I visited Portland, Oregon, back in October as part of a northwest college tour with my daughter. We spent a couple of hours at Powell's, the famous bookstore that takes up a whole city block in downtown Portland. We set our timers and agreed to meet back in an hour. We both wanted to just wander and get lost in all of these beautiful books!
Wild Feminine by Tami Lynn Kent fell off the top shelf and into my hands just as I started to wander...the title immediately grabbed my attention, but the subtitle,"Finding Power, Spirit, & Joy in the Root of the Female Body" sealed the deal. I knew I had to buy it, and while I had many books in my growing pile, I knew that I was not going to deliberate about this one.
The premise of this book is simple, and yet so profound.
"When a woman found the wild feminine in her core, she was radiant and wise in her own unique way." (p.9)
When we restore the internal pelvic landscape, the capacity within our female bodies that supports the presence of the feminine, we witness a return of the feminine to our lives. When we recognize her essence in teh root of our bodies, the feminine will no longer be invisible and endangered...Recovering her full range in our feminine core, we receive sustenance from the wild feminine at last. (p.11)As I began reading the book, I realized that the author, a physical therapist who developed "Holistic Pelvic Care, was sharing her approach to the wild feminine through our pelvic bowl, and that much of her work and healing was through an inner physical exploration. She was actually talking about going into our pelvic bowls from the inside, through our yonis.
It actually made so much intuitive sense that my world opened just in reading the first few pages, much less the first chapter! In fact, I have only read the first chapter!
But, since early December (so for over the past 2 months) I have actually been seeing a physical therapist who specializes in the pelvic floor, and I also invited my dearest friends to join me in a Wild Feminine book group!
We met for the first time last night and we have scheduled 7 more gatherings over the next 2 or so months, including a full moon overnight celebration in early May up in the mountains. It came together so beautifully and gracefully, as though She had a hand in it Herself. I am so honored to be in this beautiful circle with women in their 50s who all felt as though serendipity brought them to this book and this circle as the container to return them to their core, and to their pelvic bowl.
And then there is the profound growth, transformation and coming into my womanness that is all apart of the inner pelvic floor work. I will share more about this tomorrow.
Suseya!
