Activating our Unique Gifts
At the end of March, we had an opportunity to travel to North Carolina where we engaged in medicine work that our friend and mentor, Malidoma Some’, left in the capable hands of his apprentice.
In this retreat, we engaged in several rituals, working with different spirits, other worldly beings, and elemental energies to access and fully immersed ourselves in the discovery of our unique spiritual gifts. The idea is that each person is born with unique gifts needed for the world today and these rituals open those portals for the gifts to come forward. This required examining the shadow aspects of our lives and clearing away the obstacles to accessing those gifts. Once we ritually dealt with these shadows, we were able to more profoundly access the parts of ourselves in which our gifts reside.
This was truly a transformative set of rituals and ceremonies that opened our energetics bodies and gave us otherworldly permissions to step into medicine that we carry. This is a dynamic we have frequently witnessed in the traditions we have worked, that before accessing the gifts we must challenge the domesticated mind that often harbors doubt and insecurities.
We all have the capacity and the potential to fully embody the gifts that are inherent in our ancestral/spiritual DNA. Ritual and Ceremony provides actual portals and avenues that allow our ancestral medicines to come forward to assist us in the capacity of fully realizing our potential.
Imagine!
Fully embodying the gifts of spirit, as they are given to you, without apology, or hesitation and designing your life around what is revealed to you from your ancestors.
This is the medicine of ritual!
To be in deep collaboration with the otherworldly beings, the ancestors and spirits that walk with us, who are our allies in living a full and meaningful life. In this collaboration, we then work in partnership with the other world, and realize the gifts and the beauty that is available to us.
What we hope to accomplish with Inspirit, in our retreats and ceremonies, is an opportunity for each participant to touch the medicines that our ancestors have intended for us. To immerse yourself, and to share the vision that the ancestors share for you, and then to move forward in your life with the confidence of that support.
By doing so we access great beauty, peace of mind, joy, and the inner resources to navigate challenging times and to fully embrace the beauty of life that surrounds you.