MANTRA

GEMSTONES

• Carnelian, coral, agate, brown jaspar (orange stones)

ESSENTIAL OILS

•  Goddess-ence Ishtar* blend for the sacral chakra, and for unleashing the wild diva within
  

AFFIRMATIONS

• I am joyful
• My big hips are sexy!
• I am healthy and happy
• I am alive with sexuality
• I adore my womanly shape
• I feel absolutely supercharged
• I have abundant energy and vitality
• My vital energy resurfaces with laughter

Ishtar's energy represents love, fertility, passion and sexuality. Babylonians have honoured Ishtar as a goddess who inspires lovers everywhere to stop for a moment and connect with the fertile energy she brings. The city of Mari worshiped Ishtar as a birth goddess symbolised by the Urn of Life held tight to her belly. Even the Christians have borrowed aspects of the womanly Ishtar and incorporated the divine love of a mother for her dying son into their Virgin Mary.

She is descended from the goddess of romance, Venus, and her energy encompasses all that is 'woman' - nurturing mother, inspired companion, playful bed partner, wise advisor, insightful leader, creative diva, wild woman. She is revered especially on days of the full moon, when it is right to engage in joyful acts of lovemaking to celebrate being 'woman'.

Are you feeling that someone is making you feel like a workhorse instead of the wondrous being you really are? They are taking advantage of your conditioned mindset that others' needs come before your own. It is time to tune into your own needs and paying them some attention in order to rejuvenate your core style and grace.

In my Goddess Playshops I remind participants that it's OK to let their wild woman get air-time every now and then. Hips start rolling and gyrating and the laughing gets louder and more spontaneous, which of course are both great ways to energise the sacral chakra.

Even if you can't make it to a Goddess Playshop, no matter... on the night of a full moon, bring Ishtar's loving warmth to your heart and home. Wear clothes or jewellery that contain Ishtar's symbolism - stars, the moon, the lion or the dove.

Play a drum with your hands, holding it between your legs. Listen to your heartbeat and send it through your shoulders, arms and hands to the drum, and feel the infinite power of connection to the earth as the vibrations travel back through your body to your core. Energy flows, love grows.

   Dance like no one is watching
   Sing like no one is listening
   Love like you've never been hurt
   And live like heaven on earth.

Love and delight
Anita Revel

Creatrix :: Goddess.com.au .