Beauty; You have the power.

I named my company Orenda Beauty, because I believe we are all inheretly beautiful, and that life itself is beautiful, even the “ugly” parts.

I believe Orenda is a Mindset, a muscle that can grow and be strengthened. Our Society has conditioned us into believing that there are only a few ways to look that are truly beautiful. Magazines, Models, Movies Social media filters….. Can all discourage us from feeling beautiful on our own. There has been a shift in the last few years that I have noticed, in seeing various shapes, colors, sizes of our body parts being showcased, which is encouraging.

Do you look at an Elephant and say its ugly? Or a giraffe? Or what about a horse, a beetle, a sparrow? They are all so uniquely different and so beautiful. I believe people are the same way.

orenda

noun

oren·​da ōˈrendə

plural-s

: Orenda extraordinary invisible power believed by the Iroquois Indians to pervade in varying degrees all animate and inanimate natural objects as a transmissible spiritual energy capable of being exerted according to the will of its possessor. source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orenda

: Orenda a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for. source : dictionary.com

: Orenda /ˈɔːrɛndə/ is the Iroquois name for a certain spiritual energy inherent in people and their environment. It is an "extraordinary invisible power believed by the Iroquois Native Americans to pervade in varying degrees in all animate and inanimate natural objects as a transmissible spiritual energy capable of being exerted according to the will of its possessor."[1][2] Orenda is a collective power of nature's energies through the living energy of all natural objects: animate and inanimate.[3]

Anthropologist J. N. B. Hewitt notes intrinsic similarities between the Iroquoian concept of Orenda and that of the Siouxan wakan or mahopa; the Algonquin manitowi, and the pokunt of the Shoshone. Across the Iroquois tribes, the concept was referred to variously as orenna or karenna by the Mohawk, Cayuga, and Oneida; urente by the Tuscarora, and iarenda or orenda by the Huron.

Orenda is present in nature: storms are said to possess orenda. A strong connection exists between prayers and songs and orenda. Through song, a bird, a shaman, or a rabbit puts forth orenda.[4] source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orenda

Ways to encourage and heal your Orenda:

If you aren’t already, I encourage you to start finding beauty in the smallest of ways, starting with yourself. Look in the mirror, even if its painful, and find at least 1 feature you find beautiful. If you need help with this, email me and I will happily point them out!

Wake up every day and focus on a few things that you find are beautiful- For those of us living in the Flathead Valley Montana, this is extremely easy- you just have to look out your window.

Find something beautiful in someone you have animosity towards. Mentally affirm the beauty within that person.

With a little effort, its amazing how quickly we can shift our Orenda. the power is within you.

Cheers to you on your journey to a more Beautiful Orenda.