While tuning into the collective energy for June, the theme that’s been coming up is personal power.

Many people who come to energy healing want to develop their intuition. They want to expand their inner knowing to intuitively sense when something is in or out of alignment. And they want to build the confidence to know clearly when something feels like a Yes or a No.

This week we arrive at the Winter Solstice, the day when our Northern Hemisphere tilts as far away as possible from the sun. Also called Midwinter, this is the shortest day and the longest night of the year for those of us in the north.

Here in the northeast, the leaves have begun to change color and fall gracefully toward Mother Earth. While this beautiful and age-old phenomenon appears, on the surface, to be a passive detachment, it actually involves intentional actions from the tree, including the release of certain hormones causing each leaf to separate from its branch.

Did you know that, in many ancient cultures, 13 is the number of the divine feminine? This is because the moon has 13 cycles per calendar year and, on average, women have 13 menstrual cycles per year, as well.

Have you ever received a message at the exact right time? Maybe you got a text from a friend just as you were thinking about them? Or heard a line in a song that spoke to your soul just when you needed to hear it?

Have you ever felt an instant connection to a word? As a spiritual being and a lover of language, I find words and names highly intriguing. The first time I heard the phrase “Akashic Records” I felt an immediate shift in my awareness and a sense of reconnection, which drove me to learn more about this practice on my own and under the guidance of wise teachers.

From childhood, most of us are taught to fear our emotions. We’re told to “stop crying” and “calm down” by adults who are struggling under the weight of their own unprocessed feelings.

Last weekend I was chatting with a dear friend and got to thinking about the difference between the rock concert I’d attended the previous night and a sound bath.

This time of year feels so ripe for leaning in to ancestral sagacity. Even if you’ve never met a single one of your ancestors, their wisdom is available to you for guidance.

The world can get pretty noisy—full of audible and non-sensorial sounds and distractions that can make you feel disconnected from yourself and others.

Take up space. Recharge. Keep going.

Consider this a gentle and loving reminder to show up for yourself.

For the past few weeks, we’ve been slowly shedding many belongings in preparation for a Sagittarian nomadic summer before resettling in NYC this fall.