I always reflect on resurrection around Easter time and I’d like to share a little with you…

I have seen 2 ‘uprisings’ of the feminine; the first in the late 80’s where women started donning shoulder pads and brief cases and vying for the spotlight, which had long since been fixated on masculine values. I felt that women were adopting masculine values and traits in order to achieve what they wanted and it left me feeling confused as to I was supposed to be as a woman (I was in my late teens).

I developed a “spotlight theory” which in a massively oversimplified way goes like this: women wanted to participate and be acknowledged (yes!) but I felt that the way we were doing it was by taking on masculine values and traits. I felt that we were trying to change who we were, instead of shifting what the spotlight focused on (what our culture defines as valuable, important).

Today, I a see a new kind of feminine rising, one that is not changing it’s essential nature, but is actually embracing it and is striving to change what we care about as a culture.

I feel blessed to witness this. I feel that this has been the missing voice, the missing perceptive, the fundamental imbalance. I believe that restoring this balance will heal this planet, right along with our own psyches.

I hope to see you on Sunday or Monday…

Love,
Jelena

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Today I Rise – by Alexandra Feldner
Where are you? Little girl with broken wings but full of hope…
Where are you? Wise women covered in wounds…
Where are you?

Today is the day, I will not sit still and give in anymore
Today I rise
I am bruised but I will get up and walk again
Today I rise
I don’t care if you ignore my beauty
Today I rise
Through the alchemy of my darkest nights I heal and thrive
Today I rise

I move through the world with confidence and grace
I open my eyes and I am ready to face
My wholeness as a woman and my limitless capacities
I will walk my path with audacity

Today I rise

I reconnect with the many aspects of myself
I am in awe of the reality I can create
I am a healer, I am a queen
A wise women, a wild woman
I will rise and beam
I am a rebel – I will wake up and fight
I am a mother and I am a child

I will no longer disguise my sadness and pain
I will no longer suffer and complain

I am black and I am white
There is no reason to hide

Where are you….

I call upon Kali, to kiss me alive
I transform my anger into power
No more heartache or strive

The world is missing what I am ready to give
My wisdom, my sweetness, my love
And my hunger for peace…

I weep with the trees and the rivers and the earth in distress
I rise and shine and I am ready to go on my quest

Today I rise
Without doubt or hesitation
Today I rise
Without excuses, without procrastination

Today I call upon my sisters to join
A movement of resoluteness and concern

Today is the day I rise and scream
Today I foresee the future of my dreams!
Today is my call to action, I will fulfill my mission
Without further distraction.

Today is the day!
Today I will start, to offer the world
The wisdom of my heart.