Posts by Lhamo
Dancing in the ShadowLands : The Gremlin of Isolation
As you all know, very real circumstances create isolation. Relocation, a new baby, quarantine, divorce, or living in a foreign city where language or even geography keeps you separated from people. This is NOT the Isolation we are talking about here. In MotherQuest’s Shadow Work, the isolation we are exploring is the icy melancholy…
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How do you honour your Ancestors without
cultural appropriation?
How do you honour your ancestors in your women’s circles? Do you call their heartbeat through your medicine drum? If so, whose lineage was your drum maker trained in and are the animal skins indigenous to your ancestral lands? Do you chant a mantra? If so, is your mantra Hindi, Sikh or Buddhist, do you…
Read More5 Practices to Connect to Your Divine Feminine
Connecting to your Divine Feminine is not always acknowledged part of mundane life, in fact, theevery day, especially in our mothering years seems to chip away our connection to our spiritual power. This is largely because we have lost the archetype and the mindset that our everyday womanly selves, our mothering and our souls –…
Read MoreWhy is sacred sisterhood different to friendship?
Our female friendships are everything. Filled with tears and laughter, never-ending phone calls, the excitement of milestones and the sharing of loss, there is no taking away from the importance of our female friends. They buoy us, lift us up and support us through everyday life. For most of us, our female friendships fill our…
Read MoreMother Daughter Soul Contracts : Part 1
Every child is born with a soul contract with her mother. She has a gift or teaching to give her mother, soul to soul. Some soul gifts are easy for the mother to receive they could be opening to love, stepping into power, trusting her value, sharing her wisdom. Other contracts feel like pulling teeth,…
Read MoreMother Daughter Soul Contracts : Part 2
Of all the hurts a daughter can suffer from her mother there are two that cut the deepest. The first is the betrayal of not being seen. Not being loved, appreciated or seen for our authenticity or uniqueness can be excruciating. It is a painful awakening for a daughter to realise that to be true…
Read MoreAwakening your Key to Sacred Sisterhood
Many years ago I was attending a Women’s Rite’s Retreat with the sublime Anna Davidovich and in a throwaway comment, she gifted me with one of the most profound teachings I have ever received. Her simple sentence changed my life. While the words she said are not exactly the words, I’m about to…
Read MoreThree reasons why I charge for my women’s circles and why you can too.
Before I start, I’d like to say it takes courage to hold a women’s circle. Any woman who is has heard her Spirit given call and is clear about her desire to be with women in circle and says “yes I am going to hold a women’s circle and learn and share and heal and…
Read MoreThe big test for spiritual people
It really is easy to appear spiritual on Facebook. It’s even easier on Instagram. A few beautiful photos, some great quotes, a strategic comment, a smattering of crystals, flowers or essential oils and voila! there’s your brand. Don’t worry, I’m not judging. I’m doing it too. The harder thing, if…
Read MoreTyranny of shiny. Dropping the masks in your women’s circle
The music is on. You’ve smudged the room and reverently (if not slightly excitedly) your women have settled themselves in the room. You breathe in, you open your eyes and catch their expectant gazes. “Welcome” you say with reverent tones. Feeling your body soften and voice deepen, you are about to launch into your mystical…
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