02/05/2026
These last few weeks have been a whirlwind of death and rebirth of epic proportions....
We go through so many of these death and rebirth phases in our lifetimes as women, parts of ourselves die and then we move towards the new...every menstrual cycle, every shift in our life cycle, every time we give birth to something and every time we journey into our underworlds through our shadows and back towards the light again!
Sometimes, we enter these with eyes wide open, ready for the transformation and the letting go that precedes it.
But mostly, let's be honest here, we are pulled into our death portals with little warning no matter how ready we think we might be. Dragged into the depths of our psyches, forced to let go of the old in order to make way for the new, none of it is comfortable!
As I sat around our small fire, welcoming in the light last night, I reflected on all that has gone and all that lays before me....
This death and rebirth started with ritual and ceremony around this very topic, my last weekend of Shamanic training after 30 months of knowing and working alongside my beautiful teacher and sisters (2 years of study with a gap), many deaths occurred between then and today.
First there was the physical ritual of dying in the woods and reborn in the waterfall, then the emotional deaths and letting go of old wounds, the end to our time together as students, the van crash, our beloved dog passing over and finally into bleeding with the moon as I sang to the fire...and breath. A s**t storm indeed and one I have grown immensely through!
So, as I sat reflective in the stillness last night, summer in the air around me,all I felt was love; my heart cracking wider open once again and gratitude for the abundance in my beautiful, wild, little life and all the lessons it brings me in these death and rebirth phases...
🐦🔥 Here's to summer's slow bloom and traversing what is to come with ease and grace always 🙏🏻...
There's gatherings a blossoming and a pull to offer my work is starting to emerge again yay! I've also found an outdoor space to work in once more 😍
🌱 Have a beautiful weekend,
Liz ###