When Things Feel Off, When Nothing Feels Right and a Short Meditation 🩷

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Hi, welcome back. I'm really glad you're here today. I'm gonna be honest, I sat down to record this episode not once, not twice, not even three times. I have recorded this week's episode so many times I've lost count. Every time I got to every time I got halfway through or all the way through, it just didn't feel right. Every idea I had this week, even when it came from the purest part of my heart, it just felt off. And for a moment, I really got inside my head and I thought, well, maybe I just won't record this week. But I made a commitment and I honor that, and I want to honor that. And so, and so in that uncertainty, I choose to show up anyway, and I had this realization that felt really important to share. Not every moment in life feels clear or inspired or perfectly aligned before we begin. And sometimes we think that we need that feeling in order to show up. We think we need the clarity first, the motivation first, the perfect words first. But a lot of time it works the other way around. Clarity comes from showing up. There's all this pressure around us and even within us, especially when we care deeply about what we do, to say something meaningful, to make everything count, to have everything land in the very exact way that we envision. And when that feeling isn't there, we question ourselves. That's so natural, right? Like maybe we're off or disconnected or we're not doing it right or we're not good enough. But I know that's not true. I know it's not true for me, and I know it's not true for you. I just think there are moments where our energy is softer or quieter or less defined or more convoluted, and that doesn't mean that anything is wrong. It just it doesn't and it doesn't mean that you've lost your connection. It just means you're in a little bit of a different space, and you're allowed to show up from that space too. That space that doesn't feel perfect. That space that doesn't feel like it has it all together, that space that doesn't know how it's supposed to go or how it's gonna turn out. This is something I see all the time in sessions. People come in and they don't always have the words for what they're feeling, they just know that something feels heavy or off or unclear or that they don't feel that great, and they don't want to talk through things, and they don't want to figure things out, they just want to feel better, and I fully understand that. Maybe they just want to feel held or supported, or they just want to take a breath and feel like they don't have to carry it all on their own just for a little while, and that's what Reiki creates space for. Reiki is so gentle, it's not something you have to figure out or do right. Most people describe it as feeling a deep sense of calm. Sometimes that Reiki energy feels warm or tingly. Sometimes it just feels like your body gets to relax in a way that it hasn't for a while. Your mind can slow down, your body can soften, and you can just be. You don't have to explain anything, you don't have to have the perfect understanding of what's going on. You just get to receive. And in this, something subtle begins to shift, even without all of the words. So if you're in a moment right now where things feel a little unclear or murky, or like you should have more direction than you do, I want you to know that you're not doing anything wrong. You're allowed to be in that space, you're allowed to be a little quieter, you're allowed to not have it all figured out, and you're allowed to still move forward, and you're still moving forward, even when it doesn't feel like it. Sometimes showing up exactly as you are is the thing that brings you back to yourself. So before we close, I want to give you a small moment to just pause with me. So if you're in a place where you can close your eyes, I invite you to do just that and take a slow deep breath. Letting your shoulders drop letting your mind soften. There's nothing you need to do. There's nothing you need to do right now. There's nothing you need to do right now. Just allow yourself to be here. Allow your body to soften. If you've been holding anything tightly, even without realizing it, begin to let it loosen a little. Taking another slow breath in and out. You are supported. You are allowed to rest. You are allowed to not have all of the answers. Just be here for a moment. And whenever you're ready, you can gently open your eyes. Thank you so much for being here with me today. If this resonated and you're feeling like you just want a little space to rest. To just be to feel lighter. I feel like I would love to hold that space for you. You can book a session with me through the link below. And before we go, I want to tell you about two things coming up just around the corner here. On May 2nd, we have our nature divination event that'll be here in Oglesby at Sanctuary where a beautiful group of like-minded people, hopefully yourself included, will gather and we'll meditate with Mother Earth. We'll go out amongst the trees and collect little leaves, flowers, stones, whatever you find that speaks to you. And then we'll use these items like oracle cards to gather messages from Mother Earth herself. Messages just for you. What do you need to know right now in this chapter? Maybe where you are feeling like you're craving direction. And the other thing that's just around the corner is our live gathering on Instagram and Facebook. This happens the first Thursday of every month at 6 p.m. Central Time. And during this time, we pull intuitive bundles. So if that sounds like fun to you, please head to our website, sanctuary withashley.com, and purchase your intuitive bundle. And then join our live on Thursday, May 7th at 6 p.m. And so you'll get to see an Oracle card pulled just for you. And then we'll gather all of the magical items that go with your card, and I'll send them directly to you. So we do ship, or if you're local, you can pick it up during our shopping hours. But anyway, it's a fun time. I love doing it, it's always just a happy place to be. So I look forward to seeing you at either one of those events or here at Sanctuary for your very own session. So I'm sending you so much love, so much love, and a big hug. And I'll meet you back here very soon. Bye for now.