The Warm Wind Whispering

Chelsea Hanawalt
3 min readMay 25, 2023

I’m a part of Radical Awakenings, an amazing community of women facilitated and created by the talented Alexandra Roxo.

This past month we were focusing on the senses. Alexandra asked….

“What lights up your sensual being? How do you ignite and open that axis of your devotional heart and your sensual body? What are you in devotion to?”

I wrote this inspired by these questions.

The Warm Wind Whispering

A peaceful sunrise 🌄 amongst a bright blue sky. My body relaxed, warm and waking from a satisfy day of adventure, nature, laughter among friends with good food and drinks. Knowing that there’s more to come that day.

A hazelnut coffee ☕️ warming up my morning bones. The warmth, richness melting on my tongue. A bite of a juicy red strawberry 🍓 and the crispness of a fresh made croissant 🥐 Preferably enjoying on a veranda overlooking a lush 🌳 forest filled with deep greens with pops of color. Or on a bright, alive, romantic cobble stone street in a city I’ve never been.

Facilitating theatre and dramatic expression with a community among the trees. Reading the tarot, oracle and discovering hidden gems 💎 secrets and desires among the ancient pictures and wisdom. Connecting deeply with others through stories, food and play! Music, dance, poetry and beating hearts under the moon and stars 🌙✨

Hugs and chats on comfy couches, bbq, pool time, loud 80s rock music and silly dancing with my family. Days that go into the late evening. Seeing longtime friends, continuing to grow, learn and love with one another. Seeing their families grow, seeing their spirit in their young ones eyes.

Dipping my warm naked body in fresh water swimming and moving through the healing streams, rivers and lakes. Mud squishing between my toes. Running through the sand and jumping into a clear blue ocean 🌊 Cleansing my skin with the saltyness of the sea. Letting my body float and be held by the expansive healing waters. Rocking back and forth with the waves till I’m ready to rest in the sand and be warmed by the sun (with plenty of coconut sunscreen all over my freckled skin).

With salty wavy hair I slip into a flowing strappy dress that hugs my hips and thighs just right. A night dancing under the stars with my love. Our hearts entwined with the rhythm and the beat. Maybe we are the only ones who can hear it. Maybe it’s just for us. We make love and fall asleep under the big beautiful night sky with the stars twinkling, winking at us and kissing us good night.

The warm wind whispering in my ear, you deserve this, you have all that you need, you are love, loved and loving. You don’t have to prove or justify a thing. This life, this world is to enjoy, is to taste, is to feel, is to cry, is to play, to laugh, to express, to be free!

I’m devoted to freedom, to sovereignty for all, to the goddess, to Mother Nature and all the beautiful magical creatures, plants and beings that get to dwell on her 🩵🌍 ✨

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Chelsea Hanawalt

Drama Therapist/teaching artist based in New York City. Writes about life, the arts & the mystical. Creator of allowthesun and co creator of Sun Moon Stars.