1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,800 Hello everyone and welcome to the Awaken Together podcast. 2 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,560 I'm Jen and I'm Kat. 3 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:17,440 And today is going to be our Halloween episode. 4 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:18,440 Great go sound. 5 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:19,440 Thanks. 6 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:22,200 Glad you realized what that was. 7 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:25,520 I knew right away. 8 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:33,080 We are going to share with you some rituals for the actual day of Halloween and discuss 9 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:40,300 what we've mentioned in previous episodes, but review our review, how to protect your 10 00:00:40,300 --> 00:00:46,720 energy, review how to set your space and just some more rituals you can add into your life. 11 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:54,960 But before we get into all of that, Kat and I just completed our second Awaken Together 12 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,520 retreat in St. Augustine. 13 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:02,680 It was a witchy theme and we would love to share a little bit about how that was. 14 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:08,800 So Kat share your heart, all the things that came up and it was just incredible. 15 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:09,920 Oh my God. 16 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:11,720 It was a dream come true. 17 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:16,840 Like I'm having trouble explaining when people ask me now that we're back, like how was it? 18 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:18,160 I'm like, oh my God, no words. 19 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,040 It was absolutely perfect. 20 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,200 The group always comes together just so beautifully. 21 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:27,760 Even though many people come into it not knowing each other and then they leave as family, 22 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:28,760 as a sisterhood. 23 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:37,560 And in terms of this retreat as a coven, I was just so proud of how vulnerable everybody 24 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:38,560 was. 25 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:44,200 It's like this container creates such a sacred space for everybody to drop in really quick, 26 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:46,640 get deep, share their hearts. 27 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,920 And I really believe that everyone comes to this for their own reasons, but takes what 28 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:52,800 they need out of it. 29 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:57,520 And yeah, all the little things that we did from our mystical dinner where everybody dressed 30 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:01,640 up as a different feminine archetype and we went around our table. 31 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,640 We did a cord cutting ceremony with candle burning. 32 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:05,640 Which was wild. 33 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:06,640 It was so wild. 34 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,160 So many stories on that. 35 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:13,640 And just being a five minute walk from the ocean provided space for everybody to just 36 00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:20,560 really connect with nature, which is as we know, like a big part of witchiness and the 37 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,920 elements in connecting with the earth in that sort of way. 38 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:29,040 So I'm still like on a high, just glowing from it and can't wait for the next one. 39 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:31,320 But what was your experience, Jen? 40 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:35,640 Yeah, I had, I actually drove down to Florida from Colorado. 41 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:38,960 So I had a lot of time to sit and kind of think of everything. 42 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,640 And it was, it was so special. 43 00:02:41,640 --> 00:02:44,380 I think every retreat is special in its own way. 44 00:02:44,380 --> 00:02:50,920 It's impossible to say, yeah, one goes over the other because yeah, it meets everyone 45 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:53,000 exactly where they need. 46 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:59,920 And I just think it really shows what I would love to see humanity just be able to offer. 47 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:06,240 I tried to cultivate as many retreat like experiences as possible now in my life because 48 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:15,540 that kind of intimacy and vulnerability and true play without judgment and just really 49 00:03:15,540 --> 00:03:20,040 delving into what we can do as like a group energy. 50 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,440 It's just something that is so sacred and important. 51 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:28,920 And you can just feel in your being that it's what is supposed to be happening. 52 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:33,880 It feels like a click of alignment, I think. 53 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:37,320 And yeah, our schedule is so, so beautiful. 54 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:40,040 I loved doing all of our little workshops. 55 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,080 I loved all the classes. 56 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,960 We had one of the moments that was so beautiful. 57 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:54,960 I was doing Reiki on a big chunk of the group and I just like look up and the moon is rising 58 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:57,720 over the ocean and it's this giant pink moon. 59 00:03:57,720 --> 00:03:59,520 And it was so beautiful. 60 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:00,520 So, so gorgeous. 61 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:01,520 That was so special. 62 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:07,120 I remember we all hovered out the front deck and we're just like gazing in awe of just 63 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:09,760 this gorgeous pink moon over the ocean. 64 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:13,520 Yeah, the moon was really showing up for us. 65 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:14,520 Yeah. 66 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:19,560 It was like such beautiful views and so big. 67 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,560 And yeah, it was so special. 68 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:23,560 I will. 69 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:29,760 Yeah, I've sat and done some journaling on just little moments, but it's absolutely incredible 70 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:31,440 to watch. 71 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:35,160 First of all, new people that came, but we also had some repeat people that have come 72 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:41,360 to previous events and just watching people's growth along the way and how every single 73 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:42,600 retreat is so different. 74 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:48,280 You cannot ever get the exact same thing and you really get to explore multiple sides. 75 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:53,400 So watching even people that have attended multiple really play with that has also been 76 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:54,960 such an honor. 77 00:04:54,960 --> 00:05:00,200 But yes, I'm so happy, Kat, that we get to do what we do. 78 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:01,800 And I love you. 79 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:02,800 I love you too. 80 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,080 I'm so grateful to be able to do this with you. 81 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:06,080 And you're so right. 82 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,960 The world needs more of this magic. 83 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:10,600 Yes, absolutely. 84 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,560 And we're going to keep making it happen. 85 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,880 Yes, that's right. 86 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:22,760 So to switch gears into Halloween, I thought before we went over just kind of some rituals 87 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:29,160 that we would share a little bit of our experience with Halloween, because I think this is a 88 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:35,880 very funny conversation with my background versus Kat's, which we have given you little 89 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:38,040 glimpses of. 90 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:41,360 But I was not allowed to celebrate Halloween. 91 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:45,120 It was like the biggest no ever. 92 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:52,640 My family really saw it as being a very evil holiday and that any participation in it was 93 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:56,200 just a really dark thing to do. 94 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,640 And so I had this confliction growing up. 95 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:06,960 I always remember just being like so confused between my own family experiences and then 96 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:10,240 at school, like seeing kids come with costumes. 97 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:15,760 And I wasn't allowed to participate in like Halloween parties that happened in class either. 98 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:19,280 So it was always this weird like I got more isolated. 99 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:25,120 Like I feel like I had the darkest times of my life around Halloween because there would 100 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:26,120 be these. 101 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,120 Yes, it was just always so confusing to me. 102 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:31,920 Like, are these people like participating in evil? 103 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:35,440 It like just doesn't seem to land for me. 104 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:40,120 So I was always just such a watcher and paying attention to like everything happening. 105 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:45,320 And I remember, yeah, classes would play like movies and stuff that I wasn't allowed to 106 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:46,320 watch. 107 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,360 So it's always all this like, oh, gosh, this is embarrassing. 108 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:52,240 I have to like go somewhere else for things. 109 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:59,040 And it was also so strange because the day of Halloween, we would we didn't participate 110 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:00,520 in any like church events either. 111 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:06,200 My parents were even against like churches trying to do like spinoffs of Halloween. 112 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:09,080 So we yeah. 113 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:15,160 So we would like turn all the lights off in our house on Halloween because we didn't want 114 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,400 the trick or treaters like coming to our house. 115 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:23,600 So it's just like this really weird, like sitting in the dark doing other stuff, which 116 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:24,920 sounds kind of witchy. 117 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:25,920 Right. 118 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:32,120 I feel like they made it so much more like Halloween became the biggest emphasis ever 119 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,000 when it was supposed to not. 120 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:40,680 But yeah, we had like a very strange ritual around it regardless, which shows anything 121 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,360 can kind of turn into a ritual if you do it every year. 122 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:49,840 So I just like came to yeah, came to know what to expect and what was coming. 123 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:53,520 But yeah, that was kind of my experience with it. 124 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:59,360 So once I became 18, I feel like I became one years old with Halloween. 125 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:04,760 And so that would make me, let's see, 12. 126 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:05,760 Halloween years. 127 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:12,960 And so yeah, so I still feel like it's such a like inner child, like healing experience 128 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:16,640 to kind of do the playful side of it. 129 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:20,260 And yeah, kind of throw like parties and the dressing up. 130 00:08:20,260 --> 00:08:22,920 And I think there's so much fun to that. 131 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:29,320 But I also do believe that there is a spiritual emphasis on this holiday because a lot of 132 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,080 culture celebrated that way. 133 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:36,600 And it's not necessarily exactly on October 31st, but there's a lot of heightened energy 134 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:42,420 at this time in the year anyway, you get closer into Scorpio season, a lot of the eclipses 135 00:08:42,420 --> 00:08:43,420 come up. 136 00:08:43,420 --> 00:08:47,480 And so I do think there's a lot of rituals that are important to ground in. 137 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:52,880 But we'll get to that cat share a little bit of little cats Halloween. 138 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:55,800 And I want to hear what your favorite costume was. 139 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:56,800 Oh, OK. 140 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:58,800 OK, this will be fun. 141 00:08:58,800 --> 00:08:59,800 Yeah. 142 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:03,720 So it's crazy how Jen and I have had like such different upbringings with it, but have 143 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:06,240 now like met in the middle and share this love for Halloween. 144 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:08,240 I love that. 145 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:15,400 But yeah, growing up Halloween was something that was encouraged in my household, not for 146 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:21,760 any particular reason other than just being like a fun time for kids to go out trick or 147 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:25,080 treat, dress in costume, be silly, just be kids. 148 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:28,640 So I grew up going to church every Sunday. 149 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:36,680 But like in my parents' mindsets, Halloween wasn't like tied to church in any way. 150 00:09:36,680 --> 00:09:41,640 So of course, I'm grateful for that because it's always been one of my favorite holidays. 151 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:46,200 I remember when the like costume catalogs would come in the mail. 152 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:51,200 I'm really dated myself here, like early 90s. 153 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:55,040 When the costume catalogs would come in the mail and I would circle the ones that were 154 00:09:55,040 --> 00:10:00,200 my favorites and I would talk to my mom and say, Mom, which one? 155 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:01,200 Like I can't pick. 156 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:03,120 I think I really like this one or this one. 157 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:08,160 She would help me make my decision and then we'd order it from the catalog by like calling 158 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:09,160 them. 159 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:10,160 So cute. 160 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:12,160 Placing an order. 161 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:13,500 Oh yeah. 162 00:10:13,500 --> 00:10:14,720 So that was a big highlight. 163 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,600 Just picking my costume and then it would come in the mail. 164 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,080 And of course, I'd have to try it on right away. 165 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:24,520 And then I'd all get all excited about my little basket and what candies we would buy 166 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:30,840 from CBS to have for trick or treaters when they came to our house. 167 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:34,560 And then I remember always wanting to have like a Halloween party with my friends at 168 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:35,560 my house. 169 00:10:35,560 --> 00:10:37,360 So we would host that one year. 170 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,120 We actually made a fort in our living room. 171 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:46,320 Me and my friends out of just boxes and like sheets and we would draw on the boxes like 172 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:47,840 little baths and windows. 173 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:49,520 So we went all in. 174 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:55,840 And like yeah, Mary-Kate and Ashley, double double toil and trouble. 175 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:58,840 I just like that was a big part of my childhood. 176 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:01,040 I was going to watch that one. 177 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:06,760 We'll have to have like a full Jen inner child healing Halloween night where we go trick 178 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:07,760 or treating. 179 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:10,760 Even if it's just with people we know. 180 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:13,320 So people aren't alarmed. 181 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:14,680 We're going to make this happen Jen. 182 00:11:14,680 --> 00:11:17,000 Mary-Kate and Ashley for wonderful. 183 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:18,000 Yes. 184 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,000 Yes. 185 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,000 Exactly. 186 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:25,720 I also just like really, I don't know, I wanted to have magical power so badly as a kid. 187 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:30,600 I really wanted nothing more to be like then to be Matilda. 188 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:34,720 And that sounds really messed up because if you've seen Matilda, like that movie is pretty 189 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:36,080 sad with her family life. 190 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:37,360 Of course, that's not what I wanted. 191 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:38,600 I just wanted her power. 192 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:44,560 So I would stare at a light switch for like 30 minutes and just begging it to turn on. 193 00:11:44,560 --> 00:11:46,400 And unfortunately it never worked. 194 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:47,840 But you were, you were meditating though. 195 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:52,800 I mean, I was meditating really hard, focused. 196 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:58,640 And then fast forward, I mean, a couple of years ago, I remember listening to a podcast 197 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:00,240 called witchy wisdom. 198 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:01,240 And it's funny. 199 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:06,560 Like I looked at it recently and it's not really still going, but it was that podcast 200 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:11,640 that turned me on to Reiki because she said that Reiki is the closest thing she sees to 201 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:12,640 magic. 202 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,680 And then I started investigating it. 203 00:12:15,680 --> 00:12:18,000 And yes, I very much align with that. 204 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:21,880 Now energy healing is definitely the closest thing we have to magic. 205 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:22,880 It is magic. 206 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,880 So that was kind of my experience. 207 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:27,920 I love it. 208 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:31,640 And didn't you, I mean, you grew up pretty close to Salem. 209 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,320 Did you guys do that around Halloween a few times? 210 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:39,240 Yes, I would go to Salem every single year with my mom. 211 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:44,280 We would have like a little girls day where we would just like go to Salem and go to the 212 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,160 crystal shops and get lunch. 213 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,640 And it's a beautiful town right by the water. 214 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:52,760 And it's like quintessential fall in New England vibes. 215 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:55,120 So I would highly recommend it to anybody. 216 00:12:55,120 --> 00:13:00,040 I'm actually going to be in Salem on Halloween for the first time this year. 217 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:01,440 I'm pretty stoked. 218 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:02,800 It's going to be a madhouse. 219 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:08,320 I'm already preparing, but going to go dressed as a witch with Kyle and my best friend, Margie 220 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:10,160 and her boyfriend. 221 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:14,080 And we'll probably have a couple of drinks and just, you know, do a little shopping and 222 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:16,760 see what else Salem has in store for us. 223 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:17,920 I love it. 224 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:19,440 I did that last year. 225 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:25,240 I was a few weeks before Halloween, but I was in October and it was so fun. 226 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:32,000 I think, you know, I can feel like, I mean, a lot of sad stuff happened during that time. 227 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:36,360 I like that there is a combination of kind of reflection on the bad that occurred, but 228 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:43,160 also a chance to kind of switch the narrative, celebrate the fact that, you know, we can 229 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:49,640 be so much more open about our gifts and what this is and work together to, you know, unpack 230 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:51,120 the mystery of everything. 231 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:57,640 I think that's one of the beauties of, yeah, we talked about this a lot at our witch retreat, 232 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:04,900 like calling yourself a witch, you know, and working with witch practices and rituals is 233 00:14:04,900 --> 00:14:09,800 really a beautiful way just to reconnect to what is already happening around us all the 234 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:15,920 time, the cycles that are around us, the moon cycles, the season cycles, the cycles in our 235 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:16,920 own body. 236 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:21,560 If you're a bleeding body, like there is just so much magic that's already happening. 237 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:26,800 And when you're conscious of it and kind of ebb and flow with it, you really do start 238 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:30,440 to see that form of magic that you can practice with. 239 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,760 And I think it's absolutely incredible. 240 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:39,600 It's very sad that, you know, we can reflect back on history in times that any time someone 241 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:46,520 was stepping into their healing powers and abilities that were gifted to them, I think 242 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:53,960 a lot of it was was conflicting against power and greed and the things that needed to happen 243 00:14:53,960 --> 00:15:00,440 in the patriarchal view that, you know, it was a confliction to have these kind of alternative 244 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:04,620 or integrative healers working with the community. 245 00:15:04,620 --> 00:15:09,360 So I think it's a beautiful time in history that we can step into those gifts and play 246 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:11,560 around with what feels good to us. 247 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,480 And I believe we all are magical. 248 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:19,120 And I believe that you were doing magic, even though the light bulb didn't turn on. 249 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:21,440 You were regulating that nervous system. 250 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:23,680 Yes, absolutely. 251 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,000 And I love what you shared too. 252 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:31,920 It's like for me, witchiness, whether you are practicing witch or you just feel drawn 253 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:39,920 to magic and energy work and healing and being in nature, I think that it's reclaiming our 254 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:45,720 power as women and our femininity because it was repressed for so long. 255 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:47,160 And we were told to be small. 256 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:51,280 We were told that there were so many things that we couldn't do when it's like innately 257 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:52,820 in our DNA. 258 00:15:52,820 --> 00:15:53,860 This is who we are. 259 00:15:53,860 --> 00:15:57,680 And so it's just embracing the isness of that. 260 00:15:57,680 --> 00:15:58,680 Absolutely. 261 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:09,120 Yeah, so next, we actually have a lot of fun rituals to share with you all that you can 262 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:15,040 really practice, whether it's on All Hallows Eve or the time leading up to it or even the 263 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:16,560 day after. 264 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:22,920 Just some ways that you can really lean into the energy of this day, whether it's with 265 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:28,000 your friends and with community, but also in your home yourself. 266 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:35,120 Yeah, and I was going to add to that, Kat, that these are a lot of the rituals we have 267 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:39,280 shared like for full moon ceremonies, new moon ceremonies. 268 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:45,280 So these are more than just for Halloween, but we're going to kind of re-explain to you 269 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:50,560 how you can really hone in on creating ritual practice. 270 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:55,200 And I think these can be interchangeable with being the day of where there can be maybe 271 00:16:55,200 --> 00:17:00,840 a heightened mystical spiritual aspect that a lot of cultures really tune into and reflect 272 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:01,840 with. 273 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:06,280 Or you can just use this as this is a good time to kind of reset and restart. 274 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:09,000 We're still entering into a new season. 275 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:14,360 We are fully embracing fall, like the leaves here in Colorado are falling to the ground. 276 00:17:14,360 --> 00:17:16,260 There's a lot of shedding happening. 277 00:17:16,260 --> 00:17:21,840 So I love the fact that the timing of the leaves doing what they're doing also coincides 278 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:22,840 with Halloween. 279 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,880 I think it's a perfect time to kind of do all these things. 280 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:27,040 Definitely. 281 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:31,560 And our episode, I believe it was in season one called All Things Energy. 282 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:34,240 That's where we first briefly touched on all of these things. 283 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:37,120 So it's a little bit of a review from that. 284 00:17:37,120 --> 00:17:40,720 But if you want to go even deeper, you can listen to that episode as well. 285 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:47,040 We'll be touching on those as well as some other practices to add to your tool belt. 286 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:52,600 So the first one, when just thinking about being in your home, creating a sacred space, 287 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,800 you're going to want to clear the energy in your home. 288 00:17:55,800 --> 00:18:00,520 So really the first step that I would recommend doing is really simple. 289 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:01,520 It's cleaning. 290 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:07,160 And it doesn't sound like magical or mystical, but it's actually really important because 291 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:14,280 stuck energy gets trapped within dust particles, within dirt, and of course, like in the energy 292 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:18,300 of trapped emotions that might be stuck in the place as well. 293 00:18:18,300 --> 00:18:24,680 So literally cleaning the floors, sweeping, vacuuming, dusting, all the surfaces, that's 294 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,680 going to be a really great first step. 295 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:31,360 And then from there, totally recommend smudging. 296 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:34,120 So this is burning something. 297 00:18:34,120 --> 00:18:39,840 So whether it's traditionally sage or Palo Santo, maybe some lavender, even a candle 298 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,680 if you don't have those other things at home, but you'd like to... 299 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:44,400 Incense sticks for the win. 300 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,040 I keep a pencil holder of incense sticks. 301 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:52,000 I keep a pencil holder of incense sticks right by my front door so that it's in my face. 302 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:53,240 I can grab it. 303 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:55,200 I do that so often. 304 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,320 I can cleanse myself off in my space. 305 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:58,400 There you go. 306 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:00,440 So many ways to do it. 307 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:05,200 So smudging, and there's a couple of ways that you can keep in mind while you're smudging. 308 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:11,040 So if you are holding your smudging agent, the way that you remove unwanted energies 309 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:18,560 is by creating counterclockwise circles and just moving deliberately and slowly around 310 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:20,080 your space. 311 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:28,040 Counterclockwise is always an act of closing off, sealing, removing. 312 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:33,360 So counterclockwise, moving around your space. 313 00:19:33,360 --> 00:19:39,120 Ideally if you're approaching this from a mindset of being really present and kind of 314 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:44,880 protecting your own energy while you do so, open the windows so that the stuck energy 315 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:46,560 can move on out. 316 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:50,240 So it has a place to go and exit. 317 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:56,680 Then once you've done that throughout your space, recommend moving clockwise throughout 318 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:57,800 your space. 319 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:03,760 This will seal the space with protective, healing, and safe energies. 320 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:10,320 So this can be whispering protection spells under your breath, like please protect this 321 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:12,520 space. 322 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:15,640 Those who don't belong here, please leave. 323 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:20,240 And yeah, just having that moment of creating sacred space within your house that feels 324 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:25,560 loving and nourishing and like your energy. 325 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:33,080 So creating that and from there, playing music is another great way to change the frequency 326 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:34,300 within your home. 327 00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:39,280 So this can be loud enough that it can permeate through each room or you can play it in each 328 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:44,880 room separately, but just playing music that you feel resides with the frequency that you 329 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:46,920 want to be inviting into your space. 330 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:48,040 I love that. 331 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:49,560 And I want to add one more thing. 332 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:57,560 I just did this yesterday and it's so funny to think back to my childhood because I swear 333 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:05,680 I rearranged my bedroom like so often I feel I would just redo my room and I didn't really 334 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:12,200 think much of it, but I just redid a lot of the stuff in my house yesterday. 335 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:18,100 I switched up the bedroom arrangement, the living room slightly, and just kind of switched 336 00:21:18,100 --> 00:21:25,120 a lot of stuff up and it feels so new and that feeling of it feeling new is such a beautiful 337 00:21:25,120 --> 00:21:27,240 new energy to step into. 338 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:32,280 I even think like maybe little Jen was onto something by switching her room all the time 339 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,640 because she's probably trying to fix some energy. 340 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:40,400 That's so funny you say that because I would rearrange my room all the time as a kid too. 341 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:43,200 I think it's a way probably to regulate yourself. 342 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:49,200 You're trying to bring up, but it's really probably reflective of energy as well as yeah, 343 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,200 I'm sure there's some psychology behind why we do that. 344 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:57,200 It's probably a form of let's start something fresh and new, but I'm sure there's an energetic 345 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:58,320 component to it. 346 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:02,040 I can feel the difference in my house from doing what I did yesterday. 347 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:03,040 Yeah, definitely. 348 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:06,640 I love that and I love that we both did that. 349 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:08,480 So fun. 350 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:09,480 Little witches. 351 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,800 That's right. 352 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:15,420 So another tip that we have is using protection salt. 353 00:22:15,420 --> 00:22:17,640 So this is something that's really common. 354 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:21,660 You've probably seen it in movies like Hocus Pocus. 355 00:22:21,660 --> 00:22:25,360 Salt is a really protective healing element. 356 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:30,080 So it's something that you could literally just take your salt shaker from the grocery 357 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:34,020 store and you could walk around the perimeter of your house. 358 00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:39,320 You can simply draw a few lines around the entrances and exits of your house and as you're 359 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:46,440 sprinkling it, sharing that same sentiment of only wanted energies are allowed to enter 360 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:50,840 this space, all unwanted energies, you cannot pass this line. 361 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:55,600 You really like being with your energy, grounding in and being present as you're sprinkling 362 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,760 the salt around. 363 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:02,360 Now another thing that you can add to this, which is really funny, is black pepper. 364 00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:05,800 Black pepper is to keep away on anything that's unwelcome. 365 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:10,040 So adding a little bit of salt and pepper, it's like we're cooking, but we're creating 366 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:15,680 a little spell outside of the doors, outside of the windows even just to protect your home 367 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:21,160 and keep all that serves you within, all that doesn't outside. 368 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,720 So we've created a sacred space. 369 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:28,640 We've really made our markers for where energies can't come in. 370 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:33,680 So inside of your house now, this is a great time to create an altar. 371 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:39,040 And this is something again that we've mentioned in the past, but an altar can serve as a physical 372 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:44,880 manifestation of creating that sacred space in your home where you can come to your spiritual 373 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:46,220 practices. 374 00:23:46,220 --> 00:23:49,200 This can be where you lay your crystals. 375 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:54,320 This can be where you practice yoga or meditate in front of just having like a designated 376 00:23:54,320 --> 00:24:00,080 space in your home to really call home for your practices. 377 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:07,440 Now we really recommend utilizing the four elements of nature in your altar in any way, 378 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,920 shape or form that resonates with you. 379 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,720 So fire, earth, wind and water. 380 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:18,140 For me, I like to have a bowl of water and something that I smudge with along with a 381 00:24:18,140 --> 00:24:20,200 lighter for my fire. 382 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:24,280 For me, I have a pine cone because the way that it falls from the tree, that's air to 383 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:28,660 me and then earth, that's my crystals. 384 00:24:28,660 --> 00:24:34,920 Now something else, a great ritual that we can pull from other cultures and do so honorably 385 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:40,080 is from Dia de los Muertos, having photos of loved ones who passed on to honor their 386 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:42,160 memories on your altar as well. 387 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:46,560 If that's something that really resonates with you and feels aligned. 388 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:49,160 I think anything that sparks some joy. 389 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:54,520 So any photo, quote, anything that when you're sitting there in reflection, it brings you 390 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:56,880 a sense of peace and calm. 391 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:01,440 Some people have pictures of deities if that's in your practice. 392 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:06,400 It can be so much more casual than that on just being even a little picture of you, something 393 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:12,860 that really connects you back because the whole point of the altar space is not to necessarily 394 00:25:12,860 --> 00:25:16,320 call in something unless you're setting the intention for that. 395 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:20,880 It's really just to give you a set place that you come back to, that you sit with and that 396 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:27,800 you honor and respect kind of what's going on in life, who came before you, who inspires 397 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:28,800 you. 398 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:31,420 It's just supposed to be a sacred space for you. 399 00:25:31,420 --> 00:25:32,420 That's right. 400 00:25:32,420 --> 00:25:35,960 And a very sweet movie that depicts this really well is Coco. 401 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:37,920 I love that movie. 402 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:38,920 Grandma Coco. 403 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:39,920 I love her. 404 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:40,920 So cute. 405 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:41,920 Yeah. 406 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:42,920 So cute. 407 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:50,840 So Jen, calling in ancestors and protection in the four directions is where I usually 408 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,280 go next in when I set up my altar. 409 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,200 Would you like to share a little bit about that? 410 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:56,200 How you do it? 411 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:57,200 Yeah. 412 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:01,480 So I loved everything said about cleansing the space. 413 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:08,760 I also, whenever I go into a ritual and to add that I haven't always had a set altar 414 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:09,920 in my house. 415 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:15,800 I really believe for me, like my yoga mat was kind of playing the role of an altar. 416 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:22,560 I would always roll out my yoga mat and I just knew who I was in that space because I 417 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:27,680 have ebbed and flowed with my yoga practice since 2010. 418 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:31,720 So every time I roll out my mat, it's like all previous versions of me that have stepped 419 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:33,640 onto the mat kind of come together. 420 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:39,160 It feels really sacred for me once the mat is rolled out. 421 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:45,640 My homes have changed a lot over the years, so I haven't always had it in the same space. 422 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:50,240 Sometimes yeah, I've, I moved my crystals around so much because I'm always taking them 423 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:51,320 places with me. 424 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:56,940 So definitely what my altar has looked like has shifted, but I do, I can feel the difference 425 00:26:56,940 --> 00:27:01,680 when I create a space in my house that is primarily for that. 426 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:05,520 I like to have it face the North. 427 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:11,920 And yeah, I think when you have a set place, you can kind of then drive that energy to 428 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:12,960 mean something else. 429 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:18,240 So if you're in your living room, you probably have habit, habit loops around what the living 430 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:19,360 room means to you. 431 00:27:19,360 --> 00:27:22,720 If you're in the kitchen, you know what the kitchen kind of holds for you. 432 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,880 So there's like stories within our house of what we do because we're always generating 433 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:28,560 routines and habits. 434 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:34,120 So I do believe that when you have that space, that's kind of defined as something different. 435 00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:38,080 It leads to that space having its own story, if that makes some sense. 436 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,760 So that's how I view an altar. 437 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:46,200 Whenever I'm sitting down to go into a more practice of calling in protection, calling 438 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:54,480 in spirit guides or calling in any higher being connection and information, I do a lot 439 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,180 of cleansing on myself first. 440 00:27:56,180 --> 00:28:00,800 So the same way Kat described cleansing the house, I would cleanse myself that same way. 441 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:05,600 So counterclockwise, I started at the crown of my head, work my way down, get underneath 442 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:07,780 my feet, do my hands. 443 00:28:07,780 --> 00:28:12,620 And I set the intention, may anything that is not serving me be released. 444 00:28:12,620 --> 00:28:16,200 And then I do a lot of like actual touch connection to my body. 445 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:20,360 I sometimes put my hands on the crown of my head, my third eye, my throat, my heart, my 446 00:28:20,360 --> 00:28:26,800 solar plexus, my womb space, my sacral area, and then my hips and just say, you know, may 447 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:28,680 my body arrive in this moment. 448 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:29,800 May I be grounded. 449 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:34,560 May any information that is needing to come to me be clear. 450 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:40,560 And I always do an intention before I go into a space of like kind of calling in more. 451 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:42,360 I like that sense of protection. 452 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:47,040 I do this before I, we do this before any retreat. 453 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:52,520 I do this before I really pull cards most of the time, because unless I'm doing cards 454 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:57,480 kind of after a yoga practice where I've already stepped into some mindfulness, I believe that 455 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:01,380 it's important to do that because that's how I think you really connect to your cards and 456 00:29:01,380 --> 00:29:06,680 start to realize that there is more than just a lucky card pool. 457 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:08,880 There is a story there. 458 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:12,560 And I always keep my card decks on my altar, by the way. 459 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:15,520 But to call in protection, I do those practices. 460 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:21,800 And then we have shared on meditations on this podcast of envisioning a white light 461 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:27,120 just above your head, picturing that light pouring through your body, really setting 462 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:34,080 that intention through visualization of a dome of protection within you and around you. 463 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:41,800 Imagining is really how you can call in that protection so easily. 464 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,480 Visualizing really drives our energy. 465 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:48,200 It drives what we're doing, how we're perceiving things. 466 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:52,860 And yeah, I think visual meditations, I like to picture a dome of protection around me 467 00:29:52,860 --> 00:29:57,560 before I go into a space that I know is going to suck a lot of my energy or take a lot of 468 00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:01,520 my energy if I don't kind of call that in. 469 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:07,440 And then, yeah, I think once you're in that space of protection, other things you can 470 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:13,920 do to invoke kind of that connection to higher realms, higher beings, or even your higher 471 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:20,380 self, if that feels like it resonates more with your practice, is using your voice. 472 00:30:20,380 --> 00:30:25,120 So saying something out loud, you can ask questions, say what you're needing clarity 473 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:26,120 on. 474 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:29,840 You can call in the four directions, which I usually do this practice. 475 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:33,220 You can do it sitting down, but I also like doing it standing up. 476 00:30:33,220 --> 00:30:40,540 This comes also from other cultural backgrounds where they really believe that connecting 477 00:30:40,540 --> 00:30:46,600 to each direction has different elements and energy qualities behind it. 478 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:56,480 You can search calling in the directions, little mantra, quote, what's a good word for 479 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:57,680 that? 480 00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:00,080 Invocation. 481 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:01,080 Invocation. 482 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:02,080 Love that. 483 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:03,080 Yes. 484 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:06,160 And so you can search that and kind of read it out loud. 485 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:11,560 I like to face each direction and just honor each space before I sit down. 486 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:16,360 You can also actually read out the whole thing that you can search very easily. 487 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:18,320 And maybe you print a copy to have on your altar. 488 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:23,080 We went over this with our retreat space and kind of said it all out loud. 489 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,880 And I've said this before and I'll say it a million times again. 490 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:32,400 Our voice creates vibration and vibration interacts with energy. 491 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:37,960 And when you really speak something out loud, there is incredible significance in that. 492 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,440 Your body responds to those vibrations. 493 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,720 What's around you responds to those vibrations. 494 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:48,080 So actual chanting and saying something, not just in your head, but out loud has a lot 495 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,320 of power behind it. 496 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:51,320 Yeah. 497 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:55,640 Brings it out from inside into the physical realm, into reality. 498 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:56,640 Right? 499 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:57,640 Yes. 500 00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:58,640 It's incredible. 501 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:05,800 We did chanting at our retreat and I chanting just you can feel a high and a buzz like you've 502 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:09,280 never felt before when you really sit with chanting. 503 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:11,480 There is something so sacred. 504 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:17,920 I think of that a lot in religion even just amen. 505 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,400 Just some of these sacred words. 506 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:25,460 Om for our yoga philosophy and practice. 507 00:32:25,460 --> 00:32:30,320 These are vibrational sounds that you create that really have significance. 508 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:35,600 And when we make those those out loud, not just individually, but even in a group setting, 509 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:36,600 whoo magic. 510 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:37,600 Like so. 511 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:38,600 Yeah. 512 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:39,600 It's powerful. 513 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:40,600 Yeah. 514 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:47,160 The more voices, the more powerful and yeah, it's just really, yeah, it really feels like 515 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:48,920 that's saying a spell. 516 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:49,920 That's what it is. 517 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:51,640 It's chanting these words out loud. 518 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:53,640 That means something. 519 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:55,840 Sorry, Minnie's barking. 520 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:57,800 It's okay. 521 00:32:57,800 --> 00:32:58,800 Yes. 522 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:05,360 So, so all of those things, meditating, calling in the ancestors for protection, the four 523 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:10,480 directions, everything we've mentioned so far, all beautiful practices to really spend 524 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:11,480 for your Halloween. 525 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:16,240 If you're looking to invite some more sacredness into that day, that night, or really anytime 526 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:17,620 in your life. 527 00:33:17,620 --> 00:33:20,560 Some other great practices are charging your crystals. 528 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:25,640 So putting them in the moonlight, charging them up, dancing. 529 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:31,600 So again, getting back into the body and just letting energy flow through you. 530 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:32,600 And feasting. 531 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:37,680 This is a big tradition that for years and years and years, women have come together 532 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:45,560 on Hallows Eve and broke bread together, feasted, drank wine, ate nourishing foods from the 533 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:51,560 earth, harvested fresh at this time of year, and just celebrating because this is entering 534 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:55,880 into a new cycle, a new year for many of us. 535 00:33:55,880 --> 00:34:01,640 Connecting with nature, both by eating it and just surrounding ourselves with all the 536 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:06,880 different elements so that we can find unison and the beauty and the magic that comes from 537 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:08,880 that balance. 538 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:14,760 I went outside yesterday and collected some fall leaves to put along my little sacred 539 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:16,040 altar space. 540 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:19,120 I think that is a beautiful way to connect with nature. 541 00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:20,840 It's doing so much outside. 542 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:26,400 There's so much beauty to the transition into fall and winter. 543 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:27,720 And it's beautiful. 544 00:34:27,720 --> 00:34:32,880 And we've shared this on the Ayurveda podcast, but really paying attention to what the earth 545 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:35,240 is giving us seasonally. 546 00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:38,960 That is why the pumpkin craze is what it is. 547 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:39,960 It's beautiful. 548 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:44,480 Nature gives us something that automatically is going to balance us with the changes that 549 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:47,440 are happening externally with the seasons anyway. 550 00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:53,240 So some of those warmer soups, things like that, when you're incorporating meals to it, 551 00:34:53,240 --> 00:34:55,000 look at what grows with the season. 552 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,920 There is huge significance in that. 553 00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:03,560 And then just to add a couple other things, I always love to do card polls on special 554 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:09,880 days like Halloween and just any time the moon is doing something wild up there, which 555 00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:14,640 our next one is on the 25th of October. 556 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:19,880 I think pulling cards and doing some journaling reflection with it is also a beautiful practice. 557 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:24,560 So that could be any form of meditation that works for you, setting the tone so that you 558 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:28,200 can pick a card from a deck that you have. 559 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:33,240 And then sitting with that, doing some journaling and reflection so that you can always look 560 00:35:33,240 --> 00:35:37,840 back and remember what was going on at this time in your life and what you were hoping 561 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:41,640 to invite in and let that be an anchor of new energy as well. 562 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:42,640 That's right. 563 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:47,440 Full sensory experience, taking it all in, giving it all out. 564 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:50,120 Oh, well, this is a fun one. 565 00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:57,080 I hope that y'all took something away from this that you'd like to inspire your own celebration 566 00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:58,440 on Halloween. 567 00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:02,200 And we'd love to hear if there's anything else that you do that we didn't mention that 568 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:03,480 really means something to you. 569 00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:05,640 We'd love to hear it and to share it as well. 570 00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:09,800 You can follow us on Instagram at Awaken Together Podcast. 571 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:14,920 And we'd love it if you followed us, rated and reviewed this episode and other episodes 572 00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:16,120 of the show. 573 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:20,680 We love y'all so much and can't wait to chat with you again next week. 574 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:21,680 Happy Halloween. 575 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:22,680 Happy Halloween. 576 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:36,680 Bye.