July alchemical attunement

Greetings,

Welcome to July, my friend, and your monthly alchemical attunement.

An alchemical attunement is the process of...

✨ Using our own wisdom and evolution as a tuning fork, bringing us into vibration with our highest Self.

✨ Bridging the mystical and the mundane, the spiritual and practical, spirit and soul, joy and grief.

✨ Transmuting our "base materials" into gold... turning pain into power, wounds into wisdom, and grief into grace. 

This month’s alchemical attunement is all about embracing the archetypal energy of summertime, and relaxing your expectations of productivity. 

You’ve heard me say it before.

I’ll say it again!

Our culture trains us to be linear, productive human doings and human givers. This model spectacularly fails to acknowledge the cyclical nature of life, which includes you.

The ecosystem is not out there.

YOU are the ecosystem. Part of it, dancing with it, as it, through it, in a cosmic tango ever unfolding.

If you’re still in the springtime mania of birthing, creating and sprinting…. 

S T O P

🤚🚫🤚

The roses are blooming my friend. Don’t miss them.

This is not the time of year to hustle. That ship has sailed. It will return before you know it, so take a breath and relax. We’ve arrived in high summer, and the water is real good. Dive in.

[Side note: this email is a great example of this principle put into action. I religiously send you alchemical attunement emails on the 1st of every month. My Virgo Rising loves structure. And… I was busy traveling, resting, relaxing and honestly couldn’t manage to get this baby written by the first. It’s July 7th. Que sera! C’est la vie! Time to embrace one of my favorite mottos: imperfect action is better than perfect inaction! Okay, back to the Attunement. ]

I recorded this podcast yesterday on summer archetypes. Check it out. Let yourself eat some ripe fruit, sip on a cool beverage or take a leisurely summer stroll while you listen. 

This is the curriculum of the moment, and it’s juicy.

As a Leo, I look forward to this season all year long. How silly would it be for me to miss it by sitting inside on my computer all day, pushing myself to keep creating at the pace I was during the springtime?

Here is the warm, soft, sexy, sultry voice of summer, whispering in your ear…

Slow down, child. 

You don’t have to do it all right now. 

The time for high productivity will come again. 

For now, enjoy the fruits of your labor. 

You've earned it. 

Take a long lunch break. Book a vacation. 

Quit early today and go lay in the shade of a tree.

Go find some cool water and submerge your body in its silky, slinky embrace.

What would bring you immense pleasure today? 
Do it.

What would nourish your soul, your body, your spirit today? 
Go do that.

Relax your perineum.
Unclench your butt.
Soften your face.
Release your shoulders
Have fun!

✨ 3 Alchemical Prompts ✨

🍉 List 10 wins and 5 learnings from 2023 thus far. Take time to celebrate your accomplishments!

🍉 If you gave yourself permission to do less this summer, how would you dial back your current schedule?

🍉 After attuning to summer’s archetypal energy (podcast here), name 3 ways you can better align your actions and calendar to this season?

✨ Alchemical Attunement ✨ 

Schedule a one-hour solo silent retreat.

This is a time when you'll go find a quiet place outside, where you won’t be disturbed by any other humans.

• Leave your devices, your Apple Watch, your journal and pen, your book and your to-do list at home.

• Bring nothing but some water and a blanket.

• Find someplace comfortable and rest your body down. 

• Stay there for ONE HOUR, in SOLITUDE and SILENCE.

This is a *tiny baby mini* practicing inspired by a traditional spirit/vision quest, which invites you into a complete break from all your doing, and into the simple state of being.

You might love it.
You might hate it. 
You might get bored— fantastic! 
When was the last time you were bored???

Listen.
Watch. 
Feel.
Notice.
Observe.
Think.
Use all your senses, and all 4 layers of seeing (which I talk about in the podcast referenced above).

 I guarantee something will be revealed.

✨ Alchemical Mantra ✨

 Do less. Be more. 

✨ Bonus Listening ✨

Here’s a playlist I made for this season: Visionary Sultry Summer 

(this track on the playlist is particularly relevant to today’s attunement!)

May you be drenched by summer’s juices!

To the full expression of your unapologetic authenticity,

Britta