Maiden healing..
I'm taking some time today to reconnect with myself. I have felt so much grief and sorrow over this part of myself that has surfaced in the last twenty four hours. .As we become women, our psyche expects to be welcomed into women's ways, taught the magic and mystery of our bodies.
Instead we learn shame and fear, like an awful gong ringing, now the time for fun is over.
It is time to be the woman you wish you had when you were younger. If you could talk to your younger self, what would you want her to know?
I would want her to know that she is perfect.
As a girl I was awkward, with a loud laugh, undiagnosed neurodiverse, unfashionable curly hair. I was obsessed with Celtic myths and legends and did an English project on the tale of Caer Ibormeith and Aengus Og.
What I wanted more than anything was to be free to read, experiment and to learn to love.
I wish this girl knew that the shame she felt over her body would become her superpower as she spends her life celebrating the power and beauty of the female body. I would tell her that the school pressures didn't matter because her work would be the work of the soul. I would tell her that her spiritual beliefs are real and valid and will grow from strength to strength.
She will become the woman she dreamed she would. The reason she doesn't fit in is because she is here to change things. Her weirdness is her gift.
How can you give permission for your maiden to have the things you wish you'd had?
Today I'm going to give myself the gift of release and compassion. I'm telling myself that my very real need for love and fun and connection is pure and good. That it is okay to make mistakes and not to know the plan.
Sending love to all you beautiful maidens xxx
