Ahhhh….

We just returned from three magnificent days of the Goddess Garden and I am basking in the delicious afterglow.

Wow, what a journey.

We explored the dark lunar realms and unearthed the sticky, gritty limitations to self-love, then burned away those barriers forever.  We pulsed to the rhythm of love, knowingness and bliss, and bathed in the warmth of unconditional love and acceptance.  We explored archetypes and expanded our spectrum to be any and all of it – whatever we choose in the moment.  We liberated our sensuality and feasted in decadence and delight.  Will a strawberry ever taste the same?

We giggled, we wept, we shared, and in sacred sisterhood, we met ourselves in the reflection of each other.  We created the space to carry our own divine Goddess nature into the world, to shine our light and share our presence with our men, women, children and world.  How blessed are we to carry this wisdom into our families, businesses, communities, cultures and world.

As the radiant Goddess, Priestess, Warrior, Lover, Maiden, Mother, Crone, you can be the woman whose example illuminates and inspires all.

And how perfect is it that today is the 100^th Anniversary of International Women’s Day?  Can you imagine a more perfect way to celebrate and empower women than by sharing the experience of the Goddess Garden with everyone?!

Here are a few powerful tools we shared this weekend.  These tools will support you in dropping in to your full expression of the Goddess over the next few days and weeks and months:

• Give yourself a salt bath and love yourself up!  Savor your body and open your senses.  Imagine a white light of love, knowingness and bliss pulsing throughout every cell in your being.
• Practice meditation.  You can ground yourself with a cord from your root chakra into the center of the Earth and imagine a big, gold sun of your own Divine essence pouring in through your crown chakra and filling you up with your own magnificence.
• Amplify your senses!  Any time you eat, take a moment to fully experience your food – the way it looks, the way it smells, the way it feels in your mouth and on your tongue, the way it tastes, the sound as you crunch or chew or swallow.
• Look deeply into someone’s eyes and let them know how much you love and appreciate them.  Drop in and be present.
• Play with the archetypes.  How does the Goddess Venus move her body?  How does the Empress hold herself?  What other archetypes will you choose to explore and expand in your own repertoire?  You may even want to play dress up and have fun exaggerating each archetype so you recognize the distinctions.  This allows you the awareness to fully own those attributes in a way that becomes natural to you.

As a result of the love, connection and bliss we experienced this weekend, I am deeply inspired to share the experience of Goddess Garden with even more glorious women!  I’m looking at my calendar to schedule the next one, so come join me.

Loving you.

Niurka

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, I’m sharing this delicious interview with me, hosted by relationship and sensuality expert, Allana Pratt.  Allana is a radiant, divine diva, and a columnist for eHarmony and Relationship Expert on CBS, TLC & FOX.

Allana recently interviewed me in a fiercely raw and sexy conversation.  We discussed sacred sexuality, loving yourself, exploring the darkness, masculine/feminine dynamics, and much, much more.

You’ve got to listen to this!  I share tons of juicy, delicious ways for men and women to bring their presence and radiance into relationships (most importantly your relationship with yourself!) and beyond.

Allana and I had sooo much fun with this conversation and journeyed into some very deep territory… you’re gonna love it.

Click here to hear the recording:

Allana Pratt Interviews Niurka

And to learn more about the radiant Goddess Allana, go to: www.allanapratt.com.

Kisses,

Niurka

www.niurkainc.com

Greetings & Blessings from the land of 1,000 Temples!  I am so blessed to be in Bali enjoying a sacred retreat, creative sabbatical, and a time of healing and rejuvenation after a period of great intensity in my life.

You may already know that a few months ago, I broke my leg.  It was the most physically painful experience I’d ever had, and looking back, also perhaps one of the most profound.

Have you ever had an experience like that?  Looking back, you say, “I would never be where I am today or who I am today were it not for that one thing,” but at the time, that “thing” was one of the most painful or challenging experience imaginable.

Sometimes life brings lessons disguised as seeming madness.  These moments cause us to go deep within and really connect with our true essence.

So what do you do to maintain your balance in those moments? I’ll share with you one practice that has been miraculous for me. It’s been so healing that I’m considering creating a CD all about it, and in a moment, I’ll ask you for your thoughts!

Over the past few months, one discipline that has supported me in remaining in my center while gracefully moving through challenge is the practice of Mantra.  Since I’ve come to Bali, I’ve been practicing a few specific mantras consistently and I have experienced great inspiration, renewed energy and deep peace.  And because it’s been so powerful and healing for me, I thought you might love to experience some of the profound benefits of mantra, too.

Ancient Sanskrit mantras have been chanted, spoken and sung for thousands of years.  These mantras are imbued with a certain energetic frequency, and thus have the power to shift your internal experience when you repeat them with sincerity.  For example, the mantra “OM” (or “AUM”) is powerful to center yourself.  As you chant “OM”, remember to honor the space between the “OM’s.”

What practices do you have to support you in integrating valuable life lessons while consciously and gracefully moving through the most challenging moments of your life?  I’ve found that in the absence of a consistent PRACTICE, it’s easy to get sidetracked and knocked off center.  It’s much easier to remain clear, strong, focused and present when you practice a daily discipline.  It doesn’t matter what it is – whatever works for you!  It could be meditation, prayer, mantra, physical exercise, or just a daily ritual all your own – as long as you practice with awareness, specific intention and consistency.

So I encourage you to practice the “OM” mantra, or another mantra you may already know.  Practice it for one day and notice the power, observe the effects!  If an unpleasant thought pops into your mind, just immediately return to your mantra.  Throughout the day, just repeat it silently to yourself. Challenge yourself and practice a whole week of mantra, and notice how you feel.

I’d love to know your experience.  In fact, I’ve experience such profound benefits that I’m considering creating a CD series about the power of mantra while I’m in Bali.  Here are my thoughts on this: I can share with you a few of the most significant mantras that I practice, and I’ll explain their meaning and the scientific reasons why and how they have elevated my life and how they can elevate your life, too.  I can also teach you how to practice mantra, and guide you through the process.  What do you think?  I’m very interested in your thoughts about mantra.  How inspired would you be if I created this CD series?    And what else would you be inspired for me to create?  Let me know your thoughts, and join the conversation!

Remember…

When you change, the world around you changes – You have that much power!

Love & Blessings,
Niurka

You are Divine.  You are powerful.  I honor who you are.  I see you as whole and complete.

Who in your life really sees you?  Who do you allow to see you?  And who do you choose to see?

What does it mean to really see someone?

Most of the time, people go through life playing roles and wearing masks; and the essence of who we really are gets hidden or repressed.  Two of the most common unconscious fears that just about everyone faces are: 1) I’m not good enough; and 2) because I’m not good enough, I won’t be loved.  Often these fears are completely outside of our awareness.

So often people try to cover up these fears and fill the void by achieving, buying, doing, hiding… piling on roles, identities, material possessions, perceptions of what they “have to do,” and all the other “stuff” – not because it’s the essence of who they really are, but because if they do all these things… then, they’ll finally be good enough, and they’ll finally be loved.  The challenge is it’s an insatiable pursuit based on a false premise.

Don’t get me wrong – I’m all about living, achieving and creating prosperity.  The question is… are you doing it to fill an inner void, or are you doing it because it is a choice, an extension of your spirit, and an expression of your gifts?

What would happen if you knew that you already ARE good enough and you ARE loved… exactly as you are?  How would life be different if each of us knew inside that we are whole and complete right now?  When we look past the illusions, when we get to the heart of who we are – that’s when we really communicate and commune.  And in that space… anything you envision and believe is possible.

My dear friend Steve and I had lunch the other day and when I greeted him I said, “Steve, it’s so good to see you.”

And you know what he said to me?

He said, “It’s good to be seen.”

Now, Steve’s a funny guy, and he was being playful – but I believe language is a portal into the subconscious mind.  So when he said, “It’s good to be seen,” it really hit me.

It is good to be seen!

Yes, it is.

Notice and appreciate the best in others.  Because when we really see each other, we release the need to fight, defend, justify, overcompensate, hide or pretend.  Our relationships deepen, our self-confidence and self-love expands, and our power and presence amplifies.  You may have heard the Sanskrit greeting “Namaste.”  It means, “the Divine in me recognizes the Divine in you.”  Can you imagine the peace and beauty of a world where we see each other for who we really are?  Now that’s real magic.  Are you ready for it?  Are you ready to see?  Are you ready to be seen?

Remember…

One person’s awakening elevates the consciousness of the planet — YOU are the one!