I have goosebumps, so so infinitely grateful to have stumbled across your work, your writing is like anything I could ever dream of. It’s both a motivation of feeling I finally found the reason of why I wrote to create hopefully something that at least comes close to this experience of reading your words and also it is a feeling of desperation and giving up, because why would I continue to create something that already exists.
But more so dear Hannah, I am grateful for a specific paragraph. I have felt drawn to rovers my whole life, my soul running dry whenever I would live in a place without one nearby. Even fascinating Glastonbury, where I am currently based and freebirthed my son (whose name is Fynn River Eoin) I can’t wait to move away from to a place where the rivers run wild and free, where I can sit on its smooth stones and get immersed in its swirls and sunlight dances. And I keep saying I can’t dream of anything but this, wondering what this means, why it’s so important. And now it hit me with full force: “Spiritually, river water is associated with liminal spaces and expanded states of consciousness. In religious texts, rivers are frequently the birthplace of profound visions, a sacred arena for journey work, for initiating flow, for metamorphosis.” - this dispersed the confusion I had in my path, my disbelief in my priestess work, my self imposed doubt in my ability to connect to spirit, natures magic and the otherworld within.
How was I not aware ever before of this? Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making visible this blind spot. You put everything so perfectly.
Thank you for this meditation on rivers as carriers of life force, moving inside, outside, and in-between. I’m reminded of the haunting song “Running to the Sea” by Royksopp—how our rivers within feed the desire to keep living even in the darkness, keep moving towards the seas of being that we share…
Dr. Yosef Rosen, who explained that "the chariot is the spirit become mobile" 🤯
"...I talk about the rivers in my body. The one hundred billion tiny rivers of neurons in my brain, the rivers of electricity that allow me to think and walk and breathe and swallow and feel everything so deeply." 😩
"I feel an old longing inside of me rise up. I want to be carried. I want to descend. I want to accept movement, change, impermanence. I think about this river’s patience, its persistence, its wildness. Rivers shape the earth just by showing up, by existing, by finding their way. And I think, for the first time, maybe I can do that, too." 😭❤️🔥
Hannah YES, so much YES! this is exquisite + profound + such good medicine at this moment ⭐️
Thanks for the invitation to read this again ❤️ and so fun to find you here Shea!! Just listened to the “good questions” recording yesterday - so good! ✨✨✨
I have goosebumps, so so infinitely grateful to have stumbled across your work, your writing is like anything I could ever dream of. It’s both a motivation of feeling I finally found the reason of why I wrote to create hopefully something that at least comes close to this experience of reading your words and also it is a feeling of desperation and giving up, because why would I continue to create something that already exists.
But more so dear Hannah, I am grateful for a specific paragraph. I have felt drawn to rovers my whole life, my soul running dry whenever I would live in a place without one nearby. Even fascinating Glastonbury, where I am currently based and freebirthed my son (whose name is Fynn River Eoin) I can’t wait to move away from to a place where the rivers run wild and free, where I can sit on its smooth stones and get immersed in its swirls and sunlight dances. And I keep saying I can’t dream of anything but this, wondering what this means, why it’s so important. And now it hit me with full force: “Spiritually, river water is associated with liminal spaces and expanded states of consciousness. In religious texts, rivers are frequently the birthplace of profound visions, a sacred arena for journey work, for initiating flow, for metamorphosis.” - this dispersed the confusion I had in my path, my disbelief in my priestess work, my self imposed doubt in my ability to connect to spirit, natures magic and the otherworld within.
How was I not aware ever before of this? Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making visible this blind spot. You put everything so perfectly.
I'm so glad this was revelatory for you ✨ and I hope you are able to find flow in your river journeying!
Thank you for this meditation on rivers as carriers of life force, moving inside, outside, and in-between. I’m reminded of the haunting song “Running to the Sea” by Royksopp—how our rivers within feed the desire to keep living even in the darkness, keep moving towards the seas of being that we share…
oooh, love that music pairing! thanks for reading and for the recommendation 🤍
omGAWD 😭 this is SO so ❤️🔥🤌🏻
Dr. Yosef Rosen, who explained that "the chariot is the spirit become mobile" 🤯
"...I talk about the rivers in my body. The one hundred billion tiny rivers of neurons in my brain, the rivers of electricity that allow me to think and walk and breathe and swallow and feel everything so deeply." 😩
"I feel an old longing inside of me rise up. I want to be carried. I want to descend. I want to accept movement, change, impermanence. I think about this river’s patience, its persistence, its wildness. Rivers shape the earth just by showing up, by existing, by finding their way. And I think, for the first time, maybe I can do that, too." 😭❤️🔥
Hannah YES, so much YES! this is exquisite + profound + such good medicine at this moment ⭐️
Thanks for the invitation to read this again ❤️ and so fun to find you here Shea!! Just listened to the “good questions” recording yesterday - so good! ✨✨✨
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This is beautiful. I love the poetry woven throughout and the footnote about chariots & Ezekiel 😮♥️