We ARE Love by Cinda Stevens Lonsway

We ARE Love by Cinda Stevens Lonsway

Cinda's ROAR!: We Were Women First.... by Cinda Stevens Lonswa...

Cinda's ROAR!: We Were Women First.... by Cinda Stevens Lonswa...: Artwork by Manon Doyle,  Sisters of the Sun , titled "Shine" Before we were Wives and Mothers, Before we were Republicans or Demo...

MY HEART

MY HEART

Today my heart is WIDE OPEN

Today I know NO LIMITS

Today I know only LOVE

LOVE of SELF

LOVE for OTHERS 

LOVE of PLANET

Love for all that is possible

and grand

and sacred

and holy

Today I honor YOU

Today I honor TOMORROW

For TOMORROW will be more of TODAY

~Cinda

(artwork by Manon Doyle of Sisters of the Sun)

We Were Women First.... by Cinda Stevens Lonsway

Artwork by Manon Doyle, Sisters of the Sun, titled "Shine"

Before we were Wives and Mothers,

Before we were Republicans or Democrats,

Before we were Conservative or Liberal…. Right or Left

Before we were Christian, Muslim, or Jewish….

We were Women.

Women,

ALL Women,

I ask you to Stand Up and Give Voice to Your Truth.

I ask you to represent yourself as a WOMAN first and foremost.

I ask that you honor who you are as a woman.

I ask that you DEMAND all the rights you DESERVE as a woman.

I ask that you DO NOT give your rights over…

to your politician,

to your political side,

to your chaplain (or equivalent),

to your husband,

to your child.

For if we women are held silent,

if we women are not allowed to chose…

our own path,

our own destiny,

our OWN lives,

the world WILL suffer greatly.

We are the Solution.

We are the Answer.

We are the LOVE,

the Nurturer,

the Wisdom,

the Grace.

We are the Healers.

We are the Power.

We HAVE the Power.

We NEED to recognize IT in ourselves first,

DEMAND it out of others second.

We NEED to unite as SISTERS.

For the sake of EVERYONE!

It is time….

The time is NOW!

Are you READY?  Get SET…. ROAR!

A ROAR! Can BE...... by Cinda Stevens Lonsway

A ROAR! Can Be.....

A ROAR! can be the breath it takes to take that next step forward.  

A ROAR! can be the calming of a nervous heart and speaking your truth even when your voice is quivering.

A ROAR! can be the spontaneous moment you laugh, when you used to cry.

A ROAR! can be the overwhelming sense of compassion you have for that person you thought was your enemy.  

A ROAR! can be the mother bear protecting her young.

A ROAR! can be the yell of, "BACK OFF!  YOU WILL NOT TOUCH ME, HARM ME, HURT ME, PUNCH ME, KICK ME, STONE ME!"

A ROAR! can be the decision to NEVER do that again.

A ROAR! can be the decision to change your diet, change your patterns, change your habits, change your direction, change your mind.

A ROAR! can be the moment you walk away, without a word, or even looking back.

A ROAR! can be the kiss of a skinned knee of a child, an embrace of a teenager's broken heart, a hand holding of the elderly, a passionate exchange between lovers.

A ROAR! is NOT a battle cry....

A ROAR! is a movement of protection, of clarity, of forgiveness, of understanding, of compassion, of love, of boundaries...

A ROAR! is what it takes to face your fear and do it anyway.  To do what you normally wouldn't do, to break old patterns so you can create new and healthier ones.

A ROAR! changes YOU, it changes those YOU know, and it changes YOUR world. 

In a single moment, right now, you can change your future by a simple yet powerful ROAR!

Demand it, declare it, embrace it, live it, talk it, sing it, write it, burn it, cart wheel it down the street or in your back yard.  There is no right or wrong way to ROAR!  There is only your way, you have the power and YOU are more powerful than you know.

Your ROAR! is that pebble in the water.  Your ROAR! sends out consecutive rings of energy which project out of you and around you - changing your future instantly.  So, it makes no difference which way you turn, you will always walk into the future you have just created.

So ROAR!  

What would it hurt to try?  

See what happens in the following days. 

Let me know!  Visit www.roarwithcinda.com and share your ROAR!  

Let us know how you changed your life and ROAR!ed

Know you are loved and supported for the work you are about to do.  Those who have ROAR!ed before you, known and unknown to you, are holding sacred space for you, you are not alone.

Are you READY?  Get SET..... ROAR!

What is a “ROAR!”? by Cinda Stevens Lonsway Aug 28, 2012

ROAR! came to me on May 23^rd at 1:00am, part my own story, part Mother Earth’s.  I had been heartsick over the oil spill in the Gulf.  It seemed to me that our Mother was hemorrhaging and NO ONE was doing ANYTHING to help her.  It made me sick, gave me nightmares, and, most importantly, woke me up to the atrocities that our culture has done to not only nature, but to women themselves. 

I felt helpless, vulnerable, scared and weak because there was nothing I felt I could do to help Her.  As this frustration built, a rumble began to stir within me.  I yelled ENOUGH!, trying to stop the rumble. But then I realized that it was not to be stopped.  The ENOUGH! was to be yelled not at me, but at them, those who created the leak.  The rumbling inside of me was that of Mother calling my Name - asking me to do something, anything. 

And so I did. I wrote ROAR! 

I shared it on Facebook and instantly it went around the world, resonating with hundreds of women, men, and children.  It was a powerful moment… a lesson for me in how energy works.  By staking my claim of ENOUGH!  I started a stir - a union of ENOUGH! that was felt worldwide. 

Here is what I learned from ROAR! 

I learned that when we stand up and give voice to our truth… when we declare to the Universe what we are no longer willing to tolerate… when we energetically tell the world we have had ENOUGH! of that which serves us NO MORE!, we change our own lives. We change the world.

Our ENOUGH! is that pebble in the water.  Our energetic declaration sends out a wave of hope, love, and commitment to SELF that no one can deny when they feel it.  In that moment, when we stake our claim of ENOUGH! and ROAR!, “NO MORE!” all those around us change.  Why?  Because we have.

This September 2012, 

ROAR! with Cinda is partnering with 

Wild Sister Magazine 
to  create 

30 Days of ROAR!  

Our intention is to help wake up thousands of women, men and children around the globe; empower them to Stand Up and To Give Voice To their Truth.  We are asking you to join us in this Global ROAR! 

What is a ROAR! ?

A ROAR! is NOT a battle cry.  It is a cry for boundaries. It is an energetic declaration which stems from the LOVE and PROTECTION of your SPIRIT, of YOU!  We are NOT sending hate or trying to change others, we are sending out our desire to be healthy and happy.  In other words, before we can heal the planet, we need to focus on healing ourselves first.  We need to look deep within and recognize that which serves us NO MORE! 

Are you in an unhealthy relationship? Have you been living in prolonged grief? Are you tired of being disrespected and mistreated because of your race, your sex, your sexual preference, your age, your religious beliefs?  Are you living a life of stagnant creativity? Are you exhausted by a dead-end job? Do you have a chronic illness you are ‘sick of’? Whatever it is... declare ENOUGH!

Your ROAR! is a declaration that you are DONE, have had ENOUGH!, will NO LONGER TOLERATE ______! (you fill in the blank.) 

 So plant your feet to the ground, straighten your back, build up your energy, and surround it with golden light (THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT). With this energy that has built up, you should feel warm and powerful, you should feel it in your solar plexus, that region behind your belly button and under your rib cage – this is your power source.

Then declare it, feel it, demand it, yell it, cry it, growl it, write it, sing it, whisper it, think it, pray it, cart wheel it down the beach or in your backyard.  There is no right or wrong way to ROAR!  As long as it comes from you and is for you and your well-being.

Then, when it is over, after you have ROAR!-ed your mighty ROAR!, replace it with that which is beautiful.  Bring in the light of peace, of joy, of surrender, of gratitude.  Bring into your body the love of all that is right in the world, your world.  Let this swirl around inside you and fill up the empty holes where your ROAR! released years, if not a lifetime, of pain and suffering.  Then smile and send that out into the world too.

You see, you are that pebble in the water.  Those consecutive rings are your energy of ROAR! and your LOVE! that you just sent out in front, beside and behind you.  So, no matter which way you turn, you walk into the future you created. 

The future YOU created.

On September 1, 2012 start sharing your ROAR! with Wild Sister Magazine and ROAR! with Cinda.  Tweet it, Facebook it, Pinterest it, Blog it, video it, photograph it.  We are ready and prepared to hold sacred space for you as you prepare to change your world.

Are you ready?  Get Set…. ROAR!

Welcome to Wild Sister Issue 13!!!!  

It is also their birthday issue.   

I have had the honor of writing for Wild Sister since its conception one year ago and I have loved, loved, loved every minute of it.  I first met editor, Jen Saunders through her blog My Smiling Heart http://mysmilingheart.org/.  She had shared ROAR! on it, and had contacted me to say it was attracting a lot of attention.  She was living in China, of all places, at the time and started Wild Sister while she was living there. She then moved back to home country of Australia, taking Wild Sisters with her.

In this issue of Wild Sister, the theme is Making Dreams Come True.  

I was way busy with my oldest, Eric, graduating from high school and all the volunteer work that goes into that, when you are a PTA mom like I am.  So, I didn't have an article to turn in. Instead I offered Jen a video I had taken on my smart phone.  It is a video of my sacred and secret place I found with my dog, Maggie, along the Tualatin River.  This place - on the bolder I sit, with the sound of the river, and the birds of all kinds keeping my dog occupied, I ground myself and come back to center.  When I leave, I am back in the flow of my life and willing and ready to take on all the gifts the universe has ready to provide for me.  This is about as close to making dreams come true as I can get, so I am grateful that Jen loved it, I hope you do to.

The other bonus, and this is BIG!!!, is when you subscribe to this issue, you will receive a free ebook that  Jen put together called "The Wild Sister Guide to Changing the World" and I am one of ten featured women!!! What a surprise and an honor

So, subscribe here:  

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