Becoming Darkness exercise: Embracing receptivity, encountering the Feminine within
A practice to connect with the nurturing essence of darkness and embody the Divine Feminine. Rooted in the Sacred Medicine Wheel's Lower Direction, it guides participants to explore the mystery and transformative power of the dark.
This Becoming Darkness exercise is one that I have shared in my groups. Usually I share it when we reach the Lower Direction of the Sacred Medicine Wheel, place of the Divine Feminine, Mother Earth, Pachamama - the Sacred Womb Space.
It is a simple exercise to help sink more deeply into your embodied Feminine aspects.
Collectively there is so much fear about this form of 'darkness' - which is not evil - but deeply nurturing. One where we still have much distortion to unravel.
This is an experiential exercise, one Spirit guided me through some years ago, written in a loose Processwork format. Do read it through before trying it and see if it resonates for you.
Exercise - Become Darkness
Find a darkened place where you can do this safely. It is better outside in nature, if possible, though alternatively a darkened room works well. Either way, you may want to try in a familiar space first before going outside. Laying outside under a starry sky would be amazing.
Take a note of the time. Allow yourself to sink into the darkness around you. Close your eyes, if it is comfortable. Following your breath, feel into what it is like to dissolve into the darkness, until you don’t know where the darkness ends and you begin … Stay there.
With curiosity, pay attention to what arises in you doing this. Feelings ? Emotions ? Bodily sensations ?
How do you find being in the dark? Being receptive? Opening to simply what it is ? What stories arise ?
If anything uncomfortable comes up keep expanding into the Dark - allow her to witness it all …
Try making this just about you and the dark, the unknown, the Great Mystery - without calling in your guides or spiritual support (who will be there anyhow!) - allow them to simply hold space for you without requesting anything from them.
Stay until something shifts, alchemises or a new insight/awareness drops in.
When finished, note the time. Any surprises? Did it seem longer or shorter then you thought ?
Feel into all that happened and shifted. The patterns, dynamics - what else is here for you to know? What wisdom do you find to help you anchor in this shift?
What have you learned about your relationship with the dark? How does this relate to your experience of your deeper feminine essence ?
You may want to explore your experience some more, in your journalling or repeat in different places to see how it shifts and changes. As you return to this and allow your experience to deepen, so to will your knowing of your feminine essence and qualities.
Enjoy and be gentle with yourself.
I’d love to hear your experiences.
with love,
from my Heart to yours,
~ Tania Aurora White Crow ~