by Katinka Soetens
“Your sensuality is a sacred calling into the deep.” Lebo Grand.
“When you experience things from your soul’s depth, you feel a river of joy moving in you”. Rumi
Ahh, who doesn’t like a bit of Rumi’s delicious poetic wisdom?
Welcome to the third Tip for daily Priestess of Love activation, to fill your life with passion, connection, sensuality, and a deep sense of purpose.
It is certainly true, as Rumi says, that our sensuality is a gateway into bliss through which we honour, meet and embody Goddess.
It is also the case that people can experience their sensuality in really diverse ways, and that how alive in our sensuality we are, can change in times of stress, through hormones, with the seasons, with states of sadness, happiness or awareness.
However, even if we can’t access it all the time, through feeling closed or being unawareness, the Radiant Presence of Goddess is always there to experience in (almost) any moment, through the sweet gifts of our sensuality.
In our busy, and often disconnected ‘normal’ lives, how do we open and find space to actually experience this?
Embracing sensuality as a sacred connection to the Goddess is a profound journey of self-discovery and empowerment.
Learning to awaken-, and remembering to embrace-, our sensuality as a sacred act, can deepen our connection to the Divine Feminine within and around us.
It can also bring up hidden emotions or feelings of numbness, discomfort and disconnect, as Her radiant presence begins to fill and stream through our subtle and physical body, touching on places we may have closed down.
To stay present and open to the radiant energy of the Goddess, we’ll need to cultivate mindfulness and awareness through daily rituals such as really noticing the aliveness of our senses in a way that is delightful, beautiful, peaceful, pleasurable and safe to us.
We need to learn to become very present in the moment with a sensual sensation.
As if our body really is a Temple in which the senses create sacred space to welcome the elements as Her presence, through sight, scent, sound, touch and taste.
TIP: How to become present and awaken the sacredness of the senses?
Meditation, dance, or connecting with the elements in nature can all enliven our senses and enhance our sensuality as a safe way to experience life’s sacred communication with and within us.
The great thing about awakening the sacredness of the senses is that all it takes is a moment of presence to really feel. No extra props, prep or process is needed.
All it takes is to let the sensuality of your body guide you. And this can be exactly as far or as little as you are capable of in each moment. No judgements, only aliveness.
For example, when taking a sip of tea, coffee, juice, wine or water, slow down by a breath or 2 to really notice the sensations.
How does your cup or glass feel in your hand? Hot or cold?
How does the rim feel as it makes contact with your lip?
What colour can you see in your drink and what scent can you smell?
Next, feel the sensation of liquid in your mouth, on your tongue, touching the roof of the mouth, your teeth…
And now to taste, to really taste the sip you’ve taken.
What is the flavour?
Is it delicious? Pleasant? Comforting? Invigorating?
What does it remind you of: a landscape, a fruit or pungent spice, a pleasant memory or feeling?
Notice how it feels to swallow, and how your mouth and taste buds feel now, what are you aware of?
Can you stay present with the after-flavour without rushing the moment or the next sip?
What if the erotic sensuality of a simple drink of tasty liquid, IS the Radiant Presence of the Goddess kissing you awake?
“The spiritualisation of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity.” Friedrich Nietzsche
By honouring our body as a temple for Divine energy, and exploring sensuality with reverence, we embrace and energise our priestess archetype.
This in turn empowers us to forge a life filled with love, sensuality, and a deep sense of purpose that resonates with the very core of our being, because it is connected in a real, in-the-body way of the living presence of the Divine Feminine.
I posted a series of reels for the Path of Love Mystery School on fb around this and sensual presence practises. Below is the link to one of them: ‘Rose petals‘, just click on the link: https://www.facebook.com/reel/
As Sacred Sexual Priestess of Rhiannon, sensual awareness and the lived reality of becoming present with the sacred in the sensual, is a wonderful path to awakening the Priestess archetype in everyday life.
Ultimately this is so that as Her priestess, we can embody the essence of the Goddess and channel Her wisdom and grace into every aspect of our being.
Do check out the website for the waiting list for the Priestess of Rhiannon Year 1, starting again this autumn. The registration portal will open at Beltane when full details will also be revealed.
This training will give you many practices to enhance your life and connection to Goddess Rhiannon, as well as to ground in the sacredness of your sexuality and to open you to walk the Path of Love-in-Action.
The registration portal will open at Beltane when full details will also be revealed.