SEASONAL CHANGES and how we adapt and embrace them.

Since our last podcast on Spring Tonics and Rituals, I used the ritual broom clearing in my home since the last podcast and it makes a difference! Chat about that. Open windows, etc. If you wish, you may end the purification with a short statement, such as: “Bright and strong flows the energy through my home. This room is purified.” 

Reminder of other ways to clear your space - Smudge and Spritzers too! Betty your favorites – at night Frankincense – Day is Sage or Sweet Grass spritzer.  One sentence on what a spritzer is…..

Nettle tea – tonic herb for Spring allergies – slightly astringent properties, deeply nourishing filled with many beneficial minerals and green goodness. 

Seasonal changes – spring cleaning/clearing – gifting and the give away – instead of throwing things away – consider the giveaway/  Native traditions.  

Meaningful gifts – why is symbolism is important to us?  Snake and the symbolism of change and transformation.  Symbolism is important to both of us – mine is my personal altar – Betty and the Burden Basket – Betty and her clients – personal ritual for Betty and she incorporates it into her healing practice – and her clients can participate in this ritual. 

When I teach I build an healing altar which becomes a focal point filled with symbolic objects for the subject of the class . for example I recently taught a class on Aphrodite, goddess of love and fertility who governs the waters of life – on her altar I have a lovely large Conch shell which was my grandmothers; I have a Scallop shell, and a lovely crystal cluster, a beautiful vase in the Grecian style with a woman in a flowing gown and an anointing oil.