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June 30th, 2018

6/30/2018

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🌿 Meditation: You always have the opportunity to let go of something
and let newness in in order to rebirth Yourself" 🌿

I’m surrounded, covered, protected and guided by Male Spirits and Male Warrior Guides. They are strong, courageous, heated, hot tempered, machete swinging, loud and yelling, all shades of RED, Fire, cigar smokin, high kickin, raffia wearing folks.

One of the things Vodou has taught me,
and still continues to teach is BALANCE.

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Scales | Hotel Cyvadier, Jacmel, Haiti
Balancing energy, life, ritual, family, relationships, time & self. Those Male Warrior Spirits were so prevalent, the Female Spirits took a back seat and guided from afar. I needed softness. I needed to balance spiritually and feel the energies of the Divine Feminine. Divine Forces. Mothers. Healers. I create my own reality. I create and choose how I live my life.

I chose to create Dancing Spirits: Female Lwa Embodied through Movement, Song, Writing & Ritual out of the necessity to tap in and CONNECT with the female spirits in Haitian Vodou, the tradition I am called to serve. I NEEDED this medicine. This Wellness + Healing series wasn’t only intended for my benefit, but for my community as well. We need safe, supportive, non-judgmental spaces to heal. As I reflect on the 3 previous workshops (La Sirene, Ezili Freda & Ezili Danto), I am moved to tears with the level of trust, transparency, vulnerability, compassion, commitment, love, respect and GROWTH from each participant. Internal work is necessary within these African Spiritual Traditions that have called us.

WE ARE DOING THE WORK!
Healing daily.
Connecting.
HONORING the Spirit within.

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veve | ayizan ak danbala | sosyete nago - jacmel, haiti


"Racine" - ROOTS: reNEWal & reBIRTH!
What a fantastic healing session with these beautiful beings.
Out with the OLD.
Let it go.
RELEASE!
Make way for the NEW...because we all deserve that goodness.

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We went IN.
Ritual.
Prayers.
Salutes.
Tears.
Testimonies.
Our journeys are deep... thick.

We are shedding old fears, doubts, habits, relationships, people, and things that no longer serve us. What better way to renew and refresh spirit?! A cleaning bath. Participants created their own cleansing bath, complete with moving prayers and intentions. We danced and cleansed with the royal palms, sacred to Ayizan, healer, protector and
First Manbo in Haitian Vodou. Divine Feminine.
Keeper of Ancestral Knowledge and Keeper of Secrets.
Healer. Nurturer. Priestess.
We all came together to do this internal work. Collectively. What a joy to witness.
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The timing was Divine as I enter this next phase of my spiritual journey.
My Rebirth.
My ReNEWal.
This is my offering.
Humbly given with a pure heart.
Ayibobo, Manbo Ayizan!
Ready, Set, Goooo!
The journey continues...
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ayizan | sosyete nago
ayizan | sosyete nago
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  • RTL VODOU VOYAGE | Destination: Benin
  • YOUTH Offerings
  • BLOG | ashade says...
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