Rituals of Returning

We are held between
summer’s fatigue
and summer’s fire,
there has been a blooming
and a ripening,
and now a harvesting and a fading,
as the time comes
to turn the page. This audio is a twenty minute mini ritual about finding “spots of time” for devotion, magic, and enchantment. Note: the book I referenced writing, Whole and Holy, was, in fact, published with that name and is available in our Etsy shop. For support materials and resources see: http://brigidsgrove.Etsy.com and http://patreon.com/brigidsgrove and http://30daysofgoddess.com

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"The question about how to 'understand' her now clarifies itself, as the wrong question...perhaps interstand is what we do, to engage with the work, to mix with it an active engagement, rather than 'figuring it out.' Figure it in."
--Judy Grahn in Open Mind

The editor of the anthology I quote from above, Diane Mariechild, adds: "To interstand, we must be in relationship with what is happening." As we've been talking about on this journey together, daily practices and personal ceremonies really matter and it is important to both find ways to deepen our practices, but also showing up for ourselves and doing it anyway, even if it isn’t what you imagined or you don’t have enough time, or it doesn’t feel “big enough” also matters.

Our card for the week from Womanrunes, was The Dancing Woman, rune of power. How are you dancing in your power? Do you feel like a powerful person? Do you know how it feels to stand in your power? Where might you need to more fully inhabit your power?

What are you figuring in?

In the recording, I also share a long story about creating a seashell mandala at the beach during the lunar eclipse and full moon and what I learned from sunlight and shadow that day.

Note: this audio was originally recorded several years ago prior to the spring equinox, so it is a little off schedule for the present season. However, I’ve been thinking about some of its themes recently and felt motivated to make it public now.
Affirmation for the week: I make time to “figure it in” and I dance into my full power.

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“What greater praise can I give you than to call you green? Green, rooted in light, shining like the sun that pours riches on the wheeling earth; incomprehensible green, divinely mysterious green, comforting arms of divine green protecting us in their powerful circle…” —Hildegard of Bingen

I'm re-visiting an older audio this week (originally from 2017) themed around "May You Be Green," which was a prompt in our Earthprayer series. I've been trying to decide what to do with some of the archived materials that I had stored in a past classroom space and I decided I'm periodically going to re-share some of them here. Some of them may feel familiar to you, others may feel brand new!
Our card for the week from Womanrunes was The Box, rune of boundaries. Where might you need to set firmer boundaries in your life? There are a lot of social messages to think “outside of the box,” but sometimes the Box is exactly what we need!

From The Goddess Guidance Oracle we received Vesta. Vesta reminds us to tend to our homespaces as expressions of our soul. Is your home nourishing your soul? Is it an outer expression of your inner experience? How about other environments, workplaces, offices, etc.? What is something you might do this week to help your home express the qualities of your soul?

May you be green. May you set boundaries as needed. May you tend your hearth well and wisely.

Affirmation for the week: I draw lines when needed. I create a place of beauty and express my soul.

And, now, dear Circle, the rattle passes to you....

Where might you need to set boundaries? What can you do to more fully express your soul within your environment(s)?

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An audio ritual for the Creative Spirit Circle, drawing inspiration from the Sun from Womanrunes and musing about making choices and living a life small enough to hold you.

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Created as a supplement for our ongoing #30DaysofGoddess practice, this is a brief reading about sustainable self care and devotional rhythm. It is based on an article from the October 2021 issue of Mindful Magazine in an article called The Power of Sustainable Self-Care by Shelly Tygielski.

"Consider the rhythms of your daily life—what would qualify as your mudrooms? What physical spaces or natural pauses already exist that would allow you to transition more elegantly from one demand or obligation to another? What about the weekly balance of your activities? Are some areas of your life being overrun or overwhelmed by others? You are the architect of your life, so consider your whole house and how to change things so that you can function at your best..."

There is no perfect,
there is no right way,
there is only your life
as you live it,
one choice,
one breath,
one no,
one yes
at a time.

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Based on the book Simple Abundance, this audio explores some questions of the authentic self as well as the concept of “Divine Discontent.”

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May foundation audio for Living the Questions exploring how your inner life shapes your outer life, creative living, and more.

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A practice based audio for Living the Questions—where does your wonder lead you? Can you practice radical amazement?

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Audio for month three of Living the Questions.

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An exploration of devotion and devotional practice.

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