Stepping Into Our Sacred Feminine Power ~ Soul Sister Sundays 2012

Posted by janis on Jan 3, 2012 in Pathways to Awakenings, Women's Sacred Community | 0 comments

I am so very excited to share this year’s winter series with you to ignite and impassion our Sacred Feminine Power.

Perhaps some of you, like me, may initially have an aversion to the word power because of our association with how we see it expressed in our world.

However, the power of the feminine, unlike the predominant patriarchal power, is not acquired outside of ourselves through achieving, competing, manipulation, controlling, oppression, aggression, position, hierarchy…

…rather it is indwelling, based in love, co- creativity, relatedness, receptivity, compassion, presence, intuition, embodied wisdom, instinct…and can be transforming and healing…  Truly an awe-inspiring energy that can nourish and change our lives and our world!

I would love you to join me as we walk together…Stepping into our Sacred Feminine Power.

Soul Sister Sundays 2012

Stepping into our Sacred Feminine Power

Six Succulent Sundays:

• January 22 & 29
• February 12
• March 4 & 18
• April 1

In the sanctuary of a heart centered circle of women, we will begin awakening, and cultivating, the Sacred Feminine Power within every woman.

Ignite & Impassion Your Sacred Feminine Power

To consciously experience this divine creative force we will … 

• dive deep into the depths of our being,
• connect to our body,
• know our sexuality as sacred,
• immerse into the realms of our true feeling values,
• honor our emotions,
• and cultivate and trust our instinctive wisdom and intuition.

With compassionate vulnerability we will … explore the inner predator of the psyche, the inner child, critic, pleaser or any other parts and beliefs that may hold us back from standing in the truth, beauty and grace of our natural power.

Through self reflective process, story, movement and yoga, awakening practices from tantra and the feminine mysteries, meditation, creative arts, sounding, and  dreamwork, we will open to the vast resources and qualities of Sacred Feminine Power.

This work engenders us to step into our lives empowered from within, receptive, passionate, joyful, confident… 

with the ability to make wise choices in all matters of life aligned with our true essence, …AND ultimately inspires us to shine our light, love and unique gifts out into the world.

CAUTION: This series can be life changing!!!

Where:
Terra Casa
Waupaca, WI

Series Begins:  January 22, 2012    Series Concludes:  April 1, 2012

Time:
1 – 5 pm

**Please plan on arriving at 12:45pm to shift and settle into our space

Refreshments:
Tea and light snacks will be available

For Registration and Investment Information, please contact janis:
Email  janis@janisdeluca.com

I look forward to spending Soul Sister Sundays with you.

Please share this with other soulful women.
It is always a joy to meet and welcome new “sistas” into the circle!

With heart,

janis

janis deluca, “Whole Woman Self” mentor & guide, passionately inspires & facilitates the women’s journey to wholeness through seminars, retreats, individual sessions and sacred travel.

What Does the Soft Animal of Your Body LOVE?

Posted by janis on Sep 27, 2011 in Body Centered Awareness, Featured | 0 comments

“You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.” ~Mary Oliver

What Does the Soft Animal of Your Body LOVE?

What Does the Soft Animal of Your Body Love?

• Rolling in Grass
• Soft Blankets
• Making Love
• Dancing in the Moonlight
• Candlelit Lavender Baths

??? …Your Turn…  ???

What does the soft animal of your body love?

I’m anticipating the pleasure of your responses…meet you in the comments…

With Heart… janis

janis deluca, “Whole Woman Self” mentor & guide, passionately inspires & facilitates the women’s journey to wholeness through seminars, retreats, individual sessions and sacred travel.

From Bagels to Bali

Posted by janis on Aug 23, 2011 in Featured, Pathways to Awakenings, Women's Sacred Community | 4 comments

I was sitting across from Kathryn, my dear friend and kindred spirit, having breakfast at a wonderful outdoor cafe in Santa Monica.  It was one of those glorious California days that this Wisconsin woman revels in… a day when there was no need for coat, or sweater.  I was thrilled to be wearing a sleeveless dress, feeling the warmth of the sun, and the timely light breezes that touched my skin.

When I travel to the west coast, I am always excited to see Kathryn; today was no exception. We were deeply engaged in soulful conversation, when I heard myself say, “Kath, I would love to collaborate with you, and take a group of women on pilgrimage.”

Dear Friends...Kindred Spirits

She instantly responded with a resounding YES!   Within the course of our breakfast we went from bagels to Bali…  from one to one connection, to women’s sacred pilgrimage.

Tag! You’re it…

I just love the times, when I least expect it, the Great Mystery tags me on the shoulder, and says, You’re it!  Here’s your assignment. 

I was tagged 5 years ago.  Once again I was out for breakfast, this time with my husband, Gil   We were sitting in our favorite booth at our local cafe, when out of the blue, with a forkful of eggs just up to my open mouth, the words fell out,

“I am taking women to Aphrodite’s Temple in Greece.”  Gil, without blinking an eye, simply replied, “of course you are,” and continued eating his cherry-granola oatmeal.  Being a seasoned seeker, he recognizes and trusts the unexpected ways of the Great Mystery.    (There must be something about nourishment for the body being closely aligned with nourishment for the soul for me.!  :)  )

Divine Directive >>>

This out of the blue, “ divine directive” led to an amazing women’s pilgrimage to the sacred sites, temples, and caves of ancient Greece and Crete, and a special visit to Aphrodite’s Temple.  Twelve of us journeyed together for 10 wonder filled days. We were nourished and transformed in ways we could have never imaged for ourselves.

Our pilgrimage took us far from all that was familiar, our assigned roles and identities, responsibilities and habitual patterns. It brought us to new places, new experiences, and new perspectives.  

Women's Pilgrimage ~ Soul Nourishing, Awakening, Transforming

For many it awakened something unknown, a surprise revelation, an unexpected spiritual experience of feeling touched and seen by the ineffable Mystery.  Within such moments women were renewed and transformed, hearts lighter than a feather!

Traveling as pilgrims/seekers, we had  the blessed opportunity to interface with the living power and beauty of the sacred sites we visited, the people and the culture.  In return we offered our deepest reverence and wonder.

Pilgrimage to Bali…

I  don’t know what blessings the pilgrimage to Bali will offer to any one of us.  Still, the one thing I know for sure; when you travel with an open, listening heart, and soulful awareness, there is something unexpected and sacred waiting to be discovered in every journey…even a journey to your favorite cafe!

Learn all the “divine directive” details for our journey to Bali…

Let’s Share Together…Meet Me in the Comments~

I’d love to hear from you…
Please share with me a time when you felt tagged by the Divine…

janis deluca, “Whole Woman Self” mentor & guide, passionately inspires & facilitates the women’s journey to wholeness through seminars, retreats, individual sessions and sacred travel.

“Tell me, What Do You Plan on Doing with Your One WIld and Precious Life?”

Posted by janis on Jul 15, 2011 in Featured | 0 comments

Mary Oliver the Pulitzer prize winning poet, became my muse the moment I read, A Summer’s Day. I experienced her beautiful and poignant poem as a sensuous Inquiry into the exquisite and immediate nature of life. Yet, it was her deeply penetrating questions posed in the last two lines that instantly entered my heart…“doesn’t everything die at last and too soon? Tell me what do you plan on doing with your one wild and precious life?”

Then just as quickly, the answer emerged from my heart…to celebrate it, to feel the preciousness of each breath and moment, to embrace it all, to dance, play, laugh, and share the sacred gift of life with others.

This was the call and inspiration to create the First Annual Women’s Summer Retreat at our beautiful natural sanctuary, Terra Casa.

What better place to Celebrate your One Wild and Precious Life? What better time than now, in the bliss of summer?

Imagine stepping out of the flurry of doing and into the feminine ground of your being; aware of the earth beneath your feet, and the vastness of the sky above…“to fall down into the grass… to be idle and blessed”

“To stroll through the fields”, on pathways to the shores of the Tomorrow river, to sit and reflect… to immerse into the Source of Life.

Imagine gathering with women, your soul sisters, under the full moon, dancing in her silver flow of energy, realigning with the natural rhythms and cycles of your feminine nature, to sing, and howl your passion and truth.

Imagine feeling free and fully alive, remembering what is true and wild within you. “To kneel in the grass,” with joy and gratitude, for your one precious life.

Can you imagine giving yourself this gift of remembrance, and celebration? After all, “doesn’t everything die at last and too soon?”

Learn all the muse inspired details for the First Annual Women’s Summer Retreat, August 13-14, 2011.

Enjoy the complete Poem:

janis deluca, “Whole Woman Self” mentor & guide, passionately inspires & facilitates the women’s journey to wholeness through seminars, retreats, individual sessions and sacred travel.