When I first heard the song “The Woman I am” by Michael Benhayon (Glorious Music), I felt very strongly that there should have been a nationwide, if not worldwide, Stop Everything press release.
Every piece of media out there that relates to women, either relates to their outer beauty, sexual attractiveness or accomplishments. “The Women I Am” is the first song I have come across that sees a woman for who she naturally is without requiring her to be or bring anything;
It is a song that encourages true self-confidence rather than lack of self-worth, comparison, competition and jealousy. This is a huge leap forward for humanity as a whole.
We have recognised how deeply damaging music videos, magazines, TV etc. can be for the youth and adults in our society. Just about every way a woman/girl turns in her day she is bombarded with images and ideas of who she needs to be as a woman.
The confidence of our young women (and women on the whole) is pretty low when we come from the understanding that they should be walking around freely expressing their power, playfulness, sexiness, cheekiness and many other qualities with complete confidence and respect for themselves and each other.
Instead, our young women are often talking quite nastily about each other, mainly to feel better about themselves. Everywhere they look tells them they are not enough. To survive at high school with friends, as a young woman, it appears the main way to do this is to fall within the accepted ‘norm’ and to quickly dismiss and ridicule anyone who may step outside of this. Grown women have not escaped this either.
I am no expert on music and the video music charts, but from time to time I sit down to see what my lovely daughter and her friends are watching and listening to. I am shocked beyond words every time by the totally graphic and sexualised material that is in front of me. It is basically telling all women that they are either a ‘sex kitten’ or that they have very little worth in our society or to men.
Sexiness is not a sexual thing – the truth is, sexiness is just one of the many playful and cheeky aspects that make up the sacredness of women.
Then I saw the clip of the song, “The Woman I Am” on YouTube. Wow, the truth and beauty it reflects to all women to remind them of the glory they naturally are, without having to do anything, is very power-full.
When I first heard this song, with lyrics and music by Michael Benhayon and sung by Miranda Benhayon, I knew it reflected the truth of who I am as a woman. It reminds me of the glory and graciousness that I am without having to do or bring anything; that simply by claiming the glory and graciousness I naturally emanate, I become a powerhouse of love. I may not always choose to live from this truth, yet it is so simple and natural for me to live this truth. I was born female, so all of this beauty is inside myself whether I am aware of it or not. All I had to do was to re-connect to the part inside me that knew all the words of the song to be true.
This song – “The Woman I Am” – is the call for all women and girls of all ages to stand in their power and walk as nothing less than the amazing sacred divine woman they are.
So why, when such a song is released, does our world not stop, re-evaluate what we have been producing up to this point and yell from the roof tops, “yes, this is what we want, this is how all women should feel from birth to death and beyond.”
So I am standing up applauding the amazing work of Michael Benhayon and Glorious Music, the new way forward they are offering women, girls and the music world. I have deeply healed much pain and anguish within me having listened to the lyrics and rhythms of “The Woman I Am” and felt how these words and rhythms resonate within me. I feel and know the truth they carry which I now know I carry within me, as all women do. As women we all have the ability to bring the same beauty and power inspired by our own individual flavor: we all naturally bring so much, just by being ourselves in all our glory.
Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine have a deep respect for all women and the sacredness they are. I am forever appreciative of the courage and beauty they offer in standing for truth.
By Toni Steenson, Goonellabah NSW
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I love what you shared Toni and viewing the video after so much time was a real treat – so gorgeous to hear and watch the beauty, joy, power and strength that emanates from real women deeply loving who they truly are, and not being afraid to show it.
What a joy to be inspired once more by your awesome blog Toni and be listening to the song, it is as powerful as years ago, there is nothing that will change this, we as women are (as Toni stated) ‘powerhouses of love’
What a treat to have listened to The Woman I Am by Glorious Music. It’s been ages since I first heard it and it had me smiling all the way through – gorgeous.
When I listen to any track from Glorious Music I feel my whole body relax and surrender to the living pulse of purpose
I too am a woman applauding “the amazing work of Michael Benhayon and Glorious Music” and how he is breaking down the deleterious images of women that are portrayed through so much of the music that has been written over many decades. The love and respect Michael has for women flows through his lyrics, lyrics that are offering healing to women, many who have lost the love and respect for themselves
Sharing the sacredness that we can all feel is such an important aspect of or returning to our divinity and this song is definitely empowering for all those who choose to openly listen.
Look at history and there are a million songs about being sexy, heartbroken, or high but virtually none that celebrate the essence of who we are. Michael Bengayon’s music changes all that, about time! Thanks Toni.
Thank you Toni, so worth sharing as you share the love that we as women hold and hold all others in equally, when we connect. A beautiful reminder to see what is already there inside us and what we can walk forth.. Without trying, simply being with what we are feeling and honoring this by our everyday choices.
When we live the delicacy and tenderness inside us, whatever we do – music, design, writing or art can’t help but carry that beauty too. Trying to produce stunning things without cultivating the divinity in you, will never work. Trust me I’ve tested this. Thanks for the reminder Toni.
Our job is to funnel God through, to be the widest river mouth possible for Him to flow through. ‘Trying to produce anything’ will always narrow the river mouth down and more often than not stop the flow of God completely because it’s never about ‘us’, it’s always about standing back and allowing God to flow through.
Joseph I so appreciate your words
“When we live the delicacy and tenderness inside us, whatever we do – music, design, writing or art can’t help but carry that beauty too. Trying to produce stunning things without cultivating the divinity in you, will never work”.
What would the world look like if we all lived the delicacy and tenderness that is within us. We know it is there because we know that tenderness and delicacy lives within babies and small children, but somehow by the time the children go to school those innate qualities are being eroded so that by the time we are adults the quality has been buried, protected or squashed by the current standard of our heartless society.
I agree Toni. I felt similarly when I first heard Michael’s Song ‘the Woman I Am’. Whenever I hear this song I am reminded that I am beautiful and worth celebrating. This in turn reminds me of my responsibility to share this with the world.
I also really love the cover version of this song by Deborah Savran and agreed it is very confirming for young girls and women http://bit.ly/2qLQ6ny
An amazing song celebrating the amazingness all women naturally bring. To appreciate the innate beauty, wisdom and sacredness of who we are within as women, is where the true power of a woman lies. Forget the images and pictures that are pushed onto us by society and the world outside of us, as there is not-a-thing that can compare to our connection to our essence, to show us the majesty of who we really and already are.
Toni certainly carries on cherishing the women for who they naturally are – thank you Toni. We all can play our part as role models to our youth. Change begins within and then through inspiration. The Benhayon family entrust this and a great custodians of inspiration. Bring on Benhayon tv — We do have Natalie With Love – http://www.nataliewithlove.tv/natalie-with-love-tv.
Wow, I just watched this video again as having not viewed it for a couple of years and I am touched all over again by the power of it. I stand beside you and second all you have expressed here Toni! Simply Beautiful!
I have just enjoyed playing the ‘The Woman I Am’ video again – it is always inspiring and empowering to sing along with this song and see the gorgeous women on the video.
There is another film clip out in the world now that shares the same message and also should have stopped the world. ‘So Lovely’ by Sounds of Soul. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz8HWpjo1GI
It’s an important question to ask why on earth the world doesn’t stop when a music video like this is released. It is in such strong contrast to the pornographic videos that are on the music channels. But, the reality is that we are so deeply de-sensitised that something like this is just boring for anyone used to feasting their eyes on something as in your face, flashy, glamorous (definitely not in the true sense of the word) and stimulating as what is on offer today. How lost are we if we don’t even consider the fact that we all deserve to be cherished and honoured?
Yep I will stand up and applaud with you. I agree and we definitely need more true media. The current mainstream media, music, videos etc has a lot to answer for and globally we need to demand something different and more confirming to who we innately are. Thankfully there are more songs/videos etc taking the floor and reflecting something different for humanity including The Girl to Women song by Rachel Kane https://youtu.be/9UQ8DoMf_tQ
I agree Toni. Each day I go to the gym I am repulsed by what I see in the music videos on perpetual display. It’s a horrible, disrespectful parading of women, and sadly, often perpetuated by women as well as men. We need to recognise just how damaging this is.
We don’t appreciate or celebrate ourselves any way near as much as we could. This is a great song for all women and men – it would be good to see more of these videos, both from men and women.
To be all of the woman I am is such a relief as it means that I do not have to bring or do anything than be me in all my fullness.
” Then I saw the clip of the song, “The Woman I Am” on YouTube. Wow, the truth and beauty it reflects to all women to remind them of the glory they naturally are, without having to do anything, is very power-full. ”
The truth and beauty is awesome and its such a joy for me as a man to watch and hear the glory being expressed.
Without a connection to and acceptance of our qualities and values we will always be susceptible to a sense of worthlessness that will always have us fruitlessly looking outside of ourselves for what lies within.
As a man there was great joy in my heart when I first heard and saw this music video , it showed women being women in truth and flaunting it . No hooking sexual energy , no teasing of what you cannot have , but just the grace and joy of living a sacred woman and expressing so.
The woman I am is not always the woman I think myself to be. These erroneous thoughts shape us to be something we are not. How reaffirming it is to know the truth of who we are so that no doubt can enter the Kingdom where our true self reigns.
Much of the music these days actually encourages rape culture, the beat and the lyrics are really quite harmful, we have become so desensitised we don’t want to be aware of the deep harm that music can cause to ourselves, our loved ones and our society.
I love that this song that calls for women to be true to themselves and to appreciate how amazing they are was written by a man, and at a point in time where women’s self worth is globally at an all-time low – I absolutely love that a man cared enough to write a song reminding women they are amazing, and that every day we should be cherishing and appreciating who we are. Amazing.
There is no other song I know of that asks a women to honour and love herself exactly as she is, most music videos I know of are overly sexual and imposing that women should look and be a certain way.
This song is not just a call to all women to live the amazing sacredness they naturally are, but equally to all men to honour women as such and in doing so acknowledging that same sacredness within them too. I can remember the first time I heard this song and whilst it was in some ways challenging to feel the depth of responsibility we actually have with honouring each other in this way, it feels exactly what is needed in our world today especially considering we pretty much have the exact opposite being lived everywhere.
‘The Woman I am’ video and song touch me very deeply. It is like someone is finally saying, I know you are not just your looks, how sexually appealing you are that matters. It is the love, nurturing, wisdom and beauty that matters. That is your real gift to the world. This is all we have ever wanted to hear. When we know this for ourselves, we no longer have to play the game of the false ideal of a woman that society has created.
It is so true Toni that the music today that we are exposed to does not confirm the inner qualities that naturally reside in women, young and old and instead suggests that we are not enough, we need to be another way, not ourselves, to be accepted for love. False, disturbing and sinister. The absolute gift that we are as women is ready to be love by us all in which we do not need to be anything else. To discover the awe of our beauty, who we are, we simply need to connect to our essence and allow ourselves to be guided by our inner-knowingness. It is a blessing to have true music, such as ‘The Woman I Am’, that honours, represents, confirms and celebrates the realness of who we are as women.
Toni, it is very rare indeed to find a music video that celebrates woman for who they naturally are, for a music video to be empowering and confirming of the amazingness of woman without us having to do anything, simply being ourselves, this indeed calls for a celebration, ‘the truth and beauty it reflects to all women to remind them of the glory they naturally are, without having to do anything, is very power-full.’
I love this song – how it shows women can be sexy and sassy without it being physical but rather coming from an essence that we carry with us and develop from within.
The Woman I Am video shows us all what true beauty is, nothing to do with any physical perfection but the celebration of every woman in her essence.
I can feel the power in the title of the song “The Woman I Am”. A truth to be claimed.
“All I had to do was to re-connect to the part inside me that knew all the words of the song to be true.” – Allowing myself to do this today listening to the song, Wow is all I can say. Feeling how the song communicates to my body felt amazing. Music is constantly communicating something to us no different to having a conversation with someone, we can tell by a persons tone of voice how they are speaking to us but just because theres a beat or melody that comes with song lyrics doesn’t mean we can’t stop to be curious and feel what is being communicated.
I just loved watching the video again this morning, I want to share it with every woman I meet, I am reminded of the wonders that lie within my body waiting to be expressed out and shared, the sacredness of divinity within our female form.
The more I am open to it the more I feel music and the more I realise that most of it is harmful, the vibration that is played is often not at all conducive to health.
Unfortunately the fact that music can harm will be one of those things that as a society we don’t fully acknowledge until way in our future.
Toni you mention that young girls ‘…should be walking around freely expressing their power, playfulness, sexiness, cheekiness and many other qualities with complete confidence and respect for themselves and each other.’ When I read that I really got how little I experienced that as a young girl – and as a young and even now as an older woman. It’s quite shocking to understand how little freedom we feel to express all we are.
‘The Woman I am’ is a lot of fun, cheeky and sassy, sexy and joy-full – everything a woman is once the yoke of ideals and beliefs, images and expectations of how a woman should be has been cast off.
Peel back all the layers of must do, must be, women are glorious and there is a strength, a playfulness, a light, a nurturing that can change the world. We couldn’t possibly go to war when we know that feeling – jealousy and comparison would be out of the window. What lovely inspiration this morning.
I too love the song The Woman I am because I can listen to it and not feel in any way that I am somehow lacking something or need to measure up in some way. It is deeply enriching to listen to it and I love listening to it in my car with the music turned up loud.
A song that supports women to know their worth without doing a thing is gold. It goes completely against all the other messages we receive in songs these days. Doing has become an insidious disease amongst women, something we use to feel enough and be recognised. This will not stop until we feel and know the innate worth of our being.
Michael Benhayon and GM Records offer music that is deeply Evolving for us all – such a level of respect, care and love that is hard to find in our current world. This is indeed a blessing!
Thank you Toni – firstly, what a stunning photo of you! love it! And yes, I could not agree more with what you have shared in celebration of us all as women. “This song – “The Woman I Am” – is the call for all women and girls of all ages to stand in their power and walk as nothing less than the amazing sacred divine woman they are.” And a timely reminder for me to read this this morning, and deeply appreciate the woman I am!
I so love this song! it is so very rare we get a song that honours and celebrates the women for the amazing beauty she is, to date we have many songs and music videos that sexualise women in a such a degrading negative way. How refreshing therefore it is to hear music that celebrates the heart of every women.
What you say is so true, imagine if we were brought up to know that we are ALL beautiful beyond measure for just being ourselves and allowing who we truly are to shine out? That true beauty comes from within and is equally within us all and not some outer image to attain. Glorious Music (or GM Records as it is now called) celebrates us and who we all truly are and this is simply glorious as is their music.
…. and that our beauty and awesomeness was already there BEFORE we did anything so it is not about what we look like or do but the other way around – what we look like and do is reflection of how much of who we truly are we are reflecting.
‘I was born female, so all of this beauty is inside myself whether I am aware of it or not.’ Knowing this deeply is the key, I feel, to letting that beauty shine forth.
I absolutely love the Glorious Music of GM Records as they now call themselves. It is all so awesomely joyful and non-imposing. The new website is here: http://www.gmrecords.net
When we don’t respect ourselves as women and honour the sacredness that we hold, it makes sense that we are not respected in the world. It is very supportive to have glorious music that supports us to hold ourselves in the preciousness that we are.
Speaking of women: ‘ I am forever appreciative of the courage and beauty they offer in standing for truth.’ The truth is we are all equal, the truth is we are not here to satisfy the sexual fantasies of men – or other women, we are not here to subjugate ourselves in any way shape or form.
The truth is we are here to live the amazingness that we are in all our power and glory. This song supports and celebrates this , supports and celebrates us as women. It is amazing that it has been written by a man. There are many men that are going against the trend and holding respect and appreciation for women. These men are also courageous and standing for truth. Let’s acknowledge, applaud, appreciate and celebrate them too.
‘This song – “The Woman I Am” – is the call for all women and girls of all ages to stand in their power and walk as nothing less than the amazing sacred divine woman they are.’ And this is the only way we can stop the abuse women we allow. We are all equally responsible for all the abuse that takes place, not a man or woman in this world has not contributed one way or the other.
The quality of Michael’s music is extraordinary. Never have I heard so much love and evolution in one song let alone album. Michaels music offers the listener an opportunity to connect to the deep love they really are.
This song just raises the bar on any music song/video. I feel sad when I see the music that is on MTV to me these videos are obviously deeply harming. It is so refreshing to finally see and hear music that is about truly celebrating the women and all the beauty, wisdom and love she stands for.
There is so much as women that we have accepted in the past, for instance the way we have been portrayed in songs and the media , that is false. So when there is such a rare and beautiful song written by someone who has much love and respect for women, we know it is the truth!
“So I am standing up applauding the amazing work of Michael Benhayon and Glorious Music, the new way forward they are offering women, girls and the music world.” Agreed Toni, Michael’s songs are to be applauded, his songs really appreciate women for who they are, they are in no way emotional or heavy or trying to put women down. I have never tired of listening to his songs they are all very different, each one is unique and a joy to hear.
Michael Benhayon presents music that is non imposing and thus truly healing and listening to it has brought a deeper level of awareness in music that feels imposing on my body with lyrics that are emotional, needy for love or sometimes aggressive to the ear and body.
How glorious it would be to have true music at the top of the charts! We are however so unused to music that heals rather than harms, that does not impose, that it would be impossible for many to recognise it for what it is. And that’s fair enough – I did not have such sensitive ears either before I heard Michael Benhayon and Miranda Benhayon perform and came to understand exactly the consciousnesses their music was breaking down. But one day the truth of this will be heard, quite literally, by many.
Every time I’m at the gym I get to see exactly where we are at in our portrayals of women and I have to say it is well, well beyond sex kitten. This ramping up is on a par with the rise of sexting by and assaults on very young women – school girls. Both men and women have lost their way. Many young women believe it’s obligatory if not normal to behave in ways that completely debase themselves.
Michael Benhayon’s music is deeply healing on so many levels. How much music out there celebrates people for everything they already are? That they don’t need to do anything, own anything (or anyone) in order to be the love that they are. This music is inspiring whereas listening to some of the songs on the radio they feel so heavy and emotional. The only time I have felt heavy or emotional listening to Michael’s music is when I’ve felt the lyrics come up against how I have not lived that is within me and being celebrated openly via the song.
When I hear the song it’s easy to connect to the joy of being a woman and the way it celebrates all of us.
The song ‘The Woman I Am’ is a glorious invitation to all women to appreciate all they already are.
And I was going to say that ‘women will never know the extent of who they already are’ but thankfully that isn’t true, one day all women will not only know but will live all that they already are.
A beautiful song written by Michael Benhayon and sung by lovely Miranda Benhayon. A gorgeous and inspiring uplifting song for women !
It is really inspiring to see women claiming their beauty and divinity when this is so far from the norm. Women need true role models that reflect how to cherish and honour themselves as the women they are, instead of aspiring to be something society or the media sells that they are not.
I re-visited both the English version and the German Version ‘Wunder in Mir’
http://www.unimedliving.com/natalie-benhayon/media-productions/the-woman-i-am.html this morning and all my inner particles feel expanded and quite literally are dancing with joy! What a beautiful way to start the day. Thank you Toni for this great blog and deep appreciation for Michael Benhayon and his music and all the wonderful women appearing in the video clip, reflecting the true inner beauty and truth of women worldwide, available to all equally-so – when we choose to re-claim it.
Stephanie absolutely we cannot help but to feel the joy in the music, there are no functional human- beings in any of these videos. All the music that is being produced is asking us all to step away from being a dull human-being and to reclaim ourselves as deeply caring, sassy, very alive human-beings. We can all see the difference, so we do have a choice now.
“This song – “The Woman I Am” – is the call for all women and girls of all ages to stand in their power and walk as nothing less than the amazing sacred divine woman they are”
In wholehearted agreement with you here Toni – this song is deeply empowering and it resonates with the truth and sacredness we all carry within and offers a return to choose to live this in our daily lives.
Watching the video of ‘The Woman I Am’ is always like seeing it for the first time – there is deep joy, warmth and playfulness shining out from every woman appearing on it which is naturally uplifting in my own body. The music and song lyrics are glorious – a true celebration and honouring of the divine essence of all women worldwide.
I remember the first time I heard The Woman I Am, it was like it was written for every woman in the world to remind them how amazing they are… Imagine if all music had the same effect… there would be much less low self-esteem and lack of self worth in the world.
True sexiness comes from within and the women in this video, regardless of their age, are looking so sexy. When we claim and honour ourselves as women everyone gets to feel the magnificence of this.
When more women and men realize and understand the difference between sexiness and sexism this planet has healed much.
Thank you Toni, this is a great review of the song “The Woman I am” and how it celebrates the true beauty and sacredness in every woman, for who they naturally are rather than generating comparison and competition between women as you say.
I love this video it is absolutely amazing, it is so refreshing and out of the ordinary to find a music video that inspires and celebrates ALL women.
When I think back to all the MTV videos I used to watch as a kid and how these influenced me into thinking I had to be someone I am not, I feel sad that as a society we have let this slip by and now accept this as normal. Our children are being influenced by these music videos, they are encouraging abuse and promiscuous behaviour. We know we have big problems in society and mental health including eating disorders, I suggest we start to look at what we are allowing as ‘normal’ on our TV screens.
Well said Toni, I agree Glorious Music and Michael Benhayon offers men and women music that inspires us and confirms who we truly are.
Writing about sexiness not being a sexual thing changes so much about how that energy is used, by both men and women. Sexiness is something that belongs to women and is to be deeply appreciated by us. It tends to be used to manipulate both men and women and this has caused a lot of damage to our relationships and it is time to take some responsibility and begin to heal.
I love this video, it is so very refreshing to find a song and video that does not impose on you. Most videos these days are actually very harming and ask the lady to be something she is not. The Woman I am video is an amazing example of women in their glory inspiring and showing the world who they really are.
“. . . we all naturally bring so much, just by being ourselves in all our glory.” This is such a powerful and absolute truth that is equally worth sharing the world over. Every choice we make has the opportunity to offer this truth to all we meet. The more who chose to live in our own glory the more other women and girls can feel that they also are this deep with-in.
How gorgeous to read this and have the song and video attached, I listened to it afresh, I smiled all the way through and thoroughly enjoyed watching a group of women feel totally at ease in themselves celebrating being a woman. Now to walk it in my day.
This is a truly awesome review of ‘the Woman I Am’ Toni. I remember being blown away the first time I heard this song, it is incredible to hear a song that truly honours and celebrates women.
Thank you for sharing this Toni. When I first watched this video The Woman I Am’, there was a profound knowing that this song is celebrating and honouring women worldwide. A poignant sense of a deeply known, but long forgotten feeling of the absolute joy of being a woman and the true power, delicateness, fragility, strength and deep connection with the stillness within is possible for all women to re-claim in full once more.
When I first heard ‘The Woman I am’ I was truly and deeply moved. It was so felt within myself, just how beautiful I am, that I am worthy of love, as are women everywhere. That there is a sacredness that is within us all, something that is there all the time, we just loose connection to what that is and what it feels like. The video is also, light, joyful and a pleasure to watch so many beautiful women claim who that are.
Wauw Tony, I am so grateful that you share this so obvious thing with the world.. As to see for everyone that this video is like no other, no other sexual tinted video or belief. Just who we truly are a women and what we deserve to know and treat ourselves and eachother. It is so so beautiful to see this video and read your respons, I hope the whole worlds get’s to listen to it, all all all. Thank you for having taken the time to write about this so important message. Sharing this brilliantly lovingly, nurturing video that is an role model for all women and men equally so.
Many of us may not like to hear it but the ideas we have of who we are, are just boxes that are not true. We pack ourselves up and try to fit into these small containers, but by squeezing in our sense of ourselves becomes so limited and thin. We then strive and fight to sustain this crazy picture we aspire to be. But what if men and women are nothing like we think them to be? What if all our definitions have been flawed fundamentally up until now? Then we might have to consider we are so much more than we have been told. Thank you Toni for opening this up now.
When women are honoured like in the song, The Woman I am, the truth is being expressed. When I allow myself to connect with this truth there are no excuses for not living from knowing deep within that the love I seek or can ever want to be, I am already. What comes next is honouring myself in the same way – living and moving from this love – even how I type this response can be loving or not.
I agree Bernadette, love isn’t an action as such but if a person has love flowing through them then whatever it is that they do will be imprinted with love.
There is such a dichotomy in the world …Toni points out the awfulness of what is being presented on music videos, and yet there is such a strong movement for equality… Well at least on the surface because corporations and governments have to be seen to be proactive in this case… And yet at the same time there is this constant subversion through things like music videos that presents such an disjointed and perverted sense… We do really need songs and videos that support who we truly are on all levels.
I agree Toni – it is a beautiful song with lyrics that ask every woman listening to them to just tune into themselves and appreciate and confirm everything that they are. This is rare with songs these days as most of them try to send people into emotional overload that leave the listener feeling heavy and needy. The reality is that the idea of a ‘normal woman’ is one of inadequacy so the more we are able to access and listen to songs like this one, the more opportunity for us to revolutionise the meaning of ‘normal’ for a woman.
When I used to work in retail we had music playing all day. Being manager of the store I got to choose the songs and the albums, so really it could have been much worse. I soon realised that you cannot cater for all of the people all of the time, but soon found a way of least upset and most possible harmony playing songs that both customer and worker enjoyed. However, and this is a huge however, by the end of the day when I turned off the sound system, my body would sigh the hugest sigh of relief, it was heavenly. It was then that I realised how much these songs come loaded with emotions and messages, and how we feel these too all of the time. Something I had never truly appreciated before.
This is unprecedented in the world that we currently live in, music that truly supports and inspires. Music can have such a big impact on how we feel and it is so important that we ‘clock it’ and be aware of the messages that it is sending. I used to listen to music I thought was empowering but often I would feel angry, defensive, forceful, sad or melancholy after listening to it. I didn’t move on and heal anything I just got caught up in the problems I perceived I had in life. Road Gloria, Michael Benhayon and Miranda Benhayon inspire and heal.
Absolutely Samantha. Music has an enormous impact on us. More than most consider and hence an enormous responsibility sits with the artists and producers and all recording and support crew to produce something that is clear and truly there for us all. I would say that most have an unconscious addiction to music these days as its emotional hooks can become like the tantalising tendrils of drugs
This is how I have felt and continue to feel “When I first heard this song, with lyrics and music by Michael Benhayon and sung by Miranda Benhayon, I knew it reflected the truth of who I am as a woman.” Empowered and inspired to express who I am, without trying in anyway, a freedom of knowing I am enough. This song is a celebration and confirmation of the qualities found in women equally. I Love it.
This is such a joyful song with a powerful message for all women, The true celebration of the precious, tender, nurturing and playful essence of who we are. It shows that it is never too late to start celebrating ourselves as women and the more we claim ourselves, the more we support a strong foundation for those that will come after us. Thanks Toni.
‘It reminds me of the glory and graciousness that I am without having to do or bring anything; that simply by claiming the glory and graciousness I naturally emanate, I become a powerhouse of love.’ Reading these two lines feels already healing Toni, let alone the whole blog
Women strive to fulfill or become an ideal that has been created for them, one they have subscribed to somewhere along the line. And even when we feel free of these ideals there are beliefs that sneak in to guide us away from the truth of who we are. This song brings us right back to the absolute truth and love that resonates in our bodies. Thank you for providing the link, I feel it heals another layer every time I hear it.
Absolutely, those ‘layers’ of hurts, beliefs and ideals of what we often think we ‘should be’ continue to be exposed, enabling us to see them for what they are and yes this song does for me also support letting go of these and healing. I feel more accepting of my natural loveliness, tenderness, power and sacredness when I listen to this song. Music that truly supports awesome.
When I let myself fully feel this song I also feel it takes me to a deeper appreciation of myself, the trick is listening with my heart and feeling the song was written for me.
I agree, Kate, we are often so caught up in our roles and use these roles to measure our self worth and then the comparison and jealousy creeps in. It is beautiful to see and feel women truly appreciating themselves and each other in this video.
There is nothing more beautiful than seeing and feeling this. It is radiant.
You ask here Toni, how come a song like this isn’t front page news the day it is released. Perhaps it is because women around the world are so deeply buried in their lack of self worth and self loathing that they are unable to recognise the truth and healing within this song.
The Woman I Am calls to every woman to reignite the glory that all women hold within. But if you are so deeply entrenched in the roles you play (e.g. ‘mother,’ ‘daughter,’ ‘sister,’ ‘grandparent,’ ‘wife,’ ‘career woman,’ ‘bad ass,’ etc) and defined by your lack of self worth, the healing power of this song can’t penetrate those layers. . . well it can and does for every woman who hears it, but it is too much for some women to entertain because if they opened themselves up to one iota of what The Woman I Am is offering, they would also need to see all they have lived that has not been the true woman they see in that song.
Like the music Toni this blog needs to be out there, The music of today and the energy it is written in that our teenagers are bombarded with is appalling and some of the lyrics are just utterly abusive. How in any way is this OK? We seem to be settling for less and less. So when a song or music comes along that shines so much with love and is not received as it should be, it just reflects the state of the world.
Watching the youtube video clip of “the Woman I Am” is one of the best ways to grace ones day. The clip is so very powerful, deeply touching and glory in action.
Thank you Toni for a great blog, I had not heard the song for sometime and it was so joyful to hear, again and to see the the women singing in their power and joyfulness, was really inspiring.
The powerful healing that is delivered with this song is really quite profound. I had the opportunity to share a song I liked with a group of people. The person I gave it to to bring to the group shared she had quite a reaction to the song, especially looking at the women in the video clip … It then came around to a discussion amongst a few women about how quick we are to judge but then underneath that there was an appreciation and understanding that this is not the way to be with each other, particularly as women. I loved how this song allowed space for each individual to observe and feel for themselves with no interference or agenda. It is simply a presentation. This is the power of a song without any hooks, in fact it unhooks you from any bind with a song and allows you to feel the truth the song is delivering.
The Woman I am is a wonderful Wow. “Wow, the truth and beauty it reflects to all women to remind them of the glory they naturally are, without having to do anything, is very power-full.” To be in a room with lots of women singing this song together is very powerful and an inspiration to be all that I am.
As women we have the ability to be with each other this way on a daily basis. Songs like this inspire us to remember the grand beauty we have within then there is no room for jealousy, comparison or taring each other down.
I agree, this song does remind us that we can live with one another with love, respect and appreciation. I really got a sense of that in the you tube film. The harmony and joy between the women is a joy to behold.
The Woman I Am is a beautifull song along with all the music that glorious music produces.