I just heard the news last night that Laney Goodman has passed. I only had the privilege of meeting Laney a couple of times in person and then over the years, we passed each other in the Internet online ether. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But oh my, her Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was a watershed moment for me: all the streams and rainfall leading to one place, the Goddess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I wonder how many others she touched in this manner. I would assume the number is vast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I met her almost seven years ago: not too long after my cells had started calling me on this path.\u00a0 My husband at the time was out of work, and I had just started the divine feminine app.\u00a0 Times were hard.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I had been seeing this woman\u2019s work ALisa Starkweather, and I knew it was something very special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ALisa was hosting a Daughters of the Earth event deep in the woods of Massachusetts, and I couldn\u2019t get it out of my mind. I was living outside of Chicago at the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spending money we really did not have and not knowing a soul there, I flew to Boston, rented a car and then drove three hours to the middle of nowhere, fighting through the intimidating traffic of the Northeast and finally coming to a bumpy dirt road through the woods to an off grid location where everyone was camping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had never camped before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I struggled with the tent, sweating and frustrated, finally getting it set up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I sat down in the tent with a hidden beer and cigarette since alcohol was off limits at the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I proceeded to have a panic attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018What the fuck are you doing, Karen? Be fucking normal. Find a normal job. Get back on the treadmill. What in the world are you doing spending time and money on this??\u2019 All these thoughts screamed in my head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I told them to f\u2019 off, took a deep breath and left the tent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I heard drumming coming from a large tent so I went towards that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I entered that tent, I entered another world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Laney Goodman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Drumming. Singing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have heard so many drummers and singers over the years at events all over the world, but this night made an impression on me like no other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To this day and I have heard some incredible talent since then, but still not one that matched what I felt that night, that power to allow the spirit of the Goddess to flow through her and reach others through her singing and drumming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I probably only stayed in that tent a little over an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But when I left, everything had changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead of feeling my fear and smallness, I saw the vastness and majesty of the night sky alive with stars. I felt the trees surrounding me and holding me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I felt alive. And I knew why I had come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are here to create and let Spirit flow through us in whatever manner it has called us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thank you Laney for answering that call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You will forever be remembered. I know that your Spirit is flying free with the Goddess in that beautiful night sky.\u00a0 In deep honor and appreciation and love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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