Leela Francis

The Crest of Intimacy

leelafrancis — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:45:50 +0000

Intimacy is one of those things that no matter how connected we are to another human being, remains a tenuous place of risk and discovery. Risking intimacy, and then finding out that we are still loved and treasured, indeed we are even more valued, rewires a part of our inner self that was tensing and [...]

After the Loving- the Integration

leelafrancis — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:03:29 +0000

Have you ever returned from a training and expected everyone else to have changed and grown up? I know I have. It came up in a Sister circle call yesterday after the lastest Sacred Sensual Splendor Mexico Retreat. Some sisters were feeling the after circle challenge of landing and re-orienting after a profound week of [...]

We Don’t Say Good By

leelafrancis — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:38:28 +0000

I’ve spent much of the last 2.5 years courting my mother through the end of her life. Besides making peace with letting her go, I’ve been dancing with the reality of cancer touching one so close to me, accepting that there are indeed some things I cannot control, let alone understand, and trusting that even [...]

My sadness Wants Stillness

leelafrancis — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:22:41 +0000

If you know me at all you know I love to dance and I’m always going on about how healing and life transforming dance is . My story is profound evidence of that. I rigorously trained in dance as a child and adolescent, and then when my father died suddenly when I was 16, is [...]

The Art and Soul of Craving

leelafrancis — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:42:23 +0000

We’ve been lead to believe that there is something bad, selfish and unspiritual about craving. If we want something really badly, we must be insecure, needy, or shallow. But wait! Have you ever stopped to notice just what craving is really all about? In the world of Vividly Woman, craving is an art, not a [...]

When I don’t Dance I Feel Crazy or the Dance of Letting Go

leelafrancis — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:21:14 +0000

I’ve been expounding a lot lately on letting go. It was an appropriate topic for the end of a long and challenging year. It’s also exceptionally relevant because I’m in the final stages of my dear mother’s life. It’s a topic I’ve been dancing consciously for the last 2.5 years since my mother’s cancer diagnosis, [...]

Letting Go; My Mother’s Journey Inspires Me

leelafrancis — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:22:24 +0000

Letting Go. Releasing. Moving on. These are words that come to mind as I embrace the reality that my mother, after courageously battling cancer, has accepted that these last few weeks, perhaps months, will be her last with me and my family. She is at peace with the path the Universe has her traveling and [...]

Thanksgiving & Rediscovering Self Love

leelafrancis — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:39:54 +0000

Recently I was interviewed on a topic that I consider myself very qualified to expound wisdom on; Re-discovering Self Love. I’m an expert on the topic because it’s one that I focus on every day. Just like so many women I know, I wake up in the middle of the night, or at times first [...]

11-11-11= Your Transpersonal Power

leelafrancis — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:28:54 +0000

November 11, 2011 (11-11-11) is approaching, the day heralded to launch us more profoundly to the place where the intuitive and the physical worlds merge. If you’re reading this now you are clearly devoted to your personal growth and consciousness raising. You recognize that you have the means, the freedoms, and the rights to be. [...]

Circle Culture; Calling, Creating and Holding Sacred Space

leelafrancis — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:25:04 +0000

I spend a significant portion of my daily life organizing, traveling to, returning from, and facilitating women’s circles. You could say I have an obsession with them. I am indeed shamelessly passionate about women gathering in circle to share truth, when that sacred circle is a safe space for personal healing, emotional awakening and soulful [...]