Solstice Spells for Coming Alive
and an invitation to tonight's midsummer studio!
Sometimes grief can be SUPER helpful in getting us to let go of what isn’t feeling alive. Loss reminds us that life is incredibly short, which can help us let go of what isn’t for us.
But sometimes being hyper aware of the threshold nature of reality can also lead to us lingering in thresholds we don’t need to linger in, to distrusting our intuition when it feels certain about things.
It’s easy to feel like everything is uncertain when we are in a place of big grief. And yet, there are some places we can find solid ground.
Today’s solstice and tomorrow’s full moon invite us to listen to our bodies where there is certainty, and to step through those thresholds we no longer need to linger in. To make those decisions that help us rediscover our will to live.
Of this astrological moment, Chani Nicolas shares:
"It's a big light kind of week. It signifies a pivotal turning point in the year and our lives... I want us to think about how we do or do not respect our own time. What do you need to cut out or deprioritize in order to make the most of the rest of the year? What do you need to refocus on to make this year feel like a goddamn triumph?"
What signals has your body been sending you that you’ve been downplaying?
Instead of pathologizing or dismissing your sensitivity, what does it feel like if you actually honor that sensitivity as a way of knowing what’s for you and what isn’t?
Where in your life do you need to remember that you have agency and choices?
What choices do you need to make to feed your own aliveness?
Invitation to Midsummer Studio TONIGHT!
Join us tonight, Thursday, June 20th, from 5:30pm-7:30pm eastern time, for a free solstice gathering to cross pollinate and create alongside one another on this longest day and shortest night, on the eve of the honey moon!
We will have some space to reflect on grief and joy this season and what we are releasing, and then we will make some art about it.🐝
Invitations for our live studio:
Set the space: Please find a comfortable, quiet place for our studio session. Set this space for yourself in any way that feels most supportive for you, whether bringing in pillows, candles, flowers, photos of any of your beloved dead, drawing a tarot card, creating an altar of some kind, bringing in scents and textures you enjoy, or simply making sure you have a spacious and comfortable space.
Bring nourishment: Please bring water, tea, any beverages, fruits, or snacks you'd like to bring for our time together.
Bring art supplies, a pen and paper or something to write with, or if there is a more pleasurable or accessible form of reflection you like to do, bring materials for that…Markers, colored pencils, paints, collaging supplies, your phone to record voice memos...But remember that anything can be art supplies. What mediums do you want to work with? There will be time set aside to free-write/create/reflect using whichever mediums work best for you.
Disrupt perfectionism and come as you are. You do not need to be "on" or any specific kind of way in order to show up to this space. Let however you're arriving be enough!