Womb Wisdom: How to Breathe Into Your Next Becoming

Patience has never been my strong suit, especially when it comes to my own body. In May, I could walk 3.5 miles without thinking twice. Now, after my hip replacement, I'm rebuilding—two miles at a time. Some days, that feels like defeat. But recently, a Tarot reading shifted something in me. The message was: "You'll be a student, but you're not excited yet."

The card was right. I wasn't excited—until I was.

I’ve recently enrolled in biography work rooted in Rudolf Steiner’s teachings. Steiner describes life as unfolding in seven-year cycles, each one inviting us into a new way of seeing and being in the world. At 63, I am stepping into my ninth cycle. This stage is about integration and preparation — gathering the wisdom of all the years I’ve lived and gently shaping what I will carry forward into the next chapter, and even into the next lifetime.

It is not something far away or theoretical. It is happening now, in this body, in this breath. This cycle is less about doing and more about being — living from essence, from inner truth, from the soul’s long view.

I started preparing for the course by reading Womb Awakening by Dr. Azra and Seren Bertrand—a book about reconnecting with the sacred feminine, the creative force that births all things. Whether you're male or female, we all carry this holographic blueprint within us: the Womb of Creation. It's not about gender; it's about accessing the deep, receptive wisdom that lives beneath our thinking minds.

This concept of the womb as a sacred space resonates with everything I teach about breath. The womb—the pelvic bowl—is where we hold our deepest knowing. It's the place where we can tap into something vast and ancient when we stop trying to figure everything out mentally and simply allow ourselves to be.

Looking back at my years studying Eurythmy, I realize I was working with my etheric body without fully understanding what I was doing. I walked that path emotionally, reactively, stirring things up without always knowing why. Now, stepping into biography work, I'm choosing a different approach: following and trusting, even without knowing exactly how it will unfold.

This is what breathwork teaches us. When we breathe consciously—not meditating in the mental sense, but truly dropping into the body—we access wisdom that transcends our rational understanding. The womb, whether literal or energetic, carries this knowing. It's the great mother holding us, grounding us, reminding us that fear does not serve us.

I do breathwork every day. It's the only way I know to move through anger, frustration, and impatience and come out the other side filled with love, hope, and compassion. When I'm done, I always arrive at the same place: We'll be fine. But I have to go back to that source within myself again and again. It's nature. It's grounding. It's the great mother.

Recently, I watched a Jane Goodall documentary on Netflix, and her final message moved me to tears. From wherever she speaks now, she reminds us that each of us has a role to play. We may not know what that role is yet—we may not find it for years—but our lives matter. We're here for a reason. And every single day, we get to choose the kind of difference we make.

Jane's words echo what I'm learning in this new chapter: trust the unfolding. Trust that the reason will become apparent. Trust that even when you don't know the path, your breath will guide you there.

So I ask you: How often do you let yourself pause and simply breathe? Not to meditate or achieve something, but to let your mind rest and sink into the present moment, into your body, into the wisdom that already lives within you?

Your life matters. Your breath matters. And the journey of becoming—even when it's slower than you'd like, even when you can't see the destination—is exactly where you're meant to be.

A Practice in Womb Wisdom:

Find a quiet place to sit or lie down. Close your eyes and bring your awareness to your pelvic bowl—the lowest part of your torso. This is your energetic womb, regardless of your physical body.

Breathe naturally, allowing each exhale to help you surrender deeper into this space. Feel the weight of your body held by the earth. Notice any resistance, and breathe through it.

Ask yourself: What am I being called to become? What wisdom am I not yet excited about?

Don't search for answers with your mind. Simply listen with your body. Trust what arises, even if it's only a whisper, even if it doesn't make sense yet.

The path will reveal itself—one breath, one step, one cycle at a time.

“Space and silence are two aspects of the same thing. The same no-thing. They are externalization of inner space and inner silence, which is stillness: the infinitely creative womb of all existence.”

–Eckhart Tolle