LISTEN TO THE WATERS - a circle for women to work with our embodied power

There are some mornings when I need to dance and breathe for a few hours before I can activate myself for the rest of my day.

When I can give myself this kind of time, I allow myself to sink into the feelings that are living in me now.

I allow myself to sink the depths of grief and to fly to the heights of joy.

I allow myself to remember that both live in me at the same time.

life, death, rebirth

dancing together

in me

through me

with me

In this time, in this place where I am living

where we somehow continue to think that weapons make us safer,

I dance.

I dance the song of my heart

I dance the song of the water

who carries the message of love to the four directions

from the fire at the center of the earth

through the waterways, the oceans, the seas

into the waters of my blood,

the waters of my body which is this earth

to encounter my breath

and emerge in the form of words

my prayer

for the return of the trust in the hearts of the people

trust in one another

trust in the power of life

honoring the lives that continue to be born

in the middle of the storm

grateful for life.

I dance this gratitude and I remember

to listen to the wisdom of the generations

whispered to me by my grandmothers’ grandmothers

Please join me as we remember to listen.