Why Spiritual Medicine Is Needed More Than Ever Before

Happy new moon in Gemini during peak mercury retrograde. This one is a doozy. Are you feeling a tug? Discombobulated? A pull to some other direction than what is deemed the norm in a colonialist consumerist culture?

The energies these past couple weeks have been something else huh? Anyone else feel this or am I alone in this? hahahaha.

With all that's unraveling, shifting, disrupting, up-leveling, I've learned one string of things over the last 16yrs since THIS journey began for me after the struggles of leaving a domestic abusive marriage ... that is to

• Stop.
• Pause.
• Surrender into the natural flow of life
• Listen to the divine soulful whispers within
• And take action.

Who I have become is thanks to the connection to spirit & spiritual medicine I have learned to embrace in my life and in my work.

It is the one thing I see missing in today's "modern colonialist consumerist culture". What is missing is the link to the divine connection to the spirit of life, its wisdom and its medicine.

Why is that? I think the why will need to be answered another day as that's a little more complicated rooted with weavings into patriarchy, systemic oppression, colonization, and control.

I believe the fundamental story in movie Avatar eloquently showed us if you can get passed the sci-fi box office plot. I always wondered if the movie was released prematurely as its message is needed NOW.

We do NOT have to work harder.

We do NOT need to go back to school and get another certificate or degree.

We do NOT have work ourselves into the grave.

We just need to tap into the infinite wisdom of the spiritual world. Think I am nuts?

We all have gut instincts that have helped us save our child from something or to close a sale or to hit some mark successfully.

We have all experienced this to some degree. Some call it alignment. I see those instincts connected to this same spiritual world I am speaking about. But first, let me share with you a glimpse of my 2020 year and how I am moving forward.

My 2020 Story

For today, I am giving myself some extra self care on this new moon day for multiple reasons.

The year 2020 started out to be the best year in my career and personal life since I left my abuser in 2005. I was on par to hit record profits, looking to expand my office, hire my first employee, and work towards more professional education and was fortunate to have qualified for a grant for an addictions counseling certification program.

Like many others who suffered the wrath of 2020, I am still recovering from the string of unfortunate events from last fall namely ...

1. Faced with readjusting how I work and move forward in my business due to sudden shutdown of businesses.
2. Having the difficult decision to move my mother into a nursing facility for her safety due to complications with ongoing dementia related issues.
3. Having to rescue my mother's puppy and cat as someone thought it was ok to help her get these animals despite her inability to remember to feed herself or take care of herself.
4. Discovering my abusive ex moved to Florida with my children without permission (Now a court issue)
5. Suddenly losing my rock, business partner, teacher and father on Thanksgiving due to post covid heart heart failure.
6. Suddenly forced to close an entire medical practice and deal with estate matters pretty much by myself with little help due to covid restraints.
7. Moving my office into my home and rearranging my home space to accommodate the sudden changes.
8. Completing my addictions counseling certification at UMass Boston.

While all these human event occurred like a sequence of hurricanes that pummeled the shores one after another before the shorelines had time to recuperate, I never lost sight of my divine spark within.

Did I question my faith, my purpose, or my life? YES. Of coarse, I did. That is called being HUMAN.

However, understanding that my soul - the divine presence within me - has a greater wisdom and knowledge than me to guide me in this current storm was critical. It is the ONE thing that keeps me balanced, centered, focused, healthy, and ON PURPOSE.

All while STILL showing up in this hurricane we all experienced in 2020.

• Guiding others on their spiritual journey.
• Holding a safe container for others to dig deep, heal old wounds/stories, reclaim their power, and stand in their truths.
• Starting my clinical internship for my addictions counseling certification.

AND Still showing up for others

1. to network for collaborating projects - namely to search for expert partners in the trauma, triggers and spiritual medicine project.
2. facilitate weekly Lives in our Facebook group for some spirit wisdom & meditation (with drum or tibetan singing bowls). Click here to join.
3. facilitate a monthly Virtual Spiritual Growth Circle & Meditation.
4. and more.

By February 2021, I was a nervous wreck. Why? I let my head get in the way temporarily trying to force things to happen while beating my head against the wall. Sound familiar?

So instead, I stopped. Paused. Listened to the whispers of the divine within. What I heard was 2021 was an integration year for me. Any project I want to launch NOW will be met with obstacles. I need to focus on clearing out the rest of the "clutter" and build a MORE solid foundation than the last one and come out banging in 2022.

So I sighhhhhhed. I stopped. I worked my personal numerology and my astrological signs with what I saw collectively energetically for 2021 and as I forecasted earlier this year and said OK.

So time to switch gears. What do I do NOW?

I have been strengthening my systems and foundations.

Seeking out authentic solid sustainable partnerships, while listening to my soul like a GPS to guide me on where to go and which turns to take.

So TODAY ... on THIS NEW MOON

1. I am going to take an extra LONG herbal salt bath (pics to come in the comments)
2. Do some contemplation (mercury retrograde)
3. Set intentions (new moon)
4. Make an action plan
5. Prepare the new space up on my 3rd floor for tomorrow's SPECIAL virtual spirit circle & meditation that will include a mini new moon ritual (email was send for items to bring)

How about YOU? What are you doing? Do you have a NEW MOON ritual?

Tomorrow, I will be holding a SPECIAL safe diverse inclusive virtual spirit circle, new moon ceremony & meditation on Zoom

In this space we will be offering some virtual love, extra support, spiritual medicine, cosmic energy updates, and more as we navigate these shifts together.

Tomorrow's FLOW:

• Open in circle check ins
• What is happening energetically
• Card for the day from the Feng Shui Tarot deck & Shaman Oracle Card Deck (plus refection on cards for the week that were pulled on Monday)
• Reflection
• Meditation (either drum or tibetan singing bowls - group usually chooses)
• New Moon ceremonial piece
• Circle Back
• Close out with movement, song, etc (not always).

There is space for tomorrow's new moon event for anyone who wants to join me.

• Friday, June 11th
• 9am-10am (EST)
• Zoom
• Investment: $22.22-$33.33

Join us.

See how simple spiritual rituals in a supportive community can help you grow personally and professionally.

Click here to register or for more information.

In the meantime, please BE gentle with yourself AND others.

There is sooooo much polarity and division happening.

Remember to

Stop.

Pause.

Choose what action to take next.

Above all, please

BE kind

BE compassionate.

BE the solution the world needs.

As I wrote in my 2021 energy forecast, this is a year for change. It is a year for creating more balance between the human ego material world and the spiritual world.

It is imperative we find a way to shed the colonized mindset that has been cultivated and bridge in the necessary spiritual medicine & cultivate a relationship with Spirit once again the Universe is requiring of us.

Thank you for coming to my TedX talk

With appreciation,

Laura