Honoring Our Wild

I remember when the book Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés was first recommended to me. I was going through a huge transitional space in my life - spiritually and emotionally. And it was a DENSE book...the depth of its content was thick and heavy with ideas and stories so new to me. It took me over a year to get through it because I would read parts of it and have to put it down for awhile to absorb it, reflect on it, and ultimately, integrate it. I scribbled notes all over the pages and underlined passage after passage. That book, quite literally, changed my life. In the best way. And every time I look at this image, I think of the Wild Woman archetype and I am grateful to my marrow for the things we allow, the things that change us for the better - even if it is scary as hell. Stepping into our wildness is an honoring.  

This photo is from an Elemental Session offering and it resonates at the very core of what I want for each woman who steps in front of my camera. Because, “[t]he way to maintain one’s connection to the Wild is to ask yourself what it is that you want. This is the sorting of the seed from dirt. One of the most important discriminations we can make in this matter is the difference between things that beckon to us and things that call from our souls. ...To choose just because something mouthwatering stands before you will never satisfy the hunger of the soul-self. And that is what intuition is for; it is the direct messenger of the soul.” -Clarissa Pinkola Estés
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If you find that this work speaks to you, let me know. We’ll go into the Wild together and I will hold that space for you.