Sacred nourishment

#sacredBeginningsDailyReminder series - nourishment.

How is your day going?

For me? Well let's put it this way, if I could speak of this Full moon's energy with simple words I would say there is a toddler vs mama situation... 

A creating chaos impulse vs a (desperately) seeking for balance agenda.

I guess we are both trying too hard ;-))

Today drop any agenda and forget all "to do" lists.

Today nourish yourself. 

Only this. 

Whatever nourishment means to you, and (so important!!) do not judge your neediness for it. 

Nourishment is sacred.

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Mine could look like this... A yoga "shala" all to myself, a happy baby and... food for us, made with Love.

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Sacred Cuddles

#sacredBeginningsDailyReminder series - acceptance.

Does your day look like this right now? 

I say do not fight it.

There is an intense full moon soon shining up in your sky and this might be how some of it's magic looks like...

I meet a few mothers today and they all say the same: "he is so sensitive today"; "mine just wants cuddles"; "they woke up so often during the night, and that never happens"...

This moon, the sky readers tell me, is an intense emotional time and our deepest needs might come to the surface... 

I found that my son's moods and energies are nothing more but the drawing of our #roadmapOfParenting and since I have learned to read it - instead of denying it and trying to draw my own "dream map" - life got much easier.

So accept the full moon's blessings. Good news is that all your psychic powers are stronger... So follow your intuition, do what fells right, do not choose to struggle but accept... It's cuddles day! 

(Uff! I need one!)

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Sacred Self Care

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Did you also...? Learned about self care, or new ways for self care, only since you became a mother?

For me it happen like this. Before I was a mother I would regularly, and simply,

take. care. of myself. 

It was not a ritual, it was not even a routine, it was just... my "normal" me. Everyday I would take my time under a long shower; save some space for a daily gentle yoga stretch; choose to spend uplifting time out with friends; would regularly walk in nature, or just take the long way home enjoying the waterfront view and the taste of the salty air in my mouth... I would join yoga classes and group meditation sessions often to boost my personal practice; and I would feed my soul with good music concerts or just a good book by the pool. 

Before I became a mother I would journal by the moon... and I used to publish my writing; teach acting; perform on stage and... Just travel a lot. All my passions, would be part of each one of my days.

It all changed. 

Huge changes tough me how precious was this "normal me" time. How wise was my dedication to live for pleasure and to celebrate my passions. 

Huge changes brought huge teachings... 

Since I have become a mother I have learned how self care can happen out of the yoga mat; outside of the massage room; away from the ocean (or even away from a quick shower for a couple of days!)...

Mothers, and how much self care is needed (more than ever!), and how crucial it is to accept it changed shape and form...

Since I become a mother I love myself more, and appreciate the sacredness of my path... And now, sometimes self-care happens only inside my head, while I nurse my baby, and I close my eyes...

Breathing.

Deeply. 

The current blessings of my life.

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Self care now happens when I choose to tune in inside of me. And I have been wondering: did it ever really happen elsewhere?

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Sacred feelings

Today remember: all emotions are needed, all feelings sacred.

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Playing with my son we many times practice naming our emotions and sharing how feelings look physically (you should see his faces and gestures! priceless!) and often we work on one feeling and its opposite. Well, not exactly "opposite" but a kind of "healer emotion", the one that has the power to transform the first one (yes, I know, it's awesome, cause I get to practice mine too! this is the amazing gift of being a parent!)

So the first ones I believe it was "angry" and "kind"; 

then we often talk of feeling "sad" and "happy";

lately he uses a lot of "don't worry" and follows with "we try again" (yes, I am also impressed!);

and the new one is "afraid". 

So what do you think...? Should we use "trust"? Is this the healing emotion for fear...? Help us, my son is counting on me!

;-) 

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Sacred womb

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Today remember how Sacred is your womb, how connected to Nature and it's mysteries you are, not just because you are a woman but because you gave birth. 

To.give.birth. - Today honor this miracle only, nothing else.

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Sacred baby

Today remember...

"Babies are a link between angels and man." 

(Author Unknown to us)

You, my sweet mama, hold in your arms a #sacredBaby

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Manifestation power

"Happy. Free. Safe."

~ Ivette Ivens Photography

New moon is here, the favorite moon phase for #sacredBeginnings, the moon for new beginnings, the powerful manifestation time... 

What do YOU wish to manifest in your life right now? 

Share it HERE, and send it out to the Universe.

Me? Inspired by Ivette Ivens...

I will manifest a motherhood experience that is happy, free, safe.

Happy new moon... Moon child.

#sacredBeginningsDailyReminder series - you have the power of manifestation.

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Forgive yourself everyday

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"Motherhood is a choice you make everyday, to put someone else's happiness and well-being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when you're not sure what the right thing is...and to forgive yourself, over and over again, for doing everything wrong."

~ Donna Ball, At Home on Ladybug Farm

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You are your child's happy place...

#sacredBeginningsDailyReminder series... today remember you ARE a #sacredHappyPlace

Mama took me in her arms and held me tight. Her embrace was hot and she smelled like sweat, dust, and grease, but I wanted her. I wanted to crawl inside her mind to find that place that let her smile and sing through the worst dust storms. If I had to be crazy, I wanted my mama's kind of crazy, because she was never afraid.

~ Sarah Zettel

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Your words...

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Today remember how sacred are your words.

Every time you speak to your child, doesn't matter how old he or she is, think about how this will impact their emotions, their inner voice, their lives...

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Remember your voice is the background sound of their days, your words are their playlist - what they listen to, over and over again...

And remember to choose.

Every time you say "no reason to cry"; "stop screaming"; "don't say that..." stop and think: what wisdom is it that you are passing on...?

So many of us have been taught like this, to repress how we feel and hide what we wish to say, but times have changed #sacredLiving is here.

What to do instead? 

Hold space.

Only that.

Hold space for your toddler's tantrums; your baby's separation anxieties; your child's first fears...

Let them express themselves, and just listen, acknowledge how they feel, and allow them, like this, to process and heal.

#sacredWord #sacredSpace

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