Soul Lessons: Clear Water - Shadowing
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Singing Over the Bones The Howl Who is Wild Woman? Stalking the Intruder Nosing Out the Facts: Intuition The Mate: Union with the Other Skeleton Woman Finding One's Pack The Wild Flesh Self Preservation: The Red Shoes Homing: Returning to One's Self Clear Water: Creativity Heat: Retrieving a Sacred Sexuality Rage and Forgiveness Battle Scars; Membership in the Scar Clan The Handless Maiden Shadowing
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1. Eat 2. Rest 3. Rove in between 4. Render loyalty 5. Love the children 6. Cavil in moonlight 7. Tune your ears 8. Attend to the bones 9. Make love 10. Howl often
 Yes Dance. I live to dance. Dance is the courtship of life.
The idea that Wild Woman shadows us, appearing, disappearing, and reappearing in our lives is one I relate to very much. At times, when I feel un-wild, a glimpse of her in the guise of a friend, a comment, something seen out of the corner of an eye, reminds me that she is still with me. Perhaps at that moment, the scared part of me has risen up to take over. But this too shall pass. If I am patient, she will emerge again. "Most women are not afraid of this, in fact, they crave the reunion". That is me. Now that I have walked with her, I want to be in her territory always. I resent the fears, problems, and distractions that momentarily pull me out of there and back into the false world of "maybe I am not good enough".
I had no idea when I opened this book 10+ years ago that the
shy, frightened, wounded, and lonely woman I was could become someone
who feels at home with my wild nature most of the time. I want to
say ALL of the time, but then the predator says what about this, what
On Star Mountain, we have been part of the work of building the motherland that Estes writes about. As we come together, sing over the bones, laugh, talk, raise hell, fight, and love, we add energy and intention to strengthening and growing the wild world for all women. I would add DREAM
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