Journey into the Feminine

By Esther Cowdery and Polly Wyer

This collection of empowering poetry focusing on the female voice is for the aspiring strong woman who is capable of having all that the masculine world has to offer and so much more!

You can have the career, the achievements and the money but also nurturing loving relationships, and a sense of community and connection that are so crucial

• Language: English
• Publisher: Yin Principle Press
• Release date: Apr 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9781916394216

Esther Cowdery

Esther is a profoundly gleeful soul who insists on honouring her heart-space irrespective of worldly demands. She is gifted with a special ability to elegantly articulate our often-neglected, fathomless, emotional depths. Her mission is to embody the The Yin Principle - to honour the creative magic and enchantment of each moment - which she carries out in her home in France, transforming her words and wisdom into a profound spiritual practice among her family, friends and community. She is a devoted mamma of two little dogs, three cats, and a pony called Lancelot. She is a passionate connoisseur of cheese, and a firm believer in the healing power of joy. She is the author of two other poetry collections, Journey into the Feminine and Dear Lightworker, available at The Yin Principle website, theyinprinciple.com

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Journey Into

The Feminine

Esther Cowdery

Published in 2020 by Yin Principle Press

Copyright © Esther Cowdery 2020

Esther Cowdery has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this Work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

ISBN Paperback: 978-1-9163942-0-9

Ebook: 978-1-9163942-1-6

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner.

A CIP catalogue copy of this book can be

found in the British Library.

Illustrations by Polly Wyer

Published with the help of Indie Authors World

www.indieauthorsworld.com

Dedicated to Russ and Loki,

who insist on loving me,

even at my worst.

Esther Cowdery’s Journey into the Feminine is, without a doubt, what Virginia Woolf says books are: A mirror of the soul. It’s a mirror not just of the author’s soul, but each poem is an opening for the reader to connect to her own. These poems capture the deep interconnectedness of life, which is the essence of the feminine. Holding you here in my heart, Pigeon, gives me some solace – it shifts my focus from what has been weighing me down towards a renewed self-promise. Esther shows us how to slow down, to feel, to make the connections that create our wholeness. Then she asks, How is it that I can best express this love? Questions such as this are sprinkled throughout the book and inspire us to contemplate them for our own life. The honesty, compassion and beauty of these poems will open your heart and indeed, take you on a journey into the feminine. I highly recommend this book!

Nancy Swisher, Author of The Life That Woke Me Up Was My Own: A Memoir, Spiritual Mentor, and Transformational Coach at nancyswisher.com

Raw, alive and female. The poems in this collection speak to the unknowable within all of us. Esther has captured the elusive and the vulnerable with words that contain all the power of the heroine’s journey. I enjoyed losing myself in the words that are simultaneously evocative and real. I can see this book being one I will return to again and again, to open a page as directed by my heart and there read and find solace for my soul.

Ingrid D. McGuffog, PhD

Perceptive Insights Counselling

F: @perceptiveinsightscounselling

introduction

I had my first poem published when I was ten years old. My school made us all submit something as part of a competition and, when they told me I had won, awarded me some book tokens. My poem was on the topic of loneliness. It came so easily to me, to use the medium of poetry to demonstrate my emotional awareness. And with hindsight, I recognise how very aware I was of my feelings, even at such a young age. I would illustrate the adventurous nights my brothers and sisters and I would have when there were no adults around, describing the landing as our kingdom, expressing the intense excitement as we played games with each other, curling each other’s hair with pencils and spit. I was captured by the sense of connection, the glee.

Despite this rich inner emotional world, I couldn’t see myself reflected in anyone or anything around