About the Wild Woman Initiation Series
The Wild Woman Project came to me in a flash, a vision & it wouldn’t let me go. So, I listened. The Wild Woman archetype has been initiating me ever since. Through various experiences, which have mostly been about untangling what is true & what is not true in my own being, I have come ever closer to the wild woman within. I am a student, servant, guardian to this project who’s mission is to to awaken women to their most authentic, undomesticated nature, so they may feel like themselves, all the time, no apologies. I am sharing the 13 most important lessons I’ve learned about the path of the Wild Woman over the next few months. May it be useful.
6
In the wee hours of the morning, I awoke with an idea-something called The Wild Woman Project. I saw it, sort of. It seemed just beyond my reach~What was it exactly? How could I make it? Where would I start?
Staring at the darkened ceiling with a curious mix of excitement & confusion, I heard her voice.
With a tenor of mystery & mischief, the Wild Woman spoke:
I cannot tell you what will happen
In the future.
That is not for you to know
Now.
What I can say is this-
Create from the depths of your heart,
With devotion and generosity,
With curiosity and courage,
And you will be rebirthed.
What you make,
Will make you.
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Ever since I was a little girl, I made plays, dressed in costumes, danced for audiences of stuffed animals. The impulse to create was inborn. Which is true for us all, in our own way.
There was always a sense of magic & transformation in my creativity. Yet, the personal transformation was never so obvious as with this particular creative pursuit.
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In conversations about creating, I think we should consider talking about this: you are not creating something, something is creating you.
By learning what you need to learn,
By risking what you need to risk,
By making what your heart most needs you to make,
You are being changed.
Changed in ways that cannot be undone.
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In my wild woman initiation, which has come in the form of serving this project-this mission, here are a few things that have shifted in me:
I have stopped apologizing for my “outlandish” ideas.
I have developed deep reverence & care for my own body.
I have lost attachment to others believing the same things I do-to each her/his own.
I have come to trust and respect my intuition & inner knowing.
My capacity to love has grown, exponentially.
I have forgiven things I thought were unforgivable.
I have opened to the great mystery of life and I let it have its way with me in every moment.
I write, speak & teach in public with care & without hesitation.
My desire to create and serve has become larger than my fear of rejection.
The people around me-my community, loves, family, sisters-are the HIGH VIBE.
I aim to live in the light & in my opinion, even what appears dark, is light too.
Most importantly, my heart is now my guide, my teacher, my guru.
Your wild woman initiation will not come in the same way that mine did. And it will not necessarily change you in exactly the same way mine changed me.
That’s not the way this works.
But if you let it, if you make what you are here to make (ex: a loving conscious family, an art installation, a meaningful business, a house of your own, a vegetable garden, etc.,) your wild woman initiation, will make you…well, it will make you, more you than you’ve ever been.
So write this one on your heart:
Lesson 6: What you make, will make you.
EXPLORE THE OTHER LESSONS OF THE WILD WOMAN INITIATION SERIES
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.
