Embodying the Warrioress
I love teaching about the Warrioress. She is an archetype that brings women a sense of wildness, fearlessness and strength. This week I am preparing for my Women’s Retreat on the Warrioress so I have been thinking about how she helps women embody their natural strengths, gifts and talents. The above image of the Warrioress came to me a few years ago. She is strong, solid and grounded, with wild feathers and shells. She has two large shields flanking and protecting her and she also has many animal allies. I painted this Warrioress onto a silk robe, one of five sacred robes of the series I teach to women called The Feminine Path of Power (link to website). The Warrioress walks the Path of Strength and is associated with the element EARTH. The Warrioress archetype teaches us how to be grounded, embodied and present, how to create healthy boundaries and helps us to find our own inner strength.
I have written a women’s initiation story for the retreat, a story about a dynamic Warrioress, named Chiman (Chee-mon), who is born into the village of women with a special purpose and mission. The story tells of the various initiations she goes through to become a strong and worthy Warrioress. Here is the beginning of the story…….
Initiation Story for Women
The Story of Chiman
“Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, there was a land where women were honored for their power and strength. It was a sacred land called the Village of Women where each girl child was honored for the unique gifts she brought to the sacred circle. And when each new female soul was still in the womb of her mother she would whisper her name and her soul’s purpose to the elders who were eager to hear this good news.
Now in this ancient land there were 4 different clans of women that all female souls were sorted into at birth. There was the Warrioress Clan, those who walk the Way of Strength. And the Queen Clan, those who walk the Way of Compassion. And the Visionary Clan, those who walk the Way of Change. And finally the Manifestor Clan, those who walk the Way of Action.
Now one special day, the elders gathered to hear the good news from a female soul who was about to be born into the Village of Women. As they stood around the pregnant mother who was full of life, the elders asked the unborn soul who she was, what clan she belonged to and what her soul’s purpose was. And this is what she said. “Chiman is my name. I come to the Warrioress Clan. My purpose is to guide lost women back to the Path of Strength.” Soon the excitement spread among the Village and especially among the Warrioress Clan who eagerly anticipated the birth of Chiman and the knowledge she would bring to the entire clan………”
I hope you enjoyed the beginning of Chiman’s story. If you would like an illustrated book or CD of the Warrioress Story: The Path of Strength, please contact me.
Blessings,
Megan
