I’ve been leading these Writing through the Chakra Journeys for women for a handful of years now without being entirely clear of the purpose, even while sensing it somewhere deep inside, particularly as women continue to enroll each season and even return, again and again, shaping their own meaning.
I feel such gratitude for each voice.
This morning, I searched for some clips from last night’s Golden Globe awards because I had heard that the #metoo movement would be front and center.
Although I have never read or watched The Handmaid’s Tale for fear it would be too chilling, I deeply appreciated Elizabeth Moss’s character in the series Madmen–as the secretary who became a copywriter–and so I leaned into her voice as she quoted author Margaret Atwood:
“We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print.”
Yes, I thought, that is us. That is women.
That is my mother and my grandmothers, and my great-grandmothers.
Elisabeth closed with a #metoo #timesup message that punctuated the truth that is unfolding for us in this moment in history:
“We are the story in print and we are writing the story ourselves.”
That’s it, I thought!
We are writing the story ourselves.In the journeys I lead, I get to help women do just that.
Some come with strong, developed voices, seeking tenderness. Some come with whispers seeking permission to shout or to be heard even while whispering. Some come without knowing why they’ve come and later speak of finding soul. Some come seeking light. Some come seeking company in the darkness. Some return again and again for the community of women speaking truth and for the potency of listening in to body’s energy centers through the seasons of the year and the seasons of ours lives. Some come to find company in the silence.
Each voice inspires mine.
Each and everyone.
Everyone can communicate, just like everyone can sing.
“It takes a thousand voices to tell a single story.”
This Native American saying gives me permission to tell mine.
Permission and purpose.
The more women, the better.
The more women speaking, the better the world.
The more women shaping the story, the more the story represents all of us.
I’ve had the rare opportunity to lead these journeys while participating each spring at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women–with thousands of women from around the globe. While I’m so grateful to the power and impact some of these leaders have in communities and nations around the world, I do believe that change begins with each voice heard at home. In our own hearts.
I’ll meet you there…
Kelly
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