How to Work Through These Reactionary Times:
A special attunement, ceremony, and healing session on July 21
Do you feel like your nervous system is a bit frazzled? Or have you felt paralyzing fear? Or maybe you’ve felt anger arising out of nowhere? From moment to moment you can swing from feeling anxious to feeling angry to feeling fine. If so, you’re not alone.
Add to that, we’re living in hugely challenging times. You may be experiencing the tensions, perhaps even fear, that all the political divisions, hatred, war, unrest, and climate change have been creating. Truth has been hard to come by. Issues of power are front and center.
You may feel overwhelmed, or you may feel a sense of separation. This week is especially challenging!
Allow me to offer a way through. The upcoming full moon is going to continue to bring in revolutionary and seismic energy, but it’s also bringing in some powerful healing and transformative energy. are we in a portal, but this Solstice is a pivotal event in what is continuing to be a life-changing year. with one of these situations?
Do you resonate with one of these situations?
- You know that we’re in the midst of a huge transition, but the tensions and the fierceness of the current unraveling are really hard to deal with.
- You have tried to step out of reactivity; you’ve tried not to be affected by the drama. But it’s everywhere, and it’s hard to hold your center.
- You feel your inner creativity bubbling up – but all the tensions and volatility on the outside (and maybe inside too) are holding you back.
- You may find yourself triggered by events and you may keep getting caught up in the drama or fear or anger, and can’t seem to move out.
- You’re ready to “just get on with it!” you feel the inner pressure to break free.
- You feel yourself caught between the old way of being – the old structures – and your sure inner knowledge that something new is coming, getting ready to breakthrough. But you just can’t get there.
Quick Details:
Date: July 21, 2024
Time: 8-9:30 pm Eastern
Investment: $75
No matter where you live,
you are most likely feeling the anger, fear, and chaotic and/or turbulent energy that prevails right now.
What you’re experiencing is the ongoing Mars-Uranus-Algol meeting (conjunction), as well as the build up to this extremely powerful astrological blue moon on July 21.
In addition to the ongoing cosmic fireworks energy (Mars-Uranus-Algol triple conjunction), Eris is entering the mix with gusto: Eris will be stationary retrograde on the 20th and 21st, which means the energy of the feisty streetfighter, insister on all people being included, and goddess of discord, is ramping up this week and will be very strong this weekend. She is also the patron goddess of chaotic creation in her higher octave.
Second, Chiron, the wounded healer, is coming in and, working together with Eris, is working with healing the sense of identity, belonging and helping to move out of victimhood. There’s more, but that will give us a starting point.
This full moon is on a hot astrological point — 29 degrees of Capricorn (the last degree!), which has been activated by Pluto going back and forth across it for several years. Pluto is at 0 of Aquarius, so it is meeting up with this full moon in a big way. The 3-D fireworks may be around control, big government, corporations trying to (re)establish/hold on to their power. Power issues will be front and center, not only collectively but individually.
There are also some aspects that connect with the media, communication, etc. Between the Uranus energy, which is seismic, and also very much focused on truth and truth-telling, that is going to be highlighted.
What’s more, Neptune at 29 degrees of Pisces is aiding us tremendously: its focus on Oneness, unconditional love, and connecting with Spirit or Source will support us in our gathering.
And there’s more! Some of the other planetary energies are offering opportunities to understand and release big deep patterns of helplessness, being taken advantage of, and/or oppressed.
These astrological energies are going to affect us not only for the next 6 months but for the next year — and I’ll tell you why when we meet.
Come get attuned to these energies, receive healing, and step into your true potential. We will call in the light and work with all the light that’s coming in to aid in our ongoing metamorphosis. We’ll also send healing to the planet.
This session is for everyone!
We are in the midst of the biggest evolutionary shift humanity has ever seen. I have been guided to offer a series of celebration, attunement, and healing sessions throughout the year to support you in your own personal and spiritual transformation.
This session will help you embrace and make the best use of the huge transformation that these shifts are bringing. It will also support the collective as we are all moving through these times of great change.
This session is for all! Anyone on our planet who is experiencing or has experienced both the contraction and the push toward transformation that we’ve been undergoing will experience the benefits of this session.
If you would like ongoing support and healing, this is the final call for the full year of attunements as a package. Here is the link for more information.
On July 21 we will also gather in ceremony and work with all the light coming in. We will also do some healing work for your nervous system.
What does it mean to do ceremony together?
In challenging times, we need to connect with one another and with Spirit. Ceremony and/or ritual is a way we can do that.
Both Ceremony and Ritual:
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Offer us a pause from the daily tasks and guide us into sacred space
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Remind us what it is we value most
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Tap into our subconscious, connecting us to what lies below the surface, often our deepest wisdom
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Connect us to our emotions on the surface and below
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Validate our feelings about a transition or change
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Slow us down to what is real, right now; help us to accept what is
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Invite us to recognize where we were and explore where we want to be.
Ceremony:
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Is a structure or container that holds a series of rituals as a way of honoring change
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Tells our story with honesty and wonder
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Connects us to community, allowing us to feel held and supported, seen just as we are
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Reminds us that life is filled with endings and new beginnings,
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Makes space for grief and celebration
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Occurs less often than ritual, usually for (but not limited to) lifecycle transitions
Ritual:
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Is performed as set of sacred actions that make up a ceremony or can be performed on its own
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Is a visual, creative representation of a deeper meaning
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Connects us to magic, mystery, Spirit, Source — that which we cannot see
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Connects us to ancestors, legacy, the wisdom of the earth
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Can align us to our own rhythms and cycles and/or those of the earth
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May occur more often than ceremony
Most of the above comes from an article by Andrea B. Manning, “What’s The Difference Between Ceremony and Ritual? (And How Do Tradition and Routine Relate?)”
Ceremony and ritual also provide huge support for the larger transformation and metamorphosis that we’re in the midst of.
This session will help you:
- Prepare for the huge shifts that are coming, to navigate them with grace and ease, and to thrive.
- Step into your power in new ways, especially to step into power with instead of power over others.
- Come into deeper alignment with who you are, to embrace your uniqueness, and to shine.
- Find community. This shift will help you find and connect with your tribe – your frequency community.
For healers and service professionals especially:
- This attunement and session will help you find and step into your healing (or other ) gifts and/or develop them in even deeper ways.
There are three components to this session.
The first is ceremony and ritual.
Gathering together, celebrating with ritual (even as simple as lighting a candle and sharing a blessing), will also re-connect you with the light that is coming through and changing every one of us and our planet. More than that, it will be a time to drink in that light so it can continue to illuminate you and help others to experience the light.
The second is healing.
Healing is the core of everything I do. We will gather for healing – individually and collectively. Each person who is registered will receive healing for your self individually, as well as the group. Each session will also include healing work for the whole planet.
The last component is attunement.
I will attune you to the current astrological energies so that you can move through with grace and ease. I will also attune you to the cross-quarter and quarter holidays themselves, so you can connect deeply with the earth and find strength and sustenance from that connection.
This attunement will support you in the big shifts that are coming with this event, and as well to support you in the next two decades of change and transformation.
If you are experiencing or have experienced both the contraction and the push toward transformation that we’ve been undergoing, you will experience the benefits of this alignment. In fact, you may already have been experiencing signs of the coming event without knowing it.
Finally, these attunements will re-connect you with the light that is bringing awakening, change, and a global shift from power-over to power-with; the light that is literally pouring into our planet and each one of us, changing our very DNA.
What is an attunement or alignment and what is its power?
Attunement means to “bring into harmony.” It helps you to be “in tune” with the energies that are strongly affecting us. Alignment means “the proper positioning or state of adjustment of parts in relation to each other.” When you are aligned with the energies, that puts you in sync with them and gives you a greater ability to incorporate the gifts they bring and to use these energies more effectively.
Being attuned or aligned means that you have nature’s support for these shifts. This session will connect you with the opportunities for growth that these events are bringing.
Your Guide: Mary Shields, PhD
Since 2003, I have been working with astrological energies as a healing practitioner. About a decade ago, Spirit gave me the gift of attuning and aligning people with these energies in such a way that they can use them for their greatest benefit and healing. I have been working both individually and in groups in this way ever since.
Additionally, I bring a strong background in Celtic spirituality. I lived in Scotland for two years, and also did research on Celtic spirituality as part of my sabbatical. As a minister, I know first-hand the importance of ritual and gathering. I love facilitating both, and have been doing so for several decades.
One of my gifts is creating community, and I now have close to a decade of experience doing it online. For many years, I did these attunements and celebrations via teleconference. Zoom has enhanced our sense of connection and community by adding the ability to see each other as we participate together.
What happens on the call?
This is an energetic and healing session, so the process is not like a workshop or class with exercises. Celebration will begin and end each event. I will begin with opening sacred space. After some information on the cross-quarter festival, I will attune you to the cross-quarter holiday, and I will lead you in a celebration. I will let you know ahead of time what to bring or prepare (for example, I may ask you to have a candle ready to light together).
Next, I will give some information about the astrological event, as well as the challenges and opportunities it brings. We will then dive into the attunement(s) and session, which I will explain as they happen. There will be some short periods of silence. I may ask you to breathe deeply or tap your head, heart, and navel (the three brain centers of the body — to learn more, click here). The last part of the healing session is devoted to the healing of the planet, with all of us participating through holding space. We will end by completing our celebration together.
Generally, you are in a relaxed, receptive state throughout. I do suggest you have a notebook handy for any notes you wish to make. I also suggest that you make sure you are in a private, receptive space.
It is especially powerful if you can be on video for the first part of the call, so we can see and feel each other more directly that way. And not to worry if you can’t be on the call live, or need to be on audio/phone only: if you are registered for the call, you are fully connected into the entire event.
What might you experience during or after the session?
You may or may not feel anything during or after the session. That’s perfectly fine. The energy and healing will still be working in you whether you can feel it or not. Whatever you experience (or don’t experience) is just right for you. You will receive what you need.
You may seem to “fall asleep” during the session. Or, you may fall asleep every time you try to listen to the session for a while. This is also perfectly normal. If this happens, know that you are in a very deep, restful state where Spirit can do the deeper work inside you. Don’t resist it and don’t worry — you haven’t missed a thing! Just follow your body’s needs as you listen, and the session will work in you as it needs to.
After the session, you may feel energized and ready to take on the world, or you may feel, as my client Linda told me, “Like I was hit with a truck.” The session will affect you differently than it will other people. What you feel after one session may be completely different than what you feel after another. The energy and healing will be continuing to work in you for quite some time. Be gentle with yourself, especially the day after. Drink lots of water, rest, and give yourself time to integrate.
What others have said about attunements
“Powerful,” and “Incredible” are the most-used adjectives I hear from those who write to me after an attunement.
Some of the comments I’ve received about the last celebration, attunement and healing session: “Amazing Session!” “Beautiful and powerful session!”
“Thank you for hosting the attunement. Somehow, I felt I needed to join in this. Over the past couple of weeks, I have experienced low back pain, affecting hips and legs, stiffness, and soreness. I felt the relief in the sacrum, which also relieved the hips and legs. It all went away when the bones balancing happened! I have been able to squat, not all the way, but something I have not been able to do for a long time. I’m hoping this lasts so that I can do more on my yoga practice.” A day later, she wrote, “So good to be able to move without the pain and stiffness!”
Vicki W, Michigan
“That session was so powerful. I literally felt the fear lift off me as soon as you mentioned…. I was carrying so much fear. And it just kept getting better from there. I couldn’t move after – had to integrate and just felt so peaceful.”
Angela S, Massachusetts
“Those in my orbit are noticeably more ‘lighter’ and joyous since the session.”
Casper B, British Columbia
“Thank you, Mary. I so enjoyed the session and the background and astrological facts that accompanied it. It was a great evening and loved being connect to 99+ people I’ve never met, but we will be connected now for sure. The healing of the planet was wonderful and so needed.”
Cindy H., North Carolina
“I joined the group only by phone last night and was blown away by the energy I felt during both the attunements and healings.” A few days later, she wrote, “My awareness seems more expansive and I sense being an integral part of the Whole.”
Becky A., Ohio
