Happy Beltane or May Day!As a child, every year we would make May baskets, paper cups filled with popcorn and candy. My mother would drive us around to friend’s houses where we would hang the cup on their door, ring the doorbell and run so they wouldn’t know who left it. I remember feeling exhilarated and joyful, but also wild and mischievous about leaving these secret gifts. Beltane marks the half way point between Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice. It’s a time of new life, beauty, the greening of the earth, and wildness. It’s a time to reconnect to our inner wild, something I have been exploring and talking about for years on the Tend Her Wild podcast. What I have learned from podcasting about the wild woman archetype, and watching my own inner wild unfold, is that there are secret gifts that emerge when we allow ourselves to align with our wild essence. We start to live a more natural aligned life rather than the life we were conditioned to live. Some of the gifts of wildness include heightened intuition, deeper connection to the body, speaking truth, and living a deeper, fuller, more sane life. This season is inviting us to woo our inner hero, our wild side. What is making you feel most alive? What adventure is calling to you? These days support us in following that wild…so go for it! |
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