The Ocean is Magic

I can breathe again!

Last weekend I went on my much needed ocean getaway,

and it was incredible. 

There is magic in the ocean. 

I can gaze into her beauty all day.

The ocean centers me.

I feel all is right with the world. 

I love watching the waves ebb and flow.

That's how life is - a constant ebb and flow.

Life is always moving - 

and sometimes you just gotta surrender to it. 

And flow.

Flow like water. 

The energy of water is truly healing on all levels. 

The ocean reminds me that there are powers greater than me. 

She reminds me to surrender, to trust, and to accept.

I feel cleansed, refreshed, and renewed. 

I let go and I feel free!

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Are you facing a huge transition in your life?

Are you ready to release your obstacles and step forward into the life of your choosing?

Are you kind of lost as to where to even begin? 

Book your free 20 minute consultation with me today.
Click here.

Peace, Inspiration, & Love,

~Amy

The Magick Muse

 Amy Riddle, C.C., Holistic Alchemist and Manifestor of Dreams is a holistic life coach, tapping facilitator, reverend, creatress, teacher, writer, herbalist, and all out muse. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Alternative Medicine with an emphasis on herbs. She is a certified professional life coach with the Life Coach Institute of Orange County. Amy craves to inspire others to be healthy and whole in body, mind, and spirit. She has an affinity for striped socks, stinging nettle, and all things faery.

Get Your Shit Together

Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed? 

Are you sick of obligations and 

not truly taking care of yourself? 

It's time to get your shit together and 

live like the Goddess you are! 

Own it, sista.

I present to you:
Get Your Shit Together~The Balanced Goddess
7 week Class at The Goddess Underground, downtown Asheville

The weekly breakdown:

Week 1 - Sleep like a Goddess. Everything is better with sleep. From feng shui to herbs that help, learn how to sleep like a Goddess.

Week 2 - Establish a relentless morning routine. You must have time for YOU in your life. Set aside time in the morning for journaling, reflection, meditation, YOU-time.

Week 3 - Clarity on who you are and what you really want out of life. Your goals and aspirations and how to set them into motion.

Week 4 - Saying no to shit you don't need! Declutter inside and out. From your physical house to your inner house, simplify your home and release guilt, obligations, negative friends and family.

Week 5 - Live in tune with the moment. Live your life with the rhythms of the moon and the seasons.

Week 6 - Living and breathing a holistic lifestyle. Truly live authentically, balancing your body, mind, and spirit. Embracing your true beautiful self. 

Week 7 - Energy Awareness. You are responsible for your energy, your actions. Karma, baby. Learn all about the chakras and how your thoughts, your energy, and what you put out to the universe holds power.

Getting your shit together begins Sunday, September 13 with the new moon. The series will run for 7 weeks concluding with the full moon on Sunday, October 25.

Sundays 2pm-4pm

September 13-October 25

Goddess Underground 57 Broadway, downtown Asheville, NC

Get your shit together, The Balanced Goddess is $30 per class or snag the whole series for $150.

Click here to get your shit together.

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Are you facing a huge transition in your life?

Are you ready to release your obstacles and step forward into the life of your choosing?

Are you kind of lost as to where to even begin? 

Book your free 20 minute consultation with me today.
Click here.

Peace, Inspiration, & Love,

~Amy

The Magick Muse

 Amy Riddle, C.C., Holistic Alchemist and Manifestor of Dreams is a holistic life coach, tapping facilitator, reverend, creatress, teacher, writer, herbalist, and all out muse. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Alternative Medicine with an emphasis on herbs. She is a certified professional life coach with the Life Coach Institute of Orange County. Amy craves to inspire others to be healthy and whole in body, mind, and spirit. She has an affinity for striped socks, stinging nettle, and all things faery.

Y is for Yemaya - Pagan Blog Project

Yemaya ~ Surrender 

Illustrated by Hrana Janto

From the Goddess Oracle by Amy Sophia Marashinksy

Come with your cares
come with your woes
come when life is joyful
come when life weighs you down
come when you take on too much
come when you are spread too thin
come when you are danced out
come when you seek renewal
all I ask when you come
is that you surrender to me
mother ocean
my watery womb waits to hold you
nurture you
birth you anew
when you let go and give over all to me

Yemaya swims into your life with the message of surrender.

Are you carrying more than you can handle comfortably?

Do you think you must do it all by yourself?

Surrender doesn't mean giving up, rather you are giving over, 
asking for assistance so you can do what you want to do.

Wholeness is nurtured when you realize the only way
through some situations is to surrender
and open to something greater.

The act of surrendering is one of opening and trust.
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Wow. Thank you Yemaya.
This has been my biggest lesson lately.
The act of surrender.
Not giving up, but giving in.
Trusting in Divine Power.
Letting go.
Surrendering.

I let go. I trust. I surrender. 

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I'm super excited to be a part of 
The Pagan Blog Project. 

Every Friday experience the alphabet of spirituality 
and pagan goodness.

Check out the list of excellent blogs for week 50 of the letter Y.
The Pagan Blog Project Week 50 - Y

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Are you facing a huge transition in your life?

Are you ready to release your obstacles and step forward into the life of your choosing?

Are you kind of lost as to where to even begin? 

Book your free 20 minute consultation with me today.
Click here.

Peace, Inspiration, & Love,

~Amy

The Magick Muse

 Amy Riddle, C.C., Holistic Alchemist and Manifestor of Dreams is a life coach, tapping facilitator, reverend, creatress, teacher, writer, herbalist, and all out muse. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Alternative Medicine with an emphasis on herbs. She is a certified professional life coach with the Life Coach Institute of Orange County. Amy craves to inspire others to be healthy and whole in body, mind, and spirit. She has an affinity for striped socks, stinging nettle, and all things faery.

U is for Uzume - Pagan Blog Project

Uzume

From The Goddess Oracle by Amy Sophia Marashinsky
Illustrated by Hrana Janto

~Laughter~

Before the Rock Cave of Heaven
where Amaterasu Omi Kami, the Sun Goddess
had hidden her radiant face
where all the assembled Gods and Goddesses had tried
and failed
to lure her out
I stepped up to the Cave
with utmost seriousness
with grave determination
with proper decorum and a lofty mien
and with a bump and a bump and a bump bump bump bump
lifted my kimono and revealed myself in ways
that caused the mouths of the exalted ones
to water and fall open
Then I played puppet with my labia
and paid myself a little lip service
I heaved my breast over one shoulder
then the other over the other
and landed on my ass
with a bump and a bump and a bump bump bump bump
amidst the explosions of laughter and merriment
of the esteemed crowd
With breasts tied in a knot
my legs spread like a welcome mat
I called in the Spirits
and offered them my body...
but they refused to take it
The crowd howled and laughed as I continued my dance
till Amaterasu Omi Kami couldn't stand it any longer
and rushed out to see what was what
And thus did laughter
win the Sun Goddess from her dark cave
and bring light and warmth back into the world
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Uzume is my kind of woman!
Bawdy dancing and letting it all hang out.

YES!

Uzume dances her free and fun self into our lives 
reminding us to
LAUGH.

Yes, laugh.
Laughter really is the best medicine.

Laughter helps us through difficult times.
It relaxes us. It makes us smile.
It increases our endorphins.
We feel better when we laugh.

No matter what you are going through, find the humor in it.
Laugh and see the humor in all of life's challenges.
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I'm super excited to be a part of 
The Pagan Blog Project. 

Every Friday experience the alphabet of spirituality 
and pagan goodness.

Check out the list of excellent blogs for week 2 of the letter U.
The Pagan Blog Project Week 2 - U

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Are you facing a huge transition in your life?

Are you ready to release your obstacles and step forward into the life of your choosing?

Are you kind of lost as to where to even begin? 

Book your free 20 minute consultation with me today. 

Click here.

Peace, Inspiration, & Love,

~Amy

The Magick Muse

 Amy Riddle, C.C., Holistic Alchemist and Manifestor of Dreams is a life coach, tapping facilitator, reverend, creatress, teacher, writer, herbalist, and all out muse. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Alternative Medicine with an emphasis on herbs. She is a certified professional life coach with the Life Coach Institute of Orange County. Amy craves to inspire others to be healthy and whole in body, mind, and spirit. She has an affinity for striped socks, stinging nettle, and all things faery.

S is for Sheila Na Gig - Pagan Blog Project

Sheila Na Gig

Goddess Oracle 
By Amy Sophia Marashinsky
Illustrated by Hrana Janto

Opening

I flash my vulva for all to see
I stretch it wide
the gateway that all comes through
the passageway to life
I say come through my doorway
open yourself to what is 
if you have something important
show it
so everyone can see
I am the opening to this world
the scared and the silly
the wild and the wooly
the bold and the brazen
I am the Hag
opened by so many turnings
broken down
broken in
broken through
I am the portal to Life
and I say
Open Up!

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Sheila Na Gig is the ancient Irish Goddess of birth and death.
Honoring the sacred power of women's genitalia, they used sculptures for protection.
Would you believe that her image adorned church doorways?
Yup. 
Sheila Na Gig holding open her yoni for the world to see.
That is until she was smashed or torn down by the offended.
Sigh. It's always the offended that ruins a good time.

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"Sheila Na Gig grins at you provocatively and invites you to join her in opening. Now is the time to open to new experiences, people, places, and things.

Now is the time to begin new projects, forge new directions, venture out boldly. 
The Universe invites you to come out and play.
Perhaps you've had to contract your energy to deal with a wounding, a grieving, an ending.
Or you haven't felt it was safe to open up.
You may have needed a time of seclusion, sorting out, and focusing inward.
Sheila Na Gig is here to remind you that a period of contraction is followed by expansion and opening.
It is time to nurture wholeness by integrating what the stretching, expanding, and opening will bring."

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Enjoy PJ Harvey's "Sheela-na-gig"

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I'm super excited to be a part of 
The Pagan Blog Project. 

Every Friday experience the alphabet of spirituality 
and pagan goodness.

Check out the list of excellent blogs for week 38 of the letter S.
The Pagan Blog Project Week 38 - S

Peace, Inspiration, & Love,

~Amy

The Magick Muse

 Amy Riddle, C.C., Holistic Alchemist and Manifestor of Dreams is a life coach, tapping facilitator, reverend, creatress, teacher, writer, herbalist, and all out muse. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Alternative Medicine with an emphasis on herbs. She is a certified professional life coach with the Life Coach Institute of Orange County. Amy craves to inspire others to be healthy and whole in body, mind, and spirit. She has an affinity for striped socks, stinging nettle, and all things faery.

K is for Kuan Yin - Pagan Blog Project

There are quite a few Goddesses I connect with.

The one that tugs at my heart
and I yearn to be like is
Kuan Yin.

Kuan Yin Art Project Creation

Kuan Yin is the 
Chinese Goddess of compassion.

She is a bodhisattva - which basically means 

she achieved enlightenment, 

but chose to forgo nirvana in order to save others. 

I strive to be like Kuan Yin.

Kuan Yin is compassion. 

She is patience. She is love. 

She is kindness. She is empathy.

Kuan Yin helps people be the best they can be.

I totally get that. 

I feel that is my calling.

I help others discover their authentic path.

I was born to be a life coach.

When I'm coaching, it's as natural as breathing.

My favorite part is watching the light bulb 
going off over someone's head 
as they are talking with me.

Image Credit

I can help with those AHA moments.

Kuan Yin wants the best for everyone,
and so do I.

Let's make magick together.

Click here. 

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I'm super excited to be a part of 

The Pagan Blog Project. 

Every Friday experience the alphabet of spirituality 
and pagan goodness.

Check out the list of excellent blogs for week 21 of the letter K.
The Pagan Blog Project Week 21 - K

Peace, Inspiration, & Love,
 ~Amy
 The Magick Muse

Amy Riddle, C.C., Holistic Alchemist and Manifestor of Dreams
is a life coach, crafter of sorts, writer, herbalist, reverend, and all out muse.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Alternative Medicine with an emphasis on herbs. 

She is a certified professional life coach with the Life Coach Institute of Orange County. 

Amy craves to inspire others to be healthy and whole in body, mind, and spirit. 

She has an affinity for striped socks, stinging nettle, and all things faery.