The Dancing Womyn Greets the Dawn

My vegetable garden is growing! {now watch the crazy lady dance wildly with joy!} It’s a new “first” in my life. I have actually dug and planted a garden AND I haven’t killed anything! No blossoms, yet – so I have yet to figure out the intricacies of zucchini sex. My girlfriend had to “help” her zucchini plants achieve fertilization last year – I’m still not overly clear on the method. In-vitro for vegetables? Ah well…how difficult could it be?

I am attributing my current earth goddess success to my new morning ritual, which I began in early March. Every day around dawn I trek out back to the edge of our property and look out over the wheat field and watch the sun rise.

I stretch, then pause, then take three deliberate steps. The first step is into the moment – I notice the sights, sounds, smells and textures that surround me. The dampness of the dawn, the chilly breeze that raises goose pimples on my bare arms.

Next, I step into myself. I remind myself of my gifts, my strengths and my talents. I affirm that I am capable of turning around any situation, as long as my vision remains positive and strong. I remind myself how wonderful it is to be me – and I fortunate I am to greet another incredible day. I focus on abundance in my life; abundant love, abundant opportunities, abundant resources. I smile with the absolute knowledge that I am exactly where I need to be at this time in my life.

Finally, I step into the uncertainties that the day may bring. I again acknowledge that I can successfully handle anything that comes my way. I open myself up to the gift of surprise. I breathe in the new day.

My ritual complete, I then check and tend my garden while I sing my “Dancing Womyn” song. I wrote the song during the winter, and singing it always empowers me. It is my spirit song, reminding me of my past, my strengths and my path.


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Dancing Womyn

Chorus:
I am the earth that grounds me
I am the air in which I soar
I am the healing water
I am the power in the fire.

My life, it has a purpose
Though the path may seem obscure
I live, I love, I dream, I grow
I change forevermore.

I will not deny my gifts
I will not react with fear
I am one with the moon and stars
Their voices draw me near.

Chorus

I am the girl who dances
With the flowers in the field
I am the maiden searching
For her love to be revealed.

I am the mother birthing
The babe of earth and sky
I love, I laugh, I teach, I give
My child the wings to fly.

Chorus

I am the dancing womyn
Whose powers are unfurled
No longer will I hide my light
It’s my time to change the world.

I am the dancing womyn
Whose powers are unfurled
No longer will I hide my light
It’s my time to change the world!
Copyright 2008 Cyndi Paxton Johnson All rights reserved.

May the song lend strength to your spirit and focus to your path.

We are womyn.
We are powerful.
We are life.

Namaste.