Autumn Changes, New Rhythms, and Joyful Living
For much of my life I remember speaking, “I do not like the Fall.” This was because Fall meant that Summer ended and when Summer ended, School began. I am now 27 and have been out of school for about 5 years, but it has taken a long time to free myself from the habits and pressures that was infused into my being from living such a structured life. Fall, to me, represented bondage, restraint, and pressure. Pressure to perform, restraint from my own natural flow of creativity, work, rest, and play, and bondage from what it really means to be alive.
During School years, Summer was the only time I could truly move with my own rhythms and I loved that freedom. But because I was in this system, for so long, I forgot how to live in alignment with my own rhythms once I was out of school. For years, I was subservient to the incessant voice in my mind that told me I had to do more, be better, and perform, all the time, whether my body, mind and soul were ready for that work. I was still trying to prove that I could get the A+ at life like I tried to do in school.
As I started the journey of reclaiming my life, I broke free from feeling like I am a victim to the circumstances in my life and instead I shifted my perspective to embrace the reality that I am an active participant in my life. I inherently began reclaiming my power, rhythms and Authentic Self. Now, I move with the seasons, both inner and outer. I am so blessed to have manifested a thriving business that I can create my own schedule, work when it feels most authentic and when I’m inspired; all while getting to be home, full time, with my daughters and husband!
Which each passing year I am actually discovering that I truly love the fall! There is so much beauty in seeing the earth fall asleep for the cold winter. The reprieve from the intense sun is luxuriously welcomed and the cool air refreshes and electrifies the cells of my being. I feel so much creative energy right now and am enjoying the process of nestling in to our little camper as the leaves fire up with color and the nights bring its cold remembrance of winter.
Fall foliage where we are living
For those of you who you have been following along, you know we moved to Indiana, from New Jersey, in February of this year. We had been living in two off-grid cabins on a farm in French Lick, IN where RJ had been working as a farm manager. We then bought our camper mid-summer and have been living in our “Zinger” ever since. I gave birth to our dear daughter Nala 6 weeks ago on September 16th. A week later, RJ put his two weeks in and then we moved to our friends property about an hour North. We have now been on this beautiful land for 3 weeks! I wanted to share with you all about how we have been adjusting and what our vision is for being here.
We moved to the outskirts of a city called Bloomington. The property is nestled into the landscape, between two mountain ridges. The property and home had previously been used as a vacation home. There is a beautiful pond on the property that was created through damning up a river. The land then opens up to about 40 acres of open field, that is sandwiched between these beautiful mountain ridges and a creek. It is quite magical.
How did we get here? This property is owned by our friends Grandfather. He bought this beautiful property this past June. His grandson and his girlfriend (our friends that we met at the farm) moved in and will eventually be owning the home and land here. We became close friends to them when we were all living at the farm together. When RJ knew that he wanted to leave his job, we reached out to see if we could park our camper at their home. It has worked out so effortlessly and beautifully. We know that this is exactly where we are supposed to be.
We are parked up on a ridge, in a secluded wooded area. One side of our camper is nestled into the woods that leads up to the peak of the ridge and the other side of the camper looks out to the pasture area where there are pigs, soon to be cows, and soon to be vegetable and herb garden. We just went for a walk around the property today and found ourselves by a magical creek with a bed of rocks and geodes. The water is crystal clear! Myself, RJ and the kids will probably be sending a lot of time at this creek. It is so magical.
We have been busy preparing our camper for winter and getting the correct water and electrical hookups. Also, the reception here is awful. We have internet through a satellite which makes work a little bit slower and video quality pretty low, but it does the trick since I can still work from home.
RJ has transitioned to being home full-time which has helped SO much with having two kids. Nala is just now 6 weeks old and Lila is 21 months old. Lila has been spending a lot more time with RJ. They go on daily adventures and I am able to bond and cuddle with Nala. We balance cooking, cleaning, self-care, and play together. We just feel so blessed to have this beautiful life where we can be home with our kids. RJ will be starting a garden here, next year, to grow food for ourselves, food for gifts and possibly have enough to sell some. There is no pressure or expectation, though. Rather, just space to do what we really love to do and trust that we are being guided in the direction that will serve our highest good, the highest good of our children, and the highest good of our community.
So Blessed with this time together!
We don’t know for certain what the future holds, but right now our intention is to settle here for some time until we discover what is next in our journey. It just feels so good to be on this land, around such loving friends, and near a great community. This land is absolutely abundant and magical and I am so grateful Nala and Lila are able to grow wild here.
Our Sweet Children<3
Now that I am feeling fully healed from the birth and we are all finding a rhythm together I have been able to dive back into creating herbal remedies and getting ready for my upcoming programs! I started taking an herbalism course in April of 2020 and have been slowly moving through it. For the past 5 years I have been using herbal products such as herbal infused oils, salves, tinctures and teas and started creating my own a couple years ago. I have had so much fun wild-harvesting plants and creating magic in the kitchen! I am feeling so inspired to share these herbal remedies with you all!! I will be launching these herbal products in the Spring/Summer of 2022! This winter will be full of experimentation and play as I work with the specific remedies that I want to offer you. RJ and I are excited to work on creating these herbal remedies together! He will be organically growing much of the herbs that I will be using regularly in the products.
While experimenting this Fall/Winter with herbal remedies, I will also be preparing for my upcoming programs!! The Authentic Alignment Guidance & Healing Program begins January 11th. This will be the 4th time offering this program and I am in the midst of organizing and designing an even more refined and transformational experience. This program is so dear to my heart as it supports individuals in truly claiming their life purpose throughs stepping into their power and aligning with their highest potential. I am so looking forward to diving into all the backend work of making this experience truly transformational for those beautiful souls that join me on the 3-month journey.
I am also spending the depths of this winter creating my newest program, The Sacred Intuitive: Develop your Innate Intuitive Abilities. This 2-month intensive program will support individuals in awakening their intuitive abilities or aligning more clearly with them in order to be guided in their own life and to offer professional intuitive readings to others. This program has been years in the making and 2022 is the time. It will run from April-May and is jam-packed with information, experiences, private sessions and more. I am so excited for this offering! I look forward to witnessing all the beings who go through this program, step into their power as an intuitive and weave their connection to Spirit into their offerings to serve the highest good of all.
There are many more projects brewing, but for now I am focusing on the herbal remedies and these programs. I will be sharing more about these programs and herbal remedies in emails to come, but if you are interested in learning more now, please feel free to reach out directly via email info@spiritoceanhealing.com.
There is still so much of fall to enjoy! I am going to dive into this land and be with family all while playing in this world through the guidance of my heart. The message that I have been receiving lately is that life has PLENTY of challenges, but there is always a silver lining. There is always light, in every situation. I have been attuning myself to the light in each moment and I am much more easily able to flow with life and its inevitable ups and down. The light is always there, guiding us and holding us. May we be open to receive. Om, Peace, Amen
Love & Blessings,
Ashley
