With so many distractions in our hectic lives, re-rooting to the feminine can be a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be. Passion is a thing to cultivate. Here's how.

In this age of technology, women find themselves buried under an avalanche of hats: Employee, doting mother, dedicated wife, friend, sister, daughter, cook, maid, lover, educator, pet caretaker - the hats are as infinite as we are. Regardless of dogma, living within a Patriarchal context can make it difficult to remember the importance of our relationship between our soul and the feminine aspect of God.

Let's face it - it can be almost impossible to maintain, period. So grab a cup of something special and meditate on:

Seventy-Five Ways to Recapture Your Goddess.

1. Flirt with strangers.
2. Eat a pear.
3. Show off your legs.
4. Kiss a baby.
5. Buy an insanely decadent red-red-red lipstick.
6. Wear it to work.
7. Buy yourself flowers.
8. Curl your hair. For you.
9. Buy flowers for another woman who needs this article more than you do.
10. Splurge on perfume.
11. Sing to the Goddess.
12. Light a Pink Candle for your sisters.
13. Call your Mother.
14. Wear a scanty black thong.
15. Sip a cup of Jasmine Tea.
16. Caress your belly. Mean it.
17. Listen to Tori Amos.
18. Get furiously, passionately and lusciously angry about an issue.
19. And then right it.
20. Plant a tree.
21. Wear a long, flowing skirt and lots of jewelry.
22. Eat good chocolate.
23. Walk barefoot under the stars.
24. Make your own pillow book.
25. Invest in satin sheets.
26. Wear glitter.
27. Choose a position from the Kama Sutra at random and surprise your lover.
28. Take a lover if you don't have one.
29. Wear stiletto heels.
30. Take up Belly Dancing.
31. Dye your hair red.
32. Buy a bright green silk dress.
33. Ravish yourself openly.
34. Read anything by Mama Gena. Anything.
35. Let someone else do the dishes.
36. Give yourself a secret name.
37. Find a guru.
38. Carry rose quartz.
39. Drink lavendar lemonade.
40. Incorporate flowers into your daily life.
41. Run ylang-ylang through your hair.
42. String white lights on your altar.
43. If you don't have an altar, create one.
44. Expand your knowledge base by taking up a new, feminine hobby.
45. Like target practice.
46. Paint your nails OPI 'I'm Not Really a Waitress" Red.
47. And your toenails.
48. Remember Mama loves you.
49. Practice Grace.
50. Or at least accept it.
51. Be gentle intentionally.
52. Read erotica.
53. Write erotica.
54. Tuck a silk handkerchief in your purse.
55. Commit to more lace in your wardrobe.
56. Buy a bath bomb.
57. Read Anais Nin.
58. Cultivate your earth.
59. Eliminate plastic from your life.
60. Eschew meat.
61. Breathe deeply in.
62. Really stop and smell the roses.
63. And the dandelions.
64. And even the crap. Remember that 'fecal' is a desired note to perfumers. Seriously.
65. Wear thigh-hi's to the office.
66. Dance naked.
67. Remember that men adore fluid, full womanness.
68. Surround yourself with those men.
69. Incorporate your spiritual aspect with your physical one.
70. Name your animus.
71. Wear violently red silk panties on Mondays.
72. Drink a bottle of Veuve and toast yourself.
73. Call your girlfriends and shower them with adoration.
74. Write poems on toilet paper for others to find.
75. Cultivate generosity. Especially towards yourself.

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