Akhilanda gets her power from being broken: from being pulled apart and coming back together again. She is seen seated atop a crocodile in a rushing river, depicting her mastery of living in this state of flux.
To stay on the crocodile she must stay in her body and remain fluid like the water, in a state of responsiveness and deep relaxation. She must move and allow herself to be moved with not only the currents of the river but the unpredictable nature of the wild animal she rides. Akhilanda’s power lies in active surrender, riding through the terrain of the unknown and the unknowable with her body as her compass and her vehicle.
Life is full of paradox: in order to build strength in the muscles, the very fiber of the muscles must be broken. The process of breaking and healing makes the muscle stronger than it was before. Adaptation has taken place. Similarly, life can tend to break us. Not because we are unloved, but because we are so deeply loved. Not because we are flawed, but because our flaws provide the rich soil for our genius to be nourished into existence and finally emerge into the world.
We are never not broken and that is a thing of great beauty and divine opportunity.
The invitation from this deity is to inhabit your body as a means to allow deep relaxation and movement within locations of fear, contraction and emotional pain so you can be free... adapt, become stronger and enjoy the dance of your ever-changing nature and life.
With Love,
Therese xo