Hi Reader,
Last week I wrote to you about frequency matching- the way highly sensitive nervous systems learn to read and absorb the energy of any room, any moment, any news cycle. And how, when the ambient frequency is anxiety and urgency and grief, that same wiring can keep us locked in survival mode, scanning and absorbing and matching what's already there.
I want to add something to that.
The way out isn't to overcome frequency matching. It isn't to push past it or bypass it or force yourself into a fake calm you can almost pretend is a better mood.
It's to make space for what's actually here first {all of it, even the tough stuff} and then, from that honest, grounded place, invite an opening for something new. To practice anchoring into a different frequency. Not instead of reality, but alongside it.
This is where possibility comes in.
I'll be honest, practicing possibility can sometimes feel like playing make believe. Like you're pretending, or being naΓ―ve, like you're looking away from what's real and living in delusion.
I know that feeling. And I also know that now, more than ever, we need honed and sharpened imaginations. Clear possibilities we can actually feel in our bodies and build from.
I'm Aries rising with Mars ruling my chart, so I know a thing or two about being a fire starter, making something out of nothing, and beginning anew. This week's new moon in Aries feels like exactly that kind of moment. A catalyst. An opening.
It's a chance to let what has been quiet, maybe a bit murky beneath the surface to finally have some direction and momentum - an opening into possibilities for the dreams you hold in your heart and to clarify next steps - for yourself and for the world.
So I want to offer you a small practice to carry into this week.
A simple, accessible way to begin to explore and practice possibility:
Find a comfortable position wherever you are.
Close your eyes if that feels okay, or soften your gaze.
Take a few breaths and begin to notice what's present in your body right now.
Temperature. Tension. Heaviness or lightness. Bracing or ease.
You don't need to change anything; just notice what you're carrying.
Now bring to mind something you desire.
A possibility you're holding for yourself or for the world.
Maybe it's financial security.
Maybe it's a world where trans people have full rights and protections.
Maybe it's that ICE gets disbanded and your neighborhood feels safe again.
Maybe it's something quieter and closer- your garden flourishing this summer, or having plenty of time and energy to play with your kids every day.
Pick one thing at a time.
Let it be real. Let it matter.
Invite that possibility to come closer to you - to inhabit some part of your being.
Notice what happens in your body when you do this.
There might be fear, or resistance.
There might be opening, or lightness.
Grief that it isn't here yet. Longing. Heaviness.
Let whatever arises, even if it's contradictory, be part of the experience.
You don't need to override it, push past it, or try to resolve it. It all belongs here.
And then, when you're ready, see if you can find one small place in your body that can be present with this possibility - a part of your body that believes that reality can be true. It may be a whole area of your body. It may be one single cell behind your left knee.
Bring your attention and awareness to that part of you that can feel, even faintly, what it would be like if it were true.
Notice how that feels.
Don't hold it longer than it's available for - if you start to wander, come back, but only if the space for that possibility still exists.
After you've done this a couple of times allow your awareness to soften out.
If your eyes have been closed, gently blink them open.
Orient to your space - look around your environment, reconnecting to the here and now.
Maybe you try it a couple of times throughout the day, throughout the week - a small moment of accessing possibility for something you dream of in your body.
That's it. That's the practice.
Not forcing. Not bypassing. Not grasping.
Just making a little more room. Both for what is, and for what could be - at the same time.
Through this you start to anchor into a new frequency you can return to, again and again, until it starts to feel like home.
This is a taste of what we'll be doing together at our community gathering this Friday, April 17th (the new moon in Aries π₯).
You are invited to join in at Emerge: Deepening into Spring π±β
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If you've been feeling the pull toward something new but aren't quite sure how to access it, or want to explore how to stay anchored in reality while also creating new possibilities - join us.
We'll move and breathe and tend to what's awakening together with intention, rootedness, and care.
Free to join. Replay available.
I'll see you Friday. π
Love,
Kate