Wow... I've been a slacker for the last few weeks. At first, I slacked just a little bit. Then I got out of the routine of eating breakfast... and just getting right into the tasks of the day. Somehow in there, yoga dissappeared entirely. (slaps hand)
So I'm thinking to myself "why am I tired all the time? Why do I feel like shit? Why am I in a bad mood?" Duh.
Yoga - gone.
Breakfast - gone.
Daily spiritual practice - slim.
Sometimes my blissful ignorance amazes me.
So... back to breakfast.
back to daily gratitude practice.
back to yoga.
Almost instantaneously, I feel better. (rolls eyes at self)
I'll get it one of these days.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Women's health, Planned Parenthood and Abortions
I stand with Planned Parenthood.
The agenda is now clear. It's not about fighting abortions, it's about relocating women to their 'rightful place' as second class citizens. There is no taxpayer money going towards abortions. This money is solely for health and wellness - mostly of women. And of those, mostly low-income women who have no other alternatives.
For all the pro-life people out there, I respect that you have an opinion, but really that's all it is. It's yours. So... you can feel comfortable in knowing that abortion is not an option for you. And that is perfectly fine. Well, that is, until you, your wife, daughter or mother become pregnant from something that allows you to challenge that moral ground... rape... consented sex while under the influence of drugs or alcohol or whatever may make it 'ok' for you at that point.
However, my body, my daughters bodies, my sisters bodies are not yours. They are mine and theirs. And our understanding of life, death and the divine will shape our decisions about it. Not yours.
I say this in a very definitive way. That these things WILL shape our decisions, not the government or your personal moral beliefs. Why do I say this as though nothing the government does will change it? Because it won't.
Guess what... women have been terminating pregnancies since women have been able to conceive. This will not change. How do you think women did it before the invention of modern medicine? Yeah, the wheels are turning, aren't they? Any good herbalist knows. Any good pharmacist knows. Any woman in a line of healers knows. No party agenda, No religious body, No crazy, in-everyone's-business-when-they-should-mind-their-own idiot is going to stop that.
What the attack and shut down of Planned Parenthood WILL do is make healthcare for HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of women unattainable. Period. It will deny testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases. It will keep birth control out of women's hands so that more unwanted pregnancies will result. It will let cervical and breast cancer go undetected for thousands of women.
I won't stand for it. Will you?
Signed,
Bobbi... herbalist.
The agenda is now clear. It's not about fighting abortions, it's about relocating women to their 'rightful place' as second class citizens. There is no taxpayer money going towards abortions. This money is solely for health and wellness - mostly of women. And of those, mostly low-income women who have no other alternatives.
For all the pro-life people out there, I respect that you have an opinion, but really that's all it is. It's yours. So... you can feel comfortable in knowing that abortion is not an option for you. And that is perfectly fine. Well, that is, until you, your wife, daughter or mother become pregnant from something that allows you to challenge that moral ground... rape... consented sex while under the influence of drugs or alcohol or whatever may make it 'ok' for you at that point.
However, my body, my daughters bodies, my sisters bodies are not yours. They are mine and theirs. And our understanding of life, death and the divine will shape our decisions about it. Not yours.
I say this in a very definitive way. That these things WILL shape our decisions, not the government or your personal moral beliefs. Why do I say this as though nothing the government does will change it? Because it won't.
Guess what... women have been terminating pregnancies since women have been able to conceive. This will not change. How do you think women did it before the invention of modern medicine? Yeah, the wheels are turning, aren't they? Any good herbalist knows. Any good pharmacist knows. Any woman in a line of healers knows. No party agenda, No religious body, No crazy, in-everyone's-business-when-they-should-mind-their-own idiot is going to stop that.
What the attack and shut down of Planned Parenthood WILL do is make healthcare for HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of women unattainable. Period. It will deny testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases. It will keep birth control out of women's hands so that more unwanted pregnancies will result. It will let cervical and breast cancer go undetected for thousands of women.
I won't stand for it. Will you?
Signed,
Bobbi... herbalist.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Healing Fear
It seems as though the winter would never end.
As I moved through my work towards becoming healthy, the winter lingered. Goddess and the universe knew that My inner work wasn't complete. I needed to pass another spiritual test before my spring could come. That test came in the form of the scare of breast cancer.
Before I go any further in this blog, I will let you know that all tests came back as benign. I am cancer free. Blessed.
The tests for me here were all about fear. Would I be able to let go of the fear that this disease had found a home in me? Would I be able to release the hold that this fear had on me? When things start to line up; like you hear of 3 people who've been diagnosed with breast cancer in less than a month, you tend to start thinking the worst. You think that the universe has been preparing you for this news. You start to think that it's all connected in some way. In essence, you (I) start to take on the disease by association.
I am so blessed to have a true treasure of a friend who worked on me after my biopsy with energy work and reiki healing. This friend gave me the best advice. It was "stop taking it on". I knew exactly what she meant and I took that advice to heart. I let it all go. Right then and there. I knew I had to. I went home and prepared a releasing ritual in which I Released All That Does Not Serve Me. Cancer doesn't serve me. Dis-ease doesn't serve me. Fear (in this case) doesn't serve me. I released it all back to the Mother so she could transform that into something balanced and healthy as only She can. The Mother, Earth, Gaia, She heals all.
Several days later, I received the results letting me know that it was not cancer. This news came only hours after hearing that a friend had lost her long battle with cancer that very morning. Bittersweet news putting it all in perspective.
Perspective. There's a word for you. Going through something like this has a tendency to change your perspective on things for sure. You start playing out scenarios of having a life-threatening disease. What are the things that rise to the surface as being most important in your life? What things do you see as not so important anymore? I did a lot of reflecting in the weeks that this process was ongoing. I have changed my perspective on some things and I can feel that others will change still. The thing is - I don't even have the disease... or any life-threatening disease for that matter. I can not imagine the profound impact of being faced with the opposite news would have. My heart goes out to all who are faced with this right now and will be in the future.
As I end this entry, I am thankful to be full of life for another day on this beautiful planet and I personally send healing, love and support to all of those who are not. May Goddess Bless our journeys here today and through the end of our days until we are with Her once again.
As I moved through my work towards becoming healthy, the winter lingered. Goddess and the universe knew that My inner work wasn't complete. I needed to pass another spiritual test before my spring could come. That test came in the form of the scare of breast cancer.
Before I go any further in this blog, I will let you know that all tests came back as benign. I am cancer free. Blessed.
The tests for me here were all about fear. Would I be able to let go of the fear that this disease had found a home in me? Would I be able to release the hold that this fear had on me? When things start to line up; like you hear of 3 people who've been diagnosed with breast cancer in less than a month, you tend to start thinking the worst. You think that the universe has been preparing you for this news. You start to think that it's all connected in some way. In essence, you (I) start to take on the disease by association.
I am so blessed to have a true treasure of a friend who worked on me after my biopsy with energy work and reiki healing. This friend gave me the best advice. It was "stop taking it on". I knew exactly what she meant and I took that advice to heart. I let it all go. Right then and there. I knew I had to. I went home and prepared a releasing ritual in which I Released All That Does Not Serve Me. Cancer doesn't serve me. Dis-ease doesn't serve me. Fear (in this case) doesn't serve me. I released it all back to the Mother so she could transform that into something balanced and healthy as only She can. The Mother, Earth, Gaia, She heals all.
Several days later, I received the results letting me know that it was not cancer. This news came only hours after hearing that a friend had lost her long battle with cancer that very morning. Bittersweet news putting it all in perspective.
Perspective. There's a word for you. Going through something like this has a tendency to change your perspective on things for sure. You start playing out scenarios of having a life-threatening disease. What are the things that rise to the surface as being most important in your life? What things do you see as not so important anymore? I did a lot of reflecting in the weeks that this process was ongoing. I have changed my perspective on some things and I can feel that others will change still. The thing is - I don't even have the disease... or any life-threatening disease for that matter. I can not imagine the profound impact of being faced with the opposite news would have. My heart goes out to all who are faced with this right now and will be in the future.
As I end this entry, I am thankful to be full of life for another day on this beautiful planet and I personally send healing, love and support to all of those who are not. May Goddess Bless our journeys here today and through the end of our days until we are with Her once again.
 |
| photo by author |
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)