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Hello Beautiful Souls! Welcome to November, an interesting time of year when the energy of the world gets pulled down... down... deep down into those potent spaces that are inviting you into next level transformation:
November is one of those months that we could easily complain about. The fall colors have, well, fallen away, and the dark days are getting even darker as the cold sets in. Ugh. Alternatively, we can look at November for the power it holds. For one, we just passed Halloween, which is traditionally a time of honoring the thinning of the veils and the ability to listen in more powerfully to guidance. For another, the season of harvest is coming to a close, which is symbolic of the high-energy and hard-working days being replaced by more time for stillness:
In fact, these late Autumn months are a powerful time to go inward, and to allow whatever you are still clinging onto to fall away, so that you are ready to be born again anew (when the time comes). Two powerful practices to work on this month:1. Stillness - As we move into the late portion of Autumn and the beginning of Winter, we find that the Earth is settling down. The leaves lay nestled on the Earth, and they create a nurturing home for the insects and other small beings that are resting, waiting for the Spring when they will once again emerge anew. You can take a cue from nature and find more time to settle into stillness. Sit or lay down, focus on deep, slow breaths, and hold intention to let go of all that is not serving you to hold any longer. You can do this in practice in this Guided Autumn Meditation recorded in 2022. This is actually one of the first meditations I ever recorded - an oldie but a goodie! 2. Listening - As Earth slows down and the veils thin, this is a powerful time to practice your listening. You can do this by going out in nature and listening to the trees, or the very ground. You can do this by gazing at the sky, or down at the brown Earth, and inviting in emptying (as you open to whatever replaces that normal noise in your head). While there, you may find that this Earth has more to it than you once believed, and the depths of which it is here to nurture you, to care for you, and to guide you. What else is happening?
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For those of you still reading down this Newsletter, I want to close by offering you a look at the bigger picture of what is happening right now.
I say it all the time: We are in BIG times. And just like these times are asking us to step up, and to be in action where is needed, there is a simultaneous ask that we allow ourselves to descend....
To fall away upon this Earth...
To allow ourselves to fall away as we dissolve...
To allow ourselves to dissolve away as we re-become...
There is a great re-becoming that is happening right now, and it is asking that we allow that all those beliefs and patterns that keep us stuck in the "old world" dissolve away so that we can emerge, and to stand powerfully, skillfully, intelligently, and lovingly in what many of us know to be "the new world."
For those who are resonating with this, I've got another special opportunity for you to dive into a powerful activation with my teacher Sabrina at ReWilding. It was just released, and even I haven't done it yet! Although, that is probably on my next on the to-do list after hitting send, because I know it will be powerful. More on this offer to come in a future post.
Big love,
Katie
I tell stories and teach practices focused on a fully embodied experience of this life. Whether I am out running on the trails, climbing mountains, teaching a yoga class, writing a book, or working with a client 1-on-1, I am here to support a greater connection (mind, body, Earth) as we become ever more capable of healing: our own selves, our communities, and our dear planet
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