Summer is here and all the world is bathed in beauty. At the same time, some of us are feeling drenched in too-much-ness and overwhelmed by life, world events, and unfulfilled desires.

As for myself, I feel torn. I experience utmost gratitude and joy for my life. I am doing the work I am most passionate about and am living a life I dreamed of. On the flip-side of the coin, I feel myself yearning deeply for something that is not, having time being the greatest.

The question I ask myself is, how do I find spaciousness and time when there is none? The answer, as it so often is, lies within.

Step 1: I take a deep breath. As I inhale I feel the oxygen creating space in my lungs. The area around my heart opens up. Time slows down and there is space.

Step 2: I close my eyes for a moment. Seeing is one of our most active senses. It fills in gaps, makes assumptions, creates reality. Closing the eyes is a way from moving out of doing and into being. Just a few seconds of closed eyes and deep breaths slows time further as I am able to reconnect with what I know as self.

Step 3: I give my body a stretch and a wiggle. As I do so, I breathe in through my mouth and exhale through my mouth with an audible sigh. Tension is released from my mind as much as my body as I do this.

Step 4: I remember that desires often harbor fear at their root. I desire more time because I fear I cannot connect with myself and get the work done that I need to. I desire validation because I fear I myself am not connected and knowledgeable enough to know how to be in this world.

Step 5: As I remember I let go of all fear and come to peace. Peace with the moment. Peace with what is. Everything relaxes. I am okay.

Being able to guide myself through a process such as the one above in my most exhausted, overwhelmed moments did not come to me naturally. To meet wherever I am at with a transformative spiritual practice came from a lifetime of practice and study and almost two decades of formal study with incredible teachers, wisdom keepers, elders, witches, shamans, and more, from around the world.

My dream was always to create a temple, a sanctuary that brought together magical teachings in a way that allowed for personal exploration and learning so that everyone who comes to this place can become their own guiding North Star in life.

What initiated this journey was when I was able to meet my essence. Many years ago I started taking people through the initiatory journey of meeting their essence, and now this profound work of magic is online. Begin this life changing journey and meet your essence today.

With love and gratitude,
Pipaluk

PS: Thank you Rachel Rossitto for our always inspiring conversations that led to this writing.