Peruse articles from oracle card readings, skincare, healer hightlights and business features, to human design, feng shui, accupuncture, and more from previous issues of the Explore the Awakened Magazine.
equal night on the full equinox - the endings we skip past and a reflection practice for the turning
Think for a minute about how much we have built around beginnings.
We gave one of them an entire holiday. Resolutions. Word of the year. Vision boards, clean slates, fresh starts, the first of the month, Monday morning. Graduations, housewarmings, ribbon cuttings, and baby showers. When something opens, we know exactly what to do. We show up with food.
Now think about what we've built around endings.
There's a funeral or a celebration of life. That's more or less the whole list.
We generally dismiss most endings. The job you left on purpose. The friendship that thinned out without a single argument. The version of yourself you outgrew. The house
you sold to people who will paint over the pencil marks on the door frame. The role you carried for twenty years that quietly stopped being true.
No ceremony. No casserole. Usually we start the next thing and hope the last one goes away on its own.
It usually doesn't.
SALT: FROM ANCIENT TRADITION TO MODERN HALOTHERAPY
Salt is something most of us encounter every day, yet its story reaches far beyond the kitchen. For thousands of years, salt has been valued for preserving food, cleansing, bathing, and supporting health and wellness. It was once so valuable that salt trade routes helped shape communities and economies, and access to salt was considered essential to daily life.
Salt’s significance extends beyond its practical uses. Across cultures and generations, it has held an important place in wellness, ritual, and spiritual practice. Salt has been associated with purification, protection, cleansing, preservation, and renewal, making our connection with this seemingly simple mineral both ancient and remarkably diverse.
Today, salt continues to have a place in wellness through halotherapy, commonly known as dry salt therapy. While the beautiful salt rooms and salt caves we see today may feel like a relatively new wellness experience, the story behind halotherapy reaches back nearly two centuries to an unexpected observation deep within a salt mine in Poland.
ARE YOU REALLY CHOOSING- OR IS YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM DECIDING FOR YOU?
There is a subtle but meaningful distinction between reacting and responding. On the surface, they can appear nearly identical—both are forms of action, both arise in response to something outside of us—but the internal state from which they emerge is entirely different.
To react is to move quickly, often unconsciously. It is an action shaped by emotion before the present moment has fully revealed itself. In many cases, a reaction is not truly about what is happening now. Instead, it is guided by something older—an unresolved experience that the body recognizes as familiar, and therefore potentially unsafe.
BEYOND ILLUSION: USING SPIRITUAL MODALITIES TO UNMASK YOUR HIGHER SELF
Take a moment to pause and listen to yourself; listen to your mind; listen to your body. What information are you sensing? Has it been a while since you checked in with yourself? If you are sensing exhaustion deep within, then gift yourself the opportunity to sip some tea and read this little diddy written just for you. You know the exhaustion I'm talking about. The kind that doesn't come from a long run or a late night, but from the slow, relentless effort of pretending to be someone you're not. Laughing at jokes that sting. Biting back the truth to keep the peace. Shrinking yourself so others feel comfortable. It's draining because it's a lie and your soul knows it. What if the very thing you've been running from (your raw, unfiltered, flawed, honest self) was actually your greatest source of power? Not the loud, aggressive kind of power, but the grounded, unshakable kind that lets you walk through life without needing anyone's permission. Spirituality isn't about floating away from reality; it's about finally landing in your own skin. And there are practical, ancient, and deeply effective tools to help you do exactly that. Let's talk about how to use them while allowing grace for ourselves during the journey.
Goddess Awakening: awaken the goddess within
The momentum of spring is almost spiritual as buds burst into bloom, the soil softens, and life stirs awake from the slumber of winter. This retreat offers the same vibrancy with space to cocoon, shed old energies, and unfurl into your more luminous self.
business spotlight: state of grace
State of Grace LLC has been in business since 2013, supporting women through seasons of transition.
I work with women who feel stuck in the in-between. They’ve outgrown a role, relationship, identity, or way of living. They can feel the grief of what’s ending and the pull toward something more. They’re ready to reclaim themselves and consciously step into what’s next.
a seasonal card reading
For our spring reading, I decided to draw from three decks to get a wide yet collective message. We start with the Angels of Light deck and get the card Mercy.
What are you really trying to find? a spiritual path to living with intention
In coaching conversations, I often hear people talk about what they're trying to find. They want to find balance. Find peace. Find love. Find clarity. Find themselves. Even U2 laments that they still haven't found what they’re looking for!
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