Day 3 of 5 Day Challenge: Pleasure + Grief

Published: Tue, 06/18/24

Today we're diving into: Pleasure + Grief

Pleasure and Grief exist as opposite sides of a coin, different faces to the same practice- the practice of being alive. But instead of viewing them as polarities, what if we created practices to witness both of these with the same level of celebration? 2024 is the year of Strength, of loving all parts of ourselves and embracing self in the many forms it arrives in. We are multifaceted, multidimensional beings and every single form of ourselves deserves a seat at the table- including our grief, including our pleasure. Creating intentional space for these emotions to exist and be explored without judgement and with parameters of safety is essential to create habits where emotions can thrive.

Each time we consciously create space for the emotions we're experiencing, we cast spells of radical self acceptance for ourselves. Those ripples carry on far past our perception, babe. Today is about creating intentional containers for both grief and pleasure.

Today's Journaling Prompt:

What does it look like when your body and mind are experiencing grief? How do you make space for grief to be expressed?
What does it look like when your body and mind are experiencing pleasure? How do you make space for pleasure to be expressed?
What might it feel like to have a set container to navigate these emotions to their fullest?

Today's Spell:

CASTING CIRCLES

Creating a circle space for your emotions is creating a container for experience. In this experience you get to decide what feels safe, what feels supportive, and you also get to decide what doesn't. Use these parameters to set your circle:

a defined start and end to the circle
an intention for entering the space
a supportive care plan (emotions are sticky, we like to be prepared when being vulnerable ❤️)

This could look like: I will hold this space for an hour. For this hour my grief is invited to be as present as it wants to be, and I will hold it with compassion and curiosity. If my grief feels like too much to hold, or when the set time is complete, I will close the circle and make myself a cup of hot chocolate as a thank you to self.

Practice creating space for yourself where these emotions can be fully felt, as if you were flexing a muscle and building strength for emotional capacity and celebration. be sure to include an act of celebration for yourself at the close of the circle.

As a reminder, by participating in this challenge, you will be entered into a raffle for In the Mood: Botanical Aphrodisiacs! Sharing challenge reflections every day via Instagram will give additional entries for a chance to win a FREE ticket to the upcoming class. That's 5 extra entries! make sure you tag us so that we can share <3

Snag a ticket while you can, also- if you win we will refund ya!

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If this is your first day diving in, you can see the previous Challenge Days HERE.

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