September 2009

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- Feature Article: 5 Stages of Vivid Existence

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5 Stages of Vivid Existence - by Guest Author Leela Francis

A woman and her body are like the soul of creation and all it’s creatures.  The life breath that infuses a woman’s existence is a gift of spirit mingling with the life stories that live and still dance in her tissues.
When a woman lives her life in honor of her body’s wisdom, she radiates an irresistible glow that speaks for itself. The clothes she picks, the shape and size of her body, the make-up that would erase how life is carving itself on and in her, are all secondary to the connection she is nurturing with the divine feminine, the essence of the Goddess, and the sacred sensual unique textures being expressed through her being. All these weave delicately beneath the appearance she so covets.

Have you ever watched a woman who is comfortable in her skin, a woman who is living fully in the radiance of who she is versus in spite of who or what she is not? This flirtatious love affair that she is courting with the juiciness of her divine temple is infectious and magnetic.

Marcia Hutchison writes in her book Transforming Body Image, “In a woman , body esteem and self esteem are married to one another.” Meaning that we find our self worth based mostly on how we feel our body looks, rather than how we feel in our body. And the truth is that most of us do not even really feel or listen to our body at all. We pay more attention to what the mirror says about how we compare to other women, than the feelings and sensations that dance and play within us.

Unfortunately, relying on anything outside of ourselves for an accurate read on what is true and authentic for each of us, least of all a mirror, is a recipe for giving up our power and the sensual aliveness that is the birthright of every woman.

In textures of a life richly live I write, “if there is anything that describes the essence of a woman’s femininity it is her sensuality………sadly many of us sacrifice this very potent power in a misguided frenzied life focused on results at our sensuality’s expense”

Living a sensual life means paying attention and honoring the mmmm’s and ahhs and ooohs of life and knowing that these are what nurture and ignite all our endeavors. Our sensuality is a wellspring of power that cannot be quelled by any external standard.

When we dive into the felt sense of our existence, our authentic sensual experience for the answers, there is an abundant source that drives our greatest visions and dreams. Embodiment, the practice of living in the body rather than in spite of it, will infuse your life and connection to your body beyond what any mirror’s approval could ever offer.

It is often not until a woman is advanced in her years that she comes to know that the way her life tapestry has embedded itself on the temple of her spirit is the very beauty that she once sought in her youth. She stands proudly in the battles she has gracefully flowed and fought through, and wears them as her most precious gown. Time has crafted a fine and lustrous fabric that she models with a secret delight.

The 5 stages of VividExistence also known as the 5 Vividly Woman textures, (Sense, ground, Mobilize, Harness & Express) is a pathway and practice to proudly inhabit the very temple that houses your spirit, now. It is a system that teaches you to live radiantly in relationship with your body for a making love to life that permeates every aspect of your being. It is a path of loving communion with what we sense and feel, rather than what we think about how we look. This vital communion is not purchased and cannot be disguised with, but rather celebrated by the adornment of sensual fabrics and jewels. In this way, a woman and her body become a healing force, not just for herself, but for her sisters and all beings who have the blessing to know her.

Decide in this moment to connect to the vitality of your embodied essence, sense it voraciously, ground it in the here and now, mobilize it when you take action in the world, harness it to expand and grow it and finally express it for all the world to celebrate. Dance a passionately loving relationship with your body for all of creation but most of all for you to richly savor and vividly adore!