Last year in ETM during a circle reflective exercise, one of my sisters shared with me that she didn’t know how much more I could shatter before I would be completely broken; and that was a fear she had in herself also. Around the same time, I had a powerful journey with a white cobra. I realize now that I wasn’t breaking, I was shedding all the things that didn’t serve me and being reborn. Everything. Every little thing and every big thing that was no longer meant for me was leaving and I was becoming new. The call and initiation into Radiance and the snake medicine had begun in my life.
Shedding and releasing is an initiation process that has saved my life. Radiance has given me awareness, tools, a safe container and a deep presence of unconditional love from my sisters and our mentor.. I’m so grateful for this Radiance temple, because to be very direct I feel this medicine has saved my life. This container has given me the chance to feel love and safety and the rhythm of my own heart beating in my chest. I can feel the life in my body and the power of my own soul rising through it. Radiance has helped me do the work to be able to receive my own self love and open the channels inside myself to safely release the old patterns of life and transform into the newness that serves me now. This is such a beautiful alchemical process that I now know is not a destination, but a continuous cycle of the becoming we strive towards as snake goddesses reclaiming our divinity; our radiance.
About our mentor:
Rebecca has been a mentor, a sister, and a friend to me on this journey. The unconditional love and knowing that she uses in guiding our group and holding space is the catalyst for the work we are able to do on ourselves. In the early days of Radiance I asked her not to give up on me, and she never did. At that time the weight of the shadows and the initiation was so much that I had days where the most I could do was breathe. Rebecca was there, checking in, sending love,reminding of the tools available. This is just who she is with everyone. The love she embodies seems to expand as the days go on. I am very grateful for her beautiful soul and the dedicated work she does in this temple.