It’s Friday! Let’s Fuck Shit Up Together!
Happy Friday, lovely! It’s time to fuck some shit up!
Twice a month, in accordance with the lunar cycles, we gather in circle here and in your inbox for a salaciously good time. We talk reclaiming what has always been ours via ritualized practices and hexing shitty politicians.
Take what resonates. Leave the rest.
✨ SPELL
Because this newsletter is sent out in conjunction with the lunar cycles, this segment offers you a moon ritual. Prior to all the stuff listed above, I studied art history as a way to develop an understanding of world religions. Since childhood, I’ve been on a spiritual journey to develop my own relationship to the divine. In no way do I have any interest in telling you what to believe or not believe. That’s for you. It’s personal. And for me, it’s cyclical. My spiritual practices have changed my relationship to time in such a beautiful way that I want to offer you a bit of that shift here by recognizing the cycles of the moon in order to hand you an opportunity to incorporate cyclical time into your experience of life. I work with many spiritual mentors, and ritualized practices are incorporated into the foundation of Project Reclamation—our equity-centered membership community—as well as the Reclamation Weekend retreats I host. And when you joined this email list, you received a Reclamation ritual from me. Again, I don’t care what you believe in or don’t believe in. Paying attention to the moon will help repair your relationship with time, which capitalism has fucked up for all of us. If you’d like to dive deeper into esoteric spirituality, though, keep your eyes peeled on your inbox for some fun stuff I’ve got coming up. 😉
Across time and culture, the moon has often represented our inner world of emotional connection, spiritual journey, and relationship to self. Aligning myself with the cycles of the moon has offered me the added bonus of shifting my relationship with time. When we allow ourselves the space for rest and renewal, rather than keeping ourselves stuck in the constant hustle & grind mentality of late-stage capitalism, our perspectives on what’s influential, what’s valuable, and what’s worthy of our energy have space to become deeper and more personal.
This week, I’m offering you a full moon ritual to hand you a little piece of that.
This doesn’t have to take a long time. The idea is to be present with yourself and focused on your full experience during the ritual. Pay attention to the sensations you feel during the ritual and make note of them afterward. I’d love to hear about your experience if you’d like to share!
FULL MOON RITUAL
The full moon is an excellent time to release anything you’ve been holding onto. And this can mean one of two things! Either you’ve been clinging to something that isn’t serving you, and you’re releasing your grip, or you’ve been working toward creating something that you’re now ready to release into the world. Whichever option resonates most with you, that’s where to focus your energy for this ritual.
Supplies: paper, pen, candle, some sort of non-flammable receptacle (actual cauldron, metal, glass, or ceramic bowl or pot, fire pit outside, the base of a grill — you’re gonna burn some shit up so you want something to let it burn in that’s not going to cause any damage to anything)
Steps:
Take a few minutes and ground yourself, whatever that means to you – whether that’s a few deep breaths, listening to a guided meditation, washing your face, putting your feet in the grass, masturbating, or anything else. Then light your candle.
Write out what it is that you’d like to release. If this is something you’ve been clinging to that isn’t serving you, and you’re releasing your grip on it, fold the paper in half AWAY from your body. If it’s something you’ve been working on and are releasing into the world, fold the paper in half TOWARD your body.
Light the paper on fire and let it burn in your non-flammable receptacle.
BONUS: If you want to mix the burnt ashes with salt and/or offer them back to the earth by sprinkling them around outside or burying them under the moon, go for it!
Ooof. America. You’re not doing so great, girl. Your birthday is a mess this year. Instead of focusing on the fireworks and fascism, let’s focus on the upcoming Full Moon in Capricorn, yeah? That steadfastness seems useful right about now.
The Full Moon isn’t until next Thursday, but Capricorn invites us into the opportunity to build something sustainable and grounded. So we can think of the bit of extra time to plan out what it is we’re shining a light on and releasing out into the world as a gift.
Capricorn is all about responsibility and structure. It’s not interested in ideas and it gives a big “fuck you” to feelings. So with this full moon, the vibe is in the day-in-and-day-out work that will lead us to the outcomes we’re after.
Here are some journal prompts to guide your ritual:
🌕Where have you had your head in the clouds about the things you really want?
🌕What would achieving the goals look like in tangible reality, rather than in that dream world you’ve been keeping it in?
🌕Break it down: Pick the biggest goal you have and break it down into smaller segments.
🌕Repeat for up to two more goals. No more than three total.
🌕What are the first steps of each goal you’ve chosen?
🌕When can you take those steps? Block the time on your calendar, and get as specific as possible with the steps you’ll be taking during that time.
Summer can be a dreamy time, but Big Daddy Capricorn wants us to take grounded action toward those dreams so that we can bring them to fruition.
This is exactly the kind of work we do inside the Align Academy small-group mastermind. Turning big dreams into grounded action, then taking that action. Skill building. Mindset and nervous system calibration. Strategy. Non-punitive accountability. All focused on getting you pointed in the right direction and headed down the path toward where you actually want to go. No default settings. And also nobody to punish you. Just thorough understanding and extremely helpful support. So if this month’s full moon ritual feels a little like a smack in the face of what you need to do and aren’t sure how to do it on your own, email me and I’ll put you on the waitlist for our fall Align session.
✊ HEX
Politics is a not-so-secret passion of mine. I used to run a couple of political organizations here in Kansas City and lobby at the state level in Missouri with Planned Parenthood. The 2016 election is what led me into coaching after I lost my mind and a therapist told me I had “excellent coping skills” because I was focusing all my time and energy on political volunteerism. And in this segment, we might get a little petty. But we’ll always be aiming to reclaim our power from the cis-heteronormative, puritanical, white supremacist patriarchy we currently live under in this hellscape of climate change and late-stage capitalism. Here, I’ll offer suggestions on candidates to donate to, people to follow, podcasts to subscribe to, and answer the question of WHO ARE WE HEXING? (Josh Hawley is always on that list.)
Every. Single. One. Of the Republicans who caved and voted yes on the Big Bullshit Bill. They’re getting our hexes this week.
Especially Josh Hawley.
*This segment is not intended to promote harm to anyone in any way. I don’t hex people in real life. ✊
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That’s it for this week, lovely! I appreciate you offering me space in your day. And I look forward to seeing you fuck some shit up today! ❤️🔥
-xoxo-
Keli
P.S. Come down from rage and terror. Reclaim your agency from *gestures broadly* everything happening in our current moment. Project Reclamation is your antidote to the chaos. Join us.
