chapter five: embrace
This planet is home to wild, majestic wonders of nature — from playful wildflowers to erupting volcanoes, tiny tide pools to roaring seas, the glow of fireflies to the grace of blue whales.
Raised by Gaia has been a journey to embrace the extraordinary expression of life — the wonder of nature — that you are.
It’s been a call to return to a deeply rooted relationship with yourself, the earth and all its inhabitants.
revealed
Press play to watch Deborah and Naomi share behind-the-scenes stories about creating Raised by Gaia and living a Gaia life.
In this video, Deborah and Naomi share why they were so called to create Raised by Gaia.
natural wonder
Gaia has been revealing the natural wonder that you are from the beginning. You are an alchemic dance of the infinite and the tangible, and a living infusion of many astonishing things. You are literally one of a kind. You possess extraordinary natural features, and your body is an incredibly complex organism teaming with life. You are resilient, adventurous and adaptable, and you have a massive capacity for emotion and love.
When you gaze into your depths and embrace your inner wilderness, you will see the extraordinary expression of life that you are.
Your work is not to become a natural wonder; it is to embrace that you always have been.
thrive
Whether it’s a tree in an old growth forest taking nourishment from a fallen friend or lava expanding an island after destroying all in its way, Gaia always chooses thriving.
When you begin living as the extraordinary natural wonder you are, you are choosing a reverent practice of thriving.
At first thriving might feel foreign or undeserved, but in a single internal embrace, you have the capacity to remember that you are designed to thrive the way the natural world does.
thank you
We appreciate the time you took to explore and consider the ideas in this journey. Allow the powerful concepts to continue to reverberate through you. We encourage you to return to the chapters often for an even deeper integration each time.
We thank all the women of the Ecosystem of Evolution who generously contributed to the formation of Raised By Gaia, simply by discovering and trusting their own natural intelligence and sharing it openly over the past three years. We appreciate you all greatly and could not have birthed this without you.
We extend a special thank you to Mandy Sandbach for infusing her wisdom into this experience from its conception, Nancy Hanlon and Mary MacLeod-Beaver for sharing deep ancient knowledge, Melissa Allison for her thoughtful writing and editing, and Angela Burton for inviting us to deeply relax through her moss meditation. We’d also like to extend thanks to the small handful of women who reviewed Raised by Gaia before it went live to help us get the kinks out.
If you found this experience worthwhile, please share it with the women in your life.
For now, sit back and relax to the guided meditation below, and dream of how the earth changed the day you arrived.
With respect,
Deborah Gleason & Naomi Irons
Creators of the Ecosystem of Evolution