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Closing the Circle: Celebrating Our Time with Isabel!

• Christine Renee, Isabel Wells, and Shantel Ochoa • Season 4 • Episode 4

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A clean ending can be the most powerful kind of beginning. In this deeply moving episode, the Moon Rising team gathers in ceremony to honor Isabel’s transition from her leadership role—celebrating the gratitude, the transformation, and the golden curiosity for what’s next. This is an intimate glimpse into how a spiritual community navigates real change with honesty, ritual, and reverence.

Together, Christine, Shantel, and Isabel trace the story of Moon Rising’s creation, the intuitive callings that shaped its evolution, and Isabel's trust in what her intuition is calling her to do next.

In this episode, we explore:

  • How to end a chapter with integrity, gratitude, and clarity
  • The power of ritual and witness in times of change
  • Why alignment is a continuous practice, not a one-time feeling
  • The role of intuition in guiding leadership and evolution
  • Reclaiming your energy and trusting divine timing
  • How to release what no longer serves while blessing what remains
  • Reflecting on our time together as your Moon Rising Team
  • A ceremony and card reading to celebrate the transition
  • A final circle closing!

Join with us to celebrate our time with Isabel, and don't forget to share your most treasured memories with her in our Moon Rising Shamanic Mystics Facebook group!

If this conversation resonates, subscribe, share it with someone navigating change, and leave a review sharing what you’re releasing to make space for new beginnings. Your stories help others trust their own timing.

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SPEAKER_01:

It's time to remember your divine purpose and limitless potential. Welcome to Wisdom Rising, the official podcast of Moon Rising Shamanic Institute. Join shamanic Reiki practitioners Christine Rene, Isabel Wells, and Chantel Ochoa as we guide you on a journey of radical self-discovery and spiritual guidance. Each week, we'll dance through the realms of shamanism, mysticism, energy healing, and personal development to illuminate your path to true healing and self-sourced wisdom. Through weekly inspired conversations and interviews with leading spiritual and shamanic practitioners, we are here to help you acknowledge, reconcile, and balance your energy so that you can awaken to the whispers of wisdom rising from within. I have made the intuition and heart-led decision to step away from Moon Rising into my own journey to follow my intuition. If you're curious about that transition and what inspired it, you can check out last week's podcast episode where Chantelle and I dive deep into the what's, whys, and when's. But for today's episode, I'm stepping into ceremony with Christine and Chantelle for the last time, holding space for each other, reminiscing on our time together in Moon Rising, holding space for the beautiful transformation and transition that this holds, as well as receiving a really beautiful and insightful card reading from Chantel and closing out our sacred circle, closing out our directions for the last time as a group. So today's episode is a really sacred and really beautiful episode. And I'm so excited to get to share it with you. And I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to you as a listener, as a viewer, for holding space for me to hold space for you over the last six years that I've worked with Moonrising. It has been such a joy to witness your transformation, my transformation, and share in the energy of this incredible community and the incredible things that we hold space for and teach here at Moonrising and what was once Reiki Cafe University. Of course, I'm not going away permanently. I'll still be in the Moonrising Shamanic Mystics Facebook group to support you all. I may appear on the podcast in the future. And of course, Chantel and Christine's connection with me and our friendship are still strong, as you'll hear in today's episode. We're just stepping into a new phase of life. Just like Earth is stepping into a new season, so are we. And we're sharing a little bit more about that in today's episode. And I'm just really grateful for the space that we've held, the time that we've had. And I hope that this episode brings you the same closure and the same joy and gratitude and reminiscence and excitement for the future that it brought to the three of us. And of course, if you want to continue to follow what I'm doing next and to step with me on this next phase of my journey, I would love for you to join me. You can find me over at gatewayhouseofhealing.com. Right now you'll see a coming soon page, depending on when you're listening to this podcast, with a link to join my newsletter. I highly encourage you to join that because that's where I'll be sharing some of the really exciting updates and things I've been working on behind the scenes very soon, from podcasts to substacks to courses and more. And of course, all of my social media links are on there as well. So you can find me on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok now at isabel.gatewayhoh. And like I said, if you visit gatewayhouseofhealing.com, you'll be able to find us there. I also have a new private Facebook group that you can join to step deeper into this community and stay connected with me and what I'm doing. All of the links will be in the show notes below. And I would be honored to witness you on your journey as you witness me on mine and on what this next phase is going to bring. But I hope that today's episode fills you with love and gratitude and excitement for what's coming next and an invitation to keep walking with all of us, myself, Christine and Chantel, as we move into this next phase. And for all of you who've listened to me over the years and learned something and shared and allowed me to ramble about the things that I'm passionate about. Thank you for holding space for me to share and be witnessed and hold space for you in return. And I hope that I hope you enjoy this final episode and I hope to meet with you again soon in the future. So much love. And without further ado, let's dive in to my final episode. Beautiful. Welcome, welcome everybody. We are here for my final Whispers of Wisdom, which is kind of crazy to say, but we've been in Sacred Ceremony as a team for the last hour. So we're staying in that really lovely, calm, reflective, celebratory energy for today's conversation. If you guys missed last week's podcast or haven't heard, I'll be transitioning from Moonrising at the end of the week. If you want to learn more about the inspiration for that decision and how it's all unfolded, I really do encourage you to check out last week's podcast where Chantelle and I dive in really deep to the what's and how's and whys. But today we're really just sitting in ceremony with each other, reflecting on our time together as a team, but also our time, my time with the community and just the incredible transformations and experiences that we've had together over the last three years with Chantel, five to six years with Christine and I, and just really holding ceremony and space for what I've been calling kind of the end of an era, you guys.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, absolutely. It does definitely feel like that. And um know that as we come on, we have been in our own team meeting, ceremonial space to um, I feel like to say yes to ourselves, our sovereignty, our clarity, our joy, our um knowing that we are here in celebration and joy and ceremony with all of you for this time that we um that we get to to conclude, um, conclude that era. And so, yeah, there's a lot, there's a lot of emotions. Um, and and definitely uh there's grief weaved into that because it this isn't something that uh I we any of us will take lightly. This is a huge um shift, and so we want to share that and all of our authenticity of that with you.

SPEAKER_03:

So yeah, this is a beautiful container that we have created here today. And although we are, you know, saying goodbye today for now, but know that the friendships run deep and that we're all still here for each other and to support each other and for the community to really be able to honor you and to hopefully even I would like to put in our Facebook group too is you know, memories that they can also a place that they can say, Oh yes, this is how she impacted me, these are things I've learned, what are their aha moments of you? And know that there are many, there are many, and that we've all grown because of knowing each other, but definitely because you have been here and that your spark it ignites ours. So definitely honor you and your journey forward.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, absolutely, it's been um, it's been it's been a trip, you guys. Like from the very beginning, when I was just like really overwhelmed with the amount of work of putting together what was once Reiki Cafe University and going, please, universe, if this is meant for me, bring me the person. And literally within 24 hours, I got a DM from Isabel and I never had interacted with her before. And I was just like, oh, that was easy, you know, and just letting the right timing and the divine calling and all of these things lead to where we are. And you know, I just remember that it was uh it was it was easy then. It was like, okay, I can trust this, I can trust this, and watch her skill sets just completely take their full fruition and form. And like, I was like, I want to do a podcast. She's like, oh yeah, I've done those before. I want to do this. And she's like, oh yeah, I've done, I've done some of that before, and just watch that all unfold in the true form of an alchemist. And so much more than that, you know, like I feel like we have given ourselves these titles, you know, Chantelle being our mystic and Isabel being our um alchemist and myself being the visionary. And and, you know, that's just like one archetype of the many that we hold, right? And so I just want to welcome in the dynamicness of all of us of going, yes, Isabel's been our alchemist, but she has been so much more than that. She has been a freaking amazing teacher and coach. And I know she has not only pulled me personally out of dark places and spaces, but so many of our students. And I just want everyone to know how much she has honored and transformed everything that we have created and touched here through Reiki Cafe University and Moonrising Shamanic Institute. Like we would not, we would not be where we are without the fullness of her energy beyond the alchemist. So I really truly honor, honor all of the wisdom, all of the gifts, all of the ways that you show up in the world and how you have shared that with us and on our team and in our spaces and in our community. Like it's been it's been really beautiful. I'm really grateful.

SPEAKER_03:

Thank you. I have to say on my part, and I know in our ceremony, I even said it about like your patience to be able to help people with tech issues, like especially for me when I'm like, hey, I don't know how to do this, I can't do that. And I've you know, there's been times where I'm like waiting for you to come back, like, oh my gosh, Antel, and you never have. You've always just been like, okay, I got that. Let me send this your way. And I have to say I really do appreciate that because you know, um a more resistant heart would be coming back at somebody and in a way that would make them feel small, and you never did. And so, you know, I know that may seem small, but here in a a world that is all online that it, you know, I never really embraced, you know. I mean, I just not a part of like the generation of what I, you know, I grew up with the it being introduced, not like you guys come in, a different generation comes in with it already. You're online, and I had to be plugged in. And I appreciate you plugging me in because I needed it. And I still have a lot to go, but I know I can always reach out to you and be like, hey, help me here. I got your back, girl. And I love that. I love that this is ending on that note, and I don't even want to say ending, but that the transition is there on that there is no ill will, there's no animosity, there's no nothing. And I know I've had some people like, what's going on? I'm like, nothing. She's growing, she's doing her thing, and I love that. And so um I just I want everyone to hear that that this is such a good thing, and and we all get to witness it and to journey with you in a different way.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, absolutely. And it's you know, it's funny you bring that up because I was thinking back to like Christine was saying at the very, very beginning where we didn't even know you yet, Chantel. And and I just had this intuitive nudge of, hey, you know what you need to do, you need to message this random woman on the internet that you've never seen before and see if she needs help. And and she did. And it was the start of we're almost past, no, we are past, we're past five and a half years. So we're if we're round up, we we can say six years. It's been, you know, six years of our lives that have been molded and shaped by that intuitive nudge to to just message somebody for no apparent reason. And this has that same feeling to me, that same intuitive nudge of, hey, there's this thing that you need to do that it might not make sense, you know. Message a woman you've never met on the internet, but look, look where it brought us, you know, and look at how much was born out of following that intuitive impulse. And and I just it it really does have that same feeling of there's so much waiting for not just me, but for all of us on the other side of this transition. And I know that we've all been feeling it this year, all of the transitions that we've had in our personal lives, and Lord knows this eclipse season took all three of us for, you know, gave us a run for our money. And and through that, it has been so beautiful to watch how we've all continued to lean on each other and and process with each other and work with each other and and rely on each other's gifts, like Christine was saying, and hold space for each of us to be the fullest expression of who we are, and that that extends even into holding space for when it's time to transition into something new. We're we're right there for each other and holding space and leaning into the curiosity of what comes next while acknowledging the grief of you know what we're losing in that transition and all of the incredible memories that have come over the last six years. And so it really is, I have to say it's been a really beautiful process of just witnessing every single emotion that has come with this transition and and with this new season of life that's coming. You know, it's it's I think that's something that we don't talk about very much, is how these intuitive nudges oftentimes, you know, they they ring us out a little bit. They bring up every possible emotion and all of our connections and they call us to rely on each other and to stand in our community more. And and I really love that we've gotten to do that in a way that's not only so true to the three of us, but also in a way that our community can see so we can really bring forward that energy of what a beautiful team we've been and what a beautiful thing we've created and the energy and the love that we have for each other.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, absolutely, absolutely. And I feel like we definitely um I just recognize when spirit gives me a calling, like sometimes it's not this instant, like, okay, I'm gonna go to the thing. Like, oftentimes when divine inspiration hits me, I'm like, you gotta be kidding me. Like, right. Like, I wanna, I wanna fight about it. I want to drag my feet, I want to like bitch and complain a little bit and be like, all right, fine, you know, and it that's okay. Like everyone can be in their own process of what that looks like for them. And I know that even this last spring at the beginning of the year, like I was like, Oh, I'm supposed to do in-person stuff again. Like, I don't really want to do that. And then I'm like starting like, oh, yeah, I do love this too. Like, fine, okay, right. And so, like, it's all of these different spaces where we get to recognize our authentic selves and our own authentic process and how we want to show up, and continuing to say yes to our evolution and to our growth and to our own personal development and recognizing those places and spaces within ourselves that might feel sticky and go, okay, I've got something to recognize in all of this and be okay with communicating about it and being where you're at and still seeking that space for I can be compassionate with myself and I can be compassionate with others and I can love the process, even though it might not feel it doesn't always feel good, right? But that doesn't mean that we are um not loving on one another, you know, that like it's hard sometimes when um when I've uh when I'm in my own like struggle with my spirit guides. Like I think that's I don't know if that's a unique experience, but when I'm I'm like they're telling me to go down this path and I'm like, I don't want to. And I love that like Isabel, like she got the call, and there's like it's such a a different reaction. You're like, I always see you get like that divine inspiration, and you're like, okay, well, I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna do this uh nervous system series, and I'm like, cool. And there's not this big um uh like fight about it. And I definitely I'm I'm always fighting with my like next call. I'm like, really? Okay. And so I just I want to honor that in you that like it's so much, it seems to be, and maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to be so much easier for you to say yes to your path, your direction. And I just love that. And I love that everyone gets to be themselves in it.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah. And you know, it's it's like I said, it's just it's been really beautiful to watch that stage of completion, especially I I'm loving the symbolism of the fact that this is happening right after we stepped into fall in, you know, earth, earth time, because it really, it really does just feel like this, you know, I everybody knows from my stories that I've shared about what's happened in my life. There are so many times where transitions that have happened in my life I've not been ready for. They've just kind of blindsided me and felt like, you know, if you follow numerology that they caught me at the five instead of the nine, you know, and and I feel like this is a journey that I've really gotten to see all the way through to that nine and and being able to, you know, even at our ceremony today when Chantal was doing our team ceremony, it it's ended right at 9.09, her time, you know, and just the the beautiful symbolism of being able to see something to completion. And it certainly wasn't the completion that my mind thought it was gonna be, but my soul has just been so clear in what's coming. And and I've been so grateful to be able to watch it unfold over the course of the year. You know, there's just been so many little signs and nudges and conversations and and just everything leading us to this point where it just feels like a really natural, a really natural conclusion and a really natural time for this transformation to take place. And I'm I'm really just so, I have to say, I'm so incredibly grateful for you guys, for the for the two of you, for the space that you hold. I'm grateful for our community, for our students, for letting me teach and share and have my little, you know, soapbox moments and getting to engage with the energy and and really explore and express who I am as a teacher and as a leader and as a guide and and all of these things. And, you know, it's it's absolutely true to say that I would not be the person that I am today if I hadn't had the last six years to shape me and my energy and the way that I see things and the way that I show up and have a space where even when my life was really hard a lot of times over the last six years, I had a space where I was called to show up and stand in my highest light. And you know, the camera comes on and and I'm that teacher and I'm that guide. And having that space where I could not escape to, but come to to be reminded of who I truly am was such a blessing. And I'm really grateful that I've had that anchor to hold on to when I needed it over the last six years. I love that.

SPEAKER_03:

I love that you were able to create a space. I mean, I know energetically and collectively the three of us have, but that for yourself, you had that space that you could come to and know that it was gonna anchor it at you in. It was gonna remind you of who you are because we can get lost in our stuff and our emotions and our, you know, our trauma moments and and want to just like run away. But instead you did. You always just you've always just shown up. And you were always very clear when you're like, I just need me time for a minute, but you would always come still. Like, what do you need before I take my me time? Do you guys need anything before I like take the next day off or a couple of days off? And you'd be like, no, go do you. And I always like I all have always seen that in you is that you always want to make sure that everyone around you is taken care of, even if it means you're taking care of them before you're putting yourself first. And I see that you're now you're putting yourself first. And that's beautiful because it takes a long time for a lot of people to understand what that means to put yourself first. And I just see this as a great invitation for our community to recognize that and to know that you can put yourself first sometimes. And it doesn't mean it's because you're leaving with a heart and heart. It just means like, you know, there's just something else out there too to go explore and to be curious about and to go learn from. And other teachers and mentors are gonna cross your path and you're gonna cross theirs. And there's just so much that's gonna come forward. And this has also been an opening, a catalyst for the three of us to venture off on, even though I'm staying and Christine staying, we're here, but that in our own way, we're also walking a different journey, you know, and and so it's it's beautiful. And and I don't know, like I keep saying, I just I see a meeting point in the future at some point, and whatever that becomes, it becomes. But I invite that, I'm open to that, however that is, and um even if it's just being a guest on your podcast or you coming back and visit and visiting us on ours, you know, like I just see that it's um no longer entangled, but definitely standing in our sovereign power with each other.

SPEAKER_00:

So yeah, yeah. I had um our retreat host send me a video yesterday via text about from like a memories from her phone. And I had to post it yesterday because it just went to show like just a beautiful highlighted moment of when all of our energies were together and we were making magic, and everything felt like it was such in this beautiful flow state. Like it was so easy, it was the easiest retreat I've ever put on, and it was the magic between the three of us, you know. And I I posted it and I was like, you know, I could see us coming back together to do something like this again at some point. Not that there's any pressure to, but also like I recognize that there is this magic of when we can come together and play together and um know that we can all stand in our authentic truth and sovereignty and expression and whatever we are creating in our lives that this can be um that there's gonna be places and spaces where the the weavings might come back and and and that would be welcome, you know.

SPEAKER_01:

Absolutely. And and I have to say, I really am so excited. Like I keep just getting the the little happy like jitters to see what happens with moon rising from here, you know. It was it it really was so hard to come, you know, to Christine's point about my intuition, it was really hard to come around to the fact that like, oh, you know, it moon rising is we just celebrated our first anniversary, but I've been working behind the scenes on on making it happen for two years, and and of course Reiki Cafe before that, but it there's there's such a big piece of who I am and such a big piece of my heart in Moonrising. And it did take a minute to recognize that okay, it's not it's not meant to be mine anymore. And but I do have to say that I'm just so excited to see where you guys take it from here. Like I'm I'm so excited to still be in the Facebook group and be an avid podcast listener and and really just watch what happens next because I can just feel that energy of excitement and new beginnings and this space opening up for something new. And I'm really I'm I'm I think just as much as everybody else is kind of sitting on the edge of their chairs wondering what's gonna happen next, I really am too. And I'm really excited to see the kinds of magic that you guys have in store for what was our community and is now gonna be your community, and and and just holding space for your gifts to come through and your teachings to come through and and seeing what you're gonna fill the space with. I'm I'm just I'm really excited to see what happens next.

SPEAKER_03:

I remember when um so when I finished what was SRPT back then, um and then Christine called and left me a message saying that she wanted to invite asked me to be her apprentice, and then I think I had to do some form of um meeting or something with you, Isabel, and then you're like, I don't Christine, like I really think you need to call Chantel. And I remember just filling in the moment, like the excitement of it, but but I at that point it was like, really me? Because you know, it was just it's all of that that starts unfolding and who I think we see ourselves as. And then when you get to see our your reflection in someone else, it's like wow, you know, it's like coming back to we are the mirrors of each other, and and so when you can see your own reflection in somebody else and through somebody else, it's so beautiful, and so um I love who I see in you two and and what our community has become and how we do show up, and so it's just knowing that those mirrors are just gonna reflect a little further out, but yeah, it's still there, it's still there. It's like even right now, I'm like seeing these like three mountains in this reflection, you know. And I'm like, all right, I'll see you in the distance, we're always gonna be right there.

SPEAKER_00:

So yeah, there's definitely this piece of I don't first see Moon Rising going anywhere, you know, where it's still gonna be this um stable space of our group and our courses and all of the things that that we provide. And I just can't wait to see how Gateway Isabelle's um new company unfolds and becomes its own beautiful source of wisdom provided for her own community and sprinkled into ours. And like I just love that um this is this is done in such a way of honoring, you know. Like right now, I'm looking at the chat box of going, oh no, such a change for you all. And it's like, this isn't an oh no, this is a moment of celebrating exactly who we are and allowing people to change and evolve into who they're meant to be, right? So this is a yes, go, please. If this is what you're calling is, be all of who you are in all the ways that you want to be, in all the places that you want to be. And it's not that we're not gonna miss those pieces or that energy that Isabel brings to the table table, but we also don't want to uh stagnate or suppress or any of those things of her full potential and where she's being called by the divine, you know, and so I'm gonna honor those nearly six years of time together and go thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm in such a space of gratitude and honoring um that uh I want I want to see the the new evolved version. Of Isabel as she steps in the gateway.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah. I love that. And you know, it really is also part of why I was so gung-ho on making that change and transition, is because we we all need somebody to look to for. And I don't want to say that we need the permission, but our minds like to have someone we can look to and say, look, they did it. They made the decision. They followed their intuition. They stepped into the highest version of themselves. And the three of us have always been that for our community. You know, that's always been the value that we hold is showing up as our truest selves and staying true to what's most aligned. And Lord knows we've made so many pivots over time because it's what needed to happen to stay in alignment and different courses we've created and different ways that we've shown up and different podcast ideas. And there's just, there's so much that we have done to stay in true alignment to who we are. But but knowing that we're we're staying in that truest and highest alignment with who we are, not just for ourselves, but also what's in the best and highest alignment for Moon Rising. And it's like it would be doing a disservice to not follow and continue to stay in that alignment and continue to trust that intuition, even if it takes me or us or or any of it somewhere else, you know. And it's like I know that if that, I know that if that nudge, if that message had come through for Christine or Chantel, they would have done the same thing because of that commitment to staying in alignment and honoring our highest and most, you know, authentic selves. And I almost hate saying authentic self because it's kind of become a buzzword lately, but like that that just fullest expression of knowing that you're allowed to show up however you're gonna show up. And life is way too short to put yourself in a situation that doesn't feel aligned. And just because a situation doesn't feel aligned doesn't mean that it was bad. You know what I mean? It's not like there's a transition because something was an oh no. Like Christine said, it's just that sometimes your alignment shifts. And because we're so committed to that, that's the choice that we're making is to continue following that alignment and making space for, you know, moon rising to continue to be the greatest and highest that it can be. As I'm stepping into making Gateway the greatest and highest that it can be, and following those intuitive nudges and divine messages and letting go of that mental control so that our souls can surprise and delight us along the way to whatever's coming next.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, yeah. It really brings true of what it means to release what no longer serves. Um, recently I had a conversation with someone and they were saying, I don't like that because that means I'm releasing this, this, and that, and all the positive and the good, the bad. And this I go, no, what you're releasing, I go, you have to pay attention to what no longer serves. Because if you are holding on to what no longer serves and you can't truly stand in your authentic self, your alignment of self, because you're holding on too much, you know, and it's time to let it go. And honestly, energetically, we're energy beings. We would all tune into the energy of you not wanting to be here because you feel that pull to go somewhere else. So it is, it's a wonderful way to be able to shift and pivot out in your own terms without the universe coming back and saying, Hey, you've already received how many nudges and you're not listening. So now we gotta like throw the stone at you, you know. Instead, you're like, no, I'm gonna pay attention and I'm gonna listen. And that's what this work is all about is for us to be able to witness each other when we are receiving those nudges and when it is time to shift, pivot, whatever it is, that we can do that. And we can do it with grace and we can do it in honoring of what is being left as well as what's being gained.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. It's it's definitely a place and space of this dance that we're doing with the divine, with the universe, with the earth source energy, and going, where am I meant to be in this moment? Where am I meant to be in this time? Where can I shine my truth? Where can I shine my love, my compassion, my purpose? And and we each get to say yes to that. Yeah, we are. We're all saying yes.

SPEAKER_01:

Well, Chantal, is it time for a reading? Yeah, let's do it.

SPEAKER_03:

Okay. Let me see what I want to pull. So this reading is with the intention of what and how we are moving forward, what's to come in a positive light for us each, as well as Moon Rising, for a gateway, for our community. Oh, right off the bat, we got soul retrieval. So we are we are calling ourselves back home. And if I stopped right there, that would be enough.

SPEAKER_01:

You're like, that's done.

SPEAKER_03:

One card, we're good. One card, we are, we're standing like how she is looking at the light moving forward, you know, and calling ourselves. That is what this is about. Let's see what else is coming forward as we are moving forward in our journey. Yeah, that golden light, the rays that are going to shine from each one of us, from our businesses, like this is so heartfelt, and knowing that that golden light is shining through us from us, and that comes from that soul retrieval because we're paying attention to the nudges. We're walking, we're walking the journey of spirit. Yeah, and this life force, and as that snake is weaving its way, it's Kumalini, the life force that is truly connecting in the energy within the heart space, and as it's moving its way up into the crown chakra. So we are shifting from what is seen, like the surface of everything, to what is unknown, unseen, and I love that. So there's so much that's coming forward for us. Um each of us to witness what is to be exposed, to be opened, gifts that will start to reveal themselves in the deeper aspects of ourselves as well. Oh interesting. So as I'm pulling this, um I'm also seeing um visionary. So that's interesting how that just showed itself. Like, yeah, the weaving of the light, the uh okay. So access clear thinking, and this is where we are, and how she holds that ball of yarn, and we can unweave it and follow the threads that are calling us forward. One new beginnings. Yes, being able to pivot where we need to pivot. Love it, transformation coming forward, stepping into the unknown. So that's all just beautiful messages, listening to your guardian angel.

SPEAKER_02:

Let's see what else we have.

SPEAKER_03:

The cycle breaker. There you go, Isabel. That's you, the cycle breaker. So you'll get through it. The cycle is ending, and I love how there's three women stacked up and representing the trilogy of us, the triad. Releasing the past. We got that in the um when we were together. Yeah. The energy is transforming, it's being transmuted, and I love how the light is above and below. So we're connecting. This is like that pillar of light that's coming forward for us, and the holy mountain. Both of these came through in our original reading. So the releasing of the past and the holy mountain, this is our soul calling, your sacred journey and pilgrimage. Let me see what we have for me.

SPEAKER_02:

Okay. That was crazy. There's a lot to be said. I know, I love it. Let me just like, I am dropping to the floor.

SPEAKER_03:

Let me grab these. Okay. See what we have. Oh, yeah, the page of swords. So this is like stepping into new ideas, new thoughts, like really taking the platform for that, releasing any judgment of, and I'm feeling like judgment of like self or the situation, but it's letting that go because as we step forward into new ideas, it's letting go of that expectation, right? And it's just being in flow with it. Yes, the resting, the four of swords of being able to just kick back and enjoy the journey versus being like work, work, work or being stuck in the headspace. The three of us, the three of cups, celebrating our journey right here, right now. And this one also came up, the reminiscing, right? Staying heart-centered, staying connected with each other and having that friendship that that lasts beyond here, right? And let's see, I think that's it. Let me split the deck and see. Yeah, the three of wands. I love how we're getting these threes, like it's representing. So the three of wands is us each having our own vision of where we all want to be and at the same time. Yeah, it's just it's beautiful. Yeah, very good. Top of the deck, moving in abundance. Very good. How's that feel? Does that feel complete? Do you have any questions? I love it. I love it.

SPEAKER_00:

It does feel complete. Yeah, it does.

SPEAKER_03:

Like open heart complete.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, absolutely. So before we came on, we were we began in ceremony, and with that, we did a heart salutation and calling of the directions. And I would love this to to invite Isabel to do a closing of the directions and a witnessing of us doing our final heart salutation with one another. So, Isabel, if you are comfortable with that, I'd love you to invite you to the closing of the directions for us.

SPEAKER_01:

Beautiful. And before we do that, I do just again want to take a moment to honor each of you, to honor you, Christine, to honor you, Chantelle, to honor the space that we've created, the energy that we've shared, the memories that we have together over the last six years, to honor the community, to everyone who's listening and witnessing us and sharing space with us and knowing that I'm not going away completely. I'll still be in the group. I'm sure that, like Chantel said, there'll probably be some future podcast appearances and shares, but I really do just want to honor the completion of this moment and the completion of what we've created and what we've experienced over the last six years, knowing that like we started today's conversation with, we really are at that nine stage. We really are at that space of completion and ending and knowing that it's all happening in perfect divine timing, exactly as it was meant to, and that we're all about to step into, you know, I know it's technically zero, but I want to say into our ten, you know, like into our next evolution, our next expansion, our next step of what's coming next for the greatest and highest good of each one of us. And I really just want to honor where we've come from and hold that gratitude for where we are now and that excitement for where we're going next. And and just holding that space as as we close our ceremony and close our circle with so much love for each and every one of you.

SPEAKER_00:

Thank you. Thank you, thank you.

SPEAKER_01:

Beautiful. So, with that said, let's go ahead and close our eyes. We can sit back in our chairs, let your shoulders drop away from your ears.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, beautiful.

SPEAKER_01:

Unclenching your jaw, relaxing the muscles in your face, letting your hands relax, your chest relax, your belly relax. Taking a moment to feel in to yourself, no matter when or where this audio, this video is reaching you, and just feeling whatever feels complete in yourself. Feeling what's ready to come to a close, what's ready to open up a space for something new to take its place. Feeling the alchemy that's happening here and now of anything that might be heavy, anything that's no longer serving, feeling it be honored, acknowledged, and transmuted into something new, something light, something with that spark of knowing, remembrance and recognition of who we truly are. Feeling that gratitude and that love expand and fill the space as we think our directions, knowing that as we're closing, our directions will go in the opposite order that we called them in. So we'll start with our spirits from below. We call to our power animals, mythical creatures, nature spirits, friends of the lower world, those who offer us protection and guidance, those who have stood with us, lent us their power, shown us the way through metaphor and symbolism. We thank you for the connections that you've made, for reminding us of who we truly are, reminding us of that essence, our ability to weave the realms, to dance between ether and matter, holding space for both humanity and spirituality to dance within us, to dance with each other, feeling that connection to Mother Earth, feeling our roots sending down deep, knowing that this is the first space of connection for us, both now and moving forward, sending our roots down deep, deep into the earth, knowing that we are connected, that we are held, that we are supported. The spirits from below, we thank you for your presence here. We thank you, we love you, we honor you. To the spirits from above, our spirit guides, guardian angels, loving ancestors, the ones who have kept us true to our souls' optimistic intentions for this experience, the ones who have kept us true to our movements, our actions, our words, our visions over the last many years, holding space for ourselves and space for what we were creating, holding us true to what moon rising was intended to be, and helping us to see with ease, clarity, and flow the transition that's coming next. We thank you for your wisdom, for your insight, for uplifting our energy. We thank you, we love you, we honor you. To the spirits of the north, the earth, provider and sustainer of all physical life, nourisher of all beings, to the trees, the standing ones, thank you for reminding us that we can remain grounded, sending our roots down deep, while reaching our branches, our leaves, our hearts, up towards the heavens, all while keeping us perfectly balanced here between, staying true to ourselves, staying true to each other, bending in the wind but never breaking, knowing that we received all of the nourishment we were meant to receive here in this time and in this space, knowing that we were supported every step of the way and will continue to be supported every step of the way. To the spirits of the North, we thank you, we love you, we honor you. And to the spirits of the West, to the water, keeper of mysteries unknown, thank you for washing away any cloudiness in our vision, in our hearts, in our energy, for washing away and soothing our wounds, soothing our questions, and reminding us what it means to trust and surrender. Surrender to the flow of life, surrender to the tide and the current, trusting that it's taking us exactly where we're meant to go, just as it brought us to this moment over the last six years, knowing that that water was guiding us through the experiences and energies that shaped each of us, made us who we are today, allowed us to hold the space that we have held, and that will continue to take us forward along that most aligned path for each and every one of us. We thank you for the courage and curiosity you have given us to stay true to our journeys, knowing that that support will continue as we move forward. To the spirits of the West, we thank you, we love you, we honor you. And to the spirits of the South, the fire with its passion and purpose, thank you for burning away all that no longer serves us, for allowing that spark within us to turn into a flame, to alchemize what was heavy, to alchemize the underbrush that was clouding our paths, clearing it away and allowing us to rise like a phoenix from the ashes, staying true to our power, staying connected with our purpose and our passion, staying true to that light and that fire within, knowing that that fire will never go out, and that the flame we have kindled in each other will never go out either. Knowing that our flame is as much a part of ourselves as it is of each other, of this community, that our lights are constantly reflecting and growing, creating that network of light across the globe. To the spirits of the West, we of the South, we thank you, we love you, we honor you. And to the spirits of the East, the wind with its whispers of wisdom, thank you for clearing away the cobwebs in our minds. Thank you for releasing us from our own preconceptions, expectations, and beliefs. Thank you for allowing us to become hollow bones, open vessels, ready to be filled with spirit, with insight, with inspiration, with hope, with the energy of a new beginning, of the sun as it crests over the mountain, shining its light on us and remembering that with every breath we start anew, start afresh, taking in that medicine, that promise of a new dawn, that promise of a new day, and all of the magic and joy that comes with it. To the spirits of the East, we thank you, we love you, we honor you. And lastly, to the spirit of our highest self, the one who reminds us of who we are when we release our own limitations and expectations, the one who has walked with us through this experience, allowing us to see with your eyes, to speak with your mouth, to hear with your ears, and to witness ourselves with your heart, to see the highest version of ourselves, of who we are meant to be, and to continue to have the bravery to step up, to step into that version of ourselves, knowing that you are here with us. As long as we allow ourselves to see you, to embrace you, to acknowledge you, the spirit of our highest self. We thank you, we love you, we honor you. And with the energy and intention of all seven directions now acknowledged and thanked, the sacred circle is coming to a close. Our time together is at an end. Knowing that this circle today does not just encompass this ceremony, but it encompasses the last six years of connection, of communion, of community that we've held together, of the space that we've shared, the energy that we've created, knowing that by closing this circle, we do not close our connection, but we open up a space for us each to continue on our own paths, to continue to stay true to who we are, to explore new paths, new ways forward through the forest of our lives, knowing that we are all connected and can come together again at any moment, knowing that we take with us the gifts, the gratitude, the love, the joy, the experiences that these last years have brought us, and that all is happening for the greatest and highest good of all involved. And so as we close this circle to each and every one of the directions, we thank you, we love you, we honor you, and we release you. We release this energy, we release this circle, we release this time together, knowing that it is creating space for something new, knowing that our sacred circle is complete and our time together is at an end, sealing it all in with another big deep breath in. One more deep breath in and out, and so it is blessing.

SPEAKER_00:

And so it is blessed in me and inviting us to do our final heart salutation together. We're gonna take our prayer post hands, point them to the earth, inhale up to heart space, exhale, bowing and looking at each other in the eyes. Inhale up and exhale, bringing our prayer pose hands down to the earth. Blessed be you guys until next time. May the you awaken to the whispers of wisdom rising from within. Thank you to all of our listeners for being a part of this. Thank you to Isabel who has shined, shown her light throughout the years on the our benefits of our groups, our spaces, our communities. Thank you, thank you, thank you. We only wish you well. Blessed be.

SPEAKER_01:

Blessed be. Thank you all. Sending you all so much love and gratitude and light. Bye, everyone.

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Bye.

SPEAKER_01:

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