Clarissa Pinkola Estes~ author ofWomen Who Run with the Wolves , and her wisdom

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"We do not become writers, dancers, musicians, helpers, peacemakers. We came as such. We are. Some of us are still catching up to what we are." Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes

The way to maintain one's connection to the wild is to ask yourself what it is that you want.-

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

“If you have yet to be called an incorrigible, defiant woman, don't worry, there is still time” ~

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

I'll tell you right now, the doors to the world of the Wild Self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door; if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much that you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door. - Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Initiation is the process by which we turn from our natural inclination to remain unconscious and decide that whatever it takes - suffering, striving, enduring - we will pursue conscious union with the deeper mind, the wild self ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes

" Each woman has potential access to Rio Abajo Rio, this river beneath the river. She arrives there through deep meditation, dance, writing, painting, prayermaking, singing, drumming, active imagination, or any activity which requires an intense altered consciousness. A woman arrives in this world-between worlds through yearning and by seeking something she can see just out of the corner of her eye.... We carry ' La que sabe', the One Who Knows" -Clarissa Pinkola Estes Art by IronBird

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"The old one, The One Who Knows, is within us. She thrives in the deepest soul-psyche of women, the ancient and vital wild Self. Her home is that place in time whre the spirit of women and the spirit wolf meet- the place where the mind and instincts mingle, where a woman's deep life funds her mundane life. It is the point where the I and the Thou kiss, the place where, in all spirit, women run with the wolves." Clarissa Pinkola Estes (posted on fb by Do It Girl)

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Healthy wolves and healthy women share certain psychic characteristics: keen sensing, playful spirit, and a heightened capacity for devotion. Wolves and women are relational by nature, inquiring, possessed of great endurance and strength. They are deeply intuitive, intensely concerned with their young, their mates, and their pack. They are experienced in adapting to constantly changing circumstances; they are fiercely stalwart and very brave. -Clarissa Pinkola Estes

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I AM...........

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“Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. Her name is Wild Woman, but she is an endangered species. Though the gifts of the wildish nature come to us at birth, society’s attempt to “civilize” us into rigid roles has plundered this treasure, and muffled the deep, life-giving messages of our own souls.” ~Clarissa Pinkola Estés (Women Who Run With the Wolves) WILD WOMAN SISTERHOOD™

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“I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and you laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.” ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estés

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"The old one, The One Who Knows, is within us. She thrives in the deepest soul-psyche of women, the ancient and vital wild Self. Her home is that place in time whre the spirit of women and the spirit wolf meet- the place where the mind and instincts mingle, where a woman's deep life funds her mundane life. It is the point where the I and the Thou kiss, the place where, in all spirit, women run with the wolves." Clarissa Pinkola Estes

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"Her home is that place in time where the spirit of women and the spirit of wolf meet - the place where mind and instincts mingle, where a woman's deep life funds her mundane life. It is the point where the I and Thou kiss, the place where, in all spirit, women run with the wolves." --Clarissa Pinkola Estés | Photo © Antonio Mora

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No matter where we are, the shadow that trots behind us is definitely four-footed. |Clarissa Pinkola Estes

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The spirit that moves me

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"While in modern society a women's loss of innocence is often ignored, in the underground forest a woman who has lived through the demise of her innocence is seen as someone special, in part because she has been hurt, but much more so because she has gone on, because she is working hard to understand, to peel back the layers of her perceptions and her defences to see what lies underneath. In that world, her loss of innocence is treated as a rite of passage."

Clarissa Pinkola Estes | Artwork by Jeanie Tomanek