Tonya K. Freeman

Voices of the Ancestral Mothers

Do you hear them? The Ancestral Mothers are communicating with us on a daily basis. As a young child, the women in my family would say "Something told me…" They never gave that something a name but they listened to the voice and heeded the message. ... Read >

To Be A Priestess

Definition - Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: Noun - a woman authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion; a woman regarded as a leader (as of a movement). Priestesses are known by many names, some of which are Shaman, Medicine Woman, Sa... Read >

The Sacred Source

Too many women have sex simply because. The reasons are many. They don't want to feel left out. They feel that sex with anyone is better than sex with no one. They do it out of revenge for having been raped or molested. They just don't know any better. Th... Read >

Rites of Women: Red Moon Ritual

This particular ritual is for a woman who wants to be with herself to honor this time. She prepares herself by taking a shower to wash her body clean. She then washes out the tub and fills it with water adding bath salts, herbs and/or essential oils. With... Read >

Rites of Women: Celebrating Motherhood

As a woman awaits the birth of her child, there is a ritual that is practiced in America and it is called a baby shower. It is the closest that we come to celebrating the state of being that a woman is in: the anticipation of the "almost here time." Th... Read >

The Rites of Women: Menarche

For a number of years now, I have been a strong advocate of women reclaiming their spiritual mysteries. In my workshops, seminars, and Primordial Priestess Training, the women are encouraged to identify and embrace the first mystery that they were introdu... Read >

SiStarhood: Gather the Women

"No nation can rise higher than its women." - Elijah Muhammed Many years ago when I was a young woman of 22 years, a palm reader from India said to me, "One day, you will be a great leader of women." I was stunned to hear this at the time since it was ... Read >

Power of the Sacred Dance

In ancient times, woman as Priestess, as Goddess, danced the Sacred Dance in the beauty of her nakedness. She danced in the temples, on the hills, in the valley, by the ocean, in caves and in the desert. The Sacred Dancer connected herself to the entire u... Read >

Primordial Healer: Shaman Woman

The oldest healing tradition in the world is shamanism. It is primitive. It is primal. It is a powerful practice. Today it would also be classified by such names as "holistic healing", or "integrative medicine". My beloved calls it "Harmonic Infusion." I ... Read >

Positively Pregnant

So, you're positively pregnant? That's wonderful news, for now you are about to experience what it is to be a grand architect who needs not hammer nor chisel. Life is being formed within your womb and now is the time to begin teaching and nurturing the... Read >

My Goddess Walk

It began a long, long time ago. When I was a young girl of five or six years of age. It was then that I wanted to blow magical fairy dust on people, so that they would happy. It was about the same time that I questioned my teachers in Catholic school abou... Read >

Initiation: A Journey

Many years ago there was an awakening of the Divine Femi9 Energy within a young girl. She felt a need to connect with a deeper, more profound part of herself as she journeyed along the path to her Soul Essence. She was only seven years old at the time, wh... Read >

Healing Voice

For centuries, the voice has been used as a healing modality. Many are familiar with the books Messages From Water and Hidden Messages in Water by Dr. Masaru Emoto regarding how crystals are formed by the use of your voice, printed word or music. The befo... Read >

Healing the Womb

Sitting at my computer, deadline quickly approaching, thoughts of my next article begin to flow as I listen to didgeridoo meditation music. The Great Mind of Ma said, "The Spirit of the Womb must be healed." That was my cue as to what my Higher She had to... Read >

Healing Power of the Dark Moon Mother

Dark Moon Mother, I honor you! I open my arms to you and bow down to your greatness! You are magnificent and all encompassing! Embrace my human flesh as well as my immortal soul. Lift my spirit all the while grounding me to Mother Earth. Let me feel your ... Read >