Healthy Chicks

I went away on a women’s spiritual/business retreat two weekends ago, which was truly transformational and life-changing. It’s hard to put into words exactly what I experienced while there, but I will try.

Before I embarked on this journey, I asked for clarity and boy did I get it. On the first day, while sitting in a field amongst 75 women in ceremony, I had a major a-ha moment. We were in a deep guided meditation, where I was shown different versions of ME standing in a cave — literally every version of my former self flashed upon my eyes (the me struggling with body image, getting my footing in Boston, going off to college) but the central focus was on 5-year-old Rachel, me as a child.

An old, wise woman then came into the cave and brought us all together for a nurturing motherly hug, then grabbed my hand and whispered into my ear, “You are meant to be working with children,” then she turned back and said “Remember, never lose your sparkle.”

After those words were spoken, a light lit up within me. I visualized myself surrounded by children, animals and magic. I saw dolphins dancing in the ocean, frogs jumping around me in the forest, a fawn gently kissing my face and children laughing + playing. I was living in a fairytale but then it wasn’t really a fairytale — it was my life. I saw it all laid out — me teaching yoga and mindfulness to children and families, PLAYING, beautiful new creations.

It was all there. It was there all along, it just needed to come out.When the meditation ended, I opened my eyes to a frog jumping around me, animals were coming up to me (bees, dragonflies, spiders, even a snake appeared)! And I felt a new sense of ease and connection.

It suddenly all made sense — like all the twists and turns in my life led me to this exact moment. And I knew I needed to listen to this soul calling.

Since I’ve returned home, the signs haven’t stopped. When I arrived back home, my daughter was wearing a tee that says, “Made of stardust and magic.” Later that evening, she pointed out a sparkly piece of glitter on my toe. She also started back up yoga in pre-k, and as I was contemplating it, I drove behind a car with license plate YTT (yoga teacher training).

This morning, I took a first step and registered for a kids yoga teacher training starting this fall. It’s all happening. I’m listening. Let’s go.

Go ahead and ask yourself: what is my soul calling me to do? Do it.