Mercury retrograde has an out of bounds period this go round

I learned today that Mercury retrograde has three distinct phases this time. It is truly here to serve us if we let it. There is one phase where it is out of bounds, and that helps you live and create from a place without all these made up rules. Creativity being the most important word here.

I also learned that it takes sodium and potasium to take your meditative learnings and make them a reality. So please, if you are on a path of evolution, make sure to consume your minerals to make your meditation time valuable out in the world.

I love to learn new things about my work! This particular one is the why to, when we make very big openings in the brain during a session, I tell people to go have some salt to ground in the changes.

This week we worked in the heart and mind A LOT to expand and detangle from protective mechanisms and artificial ways of being.

I got the image of a kindergartener who was asked to color inside the lines, work harder, to stay within the boundaries. And I saw and felt their spirit dampened.

Where will it be fun to color outside the lines in your life? And maybe if you don't know, get one of those coloring books and color outside the lines, just for the fun and inspiration of it.

I know Brian and I, this past weekend decided that we needed to start to schedule some activities to look at B'ham with new eyes, meet new people, experience this world as if we haven't been here before, for the magic of it. For the new experience of it. This is an exercise in helping to see your surroundings, and what you have been missing that has been right in front of you all along.

As the meditation moved on we moved into more traditional Mercury retrograde dialogue. This is the first phase of the retrograde and still VERY valuable.

I consent to being more aware of my communication.

I am willing to listen more deeply to my higher self, and just as important as that, to others that I engage with.

Listening is the thing that we aren't programmed to do in this society. We are programmed to respond, and we often form our response before the other person even finishes speaking, so we miss the point of the whole conversation or we miss the value of what the conversation could offer.

Who are you being in realtionship that isn't serving YOU?

What unofficial rules are you participating in that aren't serving you?

How much more freely and openly can you use your mind?

How do we unbind some of those rules we have been living by? This isn't to be answered. This is opened in us so that we might experience the answer.

Unbound is a word worth meditating on.

Thank you for reading.

Wednesday evening gathering

I always look forward to Wednesday.

I am offering a cup of hot tea with the sound of the alchemy bowls and a deeper look into yourself.

We could have cacao by next week if we are lucky :)

There are so many layers to what is going on in our personal worlds and in the world at large, but what we create in community is what I want the world to build on.

Connection, truth, wisdom, beauty, vulnerability and Strength

I have hope because of what I see here in my space, what goes on in Cahaba River Sangha on Thursdays and other days, what goes on at Clubhouse on Highland regularly.

So, thank you for being part of the community, and if you haven't yet, please join us this week to experience connection and hope for yourself and for the world.

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Private sessions

This is the perfect time of year to descend into yourself. Not only is it Mercury retrograde for the next three weeks, which is such a valuable time for learning and changing the personal things in yourself, but autumn in general is a time to start going deep and as we go deeper into autumn there is more insight to be had.

Click here if you need support going deep. If there is something you just can't get to by yourself. We all need suppport sometimes and I am so grateful for my time on sabbatical where I found teachers and therapists that helped me unlock my body and my mind in ways I hadn't been able to myself.

Any single session may be rolled into a package once we discover if we are a good fit and how much support you need.

Much love to you in this very early cold snap. I hope you are staying warm

Sheri