So I would think that this is likely the last book review of the year for me. I finally finished this book "You Look Like Something Blooming: A Memoir of Divination Seeds to Cultivate Your Feminine Garden Temple" by India Ame'ye. About a year ago, my mom sent me a super nice poetic piece about the Yoni aka Nana aka P*ssy and I just fell in love with the author. She was just so frank and her words so powerful...speaking from one goddess to another goddess. So, I had seen that she was releasing a book, and I thought I must have it.
When I first started the book, it was hard for me to follow. That's because India has a very non-traditional way of writing. At first it frustrated me, and I put it down. Then I decided, well she does have some good and different content, so let me push my mind to think differently about the book.
What I enjoyed most is India's comfort with her body. She is very much in tune with her temple and does what she can to nurture it. I also appreciate her ability to change life stories and make a negative into a positive. She lives what one would call a "free spirit" life. The way she talks about the body is refreshing.
She talks a lot about sexual energy. About the power of sexual energy. And about looking at sex in all aspects of life. Making interactions with nature, with cooking, with friends...orgasmic. Sex is not just the exchange between two genitals.
I also enjoyed how India flipped my thinking about my "moon" cycle (menstruation). Its been for far too long that we are made to look at it as something that is nasty or disgusting. Like, my moon cycle is healing! The body is doing what it needs to do. And I have always had this connection or enjoyed the mystery of the moon. I had not known that my period was the same cycle the moon goes through, about every 28 days. That was beautiful to me and eye opening. So, from that point forward, I have embraced my moon cycle and I look forward to it coming (until I have made a conscious decision for it not too lol).
India mentions something else that really spoke to me. She says that we know that our bodies need sun. We crave it. Its healing. However, we never/rarely give any sun to our lady parts. I'm like, that is so true. Why wouldn't my Yoni need sun. So I am putting this on a to-do.
As a Black women on her own spiritual journey, I appreciated how this book has opened my eyes to the desire to want to take more care of the human temple that I embody. I focus a lot of the outer appearance and need to do more work for the inside.
Here are some quotables:
"ethnicity is an identity, spirit is a continuum, out lasting the constructs of identity"
"deconstructing fears is the ultimate freedom"
"divine creator of all your experiences"
"Being a goddess means that you are so confident, trusting, and connected that you don't need to worry about a thing"
"walk like a woman and f*ck like a god"
"don't wait until you are sick to start nourishing and taking care of yourself"
India's blog can be found here: http://eatmangoesnekkid.tumblr.com/
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