The truth is whether a
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Family! I celebrate Valentine's every day. I love to constantly let people know I love them with my words, affections and gifts. I love love and fall in love about five times a day minimum on average. So I ask today: Will you marry me??? Please watch the video below from my friend Kute Blackson and then you can say... I DO!!! May you know today how lovable, irresistible and beautiful you really are. Love and light Xochitl and the Create Awake Family Family! We are so happy to get an overwhelming amount of request to keep on posting excerpts of our book. We are currently finalizing the first draft this week . We are grateful for your support, and feeling the excitement that you share inspires us to meet our deadline. While we cannot release the title of the book just yet, here is a little bit from Chapter 2. In Love and Light Xochitl and Milena. And the Create Awake Family From Bitches to Queens- Chapter 2 excerpt We would do a disservice to the entire community of women around the world if we didn’t touch upon the word Bitch and how it continues to define us. This word has been adopted as a term of empowerment in response to the perception that women in society are the weaker sex. The implication is that in order to succeed in a man’s world and feel good about ourselves we must act like men or become the Bitch. Our beautiful feminine intuition, our heart centered process, our relationship focused approach, and our emotional sensitivity, have been deemed inferior and ignored for too long. The damaging effect of suppressing these qualities is seen all over the world as an imbalance in ourselves, in our bodies, in our relationships, in our communities, in our governments, and most importantly in our planet. The reaction to this suppression has been a feminist movement toward identification with the Bitch, as a heartless, controlling, strong and angry role model. One that you shouldn’t mess with. This is a role model that both of us have had to let go of. In our our twenties it served us. We were such Bitches, but that was the only way we knew how to take care of ourselves. It was through the Bitch that we attempted to fight the good fight to prove our worth. When we of speak of a Queen there is no question of her worth. She was entitled from birth, as we all are. She is royalty, she is majestic, she is born in worth. The moment is now to embrace the gracefulness of the Queen in all her fierce, innate feminine, divine ways! It is time to have compassion for the Bitch we have been and some times still are. Be still, be quiet and listen. Come closer and hear the best kept secret of all time.........The Queen is much stronger than the Bitch ever was. She is grounded and operates from inside herself. She is not a reaction to her environment. SHE IS THE CREATOR. Written by Xochitl Ashe & Milena Worsham © 2012 I was taught what Imbolc meant last night by a powerful group of women as we circled up around a sacred fire. It was a beautiful conformation that what I was going through in some way or another all the women were also feeling. I was not alone, and we never are. This feeling that we shared was that many things in our life were revealing themselves. No more time for secrets or unclarity. Any thing that was unresolved or we had been avoiding was now coming up to the surface. Imbolc celebrates the time right between the dark womb of winter and the light of spring as everything is being born. It is a time when the uncomfortableness of all the stuff that was limiting you in some way from being your true self, is now asking for attention in order to be healed, forgiven, accepted, celebrated. A seed must break open in order for it to grow above the earth and reach the sun. Many of you know that I have writing a book about empowering women through embracing their divine feminine to restore balance to themselves, their relationships and the earth. I have been working on my book for one year now and it has been an incredible journey. I recently teamed up with an amazing friend and co-writer Milena Worsham and the first draft will be turned in to my publisher mid March. My publisher Marc Allen, beloved friend and mentor who is the owner of New World Library said to me "The person who you are when you begin writing this book will be a completely different person when you finish writing the book". When I heard this from Mark, I laughed and welcomed this change with the journey of writing my book. I had no idea this book was going to break me open, in order for me to see every thing- the good, the bad and the ugly. I must admit I have been going through feelings of loss, anger, sadness and have felt challenged. The challenge has come from resisting being with these feelings and going even deeper that how I usually dive. YES! this time I had to get my diving suit to go in to the deepest parts of me and do some exploring. I am now in a peaceful place, my heart is very loving and forgiving of all my past painful, difficult relationships and situations. I am now enjoying no longer resisting being inside the womb of winter and looking forward to the time of birth in the Spring. Many of my coaching clients as well as friends were in some way or another dealing a lot with their shadows in the past weeks. When I learned to celebrate and honor Imbolc I was reminded that we are a part of the earth and we too go through the cycles of the seasons. We now live in large cities where there is little connection to nature. We have forgotten our Earth based rituals, this emotional and spiritual connection to the seasons has been lost. Fortunately w e are finding our way again and reclaiming the celebrations of the Seasons and our mother Earth. I was really inspired to share about Imbolc because when it was shared with me I felt that this time of opening and seeing deeply within was a beneficial time and I could surrender to it. I no longer carried the heaviness that going difficult times brings. Celebrating Imboc reminded me to have faith in the process (what ever difficult and challenging situation you may going through). Know that this time offers the possibility to release of the old shell that protected you as the seed and now you are sprouting ready to come to the surface and be all of your greatness! Be gentle to your self, more loving, celebrate all that you have been going through. Check out some more about Imbolc bellow. So much love and miracles Xochitl Ashe © 2012 Special gratitude to my Queens: My grandma, Nefertiti, Milena, Michelle, Lucy, Marcia, Claire, Patrice, Daisy, and Tanya it is your light that calls for my light to shine brighter when it gets dark. ***From Huffington Post
This year's celebration of Imbolc begins the turn toward spring, although with 59 degree weather in Boston it's unclear whether we've had winter. With only six weeks of winter left, this is the time to set intentions and clear away the clutter, composting it in preparation for new growth. This year, my women's ritual community asked us to journey within, to retrieve the power of our shadow. All that we reject, parts of ourselves that we push into the unconscious, whether anger, sexuality, vulnerability, creativity, what ever we have disowned, has power we need to reclaim. We need all of our resources for the work ahead. A flower essence of Black Eyed Susan is one tool to use, to overcome the fear of looking deeply and embracing the shadow. We are all human, a package deal, and avoiding one's whole self does not serve us at this time. Astrologer Jenny Yates gives some powerful advice for the year to come. She explains that it "is all about the breakdown of structures, including structures that have existed, unchanging and unquestioned, for a long time. This is good, people. A period of intense change gives everyone a chance to get involved and to clarify what's important. It's not just a time of change, but also a time of high-stakes resistance to change. ... It won't be until the spring when things start to really percolate again" so all the more reason to attend to the inner work of this moment. Excerpt From Upcoming Book by Create Awake Xochitl Ashe and Milena Worsham. When a woman is ready to step in to her throne as a Queen these are some of the insights that are revealed: 1) She is now a servant in the service of the whole. 2) To sit in her throne could sometimes be painful or exciting, it is in her choosing. Who she was before is dying, while she is birthing a new conscious way of loving herself and others like never before and this is blissful. 3) She can no longer bend for anyone or anything that is not for her highest good, she sits powerfully in who she truly is and has the love and humility to expand. 4) She is irresistible at every moment (and she knows it). She is always an invitation to love. She is clear that she no longer goes looking for love or approval outside herself, but she creates it/allows it. The Queen knows that she is the SOURCE, the infinite fountain of this most precious elixir. She is the celebration they are all coming to. 5) When she decides to allow a partner into her life she ONLY chooses a King. This King recognizes his Queen and bows to her in love, devotion and commitment to be of service to her highest good, his highest good, the highest good of the partnership and the community. Xochitl Ashe © 2012 “Be Content with what you
have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” – Lao Tzu The inward journey is about
finding your own fullness, something that no one else can take away.” — Deepak Chopra About this New Moon:
“Jupiter completes its retrograde just after the New Moon, which restores our experience of movement and expansion. This fully commences the new 399-day Earth-Jupiter synodic cycle that began on October 29. The theme of this synodic cycle inspires us to get off the fence of indecision and to leave the small and middle-ground approaches in our lives. It invites us to move forward in our partnerships in an expansive and all embracing way; and it invites the expansion and expression of heart and art in a big way.” “Venus makes several conjunctions in this lunar cycle and also begins new synodic cycles with Vesta, Uranus, Ceres and Eris. These events influence matters associated with heart, art, and financial resources. They also bring inspiration to cross new bridges, and to pursue our greater dreams and visions. Jupiter’s shift along with Venus’ prominent role in this lunar cycle also adds a social quality to this lunar cycle. All of this produces a progressive and heart-oriented lunar month.” About this Dragon New Year: “YEAR of the DRAGON: “Beginning on January 23, 2012 the flamboyant Dragon will fill the skies with fireworks as we enter into the new year of the Water (Black) Dragon!” “… According to this 6,000 year old art, our planet should progress quite nicely in the next two years. 2012 and 2013 correspond to the ‘lucky’ Dragon, and the ‘wise’ Snake years; the Dragon and the Snake together make up the life-palace of Spirituality. “ “2012 will bring opportunities to awaken your own higher consciousness and eliminate negativity, limitations and disease from your life. And if that isn’t exciting enough for you, just wait until 2013′s philosophical Snake year approaches bringing with it, cosmic awareness, sage spirituality, and integration with Source.” “…Think on this: Dragon years are traditionally filled with Pageantry, Festivals and elaborate Celebrations. These years hold potential extravagance, grandiose ambitions and futuristic enterprises which soar to the forefront with drama. The essence of Dragon years is ‘ unpredictability’, and the average Dragon year will be exhausting, bringing both spectacular victories and some memorable defeats. “ “Unlike the other animals of the Chinese zodiac, the Dragon is a mythical creature, and the sign of good luck and vital health. Unlike the frightening Dragons of Western mythology, Chinese Dragons are benevolent creatures who live in the heavens and command the cosmos; wind, mist, rain, thunder and lightning.” “2012 opens communication to the inner spiritual planes (as above, so below) and the opportunity for humanity to receive Divine guidance. 2012 will be a very special time for humankind …Let the Dragon lend you his wings to progress beyond what you think is possible for yourself. The reward will be an understanding of personal truths that may, very well, change your life forever. “ © 1996-2012 Shelly Wu Associates All rights reserved. For More About these powerful times: MysticMama |
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