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outflow of sustaining power is a key part of it.
At the heart of the power to nourish is the power of energy exchange. Like our breath, life enters us and moves through us. We are part of an expansive multi-dimensional system of energy exchange. The more energy, love or other forms
to the earth. If we engage with food with more awareness we empower our entire nourishing systems. A healthy, spiritual relationship to food can be criti- cal. It’s a direct link to wholeness, and to the utter sacredness of our most simple, daily needs and gifts.
With nourishment, we see how
through eating food, and women have always been the servers of food in the family system. And of course women’s physical bodies become food for our newborns.
These sacred experiences connects and awakens, builds relationships, activates love, and the deepest need of the heart. It takes you into this deep place
“women’s power is so tied to our bodies that to deny the body its spiritual nature means cutting ourselves off from our power. Repairing this split by surrendering into and honoring our bodies and our instincts is key.”
of power we can receive into ourselves the more we can of- fer out. This awareness of the energy exchange is critical in self-care and honoring the power to nourish.
One example is engaging in food, with eating healthy food and preparing food with love and reconnecting to how food is grown. The energy of the earth comes into us through eating, and that same energy flows through us to others and
integral women’s powers really are to one another. Without the power to receive, the power to nourish cannot exist. We simply cannot give if we don’t take in. And the deeper and greater the nourishment we receive, the greater and more sustaining is what we offer.
We see how women’s connec- tion to the earth contributes to our capacity to nourish and be nourished within earth’s life- systems. We find nourishment
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into life where there’s mean- ing and belonging, and a direct experience of connection with all there is on our planet.
As we come to know this sacred- ness in all aspects of life, our capacity to nourish deepens. With nourishment there’s a deep connection and sharing of the sacred essence of life.
Hilary proposes that love, peace and joy are present and alive when we activate the power
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