welcome yourself back like this

we start each edition with a sensory offering to guide us.

codes.

A great episode from ayandastood.

‘Don’t get tricked into becoming good prey’ - a great watch from May.

A quick exercise for lymphatic drainage - great to pair before yoga and meditation in my experience.

Sun, Moon, Stars - Solar Eclipse in LEO szn notes by The Hood Healer.

First woman in my bloodline to feel my Luteal rage (and you?) - essay by Naam Sūriya

happy leo szn.

truly been enjoying interacting with more poetry both online and offline. also finding poetics to be more than the language we put together, but in the energy we create and carry. ꩜ فريدة ꩜’s account carries that same resonance.

some seeds i have planted and musings i AM offering.

8/8 — a letter for reclaiming sensitivity as a passage to audacity, because if you are sensitive in this world, then you are by practice emboldened by the deep feeling life.

The somatics are working because you're no longer afraid of being sensitive

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Aug 8

welcome to the Lion’s Gate edition. If you’re new to this, the Lion’s Gate portal is a time where the sun in the astrological sign of Leo lines up with the Earth and the star Sirius. In Ancient Egypt, Sirius was understood to be the Spiritual Sun, so this period was reserved for receiving lots of insight and an invitation to be in undivided Light. this …

for me, one of the most exciting parts of coming back to the body is noticing that the nervous system does not operate in silos. coming back to the body is coming back to the mind not running on autopilot, it’s coming back to the pleasure-filled way of living, it’s having your passions knock on the door of your heart again, it’s feelign available to begin your rising with an open journal because the dreams are vivid once more or the poetry feels ripe like it once used to.

the nervous system will wait until you notice the dialogue it is having with all of you. it is an interconnected living system that responds to many things, yes the way you start and end your day, yes, the company you keep, yes the environment you frequent, yes the ways our fascia molds based on our emotional reflexes/memories, yes our posture, yes our ability to move through life with a full-bodied yes! and a full-bodied no! and trust that.

welcome yourself back this way, not thought-led, but yes-led, no-led, body-led:: one small yes a day. one truthfull no. an opportunity to get familiar with the life built on elongated self-trust.

Looking forward to unravelling and documenting the nervous system grounding practices for all bodies in this space and beyond. starting with my own and ongoing journey to creating safety in my vessel. Here is a glimpse at my evening somatic/Kemetic/yogic/intuitive/energetic cleansing routine posted on IG.

closing message channelled for whoever you are:: there is a yes in you but you’re used to no, so you’ve mispronounced it. pause and taste the yes before you respond.

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Thank you for reading until the end. happy eclipse. happy nu moon. happy resting and reawakening.

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