sacred marriage: you are the bridegroom, you are the bride

April 15, 2011 by rachel

It seems no matter which way I point my gaze, the sacred union of the divine masculine and the divine feminine is staring me in the face. Clearly, this is an unprecedented time for sanctifying this union within – and for many, for also manifesting the external version. This poem sprang forth in the aftermath of a particularly exquisite and nurturing bodywork session (at the low-cost massage clinic of a nearby junior college, no less!). There are two soulful sites […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, personal growth, planetary shifts, poetry, spirituality, transformation • Tags: awakening, divine union, sacred marriage, soul

find your light in unlikely places (timeless)

April 9, 2011 by rachel

Wherever Home is, go there now The map has been etched upon your soul for eons Fire has been laid Nourishment calls your name Do not disappoint her You will be greeted by outstretched arms Tender songs of welcome Eyes that remember how to see Blossoms await your gathering Do not delay the journey Unpack before you go Bring nothing save your soul’s inextinguishable flame Your heart’s desire to Love Your body ripe for new beginnings Ancient stories ache to […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, personal growth, planetary shifts, spirituality, transformation • Tags: ascension, awakening, empowerment, soul

today, arise and wage a revolution of your spirit

December 8, 2010 by rachel

Spread your arms wide and maintain your position, dear one, For though your spirit wearies, The skirmish continues. Amassed on the hillside your compatriots of the heart Surround and embrace you, Advancing in a fusillade of radiant awareness A more courageous company of courtly warriors the world ne’er has seen! You stand, embraced in a mantle of becoming, Armor peeled, fallen useless upon tremulous ground, Your family of light stands naked to the call of tender volition Rising to an […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, personal growth, planetary shifts, poetry, spirituality, transformation • Tags: awakening, faith, higher consciousness, mysticism, soul

feel good: a double dip of the refreshing & delicious south african singer lira (video)

August 12, 2010 by rachel

This woman’s radiance is nearly blinding, her beauty is stunning, and she got me up and dancing in no time! The video (3:38) is by newmusictv, and can be found over here if you have any difficulties viewing it below: Oh, wait! Here’s a second video (2:57) entitled Soul in Mind. You won’t see the lovely Lira, but you can read all the lyrics of this beautiful prayersong. This one is by sibe007 and can be seen on youtube.com right […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, personal growth, spirituality, transformation, video • Tags: inspiring music, Lira, prayer, soul

the bejeweled bedrock of the psyche: all i ask is this

July 30, 2010 by rachel

If you haven’t yet noticed, I’m all about a multidimensional, multifaceted approach to existence. That means I willingly (or not-so-willingly) embrace the (so-called) good, the (perceived) bad, the sacred, the sublime, and the ridiculous.  In two healing sessions this week, I hit bedrock — core, foundational, cellular stuff that continues to reveal a panoramic, 3D, 5D, 9D view of my soul’s journey. The only way “out” is “through,” and I am embracing every delicious, painful, wretched, exhausting step of the […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, personal growth, poetry, spirituality, transformation • Tags: dark night of the soul, faith, soul, surrender

words of the day: be, begin, believe

April 13, 2009 by rachel

To encourage and support your becoming, here are three words excerpted from my book, Words of Wisdom for Women (Barnes&Noble/Fall River Press). Though the book’s title is gender-specific, the content is universal. If you enjoy these, hop on over to my sister blog, Just Say Yes Now!, for a trifecta including Refuse, Remember, Restore. Be Remember that life is in the being, not the doing. Be every bit of everything that you are. Be tough, be soft, be dramatic, be subdued. Be a […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, personal growth, spirituality, transformation, word of the day • Tags: awakening, be, begin, believe, body mind & spirit, change, empowerment, inspiration, life, personal growth, soul, transformation, word of the day

stretch break: sacred prayer video = reverence, bliss, & peace in under 9 minutes

October 11, 2008 by rachel

Need I tell anyone that there are powerful energies at work throughout the planet? Rather than try to wrap your brain around any of it, tune in to this divinely soul-nourishing video by rysa5, who has a youtube.com channel here, devoted to a world of videos on enlightenment, abundance, and a host of other high-vibration, multidimensional topics. The music is Devi Prayer, from the Divine Mother/Sacred Chants of Devi CD by Craig Pruess and Ananda; learn more here. Journey deep. […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, spirituality, stretch break, video • Tags: Ananda, bliss, chant, chanting, Craig Pruess, Devi Prayer, inspirational, music, peace, prayer, rysa5, sacred, sacred music, soul, soul-nourishing, spiritual, video

here is what you must tend to today

October 2, 2008 by rachel

Here is what you must tend to today: You must peel back the bark that sheaths your becoming And bring your most barren recesses into the golden light of afternoon You must fling open the shades that have blocked the imminent arrival of the brilliance that bears your name, Taste joy unadorned on the tip of your tongue And inhale with anticipation your own decay as it hastens the birth of a succulent spring Today, here is what you must […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, personal growth, poetry, transformation • Tags: ascension, awakening, body mind & spirit, Divine, inspiration, life, Mary Saint-Marie, personal growth, poetry, self-expression, Sheoekah, soul, soul journey, spirituality, transformation

poetry for the nomadic soul: migration

August 25, 2008 by rachel

Migration Here is where I lay my head Where I have proffered my heart time and again in absolution, At this very juncture I extracted the juice from an overripe pomegranate Stripped off a smocked robe devoid of fasteners Knelt beneath a river of nectar that choked my bloodstream with its acrid sweetness And shook my fist defiantly in the face I had stroked tenderly mere eons before. Here is my port of storm My underground railroad lugging along an […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, poetry, spirituality, transformation • Tags: ascension, migration, nomadic, poetry, soul, soul journey, spirituality

what will you create from today?

June 21, 2008 by rachel

Today, create the opening Heart Unshroud your inmost Desires and lay them down gently in a field of dew-kissed wildflower Let flow a river of Forgiveness For yourself, for others And revel in the soft waftings of a breeze as it carries away the unlatched chains of soul’s oppression Create the keys that unlock your ancient Rememberings Take them down from the nail on the wall Feel them slip with ease into their appointed hallways And know that you have […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, health/healing, inspiration, love, personal growth, poetry, spirituality, transformation, uncategorized • Tags: body mind & spirit, consciousness, creation, inspiration, life, love, peace, poetry, prayer, soul, spirituality, transformation

stretch break: support for awakening souls

June 2, 2008 by rachel

I like to call what I do “intelligent inspiration and illumined insight,” but that’s only one small piece in a rapidly expanding universe of tools and information regarding high-vibration living, ascension, DNA activation, quantum awakenings, cellular transformation, and much, much more. If you’re feeling that your three-dimensional existence isn’t quite large enough for you anymore; if you’re wanting to bust out and see things from a vaster, energetic, even galactic, perspective; if the words “lightworker, starseed, indigo” and others pique […]

Categories: body mind & spirit, eclectica, health/healing, inspiration, personal growth, really out there!, spirituality, stretch break, transformation • Tags: accelerator art, Ascended Masters, ascension, awakening, channelling, consciousness, DNA, DNA activation, eclectica, galactic, healing, higher consciousness, higher vibrational realms, life, metaphysical, New Age, quantum, resources, soul, transformation

what there is to love about a man: rituals

May 8, 2008 by rachel

Every year they do it, and have for as many decades as he can remember. Rain or shine, sickness or health. They pick up a cheap bottle of wine and toast the Old Man and curse him and bless him. They drive to the Nation’s Capital to leave homemade Valentines and pictures at the foot of the Wall, and to run their fingers over the names of the fathers they never met. At the Summer Solstice, he takes a young […]

Categories: buy more rachel now!, inspiration, men • Tags: body mind & spirit, cheap wine, fathers, homemade valentines, inspiration, men, poetry, prose, rituals, sons, soul, The Wall

prayer for this time: i am the miracle

April 7, 2008 by rachel

Prayer For This Time In this time of miracles I recommit to faith To the power of All There Is To seeing beyond the physical to the unalterable truth within To the infinite healing of pure Love To knowing what I know To angels among us. In this time of uncertain outcome I remember that which never changes The brilliant light that lives in every heart The unending cycles of winter, spring, summer, fall The eternal and astonishing efficiency of […]

Categories: inspiration, poetry, spirituality, transformation • Tags: angels, faith, I Am, inspiration, life, love, miracle, national poetry month, now, poetry, prayer, rebirth, soul, spirituality, transformation

poetry month: how the men want to fly!

April 6, 2008 by rachel

How the Men Want to Fly by Rachel Snyder I am holding men’s hearts in my hands these days, running my fingers over toughened scar tissue, tracing the rutted pathways of emotion run roughshod, and breathlessly lingering when I feel myself sinking into soft spots around the edges. The braille of a man’s heart is not so different from my own. They come one after another, dragging their piecemeal armor on the ground behind them, rusting and clanging and kicking […]

Categories: inspiration, men, poetry, spirituality, transformation, uncategorized • Tags: descent, feminine, goddess, hero's journey, inspiration, masculine, men, mythopoetic, national poetry month, poetry, priestess, soul, surrender, transformation