What’s Afoot at Magpie Girl?
Eden and Cate’s amulet for their bedroom: rock salt, favorite polished stones, and a card from Jen Lemen.
It’s been a good couple of days over here in Magpie Girl world.
Monday Cate and I went through all our rooms cleansing and blessing the space we live in. Suzie Ridler gave us some ideas, and we picked the ones we liked best: holy water, a blessing of light involving a candle, and making little amulet bags to hold our intentions for each of the rooms in our home. It was really meaningful to me and I definitely felt the energy shift within myself and within our house, bringing in fresh hope and inspiration.
The night of the cleanse I woke up with a start, and free-wrote an entire plan for how I want my ecourses to work. Oh friends, I am so excited about this! I really think it’s coming together. Instead of short-term ecourses, my new offerings from Magpie Girl will be offered at a sister-site, Flock: a soul spa, with magpie Girl
(What do you think? Something like that? Other ideas?)
Flockwill be a membership site, with one price covering the cost of a number of soulcare options. Sort of like a spa health club with one membership fee, but lots of services and classes. Both of the soultribes I’ve been working on– the High Holy Days series and the Soulcraft Circle — will be there, along with a collection of Priestessy Things to do alone or in a group, and once we get rolling I hope to add something for the DO LESS Revolutionaries, and a book club. Oh, the possibilities are so inspiring!
The creator of the SoulFood layout, Neil Sittler of Stickflower Design, is working on the Flock site now and it will be ready in December for sign-ups and a January start. I’m wildly curious to see how Flock’s on-going groups will help create lasting Soultribes for spiritual misfits like us! Can you feel it? It’s got good mojo.
Now don’t worry. There will still be great stuff, FOR FREE, here at Magpie Girl. I plan to continue Monday’s guest post series with fascinating artists and coaches.( In fact, I’m booked through January!) *8Things will defintely be featured at both sites. And all the choice little tidbits and “ah ha” moments that don’t fit into the on-going offerings at Flock will still be incubating at Magpie Girl. I’m also cooking up a way to offer a few reduced-price memberships, and of course, I’m always open to trades and swaps and all kinds of creativity.
Keep in mind that I offer discounts and special treats to people on my mailing list. So with the SoulRetreats book this close to being done, and Flock on it’s way, you really should hop on the mailing list so you don’t miss a thing.
Alright lovelies, give me all your feedback and ideas! I’m off to work on a delightful joint project with Rowena Murillo for awhile and then it’s time to draft an essay for Jennifer McGuiggan’s holiday collection. Oooh…I love do so love it when like-minded souls come together!
Much Warmth!
Rachelle
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I love the “soul spa” title (by coincidence, I just posted a blog entry about the spa going up in my soul too… I guess great minds think alike :) ). The Flock sounds like an amazing idea; enjoy the rush of creating something you love!
I associate your work with “soulcare,” so “soul spa” seems fitting.
What a flock it is!
are boys welcome at this spa too?
I just love how you made those amulet bags! They were perfect for Monday. So glad you participated and I wish you much success with all your projects!
Shay,
I tempted to answer this with a sassy quipp, but actually you’ve made me think.
Can boys come to the Flock spa? I think so…especially men like you who “get” the patriarchal/dominate social power structure and strive to dismantle it and live in a more wholistic way. I’d hate to exclude men from this brand of spirituality, the way I was exclude as a woman from so many parts of church life.
I’m thinking too of my friends Daniel and Dwight and how well they would fit in. (When none of the other men at Monkfish Abbey wanted to do my girlie-yoga-earth-mother experiements, Daniel was always right there with us striking a tree pose and salutin’ the sun.) We need all facets of the Divine reflected back to us, yes? I think so!
I’m pretty sure this will be self-selecting group, and the people who it appeals to — regardless of gender — will come to us with natural ease. And if someone comes who can’t play well with others…well, then it’s my living room right? So I can ask them to leave if needs be. (I’m thinking back on my days at Monkfish Abbey when I sometimes had to shut commenters down for being verbally/emotionally violent. I’m in such a different –and better!–zone now here with the lovlies at Magpie Girl.)
I’m terrified as heck that the finances of this adventure won’t work out — but totally excited to open the doors!
Yours on the Journey,
Rachelle
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