Have you noticed we become very serious with all the responsibilities of life, racing to the future and almost agitated with experiences that invite us to be present and playful. Or we are just exhausted with keeping up and are not "receiving" all the love and inspiration a moment is offering. Well I certainly have. Once day I found myself all crabby and agitated by the deer crossing the road, stopping me from my forward rush to be productive! Being an animal lover that was a wake up call that something was truly out of balance. I sat there as the deer crossed and I started to cry. Who have I become that I can not find the beauty and magic in watching these exquisite creatures crossing the road. I was so grateful for this deer crossing that day because it woke me up to start making a change in my life, to begin making time for magic and play. I have taken it as a sign to slow down and call on my inner maiden to guide the way. She was ready to be invited back to the party! So I dedicated this new moon to the maiden spirit to keep her centered in my heart this whole summer and share this journey with you !
The Magical Spirit of the Maiden lives in every women! No matter how beaten down you may have been in your childhood or in your adulthood now. She is in there. At some point she was alive and well and leading your life in wonder and playfulness. She is our inner expert at being present in the moment ! Now I am not suggesting we all become children and not tend to our responsibilities ... I have tried that, it always backfires eventually!
But invoking the maiden this new moon was really healing and brought me back to that spontaneous play moment to moment - I am asking this to stay with me and grow with the moon this month. Would it serve your life to call on your inner maiden ?
We have so many parts of our woman goddess selves that tend to different aspects our lives to keep balance and vital creative health within us ! If we are too busy and serious to see the beauty of summer and splash around a lil bit then we may be out of connection with our inner maiden aspect and need a lil maiden date. Take care of your logistics and sneak away for an hour or so for some free form unscheduled, unplanned play and see how it serves all the other parts of your life as a modern woman. Notice what happens to awareness and your stress levels ! Notice what happens to the present moment you are living in!
So this past new moon we did just that ...we Retreated from the roles or our lives and New Mooned with the spirit of the Maiden upon a magic mountain top with wings and bubbles, sparkles, drumming and dancing in the trees, visiting the sacred well, drinking yummy fruit elixir and piling up like puppies to sing under the stars, then we ate chocolate after 9 oclock!! LOL Yes we DID!Gave our seed prayers to the wind and floated around the world in a giant iridescent bubble sprinkling healing sparkles on the whole earth to cease the violence upon women and girls.
Big sparkly hug to all the ladies who came up to that magic mountain top so willing and ready to play and be authentic and deep all at the same time!
And to all of you who synced up with us in our Maiden theme and Global Prayer in your own way! Would love to hear all about how you spread your global prayer round the planet!
ThAnK YoU for that special night together creating such fun healing memories!
In the magic of play, pretend and joy comes so much depth, tenderness and revelation.
I was really moved once again by the healing journey we can go on as women so quickly with simply intending to retreat from our lives, contemplating a theme, discovering our prayer and letting it take us!
The maiden is a vast times span so who knew who would arrive, but was certainly clear our circle was hungry for the gifts of the young maiden. The wonder, innocence and play!
you can play with any aspect that arises for you. Which part of your maiden wants some play time?
But that Maiden girl is fun !
She wants what she wants with no apologies. She is playful and tender and is such an amazing dreamer. She believes in magic and walks in wonder. She is curious and willing to play without a plan. I found it so very inspiring to let go into the magic of the young maiden that I came up with some ways for us to keep our inner maiden front and center this summer.
4 ways to keep the magic of the maiden awakened in your life :
- Earth Guardian Seed Prayer Meditation: Visit that special place on the earth where you feel your mind quiets and your prayers are heard. An earth guardian is a tree or an aspect of nature that feels like a friend. For many of us on the new moon it was the Plum Trees. We can visit these places in our busy days via our visual imagination. New Moons have a kind of magic they help seeds nessle into the earth and take root! So we use this time ritually to consider a seed dream/prayer we want to grow with the moon. Close your eyes and see yourself there. Remember the joy and epiphany the maiden brings you, the seed prayer you hold this month inspired by the maiden. Feel the possibility of this prayer in your whole body as you visit this special space on the earth with your earth guardian in your mind. This can be a lil 5 minute meditation you do anywhere during your day or you can go visit your special place in person. This practice is just about activating the dreamer in you, taking time to feed your dreams and prayers just like you water your plants!
- Watch with Wonder: Build your wonder muscles! They can get flabby as we get older! Take one moment a day to stop and shift the lens you are looking from. Shift out of practical and see with fresh eyes. Look deep into a flower or lay underneath a tree, watch children play, watch their wonder ( shift out of care taking role)- Water Magic: as the summer heats up and can agitate your nervous system and make us cranky and serious. Find the water! Dip your hands in and anoint yourself! Splash out into your energy bodies to clear and uncreate anything that is not serving joy and wonder in your life! Oooo here is a good one, make some water balloons or go buy a lil baby pool and sit in it with a margarita! Yes we can mix grown up activities with young maiden ones! That is the fun now of being a grown up!
- Permission to Play: Give yourself permission and time to play each day, buy yourself some bubbles or some wings or a hula hoop or make that mud pie you are remembering from your child hood! Run through a sprinkler, squirt whip cream out of the can and right into your mouth! Wear more color. Go play miniature golf. As your walking your dog pretend you are the leader of a parade and start marching and twirling down the street! Spontaneously spin and dance in the wind. Play relieves stress! Keep it simple never let play become something on your to do list but a random moment of freedom and inspiration!
Go to it ladies ... Maiden Magic is contagious go forth and infect the world with joy and wonder!
Maiden inspiration from 2 young maidens:
bubbling brook and shining waters,
let the Goddess arise within me.
Her loving arms surround and protect,
guiding my heart.
I will listen to her wisdom
That is in us all.
~Laura and Rebecca ( 11)
Check out this video from the work of Maidenspirit.com
They made this beautiful inspiring video, really opens and touches your heart rememberings !
http://youtu.be/i3f4u0wLJS8
Would love to hear from you ! Share a bit of what your maiden wants and ways you are keeping maiden magic alive in your life!
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Lots of love to you !
See you on the next New Moon : July 8
Ixeeya
