World on Fire: Living with Passion, Pleasure and Purpose

Last updated on March 27th, 2024 at 02:12 pm

As a big dreamer, I live with passion, and I have for years. I have followed my instincts to create a life full of my passions and overflowing with joy.

I want this for everyone. Passion, pleasure, and purpose. I want all women to feel like they are living a life that is filled with pleasure as well. And a life that feels on purpose.

Some Passionate Adventures

My passion for making a difference and learning has resulted in journeys and adventures worldwide. Just this morning, I was rereading my journals from a trip to India in 2011 in which I followed my passion for Buddhist teachings and traveled to India to teach with my spiritual teacher, Nithya Shanti.

Here is a journal entry about that time:

“And so it has begun: a ride that will drop me into the riot of colors, cacophony of rickshaws and shouting voices, eyes of beggars oceans of sorrow and throngs deep, elephants and tigers, happy children and families bathing for ablutions in the Ganges, bindis and saris and shawls and scarves and salwar kameez in a frenzy of brightness: golds, orange, cardinal red, forest green, persimmon, cardamom, turmeric, rainbow and spices, women wrapped in silk finery, more lush than a rainforest or a row of spice jars, colors that are deeply alive. Vibrant. Orgiastically alive, life in all its multisplendored radiance, historic, festive, raucous, heart-searing India…”

The month I spent there was transformational and awakened my senses more than ever. India bombards the senses with bright colors, especially in women’s clothing, savory fragrances, colorful spices, spicy foods for the palate, and loud sounds: noisy traffic, Bollywood music, and the voices of the millions of people thronging the streets of Delhi.

Living my passions has also led me to go ziplining and surfing in Costa Rica, admire the art and architecture in avant-garde, beautiful Barcelona, Spain, sunbathe topless on the beaches of San Sebastian, dance the tango in Buenos Aires, study salsa in Cuba, and live in Russia for a month, studying the Russian language and culture.

Living the Pleasure

Dancing is one of the activities that brings me the most pleasure and joy. Over the years, I have taught and performed swing dancing, belly dancing, and burlesque dancing and studied various dance styles, including salsa, Argentine tango, flamenco, hip hop, and more.

I want to help women find the activities that bring them the most joy and regularly include these in their lives. I also want us to pamper ourselves, care for our bodies, and do, eat, and wear things that please us.

This is something that I could practice during many of my travel adventures, pampering myself by lying in the sun, swimming in the ocean, wearing fragrant lotions, and eating savory foods. Of course, sensual pleasures are a whole additional level, and I want all the Goddesses to feel sexy and alive in our bodies.

I’m excited to create a community of Goddesses to share ideas and practice ways to live with more pleasure. Living in these bodies, which I call Goddess temples, is a privilege and joy. I intend to help other women make the most of it!

Being On Purpose

Perhaps this is the most challenging level I’ll share in this class. Living on purpose means defining your purpose and finding ways to align your life with it. This could be your work, relationships, daily activities, and/or how you interact with everyone you meet.

This makes us wake up in the morning feeling like we have a reason to be awake and alive. I love working with people on their purpose and mission statements. They clarify who we are and what we’re here to do.

For me, passion, pleasure, and purpose all go together. When we live a passionate life, we are likelier to do things that please us. Living passionately is part of what makes me feel on purpose!

I’m excited to share all these in a class that will provide coaching tools for women and ways to work together to make the most of our time and days.

World on Fire

I love the idea of doing something that has never been done before and setting the world on fire. When we live our passions, we contribute something unique to the world.

I love to imagine how inspired and powerful a world would be if everyone lived their passions. My goal is to help other women feel unstoppable in what we create.

The more we align in doing what we love, the more we light up the world.

3 Tips for Living with More Passion, Pleasure and Purpose

We’ll go in-depth into this and a lot more in the class. Here are a few quick tips that could serve as a teaser. For those who want to dive in more deeply, join the gathering of Goddesses to experience living with passion, pleasure, and purpose.

1. “Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.” ~ Rumi 

I have always loved this quote, which speaks to living with passion. When we follow the tug of our heart in whatever direction it leads us, whether to a new job, relationship, or country, we are bound to grow, expand, and live at a deeper level. We will learn about ourselves and receive the gift of doing what we love, which we also give to others when we glow with passion and joy.

2. Make pleasure a daily, conscious practice.

Savoring a delicious meal or piece of chocolate, indulging in a bath or a massage, listening to favorite music, or even asking someone we love to share what they love most about us—there are so many ways to treat ourselves well and experience real pleasure. We’ll dive deep into the practice of pleasure!

3. Try summarizing your life’s purpose in one word (joy, love, success, happiness, beauty, etc.!).

We’ll work on longer purpose and mission statements that feel good and help define why we do all that we do.

Who doesn’t want to live with more passion, pleasure, and purpose? I hope you’ll engage in some of these practices and consider joining a community of Goddesses to dive in deeply and focus on passion, pleasure, and purpose.