GROUNDWATER HEALING &
THE GOLDEN STONE WISDOM SCHOOL
Summer Solstice is almost here. We are less than 2 weeks away from the very top of the inhale in our yearly breath cycle, coming to its ripe bloom before the long, slow, exhale.
So much light right now can feel energizing and uplifting. The sun gives us the capacity to do more, perhaps be more social, and awaken our joy and gratitude for the world around us.
AND.
One of the gifts of light is that it illuminates shadow.
So much light can reveal the cracks in the foundation of the state of the world, and the state of your own structures.
So much light can intensify areas of your life or somatic experience that don't feel aligned. So much light can highlight challenging mental states, hidden emotions, and spiritual misalignments.
So much light can magnify the divide between our current lives and experience, and where we want to be, or who we want to be.
Because light begs us to step into our illuminated bigness, into our potential as humans, we get to see the blocks that prevent us from actually arriving there.
And we get this amazing opportunity to practice letting the light of the sun awaken and coax out more of our own light, more of our own medicine, if we allow it to.
Cue St. John's (Joan's) Wort Medicine...
I know I pretty much always talk about St. John's (Joan's) Wort (SJW) during the weeks surrounding Summer Solstice, but hey, this medicine is an absolute gem who blooms and shines at this time of year, and is a medicine that supports us with the themes that all this Light brings. (I talk about this more in the Sacred Seasons Summer Guidebook.)
They just started opening in my garden, and I'm always overjoyed to see their sweet, smiling faces of sunshine.
Have you seen this bright yellow bloom yet? (They love to hang out on the sides of the road, and in abandoned lots.)
This dear ally helps us claim the medicine of the light.
Helps us let more light into our bodies, and also shine our own light more boldly.
Nearly 15 years ago during a plant medicine circle held by Scott Kloos, we sat with SJW. The plant was kept secret until the end, so I didn’t know what plant I was connecting with.
The moment I took a drop of the tincture, I felt a punch in my solar plexus. SJW told me I needed to deconstruct everything I knew about myself and my identity in order to build myself back up in alignment with my truth and my light. I could feel the medicine working deep inside me, excavating stories, images, and identities that didn’t serve the Me that was I becoming.
SJW is known to target the solar plexus, and help us unwind the tension that many of us hold here. Tension that holds us back from claiming our space and knowing our light. This medicine supports us to widen into the ripe fullness of ourselves. Standing in ownership of our lives, empowered in sovereignty.
This solstice time is one of great power. The power of the sun invites us to awaken the power of light within ourselves. The power of our bigness, our fullness, our illuminated love.
Some contemplation questions for these weeks of LIGHT:
- How do you express yourself in the world? How do you want to express yourself to in the world?
- Which parts of you do you allow to be seen? Which parts of you shy away from being seen?
- Who is the YOU that you offer the world?
- Does this feel aligned with your deeper soul-level truth?
- What would it look like to let yourself claim your medicine, or your light, one degree more?
You, my Dear, are such a bright light for the world. And we want more of it. We want more of you.
Whether you're a fiery, out-spoken change-maker, or a watery, tear-filled feeler, we want you.
May you know the light that you carry within you.
May you trust in this light to guide you.
May you step more fully into the medicine of who you are, that feeds us all.
UPCOMING for June + July:
Plant Wisdom Circle with St. John's Wort (IN PERSON)
This Friday, JUNE 13th, 6-8pm
Naturally, SJW is the plant spirit that we will be calling in and sitting with on Friday in celebration of the Summer Solstice.
Come receive wisdom and healing from St. John's Wort in their moment of illumination.
JUNE 20th: Applications open for the 6-month Golden Stone Immersion for those on the waitlist
(Open to the public 7/15). There will be an extra bonus offered for those who apply from the waitlist, so if you're interested, hop onto the waitlist! We begin 9/23. (ONLINE)
Earth Temple: Listening to the Dream of Earth's Heart. (IN PERSON)
JULY 10-13th.
Forest Retreat (location TBD, but we'll be camping).
A 3 night retreat, guided by the Capricorn full moon and the nature spirits, where we'll deeply listen to how the Earth's dream wants to be dreamed through us, and find our sacred role during these times of upheaval.
In light,
Amy Terepka
IG: @groundwaterhealing
www.groundwaterhealing.com
www.goldenstone.love
