IN THIS ISSUE:
- LOVE NOTE FROM CHRIS
- CREATIVE FIRE: Closing the Cycle with Clarity
- WHAT IS A WILD WOMAN? {VIDEO SERIES}
- ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Full Moon Yogini Workshop Tour
- NYC Retreat: April 25th
- WILD WOMAN FEST ’15
- 40 Day WW Transformation
- QUOTE OF THE WEEK
NOTE FROM CHRIS
Beloved,
Today I answer another question asked to me be a wild woman: How do I approach the end of the moon cycle? I loved exploring this question & hope it will inspire you to close out this moon cycle with some clarity.
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Wild Women of NYC, I hope to see you April 25th.
Also, I have made some big changes to support you in the special Alchemy that is the 40 DAY WILD WOMAN TRANSFORMATION. Check it Out & Apply Here.
With great love,
Chris
CLOSING THE CYCLE WITH CLARITY
Day turns to night. Winter turns to spring. And the 28ish day Moon Cycle closes just before the moon is new.
There are a myriad of ways to contextualize theses movements. The simplest being: it is the marker of a passage of time. The stars make themselves known we get the message: the hours left in this day are numbered. We see the first sign of green sprouting from the trees and we know the winter is bowing out. The waning moon fading into darkness communicates: Things have happened, life has been lived.
If we are lucky, in any given cycle-be it a day, a season, a lifetime-realizations have occurred. If we are awake, it’s likely been beautiful and difficult, splendid and uncomfortable-that divine paradox. These markers-the stars, the green on the trees, the waning of the moon-remind us life is moving & changing and so are we.
Because Wild Woman Moon Circles happen on the New Moon, our focus tends to be a celebration of the beginning of the cycle (Which we will tend to next week). But how, you may wonder, shall we close the moon cycle with the consciousness we give to the new moon time?
The first word that comes to mind is Honoring. Honoring what has passed. Honoring your triumphs & glory, honoring your stumbles & failures. Honoring the ways in which you showed up & did your best. Honoring when you fell short of your expectations. All of it. Honoring the pieces of your journey in this cycle that brought you great joy & great pain. Honor it all.
Some Suggestions on form:
- Journaling. List-style can be a great approach. (Ex: 5 things I learned this cycle or 7 brave things I did this cycle).
- Make a collage. Or piece of art (Ex: My cycle felt like this…)
- Gather together with a friend or two & talk through it.
Living conscientiously requires of us that precious resource, time, and that essential virtue, courage. The heart to look at your own story with respect, attention & reverence. The care to carve out space for reflection. When we close the cycle with clarity, in the next cycle, we can integrate even more deeply the lessons learned, the growth had.
Clarity is powerful medicine in the creative process of life.
My challenge to you for the closing of this moon cycle:
Honor your process between the last New Moon on March 20th and now. (The Next New Moon falls on April 18th). You can use a suggestion from the list above or you can create your own way.
Our day-to-day lives mean something, if we listen.
The things that have come to pass have value, if we can find it.
Wishing you a beautiful, clarity-infused close to this rich moon cycle.
WHAT IS A WILD WOMAN?
:::Featuring the 2015 WILD WOMAN FEST teachers:::
ON THE HORIZON
Requiem for the Moon: A Spring Retreat for Women (NYC)
I have so much love and gratitude for ceremony with you and Cole!
~Lizz Bierman
Full Moon Yogini Workshop Tour
Sensuous Flow + Juicy Meditation + CommunityNEXT UP: YOGA GB ON MAY 3RD
WILD WOMAN FEST ’15
Early Registration Now Open Thru May 3rd!
Still feeling so blown away by the beautiful loving space that we all held for each other.
~Cynthia Hauk
The 40 Day Wild Woman Transformation
I’ve made some big changes to this program to Support You in the special Alchemy that is the
40 DAY WILD WOMAN TRANSFORMATION
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
~Seneca
On the Horizon
Join an international, intergeneration group of weird and wonderful wild-hearted Women in our online Cave (which lives on an app)!
We meet weekly in Circles, Workshops, Practices to keep our wild spirits lit!
Upcoming Weekly Gatherings:
Join us for an hour-long New Moon Meditation Adventure on May 7th!
Online, from anywhere.
Using a dynamic meditation journey, we will tune into the New Moon, to your own Inner Guidance, synced up with wild-hearted women from around the world. This offering will include music, storytelling, meditation, journaling prompts & intention-setting.
Can’t make it live? No worries. All participants will receive a copy of the recording with 24 hours of the session.
We have Wild Woman Project-trained Circle facilitators is 26 countries, and 44 out of the 50 United States.
Chris Maddox is the founder of The Wild Woman Project where she teaches women how to utilize the gifts of the Wild Woman Archetype in their everyday lives & how to lead women’s circles in their local communities. She is the organizer & facilitator of the beloved annual WILD WOMAN FEST, a women’s retreat-festival hybrid which fosters a deep connection to nature, a direct experience of the divine feminine & profound spiritual sisterhood among the women in attendance.
An ever student of the great mysteries of existence and nature itself, Chris believes women are holding innate gifts & tools that society at large needs – now more than ever. She is committed to helping women remember their special magic and to bring it forward into every corner of their lives, for the greater good of the planet.
