From Thursday last week, life in my community was flipped on its head when a huge fire started up, followed by multiple blazes further afield. The community WhatsApp group was filled with panic, homes were lost, almost lost, and many were abandoned. I was glued to the screen, feeling the need to be prepared, while feeling powerless.
My family was blessed and saved as the wind was blowing the fire away from us but we knew how quickly things could turn and the threat was imminent and scary. I didn’t sleep well the first night checking my phone, reading messages about people battling to save their homes and discussing evacuation plans with my husband should it come to that. The worst of it was over by Sunday, yet even yesterday, a fire flared up dangerously close to homes and today flare ups are still being doused.
In the midst of that intensity, I forgot to send an essential reminder: the early bird price for the Rooted Retreat was about to expire. I then received this message: “I was actually so sad last night when I remembered I’d just missed the deadline!”
Because I understand that life often gets in the way of the self-care you desperately need, I’ve decided to once again extend the early bird pricing—this time to TUESDAY, JANUARY 20TH at midnight. After this final deadline, the price will increase by 10% so this is your last chance to secure your spot at the current rate.
Yesterday, someone on the community group shared an interesting mythical story about a village that forgot to listen to the signs shared by nature, warning them of fire risk. Their entire village was destroyed. After that, they committed to listening and working with nature.
We, too, have disconnected from nature. We’re too busy, we’ve forgotten how to listen and we’ve forgotten to take time to really see what’s going on, let alone to take the action that’s called for by nature.
Now, use this as a metaphor for your body. The land, our bodies, and our emotions are all aspects of Feminine Energy. We’ve disconnected from our bodies, we’ve stopped listening, and we’ve ignored our emotional and physical needs. Instead, we get caught up in the distorted Masculine Energy of HUSTLE, achievement, and holding it all together. We need some of this energy, but not when it’s disconnected from the Feminine. That imbalance inevitably leads to burning—in this case, burnout.
When we root down into the feminine and ground on the earth, we actually receive healing and vitality. Also, when I use somatic and embodied practices with clients, focusing on connecting with the support of the earth and feminine energy, it signals profound safety to the nervous system. That is where the healing truly happens.
How rooted are you? What’s your current relationship with the feminine (earth, body, and emotions)? My health, lifeforce, nervous system, and general aliveness radically shifted when I changed this relationship.
And it’s not just my life. Look at the transformation my clients have experienced:
“I feel supported in my journey out of fatigue and into self-love and flow. I feel lighter, more connected, and more full of joy.” Jules, Australia
“At a time where I was mentally ready to make significant changes, Kerry changed my life…“ NM, South Africa.
“I came into the Rooted group so frazzled and exhausted and I now have old dreams and contact with the self I knew in my early twenties… a most wonderful discovery of self compassion.“ Nicci, South Africa
Fire itself is not the enemy. Fire clears, warms, and transforms when it’s tended with respect. But when ignored, taken for granted, or misunderstood, it consumes. The feminine teaches us how to tend the flame, so what burns within us becomes life force rather than burnout. If you feel called to tend to that flame and to shift from survival to flow join the Rooted Retreat, but please be sure to sign up before the final early bird deadline on January 20th.
