Pleasure and devotion exist as intricate recipes of our own making. Different ingredients and components, different flavors and cravings, all making themselves known and combining to create your pleasure experience. Hearth witches know this to be true: recipes are spells. And so too is your life a spell. For the second day of this self-love weekend, bring your curiosity forward and explore the different ingredients that create pleasure and magic for you!

Get sensual with it. Sensuality is the experience of sensual information received by the five senses. Not all experiences of sensuality are sexual in nature! Here are some sensual practices beyond the scope of sexual desire:  

Sight:

Give your eyes something beautiful to look at, and for five minutes, let yourself receive. How does your body feel in the presence of this beautiful thing? How might beauty be a sensational offering for your body?

Sound: 

Step outside (or open a window) and let sound pour through. What layers of sound can you pick up? Which sounds do your ears linger on and stretch towards?

Scent:

Adorn yourself with your favorite scent and then take deep, deep breaths. How does your body react to this offering? If you could describe this as a 2-3 word affirmation, what would you say? 

Taste:

Intentionally make yourself a delicious cup of tea, and challenge your tongue to taste the different flavors. Describe it to yourself as if you were writing poetry, and take your time to savor the taste and the way it activates your sensational awareness. 

Touch:

Run your fingertips along your scalp. First, focus on how it feels to receive your touch. Then focus on how it feels to give. How does the rest of your body respond?

Take your time noticing your senses today, and know that in that intentional act, you are casting spells of self devotion. If you'd like to build your toolbox of sensual exploration, use code SELFLOVE14 for 14% off the entire apothecary! 

This discount expires at 11:59pm on 2/16 and cannot be retroactively applied. 

The shop will be shimmering with themes of devotion and pleasure today. We'll be doing demos on our luscious body oils (ask us about our favorite scents!), helping babes create self devotion altars to keep this magic flowing for the month, with shop-wide sales and oracle readings happening from 12-4pm. Come join in on the magic with us! 

To You, For You, From You: Love Spelled Beverages

Delight yourself and your senses with this delicious spelled beverage. You will need: 

a glass of lemonade 

an iced tea infusion 

a package of edible glitter

Mix together the lemonade and tea infusion, and then add the glitter. Stir counterclockwise twice and whisper or think an affirmation that will uplift you, I am worthy of devotion and pleasure. 

Stir twice more clockwise and whisper an affirmation that will move you forward, my day will be infused with pleasure at every possible moment. 

This drink is purely for the sensational practice of enjoying existence. Take time with this drink to notice. The flavors, whether they're sharp or soft. How they feel on your tongue. How your body responds to the slowed pace. Take a sip as you inhale, and as you exhale think this is a gift to myself. And then try inhaling and thinking I deserve this, and taking a sip again to affirm this. 

Did you love this spell? We've just expanded the hearth magic section of the shop to include a handful of witchy beverage books, check them out here!