MOON RITUAL
1. Set up an altar: Designate a special place to intentionally gather items that represent the Four Directions (Earth, Fire, Air, Water), your connection to your ancestry, lineages, land and other items of Spiritual significance (sage, palo santo, crystals, stones, etc)
Under The New Moon
-Plant a seed of intention or make a goal
-Think about creation, what wants to be birthed into your life?
Ain't no need to freak out about Mercury Retrograde (Oct 14-Nov 3)!
Use this three week period to your and the world's benefit:
For the many months before we're born, many of our loved ones eagerly prepared for our arrival. Upon starting life there is much gathering, celebration and joy, we're given so much attention! 🌹🍼🎂
🥀Is there a way to mirror that connection, gathering, joy and celebration as our life comes to a close?
“Skalalitude [is Coast Salish wisdom that says] when you are in proper harmonic relationship with the place where you live, the special places of power that are magnetic to you, and the many creatures of nature, then magic and beauty are everywhere.
I remember gasping for my breath, when I got my IUD* put in.
I fainted in and out of consciousness and felt what I can only describe as full body nausea. I was confused and completely overwhelmed by the pain.
Feel free to collect yourself friends....it's a lovely thing to take a break from guzzling in information, opinion, media, science and analysis.
Let a few things settle and digest or pass on.... (aka integration)
Do you know when your speaking your mind vs. speaking your Truth?
A way to engage more mindfully in real life, basically cast a prayer/intention/spell on it!!
The Buena Vida has always had its roots planted in the spirits of warm community & playful curiosity and over the last years Amanda built and cultivated a process and a space to heal like none other. Her deep respect for the Mushroom (Psilocybin) spirit, for ceremony and for Spirit Plant Medicine is so very evident in her retreats.
I love a mindful mix of science & woo (it’s so adorable when science “catches up” to ancient/indigenous practices).
Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC), Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) are courses that teach mindfulness as a way to explore & heal anything from stress and anxiety to the effects of chronic pain and PTSD.
Are you in one of those heavy relationship moments that asks: Should I stay or should I go?! Chances are, if you're evaluating the worth of one of your relationships, you're evaluating your Life on the whole. It'd be really choppy to step into a new life and work to retain the same cast of characters. As we grow, things come and go out of our bubble, people included, it's just how it works.
For me, Kambo healing represents my ability to sit with discomfort that I might usher in a better way of living. So many of the dreams/intentions/goals I have require me to get outside my comfort zone, they require effort, practice, focus and a clear channel for inspiration to flow through. My mode tends to a more hedonistic, "feel good NOW" sort of decision making process. It's perfect for absorbing and appreciating the beautiful world around me but it's a pain in the ass when I want to change, grow and pull off something great.
The thought of sending hot steam up through my vagina seemed both bizzare and genius to me. You may know this Mayan healing lineage ritual by the name of Yoni Steaming, yoni being the Sanskrit word for womb/source/abode/origin that connotes the deeply spiritual and emotional whole of a woman's reproductive magic.
Make no mistake: You are a healer. The more you can lean into owning that, the better. Learn to acknowledge the voices telling you the opposite (They might sound like: You can't heal, you're too messed up! EVERYONES a healer, I'm not special, etc.). The more familiar you become with these voices, noting when they come and go, the more prepared you will be to respond in your Power.
Celebrating PRIDE over the years has been literal sunshine and rainbows. The space provides a freedom to express and feel into that inhibited side of yourself. The last years of celebrating LGBTQ culture and folx has been a ball and has served as an official start to the fun filled summer months.
Everybody keeps telling you "DO. THE. WORK." but what does that mean? For me, it's shorthand for "Know Thyself." If you find you're dragging your feet to the self-awareness table it's probably because deep down you're afraid you might find something dark and ugly you aren't ready to identify with. Welcome to the club:)
GO. WITH. THE. FLOW. Easier said than done, I know! But there's only one thing harder: Resisting the flow. Often things get the most tough, unwound and chaotic right before a transformation. A knee jerk reaction to dig your heels in and cling to all your baggage is understandable but it's not effective. No real growth process operates like a light switch (although the initial "ah-ha!" realization moment makes it feel that way).
Give yourself a break from social media for even just an hour and sit with the music of beloved revolutionary Black elder, activist and professor, Bob Marley. Not only will you be served knowledge, you'll elevate your spirit, shed bad feelings and be left feeling refreshed.
European Americans are the descendants of the dreamers, the rejects, the outlawed, the people with nothing to lose, the seekers, the travelers. You come from people who didn’t fit into the establishment and dreamed there could be a better way of living. It is in your bones somewhere, you completely understand the Human need to dream, create and grow. At some level, European Americans arrived in these far off lands to remember the deep wisdom of ceremony, Mother Earth and our interconnectedness that had long been abandoned and denied.
