We’re not meant to do This alone…

There is something built into our DNA that longs to be fully known, seen and loved by other women. And that’s not the way of doing life prescribed by our current culture.

Yet, our bones remember sitting in circle with women who feel more like sisters, without judgement and without a need to prove anything, simply sitting soul to soul and sharing our truth with each other. Our souls remember feeling held and nourished by women in a way that’s sadly been pushed underground for thousands of years. Our souls remember that when we are moving through a big initiation in our lives, we are even more in need of being surrounded, of being held by others. We are even more in need of rituals to bring us back to ourselves and each other. 

We have forgotten that sacred ceremony isn’t a luxury saved for the most woo woo or only a precious few of life’s biggest moments like getting married or dying. It’s an essential missing piece of womanhood (and humanhood, really) that provides space to root into our own soul-knowing and stay firmly planted in the present and in our own integrity. We learn to identify our centerpoint in ceremony, and that centerpoint becomes what we return to over and over, where we feel most aligned, most at ease, most grounded and whole. Sacred ceremony is not only a way to come home to ourselves, but a way to be witnessed by other women as we reclaim our centerpoints, and we get the honor of witnessing them as they do the same. Together, we form an interwoven soul network, much like the mycelial network of roots beneath the ground… supporting, holding, offering nourishment when needed.

And yet, for most of us, when we have a lot on our plate and feel like life is giving us BIG growth opportunities on ALL the fronts, we tend to turn inward and become more isolated, not wanting to burden anyone or not wanting to be a total mess in front of others & show how little of our lives we actually have figured out. We often feel like we’re supposed to do it on our own or are secretly afraid to feel the bigness of it all, worried we can’t hold it. 

BUT HERE’S THE THING: WE’VE GOT IT ALL BACKWARDS. We’re not meant to hold it all alone. That’s the truth that we’ve forgotten.

So, I invite you to remember with me. To bring ceremony back into your life and see how your bones respond. To allow yourself to be held and nourished by other women in sacred space. To reclaim what has been lost for thousands of years and choose, with me, to do it differently from now on.

In devotion,

Elizabeth

PS: My next open ceremony will be in Austin in April. Hop on over here to get all of the juicy details when they are revealed. I cannot wait to remember with you.