Nourishing Ourselves

It has taken me time to understand what the Feminine Teachers I learned from meant by woman will not be fulfilled in life if they do not develop a relationship with themselves. We spend our lives nourishing others easily and with abandon. We often do not put time to nourish us. We may want to but we get exhausted by nourishing everyone else. 

What I learned was that nourishing yourself was so powerful to nourish others. We have so many martyr rules that go against this. We feel guilty if we put ourselves first. It seems wrong or not nourishing. Yet if we don't nourish ourselves first then we are looking for others to nourish us. As we wait and look, and many don't know we need it or we don't tell them, we are left resentful and unnourished. In the feminine mysteries, the woman filled themselves and got their needs met themselves. They spoke up, asked for what they needed if they needed support. Many woman supported each other and shared their ways to nourish themselves properly. It is lost wisdom to us.

Over the years I have let this wisdom seep with in me. I have a few friends who naturally take care of themselves first. I missed that and saw more of the martyr role. And then heard and hear resentful woman that are expecting others to just know they need support or silently suffer putting passive aggressive energy into the room. How we are nourished and filled up is an individual thing. That is why that said woman must develop a relationship with themselves. Know their own needs, find ways to fulfill the and this is unique to others. 

I find when I awake and use my morning routine to fill me up I am nourishing myself. Considering my day, being greatful for what I have and then doing my tai chi, qigong practices sets me up. I drink a big glass of water and also take moments to savor my coffee while appreciate the beauty of nature I am surrounded by at the time. Being on the road and in new places, I have used this routine to center and start my day filled for the newness. I also find nature spots and moments in it so I can remember the parasympathetic nervous system oxytocin to calm my system from all the newness I have most days. 

I am strong in my spiritual study so I also listen to things that expand me in health, how to live better or inspiring information that support me to be in joy. We call all this high impressions which can be music, a book, quotes, videos, scripture, whatever it is that nourishes your spirit. The movement I do also brings in new oxygen, allows my lymph system to flow and supports the mechanics of my body. That is considered the second most effective nutriton behind high impressions.

Food wise, I eat colorful and organic, local or regenerative produced food when I can. This is the 3rd tear of nutrition and takes energy to create energy., so we spend less time being concerned about it.  The closer to the vine with the least preservatives is easiest for your body. These are basic nourishing with food that we all know. I also share this with my family and others. I do not cut costs on food. This is intuitive to most woman.

I also drink lots of water and am concerned with the water quality I take in. I have  filtered clean water in my home and shower. I also use hydrogen rich water from a Kangen ionizer to clear my body. I  use it for a chemical free home. When you experience your body in its true state without the chemicals in water and food, your hormones balance and find life to be more joyful. You also experience your body in balance in all ways so being positive, experiencing higher emotions is just a nature outcrop of this which many have never felt. My ionizer has been life changing for me.

I also am moving to NC where most of my family is. I think community is a great way for woman to nourish and build a relationship with themselves. For me this is fulfilling to see my nieces raise their children. I also need a environment that has lots of nature to nourish myself. Like minded growers and healers also nourish me with community. Womans groups as well so we can all learn from each other and realize woman have the same problems and we are not isolated or alone in our issues. Together we share solutions or ideas and support each other. 

I do feel for me my own spiritual study and aloneness with myself, a high impression is the way I fill with the sparkly gel of spirit. I am not tied to give this words as I feel we all reach for this wholeness of spirit. Whether it is called God, source, unity, light, love, each has its own word, it is the nourishment of self from the spirit of you or the spirit you are created from. It fuels me the most and love is the best word I have for it. When I take time to fill myself with this love, it then can flow out to others and I am not seeking them to nourish me.

I inspire you to find this relationship with yourself that fills you so you too can overflow. When I get resentful or feel exhausted, I go inward. It is my clue that I am not being a good friend to me. I am not putting me as a priority fueling myself with love from God so I can not begin to help others with clean energy. I have learned this is what they meant when they said as a woman I wouldn't be fulfilled by life unti I have a relationship with myself. Knowing me, what makes me feel good, energized, healthy, happy and content is my job. I get to chose my unique way to do that which can shift at any moment. I find it my job to learn and do what will fill me so I can better serve others with love and joy. 

May we learn this as woman so our world can be nurtured through this most challenging time.
Love and blessing to you embodying this.