At last I make it to Starwood, to festival. After a long week and long trip, I sit by the campfire and feel the call. Dancing..feel it in my body as I hear the drums. The beat resonates in my bones, in my blood, echoing in the rhythm of my beating heart. My body is tired and my soul longs to dance. I heed the call, I dance, I circle, I chant. My body is fed, my body is joyful, my body is tired. I succumb to rest, behind the drums, I sleep within the drum beat and feel as securely held by the beats as an Indian baby snugly bound in a cradle board. My body soaks in the healing vibrations of the drums as I slumber. Suddenly the rhythm wakes me, is in me. I jump up and allow its dance to manifest through me. Wild Woman emerges through my body, her body, her limbs. She drinks in the rhythm. She is hungry to dance, to laugh, to feel the drums. I watch my body move. I feel the rhythm, spirit, wildness coursing through my undulating body. Wild Woman is alive in me. Contagious wildness spreads throughout the circle, throughout the drummers, the dancers. She draws all in. Wild Joy. Uncontainable. Undefinable. Undeniable, in my body, in the flames of the fire, in my heart. I surrender to Wild Woman and am consumed, devoured..Only joy remains..
Wild Woman Dances to the Beat of My Heart
August 3, 2009 at 10:54 pm (Wild Heart Beats by Kiana Love)
Amma Comes to NYC
July 6, 2009 at 4:41 pm (Uncategorized)
New York will once again be hosting Amma during her U.S. Summer Tour. She will be here Tuesday, July 7th; Wednesday, July 8th and Thursday, July 9th. All programs will be held at the Manhattan Center, 311 W. 34th Street, New York, NY 10001. They are free of charge. Click here for more info.
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Amma holds a special and infinitely vast space in my heart. I chose the name Love as a reminder to be loving in everything that I do. Seeing Amma on her yearly visit to NYC has provided me an opportunity to be filled with unconditional loving energy and supports me in being loving throughout the rest of the year.
I first met her through an intense, muscled, wildly tattooed and big-hearted Scorpio friend of mine. I went to see her and waited for hours to get a hug from her and next thing I knew, I was hooked. The next day, I went back and received a mantra which has supported me in my healing.
She is an amazing embodiment of loving divine mother energy. I start every healing session I do by inviting her loving presence in. Meeting with her is a wonderful way of connecting to your own divine mother goddess nature. I invite you to join me and drink your fill of the loving energy that permeates the air when she is here..
You can join me Tuesday morning when she first comes to town or during her puja Thursday evening.
blissings,
Kiana Love
“As the embodiment of supreme motherhood, she welcomes every person who comes to her, listens to his or her problems, offers advice and guidance, and brings reassurance to a troubled heart.”
www.amma.org
Get Sexy with Be Wild Gardening
July 2, 2009 at 3:19 pm (Uncategorized)
On Alternet I found Makenna Goodman’s article painting a hot & heavy picture of gardening
Gardening Make Your Sex Life Better?
The moment I saw this article, I thought – Yes!
Gardening & getting in touch with your wildness, your inner wild woman through nurturing her wild ecology, can make your sex life better. And we do mean ecology because the plants, trees, and creatures, us included, are all in wild relationship.
Noelle, our Wild Musings blogger and resident ecologist, says that when you tend to plant life, you are tending to the whole biological community because we’re all connected. As an intern for a tropical forest ecology program in Costa Rica, she experienced firsthand the deep interconnections between all lifeforms. She remembers the Cecropia trees with their resident ant communities, how the trees provided nourishment for the ants while the ants in turn fiercely protected the trees. Mutual benefits, mutual pleasure – what a great analogy for both gardening and sex!
When we’re gardening and watching the wildness of the garden, it resonates with our own wildness. What’s more sexy than connecting to our inner wild woman that intrinsically knows what wild is, what sensual is? The way she feels when she digs her fingers in the dirt, the rich soil.. when she notices the scent of cinammon basil.. when she reaches down and tastes the sweet leaf of stevia or the tangy lemon of sorrel.. when she enjoys the sharp bite of spicy salad greens, nurturing herself with nature’s wild greens so that she can frolic for hours and hours… She resonates with what wildness looks and feels like when she sees plants reaching up for the sun or leaves sprawling out. She sees the undeniable wildness of a plant that refuses to be eradicated and insists on growing abundant and wild. This is sexy.
Join us for some sexy wild gardening!
wild blissings,
Kiana Love
March 26, 2009 at 1:10 pm (Current Events, Uncategorized)
Be Wild Woman of the Kakini Health is proud to present in collaboration with Nurture New York
The Healing the Womb Women’s Celebration
“The Wild WOMBing Day”
Wild:(w
ld)adj. growing, or living in a natural state; not domesticated, untamed:
Womb: w
m)v.to create and cultivate, safety and healing both inside your body and in your life.
May 2nd 11-6pm @ Nurture New York
Open to joy along your healing path…
A FREE day of awareness, community and celebration for women.
It is evident by the epidemic of sexual violence, domestic violence, genital mutilation,fibroids, hysterectomies and other womb wounds rampant across the globe that women are in need of safety and healing. Healer Kiana Love, Founder of Be Wild Woman and Kakini Health, says “It is time for women to create their own safety and cultivate healing in their bodies and in their communities. “Wombing” is crucial to women’s health and happiness. “
Join Be Wild Woman as we provide space, tools, and resources for women to learn how to create and cultivate safety and healing in their bodies and lives.
Join us and connect to a community and network of healing support. Experience nurturing and joyful connections. Learn about Be Wild Woman’ supportive healing circles, workshops, and one on one care. Learn how Be Wild Woman is bringing the Healing the Womb Project to women in need. Learn how you can get involved.
Activities include:
Health fair, yoga, art, performances, talks, dancing, ceremonies, drumming, face painting, music, healing womb stories, & poetry.
FEATURING:
Healing the Womb Ritual and Ceremony
by founder Kiana Love
Heart & Womb Dance by Diana Ferrante.
Wombing Stories Video
clips from Be Wild Woman’s, Healing the Womb study & documentary
Presenters & Activities include:
Body Talk to Heal Your Womb
by Karen Atkins Founder of Nurture New York
Defender Stories
by self defense expert and women’s legal advocate Diana Adams
5Rhythms Wave Dance with Kierra Foster Ba
Belly Dance by Teeni Dakini
RawFusion Womb Nourishment by Simone Turner
Womb Art Nook & Decor by Salma Shalmy and Laura Sheedy
Womb Words Cove by Janie Angelica & Noelle V. Dor
Be Wild Woman Costume Wardrobe
grown up dress up and portrait station
Womb Sanctuary. “red tent” healing space to honor our wombs & cycles
for more info or to get involved go to www.bewildwoman.com
contact: Kiana Love info@bewildwoman.com
telf 917 453-3663
you can also join us on facebook and meetup!
donate to a woman’s shelter with a click
March 9, 2007 at 6:48 pm (Uncategorized)
I was just sent this by a friend and would like to extend to you the opportunity to help out a women’s shelter. I would also like to invite you to think about how you can make a difference. Perhaps a provider or manufacturer that you know could be encouraged simply by asking to donate to a local shelter. Please share any creative ideas you come up with.
wild blissings
Kiana Love
You probably never thought of this, but women’s shelters in the U.S. go through thousands of tampons and pads monthly. Assistance agencies generally help with expenses of “everyday” necessities such as toilet paper, diapers, and clothing, but one of the most BASIC needs is overlooked – feminine hygiene products. “Every month” necessities seem to have fallen through the.ahem – well, they’ve been overlooked.
Seventh Generation, a green paper products and cleaning products company, has a do-good attitude and will donate a box of sanitary products to a women’s shelter in your chosen state – just for clicking the link. Talk about easy, and, yes, it is legitimate!
www.tampontification.com/donate.php
Thanks for helping out. Please pass this on. It takes two seconds.
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About me and…Why I started Be Wild
April 13, 2006 at 3:37 am (About Be Wild, Uncategorized)
Hi, I'm Kiana Love, a holistic health practitioner and single mom in NYC. In my practice I support people's health on all levels, body-mind and spirit through energy work, health counseling, reflexology, and somatic work. I do private consultations, treatments, teach classes, and recently have started the Be Wild group which focuses on the wild feminine. While I believe deeply in the work that I do, I am especially passionate about Be Wild because it has been born out of deep healing of the feminine for myself.. In my own journey to healing I have explored and studied the feminine. My studies about the feminine started out with as many books as I could search out on feminine topics from the spiritual to the physical and I soon recognized a relationship between a women's sexuality and her physical, emotional and spiritual health. In my personal journey to healing they have been intertwined; sometimes my spirituality healing my sexuality and sometimes a powerful sexual experience bringing me spiritual healing. I have been very dedicated as a survivor of sexual abuse to these studies. My trainings and studies of the feminine and sacred sexuality, in particular my women's trainings which were taught by and taken with women, have been instrumental in my healing. In the women's groups I was able to hear women speak and to speak among women that were accepting of me. This enabled me to learn so much about myself as a women, feel accepted by other women, let go of much of my shame and guilt and to replace my negative beliefs about myself as a women with acceptance, self love, and joy. This joy in being a woman has rippled out from believing in myself and at last being happy with who I am to positively impacting my relationships with women, men, my family and my son. I see Be Wild as a space where women can be empowered in a number of ways. Women get to hear each other's stories and speak their own in an accepting space where they are not judged, fostering community and a feeling of belonging as a one of the girls. Unhealthy messages and beliefs can be replaced with healthy ones. Not only can this support healing for women but also their relationships and therefore men, families, and friends.
Healthy Boundaries Be Wild Workshop and Party! June 23rd-24th
April 13, 2006 at 3:25 am (june)
What are healthy boundaries?…Are you able to define your space? Do you find people stepping over or not respecting yours? Learn about yourself and whether you do have healthy boundaries. Learn to define and defend yours with your friends family, and lovers, in and out of the bedroom. Learn to defend yourself energetically, verbally, and physically. More info coming soon!
Your Pleasure Box…..Be Wild’s Arts and Crafts! Sunday May 21st
April 13, 2006 at 3:18 am (Current Events, May, Uncategorized)
We will be crafting a box to hold our dearest pleasure treasures. This beautiful box can be home to the little pleasure toys and tools that are indespensable by your bedside. This could range from toys, to contracaptives, to lotions, potions, feathers, etc. This box can be playful, juicy, sexy, hot, and sacred. Gather pictures, fabrics, ribbons, and or any other materials you may want to use to decorate your box as well as a box that can fit by or under your bed.
Start to think about your intention for this box. Think about what you would like to invite into or evoke with your pleasure box. It may be that you want to bring, wildness, passion, depth, sensuality, sweetness, satisfaction, wholeness, play, heat, lightness, or more pleasure in. Write down any words, phrases, statements, poetry, or prose that comes to mind.
time: 2pm-6pm
location: fort greene brooklyn fulton & cumberland
cost: $10
please r.s.v.p. space limited
Please Bring:
decorative materials you have gathered ( box, decorative materials)
something to eat or drink to share (or $5)
an intention you have for your box ( if you can't think of one that's ok)
April 7 – 9 Be Wild presents: A weekend with Sexpert Sheri Winston
March 28, 2006 at 9:27 pm (April, Past Events, Uncategorized)
Teacher and Counselor of Wholistic Sexuality and Womancraft
Wholistic Sexuality Priestess and Sex Goddess Educator Womancare Practitioner, Certified Nurse Midwife, Registered Nurse & Licensed Massage Terapsit, Bachelor of Medical Science
Join us for this exciting weekend! Sheri Winston has been working with women’s health for more than 20 years, attending more than 500 births and couseling and providing health care to thousands of women and their families. She is now empowering men and women through education, and being a midwife to healthy sexuality and body wisdom throughout the US and Canada.
Friday
Be Wild’s Monthly Celebration
Featuring Intro to Wholistic Sexuality
women only
Saturday
Orgasmic Abundance for Women and Hands-Off Arousal & Energy Skills
playshop—women only
Sunday
Maps of the Clitoris-The Truth about Female Anatomy
playshop–men & women
*all of these events are “clothes on hands off” experiences*
Be Wild Party
Friday April 7, 2006 7pm-10pm
for women only
“Be Wild’s monthly women’s event providing an opportunity for women to reclaim, evok, explore, and celebrate the wild woman through activities and movement.
*snacks, drinks and music
*Be wild wardrobe and craftcenter
lingerie,costumes, boas, and more. Bring your own wild costume or create one here-costuming optional
8-9pm
We are proud to present
Sexual Educator Extraordinaire, Sheri Winston.
She will give us a short introduction to Wholistic Sexuality-An introductio to a new paradigm. discover a new philosophy that re-integrates our sexuality with our selves and our world, in an empowering paradigm of pleausre, passion and possiblities.
$10 donation, $7 with food or drink to share, or item to donate to wardrobe. $5 if you bring a friend. Proceeds will go towards supporting current and future be wild events.
Location: 730 Fulton @ Cumberland, Fort Greene, Brooklyn
2,3,4,5,N,R,B,Q,LIRR to Atlantic Avenue;C to Lafayette: G train to Fulton St.
