by Katy Carlin
If you would have told me in my teens or even college that I would be engrossed in the spiritual community, helping womb-en reclaim their sacred sexual power, unleash their divine feminine magic, unshackle themselves from trauma, and heal their yoni’s holistically, I would have laughed right in your face!
So how did I become the Yoni Priestess? Well at first, I would have said it all began in late 2015, early 2016, but really this story started the day I was born.
Since my earthside journey began 28 years ago on a cold December day, I have always had an innate capability to connect, to heal, and to lift those who were suffering around me.
Fast forward through my parent’s divorce, my father’s marriage to my stepmother, the birth of my twin half siblings, my mother’s tumultuous relationship, and the start of my brother’s long battle with addiction- I was a newfound freshman in college just starting out on her own in the world, thousands of miles from home. That freshman year changed me forever- nearing the end of the first semester I was sexually assaulted.
As a perfectionist struggling to always be the “good girl”, this was a ghastly grotesque mark on my otherwise flawless “resume”. I felt ashamed, disgusted, broken, dirty, worthless, disconnected, and embarrassed. How could I let this happen to me? How could I still carry on as the perfect girl with a wicked scar like this one? How could I bury the ugly to try and minimize any fallout? Read more...