The Art of Being

What the hell is presence anyway?

What if it were ok to just BE?

I missed out on my full moon ritual last night because I chose to take a 40 hour training I’ve been waiting years for. It’s all day for 4 days and has intruded on my routine.

It’s really no big deal since I only had to cancel one class, and school pick up was early all week due to conferences anyway.

But I started to get anxious and worried about all the things I needed to get done. I missed a blog post. I didn’t market an event as much as I should have. I didn’t post (or write) as many articles as I wanted. I didn’t grow my list. I didn’t get any new clients.

I’m actually really mad I missed the eclipse and didn’t do anything much to honor the amazingly incredible energy that has been coming through.

Before I signed on to my training this morning, I was scrolling through social media and came across a post about the eclipse. With some pain in my heart I read it. To my disbelief, it said one of the best ways to use this lunar energy was to JUST BE!

I think my mouth hit the floor. Just BE? WTF? I always have to be doing something during these special times or else I feel I am not honoring my Craft. I meditate and write, create my rituals and whatnot, and I definitely consider…