carola marashi – In2it! BUMP UP Your Intuition

WISE FOOL

How can you feel generous?

How can you believe there’s enough?

Enough clean water and air,

and peace on this planet?

How can you believe that your creativity

makes this a better world?

How can you trust your prayers are heard?

Sometimes a Wise Fool has to fake it to make it!

How do you know the difference

between reality and imagination?

As a Wise Fool you know there is

NO difference!

Your body’s WISE!

It tells NO LIES!

Yet your body doesn’t know the difference

between imagination and what is ‘real’.

Your Wise Fool shakes you ‘awake’!

Excited!

“Get up! See your dreams come true!”

Even when you can’t remember your dreams, yet.

Your Wise Fool spills your glass half full-

“See your gifts!

Give them away!

Make room for more!”

even when your glass looks half empty.

If you pulled wise fool-

It’s time to round out your wisdom.

Wiggle when you walk.

Jiggle when you laugh.

As woman-feel your breasts rise when you inhale.

As man-feel your groin swell when you exhale.

Remember, we are both man and woman.

It’s time to shake off the shackles

that hold back your joy for being alive!

Move into your body!

Relish in your fluid motions.

Applaud your fluid Emotions.

Whatever body restrictions you have

LET THEM GO!

Abundance is the key, not deprivation!

As Wise Fool you are being called to wise up!

Strut your stuff!

It’s your human right to

freely express your joy in life!

What is there to be joyful about?

That you can wiggle, jiggle, laugh, and drool!

Your body is alive.

Compliment the next ‘stranger’ you come across.

Generously tip the next service you receive-

Street Artist, coffee stand server,

library assistant, yoga teacher.

The next time you burp out loud,

LAUGH instead of saying excuse me!

Practice Abundance!

It’s Contagious.

WILD CARD

“I’m sorry, if you were right,

I’d agree with you.”

-Robin Williams

WILD CARD

Every deck has a wild card, a joker.

Every court has a jester.

Every circus has a clown.

My favorite Goddess is BAUBO.

Her eyes are her nipples and her mouth

is her vulva. She is who brings Demeter, Mother Goddess,

back to life through laughter.

Just when you’re taking life too seriously,

you draw the wild card.

Jokers see life in cartoon characters.

Remember taking someone too seriously?

Remember feeling way too heavy and

constricted by your narrow mind?

A Joker would see a big butt-

instead of a serious person.

The Joker doesn’t see a head on this character,

just big butt.

The butt is huge because their head is up their butt.

No one can understand the noises they’re making

because the noise is farts.

Their comments and opinions can’t hurt anyone

because they’re just farting.

No one can judge them any more

because everyone farts now and then.

If the Wild Card popped up for you–

Come take a walk on the wild side of life.

Your untamed, natural, instinctual side

desires your company.

Where does your wild hide?

Climb a tree.

Stroll through a native plant nursery.

Walk in a strange alley.

Or maybe it’s just taking private time for yourself.

Read a comic book or

free-style doodle instead of e-mail.

Remember how to Day Dream.

Let your mind go astray.

Take the long way home.

Your Wild Side

SCRATCHED GRAFITTI

ON YOUR BATHROOM WALL:

“Love teaches even asses to dance.”

-unknown-

“You will find AWEsomeness in your wildest thoughts;

Your wildest dreams.

You are never alone.

You are always ALL ONE.

Your wild side is here to remind you to

skip, hop, jump into your imagination.

Your intuition NEEDS your wild side.

REFLECTION

“Close both eyes, to see with the other eye.” Rumi

REFLECTION

Now, more than ever, were flooded

with images, sounds,

choices, and promises.

Our intuition is what keeps us from drowning.

Intuition makes authenticity bright like neon.

Intuition is what catches your attention.

When you’re in the blur of reality,

your inner guide directs your focus.

Where attention goes, spirit flows.

Following your intuition strengthens your

self-reflection muscles!

If you pulled reflection –

Your bones are made up of

the same stuff as sea shells.

Your blood is the same salt solution

as the ocean.

You are over 80% water.

So is our planet earth.

You are electricity.

You are the elements.

Give yourself the gift of being caressed

by mother nature.

Take a moment and move your body.

Gently stretch. Gently breathe in and out a sigh.

You’re the soothing warmth of winter sunshine.

You’re the dazzle of light

on a wide sandy beach.

You’re the gentle sway of tall grasses

in a large meadow.

Ahhhhhhh.

This is your gift from mother nature.

She knows best what rejuvenates your soul.

You are strong, yet delicate,

fierce and unpredictable

as Mother Nature.

BREATHE IN THE WONDER YOU ARE.

You are her reflection.

Radiant

Forgiving

Dedicated

Generous

Resilient

Abundant

HALLOW TREE

HALLOW TREE

“For what is it to die,

But to stand in the sun and

melt into the wind?

And when the Earth has claimed our limbs,

Then we shall truly dance.”

Kahlil Gibran

Hallow tree reaches and bends.

Hallow tree is cradled in father sky arms.

Hallow tree is deeply rooted.

Hallow tree is nestled in mother’s heart and belly.

Hallow tree holds onto both heaven and earth.

The large limbs and trunk

match the root system.

Hallow tree matches above and below.

Hallow tree holds the earth.

Hallow tree rides water, sun, and wind.

Hallow tree dances the storm, the drought, and flood.

If you pulled hallow tree

You are being reminded that you are connected

to heaven and earth.

Re-Member your royal lineage of

Mother Earth and Father Sky.

Like the tree of life,

you serve all:

Worm, Ant, Spider, Squirrel, Deer, Bear, Owl.

Your wisdom connects to

the core of mother earth.

Your presence reaches beyond the sky.

We all come from mama.

You recharge from connecting to the earth.

Just sink into her.

She freely offers her nourishment.

Embrace your power by connecting to Father Sky.

Reach out, extend, be vulnerable.

Take a risk and be human,

You’re an endless cycle of

giving and receiving.

WEB

WEB:

What if following our intuition is like

weaving a huge spider web?

What if when one person moves, we all feel it.

What if with every risk we take

the web gets stronger?

What if each time we show up authentically

and witness such incredible expression

of what human is,

spirit spins a wetter, tighter web?

What if we

pull,

pounce,

rip,

tear,

bite,

scratch,

scream,

shout!

We are spirit birthing human?

If you pulled web –

Your life experiences create a sticky web for you.

Your wisdom and community

hold you in integrity and accountability.

You literally have the floor, walls, and ceiling

holding you as you let go.

It’s time to

feel safe enough to let go that far.

You risk being that open and not get stuck.

You commit to keep on moving

past your defenses of ‘shut down’.

You go In2it!

When someone is real, you feel it.

You match him or her in their authenticity.

You remember we’re all in this together.

You let go-out of your head,

and sink down

and feel caught

by your invisible spider web.

Your web vibrates,

breathes,

pulsates life.

YOU ARE spirit birthing human.

SHOUT!

Shout!

I’m big.

I’m bold.

I’m alive.

I take up space-

sound space-air space.

I inhale all the oxygen in the room

and there’s still enough for everyone.

I take up all the space in the room

and there’s still enough for everyone.

I dare to

sing opera off key

laugh ‘til I slobber

laugh ‘til I cry

exclaim I am human!

I dare to be all that I am

to surprise me.

If you pulled shout –

You are being called to be loud.

Blow it out.

The universe wants to feel your vibration fully.

Don’t hold back.

Give it up.

Whatever wants to come out

needs to be set free right now.

SHOUT!

Release !

Whatever wants to come out

is not for you to know until you release it.

It may feel strange.

Trust it will become music

when you make sound.

You are a vessel.

Your vessel is full of sound

that wants to be liberated.

HOPE

“If you just set people in motion

they’ll heal themselves.”

Gabrielle Roth

HOPE:

I’m Dying to be alive

Violently praying

Holding on to letting go

My opposites crash into each other

Human birthing spirit

Spirit birthing human

In2it!

I am

raw

spontaneous

unrehearsed

Free to express

Tearing my heart open

Breaking down my resistance.

One gasp of breath.

One heart beat.

Through my vulnerability

prayer enters.

Through my heart breaking

spirit enters.

Free to connect

Flesh to flesh

Sweat to sweat

Teardrop to teardrop

Pounding heart beat

in sacred space

Whatever I express serves

human becoming spirit.

If you pulled hope:

There is light at the end of the tunnel.

There is life after death.

There is laughter after a big hard cry.

You are more than your story.

You are more than you think,

You are more than you believe.

A prayer of hope for YOU:

Reigning goddess of penetrating presence

Penetrate my heart

with exploding love.

Pierce through any doubt

of the magnificence I am.

Pop!

Pow!

Boi-ing!

Zap!

Bing!

Viola!

The deeper you go, the higher you fly.

You are a butterfly.

You are magnificent.

Spread your wings.

Feel the air lift you.

Faith fluffs your wings.

Beam

Yes! you are bright.

Bright laughter.

Bright heart.

Let your light shine.

YOU penetrate smallness.

Your presence illuminates all the way

into the corners of the room.

FAMILY

“It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.”

-Tom Robbins

FAMILY:
You come into this world a babe.

You crawl on your belly and

take your first steps.

You enter the world totally helpless.

You pee all over yourself

and someone lovingly cleans you up.

With your family you feel your first disappointments

and recover,

still believing in the love you all share.

With your family

you learn that emotions run through you.

You are not your emotions.

You hurt and get hurt

and still keep on loving yourself and your family.

You learn how to be human.

You make mistakes.

You take risks and do things wrong.

You grow from a snotty nose kid,

into a compassionate and sharing human being.

You are home.

You can be yourself.

You lay your heart wide open.

You see with your heart.

You hear with your heart.

You feel with your heart.

Here is where you give and receive love.

Here is where you eat from your table.

You scoop up on your plate what you desire,

and don’t have to eat the whole thing.

Your boundaries expand and contract

and you don’t die from it.

You just stretch and become

the hugeness that you truly are.

Here you dance your truth

and come back again and again.

You have a seat at your table.

You are always invited to be here.

Here you have a seat at your table.

Here you ingest what is served.

Here you serve what you have created.

The table is round.

Here you have a seat at your table.

You are home.

If you pulled family,

you are being asked to

Surround yourself

with familiarity.

Intimately know the trees that shelter you

from wind, rain, sun, sound.

They are your lungs.

Intimately know the earth your home rests upon.

Water it with your sweat and tears.

Soften it with your love and attention.

Feed it by composting your fears.

Learn the native around you: plants, animals.

What is wild around you

that you can preserve?

Let the Dandelions grow!

Nurture the wild.

The wild is a part of you.

The wild is your family.

Birds, bees, squirrels, spiders are not a nuisance.

FAMILY:

Where you freely give and receive love.

HOME:

Your sanctuary to recharge your heart center.

Your neighbors ARE

your guardians.

You keep each other safe.

Being familiar with who and what surrounds you

is your True homeland security.

ELASTIC

“You can’t have creativity

unless you leave behind the bounded,

the fixed, all the rules.”

-Joseph Campbell

ELASTIC

You’re vulnerable.

Your hard muscles go soft.

Your fleshy raw emotion oozes out.

Authenticity burns like blue fire.

Your muscles get tired carrying your weight.

Letting go feels like you’re dying.

Salty sweat and tears

wash your old hurts clean.

Your bloody heart

feeds your tired liver with hope.

You breathe love into your lungs.

You see with soft eyes,

feel with new skin,

and hear with fresh ears.

Your bones carry you, not your muscles.

Your community cradles you.

If you pulled elastic –

You are ready to step In2it!

You are following your sense of

Sight, sound, touch, smell, taste,

And your 6^th sense of Trusting Your Intuition.

You entered this world as a baby.

Your bones were not developed yet.

You were more cartilage than bone.

Your bones strengthen when

you started carrying your own weight.

Your strength is that you’re liquid.

You’re elastic.

You stretch.

You bounce.

You rebound.

Your boundaries are elastic.

You’re either expanding or contracting.

You surprise yourself with how elastic you are.

The floor that carries you

is like a trampoline.

You know that being ‘rock solid’

is flexible and everchanging.

You know that being ‘together’ is being relaxed.

REACH BEYOND

WHAT YOU THINK YOU CAN.

SUNBURST

SUNBURST

I come here to see my shadow dance.

I come here to exaggerate my shadow

and watch it shrink as I shower it with love.

With your love, your compassion

Now with my own love and self-compassion.

I keep coming back.

Back and forth.

Following my shadow cast from my sunlight.

I keep showing up

cutting a groove

that leads down into me.

My belly button pounds to escape

my comfort zone.

THUMP! THUMP!

Heart beat.

Loud fear.

THUMP! THUMP!

Feet stomp.

Courage stalks memories.

A tight lipped hiss inhale.

Inhale fear.

A slow pressing exhale.

Exhale courage.

Tears and sweat roll down my body

melting my fear into the floor.

I dance in a puddle.

My puddle turns into pond.

Pond swells into a creek.

Creek spills into river.

Gushing hope.

Breaking dams.

Flooding my dance

with love.

Looking into my puddle

I see sunbursts.

I come here to see my shadow dance.

I come here to exaggerate my shadow

and watch it shrink as I shower it with love.

With your love, your compassion

Now with my own love and self-compassion.

If you pulled sunburst

you are the center of your universe.

What burns inside you

beams out of you

unstoppable.

You know what your heart desires.

You know your truth.

NO negotiating.

NO compromise.

NO shadow operating today.

Your relationships feel you

see you

hear you.

Your presence makes this world

a better place.

Show up for yourself.

Be SELF-ish with a Capitol S!

you are the center of your universe.