Red Willow Womyn's Society
200 Craig street Duncan, BC, Canada

Today, let us breathe in the acuity of understanding that we are responsible for the future of our species and the health and well being of Mother GAIA, that w...e can no longer support governments, social institutions or corporate structures that do not hold the health of the biosphere indeed all species as a top priority is self evident. We have choice. We have the ability to act and as humans we have the gift of imagination that brings dreams to life. We have the ability to create a future that is regenerative and nourishing for generations to come. Now is the Time. ~*~ Sarah Drew, author of GAIA CODEX ~*~ See more

The $875-million settlement, announced in August 2018, came after a class action suit was filed against the Canadian government on behalf of survivors of the ’60s Scoop. The ’60s Scoop refers to government apprehensions that took tens of thousands of Indigenous children from their families between 1951 and 1991. The children were made wards of the state or adopted into non-Indigenous families.

It's not your job to "awaken" your family members, your partner, or your friends. You don't need to make them see what they aren't ready or able to see themselv...es. The inner-work is about personal responsibility and connection to your highest self. It is the pathway for you to trust your body, set boundaries from love and honor your truth. Trust that everyone has their own timing and bring the focus back to your own growth. You can't save anyone but yourself. When we want to wake people up or help them see the work they have left to do, we are being invited to look closely at what needs aren’t being met in the relationship. When we want to wake someone up, we are essentially hoping to change them in some way, and we only want to change someone when there’s something in it for us. More acknowledgment. More love, approval, recognition, connection, intimacy. All needs we are worthy of having met. But we do not need anyone to change in order to love ourselves, and we don’t need to make anyone else do the work to begin doing our own. It makes sense that when a relationship isn’t working, we wish to help the other person see how they could be different. It seems obvious to us that if only they would 'xxxx', we could be happy. But that isn’t how it works. We are all walking our own paths, living on our own timeline. And you don’t get to choose the timing for another person's healing. You do get to choose what you will allow, and what you will not. You do get to choose your boundaries, and stand for what you deserve. You are worthy of having your needs to connection, intimacy and love met. Sometimes, we have to engage with people from a distance because they aren’t ready to show up in the relationship in a way that would work for us at this point in our healing. Sometimes, we have to let people go. Sometimes, we are being invited to release judgment and accept people for who they are, love them where they’re at, and embody love, compassion and kindness. But that never means being a doormat. It never means putting ourselves in harms way. Only you know whether the relationship is one where you can grow within or not. Trust your bodies wisdom and seek out supportive guides who can help you connect to the teacher within.~~ ~Sheleana Aiyana