Rituals of Returning

NOTE: this audio was made in 2021, so still touches on the pandemic experience. How are you tending to your soul’s garden?  This audio is 26 minutes and is multi-thematic. The first part is a brief check in opportunity about the impact of the pandemic on our lives. Feel free to drop a note below letting me know how you are--how are you feeling, how are you doing, what is your life like? The second...

NOTE: this episode was originally recorded in 2018, so not everything I say is current! There are deer to your left, the sun is to your right, spring is singing to the sky, it is possible to make good friends with a rock. There are truths about living written in the patterns of leaf shadow upon stone. Please take a few moments to breathe and pause and call yourself in, into this time and into this...

This audio was originally created for our Goddess Magic community . May you know a place that holds you, a place that weaves you whole, a place that cradles your body, a place that restores your soul. Created as a driveway musings, this audio is about listening to what your body is saying: What is your body saying to you right now? What does your body say to you at this time every year? These ques...

Note: This audio was originally recorded in the fall of 2020 for our Goddess Magic community on Patreon. “Yoga (and indeed witchcraft) invites us to peel away the layers of life and discover: Who are we when we are not afraid? When we are not stressed? When we are not distracted by concerns of emails, schedules, timetables...? Of course, these layers build up and that’s okay, this is part of being...

This is an audio edition of our weekly newsletter. For the text and all of the links to resources mentioned herein, the print newsletter is here . For daily practices and monthly circles, come join us at #30DaysofGoddess and for devotional community at Goddess Magic . And, our upcoming Claiming Your Magic retreat is free! Sign up here . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with...

This is an experimental concept--an audio edition of our weekly newsletter, intended to increase its accessibility while "on the road" or doing other tasks. The written version with all of the relevant links mentioned herein is available for you here: https://mailchi.mp/brigidsgrove/cscmay52023 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access t...

Our May podcast episode is from the archives--all the way back to May of 2017! However, I think it still speaks of something of which I continue to write: may we savor normal days and blue skies. This is where the magic is. "When life feels too big to handle, go outside. Everything looks smaller when you’re standing under the sky."  --L.R.KNOST In the recording, I share a story about Mar...

If you believe the world is made of magic, you will find it everywhere.   This audio originally created for our Patreon community (in 2020) focuses on the symbolic and practical use of the wild edible plant Chickweed. The audio includes some musings about what chickweed has to teach us on a spiritual and symbolic level and then discusses awareness and engagement with the "small magic" of...

"...Listen Hear what they say to you We struggled We held out our hands and touched each other We remembered to laugh We went to endless meetings We said no We put our bodies on the line We said yes We invented, we created We walked straight through our fears We formed the circle We danced We spoke the truth And dared to live it." —Starhawk (Truth or Dare) Reminder: join us in community: Goddess M...

Perhaps if I wait, hands empty, mind stilled, the tides will bring it back to me as they often do, steadily returning the parts of me I thought were lost. This month's podcast episode is a musing about taking breaks, particularly in conjunction with self-employment, but I hope applicable in other lifestyle circumstances as well.  One of the things I want to emphasize in this idea/message is that s...

Happy New Year! This podcast episode includes a companion set of nourishment cards: https://brigidsgrove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/nourishment-cards.pdf Resist the fracturing. Defy the fragmentation. Reclaim wholeness. Reclaim holiness. Rename yourself sacred and embody your joy. Originally recorded two years ago for the Goddess Magic community, this theme emerged as I was sitting on the back...

What is a word of the year? How do you find one? How do you know what it is? Many people opt to choose a "Word of the Year" as they enter a new year. This sacred word becomes a touchstone, an affirmation, a statement of values, and a source of strength, encouragement, focus, and direction for the year as a whole. It is a powerful talisman--a vow and a spell all in one single word. I've created a 3...

Be wise to your ways. “Know thyself,” is engraved into the chamber at Delphi, and beyond that lies the temple smoky, dark, and powerful, filled with ancient whispers and the stony, determined steps that lead into the heart of things. This past Patreon community audio is based on some content from the book Untamed by Glennon Doyle. It is about unlocked doors in our lives, how we might be keep ourse...

Restoration is the antidote to depletion.  This new audio retreat/reflection encourages you to take a pause to consider where you’ve become depleted—this has been a hard year—and where you might need restoration, as well as how you replenish and renew yourself.  Resources:  #30DaysofGoddess is a perfect practice for daily restoration and renewal Goddess Magic community for companionship, support,...

This is a short episode about autumnal resolutions. Note: disregard the information about Living the Questions, which was a previously offered course at the original time of recording. In Simple Abundance, Sarah Ban Breathnach writes about September as an ideal time to consider "turning over a new leaf" and making heartfelt resolutions based on authentic wants. A new set of journal cards for the n...

“What  say you to a ramble among the fairy rock pools, weed-covered ledges,  and gem-decked parterres bordering the gardens of the sea?” —Crab, Shrimp, and Lobster Lore, W. B. Lord 1867 This episode is from the archives and was originally recorded in 2018 (note that not all referenced resources/experiences may be current). This episode is long and covers a lot of ground, from croning ceremonies to...

We are held between summer’s fatigue and summer’s fire, there has been a blooming and a ripening, and now a harvesting and a fading, as the time comes to turn the page. This audio is a twenty minute mini ritual about finding “spots of time” for devotion, magic, and enchantment. Note: the book I referenced writing, Whole and Holy, was, in fact, published with that name and is available in our Etsy...

"The question about how to 'understand' her now clarifies itself, as the wrong question...perhaps interstand is what we do, to engage with the work, to mix with it an active engagement, rather than 'figuring it out.' Figure it in." --Judy Grahn in Open Mind The editor of the anthology I quote from above, Diane Mariechild, adds: "To interstand, we must be in relationship with what is happening." As...

“What greater praise can I give you than to call you green? Green, rooted in light, shining like the sun that pours riches on the wheeling earth; incomprehensible green, divinely mysterious green, comforting arms of divine green protecting us in their powerful circle…” —Hildegard of Bingen I'm re-visiting an older audio this week (originally from 2017) themed around "May You Be Green," which was a...

An audio ritual for the Creative Spirit Circle, drawing inspiration from the Sun from Womanrunes and musing about making choices and living a life small enough to hold you. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe

Created as a supplement for our ongoing #30DaysofGoddess practice, this is a brief reading about sustainable self care and devotional rhythm. It is based on an article from the October 2021 issue of Mindful Magazine in an article called The Power of Sustainable Self-Care by Shelly Tygielski. "Consider the rhythms of your daily life—what would qualify as your mudrooms? What physical spaces or natur...

Based on the book Simple Abundance, this audio explores some questions of the authentic self as well as the concept of “Divine Discontent.” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe

May foundation audio for Living the Questions exploring how your inner life shapes your outer life, creative living, and more. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe

A practice based audio for Living the Questions—where does your wonder lead you? Can you practice radical amazement? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe

Audio for month three of Living the Questions. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goddessmagic.substack.com/subscribe