Hey mama!

This newsletter will be about the crown chakra, but before I get into that, I want to share some of my personal experience from this month. It’ll provide context and a deeper understanding. Ready to follow along?

My birthday was on the 10th of July, so I’ve been in a state of celebration for the past 30 days. My intention was to have a Jolly July, and I accomplished it in so many ways. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the word Jolly means lively happiness and good cheer. The adjective before happiness in that definition is important. Don’t miss this. To be jolly means to have LIVELY happiness. Suggesting that you must first live and allow happiness to come from that…

I believe there’s a distinction between being alive and living. Anyone breathing can say they are alive, but everyone cannot say they are truly living. Living requires a deep level of awareness of oneself, an openness to engage with life, a curiosity for the unknown, the ability to make conscious choices, and faith. In order for me to have that Jolly July I was claiming, I had to check myself. Was I willing to LIVE or did I want another month of just being alive?

I chose to live and will choose to live from this point on. But in my decision to truly live, soooooo much fear came up. I know that fear is just false evidence appearing real, so I was able to move through it. But I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have my moments. Just like I tell yall in yoga, I had to keep telling myself “JUST BREATHE”. Life has shown me over and over again that whatever is on the other side of fear is always worth it. If I can just manage to push through the fear.

So, this month I pushed through fears and experienced lively happiness as a result. I jumped out of an airplane (WATCH THE RECAP VIDEO HERE, shout out to my sister!) which required me to push past the fear of death, heights, the unknown and so much more. I showed up in community in new ways forcing me to push past the fear of connection, being seen, and being vulnerable. I went on a hike with a guy I barely knew and got to experience the beauty of swimming in waterfalls and rivers. This required me to push past the fear of being harmed and being taken advantage of. I also went on a camping trip with my son and his father, which got me past my fear of being fully emersed in the new dynamics of my co-parenting relationship.

What I’ve learned this month is that fear is only valid when I lack trust in myself, God, and life. When I chose to believe in the goodness of life, the goodness of the day, the goodness of people, and most importantly the goodness of God there is no room for fear. When I walk in remembrance of who I am and who’s image I was created, I can walk in my Divinity and allow myself to have Divine experiences. I can live and be happy. I can have lively happiness. I can have a jolly July.

Trust me, this isn’t easy to do. Especially when we look on the news or hear all the bad things happening in the world. It appears to be an unsafe place to live. It feels scary. But if for a moment we can find stillness though the breath, we feel that all is truly well. Life is worth living. We have power. True liberation isn’t necessarily about freeing ourselves from the bondage of others. It’s about getting free from the bondage we impose upon ourselves…the bondage of mental slavery. This is the work of the Crown Chakra.

Associations of the Crown Chakra:

Main Function: Liberation
Color: Violet or Gold
Element: Pure Spirit
Body Parts: The Spirit body
Ways of Working with the Crown Chakra:
Foods: Fasting
Herbs : chamomile, lemon balm, calendula
Oils: Lavender
Crystals: Amethyst

A new month is rising. Are you ready to live?

Kayla