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 Will you do me a favor and please try harder?! Try harder to do it all. To have a perfectly clean house. To ensure your kids are safe. To have a flawless complexion and beautifully manicured nails. To ensure your ass looks great in yoga pants. To be the loving partner written about in poems. To ensure that people like you. To be sure and be nice to everyone (don't want to offend anyone because it’s a small town and people will talk). Try super hard to judge yourself. Oh, and please compare yourself with every facebook friend who appears to have a fairytale life.
Can you do that for me? Can you try harder? You know I didn’t even need to ask. Because as I look into my crystal ball, I see many of you already having the above items on your daily to-do list. If not in action they at least float in your thoughts. For the collective is attempting to live (and glorify) a busy life of stuff ~ and in the process barely managing to keep their heads above the snow. Everyone is trying hard just to exist. When we just exist, guess what often gets left behind?
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10 years ago I was in a ring situated in the heart of Washington DC. This type of ring wasn’t adorned with flowers or magical unicorns ~ it was a boxing ring. I had the privilege to train with a retired professional boxer. Laurence taught me to jab, punch, bob and weave and most of all...not to get hit. I remember on one training day ~ when my stomach muscles hurt and my breathing was labored ~ trust me ~ 3 is my all time favorite number ~ but that number observed in a boxing ring seems FOREVER. {One round of boxing is 3 minutes which also equals infinity}. Between the panting and sweating ~ my boxing teacher said “I have never seen anyone pick up the grace within boxing as quickly as you have”.
My quick witted reply was ~ I practice yoga. Encased by energies of Mayan Temples and healing Caribbean waters, sneak away this winter for a 5 night Shamanic Yoga Retreat in Tulum, Mexico. From soothing yoga and shamanic meditation sessions by the pool & a bamboo jungle hugged balcony ~ to deep dive dharma healing chats cooking, lounging, and adventuring with a small intimate group...join Wendy Billie as you nurture in nature on a magical vacation with purpose.
 The anger and frustration in our energy field is palpable. We all desire for more peace ~ for radiance of health ~ for deeper connections. And now is the time to shift those energies! Yes. You can by quieting your mind, opening your heart, and living with more compassion.
To meditate. A sitting practice to go in. Dive deep. & Listen. Listen for the infinite wisdom that is awaiting in the crevices of You. The YOU that is pure love and light. The depths of you where compassion is the default. Now is the time to receive and share from your awakened radiant light. Join me...  She could see half of the cat and the rest disappeared. As the mist engulfed the entire furry feline, Stef rose from the bed and followed. She was visibly angelic ~ her essence filled with peace, beauty and calm. Theresa had witnessed her sister pass through the spiritual veil ~ being lead by her faithful kitty friend. Stef’s human suffering with cancer was over and her new journey had begun.
Being formerly agnostic ~ not knowing how or what to believe ~ Theresa was forever changed. She had seen truth.  From Wonder Woman to She Ra Princess of Power to Super Girl ... to your own bathroom mirror ~ You are being called to rise up in your awesomeness and wake up fully in this world. The phrase “you got this!” is running from mouths and being printed on t-shirts. But, in all that “I am woman hear me roar” energy...do you find yourself tired? A bit confused? Wondering (pun intended) ... how can I do all this and keep my sanity?
Trust me. Other women are having similar feels! They ~ we ~ are seeking ways to find ourselves and keep life in a state of harmony. Do you wish for a tribe to support you on this deep soul level?  Silent Detox RetreatNov 9-12, 2018 | Lake Melissa, MN In Silence the Truth Comes Out. A Deeper Connection to Self happens. Join Wendy Billie on this deeply cleansing, healing, and intuitive awakening silent retreat with the support of nature's quiet wisdom.
Leave all technology behind, leave the incessant noise behind, and take a break from the service you give to others with each glance and word spoken & experience a weekend like no other.  I love soulful adventuring. Throwing my hikers and water bottle in the mini cooper, with my trusty furry co-explorer riding shotgun. And, the mini comes equipped with a journal and yoga mat at my disposal. So when a dear artist friend said, “lets rent a bus and take people to some of your favorite spiritual places”...the heart fluttered with excitement and I knew it would happen.
 It is a bird song filled morning. The sun is streaming through the leaves of the birch tree and the temperature is oh so perfect at 70 degrees. I’m sipping on my most favorite of morning drinks ~ a dark coffee with a splash of cream adorned with cinnamon, cardamon, and some local honey. My dog is lounging on her couch and I’m chilling on my bright turquoise adirondack surrounded by green plants on my little porch. The breeze is sampling its breath upon my cheek. And just minutes before, I was brushed by my lovers lips and my meditation cushion had her time with me. Life is full with so much beauty.
And yet. Here I sit. Trying to figure (trivial) shit out.  We sat cross-legged casually facing each other on the bear skin rug. My shaman guide smiled and spoke for the first time “is hawk a spirit animal that works with you”? A smile donned my lips and an audible yes filled the space. “He is circling the parking lot from where you just came”. We both looked out the window and smiled with a deep knowing.
 Movement. Mala. Meditation. Roll out your yoga mat on the beach and let Wendy Billie & Mother Nature serve as your guides as you move your body, mind, & soul to awaken and harmonize the 2nd (sacral) chakra & the 5th (throat) chakra energy portals. These powerful spiraling energetic forces within you will help ignite your creative essence as you then design a unique gemstone mala.
 Peaceful Warrior Woman Retreat @ Ottertail Lake, MN August 25th & 26th, 2018 In 2016, I was called to create a Women's Awakening Festival. Incredible souls showed up from all over the midwest (and further) to embark on a journey to wake up their "authentic ~ creative truth" (5th chakra energies). The energies continued into 2017 as the theme evolved into the beauty of "intuitive knowing" (6th chakra energies) at the 2nd Annual Women's Awakening Festival. And now, here we are in the midst of 2018. With my ear to my heart, I have been receiving new guidance.
Shamanic Yoga & Spirit Animal Wisdom @ Yoga One Alexandria, MNMay 20th, 2018  Listen. They are calling.
The hummingbirds flittered and the jaguars roared. The heart of her soul received their messages. Head 2 Heart: Healing Yoga Retreat @ Menahga, MNMay 4-6, 2018  We live most of our life moments being guided by the over analytical mind. And in that space, we often lose touch with our passions, our purpose, our truth. But when we shift our focus to first seek the heart’s wisdom, we return to the light within and we hear our truest calling. We hear the messages that will heal us ~ helping us evolve and expand our consciousness.
 During a recent FaceTime chat with a soul sister, I shared that I had just created a cozy boho space in my basement. I’ve had that little dream in my heart for awhile and it is was so fun to see all the little enjoyable projects turn into something magical.
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