Play into the Wild
Play into the Wild
Sharing two fun things I did this week during the finals of this wild Eclipse Season. The first was at the Park w my boys. I had lent a spare water gun to a little stranger boy who was curious. YY got mad that I didn’t ask permission (true I didn’t respect a boundary). He shot me w the water gun. I was shocked as I was in a pretty light coloured dress. And dude, this is broad daylight yo. Pause. Breathe. What’s really happening here? A 6yo is self advocating after a boundary was crossed. I should have asked permission. Do I build him up? Or take him down?
How can I inject playfulness? I got another 2 mini water guns and shot him back. It then became 2 boys on 1 mum. We had so much fun. I took in all the looks I got from other parents and then sent it all back to them. No thanks. Then I focused on play and presence. I was able to get YY to regulate and return into connection and apologised.
The second fun thing was I danced in this afternoon’s Thunderstorms. Getting soaked, cleansed, swept away with the rolling thunder, dancing of lightning and feeling the cold full rain on my face and body. All my wild wilderness surfacing. It felt so good liberating myself into the freedom of Nature and her elemental power. Electrifying. Empowering. Charged.
This is who I am meant to be. The call of the Wild and who and what I have denied and been denied. Reclaiming. Returning. Embodying. And this time w clear conscious intention. Oh so yum. And as my Beloved says “we are just getting started”. Super exciting
The photo I’m sharing, that’s me at the Park one arm blocking the boys shots, calling out for them to come over to capture our joy and innocence. If anyone is on the fence about adding more play, more wild into their life, let me tell you that it takes decades off. Try it out. Your family, your relationships will love you for it.
You’re in this Life, live it full, live it well.
Be you.
Charmaine x
PS. This post was super edgy for me. Wildness has been so marginalised. So shamed. Taking deep breaths here, to be myself here. *Yay* Me.
