Living with the Cycles
It’s been a while since I found myself writing a little blog…
Firstly, before I get to hard on myself, I’d like to acknowledge that we have just been through the toughest couple of years on the planet since I was born… Sure enough, there probably had been harsher times when WWI and WWII were going, but since I was born in 1976, I had been quite sheltered from all wars and battlefields. The world got terrified by a virus and people created more divisions than ever… Sad story really!
Secondly, I used that time to write a book… not a minor detail, it became my main project for the last two years and now that I am at the point of finding a publisher, I can refocus my attention on smaller articles such as this one.
Let’s be honest, everyone went kind of nuts with this virus… some people were really scared of catching it, others just assumed it was all BS… I was sitting somewhere in the middle, trying to figure it all out, but mostly, trying to find my feet in the balance of it all. I went down many (far too many!) rabbit holes and uncovered some truths that weren’t pretty to look at. Some even shook me to the core of my being and sent me in a spin for weeks! But let’s not go there for now… My point is more about what kept me sane amongst all of this. And it’s living with the cycles….
As you may be well aware, one of my deepest passion is to sit in circle and create sacred space with women. By following the wheel and acknowledging the Earth’s cycles, I was able to find myself more, and understanding more what I was going through. Of course, personal life and circumstances are often different from one another, but the collective energy remains pretty similar… Right now, trying to get things off the ground and coming up with new projects is a lot harder: we’re approaching Yule, the Winter Solstice. In a few months, things are going to feel a lot different! So that is just what I did… I created sacred space and we sat together and we took the time to tune into the energies of the Earth, before we tuned in our own inner landscapes. Let me tell you… I felt amazing! Not only knowing that more often than not, I was feeling what the Earth was feeling herself, but also to realise that I was far from being the one on that boat! Sitting with other women that share what they’re going through and mirror and reflect some aspects of yourself that you are well aware of is one thing. But when they highlight something that was a complete blind spot, it’s pure magic! It’s a Ah-Ah moment that brings light into some dark corner of your own being and will be a catalyst for change! As soon as the awareness is onto something, there only remain some clarity and action for it to shift. What a gift!
We just got passed Shawhain, which I completely missed by the way, because I was in my home country where the energies were in complete opposite. Beltane and spring was in the air and the celebration of the turning of the wheel went off my head! When I got back and my friend who picked us up , asked me when was next circle, I just assumed it was just around the corner… What a shock when I realised that I completely missed it ! But anyhow, the energies in Australia right now are about going down into the darkest point, the Winter solstice. The best analogy with a menstrual cycle is that we are just about to bleed but we’re not quite there yet! That should sum it up for quite a few of you! The descent…. The slowing down… The going in and the acknowledgement of what we’ve done so far so we can take a breather and live off what we have harvested and gathered in the last few months. How is the abundance? What can we do better next time and what seeds are we going to sow in the coming spring? Good to contemplate, but for now, let’s stay with the going inwards motion and enjoying having shorter days and longer nights.
In five weeks, we will celebrate Yule and I will be back on track, opening my space for circle. I also have the intention of opening up the space to having circles online which I have been very reluctant doing. My resistance is slowly wearing off and I trust that it will all fall into place in perfect timing. I am not going to put too much pressure on myself and promise you all that it will up and running for the next sabbat, but it will happen and I am very much looking forward to sit with you all in this space.
In the meantime, be well, and don’t forget to look outside and what nature is going. She is our greatest teacher and when it feels a bit wonky inside of us, let’s just see if there is a representation outside that could create a congruence and understanding of what is happening. Living with the cycles is a simple tool but a very profound one that I recommend to each and everyone of you!
Blessings,
Mu