Praise for HeatherAsh Amara
HeatherAsh Amara's Warrior Goddess Training is a book for the upcoming generation, an antidote to the pervasive pressures of the advertising industry and the public media as to what a woman should be. She has synthesized the teachings of feminism and female shamanism, encouraging modern girls and women to hold their own and claim their authority in a culture that would otherwise objectify and trivialize them.
Vicki Noble, healer, artist, teacher, and author of
Shakti Woman and The Double Goddess
Sisters, it's time to shed the shoulds, see ourselves through our own eyes instead of others', and close the gap between wishing for and realizing once and for all who we came here to be. No one shows you how to walk this journey with courage and compassionate self-acceptance better than gifted teacher HeatherAsh Amara.
Stephanie Bennett Vogt, author of Your Spacious Self
HeatherAsh Amara is your coach and impeccable teacher in the life-ceremony offered in this book.
Ana Forrest, bestselling author of Fierce Medicine
and founder of Forrest Yoga
This is a book for all women, no matter their age or stage of life. HeatherAsh Amara is a master teacher who embodies the concepts of warrior and goddess in her life and writing... Each lesson she presents offers insight and practices for spiritual, physical, intellectual, and psychological growth.
Judith Yost, Dean of Students, Wisdom School of Graduate
Studies and author of Nature and Intimacy
In Warrior Goddess Training, HeatherAsh Amara shares her experience as a teacher, friend, and guide, helping a new generation of women enter their own journey of inner transformation.
don Miguel Ruiz, author of The Four Agreements
I am a man. This book wasn't written for me, but I am so glad that HeatherAsh Amara has invited women everywhere to step into their most powerful, natural selves in this way.
Frankly, it is a confusing time for men. Our traditional roles and expectations are changing in major ways, and we need women to meet us with honesty, love, and a commitment to themselves. When they do, it helps us make the transition to a more balanced way of relating. Evolving men need warrior goddess women now more than ever.
That is exactly what HeatherAsh Amara is teaching in this wonderful book of hers. I have learned a lot from her in live classes. She has led me on fire walks more than once. She embodies the raw, vulnerable, loving life, and now she is asking other warrior goddesses in waiting to step off the sidelines and join her.
Jacob Nordby, founder of Blessed Are the Weird People
and author of The Divine Arsonist
Copyright 2015 by HeatherAsh Amara
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Illustrations by Kevin Flores
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Printed on acid-free paper in the United States of America
Contents
Lesson 1
Commit to You
Lesson 2
Align with Life
Lesson 3
Purify Your Vessel
Lesson 4
Ground Your Being and Free Your Past
Lesson 5
Energize Your Sexuality and Creativity
Lesson 6
Claim Your Strength and Ignite Your Will
Lesson 7
Open Your Heart
Lesson 8
Speak Your Truth
Lesson 9
Embody Your Wisdom
Lesson 10
Choose Your Path
Introduction
H ello Warrior Goddesses! Welcome to the Warrior Goddess Training Companion Workbook.
As the name implies, this companion guide is meant to be read either simultaneously with or after you have read the primary book, Warrior Goddess Training: Become the Woman You Are Meant to Be.
I know we have some nonconformists in the crowdI love that about youand as a result, some may choose to read this companion workbook without reading Warrior Goddess Training. That's fine too, but please know that I don't recommend this, as many of the exercises here will make far more sense after you've read the full lessons in the main book.
Now that the disclaimer portion is out of the way, let's jump right in!
As I wrote in Warrior Goddess Training, transformation requires action. Not action from the place of I have to force myself to do this because I am flawed, but healing action from the place of I love and honor myself for who I am, and I have a desire to go deeper, to stretch, to experiment. I'm ready! Transformation takes willingness to step outside our comfort zones, to try new things, and to learn more about ourselves in the process, adjusting as we go along.
To move from understanding to embodiment means getting out of the safety of our thinking and stepping into the messiness of the unknown.
I don't know about you, but I don't like not doing things perfectly the first time. I want to succeed immediately, to nail it on the first try, to be graceful and calm and collected at all times. I don't relish being scared, or frustrated, or unsure of myself. But I have learned to embrace when I am faced with the unknown, when I feel out of my depth, when I am feeling queasy because I'm doing something that terrifies or confuses me. Because I know that the moments of free fall are what will help me find my wings.
The way to master something is to be willing to make mistakes, sometimes spectacular mistakes; to be klutzy, awkward, and, most importantly, to try again. And again. And again.
This Warrior Goddess Companion Workbook is meant to be just that: a companion with you on each step of your journey to become the woman you are meant to be. Let it be a beacon that illuminates the hidden places within you, that shines bright like the sun on any old fears and unhealthy patterns, and helps you burn away your limitations and struggles. Use this companion as a partner and friend in three Warrior Goddess steps:
Step 1: Commit
Make this companion book yours. Claim your path of healing with all your heart.
Write your name on the inside cover, along with the statement, I say YES to myself! Underneath your name and Yes Statement, draw an image or symbol that represents your Warrior Goddess self.
For those of you who don't like to write in books, this will be your first small step in moving outside your comfort zone. This is a companion book, which means it is a place to hold ink, tears, creased pages, and doodles. Since I can't come to your house and physically hold your hand and cheerlead you through your inner makeover (and bring endless cups of tea and tissues), this book will stand in as your Warrior Goddess confidant, loving butt-kicker, and guide.
Treat this book as a combination coach and journal. Keep it in a safe place so that you are not editing yourself for fear that someone will read your words. Consult it when you are confused or stuck. You don't have to be a good girl and start from the beginning and do each exercise before you can go to the next. Be a bad girl. Write on the pages. Start at the end. Skip things. Do one exercise over and over again. The most important thing is to make it yours and take little bitty steps or grand leaps!