As we move farther into the dark half of the year (Autumn and Winter), this is the perfect time to contemplate the balance between your own inner "dark" (Divine Feminine) energies and inner "light" (Divine Masculine) energies.

The Divine Feminine (aka. yin) and Divine Masculine (aka. yang) are the two most elemental powers that course through our bodies and move us through our lives each and every day.

And in my years of studying Chinese Medicine, I learned that flow & health can only exist when the two energies of yin and yang are in a state of RELATIVE BALANCE.

And when they drift too far out of balance, stagnation and dis-ease ALWAYS result.

**HERE’S 👆A CHART I CREATED TO HELP YOU BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT YANG VS YIN ENERGIES FEEL AND LOOK LIKE IN YOUR LIFE (THIS IS BY NO MEANS AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST).

Because we live in a excessively yang (and patriarchal) culture, we’ve been taught that it’s better to rely solely on our masculine powers to move through life each day (and neglect our feminine powers). This creates massive disharmony, with very real and often debilitating consequences for us (mentally, spiritually, and physically)… as well as causing harm to the collective and planet.

And so my intention over the next few weeks, with this “REAWAKENING YOUR FEMININE POWERS” blog series, is to help you:

see how your over-reliance on your masculine powers is actually causing harm.
and, reconnect with your feminine powers so you can create a healthier yin-yang balance, to experience greater peace, flow, and soul-aligned success in your life (without overwhelm, burn-out, or sacrificing happiness)!

Last week I wrote about your Feminine power of SLOWNESS. {click here to read it}.

And today, we’ll delve into your feminine power of “GOING DEEP”….

PART 2: Reawakening your Feminine Power of “GOING DEEP”

Because of our culture’s addiction to “fast results” (as I wrote all about in last weeks post), we grossly over-prioritize the quicker, MASCULINE QUALITY of “SUPERFICIAL & SURFACE-LEVEL” ways of moving through life…. while disregarding our incredibly important 👉FEMININE POWER of “DELVING DEEP” in life!

☯HERE ARE 3 WAYS EMBRACING YOUR FEMININE POWER OF “GOING DEEP” WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE! ☯

#1 You’ll DEEPLY UNDERSTAND YOURSELF, your GIFTS, & your PURPOSE

When you’re stuck in the Masculine energy of “surface-level” living, you move through life with a lot of superficial assumptions (or ignorance) about ‘who you truly are’, ‘what you love’, ‘what you’re good at’, and ‘what you’re meant to do with your life’.

BUT, if you embrace the Feminine power of “GOING DEEP” (and allow yourself the time and space for regular, deep self-reflection and introspection), you’ll start to notice that much of what you thought you knew about yourself just isn’t true!

Once you understand that many of your so-called dreams and gifts aren’t coming from deep within your soul, but superficially from your mind (implanted by family or society long ago), you start to search deeply for who you truly are. And slowly, you start discovering your true self, your gifts, and your purpose!

#2 You’ll go beyond surface-level learning and INTEGRATE EXPERIENCE INTO DEEP WISDOM & MASTERY

When you live primarily in your Masculine energy of “superficial learning”, you tend to chronically collect and CONSUME INFORMATION. Addicted to intellectual learning, you take course after course, or read book after book, attempting to prove your mental smarts (only to forget what you consumed OR constantly feel like a ‘jack of all trades’ & master of none).

BUT, when you embrace your Feminine power to “GO DEEP”, you give yourself time to INTEGRATE and IMPLEMENT the mental knowledge you collect. And thus your intellectual knowledge mixes with real-life experience, and becomes DEEP EMBODIED WISDOM!

Most of us don’t need more information, but need A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING of the information we’ve collected. So rather than looking to accumulate and memorize more and more surface information, slow down and deepen your understanding of the what you’ve already gathered (through integration, implementation, experience, and embodiment).

And you’ll discover that instead of feeling like a jack-of-all trades (lacking in adeptness and expertise) you’ll start feeling more and more like an empowered master of the things you’re passionate about! And, you’ll start to see how your experiences deeply connect with your gifts and purpose in this life (so you can live with more purpose & soul-aligned success)!

#3 You’ll gain deep INSIGHT INTO THE ROOT CAUSES OF YOUR SUFFERING (and deeply heal them)

When you’re stuck in the Masculine “surface-level” living, you have a tendency to focus solely on managing the superficial symptoms of disharmony that arise in any area of your life (health, work, relationships, etc.).

You start to feel like you’re constantly putting out the same metaphorical ‘fires’ (or putting ‘band-aids’ over the same symptoms), over and over again, without any deep, systemic, long-term change (sort of like Bill Murray in the movie “Groundhog Day”!).

But when you embrace your Feminine power to “GO DEEP” (with introspection and reflection), you start to recognize symptoms as simply the tip of the iceberg of disharmony. And, you start to UNCOVER THE DEEPER WOUNDS, belief patterns, and behavior habits that need to be tended to for TRUE & DEEP HEALING to occur!

And when you do that, you stop having to deal with the chronic stressful symptoms of disharmony because you’ve healed them at the root. And not only does this lead to lasting transformation (in work, health, love etc.), you also stop passing those same deep wounds on to your children and other loved ones (and model how to create true, deep healing for them)!

And now, I’ll leave you with a quote from my favorite wisdom book, “The I Ching”, which beautifully embodies this feminine power of “going deep”.

“Cleverness and learning have their place. But ultimately the presence of deep insight [and understanding] rise above all else. It is only when we reach the deepest meaning… that we can properly render a judgement [and use it to create healing and change at the deepest level].”¹

✍️If you’ve read this far (and crave any of the above benefits), take a moment to integrate the information you just consumed by reflecting on where you can bring more of this feminine power of “GOING DEEP” into your own life right now.

✨And stay tuned for the final PART 3 of the “REAWAKENING YOUR FEMININE POWERS” series…Your Ultimate Feminine Superpower!!… coming soon. (and while you wait, you can catch up with PART 1 here)✨

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footnotes:

¹ Deng Ming-Dao, The Living I Ching: Using Ancient Chinese Wisdom to Shape Your Life

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