I dwell in the realms of magic,

I know what the honey bees know,

I speak the language of the babbling spring,

And the serpent power below…

A song of the Nymphs, as remembered by Jennifer Posada

Yesterday, in the dazzling sun on my porch, I leaned into the rosemary blossoms next to me, waiting for the bees…

At first I thought that the Bee Priestesses and Nymphs were on my mind solely because of the upcoming course I am teaching, but yesterday on my porch I realized their messages were clear…that this information was needed on a much more far-reaching level right now. This window of time between the recent equinox and the upcoming eclipses (April 20th, and May 5^th) is a powerful one, and these messages are just what we need right now to make the most of this next transformational shift time.

These two April/May eclipses and the lead up to them mark a time period of a great metamorphosis of the heart. This change, like a butterfly leaving its cocoon or a snake shedding its skin, signals a radical leaving behind of past material or even identity, and ultimately the bursting forward of new life and energy in the heart.

We have awaited this change for some time, feeling like we are ready for the new but that certain old energies of the heart were holding strong no matter what else changed within or around us, and therefore holding us back as well. We have longed for the sense that our whole selves were embracing the new movements within us, and yet felt tied as if to one last heavy stone deep beneath the waters. Sometimes we have felt clear on what this stone really represents, and at other times its significance has felt very mysterious.

To shed some light on the mystery, this stone is a deep memory stone. It is the cumulative material that is unfinished in our hearts and has most weighed us down, but it is also a great gift and servant. It is the promise we made to ourselves that we would not forget where the treasure was. (Yep, it’s under the stone, and the rope that ties us to it is what we will follow to find it again.)

The rock is not unmovable as it has sometimes seemed…it is not a lifetime endeavor of toiling and suffering that will make it move aside and reveal the treasure beneath…we need, rather than muscle and painful effort, something more like surrender, softening, and the willingness to take great risks…great risks of the heart. The stone will tell us never to take those risks, warn us and remind us of pains we knew before, but it is only doing what we asked of it long ago…making sure we are truly ready to break through and dive in, and that until we are we won’t forget where “x” marks the spot.

So, how do we reach this treasure? How do we attain this softening and surrender that allows us to know which risks are right for us to take with our hearts and gives us the courage to do so? This is where the bees come in…and the Nymphs and Priestesses who communed with them and knew their great secrets that we all so much need again now…

While there are a great number and many levels of these secrets, there are two that I have been asked to talk about today that will serve us in this next great unveiling of the heart…because it is this great heart’s unveiling that will provide the missing piece in all of the work we have been doing, and that is the next step in moving toward the fuller unveiling of your being, and walking whole-heartedly, open-heartedly on this planet in the new world. It is this unveiling of the heart, one more petal opening at a crucial place within that lets you feel your heart’s glow more powerfully than ever before, and that leads to the life your heart dreams of. It is by this glow that we will finally be able to see these dreams more clearly than ever before as well. It is in knowing and hearing the heart that we are guided, and when she reveals her desires the world is made anew…first within and then without.

The first secret of the Bee Nymphs and Priestesses that will help us right now is the how to use the ability to buzz. We have been thinking good thoughts, or doing our best to, for a long time now, and what we really need to take it to the next level is vibration…actual physical movement, especially of the entire chest cavity. Adding this level of physical movement of the chest area will potently increase the energies of clearing, restoration and new inspiration in the heart that will be occurring up until and through the eclipses. The buzzing is a catalyst, a fire-starter, a magical ingredient in a most potent alchemy of the heart, body and soul…

The Basic Buzzing Practice:

1. Get comfy. Be in a place that feels good and relaxing to you, and where you will not be interrupted. (Really check in with your body and make sure you are physically comfortable before you begin.)

2. Begin with a few deep breaths and checking in with the feelings or thoughts that naturally may come up when you relax. When you have had some breaths and acknowledged whatever needs to come up by simply noticing it…

3. Hum a little. (With lips closed make a sound.) Play with moving your mouth in different ways with lips still closed. See if you can make your lips buzz. Notice where you feel vibration. (This is a very helpful warm-up before the next step.)

4. Now, being sure to take breaths often and take it gently (it’s easy to get extremely light-headed very quickly otherwise,) make bee sounds. (Make “zzzz” sounds…lips must be at least a little open.) Experiment. Do this, or return to exploring this kind of sound until you can feel your chest vibrate. Read on about an intention that is the last addition to this practice…

So, to Break it Down:

1. Get comfy

2. Breathe

3. Hum a little

4. Buzz until your chest vibrates

5. Add visualizations discussed below

This too is a vast and powerful alchemy that I will just be able to touch upon here, but I will still be able to give enough information to put to phenomenal use in the coming weeks. So, to begin directly, the first step to creating “honey” in your life (which is the ultimate “gold” of the alchemists…the consummate and most desired outcome of purest transformation,) you have to begin with nectar.

Nectar, as it is for our buzzing friends, is crucially important to our well-being in life. It is what compels, fills, and nurtures us. It comes from any and all of the experiences in life that lift us up, fill us up, and make us feel pleasured and alive. Nectar for you may be a walk in the park, a beautiful sunset, a delicious latte in your favorite spot by the window, a moving book, an all-night dance party, a hot bath, a sky full of stars, a child’s laughter, or any other of a countless number of possibilities. But only you know what brings you nectar, and it can’t be pretended, and it can change from day to day. Really gathering the nectar of a situation requires being present enough to notice it, and receiving it.

If you have doubts about whether or not it is alright for you to receive the nectar in your life I have good news for you…like a honey bee, every time you gather nectar you leave pollen. You bless and fertilize every single “flower” you truly and consciously enjoy the nectar from in your life. (Even if it doesn’t look that way on the surface or right away.) And finding nectar, once we allow ourselves the pleasure and give it our focus, is as easy as finding a beautiful flower. If you are paying attention, the moment you notice it, it will draw you right in. Oh yes, it really is about “stopping to smell the roses” in your life. Certainly there will be winters…times where you haven’t seen a “flower” or felt a source of nectar in a long time…but just wait, have as much faith as you can muster, and watch…keep paying attention. Spring always comes.

When you have nectar in your life, the honey comes naturally. You are able to follow your heart and it will lead you right to it. Nectar supports your inner guidance, and honey…well honey is the product of your experience of pleasure. It is the fruit of nourishing yourself that only nourishes you further and more powerfully. We are going to need this nourishment in order to heal and renew our hearts, and to be inspired and energized to step into the new worlds that open for us when we do.

So here is the full practice, to be enjoyed as often as possible for the next couple of months, or as long as you’d like…(in the bath, shower, lying in bed, sitting at your desk…anywhere that works for you.) Begin with the buzzing…getting comfortable, breathing and noticing your feelings, then humming a bit before moving into the basic buzzing sound, attempting to keep your chest area vibrating. Now, bring forth an image or fantasy about something that gives you the feeling of nectar. Something that, very simply, makes you feel good inside. In doing so, you are planting a seed in the most fertile possible soil. You are using the power of something that moves you, lights you up inside, with the amplification of physical and heart vibration.

You can experiment with various imagery or fantasies that you know are sources of positive energy or joy for you. The wonderful thing about this is that you don’t have to even yet have this actual nectar in your life, but you are making room very clearly for it to enter. You can also use, of course, the most potent sources of joy and pleasure you do have in your life now to enhance their properties and benefits for you…and of course the many others touched by the ripple effect of your radiance. You can even use a circumstance you are literally in at the moment (the feeling of your hot shower, the beauty of sitting under your favorite tree on a sunny day…) while buzzing. In all of these circumstances (using a current experience, using imagery from something in your life now, or visualizations of situations not yet being experienced in your life) will become sustenance in this practice.

You may need to start with very brief periods of time working this practice because it is so powerful and, as I mentioned, can make you very light-headed, so remember to pay attention to your body and work up to longer periods of time, if you’d like to, slowly if needed.

There is a reason that honey bees have come into the spotlight in recent years, first and foremost of course because they need our attention so that they can survive. And, of course, we are now aware that we need them so that we can survive as well, since they are responsible for making possible most of the food we eat. But the other great reason is that they carry the messages of the Bee Nymphs and Priestesses who understood the deeper mysteries and power that the bees model for us…you see, that nectar and the honey it ultimately helps to create are not optional for bees, nor are they for us. The Bee Nymphs and Priestesses knew that without the nourishment of pleasure and positive vibration we could not live and thrive, but instead would shut down inside and barely survive.

Remember, on the days that you feel that you are barely surviving and all this nectar, honey and buzzing seems far-fetched and useless to you, to simply be very gentle with yourself. Let yourself feel as down as you need to, without any pressure to somehow buzz harder and change your life. This is part of honoring the flower that you are. This acceptance and self-love is what ultimately makes room for the blossom. This knowing lives in the heart of the bee. It purrs there, softly whispering of honey to come.

These times will be challenging at moments…perhaps very challenging. Our hearts will need to break in some places to make room for the change and the beginning. But when you see the new light coming through the cracks, and the new growth, soft and fresh, replacing the hard spots, you will rejoice. Give yourself plenty of space to have deep feelings in this time, and to express them as you’d like…in writing, song, conversation, paint, dance…any creative outlet for these feelings will support you profoundly in the breakthrough. And the breakthrough of the heart at this time will be grand indeed.

For heady times, free of past constraints and limitations, will be opening before you soon. Times you have waited long for, and often with a longing heart. That longing will be the birth of a new beginning. The seed planted in golden fields…of honey. The seed that you have carried in your pocket since you were very small, waiting for just that moment when the time was right, the time to dare to trust again in the dreams of your bright, buzzing, nectar-filled heart…and revel in the honey that follows…

Love,
Jennifer