A Return to Love

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

– Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love

When thinking of how to share the experience of this workshop, the words that kept ringing were,”A return to love” words we’d heard before, and as soon as the search yielded the above quote, we got the aha moment.

In many ways this workshop was a return to love. A return to knowing ourselves and to loving ourselves.

“For in truth great love is born of great knowledge of the thing loved.”Leonardo Da Vinci

The term “return” is intentional because we know we love ourselves, we just have to reminded until it becomes like the air we breath.

So the morning of the workshop was one spent just for us.

A safe space,where we could have a conversations about our strengths and frailties without feeling judged. To utter words we long held silent for fear no else could relate. To share triumphs that may seems so trivial but in a room full of queens, nothing is too small to be acknowledged.

And the thing that brought us together.... headwraps.

In a way, we see Headwraps as the modern kitchen gathering. In days past (and we do acknowledge more so for some than others, lol) great wisdom and moments of sharing were passed around a kitchen. Aunties sharing their knowledge while rolling some dough to make chapati, you rolling your eyes like you knew it all. How we so long for those moments now.

In a round about way that is what we have created.

We live in a world surrounded by likes, shares, reposts, tags, #'s. We can have million followers yet go to bed lonely......

So when you can curve out time, to be with like minded people and share a thing or two....magic happens. Dare we even say black girl magic happens??

#Yourcrown #yourstyle #yourstory #headwraps #turbans #queening #crowns #bossbabes #sydney #blackgirlmagic #melaninpoppin