Blessed New Year’s Eve community.
What a joy it’s been journeying with you all throughout this year.
What has your journey been like? I always love hearing from you.
My greatest guides through this wild chariot year were the ocean and the moon.
Sweetest memories were fleeting kisses with my soul pup. And all of the moments he touched me from the liminal realm. Did you know that you can have a deeply psychedelic experience just looking at sunlight through tear soaked eyes? Yes, you can create a rainbow with your own body.
It was in those soft moments I made friends with grief.
But there were many times I felt alone in my grief. Until I’d hear the rain weeping alongside of me.
Days I thought my grief was too big to feel. Until the ocean invited me to wail at her feet.
Nights I thought my howl for my beloved would break my voice. Instead it only strengthened me.
In the deepest dark I felt as if my grief would sweep me away. But really,
it carried me home…
Appropriately, grief and the waters of the body were powerful themes for this chariot year. I dive deeper into these reflections in a new podcast episode:
✨ The Waters of the Body - Reflections from a Chariot Year ✨
I reflect on the wild wisdom of the chariot card, the alchemy of grief, and letting the waters of our body- our emotions, intuition, and dreams guide us toward our next evolution. I also give a sneak peak at next year’s card, the Strength card.
And I share how this year has brought me to the depths of my heart and the depths of my creativity.
After taking almost a year off from some of my deeper space holding, I’m so excited to invite y’all into the offering that has been placed on my heart by spirit, a powerful practice space that has been longing to ground into our world.
🌱 Earth Body 🌱 a year long somatic immersion journeying with the seasonal wheel.
Imagine…
A year of devotion to earth wisdom.
A year of devotion to your wise body.
A year of being nourished in circle with women and our ancient ancestors.
A year of gathering council with the elements and the plant and animal beings that are just as committed as we are to collective healing and liberation.
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Earth Body is…
12 moons
8 earth calendar ceremonies
1 powerful circle of women
And a transformative experience of a lifetime
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A home for witches, mystics, healers, teachers, and creatives
to remember your wild and wise connection to creation, to embody the powerful force of nature that you are.
Fill your cup with a year of soulful community, somatic ritual, and deep earth wisdom.
I would be so honored to take this soulful journey with you.
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I love y’all and I’m wishing you spaciousness to reflect on your journey through 2023. Spaciousness to restore your body and your energy. Spaciousness to dream. And I’m praying that your new year is filled with beauty and connection and joy.
🌻 Josie
I’ll leave you with some precious words that have been holding me in this transition space. Written by one of my brilliant teachers, Tom Hirons.
In the Meantime
Meanwhile flowers still bloom.
The moon rises, and the sun.
Babies smile and somewhere,
Against all the odds,
Two people are falling in love.
Strangers share cigarettes and jokes.
Light plays on the surface of water.
Grace occurs on unlikely streets
And we hold each other fast
Against entropy, the fires and the flood.
Life leans toward living
And, while death claims all things at the end,
There were such precious times between,
In which everything was radiant
And we loved, again, this world.
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