Aligning our lives with the rhythm of nature brings us ease and grace.
For the past few years, I’ve struggled to define Art of Sacred Living. I’ve hosted circles and retreats, offered energy healing and sound baths, taught yoga, and created jewelry and ceramics. It’s been a broad umbrella for all my passions. Then, in 2023, I began an herbalist apprenticeship, a deeply inspiring experience that has reconnected me to nature in ways that have profoundly impacted every area of my life. From this experience, a vision began to emerge, and I finally found clarity on the work I’m meant to bring into the world. Fast forward to September when I hired a business coach, @forwardwithgrace, to help support the growth of ALS and bring this big vision to life.
Working with Grace helped me focus, stay on task, and envision an expansive new offering that I originally planned to launch in January—the new year, full of promise. But as I developed my vision over the following months, I became distracted by the holiday rush and before I knew it, January was approaching, and my energy was waning. It was winter, the season of rest, not the season for birthing a new, big project, despite all the cultural hype around New Year’s.
In my next meeting with Grace, I decided to set a new launch date for Imbolc, the Celtic holiday that celebrates the stir of new life. But then the LA fires happened, turning everything upside down. Watching my city burn and seeing many friends lose their homes left me completely dysregulated, leaving me feeling traumatized and doubting myself. As February approached, I began to question myself, wondering if launching any project at all was the right choice after all the chaos. The trauma, exhaustion, and slow recovery from a respiratory infection, had awakened a little voice of doubt and fear that whispered in my ear.
By the time we had our next meeting I was having serious doubts about even launching at all. Thankfully, Grace talked me off the ledge, lol, reminding me of how excited I had been and how amazing this offering was going to be. Reinspired I decided that the launch date would be the Spring Equinox.
Once that date was set, I finally felt fully excited, free from the underlying anxiety. It dawned on me that this launch date was the perfect choice because it aligned with the natural rhythm of the season. Spring is the season of awakening and rebirth—the perfect time to birth a new project. Winter is not, it’s a time of rest, the time to tend to our dreams.
So here I am, aligning myself with what I teach and gaining crystal clarity about the importance of living in harmony with nature’s cycles. When I push against the natural energy of the season, I struggle to make things happen. But when I align my work with nature’s flow, I move with ease and grace.
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