When wild women come together
Magic will happen...
hi, I am Irene and I write about what it means to live according to your visions and desires. I share stories on my travels, ideas and revelations and what it means to do things a bit different…
One of my friends favorite saying is ‘when women come together magic happens’. She is right. But when you bring two wild women together who follow their intuition and are a bit over enthusiastic, magic happens in a very special way. And not often the sweetest one…
When I booked my ticket to England there were a couple of things I wanted to do. I wanted to visit a couple of places that I talk about in the novel I am writing, but most of all I wanted to be there for my friend who had some hospital visits because of some health issues.
Natural healing
As wild women we believe in the healing power of our bodies and prefer to heal in natural ways. The road to the hospital is a tough one for both of us, but as my friend wanted to know what is really happening in her body, she did go to have a CT-scan and we did go to see her doctor to hear what is really going on in her body.
Anxiety rose in both of us during these trips to the hospital, but together it became so much lighter. And I realised I have become capable of switching of my senses for things that are not supporting me. Like being in a hospital and feeling all this sickness and sadness of the people that are in the hospital. This time I was able to focus on reading a book, while my friend had her tests and talks that I wasn’t able to join. Just being there for here made all the difference in the experience.
Caring too much
We didn’t only have the challenge of the hospital, we also encountered some interesting old patters while living together. For me this was about the fact that I always seem to take care of others first, before taking care of myself. Even though it was tough, during these days I was finally able to feel the root of the cause. I am giving a lot, because I always have the feeling not being enough. I seem to give more than people ask for and then get frustrated that I don’t have the time and energy to do my own thing.
During the week I realised that some other things I struggle with have to do with this same issue. I always feel I have to give more to be good enough or just as good as others. But seeing where things come from I will probably be able to change my behaviour.
I am leaving
At a certain point things had gotten so difficult between us that I desperately wanted to leave. I was done with the hardship, but I also knew that there were lessons to be learned. So I decided not to run away too quickly. Instead I talked about what was bothering me. We had a tough conversation that luckily cleared the air. We were able to look at the things that occurred with a loving and learning approach and came out better. So I decided to stay and follow the call to Avalon.
A trip to Avalon
Our first visit was to Avebury, a henge and stone circle. The first challenge getting there was me driving on the left side of the road in an English car. I was extremely happy that Nicole was there to help me get the hang of the roads. So after a while I felt more confident and even liked the driving through the beautiful English countryside.
Avebury lies between forests and fields and is filled with the energy of the past, the myths of Avalon and all that has occured there in the past centuries. The closer we got to our location, the more excited my friend became feeling this energy. I was too focused on the driving probably, because I didn’t feel much at first.
I could only see stones, trees and people. But when I sat down near a huge stone, I realised that there was a very good and calming energy in Avebury. So I figured we all feel things in a different way. Whereas my friend can really feel the energy from the past and gets ecstatic, I felt the peaceful energy that made me feel a lot stronger. Which I could still feel when I woke up the next morning.
Cacao and ceremony
By then it was raining so much that we decided to stay at home and entered in the sacred space of a cacao ceremony. As I am preparing to host more circles, I decided to lead the circle and guided us through a money pleasure practise.
Cacao is a powerful heart opener and gives you the energy to be more loving and kind to yourself and all around you. In this ceremony we started to focus on the good things we have and want to attract, which made it light and fun. And we absolutely needed that after our days of tears and struggle.
If you want to learn more about the power of cacao, listen to this episode of the podcast:
Glastonbury
On Sunday we went to Glastonbury, to visit the Glastonbury Tor. One of the places that I write about in the new novel I am writing. When we arrived we headed to the main street, where we wanted to go for a cup of tea to start our day. It was midday and all the cafés were filled with people, but we luckily found a place to sit and had a good talk about my writing that was changing, partly because of this trip we were making.
After our drinks we walked through the main street that is filled with shops that offer books, card decks, crystals and more to help you on your spiritual journey. It annoyed me. I have seen it so often, spiritual places overwhelmed with people and shops that take away the original power of a place. I tried to ignore my frustration while we walked on to go to the Glastonbury Tor.
As I stood under the Tor I realised that it was almost exactly as I had envisioned it in the novel. And even though it was full with people, it was a lovely moment to get to the top. It felt like I really had achieved a goal (even though I am not much of a goal setting person ;-)
After a visit to the Chalice Well and the White Spring, we went home. But not after having taken a detour to Gog and Magog, two very old and dying oak trees that once might have been the entrance to Avalon. It was interesting to see that hardly no one was there to visit them. But for us it really made the trip even more special.
Do you need gadgets and places to be spiritual?
In the car home we talked about the fact that places like Glastonbury with all their shops make you think that you need books, gadgets and other things to connect with your divine essence. For me the answer is no (and it has been like this for years). For me places like Glastonbury are unhealthy. Because they make you believe that you can get closer to yourself by buying things.
True divinity comes from connecting to yourself and others. It means opening up and becoming silent. What we do need in order to grow is sisterhood to share our stories to open up to your true self. But we have to be consciouss that the truth is already inside you. And even though cards, crystals and cacao are part of my daily rituals to connect to myself, I know that I can get there by just being silent and follow the signals of my body and soul.
While I was in England I really followed what felt right and decided to go home earlier than I thought I would… More about that decision in one of my next blogs.
Love from Corfu, Irene