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HEI
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Sp
eakUpYo
urTr
uth
MA
NIF
EST
OOF
THEF
EMI
NI
NE
Li
veYo
urSt
ory
I
NT
ROD
UCT
IO
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I
t
sUpToYo
u
The Feminine univer
sei s a wondrous universe.Itfurni
shes endl
ess
possi
bil
iti
esandc ountles
smi racl
es.But-Iwi l
lt el
lyoustr
aightaway-
i
tisupt oyouifyouchoos etoshineornot .Iti
supt oyouifyouchoose
toli
veint hi
swondr ouswor l
dornot .Anddoi ngt heworkitsnotaway.
I st
ti heonlyway .
Thepowerofembodyi
ngTheFemi
ninei
sin yourhands
.Thi
sbooki
s
now yourt
ool
.
Wear etalki
ngaboutempower mentand aboutthepowerofShes i
nce
many ,manyyear snow.Yes,thingsarechanging.Yes,paradigmsar e
shift
ing.Yes,stepshavebeen made.Sti
ll
,we,asi ndi
vidual
s,asuni que
womenar enott hereyet
.How weknow t his
?Because,thusfar,soci
ety
isnott her
eyet.Wear eusedtoexpect
ingchangetosimplycome.Tr ans-
formation to be poss
ibl
ef r
om the outsi
de.Growtht o be i
gnited by
others.
Wel
l,t
hebadnewsi
sthatt
hisi
snotgoi
ngt
ohappen.
Andt
hegoodnewsi
sthatt
hisi
snotgoi
ngt
ohappen.
Wecan
twai tforsociet
ytoc ome and shine l
ightupon us
.Iti sour
res
pons
ibil
itytodoit.Wehavetolearn how toembodyourf emininit
y
andwehavet ododot hework,st
ep-by-step.Weneedt owalkthet al
k
andbethechange.
Weneedtol
ookdeepdownintoourownsel
ves.Tur
neverythi
ngupsi
de
downandst
aytherel
ongenoughunti
lourheart
sstar
ttoopenup.
Thehear
tisagate.Andwhenitunf
olds,t
hewondr
ousuni
ver
seofThe
Femi
ninest
ret
chesoutri
ghti
nf r
ontofyou.
Considerthisreal
m hasalwaysbeent
her
e,hi
ddeni
nsi
de.I
tsj
ustuswho
didn
tc onnectwithityet
.
3
Sayyouar eapr agmat i
cgi rl
,whohasneverdoneanyki ndoftrai
ning;
sti
ll
,you haveyourmot heroryourgr andmother,yourolders
ist
eror
yourbes tgirl
frend.Theyar
i eyourmyt hology!Theyaretheanswert o
those ques
tionsr ol
ling overand overint
o yourmi nd:How am Iasa
woman?Whati swomanhood?
Ormaybeyouar eamys ti
calcreature.Livingamys t
icalinnerli
fe,along-
sidemys t
icalcreatur
es-goddes s
esandf airi
es,spel
lsands piri
tanimal s
.
You feelyou haveami ssion t
os erveand br ingouti ntot hewor ldthe
feminineener gy.Then,t hechallengef oryou i stoembodyt hel egend
untilyoubec omet helegend.Thet rut
hhi des,however,noti nbringing
thelegendbackt oli
fe.Butinpul li
ngt hec oreoutofi tandwr iti
ngyour
ownamazi nguni questory.
Ormaybeyouwer ej
ustlikeme.Abandonedandbet r
ayedbywomenin
yourli
fe.Castawayanddi tchedi
ntothebignot
hing.Feel
ingl
ost
,wi
tha
desol
atingdesertswell
ingi nt
oyourbel
ly.
Then,t i
mehasc omef oryou t
o healthepast,awaken yourgif
tsand
spreadyourwings.Thi
siswhatwi l
lchangesociet
y.Youandyourdoi
ngs
wi l
ltransf
ormthewor l
daroundyouandwi llmaket hi
splaceabetter
place.
Brows
ei t bef
ore bed,i
nthe morni
ng,whi
le you
re dri
nking your
smoothi
e,onabusorwhenyoureonidl
ewai
tingfortheplanet
ot ake
of
f.
Readi
twhenyou
res
adorwhenyou
rehappy
.
Itf
itsyourphone,yourpad,oryoucanevenpr
inti
ttomaket
heexper
i-
encemor esens
orial
.
Jus
tmakesuret
hefir
stt
imeyoureadityout
ost
ickt
othes
equenc
e:
TheHear
t-TheEar
th-TheI
nnerChi
ld.
Af
teryou
vegonet hr
ought hi
sarr
angementonc eyou
refr
eetomi xand
matchasyoufeelandfocusonthespeci
ficneedyour
eexper
ienci
ng.
I
fyou
rel ongi
ngtosootheyours oul
,focusont
heHeart.I
fyouwantto
r
echar
ge,do t heEar
th Pract
ice.Ifyou wantt
o boos
tyourcreat
ivi
ty,
f
oll
ow yourInnerChi
ld.
6
Dontpush yours
elft ofeels omething i
n parti
cular.Rat
herf ocuson
awakeningyoursensesandf ol
lowingyourinst
incts.All
ow yourmi ndto
restandbringyourc ons
ci ousattenti
on t
owhatyourbodyt el
lsyou.If
youneedtor es
t,thenrest.Ifyoufeelli
kedancing,dance.I
fyouf eell
ike
shari
ng,share.
Forgetabouts t
ickingtoroutines
!Br i
ngjoyandli
ghtnessintoyourlif
e
and transform routi
nei ntor it
ual
.Dontcommit.Love,ins
tead.Be
fr
ee.Sur roundyour sel
fwi th objectsofdes
ire
:perf
umes ,oil
s,cryst
als,
si
lk,velvet,fl
ower s
,cleans heets,mus i
c.
What
everyoudo,makei
tasf
emi
nineaspos
sibl
e!
Al
low your
selftohaveguil
typl
easur
es
andenj oyeverygi
rli
shthi
ng
t
hatc omesintoyourmindorheart
.
Ipromiseyou t
hiswillbri
ng yourf
emini
nit
ytol
evel
sofbeaut
y and
ecs
tasyyou
veneverdaredt
oimagine!
7
T
HEH
EAR
T
Ho
nor
ingeSa
cre
d
Oneofthemos tt
erri
fyingstepsinthejourneyofthefemini
nestar
ts
wit
hclos
ingyoureyes,s
t opl
ookingout
sideandstar
tlooki
nginsi
de.
Yes
,tr
ust
ingi
shar
d,evenwheni
tcomest
otr
ust
ingyour
sel
f.
Mostpeopleares car
edofwhattheymightdis
c over
.
WhatifIdontli
kewhatIfind?Whati
fthere
ssomethingwr
ongwi
thme
?
Whati
fIfeelevenwor se
?
WhatI
velearnedfrom t hewor kt hatI
vebeendoi ngwithhundr edsof
womeni show hardi tcanbef orthem totakethes t
epands tartconnect -
ingandhonour ingtheirownf eel
ings.Thishappensbecaus etheirbelief
system i
ndicat
esthati ftheydos ot heywi l
lbetraypeopleint heirli
ves
orsimplywal kawayf rom t hem.Whys o?Becausewomenunc onsciously
tendtoprot
ectandfeedalltheemot i
onalneedsofal
lthepeopleintheirli
ves,
withthecos
tofignori
ngt heirown.
Theref
ore,c
onnectingwi t
ht heirownemot i
onalneedswouldautomati-
cal
lymeant obetr
ayt heemot ionalneedsofot
herpeople,andtheyfear
theseemingapparentloneli
ness.
Sadly,ourpastexperienc
eindicatesthatthi
sjour
neydoesntmeanonl y
recl
aimi ngpowerandowner s
hi p.Itals
omeansc onfr
ontinglonel
iness
ands ter
eotypes
,al i
feveryfew womenvent uredtoexplor
eint hepast
.
9
TheHear ti
syourgui de.And when you connectwit
h herin asacr
ed
space,t
hroughri
tual
,itbecomesapor t
al,openinguptoyourc
onnecti
on
withyourveryowns oul.
C
rea
ti
ngY
ourO
wnR
it
ual
Ar i
tual,whenconsci
ouslycr
eated,empower syoutoculti
vateyourcon-
necti
onwi ththefemini
neenergyandi tall
owsyout onurtur
eandt ofeel
nourished.Anywomancancr eatethi
sc onnect
ion;youjus
thavet ol
earn
how toawakeni tanddeepentheties
.
Ar i
tuali
sas equenceofacti
viti
esinvol
vingges tures,words ,andobjects
,
perfor
med i n asacred s
pace,t hr
ough prayerormedi t
ation.Through
rit
ualwebr i
ng incompas s
ion;wel earn how t o creat
ei ntimacy with
oursel
ves,thusbravelybecomi ngmor eauthent i
c.Butmor ethan any-
thing,through ri
tualwe strengthen the connection with ours acred
heart.
Onlyt
hroughri
tual
,bysacral
isi
ngthemomentandt hespace,wi
llyou
abl
etocreat
eadeepandstr
ongc onnect
ionwi
thyourheart
.
1
0
H
owToCre
ateYo
ur
S
acr
edSpac
e
TIP
How t
opr
epar
eyourpr
act
ice
1
1
Thes acred spaceisyouri nnerworl
d governed byloveand onlylove.
That
st her eas
onwhywhenwec onnectwiththes acr
edspac
eourwhol e
bei
ngi sf i
ll
edwi thlove,nouri
shedandwef eelsafeandprot
ected.
Whenweopent hegateandstepintothesacredspac
ewehavet ohonor
i
tandbringincompassi
on,i
nt i
macyandr espect
.Wehavet olearnhow
t
olis
ten,outofanyj
udgementorr esent
ment,andbef ul
lypresent
.
Ther e
snotonefeeli
ngyoucannotgetwhi leyouar ei
nt hes
acredspace.
Anyf eel
ingoremot ion i
sr i
ghtorpos s
ibl
e,aslongasyouar epresent,
you honoryours
el fandac ceptthesupportthespaceisoff
eri
ng.Leti t
guideyouands endyoupr eciousi
nformati
on aboutyourown personal
truth.
1
2
T
HEE
ART
H
Na
tur
e
sRh
yth
msAr
eYo
urI
nne
rRh
yth
ms
How often doyouf eelti
redanddr ai
nedofener
gy?Andwhen youf eel
li
kethisisitratherbecauseyouar
ebusyandhaveal otofthi
ngst
otake
careof?Orareyout iredofyourowncr avi
ngs
,pastf
ailur
es,andt
heyet
unfulf
ill
eddes i
res?
Feel
ingt i
redanddr ai
nedi sasympt om ofdeprivat
ion.Notonl yphys ical
deprivation-l ackofsleep,badhabits
,unhealthyeat ing,etc-but ,mos t
impor tantly
,emot i
onaldepr i
vat
ion.Notbei ngemot ionall
yf ul
fil
ledact s
li
ke a vi rus t
hats l
owl y butsteadi
lys pr
eads throughoutyourwhol e
syst
em -bodyandmi nd.Intime,yous t
artfeel
ings orrow.Then,s orrow
grows i ntos adness,s adness grows into pain, and pai n bec omes
depress i
onandanxi ety.
Onehugemi stakeweal
ldo,atapoint,i
swai
tforot
her
stof
ulf
illour
emot
ionalneeds.Wedoitunknowi
ngly
.
Wes implywaitandexpectf
ormen,fri
endsorfamilytovolunteerand
off
eruswhat everwemightneed.Of
ten,wedonteven know whatwe
need;butweexpectot
herstodo.
Tomaket hi
ngseven wors
e,ouri nnergirlneverc
easest
oexpectthat
shewi
llgetwhatshedeserves
.Eventual
ly,sheendsupwretched.
Likewie,weendupwr
s etchedwhenwedonotr
ecei
vewhatwet
hinkwe
deser
ve.
Trut
his,wedontdeserveanyt
hing.Butwehaveal
lthepoweri
nthe
worl
dtocreat
eandrecreat
ewhateverwewant
.
Startwi t
ht aking care ofyour
sel
f.As si
mple as that
.Learn how to
rechar ge,sootheyouremot ions
,fi
ndyourvoi ce,andaskforwhatyou
deser ve.Whenwes t
opwai t
ingandstartaski
ngweaut omatical
lyst
art
attractingandmani fes
tingourint
enti
ons.Onlywhen youas kyouwi l
l
receive.
1
4
How weact
ual
lydot
hat
?How dower
echar
ge?How dowef
indouri
nner
rhyt
hms?
Byr e-es
tabli
shi
ngourc onnecti
onwiththeEar t
h.CauseitistheEar
th
thatgivesyou energy.I
tist heEart
ht hatgivesyou power.Iti
sthe
rhythm oftheEarththatat
tunestoyourinnerrhyt
hms .
TheenergyoftheEar
thisf
ill
edwit
h powerandpr
eci
ousinfor
mat i
on
reachi
ngusinver
ysubtl
eways.Wej
usthavet
oopenupandletiti
n.
That
swhythroughoutt
hej
our
neyoft
hef
emi
ninewekeepc
omi
ngback
totheEar
th.
Eart
hi snotjustener
gy .Iti
sachannel-i fnotthemos
tpower fulone.
When wec onnectwitht heEart
h wef eelr
echar
ged.Weshine.Wef eel
prot
ected.Ourmi ndstartstodecl
utt
erandwegetmor eclarit
yi n our
emotions.
Educat
eyours
elft
ofeelt
her
hyt
hmsoft
heEar
th.Herr
hyt
hmsar
eyour
innerr
hythms.
1
5
P
rac
ti
ceN
o.1
Takeanhourandal l
ow yoursel
ftodis
c onnectf
rom everyt
hingandtake
a walkin nat
ure.You don
thavet o aim fordeep f
orest
;any par
k or
gardencl
osetoyourplaceisgood.
Do thisfor as l
ong as you need,unt
ilyou f
eelr
elaxed,f
ree,and
rechar
ged.
When youwantt
oendt
hispr
act
ice,t
hankt
het
reef
orbei
ngt
her
efor
you.
Repeatt
hiss
impl
eexer
cis
eatl
eas
tthr
eet
imesaweek.
1
6
P
rac
ti
ceN
o.2
Anot
herveryeff
ecti
vewayofr
echar
gingandcr eat
ingas t
rongc
onnec
-
ti
onwit
ht heenergyoft
heEar
thisthroughbodys haki
ng.
Ourbodyi sinst
inctual,thusi trechargeswhen wes impl
yl etitl
oose.
Shaking isaf i
ery practi
cet hathel psusl oos
en t
het ens
ion fr
om our
bodies,al
lowsust or eci
rculatethelifefor
ceenergy,andbringthebody
toit
snat uralbal
anc e.
Star
twit
hr el
axingyourbody,keepi
ngyours
pines
trai
ght
,bel
lyr
elaxed,
andkeepyourfeetawidthapart.
Begi
nwiths
hakingyourankl
esandknees
.Sur
rendert
othemovement
moreandmore.
Progr
essi
vel
y,conti
nue wit
hs haki
ng t
he upper par
ts ofyour body
,
al
lowingtheener
gyt omoveyou.
Celebrat
elif
e,yourbody
,youramazingbeaut
y,withallthepit
fall
sand
shortcomings.Bec
omewi l
dandfi
ery
.Ifyoufeell
ikevoi
cingthings,j
ust
giveitago.
Star
tshaking yourwhol
ebody - yourbell
y,yourbreas
ts,yourar ms
,
yourhead.Bec
omet hati
nst
inct
ualbeingthatyouar
e,deepinside.
Cel
ebr
ateit,honori
tandl
eti
tbr
ingyoul
ifef
orc
eener
gyandanyki
nd
ofmessages.
Whenyoufi
nisht
hepract
icet
akeaf
ew mi
nut
est
orel
axandr
econnect
wi
ththepr
esentmoment.
1
7
T
HEI
NNE
RCH
IL
D
Sp
eakUpYo
urTr
uth
Remembert hosemoment swhenyouf eeldi
sconnected,l
onely
,withno
end i
ns i
ght?Yes,weal lgo t
hr ough t
hat.Buthaveyou everdared t
o
imaginethatbeneat
h everysinglemomentoft hatkindhides,i
nfact,
thepossi
bil
ityofami r
acle
?
Comeal
ongandpaycl
oseat
tent
iont
othes
tor
yreadyt
ounf
old.
"
Stopdr
eami
ng!St
artac
tingyourage
!"
And,sl
owl
y,wedo.Wes top dr
eami
ng and s
tar
tact
ing ourage- yet
havi
ngnocluewhatt
hatact
uall
ymeans.
Thes
econdwes
topdr
eami
ngwechai
ndownal
lthati
spos
sibl
e,al
lthat
i
smagical
.
We velear
ned,i nthepr eviouschapt er
s ,how t ocr eateas acred space,
throughr i
tual,andhow t ous eit
sener gyi n ordert ostartmani festi
ng
our mos t power f
uli nt
ent i
ons .Iti simpor tant to do your pr actice
regularl
y-dai l
y,orasof ten asyoucan.Al so,i tisequallyes senti
alto
bringawar enessintoyourr itualandt or emai nobs ervanttoanys ubtle
changesi n yourunivers
e.Don' tstr
ugglet ochangeyourbel iefsystem,
butr at
hertoal l
ow changet omani f
estor gani
cal l
y.
1
9
Onceyoudidt hat
,wecanmovet olevelt
wo-how t obringchangei
nour
dai
lylives and slowl
yst
ar t adjusti
ng our behavi
or.The answer i
s:
thr
oughi maginati
onandplay.
So,thenextti
meyoudoyourpract
ice,movef
orwar
dbybr
ingi
n your
InnerChi
ldint
oyours
acr
edspac
e.
Thathiddenpartofyourunconsciousmi nds tr
andedi nt heKingdom of
Chil
dhood.Thatlatentpartofyou-the-adultt hattreas
ur esthemagic,
thetendernes
s,t
hebeaut y
,andneverc easestopl ay
.Thepar tofyouthat
wondersandexplores.Thepartofyout hatlovesanddar es .
Cal
linyourInnerChil
dandki ndly
askhim orhertoguideyout
hr ough
t
hemagicisandsofyouri
l maginati
on.
Somanyques tionsandcur i
osi
tieswil
lc omeup!Whatar emyemot ions
tryi
ngtotellme ?Whatifthatdream,ideaorrelati
ons
hipwouldactually
bepossi
ble?Whynot ?Whatdoesi tl
ook li
ke ?How would If
eel
?How
wouldi
tlookl i
ke ?How wouldIexpres
smyf eeli
ngs?WhatwouldIs how
totheworld?
Thecur iosi
tyt oseek i
ntothedepthsofi nnerlabyri
nthsunf oldsyour
imagination.New l inks wil
lstarts tr
etching and you wi l
lf i
nd it
inf
init
elyeas i
ertorel
axandbemor ef l
uidwi t
hyourintentions
.Ther oad
willbecomet hejourney.Andwhatyouwi llencount
eralongt heway-
bel
ieveme-yourmi ndwoul dnotevendar etodream of!
20
P
RAC
TI
CEN
o.1
Medi
tat
ionwi
thyourI
nnerChi
ld.
Playf
ulmedi t
ati
onwi thyour
InnerChildtoincreaseyour
mani
festat
ioncapacit
y.
S
tep1
Takeadeepbr eathinandkeepbr eathingfrom thebelly,c ons ci
ously,f
or
tens econds.Rel
axt hebody.Letgoofal lworri
es,thought sandanyt hing
thathappenedbef orethismoment .Af terawhi l
e,takeadeepbr eathin
andhol dyourbreathforthrees ec
onds .Bringallyourat tent i
on inthe
mi ddleofyourforeheadandi magineabeam ofl ightt akings hape.Keep
breathing.Thelightbecomess tr
ongerands tr
ongerunt i
li ttur nsintoa
smal lballofli
ghtandt hent heballturnsintoas mal lsweetchi ld(you
can letgoofhol dingyourbr eat
h,butkeep yourf ocuson t hebeam of
li
ghtandt henont hechil
d).
21
Whent hechil
dhast akesshape,t
akeanotherdeepbreathandwhenyou
breat
heoutvisuali
zehow thischi
ldsl
owlyandhappilysli
desintoacal
m
andwar mlake,thatsurr
oundsyourheart
.Thislakeisyoursacr
edheart.
Thechildi
snow i nthecenteroft ake.Leti
hel tplayandrel
ax.
EngageyourInnerChi
ldt
hroughplay,car
e,andl
oveands
har
ewi
th
him /herwhatyouwanttomanif
es t
.
Askhi
m /herabouthi
s/herf
eel
ingsaboutwhatyouwanttomanif
est
.
Turnt
heconver
sati
onint
oagameyouar egoi
ngtoplayt
ogether
.
Whatdoeshe/s
heneedf
rom yout
ofeels
ecur
eandl
oved?
YourInnerChi l
dneedsyourcareandpr otect
ion,acceptanceandlove.I
f
he /she feel
ss af
e and pr
otect
ed,t hen itwillst
ar twhisperi
ng your
pers
onalt rut
h and gui
deyou through themos thealthies
tand easies
t
possi
bil
iti
es.
Sheddi
ng l
ightupon hi
s /her needs and gif
ts wi
llbr
ing t
he mos
t
powerf
ulcoreener
gythatwi
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Shari
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