Purging in the PYRE (or witch fire) of Perimenopause - How I renewed my sacred vow to the Goddess and reclaimed my Wild Woman - a tale of one woman's journey into the underworld…

During the intense Scorpio Full Moon back in May I made a vow to my womb. I promised to no longer abandon her and to finally face the darkness and wounds I had been hiding there for over 20 years.

At almost 47 I am deep in the throes of the feminine mysteries and experience of perimenopause - and so in some way I actually welcomed the descent as I knew it was coming.

This journey was to be one of those pivotal moments you look back on once you've come through the fire - a turning point which saw me spiral very quickly into the dark void within.

As I surrendered to the dark void over the Winter I cried an ocean of tears - for many MANY things - some known and lots to be honest still unknown. It was a release of epic proportion - a death to old structures and ways of living - the layers of which I am still integrating.

Something that kept arising for me was the running theme of just how DISCONNECTED we have become - collectively and individually.

Stuck in the story of our separateness we struggle to truly FEEL ourselves amidst the endless doing, striving, hustle, 'to-do' lists and busyness that the lie of modern living tells us we need to live a successful life.

The sadness that permeated my whole being at how far we have drifted from our true, authentic, deeply connected and cyclic nature was all consuming - yet at the same time proved to be powerful medicine during my descent.

Simply put - we have lost our way and forgotten how to BE.

Women are rising and awakening to their innate feminine magic and power on a global scale right now.

The balance is shifting, and as we enter the Age of Aquarius the hold of the patriarchy is slowly crumbling to create space for a new dawn - one that finds a unique and balanced union between the feminine and masculine energies - within each of us but also on this sacred planet we call home.

Reclaiming our magic, our blood, our birthright is a necessity right now for the healing of the feminine and of Mama Earth, however this reclaiming is asking us to not only remember and return home - but to claim all of ourselves.