Grief was the hot topic during our third integration call for the participants of the December Plant Medicine Retreat.
I celebrate when it shows up because it’s an opportunity go through the grieving process so that the joy can be felt again.
You can't get to joy without first moving through the grief.
For example, during ceremony, the medicines helped Julie release the hurt and start feeling/processing the death of her brother.
And because of this, post-ceremony, her heart softened even more and she received the guidance to start mending fences with other family members. She’s doing the work and it is proving very beneficial, particularly for her heart and theirs.
Another participant, John, lost both his parents a few years ago. He had totally different experience with the way grief showed up in ceremony. He didn’t want the ceremony to end as he experienced the ‘best party of his life’ with his ancestors and his parents. This brought him an immense sense of peace.
Without a doubt, he now feels in his heart that they are right there with him, in spirit form, always. He felt their presence in ceremony and it opened his mind to the….Afterlife… It’s real, he believes in it now. And an interesting bonus, John doesn’t fear death anymore. Actually, he feels enthusiasm/excitement about it.
Plus there’s a lightness about him, knowing his parents are in a good way and feeling their presence with him always.
Ginny also had grief come up. She did some deep forgiveness and releasing work with her sister who passed over and with a living sister…. no more being the villain, the bad sister, forgiving herself and forgiving them. And with that letting go, a lot more space in her heart opened up.
Got grief that's tucked away or grief that you are numbing out because it's too painful?
Please consider opening up to it because once it’s processed and integrated, you have so much more space for joy and love. I’m here to support you, if you need it with Spirit Reiki sessions.
And ladies, grief is one of the most all-encompassing emotions stuck in your womb. It can be from any of the traumas mentioned above, being a woman living in the patriarchal system, ancestral, relational, and the list goes on. To fully access your womb power, your divine feminine essence, the grief has to be acknowledged and processed.
Lean into the support, don’t do it alone, and consider joining us for the Inner Womb Bloom Women’s Retreat Blossoming into Your Magnetic Feminine Power, March 14-16 in Taos, NM. Click HERE to learn more.
Feel the grief. Let it have its way with you and open to the return of joy.