Aloha Jacqueline

Into The Darkness

Sun, 11 Feb 2024 01:54:27 -0800

Into the darkness
Only the brave can go
Seeking the truth
Of what they feel
Beyond what they know

Into the darkness
Only the warriors can go
To liberate the young ones
Inside dungeons of the psyche
Tied
Bound
Beaten

Into the darkness
We must go
To consciously set free
Our life force
Energy
Blocked from living
Restrained from flowing
Until we choose
To free ourselves
Consciously

Arising from the darkness
Like a seed from the soil
Growing beyond the past
To new heights
New insights

New Life

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Sinners

Sun, 11 Feb 2024 01:47:01 -0800

Systemic

Patriarchal religion

Puritanical beliefs

Screwed up

Both men and women

And all the humans

In between

Shaming

Shunning

Suppressing

Our wildness

Our naturalness

Our wholeness

Splitting us

Into what we show the world

And what we hide

Calling us sinners

For what's inside

Until we choose

The path of individuation

And begin

The arduous journey

To set ourselves free

To courageously

Save ourselves

From the death of oppression

That we continue

To enact on ourselves

And each other

Until we face

Our deepest

Darkness

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Subversive

Sat, 10 Feb 2024 23:43:09 -0800

I've turning the tables

Reorienting my perspective

Switching

Instead of...

"Will whey choose me?"

"Do they desire me?"

"Do they want to play with me."

To...

"Do they communicate clearly?"

"Would I feel safe playing with them?"

"Do they respect others (and themselves)?"

Now we have a new

Orientation

To Rules of Engagement

For You

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 09:21:16 -0800

What if,

The part of you

That needs attention

Can only receive it from you?

What if

That part of you

That needs prioritization

Can only feel this from you?

What if,

The part of you

That yearns to belong

Will only find it with you?

What if,

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Wonder

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 08:55:01 -0800

I wonder why

Some people find it acceptable

To comment on my body?

I wonder why

I care.

I wonder why

Some people find it acceptable

To look at my body

Talk to me,

Like I'm only an object for their pleasure?

No wonder

I am afraid in a female body

And the motives of men.

No wonder I feel ashamed

Wondering what other women really think.

I wonder how we got here?

Is it the suppression of sexuality

The oppression of truth

The fear of death (and aging)

So we only look at "beauty"

And youth?

I wonder why

Someone is idolized for abs

and their devotion to gym

And not for their heart, mind or soul

Or devotion to creating something that lasts?

Severed Roots

From Nature,

Disconnected Crown

From Divinity,

Ripped out Hearts

From Feeling, Connecting

Oh Humanity.

Without Root

Without Crown

Without Heart

We are lost

Stumbling

Walking

Taking

Trauma-Enacting

Broken

Machines.

Until we choose to

Remember

Who we are

And journey back to

Reconnection.

We will need

Courage to Face

Grief, pain, shame

As we reclaim and reunite

Long forgotten parts

And end the repression

And supression within

To find wholeness again

Self forgiveness is key

To become free.

Liberation

Possible

It's in (y)our hands.

The Return

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 07:35:41 -0800

Journeying back to my soul

Reconnecting with the the deeper me

A challenging

Arduous adventure,

At times painful beyond words and belief

Yet,

Absolutely fucking

Worth it...

To find my way back

To a deeper me

To sensing,

Feeling,

Being,

With her,

The she,

In me.

Beyond dogma,

Beyond ideology,

Beyond certainty,

Developing a connection,

A commitment,

A trust,

In what I cannot see,

But feel

Sense,

Know,

Is the truth for me

In each moment,

And I'll stand,

With and for,

Nothing else.

The Journey to the Inner Poet

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 03:28:15 -0800

Don’t think.

Just write.

Close your eyes.

Feel everything,

And just write.

Feeling...

Is the access point.

Don't judge what arises

Let them be there

The feelings,

The tears,

The fear.

You can't experience

Beauty, love and truth,

Without feeling the rest…

With time

We just grow in capacity

And wisdom.

Being somewhere beautiful,

In nature,

Or looking at nature,

Will help you with accessing

Your depths

Freedom is (Only) Now

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 03:02:02 -0700

I had a beginning.
I will have an end.
Neither of which
Is in my control

However,
Every moment
Every day
I can choose
Where my attention
(life energy)
goes
flows
What I choose
to focus on
to believe
to say
to do
to be

Freedom is mine
Choice is mine
In the daily
moments
Right now

Soul Poetry by Aloha Jacqueline

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Movement, Mantra and Music

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 13:55:55 -0700

Music, Mantra & Movement

Saturday, 22 April 2023

⏰ 5.30pm - 7.30pm

📍 Manifest Yoga Studio, Umhlanga, KZN South Africa

Join Dr. Nicky Van Der Hulst and me Aloha Jacqueline, for a unique evening focused on clearing physical and energetic tension and stress (that blocks our inner peace).

Experience a myofascial integrated yoga-flow class, supported by music, mantra and breath

To secure your place, booking is essential. Please WhatsApp Nicky on +27 82 572 9873 for payment details. R280pp.