Dear Catherine,
glad to see you here... I'll explain below ; )

Many years ago when I started off with my work about the feminine my very first question was... what is feminine power (as opposed to masculine power)? Because to me the antithesis of power was (is) not surrender (certainly not victimized states) but another type of strength... In physics there seems to be a lot of talk about matter and antimatter (which is not void...) and in spiritual circles we talk about light (as expressive, radiant light) and dark light (like magnetic, even gravity like power), for instance.

So there is strength in the non-manifest too... In the introverted, in the vacuum... Very much so. But there seems to be a general misunderstanding in our society about what feminine really is...

I've had the chance to assist births (as a doula) and what I saw there was anything but weak... Did you know that the womb's muscles at the intensive stage of labour contract with an 80 kilo strength (needed to lift an 80 kilo object!) every minute! Surrender is part of feminine power but not only. I believe it is time well spent exploring the idea of what feminine STRENGTH means for us, personally, and collectively...

Full moon is a powerful time. I believe the howls and pains that come to the surface in many of us is the pain of unexpressed yin power. We express plenty of yang powers in our lives, obviously -- it is a speciality of our 21st century woman's world. But the power of the yin is, to most, unexplored, or misunderstood, or feared, or labelled.

And now personally to you Catherine, if you allow (?) First of all, I appreciate honesty and straightforwardness, always! And I'm having a funny little smile here, because though at present I'm not as much actively involved on the OH web community as I used to be but from the few posts I read the last few days it happened to be yours from some time ago that stuck out for me considerably. It was about the distortions surrounding David Bowie's death. I mourn the guy deeply and personally, but I actually did take your point in... It sticks out for me. But mostly: I "smelled" (as it is my job to do) the special pain that I always smell in women who have work to do (within and then without) on the sacred feminine.
And here you are! Isn't it so beautiful!

I wish you a wonderful exploration of your howling wolf!
With love,
Réka