While I was exploring Orosei, Sardinia in Italy I spent time at the sea daily. It was the type of beach that was calm and lush, with mountains lining the background with little buildings or people. I made my way to the beach on the night of the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse. The energy was coursing through my body and I felt electric.
The moon was slow to rise and I allowed myself to settle into the sand, light a candle, and breathe. Leading up to this moon, I was experiencing a lot of internal shifts. Many layers of deeper healing are being revealed, as time, space, and travel can do for a person.
I sparked a neatly rolled joint on the beach in solitude. After a long period of solitude away from the plant that has offered me so much.
It felt right to commune with her here on this moon, tasting what she’s like when grown on Italian soil.
She continues to be one of my greatest teachers. She teaches me about balance. Shows me where I’m out of balance.
She embodies balanced Yin and Yang energies.
This time I called in her Yang essence.
Bring in the structure and holding needed for the healing energy to flow.
Immediately, I got up and began to dance. Staring directly into the red moonlight, feet splashing in the sea.
Dancing in the face of transformation.
A celebratory dance dedicated to the reclamation of my power.
The balanced power that comes from an inner union of healthy yang supporting cleanly expressed yin to birth something new.
Like this paper (yang) holding the flower (yin) and the fire (power) coming in to alchemize the elements into healing medicine.
A lifelong learning and practice I am imperfectly working at each day.
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I naturally felt called to take time away from the plant to examine my own relationship with her. And because the inner reflects the outer, I can’t seem to ignore the collective relationship with cannabis still being so out of balance. There’s so much distortion within all of us. It’s a thick heavy and confusing cloud.
It’s caused us to need the high, or fear it, leaving us unable to hold the true medicine she brings. And sometimes that medicine is uncomfortable.
The big business industry building up around her isn’t helping. It’s just the imbalance changing shape and taking us further from her essence and her ability to bring us back to our bodies and the earth.
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All I know is that she’s not here to fix it all for us, but rather act as a gateway into our innate power.
I’d love to encourage you to ask yourself where your current relationship with cannabis is in your life. Whether you consume her or not, you are in relationship with her. Your body creates cannabinoids that mimic the compounds of the plant. We are intrinsically connected to this mysterious plant through the functioning of our bodies.
What thoughts, memories, and feelings arise when you think of the cannabis plant?
Share any reflections in the comments. Here to explore and discuss. <3