After the beautiful response to my first Soulful Spirit Seeker Tools post I’m so delighted to be back sharing with you some more wonderful things I am loving right now. And as ever, I am so open to you sharing with me some of the things you are enjoying right now too – music, meditations, mindfulness apps, cards, books – whatever is helping you connect more with your own spirit and divinity.
I hope you love this next curation I have put together for you and if you would like a chance to win a copy of the beautiful Seasons of the Goddess Book mentioned please keep reading! Giveaway details below.
I was absolutely thrilled when Christine Ford of Sensual Seeds contacted me to ask if I might like to receive her Sensual Seeds Oracle Card Deck. Holy Goddess yes! These cards are a true pathway to alighting the Divine Feminine within you. Each one features a beautiful original painted image that evokes pure womanly power.
When you use these cards you simply cannot help but feel more deeply connected to your own womb wisdom and I think they are particularly beautiful in helping you connect to needs and desires within the areas of self-care and sensual expression. I absolutely love these cards and when I am deepening into my own Priestess Path they have become a much called upon guide.
I first came across the amazing women from Gaia’s Garden at the Seven Sisters Festival. This was a workshop I knew from the moment I saw it on the festival program that I wanted to attend. For any woman in the southern hemisphere following a Priestess Path or learning more about the Goddess within, you will know that so often the information we receive comes to us from a Northern Hemisphere perspective at not only opposite times we are experiencing here in Australia, but opposite seasons as well. This can make our connection, (even if we just take into account the weather at the time of things like an equinox or solstice), to what we are learning more challenging and make the lived experience of the Divine Feminine feel further away from us.
Seasons of the Goddess is such a beautiful answer to this need and in full colour is beautifully illustrated and written for southern sisters. Indigenous culture, native animals and the deep richness of this land are all richly bought to life, and the very special meanings they have for those of us who are Divine Feminine seekers from Australia. This book was like a joyful coming home for me and is one I will treasure forever.
I have been listening to the music of Deya Dova for over a year now after noticing a friend of mine, (who has superb taste in music!), liked her Facebook page. Clicking through to her website I was instantly transported by her music which is hypnotic, richly feminine and incredibly soul stirring. She lit up the stage at the Seven Sisters Festival which was my first experience of seeing her live – and she did not disappoint.
At the recent Beautiful You Coaching Academy Inspiration Day in Bali I used one of her tracks to lead into my final moments with everyone for the day and watching a room full of 50 women clearly moved by her divine music and lyrics was very special. My favourite tracks? For a soul stirring dance – Bone Dance. For a soul stirring meditation track with a deep beat or something to slowly awaken your Shakti in the morning – Sky Roarer. Both can be found on her album Symbiotic.
On my recent trip to Bali to host the Beautiful You Coaching Academy Inspiration Day I decided to throw caution to the wind and invite all those attending to wear white and something to adorn their hair. I figured we were in the heart chakra of the world and if there was ever a time to connect with our Goddess nature and become better coaches while wearing flower crowns or a jewelled headband – this was it! And it was a truly divine day with everyone looking so amazing. I know it added to the spirit of the occasion beyond measure.
And in asking everyone to do this I decided I better do something very special to honour their own beauty and my search lead me to the wonderful Scarlett Harlow Designs. Her couture headpieces, crowns and headbands are nothing less than divine and I reached out to her with a special request to design me a headpiece that was wildly feminine and spirited. And she did me graciously proud. While I will admit to having a moment of hesitation the night before wearing such a bold piece, I am so glad I did not let my ego grab me too hard in what was nothing more than an attempt to keep me small. For far too long – across centuries now – women have been consciously and subconsciously told to be small. To not take up to much space. To not shine to brightly.
Well – enough of that. Enough. Wearing this headpiece I felt like a powerful and divinely held Goddess every single moment of that day. It made me stand up straighter, love bigger and feel a deeper connection into myself and fifty five very special women around me. Now that’s what I call a soulful spirit seeker gift.
Giveaway! (Now Closed. Thank you!)
If you would like to win your own copy of the full colour book Seasons of the Goddess please leave me a comment below by 5pm, May 31st, AEST.
I would love you to share with me in your comment where are you being called right now to step up and take centre stage as the woman and Goddess you are? I cannot wait to know.
Beautiful tools!! I’m being called to step up in the area of creativity and honouring my own voice/energy, trusting my own answers! It’s been really powerful so far – and a huge lesson on self-trust!
So beautiful, and such a syncronicity for me because as an astrologer I really feel to deepen being a priestess of the stars and bridging astrology and the sacred knowledge of the feminine mysteries, such as the 8 sacred days of the year, but also totem animals and planets, and deepen even more in symbolism and mythology ! I really want to deepen also in the dream work, to visit mystery schools at night
all these so my astrology and coaching can be even more rooted in spirit!
love to you Julie
It’s so lovely that you’ve shared these tools Julie, they’re beautiful, thank you! Where I’m feeling called to step up and take centre stage as a woman and Goddess is really in the way I BE across all areas of my life, but especially in my business as a Wellness Coach and Skin Therapist and in my own wellbeing and spirituality. I’m beginning to embody my ‘enoughness’ more and more as well as my feminine style in how I go about my days off or my days at home working in my business, the way I talk to myself (more kindly now) and in how I choose to move my body and what I wear. It’s sometimes subtle, but I’m also noticing this is flowing on to creating more content and connection and playfulness between my man and I too xxx
Thank you Julie once again for enlightening us through your own experiences, its just magic! Something thats showing up BIG for me at the moment is the right to celebrate! In my first year of business I set goals, pushed, made goals…set more goals…pushed. I just kept going. I never took time out to stop and celebrate what i’d actually achieved, to be grateful for my accomplishments and take in the effect I was having. After having a year off and now finding myself moving into my third year of business (relaunching with a new website) I’m reflecting on what I’d like to do differently. CELEBRATE is one of them! Every time I tick off a goal I’d like to press pause and actually absorb what i’ve created/achieved. With my website launch approaching I’ve already verbalised to my partner that I’d like to go out for dinner and celebrate the launch. Honour myself. Honour my evolution. And deeply honour my ability as a Coach. Because those moments should be deeply cherished.
That head piece! It is, as Mary Poppins would say, “practically perfect in every way”.
For me, I’m being called to step up and REALLY get to evolve, nurture and explore my spiritual side. No more dabbling. My soul is calling for connection.
It feels both big and deliciously exciting. I am finally ready.
Thank you everyone for your lovely comments which I’ve so enjoyed reading. The winner of the giveaway is Amelia Williams. Amelia – we will email you to arrange your book to be sent. I hope you love it.
I am so so very grateful. Thank you Julie! I can’t wait to read this beautiful book. Thank you again – you’ve made my day! xx
Julie you looked like an absolute Goddess on the day with that amazing headpiece!! It was such a beautiful day and one that will stay with me for a long time. I am now a big fan of Deya Dova and have been listening to her before I start my work for the day. Sky Roarer is my favorite so far. Just love it.
I feel I am being called to step up and start owning what I am meant to be doing. I’ve started the first stage (with my study), but I am sure once I’ve done that I will be asked to step up again with my work and purpose.
Thank you so much lovely – I recall you looking pretty divine yourself. And how amazing is Deya Dova? Her music is truly transformative. Cannot wait to see you continue to step into your highest purpose.