Hello Beloved,
I hope you are taking good care of yourself right now.
I've just returned home from Boone, NC. I was there for a long weekend and a mini, solo writing retreat. I'm working on my next book. I am unsure of the title, but the book focuses on Protection Practices. Because who doesn’t need to protect their energy right now? This book feels different than any of the rest; it’s witchier. But I’ve been weaving spells through words for many years now.
The writing retreat was lovely. The light at this time of year is stunning. I sat out in the sun, wrote, took brisk walks with Jasper, built fires in the fireplace, meditated, cooked nourishing foods, and sat in gratitude for everything—all of it. Always.
Many years ago, I created an oracle deck, called
Transverse. Some of you are familiar with it because you send updates of cards you’ve pulled and share how much the deck has supported you throughout time and space. Thank you. When I created Transverse, immense energy was swirling around in my life. I felt swept up by so much rapid change and loss, all at once. It was difficult to feel my feet, the ground, or to remember my connection to the ground. It felt challenging to remember the earth’s abiding love and embrace.
One of the cards in the deck ended up being air. It has an image of a feather that I found on the coast of the Pacific Northwest. I remember finding that feather on the sandy shore and thinking, "Stay light, go with the wind, don’t resist the winds of change."
The first line of the mantra on the card is: I feel the winds of change around and inside me.
Indeed, I did.
I do now, too.
The second line of the mantra is: I am receptive to my breath and listen for the whispers of the Universe that the air brings me.
Take a deep breath in and out.
There is a lot of noise out there right now, and let's be clear, utterly horrific shit is happening and at a pace we cannot keep up with. The wind always brings about change, and we must listen to how it whispers and speaks to us.
There are messages in it that are perceptible when we steady ourselves long enough to listen.
The messages we receive from the wind, elemental energies, and larger ecosystem, the seen and unseen, might help us respond to the human-made noise—the chaos created by oligarchs who do not care about the collective’s survival. The chaos created by lineages of supremacy and oppression. The chaos created by dictators and their puppets.
I don't trust the chaotic wildness created by people disconnected from humanity and the more-than-human world.
I trust the generative wildness created by those who see and feel their shared humanity and know their place in the larger world—those who align with the laws of nature and seek and create balance.
I trust us.
I trust the wind.
Let us create generative wildness together.
It is so.
And so it is.
I’ve created a
short practice focused on the element of air and the winds of change for you.
Enjoy!
