After the Storm…and Some Soulful Sunday Reading

Last night, the first proper Spring rains arrived, a few weeks earlier than usual. Before it started, I went outside and stood barefoot on the grass looking up at the grey night sky. I spent a few long moments revelling in the sense of mystery that hangs in the air before a storm. Little did I know that the first rains would arrive with a big bang of note – freakish hail storm and all! The hail stones were big and so plentiful that they covered the garden like a white blanket of snow.

This morning all was quiet and peaceful, like mornings after a storm usually are. Again, the aura of mystery was palpable. When I went out into the garden, my heart sank a little. I was somewhat unprepared for the level of damage done to my plant allies. I spent the morning cleaning up the herb patch, harvesting broke twigs of lavender, yarrow, stevia and chamomile so as not to let them go to waste.

And then I went about doing healing, drawing on my energy healing skills and connecting with the wild essence of each plant. I said a prayer for each botanic companion, calling on Archangel Raphael, the fairies and nature angels to bring them healing. I felt their strength and resilience, so I know that with time, each of these plant allies will be restored to their natural dignity. I know that such is the cycles of Mother Nature, but I felt a little sad about the trauma of it all. However, my faith in the garden’s renewal awakened a little more when I watched my dear friend, the weaver, rebuilding his nest after it was ripped apart by the storm. Life is irrepressible, and all of life finds a way to reclaim its place in the greater scheme of things. The idea of it restores my hope in my own ability to do the same too.

On a different note, I thought I’d also take this opportunity to share lovely blog posts that stood out to me this week some soulful Sunday reading:

Many of you may know that I’m a massive tea enthusiast. So I really enjoyed Danmala Tea’s latest blog post called Autumn.

Anne, over at the Little Forest Flower blog wrote a short but heartfelt piece called The Little Girl Within.

Danielle LaPorte’s blog post, Feeling Small, was a great pick-me-up that put problems into perspective.

I chose the colour green in Radzy’s interactive reading in her new post, Dancing with the Energy, and it just resonated with my so much.

Enjoy you Sunday ❤

Connecting with Your Feminine Energy Centre

Happy Saturday beautiful souls!

This week I have a new article featured on Wild Woman Community. It’s all about connecting with your Feminine Energy Centre. In the last two years, my journey to bring my feminine Self back into balance has taught my so many interesting things. Part of that has involved diving deeper into my inner wilderness and exploring the space in my body that is strongly connected of the feminine energy. In this post, I thought I’d share some of what I’ve learnt because it has had a profound impact on awakening my own wild feminine energy centre. To read the full article click here: 3 Ways To Connect With Your Feminine Energy Centre

The Candle and the Moon

When I was 16, on the night of the full moon in September, the first full moon of Spring like today, I lit a candle on the sill of my bedroom window. I wrote a list of wishes on a piece of paper, said some prayers for healing and blessings, then read my wishlist to the great Moon Goddesss as she glowed against the darkness, constellations of stars twinkling about her.

“A woman is a story of ebb

      and flow and the moon that comes and goes.” ~ Kelliana

 

I have no idea why I did that. At the time I had no knowledge of the Goddess, Moon magic or deeper spiritual concepts. Raised in a Catholic family, it felt kind of blasphemous on some level. Yet something in me felt compelled to do this, and as I did, I felt my heart fill with a special kind of peace. Perhaps it was because I’d heard that if you light a candle when you said a prayer, a new doorway in heaven was opened and the angels would carry your prayers and dreams and wishes closer to God. Perhaps something in me wanted to understand why the ancestors of my land believed that the moon embodied divinty. Or perhaps a timeless piece of my soul that was once a priestess in a pastlife suddenly remembered a glimpse of that lifetime.

I’ll never know the answer, but what I do know is that it was an opening – into a journey of self discovery delving deeper into my inner wilderness and an opening into seeking a deeper understanding of Mystery. I felt a shift in me and saw my inner strength grow. Opportunities opened up for me academically, a period of loneliness ended as I found new friends and a veil of depression that cloaked much of my adolescent years began to lift slowly.

So tonight, many years later, I will honour the same moon and her mystery. I will light many candles, bask in her healing glow, commune with the angels and make crystal and herbal elixirs. I will release blocks and negativity and I will give thanks for her healing.

How will you celebrate tonight’s Harvest/Sage moon?

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