Pretty Things

Female, creative energy is such an amazing thing! It's the energy in a woman's body that can make a baby. That's power...

But what do we do when we're not making babies? How do we make the most of this potent force?

Lately, in my readings, I've noticed a lot of women amping the creative energy up, going into effort to try and manifest what they want. The delays and frustrations between us and our dreams cause us to doubt our abilities and we start to turn the volume up on the creative energy. We seem to think that if we just try harder, use more energy that we'll be able to MAKE it happen.

What I see in my readings tells a different story. Instead of speeding things along, turning up the creative energy causes stress and more frustration. Our bodies can't relax with all that intensity going on. The more energy we put out, the more exhausted we become and still no results.

What works?
Getting that amazing energy flowing smoothly through our space.
Having that energy set at a nourishing, healing vibration.
Being in an open, receptive space.

So many of us have wounds around our female, creative energy. We turn it on and can't handle the response we get from others. A woman with strong creative energy will attract attention and some of it will be less than pleasant. There might be a catty response from other women (women who don't have permission to have their own magnificence) and men might respond with inappropriate sexual attention (after all, it's this amazing creative energy that makes us so beautiful).

As we grow from girl to woman, we are bombarded with STOP energy. Our parents might want us to tone it down so that we stay safe. Our teachers might want us to tone it down so that we are easier to control. Our friends and lovers might want us to tone it down out of fear that we might just up and leave them for something better. It's hard to be a powerful woman!

Yes, I do have a bit of a chip on my shoulder about being a woman. I've created many experiences where my gender was an issue. My chores as a child were based on gender. In school I tried to be daring and felt stymied while boys who did the same thing were lauded. I resent the fact that I have to think about walking around in the dark by myself, that just having this body makes me vulnerable to certain kinds of attacks. It is what it is...I'm definitely a woman so I have to take the bad with the good and the good is the fantastic flow of female, creative energy!

How can we tell that our creative energy is not flowing the way we want and need it to? The symptoms are easy to recognize.

1. perfectionism

Female, creative energy is driven by perfection. It has to be in order to create the perfect baby...ten fingers...ten toes. When the creative energy isn't flowing smoothly, we often sink into self criticism and the endless drive to fix it, perfect it, COMPLICATE it.

2. guilt
If you've ever been pregnant you might recall that it's one of the few times in life that we don't feel guilty. We allow ourselves to eat what we want, rest when we feel like it and and let other people to give to us. When the creative energy isn't flowing smoothly, we often feel guilty about not doing enough for others.

3. hysteria
Mood swings and emotional intensity are another sign that the energy isn't flowing smoothly. Hell, most of the art produced by men is an expression of their confusion over the hysteria of the women in their lives. We look crazy to them most of the time!!

Here's a little meditation to try if you sense that your creative energy is not flowing smoothly. Imagine a ball of energy in front of your belly. Pick a color that feels soothing and nourishing. Picture yourself pregnant with this energy, then start moving it up the front of your body to the top of your head and let it come flowing down your back. Imagine that this ball of color turns into a stream of energy flowing up the front and down your back. Let it circulate around and around going to parts of your body that need extra healing. If the color you pick doesn't feel right, try something else.

Do this everyday for ten minutes and SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

Then report back to me...I want to know...expect pretty things to show up, most importantly YOU.