Hello Everybody,
I'm still here. Maybe just a few veils deeper. Just feeling some ground beneath my feet as the kids are back in hybrid schooling and we are finding some new and fluid structure to this strange year. 2020 has been quite the spiritual initiation, yes?! I have taken comfort in a mentor's words, a reminder that we signed up to be here at this time. That our souls probably stood in line begging to be of service, boots on the ground, to help with a profound shift happening on planet earth at this time. (What were we thinking, right?!)
I left and spent a month in the woods this summer to recover and reassess my next steps after our unfortunate yurt fire. It felt so good to be connected to the trees, and to be at a high elevation, where mountain tops were at third eye level. Hours of quiet with nothing but the company of ravens, deer, wind, and woods to teach me. What I remembered was what it felt like to have an open heart. I cried a lot. I laughed a lot. I got more tender. And I got more tough. I wasn't going to give up a dream I had worked so hard for. And I'm happy to share that we have decided to rebuild <3.
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Life can change so fast. And trauma can lock us up, in our bodies, in our minds, and in our hearts. It can bring us to a locked down place (literally) where we want to hide from the uncomfortable. And yet, the healing is found--as Brene Brown says, in leaning in and getting curious and facing that which makes us squirm: often facing very human aspects of ourselves. The practice of bringing spaciousness to our relationships where we have the courage to see and share "the stories we are telling ourselves" and how many of them are silly when we say them out loud, or simply untrue fantasies that served a coping purpose. The work on coming more into present time with one another is a gift I see this 2020 drawing out of us. With so many future unknowables, we are called to be present with what is. We are invited to gather in our humanity. Not fearing our frailty, but holding it tenderly, while continuing the work of weaving our unique divine connection. It's a practice to shift our perspectives away from the monkey mind and distractions of the world, back to the still calm center of the heart.
Times like these call for courage. And faith. They call for heart. The astrology for the rest of the year looks pretty intense. Like a pressure cooker (that has the potential to make us more brilliantly bright!) As the sun has slipped into the underworld and the days get darker from here until the Winter Solstice, I feel this is a time to go deeply within. To do our inner work so we can remove the planks from our eyes and see ourselves and one another more clearly, as beloved children of the One Most High.
I encourage people to amp up their grounding practices. Whatever you've been doing to self care and stay sane: maybe do it twice as much! Up the meditation time. Make sure you're moving your body and spending time connecting to nature as she dances in colorful fall colors. I've personally picked up my daily mantra practice and am charging and clearing my relationship with the element of fire as I also pray for people being affected by these extreme weather emergencies. If you would like to start a mantra practice, set up a session with me and I can offer you some from my lineage of teachers to start.
I will be here holding sacred space and doing new moon and full moon ceremonies. Heads up this Tuesday Saturn moves direct and makes a square with Mars, so some friction as the national speeches are scheduled. Also this Thursday is a Full Moon and Pluto will be going direct on Sunday 8:33 a.m., this may have us revisit energies that kicked off 2020. Pluto is about transformation, and Saturn is about structures on Earth, so keep your inner eyes on the prize. What would bring your heart more joy? What changes still need to be made to bring about a more helpful way of life for our families and the planet?
Join me on FB live here at 9 p.m. Thursday for a full moon astrology report, ritual & card reading. (Full moon is exact at 4:06 p.m.)
I am now seeing clients remotely on TUESDAYS. My offering of remote healings and clearings may be a good support at this time. We find a time when you can relax, and I will do a remote healing session to help clear your chakras, boost your immunity, and clear your home. I am also hand drawing astral charts and offer a one hour reading. Tarot readings can also be done via remote on zoom. I'm open to doing remote yoga lessons too! Just let me know how I can support you at this time.
Take good care everyone,
Jessica
Find me teaching hot yoga @ Mojo Fit Studios on the following days:
Tuesday 4 p.m. (Northside)
Friday Noon (West)
Saturday Noon (West)
Sunday 2 p.m. (West)
Sunday 4 p.m. Live Music w/ Jessica taught by KJ
I'm so excited to have brought a big dream to reality by stepping out to offer live music during a yoga class! It's something I always wanted to try and KJ was so supportive, she offered me a weekly gig! I'll be sharing healing mantras and original music as an offering to the community <3
Save the date! November 1, Sunday from 10-Noonish I want to offer an on-line experience I'm calling Shakti Lady Light. It's All Saints Day, and the day after Halloween and the second full moon of October and just a week before the election. I'm planning on holding ceremonial space to remember those who've passed on, to guide women in meditations, chakra clearings, gentle movements, songs and prayers. Since we can't be together at a large venue this year, you can join me from the comforts of your home for a live experience. I'll have more details soon!
Enjoy this extended version of the sermon I preached at F-M Unitarian Universalist Church a few weeks ago on the topic of the Great Goddess.
May you be blessed with warmth in your home,
Love in your heart,
Peace in your soul,
And joy in your life.
Namaste, Jessica