The Warrior Season of Aries has begun, and like most years it brings with it the lessons of destruction turning into powerful growth. The underlying lesson is the same although the messages we each receive may be different. Diving deep into our own messages reinvigorates our season of fire and pushes us forward into new ways of focus, flow, and fecundity.
Focus
Building focus, or should I say rebuilding focus, is one area that is finally hitting the consciousness of society. As a witch, it has been a constant framework of my practice.
“Where focus goes, energy flows” ~ Tony Robbins
There are bigger forces at play in our society today surrounding our ability to focus. At the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist, I want to encourage research into the ways in which our current daily lives are spent on escapism in the form of social media and technology. The underlying energy is simple, a society that cannot be reached in 7 seconds or less cannot be moved to: collaborate for the greater good, be informed, or force those in power to enact change. An easier place to start understanding that this is not fully solvable by individual change and how to take part in the collaboration of rebuilding societal focus is a book, Stolen Focus, by Johann Hari (2022).
And no, I did not get paid for the book mention, but this is not about money:
This is about taking back our mind power.
Flow
Finding flow, the state of flow, is increasingly difficult when we recognize that our ability to focus has been heavily impacted. That state of flow in which we are deeply enveloped within our processes of developing our greater sense of self and drive to create that which fulfills us, is needed now more than ever. An artist is still an artist, even when the artist is only thinking of what to create next. However, the artist that has hands in the clay and is actively creating art and is in a flow state that allows different parts of the brain to take over. This flow state has an increasing importance in developing new ideas, areas of thought, and new neural pathways.
For witches, artists, and healers – this is not new. We think about our art and in the practice of actually doing it, we find flow. Sometimes losing hours and thinking it has been only 30 minutes. It increases our fecundity.
Fecundity & Fulfillment
Our ability to focus (requires intent) and get into flow states (transfer of energy) is where we find our fulfillment and fecundity. Witches especially understand that intention and energetic effort are parts of the practice of witchcraft that allows spell work to manifest in the middle world of everyday life. Our ability to see and tap into those currents is what makes our practice so powerful and fulfilling. It is why the actual practice is required.
The only way to get better at this is through focus and flow.
Learning what works for us requires focus: how we find the connections that are powerful to collaborate with (our tools, energetic allies, stones, and plants). Fecundity and fulfillment require a flow state of action: of experimenting with a spell, a chant, a potion, and diving deeply into the ways that our actions make an impact on our lives and the lives of others. This is our art.
Fiercely Taking it Back
Taking our power back requires a fierce intention. It also means we acknowledge the necessity of it and investigate the ways in which we are holding ourselves accountable for our own growth while seeking to be a part of the challenge to the deeper forces at play.
We are all better together.
Grab a notebook and let’s get started.
Building awareness:
- Take an inventory of your day, for a week.
- How many times do you pick up technology, like your phone, when you are doing something else?
- How many times do you find yourself scrolling video feeds? Time it.
- How many times are you interrupted by emails, dings, notifications, or even vibrations from devices?
- Switching and multitasking
- How many times are you trying to multitask instead of focusing just on one thing?
- What parts of this do you have power over?
Finding the intention:
- What do you want?
- If you could have the life of your dreams, what would that look like?
- In what ways do you have the life of your dreams already?
- What areas do you value the most?
- What areas do you struggle with?
- What brings you a great sense of fulfillment?
- How can you incorporate spontaneity and play?
Formulation of Accountability
Practitioners of magic understand the importance of formulations. From potions to incense, we are deeply aware of the impact of having the right formulations. Awareness and intention give a roadmap to experimenting with the formulation of rebuilding our focus, flow, and fecundity. When it comes to our accountability and formulations for it, we know that we cannot grow something new without the death of something else. It is witchcraft 101 in that clearing the space is required and that nature will fill that space for us if we don’t actively participate in the activity of filling it ourselves.
Ready, Set, Grow
What you will need:
- Large jar w/ a lid
- Journal or paper
- Scrap paper or small note paper
- Writing utensil
- Tape or glue stick
- Dried Orange peel
- Cinnamon
- Nettle
- Rosemary
Directions:
- Sit down with your journal and free write about the space you are looking to clear to align with what you want or desire. After the awareness building practices, we have a greater idea of the time we have available to work with. Let us assume that time is 30 minutes or less per day.
- Gather all of herbs and the jar with a lid. Place each herb in the jar. Orange Peel and cinnamon to commit to the fire of growth, Nettle to sting away resistance, and Rosemary for the discipline this will take.
- When you put the lid on to seal, you can say “With this first seal, I am committed to my growth and discipline in my daily practice, with every turn and seal I commit to my focus and flow”.
- Grab your scrap paper or small note paper and writing utensil. After the intention building practices above, we have a greater idea of what we want, what adds value and fulfillment, as well as things we could add strength and focus to.
- On your scrap paper, write one thing you will do today to increase your focus and flow by removing ONE thing for a set period of time.
- For example: Today I will color or create a sigil for focus while being completely unavailable for 10 minutes, no tech.
- Another example: Today I will put away my phone in another room and I will go outside and really look at the world around me curiously.
- Fill up your jar with as many ideas as you can. Each time you unseal and reseal your jar, asking for “Focus & Flow”.
- On your scrap paper, write one thing you will do today to increase your focus and flow by removing ONE thing for a set period of time.
- Each day, pull out one thing from your jar and get to it. Once complete, tape the paper to a page in your journal and answer these questions:
- How did it feel to interrupt the status quo?
- How did I feel during the experience?
- What parts of this brought me joy?
- Are there ways in which I could have enjoyed this more?
- Did I experience a deeper state of awareness and connection?
- Once the jar is empty, feel free to start again.
The purpose here is to disconnect meaningfully each day. Doing the deeper work to connect authentically to our inner world has yields great fruit over time. It can provide greater clarity for what we want, allow us to focus the mind better, and this practice can change the way we practice switching and multitasking to allow greater ease into flow states.
Yours in focus, flow, and fecundity (also, a candle and a key),
Kaycee
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Kaycee is also a Co-Collaborator over at Dark Goddesses Collective, an upcoming community of Sovereigns being built on a private network to do the deeper work.
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