I just finished reading: Rise Sister Rise, by Rebecca Campbell
I’ve picked this book up a few times and I would read a few chapters… and never got through even a 1/4 of the book before I had given up on it…
This book kept calling for me, even when I kept trying to convince myself that I was not ready for it... But I knew this time, I needed to answer this calling..
Throughout my life, I never really felt like I belonged, until I found yoga.
Yoga was a place for me to not feel judged. I felt strong, and it was the place I was able to listen to my heart… we respected each others space and peace, and honoured ourselves and brought a vibration in the room that held space for all…
This is where I began my journey back to my soul….
Yoga is where I found one my soul sisters and we are forever connected…
We were each others sisters that kept chanting for each other: rise sister rise
She is the sister that I would run to, when I needed to find myself… when I needed to be reminded to just be.
Be you
Be free
Be everything your soul is yearning for
For so many years, I thought this part of me disappeared in the abyss of being a mom, but I realize now that the throws of motherhood was just part of this journey …
If I didn’t have my beautiful children, I would never have experienced this moment of awareness.
At a moon ceremony that I had joined a few months ago, while drinking cacao and surrounded by women on all different paths, we came together, set intentions and journeyed through a guided meditation.... The message of Love; finding love in everything and everybody and following our hearts was what came through and I pictured myself dancing with Ria, smiling, and feeling this joy rising within me and lighting up the room. Our souls intertwined, creating this wholeness that I can't explain.... but it felt illuminating.... I knew that I needed more of this in my life.. this feeling....
Ria was home with me all last week, and the days felt long and I kept hearing: I'm bored....
I decided we needed to get out of our funks, so I said to Ria: let's have a dance party! I👯♀️
Ria was super excited! All of a sudden a strong feeling came over me… I was reminded of the book…. To rise, to let go and unleash the woman in me, to let my shakti run through me as it rises and radiated through my body. I moved like I was one with the music and Ria just stared at me in almost disbelief…
She said: mom, how did u learn to do that? I said: i just was feeling the music and let it move through me and I let go of all thoughts of people laughing or thinking I’m crazy. She looked amazed, at this possibility, and I said: you can dance free too, like nobody is watching, and she said: but I cant… I asked why not? And she said: because I am too shy… this broke my heart a little… at 4 years old, she is already feeling judged, she is already feeling like she can't be who she wants to be and I wonder if it was me that taught her this, or if the pressure of the world is teaching her this.... I don't know, but I am soo grateful to have listened to the calling to read this book, to shine the light on how I've been living; how many of us are living... held down, fearful of being ourselves, pushing away the most beautiful parts of us, the raw, organic soul that has been hidden and burried for centuries...
I wanted Ria to experience this freedom, so I suggested: let's get dressed up! She ran to her room to find a cute dress, and I put on a flow white skirt that made me feel free and beautiful! We turned up the music, held hands and danced our hearts out and it was magical...
When I see my kids in their own world being themselves, I often think; I wish the whole world knew them as they are now, if they only knew that their vibrations are touching our souls. Their sense of freedom and their flow, their ability to run towards the fire with no fear, to be loud like animals in the wild, and to forgive and love and be hurt but love again.
As much as my children inspire me, I realize that I have the power to embrace my true self to inspire them as well; to continue to lead with my heart, love and honour myself, and to harness the greatness that is when we gather and support each other.
I encourage you to get quiet for a moment, to listen to what your heart and soul needs..and when you know, begin to Rise...
Be you
Be free
Be everything your soul is yearning for <3
Rise Sister Rise <3
