of support to the hundreds of artists and arts organizations across the province. Among these are the dance organizations, dancers and choreographers who produce and create in Ontario. OAC support helps ensure that dance lovers throughout the province have access to their work.

The Ontario Arts Council would like to thank all of the performers who shared their passion for dancing in the making of this video.


Produced for the Ontario Arts Council




 

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Redefining 'Beautiful'

Redefining Beautiful

"My mother always told me I was fat as a little girl. I have never felt beautiful."

I have heard these words from many women that I have had the honor to photograph. The thing is, we are taught how to perceive our bodies. Our own mothers were taught how to perceive bodies. We come from a linage of teachings that are more often than not unauthentic and untrue.

I ask: if we, as mothers, are concernced for our daughter's health, let's take her to the park. Let's re-invent how we eat. Let's dance several times a day. Let's LEAD by example how to be active and how to LOVE our bodies.

Let's teach our children to see beauty in all shapes and may we encourage our daughters to tell themselves that they are BEAUTIFUL and encourage them to tell others they are BEAUTIFUL too! May we nurture the seeds of self love for our children so that they can feel wonderful and help others to feel wonderful too!

One of the best ways to teach our daughters to feel beautiful: to genuinely FEEL beautiful ourselves in this miraculous skin which we have been blessed to live in, to dance with, to cry from, to love from.

How do you feel beautiful?

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Author: Jade Beall

Visit her site: www.jadebeall.com

 

 

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Our little Sisters need Help

Our little Sisters need our Help!

To All,

 

As we are all working on our Togetherness, women empowerment and creating our Circles... There are Sisters in this world that need our help. Our younger sisters , some of them still children, are being locked every single day, in India and other Asian countries. These young girls are locked and being Sexual Abused.

Help to free our little Sisters!

Every day millions of children worldwide are the victims of various forms of violence, abuse, and exploitation. The young victims of these practices are deeply affected, physically and psychologically.  Many children are particularly vulnerable to become victims of such serious acts of violence, due to the harsh conditions in which they live.

 

Free a Girl gives priority to the fight against child prostitution and helps girls escape the exploitative conditions.  To achieve this, Free a Girl supports several local partner organizations in Asia, Brazil, Moldova, Cameroon, as well as the Netherlands – in which the foundation operates.  These local organizations rescue, rehabilitate, reintegrate, and/or prevent victims of prostitution.

 

Watch this Video



To liberate thousands of children in India a good friend of Wild Woman Sisterhood, Eelko, is voluntarily locked up in a box. The idea is that he will experience how these girls are living. By doing this he raises funds and awareness he reaches out for people that will sponsor him. The money goes to the Free a Girl initiative.

 

This foundation scans the girls, frees them and provide good care and future prospects. Free a Girl has helped thousands of girls escape their exploiters.  Girls are freed every week by rescue teams in Cambodia, India and Thailand.  Free a Girl has also made possible the expansion or construction of new shelters in the Netherlands, Bangladesh, India, and Cambodia.  Still, more girls need help.  Our partners assist girls in making a fresh start by providing education, vocational training, and support in starting their own business or finding a job.

 

Lets support Eelko, help him free our Sisters and Donate what we can miss!

Visit this link and Click the Donate Button

Every little bit can help..

Note: The page is Dutch, but most of the site you can also read in Englisch

Thank you in advance for your contributions
to create freedom for all of us!

 

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Full Flower Moon & Lunar Eclipse, May 25 -2013

Welcome Sisters! (and Brothers!)
.. to our Wild Woman Sisterhood Full Moon Guidance

Happy Full Moon & Lunar Eclipse in Flower Moon May 25th, 2013

We are having a Lunar Eclipse SuperMoon in Sagittarius

We have been in quite an Eclipse portal! The final 3rd is here. Eclipses usually come in pairs but we’ve had 3 this time around and I know we are all feeling the activation from the winds of change! This last one is also a SuperMoon as you will read below and it is sure to be felt.

 
 

Welcome!

We are Grateful to have you all here!

Here are the Astral Insights from the inspiring readers of the planetary bodies
(Source: Mysticmama.com)

“The Sagittarius Lunar Eclipse on May 24- 25 is one of the most powerful Full Moons of 2013.  The Sagittarius Lunar Eclipse is the third of three eclipses in a row.  This eclipse also involves a SuperMoon, when the Moon is as close as it ever gets to the Earth, and it’s in a straight alignment with the Sun and Earth. The SuperMoon makes this Lunar Eclipse extra potent and important.”

“The Moon controls the oceans and tides.  Our bodies are more than sixty percent water.  You will feel this powerful Lunar Eclipse in your physical body and in the Earth below your feet.  This Sagittarius Lunar Eclipse can feel like a soothing, healing balm on your aching wounds.  The Cosmic Mother Nurses her children back to full health and vitality. ”

“The Phoenix rises from the ashes of the past.  You, too, can recreate yourself and make a fresh start.  You can experience a Brilliant Breakthrough.  That is this Full Moon’s message.”

“Sagittarius empowers you stay on your path.  Even when the road twists and turns, you can feel vibrant, healthy, and strong.  How do you do this?  Keep your mind engaged and focused on inspired action.  Invest your energy in healing yourself and introducing innovations into your life wherever you are ready for expansion and fulfillment.”

“Pluto and Uranus make an exact square (challenge) on May 20.  Pluto and Uranus require you to make significant changes.  For instance, many people are experiencing job changes, long-term relationship completions, health issues, and/or financial problems.  Is it any wonder you might feel overwhelmed or fearful due to the changes happening to you?  You are trying to maintain your balance, keep your spirits up, stay positive, and move forward.  This can be a daunting task.”

“Your current process (journey) is as important as your destination.  You can choose to be positive and proactive, even while your growth is swift and painful.  Attitude is everything.  The more willing you are to do inner work and take full responsibility for your choices and behavior, the more you can turn obstacles into stepping-stones.”

“Experiencing a Brilliant Breakthrough may require that you raise your standards and upgrade your relationships.  It is time to be in integrity and practice the Golden Rule, ‘Do unto others as you would have them do unto you…’”

“Pluto and Uranus are reminding you that it is time to release resistance.  Are you resisting the changes taking place in your life?  Choose your battles wisely.  Hang loose on making judgments about what is happening—you may not have a full understanding of unfolding events.  What seems to be negative on the surface could turn out to be a blessing in disguise.  It might also be a Brilliant Breakthrough that leads you to a better, more fulfilling life.”

“You may find yourself at the end of a relationship, a job lay-off, or a business closing.  You can feel as though you are operating in crisis mode.  Circumstances for those around you may also seem to be falling apart.  In truth, you are in completion mode.  These events are not always graceful, so go easy on yourself.  You may feel less than a Self-master.  You may feel more like a lost soul.  Take comfort, for you are not alone.  Everyone is experiencing these life-changing events.”

“This experience may even feel like a death of sorts.  Each of us has our own timetable for this process…These stages seem most likely to manifest when 1) change is externally imposed, and 2) something of value is being lost or given up because of the change.  During the breakdown phase, you may find yourself in denial and depression.  You then move on to hope and acceptance.  You can jump around quite a bit in the first few months after endings…There are no short cuts to growth.  Please be patient with your process, and allow your life to unfold naturally.”

© Copyright 2013 ~ Kelley Rosano 

Wild Woman Sisterhood Short Meditation Guidance

 

At the full Moon, the energy builds and builds.. there's an explosive outgoing aspect to it. All of nature grows and is more vital at the full Moon. This surge allows you to take action on behalf of those new Moon intentions you set two week prior. A full Moon ritual might involve taking one solid step, with a symbolic action. And it can be a powerful time to release, cast out, unburden yourself, purge, etc. You celebrate your emergence by stepping out of an old skin, identity, behavior, attitude, relationship. The ritual helps you by marking this inner transformation in a formal way.

 

It is a Wonderful idea to keep a MoonJournal. If you do this, you get a change to recognize patterns. More and more we'll see how strongly we are connected with the Moon and her cycles.

 

 

FULL MOON Meditation:

 

Create a Nice atmosphere for yourselve, Light candles if you are at home and surround yourselve with the things that symbolize your intentions of that you like to see unfold. Notice what is coming tofull completion in your life now. What symbolic door are you closing? How will things end?  The Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius provides the perfect ground to let yourself move into this final phase of letting go. Don’t let the opportunity pass you by. You are giving Birth to a new self and the Birth process is stretching you in ways that you have not experienced before. Think of yourself in training for the higher frequency and expensive energy emerging on the planet.

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Be still.. go inside yourselve and let everything around you go. Your Work, your thoughts. Just Be in this moment and relax!

 

 

Listen to this Video -By Anu Shi Asta- if you like to be Guided in your Meditation:

It’s a dance! A balancing of pressure and surrender and the Sun’s shift into Gemini is just the energy we need to lighten the dense quality of our physicality so more miraculous energies of the invisible world can be made manifest through each of us..

…Everything will be amplified during this eclipse period, so let’s consciously put forth our thoughts, prayers, intentions, and visualizations to activate the highest good for all and the best possible future.

 

 

A Blessed Loving Beautiful Full Moon every One!

Love to all

 

♥ May we all expand beyond our limitations ♥

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If you want to Change the World.. Love yourself

If you want to Change the World.. Love yourself  

In response to two wonderful essays that circulates widely, the first titled:
If you want to change the world...love a woman
and the 2nd If you want to change the world...love a man

 Here is a precursor to the others, by Jacqui Lalita:

If you want to Change the World.. Love yourself

If you want to change the world.. Love yourself ~ really love your self
as though God/Creator/Great Spirit Divine were living and breathing
through every cell of your precious being!  

 Throw away your self loathing and inner judgements

and be still enough to listen

to your own heart beating.

 

Hear the Sacred Songs of Life throbbing within you,
the celestial rejoicing, the cosmic choirs of Creation
singing for you to succeed in Love.  

 Whether you have found someone to Love or not it is ok,
there is a Great Love within awaiting your courtship,
the truest True Love one can find with the power to spill majesty
into each and every one of your relations.

If you want to change the world…Love yourself
beyond your ego's attachment to who you are,
beyond your vanities for appearance
and desires to grasp onto fleeting youth
to the core of who you really are on this Earth,
a unique whole and holy Soul expressing the eternal glory of Love
through your every action, word, and thought.
There is only Love

 One brilliant interconnected web of Creation
where nobody, even the most lonely among us,
are ever separate from each other.
Look deep into your own eyes and see - really see
you are perfect and lovable just the way you are.

If you want to change the world…Love yourself - Love all of yourself

 including your alleged failures, flaws and misfortunes
see every challenge and each experience and being in your life as a teacher
helping you to rise above self-limiting beliefs
Practice forgiveness daily beginning with yourself
The gift of a new day is too precious to lose time holding onto stale resentments.

Replace worry, doubt and fear
with an absolute trust in the goodness of this world.

Dwell not in the past, fret not for the future,
but spend the wild Spark of Life on the present moment,
where the pureness of Now contains the answer to every how.
Count your blessings - always there are many!
And infinite more contained within every Sunset, Moonrise, cuddly creature,

home cooked meal, orange blossom, and ripe sweet fruit awaiting your attentive lips.

 For all the suffering on this Earth, there is also so much beauty

bursting out of the seams if we are present enough to see it...
wild, fearless jungles, forests, deserts, and oceans full of brave creatures

whose will to live is so audacious
weary limbs can't help but Dance.

Dance for the tender majesty of it all
for the miracle of the seed that created you
and for making it this far,
for the dolphins leaping out of the ocean in this very moment
for the owls and shooting stars serenading the night
for the baby elephant being born on the Serengeti
for all the Grandmothers and Grandfathers

and the onces that taking their last breaths today
for the infinite cycles of Life, Death, Rebirth happening across this Earth
of which your Miraculous self is an integral part.

If you want to change the world…love yourself
Love and nourish your Body Temple with pure foods and clean water.
Be vigilant about knowing where your food is coming from
in these precarious times.
Grow gardens if you are able to
and grow the garden of your Soul with creativity.

Heal the world by Singing, Dancing, playing instruments, Painting,

Writing, Baking, Sculpting, Weaving and giving your Passions
the devotion they deserve.
Align yourself with right livelihood so that your earnings come from doing work you believe in.
If you have not yet found a job you love to do,
have patience and keep tuning in with prayer and meditation
until it becomes revealed to you.
Everyone has something unique to contribute to the benefit of all beings.
Expand your heart out to others and use your energies to continue developing yourself and unlocking latent talents.
Know that something marvelous awaits!

If you want to change the world…Love yourself
There is one path to Peace and that is the road within.
If you want the wars to end,
if you cannot bear another headline of nuclear power,
if you want every gun in this world
to begin to shoot sunflower seeds instead of bullets
so that wide fields of flowers may bloom where once there was killing,
first lay down the sword you have used against your own self for so long
and make peace with who you are right here, right now.

 Embrace your shadow, for everyone has one
Find acceptance of yourself
and reach towards the mighty and towering heights
to the fullness of your Being
back to the garden of Eden that is our home for this blessed moment of time,
a home for us to celebrate, connect in kindness,

 and remember the Divinity from which we've come.


Love yourself equal to all others, neither greater

nor less than any other living being
Be gentle with yourself with tender care and compassion
and behold the way this self love uplifts all your relations.
When a mate appears, or if you are already in union,
you may swim in the vast ocean of love without end,
and rather than needing anything from him or her,
you may simply reflect inner beauty and inspiration onto each other.

This journey of divine union is not always easy,

for sometimes soul mates bring our attention to those places

inside of us that need to change.
If you are rooted in Self Love and Self Mastery,

the Patience and Commitment to

do this brave life work together will be there to carry you

through the challenges

so that the ripe fruits of everlasting Love
can be savored with splendor.

If you want to change the world.. Love a woman.. Love a man…
but first Love yourself
from bare bones to benevolent Heart
so that you may give this man or woman
and every other Being you cross paths with,
the Adoration, Devotion and Unconditional Love
of your beautiful, bountiful soul.

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Author: Jacqui Lalita 

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Moontime and Ceremony

Moontime and Ceremony

Moontime refers to the time a woman bleeds during her menstrual cycle.

 

Through this cycle, women feel the effects of the moon, like we see the Earth affected by the ocean tides. There is some controversy and confusion about menstruating women and their participation in Native Ceremonies, such as the sweatlodge. Bleeding women sacrifice and give to the people during their moontimes, and through childbirth. The sweat ceremony was created for men to have a way to sacrifice and give for the people since they do not bleed monthly, or give birth. The Creator does not ask so much that women need to double their effort to be close to Spirit.

Much knowledge of women's traditions has been lost due to the genocide of Native peoples and the outlawing of their ceremonies. Before patriarchy, bleeding women were respected for their ability to nourish life and many still view this bleeding time as the first ceremony to connect with Spirit. Patriarchal society continues to view women's bleeding as a curse: dirty, and something to be ashamed of. These histories of oppression of Native Peoples and of Women leave us vulnerable to feelings of exclusion, anger, or hurt when ceremonies do not include mooning women in the same way as others.

Native Women used to routinely withdraw from their regular duties of childcare and food preparation to a moonlodge during their bleeding in order to rest and recieve dream guidance from the creator for their people. Some view this time of separation as a vision quest, a time to step away from daily tasks to focus on one's relationship with Spirit. The people honored and respected these bleeding women and their sacred role by covering the work otherwise done by them, and even cooking for them and protecting them...

 

Many of us are seeking to understand traditional viewpoints by praying about and learning their intent. Since many of us come from different cultures, we also seek to learn about native cultures and how to show respect for these traditions. We need new ways to balance the traditions with an understanding of ourselves as women, old and young: people with unique energies, gifts, and sensitivities, proud of ourselves and our place in the community. This is a time of rediscovery for women, and of ceremonies that will build upon our feminine and spiritual heritages, which will benefit all life.

Mooning women can join the sweat ceremony by being present during the sweat, at the fire or some other comfortable place. Important is to stay and join the group for the feast at the end of the Sweat Ceremony. May we together continue the search within, with elders, and with other women to dream and pray for understanding in order to honor all gifts given.

 

 

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Author: Ellen Faruna

Moon Time: A guide to celebrating your menstrual cycle

 

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