Rewilding, restoring a sense of belonging…becoming our wild souls.
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Why does rewilding, remembering our wild soul nature hold so much meaning for me?
Many years ago I spent time in Southern California. I felt at home with the land, living near to canyons and the beach, and spent my days wandering in wild places. I made friends with locals, taking road-trips, exploring the desert, ocean, forests and mountains.
Life was good, yet something was missing. Connection.
When I visited the Redwoods in the north, I felt I was transported to another time. Meeting these giant beings opened me to something new, my heart relating to these ancient trees. I felt I merged with these great trees, and they became part of me, and I part of them. Interconnected.
Wild Soul Emergence
A chance meeting in April 2005, whilst learning about the production of essential oils in the foothills of the Pyrenees, led me to a solo Retreat in early summer. Staying in an off-grid wooden cabin in the Parc naturel regional des Grands Causses, inland from Montpellier.
Sunny days resourced a very weary, and stressed self, my nervous system was completely wired! The surrounding hills embraced me, I felt safe. The first time in a long time.
Then, a few days in, all my fears landed…a black cloud descended, shaking, crying, I curled up into a ball. Night closes in early in those hills, it was a moonless sky, dark, clear, lit by the stars. I cried myself to sleep, tossing and turning. Something woke me during the night, slowly opening my eyes I came to, adjusting to the dark. Above me, tiny flickering lights were moving around, covering the interior of the wooden roof. I was stunned! Still feeling very shaky I stood, and looked around for some physical source - there was none. I lay back down, surrendering to the experience. At first I noticed seemingly random movements, then spirals. The tension in my body drifted away. I began to relax, and felt the edges of my body soften. A deep calm settled in the room, and over me. I was no longer alone. That feeling has never left me.
Nature heals, feelings of interconnectedness through mystic experiences, altered states of consciousness are waiting in the wild places.
“Women are the greatest untapped resource on this planet. Women are wild, powerful forces of nature. But how many of us have become tidy, contained, acceptable versions of ourselves when raging rivers run beneath the surface? We need those rivers, let loose in creative expression and audacious action. Freed up and bonded together we could move mountains. What could be more needed than millions of heart centred women offering their gifts in service to the one who Mothers us all?”
