I’ve had many teachers this year, but none compare to my own soul…
I’ve laid myself bare.
I do not hide from your words or your criticisms.
I do not care for the critique of your perspectives.
I am not frightened anymore.
And that freedom, that sense of freedom,
unbinds me and my voice for all to hear.
Of my stories.
Let wild my soul,
And set her free
Now.
xx. T
(In) rage - 2, 60" x 72" acrylic on canvas
It’s been a while, hasn’t it?
I don’t know about you, but the online space(s) have gotten to me recently - I feel exhausted, and I find myself sequestering, not engaging as much, or taking a step back.
In the interim, I’ve been questioning a lot of who I am and the masks that I’ve been wearing for my own sake and for others.
It’s been a battle everyday to sit down with myself and question every thought or decision based on an unbecoming or an unlearning of who I am, or who I thought I was.
In that questioning, I’ve been thinking about my own work lately too; the paintings I’ve been creating (like the one above) or the words I feel called to write.
Questioning why I’ve been called to see the visions I see and produce the work that I see in those visions. Asking myself (and my higher self) why I feel I must do such subversive work in the first place. To be so “out there”; to set myself up to be possibly misunderstood because sometimes even I don’t know why I’m called to paint or write the way that I do - I just know that the vision is what is to be created.
And as I thought on this idea this morning and questioned why I was being called to such great lengths of myself, I knew you felt this too.
Because for me, and I know for a lot of us, it always comes back to a question of comparing ourselves to others.
I kept asking...
Why? Why am I called to do this work and others get it (seemingly) easier?
If you’re part of my community, you’re in another place with yourself and your spirituality. You’ve come to know yourself and that mystical place within you that calls you and leads you towards the guiding self or guidance that it shares with you.
You know what it’s like to be called forward with an obscure gift or talent or with a path that does not resemble anyone else’s.
And as I sat with this question this morning and asked why - to myself and my guidance, I received the same answer:
Because it is the work that no one else would dare to do.
To dare to be too "out there".
Whatever it is you’re being called to do, that you too feel is too “out there” even for us on this spiritual path sometimes, know I feel this as well.
But isn’t it amazing and awe-inspiring to be called to such great lengths of ourselves?
How fantastical it is to be a process, and a part of a vision, that we do not belong to and that is not of us, but that we conclusively have access to creating.
Once I realized this and accepted that whatever work I am meant to put out there was not of me (or my ego) but from a higher source, radical acceptance for who I am and what I’m here to do has followed, along with a freedom within myself that I haven’t known for decades.
In Grace & Peace,
xx. T
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The night I took the picture that would later become the image & idea behind (I’M NOT ASKING YOU TO LOVE ME) I’M FREE TO LOVE MYSELF, I stood in front of the mirror naked, eyeing my body and what it had become.
There was a softness in places that used to be muscular and hard.
The lines of my body blurred where clear definitions used to be easily accessed.
I stood there, and as I eyed myself, I touched and caressed this body of mine that had carried me so far, and for so many years.
Feeling the weight of my breasts in each hand.
Feeling the way my hip bones protrude beneath my skin.
The outline, the silhouette of myself in the mirror, the dips and the curves, the hollows and all the folds.
As I sat there naked, I kept my gaze on myself.
And wondered how worth can be so pent up in such small forms as the body alone.
As if somehow my worth could ever be found in the inches of my thighs, or the fullness of my breasts, or the tightness of my stomach (or lack thereof).
It seemed odd to me then, in that moment, that I could be loved any less or any more for being something other than myself.
And as I felt the beat of my heart, thud-thudding in my chest, I could see my energy as it shone outward.
I could feel my thoughts and the passion that lay beneath them.
I could feel my soul as if she were digging her heels deeply into the earth - here to stake the claim of herself - her worth as my own.
Reclaimed.
Unbound.
I didn’t ever think I would show anyone this photo of me, or make anything from it, except to document that moment as I sat there with myself.
Free.
I’m not asking you to love me.
I’m free to love myself.
I’m Not Asking You to Love Me) I’m Free to Love Myself
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Last night I could feel my whole body vibrating & I’ve been sleeping all day today.
Collectively we are healing big things right now.
And as I laid here today, old hurt & old pain came to mind - things I haven’t thought about for years.
I felt them passing through me.
I felt myself choosing more for me this time - more than the naive hurt person I used to be, and more in terms of what I deserved, more of what I receive.
I think we all have been in a kind of limbo lately, our everythings have been uprooted - not just routines - but whole structures and ways of being.
I thought this would be a great time to “catch up” on things I’ve been meaning to do and to accomplish. Like everyone else I had a list as long as my arm of “things” that needed doing.
But we’ve found ourselves sitting here, staring blankly and being confused, haven’t we?
And that’s not by accident.
Everything needs to change now. And with that - we need some time to just “be” - to understand what comes next.
It can’t be forced.
Not even if we try.
Give yourself some grace today and through this unknowing time, you’ll need it.
We all will.
I hope you and your family are well otherwise,
xx. T
AN ARTIST’S PRAYER*
Dear Great Creator/God/Universe, etc.
I come to this space in your name,
That I may be of greater service to you & to my fellows.
I offer myself up to you as an instrument.
I open myself up to your creativity in my life.
I surrender to you my old ideas.
And I welcome your new and more expansive ones.
I trust that you will lead me.
I trust that it is safe to follow you.
I know you’ve created me and that creativity is your nature and also of my own.
I ask you to unfold my life according to your plan, and not my own self-worth.
Help me to believe that it is not too late and that I am not too small nor too flawed to be healed –
By you and through you – and made whole again.
Help me to love myself,
To nurture my unfolding,
To encourage my growth,
And to understand my fears.
Help me to know that I am not alone, nor broken,
But that I am loved & lovable.
Help me to create as an act of communication with you.
*Adopted from “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron
There was a great energetic shift at the beginning of 2020 - perhaps you felt it as well...
Along with that shift, I changed - my energy has changed quite dramatically.
I’ve transitioned into a space more empowered than ever - and with that I’ve come into a space of myself, and energy within myself that I have not experienced for years.
(As if I’ve met my higher self, and become her. That vision of the future me I kept seeing - that energy is now embodied in my being.)
Because of this change - this space will be changing as well. I will be trying new things this year.
Focused in writing, I’ll be commenting a little less on energy - on how our energy is moving or changing or what the collective is doing.
My writing will remain spiritual in nature - and focus more on our own individual paths and the space and places we’ve come into to pursue our most greatest dreams.
Powered in faith, and with belief + trust in the Universe that these changes I’m coming into are the next thing(s) that the world and the collective needs from me, I am pulled along my own path and my own pursuit of the will of my own highest good (and that of others, of you, as well).
Writing continues to be a sacred act for me - one which I don’t ever think I’ll let go of the grasp it’s taken on in my life.
But writing is also the way I feed my soul and share myself, and my most intimate thoughts and what I’m going through on a very personal level.
Sharing details of how I feel and what I feel in relation to spirituality is a big part of my work and will continue to be so.
If you’re here with me and continue to stay with me through this transition, I would love that️ & I welcome you into whatever this space becomes or however this new space takes shape. But, if this transition does not suit you or your energetic needs, I understand and send you loving energy as you find something new that perhaps is a better fit for you at this time.
I will still very much be doing healing sessions for others, and working with others 1:1 through their own healing work and how they’re showing up/meant to show up in this lifetime - that work fuels me and fulfills me in a crazy way & I love how I’m able to share my energy and my healing skills with others at this level.
But the way I’m going about that has also changed...
I offer 45 min Energy Assessments for those looking to establish a base level of knowledge of where they’re at and what they’re going through in this lifetime, as well as a simple action plan for moving forward through those individual themes.
For those looking for the deeper healing work I do with others - I will continue my 6 Week 1:1 Program, where we meet on a weekly basis and move through the deep inner healing work you’re being called to do at this time. Perhaps even with a focus on the courage to pursue something new & meaningful in your life as well.
If these interest you, you can head to these links 45 Minute Energy Assessment & 6 Week 1:1 Program for more info.
In Grace & Peace,
xx.
I’ve been sensing a deep thirst from the Collective lately,
A physical thirst, in more ways than one.
And we're being called to dig for it.
As I scanned our collective energies today and asked what we need to know for this week - our collective Sacral Chakra came up and is asking us to pay attention to it and what its significance means for us at this time.
These last two weeks though have seen us really move into this chakra though - and the last 2 weeks of client sessions I've done have shown resounding resemblances among everyone - & that is - that although this year has been a tremendous year for heart healing, and peeling back the layers of the heart, and the identity changes & shifts we've so drastically made, now I am seeing how these changes are affecting each and every one of us in our Sacral, Throat Chakras, and Root chakras as we move into healing the feminine identity as a whole, renegotiating our values & beliefs in terms of our Roots/Survival, and how we're being pushed to reprogram our deep subconscious beliefs regarding all of this so that we may move forward with what 2020 will bring for us & to us.
That being the case, for this week’s Energy Report, I thought I’d dig into the Sacral Chakra a little bit further and give you some information about it.
The Sacral Chakra is the 2nd Chakra – situated just below your belly button, & having to do with all things reproductive and sexual.
Its element is: Water
Inner state is: Feelings
Associated with the words “I feel...”
Celestial body: the Moon
Other body parts: womb, genitals, kidney, bladder, circulatory system
Problems that could arise here due to stress or blockages: Impotence, uterine, bladder or kidney trouble, lower back pain also associated here. Stress in this area (the Sacral also governs our $ and power aspects of our Selves) can manifest as reproductive disorders and even cancer in severe cases.
Duality becomes the motivating force for movement & change in the second chakra. The power dynamic between both our Masculine & Feminine energies (as everyone contains both).
If you’re experiencing ascension symptoms or uncomfortable aches and pains, I’ve found that carrying a crystal in my left hand pockets (left = feminine side/receiving side of our bodies) to be quite beneficial. Especially for digestive issues. Some 2nd Chakra crystals you could use include: Carnelian, Moonstone, Coral.
Personally, I have found Grey Moonstone to be a great addition to my crystal collection to really help me draw into the feminine energy of the Sacral Chakra.
So what can we make of this week’s guidance?
As the days get ever shorter, as the darkness imbues everything in our worlds – both literally and metaphorically, we go inside, we go within. Living with the cycles of nature and our own stages as we pass through them – not chronological but spiritual.
Not necessarily just into the depths of ourselves, but the underworld in general where all this visceral feminine energy lays in the unconscious realms.
It’s no real surprise that this comes as the season itself changes, and we become entrenched further in the Fall as it turns to deep winter. The Sacral Chakra is our center of creativity and of birth itself. And if we focus on the energy contained in our Sacral Chakra we will find & connect to the womb energy that it contains, and that leads us back to our more creative selves, who are thirsty to birth ideas, creative ventures, artwork, poetry, etc., all with a very visceral, raw, grounded and authentic nature that we may not have come into contact with for many years.
The artist within us, the creative energy & spirit within us is asking to come out and play.
Literally.
And the best we can do to nurture this part of ourselves as the months get colder and we delve deeper into the winter months is to connect with this energy more frequently, and more regularly.
Finding pockets of time to access and nurture this energy will do us good. We need not schedule off days long escapes. A walk in the brisk cold with the sunshine on our faces could be one. A few minutes journaling in the mornings with our coffee could be another. Time & spaces where we are not reading or consuming other things or information, but instead beginning to listen to that greater voice within us.
As we approach 2020, the themes we will be moving through will be changing and developing further – 2020 is very much a year of relationships and unions, coming into partnerships – whether romantic or otherwise, the beginning stages of families forming, etc., and with those times we will still be called to be our own unique & individual selves – selves that are rooted and grounded within our own creative spirits first and foremost.
It is during these next few months that we are being asked to cultivate this space within ourselves. And cultivate is very much the word here – tend to, nurture, day by day & frequently.
In Grace & Peace,
xx. Tanya
DISCUSSION + Q & A + GROUP HEALING WORK
Tuesday, December 3rd
7:00pm - 8:00pm EST
Talking all about the identity shift that’s going on from now until 2021, and how it’s related to healing through our Sacral Chakras at this time.
Including the common symptoms you’re experiencing and what you can do about them. What’s going on in your throat chakra and sacral chakra specifically and how it’s affecting your life and what is showing up in your life right now.
*Maybe a little heart chakra and root chakra work too if we have the time.
The hour will include discussion of the above, Q & A time, and Group Healing Work.
Prior to the workshop, you will be emailed the online workshop link - so please double check your spam and promotional folders.
*If you cannot make that time, but still want to participate, you can send me your questions beforehand and I will answer them during the workshop, I will also send the replay of the workshop to everyone who purchases.
You will still be involved in the healing work if you purchase but cannot attend live. <3
For this week's energy report, I'm talking all about how we're closing up the huge shift that has been ongoing since the beginning of July this year, and how it's changed us not just energetically, but so much physically as well.
I wrote a social media post yesterday, as a precursor to this blog post about how I’ve been changing recently.
The physical, mental, emotional and very spiritual shifts that I’ve been experiencing have literally knocked me off my feet these past few months.
And if I think back to even 6 months ago, I am so much a different person now that it’s weird to even see pictures of myself from earlier this year.
The pictures look like me – but I don’t resonate with the “her” that is in those pictures at all, if that makes sense.
As if every facet of myself has changed so much – that I even look differently to the external world now too.
And there is a huge sense of liberation & freedom in that fact.
Perhaps that’s why this post is so hard to write for me. And why these last few posts have been difficult for me to get out to you. I mentioned last week the catch in my throat as I sit down and write these words, and the uncertainty I feel in my Root Chakra (my survival center). As if my entire being is being called into question as if these words are or feel more raw than they ever have before.
Because they are.
They are a part of me, a new me, that still feels very delicate to show to the world.
I often speak about our energetic changes but rarely do I speak about the physical changes that we've been experiencing as empaths.
I name symptoms and ailments that arise when we take on the big work to upgrade our energies or awaken more fully, but I don’t speak to what happens when we take on the cause of becoming who we are meant to be in this lifetime.
Physically, my body has changed so much in the past 6 months that I barely recognize it anymore. I look in the mirror and I notice the softness that I now have, the feminine features that I’ve grown into, and they feel like new territory to me – even though I feel more “me” and more at home in my skin and my physical body than I ever have before.
The Feminine changed in a big way this year – not just energetically (but WOW that has also been a big change!) but very much physically.
We, the feminine & empath collectives have moved into roles that we are now being groomed to use, stand for, uphold and bring to see the light of day.
For a lot of us, we had been holding onto a disempowered or wounded masculine energy within us. An energy that no longer served us, and the roles we needed to embody now. We needed to shift into becoming or enabling our empowered feminine energies, and that meant we needed to become softer.
For so long those of us who had been trying to protect our feminine energy with a wounded or disempowered masculine energy have been hiding behind masks for fear of getting hurt. For fear of not being heard or understood. For a fear of not being seen and for not being loved or loved as who and what we came here to be.
But that time is over now. And those wounded cloaks we’ve been hanging onto no longer serve us or fit our newly shaped feminine bodies.
Energetically & physically.
To give you an example of just how much we’ve been physically changing...here’s how I’ve physically changed in the last 6 months:
1) I took on a vegan diet, because I felt led to do so. I didn’t know how it would change my body physically (or otherwise). I had previously been on a bodybuilding diet for the last 14 years, and rigorously monitored what I ate so that I could embody the aesthetics of that kind of physique and lifestyle. I woke up one morning and couldn’t even look at all the old foods I used to eat or meat in general – and so that morning I went vegan.
2) The rigorous energetic changes that my body has taken on these last few months have meant that I needed a lot of downtime, rest & extra sleep. Especially since July to early October, I hadn’t been feeling very well on a regular basis and so I had missed a lot of workouts that I’d wanted to do. At the end of September, I got the urge to take a full month off of working out and the gym (which I’ve never done in the last 14 years – the most I had taken off was about a week). That month off was the best I’ve felt in a very long time, and I’ve decided to cancel my gym membership and just workout at home from now on.
3) I lost 10 lbs, even though I don’t count calories or macros anymore. I eat whole foods and love to cook now. I don’t have sugar cravings anymore or cravings for junk food in general. I eat when I am hungry and managing my weight is no longer a constant concern.
4) I stopped tanning – yes, I used to tan (I’m naturally very, very pale) but over lunch with my father one day he commented that I was looking a little ill, & I confessed because I had been ill for much of September that I hadn’t been at the gym or going tanning. And in that moment, he said something to me that stuck with me and made me drop it completely. I had said he & others always commented that I looked pale or sickly when I didn’t tan, so I did, and he said to me, “You realize that will kill you right? Who cares if other people think you look pale.”
I realized in that instant that even though I had liked the way I looked tan, that I had been putting other’s opinions of myself so far ahead of my own health that I was willing to risk whatever damage it could cause me, just for the sake of other’s opinions about my appearance.
5) My hair is naturally quite curly, but I always used to blow dry it and straighten it every day. The past week or so, I’ve been letting it run wild,
6) And finally – just this past week alone – my skin, especially on my face – is flaking off in parts or breaking out horrendously in other parts, so I haven’t been wearing makeup. I feel like I’m literally shedding the last layer of my old skin. It’s weird to see my face bare all day when I’ve been so accustomed to wearing makeup. But to see it bare, with every imperfection it has, has forced me to look at it – not critically but in acceptance.
One thing that has surprised me the most in these last few months is...
My body is much softer as a result of taking so much time off of workouts and eating much differently. And I have never felt better in my own skin than I do right now.
And in feeling better in my own skin - regardless of what I look like now – I have better boundaries for my time and energy and the people I let into my life. I have a new sense of self-worth and self-respect that I never had when I was more consumed by my appearance.
My face is my face.
My wild hair is my wild hair.
My energy is my energy.
No one else’s.
These shifts, although they seem physical, are all energetic (because everything is energetic) and they’ve had such a profound impact on my identity and my sense of self that it seemed to me ludicrous not to speak to them and how they have shaped us this year.
To see our feminine selves, literally shedding our old skins and coming into our new selves – every aspect of ourselves – is so empowering for us to recognize and to see in our external bodies just how much changing on the inside in effect changes us on the outside as well.
Many of us in the collective will be enjoying new relationships and partnerships in 2020, coming into union with others and starting families – so this feminine shift is not coincidental that we are being asked to embody more feminine physical bodies because soon enough we will be birthing new life, quite literally.
Settling into these new identities of ourselves, especially after these past few tumultuous months, will take up the rest of 2019 for most of us. We’ll become more comfortable in ourselves, our new energies and our new bodies, and relax into all the shifts that have taken place this year.
I hope this email has served you, and I would love to hear how you’ve changed this year. What shifts have you noticed most drastically in yourself? Have you changed physically as much as you feel you have changed energetically? I would love to hear your stories :)
In Grace & Peace,
xo. Tanya
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This year has changed & challenged me.
Every year continues to do so.
And for that, I am immensely grateful.
I wrote those words leading up the Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend this year, with strong intentions to post this blog on that weekend, but my own self-sabotage has held me back. I’ve read and re-read this post so many times through, and each time I go to press publish and share it with others, there still remains that catch in my throat and a deep feeling, a grumbling of sorts, in my Root Chakra.
I share adamantly about my past, but somehow this time through it feels different, it feels more open & raw, lately everything - everything I’ve shared and how I’ve shared it has, and each week I’m met with that same feeling again.
The throat catch, the lurch in my Root Chakra, my ego going a mile a minute in my head - reminding me of every reason that I shouldn’t press publish. That I have a million and one other things I should be attending to in life that would keep me from putting words to paper, or in this case - publishing words on the screen.
This is part of my own identity shift, a theme that we’ve been all healing through in our own ways this past year, which will slowly come to a conclusion at the beginning of 2020 (depending on where you are in your awakening process & healing timelines).
This theme - this identity shift, it’s been calling us to be our best selves - the selves we knew we came here to be and it’s not backing down until we engage, commit, and move forward with it, however much the other parts of ourselves protest. Our ego selves surely being one very nagging culprit that is constantly getting in the way with its self-doubting ruminations.
But you see, and I know you do see - that inner part of yourself or that higher version of yourself that is already living the life you have envisioned, or that you have been shown visions of.
These visions are here, and feeling very very real to you to show you that it does exist, that life exists, and maybe right now it’s a parallel reality version of yourself that you keep witnessing, beckoning you to make the changes you need to make now so that you can merge and collapse the timelines to get to where you want to be.
I know this exists for me because I feel it deep within my bones. It’s not a belief, but a pure knowing at the deepest core of my being, and I know that these experiences exist for you as well.
They open your eyes to the new possibilities that surround you, and as your intuitive gifts have become more precise & more open this year with each energy upgrade or phase of awakening that you’ve experienced - you’ve been shown more and more of exactly who and what you’re meant to be, because you’re meant to be her now.
And everything less than that, anything less than her in her highest place/space, is a compromise - a compromise to you, a compromise to your true values/beliefs, and a compromise to the vision that you have for yourself.
We are being broken open right now - in so many different ways - to see these compromises for ourselves and to show us what they really are. Because for every time you choose or make a decision against the self you’re meant to be, you’re choosing to compromise yourself, and your highest self, and these compromises add up to layers upon layers of energetic wounds that we tie ourselves up in - that we force upon ourselves.
Every time we don’t choose to honour ourselves, or our boundaries, we cause a kind of stress fracture in our energetic systems, creating etheric ties to others in our lives and the ways in which we dishonour that which we’re meant to be upholding for ourselves.
These stress fractures, as I call them, are what ultimately build up to the blocks we create in our energetic pattern, or our energy bodies. Not dealt with, these blocks force us to look closely at ourselves and heal, or find healing, to process through the decades worth of stresses that we’ve built up in ourselves.
And these last few months, with all the healing we’ve been going through, these blocks and these walls are all coming tumbling down.
We’ve been forced to look at them, and heal them deep within ourselves. But they’re also showing up in our physical bodies & outer realities as well.
If you’ve been ill recently, or like me with ongoing illness after illness since July, this is one major sign that you are being broken open and letting go of all the old energy, beliefs, patterns, etc., that can not move forward with you because they don’t serve the next highest version of yourself that you’ve moving into.
Another common symptom that I’ve witnessed is being repeatedly tested, with small inconveniences in everyday life, to larger issues like money that keep popping up one after another.
This disruptive energy appears to be moving past us after Halloween this year, and if you’ve been tuned in you can likely feel how BIG the energy feels around this Halloween. It’s an accumulation of sorts and a tipping point.
A tipping point that we’ve been moving towards since 2019 began.
Get ready for some of your healing phases to come to a much-welcomed close in these next two weeks as we head into this energy of Halloween :)
Perhaps I’ll save the rest of this blog post & its true intended story for a Part II this week. As the above words were clearly what needed to come through for all to hear today.
In Grace & Peace,
xo. Tanya
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I spotted this Flower of Life symbol a few weeks ago on a stroll through the downtown core of the city that I live in.
I didn’t think much of the symbolism at the time, perhaps coincidental or synchronistic because a few days later I found myself reading “Waking Up in 5D” by Maureen J St. Germain, where she speaks about sacred geometry at length. And I myself have always felt this weird inner pull towards sacred geometry - especially the triangle and all of its associations to the different sacred trinities.
My life is imbued with meaning like this every day, almost moment to moment actually - as I’ve found myself occupying more of my 5D self, and the 5D realm more consistently.
Things do not happen by mere coincidence anymore, and everything, every nuance is linked or connected to the next moment of my life.
In fact, even just today I opened my email this morning to find free downloads from a graphic design group which included sacred geometry designs for me to use - prior to which I had been contemplating using a sacred geometry symbol as a new logo, but couldn’t decide on one. And there it was already in my inbox this morning - free for my use!
I write & share this because, as we move more into our 5D selves - occurrences like this will be so much more prevalent and we need to be aware (& awake/conscious) to realize just how connected we are, as well as the vast opportunities that the Universe is holding for us - ready for us to take, and to use.
The past few months have seen us, the Collective, moving through many changes. Upgrades in our physical bodies and our energies, that we are noticing more and more.
We are becoming more attuned to tuning into our own selves and accessing our own energy for guidance and advice, and although there is much to learn just yet, we are adapting and learning very quickly along the way.
I myself, have stepped back from reading astrology or using other types of guidance tools when it comes to understanding what is going on for me. Instead, I’ve been listening to myself and leaning ever more into my own intuitive gifts, building them up, making them stronger, and making me more connected than ever to myself, the Collective, and the Universe itself.
As I sat the other morning tuning into my higher self, I was guided to spend time with her, and spend time writing with her. I asked her what she had to say to me, and this specific message came across for this week. I leave it here, without editing it, and I hope that it serves you in the space you’re navigating through this week…
“She has to say that there is a goodness inherent within all of us. A Light that cannot be broken, and will not be broken, and it’s high time we learned how to connect with that light within us.
Not just as empaths, or as awakened ones – but as people.
To find that groundedness and that centeredness within all of us that we have been searching so long for – because he or she or they exist within each of us – we merely must go on the hunt to find them, to unearth them, to dig them back up.
Because they were once with us – that tiny aspect of ourselves as we were once young and naive and self-centered enough (in a good way) to know ourselves so completely.
But somewhere along the trajectory into adulthood we lost sight of them. You can call it your inner child if you’d like – but it’s not entirely that – for it encompasses so much more of yourself.
It is your Being.
Your complete essence.
And very few of us have a grasp on who that is, and what that entails within each of us – because we are all so disempowered. And I say that because, and in the way that, we all continually have work to do on ourselves. And that we have yet to truly embody the fullness and the wholeness of ourselves.
Teach them that. Teach them this. Teach them this light within themselves that can never go out, can never be extinguished, can never be hidden – unless they hide it from themselves, and the world, consciously of their own making.
And this has nothing to do with the masculine or the feminine, or the roles we play in society (because we all have our parts...) but it is more about us as individuals, and as a Collective, and as a unity, a unification of energy/energies.
We are all whole, because we are all one.
And it’s less to do about chakras, or astrology, or any of those things, and it’s more to do with our wholeness, and our oneness, together.
Because that’s what we’re all inherently searching for...
Is our wholeness.
Go out in search of that.
Of that great beast within you – that connects you to everything and everyone else.
Because that is not only your greatness, your power, your beauty, etc., but it is also everyone else’s as well.”
In Grace & Peace.
xo. Tanya
It’s been a minute since I’ve shown my face around here...
I didn’t intentionally take a break, it just sort of unfolded that way.
Last week & this week, I feel as though we’re all feeling this call to step back a bit. And that we’re enjoying some time of solitude with ourselves.
Resetting our minds & our focus. Concentrating on the things we’d like to prioritize, instead of spending hours mindlessly scrolling.
We’ve been taking the time to live a life off social media, or not feeling compelled to post every detail of our lives.
And (for me at least) it feels refreshing.
I hope if you’re feeling this too that you take the guidance being given to you now to step back.
Without worry that you’ll miss out, or lose followers, or that your business will suffer (if you have an online business).
Because that’s just a limiting belief that you’ve played into – and social media does have a way with playing with our minds.
And if you’ve been called to step back off social media lately, or have been feeling that pull to do so...
It means there’s something within yourself that needs the time and space away from the online world that needs your attention right now.
It’s a time of introspection for us all, as we move through this month and see that everything has come full circle for us since last August, and the great energetic wave that that brought us.
Perhaps ask yourself what has happened for you in the last 12 months?
What have you experienced, how have you grown?
What major themes did the last 12 months bring up for you?
Now more than ever, we as a Collective are trusting our guidance more and more to help us through and transition into the spaces we need to be.
And using that guidance to be ever more intentional of what we give our focus to, and what we allow to influence us as well.
It’s in this reflection that we find solace & confirmation that we’re on the right path.
That we’re doing and showing up for the work.
That we’re learning, growing, and following our guidance and whatever breadcrumb steps are being offered to us to move us ever forward and teach us just how we’re unfolding in our spiritual journeys & life.
*As I wrote this out – my ears began ringing so loudly, and I know that‘s a clear indication that this message is important for us all to hear today :)
In grace & peace today.
xo. Tanya
The easiest way to differentiate between your own emotion and those from another is by looking at the corresponding thoughts & physical symptoms of the emotion.
If for example, you're experiencing racing thoughts ALONG WITH the physical symptoms of anxiety, then the emotion is likely your own.
But if you're experiencing ONLY the physical symptoms of the emotion - then the emotion is likely coming from a source outside of yourself.
Because as an empath, you FEEL the physical symptoms of another's emotions within your own body.
This is a very basic, and simplistic way of at looking and identifying your energy in accordance to another’s, and there are many more ways and aspects that can come into play - but this definition and tool will get you started & headed in the right direction when you’re looking at how to identify your own energy vs. someone else’s, or how you can identity what is yours and what’s not.
Looking for more ways to learn about your energy?
Check out the Free 5 Day Energy & Healing Course for Empaths here.
Don’t underestimate your potential because your gifts aren’t yet where you want them to be.
They take practice & courage to move through and to hone, and you can’t hone them or practice them if you don’t start NOW.
Speaking about them to others can often be scary. And that’s because we sometimes can’t put words to what it is we actually do, or can do, or what we see, hear, know to be true, and feel.
We let others doubt us because we doubt ourselves.
And that’s gotta stop, NOW.
Honing a craft is not simple or easy or quick. It takes time and patience, and it takes trust in yourself to inch your way forward with every little next step that comes to you.
You just need to take action on your guidance that’s being given to you.
That’s all you can do.
And TRUST in the process laid out before you.
Changing the world will never be easy, but one by one we’re here to do the work to do just that.
To speak our truths, to awaken others, to help heal, activate & empower those of us that still need to be shown the way forward.
TRUST that you have a mission and a purpose here.
Because we all do.
And this year is all about taking action and moving forward with our purpose and our missions.
In Grace & Peace,
xo. Tanya
Today you may feel like..
We want to light things on fire,
And burn bridges.
Don’t.
Not completely anyway.
There is a vast difference between upleveling yourself with this new eclipse energy, and burning bridges with people, places, things, which you may need to call on in the future.
You will know the difference between what you are “done” with and that is no longer serving you - and what is just frustrating at this point, but know you shouldn’t give up just yet.
There is a new/newest version of you rising, and calling you out to be the person you’ve been envisioning for the last 7 years. (I say 7 because that’s when a lot of us started with this wave of awakening that we’re in) and you saw a version of yourself that you wanted to become. A vision of a future self - a higher self, that felt like she’d “arrived”.
You are getting close - so close to her now - and you can feel it. You feel it all the way in the depth of your bones.
And you want it all now. And they - the universe and your guides - understand this - they know you want this so badly and have wanted this so badly for so long, and they know you’ve been working so hard for it.
You’ve made massive changes in the past 2 years and they’re all so proud of you and how far you’ve come.
And they’re asking you to hold on just a little longer - because that BIG thing that you’ve been hoping for and working for and envisioning for yourself is just around the bend.
It’s just a matter of you waiting to receive it now. It’s totally on its way. Some of us will be receiving this in the next month or so - I see July & August being big months for some, while others will come into their thing by October/November.
It has more to do with how steady you’ve kept your eye on your vision, and not given up hope on it.
The more you believe, the quicker it will manifest in your reality.
Don’t doubt for a second that it cannot be yours - because it CAN.
IT ALL CAN.
Trust and believe in us (your guides and spirit team) we’re making things happen for you now.
In Grace & Peace,
xo. Tanya
Befriending softness.
It was here that I chose to begin.
To come out of my shell, to let my guard down - if only a little at a time.
I’ve always seen women, other women, as these sensual, feminine, soft beings, but never thought of myself that way.
I’d look (or I looked) at other women and thought that it came so easily and naturally to them - to embrace this softness that was their birthright.
They just knew how.
They knew how to slow down, to flow through life, to receive and accept instead of pushing or striving.
I always felt like I somehow got it wrong - being a woman. In that I was constantly pushing my way through life, which felt like so much force and effort - and such a masculine trait.
And often I wondered how other women did it, let life come so easily to them, so naturally.
I’ve always held that rushed, frenzied pace of life, and I longed for something else.
I longed for time, where I could slow down and actually plan things out and let things unfold, and have the space to create & manifest what I truly wanted in this life.
What I found on the opposite side of my frenzied pace was something much different than I expected.
It was a time of healing. Because as I slowed down - my mind and my body and my spirit signalled to me what it had been waiting for all along.
For me to slow down and process this life, to make myself and my care a priority (against everything else) and to understand I could be soft if I chose to be.
I could slow down if I wanted to.
I could be whom I’ve always wanted to be - if I just let myself.
And it’s from here - this space - where I’ve had to relearn a whole new identity of myself (my self), one that looks and feels sensual, feminine, and that also feels like me - like a coming home to myself, that I’ve waited for and searched for, for all these years.
In Grace & Peace,
xo. Tanya
The words ‘sacred space’ have always been a concept or an idea that I have come back to – and that is the space that resides in all of us – that deep inner space, that we must re-align ourselves with now and again, or that we must dive deep into in times of rebirth and transformation.
But what is a sacred space?
A sacred space can be any kind of space.
Perhaps you’ve seen images of personal altars, meditation cushions, crystals, sage and glowing candles, but a sacred space doesn’t have to include anything or anyone.
And a sacred space doesn’t even have to be a particular place, or one that we return to over and over again.
A sacred space is anywhere we come to find ourselves.
It can be a ritualized morning meditation time.
It can be a space enshrined with candles, crystals, incense and sage.
Or it can be a yoga class.
It may be your favorite chair where you curl up with a book.
Or even, your morning coffee before anyone else is awake.
It can be a silent prayer.
And it can also be you – just you.
You with everything you are right in this moment, and everything you sometimes wish you weren’t.
My intention for the meaning of sacred space is just that, a place where we can come to find ourselves.
No matter where we’ve been or where we’re going.
No matter how easy life seems to be in this moment, or how difficult it feels at times.
Honoring our sacred spaces, and honoring ourselves as sacred spaces means giving ourselves the opportunity to live with everything that this life is.
Without shame. Without guilt. Without worry. Without fear.
Which is very easy to write and say, and so much harder to do on a day to day basis.
And that is why we must come back to ourselves daily, to ourselves as sacred and to our sacred spaces and renew what the concept of what sacred means to us, individually.
Because, my definition of sacred is not the same as yours.
I encourage you to find your own definition of sacred.
To search for it, to study it, and to discover it for yourself.
That is where your work begins, in finding the sacred within yourself, and then nurturing that part of until it takes over and grows into the whole of you.
For when we finally discover that each and every part of us is sacred, we learn that everything else in this universe is sacred as well.
I hope you’ll continue along this sacred journey that you’ve begun here, in this moment. And if you’re already ambling along on your spiritual path, I welcome you to dive deeper and embrace fully the spirit that lies within the deepest parts of you.
In Grace & Peace,
xo. Tanya
Some very sage words of advice have been reverberating around my mind for days now...
“it didn’t matter if no one else got me, because for the first time, I got me.” (paraphrased from @thediaryofanempath)
And that is how I have been feeling these past few days - so aligned within myself, even if I’m still a bit rattled with anxiety, even if I’ve been second guessing myself. And even now as I still don’t know how all of these pieces come together as a whole - business wise.
I’ve been terrified of announcing this because I’ve been so concerned with what people would think of me, and scared that they wouldn’t “get me” or this work that I’m putting out here now.
Because for the last 2 years I’ve been known for energy guidance work, and for healing, (which I will still be honouring) but I cannot stifle this part of myself any longer - my Spirit is scraping and clawing at me to get out, and my heart is bursting and pushing me to move forward.
It’s the pull, the nudge, from myself that I’ve been resisting for so long now - because to be honest I didn’t know how it fit, or where it fit, or even what to do with it.
But back in January, a piece of my Self was opened up.
It was opened so wide, and so deep, and it begged me to dive into it.
It asked me to question things about myself that I have turned a blind eye to for so long.
It poured ideas into me, and made me ravenous for adventures of the mind, and of the soul, and of the body.
It gave me a hunger for something so much more, a creative outlet ready and waiting to be used, and a space for everything - all of my thoughts, ideas and questions about life itself - to turn this into something so much more than myself.
A place where my words can become healings in their own right.
Where others can find solace in the sacred space of this poetry & prose.
And passages that provoke, acknowledge, and question our selves and what it means to be on this sacred journey that we call life itself.
We are fundamentally human, but with a Spirit that implores us to search deep and knowingly into who and what we’re meant to do and be in this lifetime.
And so, on July 12th, I’m releasing this piece of myself out into the world.
LOVE LETTERS// POETRY & PROSE
Is a collection of short essays, excerpts & poems written to feed the Self & nourish the Soul.
In its contents you’ll find pieces that awaken the spiritual being that you are - and request that you dig deep within yourself to come to terms with who you are, why you’re here, and what you’re meant to do in this lifetime.
Its passages are meant to give you hope, meaning, and the depth that you’ve craving, so that you can move into a more knowledgeable understanding of yourself as the sacred being that you are.
For more information & details please email me at tanya@thesacreddivinefeminine.com or contact me here