Finally, I wrote + pressed send...
Have you ever felt so stuck, because the message felt so layered, important, deep + intangible... that it freezes your ability to grab syllables?
IF YOU AIN’T A BIG READER : SEE THE NEW SITE AND POKE AROUND :
eyeball friendly with videos, images, artwork, voice, etc. What will be coming up next word vomit THE WHOLLY SCHOOL IS OFFICIALLY A FREE PROGRAM RIGHT NOW : and we changed our own membership to FREE - to close house after a year of being open : to reflect with the times, reframe and re-launch. if you are someone who has a virtual business and wish to have a membership program, online courses / gatherings / blog / video / collaboration spot for your wholly offerings to the world, please see what MIGHTY NETWORKS offers, and reach out. ONCE I HAVE 12 PEOPLE WHO WANT TO OPEN BUSINESS : we can gather and re-purchase the year together and set the foundation.
IF YOU KNOW HUMAN SERVANTS WHO COULD BENEFIT FROM OPENING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS VIRTUALLY WITH ME
While I offer branding, creating of content, collaboration, mentorship, professional practices, artistry, essence, poetry, spirit, embodiment, expression, oracle… whatever other madness I start to create based off of who is with me… BECAUSE I’M A PROJECTOR WHO SIMPLY IS HERE TO SUPPORT YOU IN DOING WHAT YOU ARE HERE TO DO.
Please share this with them, send them my way or me their way. Would love to offer my ability to support human servants in offering to the world : with materials, websites, logos, photos, artwork, language, clarity, professional + personal practices of online working, marketing, email, course creation, production, facilitation…
YOU ALSO CAN SIMPLY SEND THEM TO MY INSTAGRAM OR WEBSITE
Thank you for all of you who continue to support me by purchasing a book, deck, subscription, ko-fi, art as well as hired me to brand / create / design / photo / heal / oracle with you. I am blessed to have the community and following that I do.
NEW WEBSITE THINGS: STUDIO + SHOP
Artistry, ritual offerings as well as branding / portfolios.
STUDIO (the lower portfolios - most won’t work - explanation below : BUT MY NEW CRAFT(ing) BRANDING PORTFOLIO IS COMING TO LIFE)
THE SHOP Mixed media works, editions of prints where you claim a piece with an intention, and I will add ADDITIONAL TRADITIONAL ARTWORK to your DIGITAL PRINT BEFORE SENDING, as well as straight prints for those less bendable wallets (and tarot decks on sale).
POOKE ART . COM IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED
I celebrate myself for finally cutting this cord. It just… was time to let go of the days of before : to re-define my artwork and let go of a lot of the archive I have collected, to see what is here to be created.
TO CONSOLIDATE AND CURATE MYSELF, MY LIFE, MY WORK + MY OFFERINGS TO THE WORLD : FOR A LIFE OF SIMPLE SOVEREIGNTY.
OKAY, SO ENOUGH LOGISTICS FOR THOSE WHO WON’T CONTINUE TO READ (if they read this far - now it’s time for some poetry, prayer, depth + invitations)
(INTRODUCING MEG HEALS - who I THINK HAS JUST RENAMED HERSELF… if you don’t know her : she’s launching all of the things. see her HERE - yeah I made this - she came to live beside me and we did all the healing together - sacred economists and healers we are - together in sisterhood - she was one of the sisters who originally opened up The Wholly School with the founding contributors. we WILL COLLABORATE TO OFFER : as we continue to commune + heal together in the cosmos and ethers).
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which is probably why I felt so… stuck in writing to you, for the times for the mystics is one where we need to move MORE SLOWLY THAN WE EVER HAVE BEFORE : for EVERY FOUNDATION + TOWER that isn’t supposed to be, falls - and as we re-build, if we move to quickly - it breaks as well.
SOLID FOUNDATIONS TO BE BUILD : must be injected from the base, the details, the research, the breath, the birth, the maiden within us all : to alchemize. It is… simply uncomfortable to hold all that is coming in, and for me to not jump to offering… especially when quite frankly, it is time for me to get more work - and I get to do it in a way… where I don’t relapsed in disassociating or running to another relationship based in me sacrificing myself in ANY way.
YES, I know Moon Howlers + Planet Followers
I’m not supposed to be moving right now.
It’s a time to BE PRESENT WITH SELF With the times of no beginnings nor ends yet portals, doors, windows, cords, timelines and every other intangible law of magic there is re-arranges us wildly : too soon before We can re-arrange ourselves according To the constant rearrangement Of our own embodiment + exterior realities It's time to grab COURAGE and to trust : that we have the strength to let go of all that is... slipping from our fingertips That no longer serves, yet not sure how to... be... what too do... where to go.. .what's next... as we let go of these parts of ourselves That we have been told to be Needed to be, thought we had to be As we all attempt to steward to meet in the middle of the chaos To create order : which... is us being... THE MOTHER : THE WOMB HOLDER. So grab the water, folks : nourish + hydrate Pause, ritual, tend to self + regulate As we flight / fly / flow / fall / fight / fuck between fight and flight... light and dark... fear and love... justice and mercy... spirit and soul... mind and heart... all... through the body. So move that temple of yours as slowly as it needs today. Treat yourself to an extra act that says, "I fucking love you. every ounce"
AS I RECOVER I REMEMBER
THAT I AM HERE : AND BELONG SO
TO OFFER MY VESSEL
AS A CREATRIX ORACLE
RITUALIST OF A WHOLLY WOMXN
The rollercoaster of a spiral with obstacles to mourn, heal, clear, restore, recover, remember, intend, practice, integrate, express…. to then come around to do WHY I have MY BREATH : TO OFFER my wisdom of wit + experience to those who feel the World with the same texture as me… those I can serve.
I am not the type of… (place coach / mentor / guide / facilitator / spiritual teacher / etc.)
that is here to tell you the perfect steps forward, guide you in some passive way… I am here to use this creative, sponge, soul, spirit, oracle, energetic, womxn vessel : to throw myself into life as a STUDENT + TEACHER of LIFE : as I grab the intention of being WHOLE + HOLY.
My work, my purpose, my breath
Then becomes bigger than myself : for I have others to think about as I gather the courage in my roots to ground before risking in all the ways I tend to do.
Call me a tight rope walker… mystic… loyal to the intangible messages of the world… an outcast… bizarre… walking on the edges of the mainstream to venture into valleys, mountains, ruins and the forgotten : It might be true.
BUT WHY LIVE IN SUCH A WAY?
Because I refuse to think that this World that is our current reality is how we are… to live. IT ACTUALLY SIMPLY : IS NOT HOW I WANT TO. So my constant search, is based in creativity and curiosity, as I continue to search, collect, learn and share in community : to create the World I dream of.
I am a dream weaver…
That means more than some might know, and that is okay. Regardless : I am NOT okay with how things are and what I KNOW : is that I don’t know shit, and if I think I do…. everything will go down hill real quick. As soon as I attempt to take control, or settle and shut down : DIS-EASE will speak.
If you don’t know the story of… what happened, what I have been through
in short : I left my body in January. To not trigger what many of humanity goes through with abuse, addiction, suicide, divorce, heart, this wounding in masculine/feminine, trauma… etc… I will simply leave it at that. It resulted in : a spiritual experience, a kundalini rising and a receiving of messages still being downloaded and integrated.
I have been disassociating myself from my body, soul, spirit, mind… my whole life.
The thing is : I also was able to keep it together : for… I’m a powerful womxn who tends to show up, push through and… get shit done. The thing is : I used to do it from a place of sacrifice… punishment… pain… which leads to the types of addiction that are really… self harm : like my version of disordered eating that I am in recovery for.
The habits we pick up to regulate our nervous system has been fascinating : both outside of me and within me. The reasons for : normally comfort - to mother ourselves in a way that we think is taking care of ourselves and our needs. But… Who’s needs are we meeting : to dim / hurt / diminish / settle self for another’s comfort or (whatever the thing is) - or our own.
NO, IT’S NOT SO BLACK + WHITE : but in listening to Danielle Laporte’s recent episode release on her podcast, I think she did a damn good job of explaining it:
Danielle LaPorte : Agreeing to Disagree... simply ain't the answer!
I had a CORD CUTTING CEREMONY HELD FOR ME YESTERDAY
by Stephanie the Alchemist.
She is studying to offer it as one of her MANY offerings of being a alchemist of spirit and soul. We have worked a lot together professionally, personally as well as in circle. If you are interested in… looking her up and grabbing a session with her : the records (she even does pet record readings - so rad), fire reiki, cord cutting…. ya know. the spirit / energetic / messages stuff.
My prayer, which also feels like the collective’s : came in a message from the ceremony. Please take it, cite it : use it : share it : be it…
I will end this by saying, thank you.
I love you.
More will come.
But for now.
This feels like
a prayer to end on
can only lead
to a ripple
most effective.
if no one has told you today…
you are loved.
Thank you beyond,
SIMCHA RACHEL
רייצ’ל שמחה
Artist . Channel . EducatorSeer . Stander . Advocate
CLAIMING THIS LIFE WHOLLY
Founder of This Wholly Life
School | Study | Studio | Stage
Created + Rooted in Shabbat
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