As I Progress

Hey Sistahs,

Life is good and really getting busy. I have been working on a few phenominal projects that are taking a lot of my free time but in a really good way!! Wombyn Studies continues to grow- we now offer FREE online classes now and the momentum of those classes is really taking off. Today, Marilyn Fontaine lead us in a beautiful exercise of gratitude in the workshop I AM THANKFUL. If you have time to join us - check it out- it is a fun time to connect with other like minded folks. All of it is completely online.

So, I want to announce another creation of mine - it is a compliment to Wombyn Studies and SistahGoddess. I have created my own TV station and it is called SHE NETWORK. I am very EXCITED because it will put together the work of a lot of Sistahs from around the world! I am still learning how to do everything but I did get up some initial content. I really want to thank my Sistahs who opened up their creative work to the SHE NETWORK- Soraya Jean Louis-McElroy, Sa-Roc, Simphewe Dana and Olowokande-Ame'ye India. I like having Sistahs around who just instantly support projects - it is just a good vibe!! I of course, did not get a chance to get to everyone I know AND that is what is beautiful - so many of us are doing phenomenal work!!!

I got today, that a large part of my purpose is bring Sistahs together - finding ways for us to grow closer, share our wisdom and feel nurtured in the essence of who we are -which is powerful!! I hope to hear from folks if they have content that fits our new SHE NETWORK. Short films, video, etc...

Take a look at the current loop of work. PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE drop me a comment either in the right hand side facebook box or the livestream chat box -show some love and leave some comments on what you would like to see. SHE Network is about Sistahs but for everyone to enjoy! Thanks!!!!

SNEAK PREVIEW AT: http://www.livestream.com/shetv

Peace,
Sis. Camara

Join Me In My FIRST ONLINE Class!

Hey Sistahs,

I was speaking with a friend the other day and she was witnessing the work I am doing with Wombyn Studies but wondering why I have not done a class of my own. I did have to look clearly at myself and see why I was in a holding pattern on offering my own class.

With a little more observation I finally realized that I need to give myself that final push. I needed that moment where it feels as if you are about to walk off the side of a 20 story building only to realize you have stepped off of the curb. I forever dance with the notion of being perfect when perfection does not exists in the way we see it. WE ARE PERFECT - the bumps, the curves, the blemishes add to our signature of self yet if we are aware of it we sometimes can catch ourselves comparing the truth of who we are to someone else...it is a deep process to catch yourself in illusion.

I sat down over the weekend and decided I was going to complete my e-book I started a few months ago AND I was going to offer a class! So, here I am launching my first course called RETURN TO SELF: A Juice Feasting Journey.

This class will be my 'tell all' about juice fasting. I have fasted regularly for over 16 years. During those years I have learned a lot about how to juice fast and KEEP your life in balance. Many people saw the results of my last juice feast when after 30 days I lost a solid 15 pounds. I was asked over and over again to share my secret for staying on a fast for so long without being depleted or getting sick. I actually worked and did yoga while on this 30 day juice feast! So, know that juice feasting about staying IN your life WHILE detoxing. YES, you can feel good, detox and feast on unlimited juice to ACHIEVE YOUR HEALTH GOALS!!!

The beauty of this first class is that it will be online. I will utilize the Wombyn Studies video chat room for our 'lectures/gatherings/talks'. A preparation course will be offered so that participants know what to buy in terms of food, kitchen equipment and ordinary household items. I will also give low-budget alternatives for those of us who are cash strapped. You CAN do this juice feast on a limited budget!

The information for registration is on my food blog at www.rawSistahGoddess.wordpress.com

The preparation class begins on Wednesday, January 12 or Friday, January 14. Either way, you get lots of info, support and my BONUS E-book on juice feasting!!! The fee for the entire program is $42!!!

Hope you join me!!!

Peace,
Sis. Camara

MUTHA WIT!

Hey Sistahs!!
I hope you are enjoying your first week of the New Year! I have been really energized to think up news ways to enjoy life AND new ways to connect my Sistah Frienz with each other! Wombyn Studies now has over 200 members!!! Remember when it just started?? Now we have expanded to a video chat room and we are offering FREE classes this month! I have some real FABULOUS Teachers that have generously decided to share their wisdom! This Sistahs are truly phenomenal! A BIG THANKS to Rhya Jovan who did the Vision Board class. Talk about a great technique to bring together all those powerful visions and Wo-Manifest your desires!!

This Sunday, I will be the MC for our MUTHA WIT Poetry, Spoken Word, Songstress OPEN MIC! I have been putting it all out there and Sistahs are signing up! I really would love for SistahGoddess readers to join us! Open Mic is just a term for informal sharing of your poetry, your writing, your music -BRING IT ON! To perform you will need a web cam with mic and some headphones (ipod style ok). If you just want to sit back in the comfort of your home and watch then you just need to GO TO: http://apps.facebook.com/wombynstudies/ ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 9 AT 3PM (PST)/6PM (EST) for the event! Want to perform?? Email me at wombynstudies@gmail.com to get on the list! Remember that new year's resolution to put yourself out there more???


Sunday, January 16th at 10am(pst)/1pm(est) Marilyn Fontaine is going to do a workshop called I AM THANKFUL! An Attitude of Gratitude workshop based on the work from her Creative Healing Playbook (Amazon). If you have not experienced Marilyn and the powerful way in which she assists you in realizing your creative genius then you are in for a real treat!

You can RSVP for both events using facebook:

Mutha Wit, http://tinyurl.com/2dxka3f

I AM Thankful, http://tinyurl.com/29fbz62

I hope you will support these events!

Peace and Hugs,
Sis. Camara

FREE Vision Boards Class Tomorrow on Wombyn Studies!

Vision Boards - Birthing Your Dreams for 2011 and Beyond
January 2, 2010
10am (PST)/1pm(EST)
***THIS IS AN ONLINE EVENT!!!**
go to: http://apps.facebook.com/wombynstudies/

..."Like a bolt out of the blue
Fate steps in and sees you through
When you wish upon a star
Your dreams come true."

Do you have something inside of you that's been longing to be birthed, yet are having trouble seeing how it's all going to happen? No matter how big or how small your dreams are for 2011, they can come true. In this class, we will learn how to make a Vision Board, a visual representation of all your goals and dreams for the year (or longer) that you'd like to accomplish and see come into present-day reality. It is a great way to remain mindful of your plan and stay on task of actively creating your positive future. You will learn how to activate your Vision Board using your personal bag of Spiritual mojo through your intuition, your thoughts, your feelings, your creativity, and your words. This collaborative approach is very powerful, so be ready to shine your light SisStars!

Dance like no one is watching
Sing like no one is listening
Love like you've never been hurt
And live like heaven on earth.

Rhya's Bio:
I am a mother, artist, singer, dancer, healer, alchemist, scientist, teacher, creatrix, performer, ritualist, student of life and culture keeper. Proud daughter of the Southeast with a strong Caribbean American upbringing. My lifelong interests in holistic healing, natural foods, spirituality, and esoteric studies have led me on a very profound path of soul growth and recovery. As an intuitive Reiki Master and Vibrational Healer, I assist others on their healing journey in the here and now through emotional and energetic clearing of past traumas held in the physical body. Life experience and formal training as a human sexuality educator allows me to listen compassionately without judgment to sensitive cases involving sexual violence. I have an educational background in biochemistry and philosophy, which I use extensively in my metaphysical healing practice. Forever learning, my love for the human body leads me to continue my education with studies in Five Element Chinese Medicine Theory, Anatomy, Physiology, and Nutrition. I am preparing to attend graduate school for a Masters Degree in Transpersonal Psychology. I am also an ordained minister and initiated Buddhist. I am very blessed to be able to honor my daughter, elders, and ancestors with all that I Am.

Responsibility

Sistahs, just last night my shrine gave me one last lesson to learn for the year of 2010 - responsibility. This year all I can do is give so much thanks to the Mother Spirit for nurturing me, teaching me and helping me to re-remember the SHE in ME. For so long my eyes were clouded with a vision of life that was unnatural to me - I found myself frustrated most of the time because I could not fit into that life no matter how I tried. When I decided to simply let go and be who I AM...At first it felt like isolation but I held on and started to connect with like minded Sistahs who were also feeling the same thing. This whole year has felt like a family reunion to me.

So, the Mother Within spoke to me this morning and what I understood was that the future is here! Now is the time for those of us who have re-remembered to work together. Before any collaboration can take place each of us must make a declaration of responsibility. Sistahs, the man-made world insists on hierarchies -someone above and someone below. In a limited world view only some can be leaders the rest of us must follow. Leadership however is a mechanism within each of us that has to be activated. Why? Each of us has an important part - a unique part to contribute to the transition of this world community. ONE part missing leaves us in imbalance. This imbalance is where we rest now-in limitation. We are LIMITLESS beings dreaming a nightmare of limitation.

When we take responsibility for our uniqueness and yes, our individuality, we see our eternal connection. We are no longer fooled by systems, cults, so-called cultural ideologies that root us in suffering and render us powerless to take dominion in our lives. WE ARE THE BEFORE OF THE BEFORE. Any condition that asks you to uphold another human being as more powerful than you; that asks you to uphold an ideology in which you must submit to group think; that ask you to submit to on group because you are born of an inferior group; that ask you to submit to a limited role; that asks you to kill nature, your emotions, your compassion and your love IS ASKING YOU TO NOT BE IN RESPONSIBILITY. The paradox is that you ARE STILL RESPONSIBLE AS A FOLLOWER.

The move for many wombyn to find their path back to the Divine Feminine is a BEAUTIFUL AND POWERFUL experience. Be careful Sistahs to understand it is not about a new paradigm operating in a man-made world under man-made conditions. The Divine Feminine can NOT exist in man-made containers under such weak limitations. The Mother Within asks us to take responsibility - to walk with an understanding and honoring of this energy. I also get that it asks us to be active in healing ourselves, healing the earth and loving others. USE YOUR POWER FOR GOOD.

I SPEAK MY WORD to serve the Mother Within and take responsibility by being the most POWERFUL and COMPASSIONATE WOMBYN I AM while assisting in providing my own unique skills and gifts to the preparation and completion of world healing.

Happy New Year! May it be BIGGER than you imagine!

Peace and Hugs!!
Sis. Camara

LUV

Sistahs,

I can't seem to express how much I appreciate and LUV my life! I have learned this year that it is important to keep pushin', sometimes even fighten' for the things you deserve even when it seems that challenges are insurmountable. Last week my son and I went away for his birthday and a small business trip. We had such a great time together! I think of where I was just a couple of years ago - we could barely shop for food. During these times I knew that my life would change...I knew that I had to believe in myself even if life presented me with situations that seemed to tell another story. During those times my son went without many times...Like many young boys there has been a lack of consistent role models for him...I would always encourage him to be himself - to love himself, think for himself and do the right thing for that is really what a man is made of...On his 18th birthday I saw the emergence of a new young man. My co-workers constantly commented on him - his intelligence, his demeanor and his awareness. I am very proud to be his mother. I felt equally happy to be able to take him on a trip to celebrate a new chapter in his life - a self defined young manhood.

Happy Birthday!!!

The Gift of Insecurity...

The other day I went to one of my favorite sites, the Osho Zen website to get a quick divination and the words read: ‎"...Insecurity is the only way to grow, to face danger is the only way to grow, to accept the challenge of the unknown is the only way to grow."...The reading was so right on for me. I find myself at times staring at the life in front of me - looking at the accomplishments, the treasures, the "good" and "bad" of it, however lately this life has been feeling much like a blank slate. I spent a lot of 2010 unlearning, unraveling limitations that I have clung to for so long...Some parts of this process was easy cause "...the shit was tired and old...", yet other parts were more difficult. Some belief systems shake your very foundation. When faced with those moments one can decide to cling to what is familiar and secure or face that in the unknown may be even a greater treasure - a greater life.

For a long time I use to have dreams of being chased by a crazy person who wanted to kill me. In the dream, I was in a house, desperately trying to survive. It felt real- I am sure that my heart was beating fast in my sleep. Once I started to trust myself and honor myself I noticed that the dreams lessen and the last time I had the dream I did something different - I decided to fight the person - this symbol of fears. The house was the symbol for my life.

Funny, how a dream can teach you much about life. Many of us live in a nightmare of comfort...We have built a reality - a life that we accept 'as is'. As long as life does not change we find ease in the predictability of it all yet there is a hunger that starts with a quiet pang then it grows to a growl and when that is not satisfied the hunger turns to longing. I find in those moments one can invite anything into life - any drama to help take your mind off the void.

As I think of the new year that is upon me - I wish to reach for the unknown as my guide pass limitation. I am deciding to face the danger to being BIGGER, more POWERFUL, MORE DYNAMIC even at the risk of disrupting the comfort of relationships that assume I would never wish to achieve such heights...