A Prayer for Artists

These are rough and curious times. Today I have been particularly challenged and I just wanted to let you know that you are not alone. I know sometimes my life can seem shiny and amazing, and it is. But I also go through all the really hard things just like so many of you. I have lots of tools and so my resilience may be different in my capacity to respond, but I too am being challenged. This is a time for ecstatic discipline. I could not be more grateful for intentional creativity, and for this community. this is not about misery loves company, but it is about not feeling singled out in anything hard that you’re experiencing. ❤️ Shiloh Sophia Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

Hello everyone! Get a cuppa tea or coffee, a journal and let’s dive in! There are lots of juicy nuggets in here to explore and begin to practice on your own! “who lives in here?” Sue Hoya Sellers.This episode explores the neuroscience of your inner voice and then illuminates what I think is the missing piece to understanding the greatest influence on your inner dialogue…* How the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system form a matrix for right decision-making* The essential stress response that you get to choose “find”* How self-expression is the key to work with the Neuroplasticity of the brain, because you’re using your body and not just your thoughts* Reframing the critic as fierce wisdom so that discernment is alive, but self criticism diminishes* Your internal dialogue influences every single area of your life, even though it’s happening within you, therefore it’s impacting everyone and everything * How flow state can get interrupted and how to work with new patterns* How we work with the concept of the muse to regulate the critic* Invitations to join us for our upcoming two week class and certification training with group coachingThis is the detail of the painting for our year long course Abracadabrawww.musea.orgBlessings on your day!Curate Shiloh Sophia Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

Today’s episode invites you to* Identify the places where you can lean in when you’re having hard times* My story of my password meltdown yesterday and what I did #Intentionalcreativity* The places I choose to lean in* Why I don’t give myself a choice, and how that only works if I’m prepared…* Offering certainty in times of uncertainty* Places that you can lean in in our community* Coherence meditation ideasand a brief prayer including thoughts for Florida community membersThis photo was taken last night while I was painting. Because usually at night and in the wee hours I paint in the dark.🌺❤️🙏Shiloh Sophia Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

Good evening from California, I found this poem of mine from 2019 and it made me think about how much we focus on being open…Versus how little time we spend refining, emptying and being quiet. This is a call to strip the altar of the old energy and invite some emptiness and recentering.~ Shiloh SophiaWe are just a few days into our year long course, abracadabra and you’re still welcome to join us Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

You do not want to miss this. I am offering something today that you can put into practice immediately. I’m going to identify the three false teachings of manifestation and then invite you to the truest one I’ve ever discovered.And we also start our yearlong class today if you want to join us!!! Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

Painting in Process - Animystica - Cura Archetype Good Morning Muses!I woke up smelling the change in the air and the seeing the light shifting towards this coming Equinox, officially on the 22nd at 5:43 am pst. For those in the Northern Hemisphere we turn towards Autumn. For those in the Southern Hemisphere we turn towards Spring. On September 18 we have a partial Lunar Eclipse visible from Mexico, Canada and the United States. The moon is 97percent full as of this moment and will be full in one day and 11 hours and 38 minutes. There are things we can count on, at least for now. We can count on the moons relationship to the sun….let us honor that relationship.I would love to be someone in your life you can count on to bring you insight and inspiration…I would love for our community at MUSEA and the Cura Council (our ceremonial branch) to provide a place of continuity and compassion. I would love for Intentional Creativity to provide a consistent go-to practice for you to be nourished by. Our community is going to be here for you, this is our sacred assignment. I would be ever so grateful to invite you to join us for a ceremony we have coming up is September 21 at 10am pst. Yes it’s another Substack and yes there are scholarship free levels available. Here are the details. The Substacks (Tea with the Muse, The Cura Council, and Gold Mind) we offer provide more immediate messaging in real time. Like today’s poem just landed this morning so it is freshy-fresh.I also have a complimentary class coming up on Friday, Attunement Manifestation. Thresholdsfor Equinox There are these strange quiet cycleswhere one life is completingand the new one is just beginningThere, in the in-betweenThen it is time to nap underthe giant oak with the first yellow leavesof this seasonand listen from insideThere are theseloud chaotic patternswhere who you wereisn't matching who you are becomingand there is just so much noiseto stay the same But you can'tThere in the spaces between spacesThen it is time for you to sit in ceremonylistening to the wild geese movingand the last of the pink cosmosblooming and blowingin a fresh wind from the SouthThere are these dances that can only take placeat a crossroadsDances for change that are rhythmic and restless Moving at the center ofthe many directions and decisionsSome that you think you want and some you do notYou, you have outgrown your old lifeYet the path has yet to appearclearly Then it is time to slow way down, to lay down right therein the discomfort of the crossroadsWhere you have always justdanced for your life, for survivalto keep going no matter whatJust Slow DownThe changing of the lightwill point you in the right directionwhen the time is readyIt is not your concernhow long this cycle will lastMany moons and eclipseshave already come and goneAfter a time you will pick upnot where you left off but somewhere newWill you trust this?Just as you trust the greenhills to turn gold andthen to green again? This is what we do,we Earth, we changeand we keep changingcrossing the thresholdsat each point of thissacred wheel turningTurning turning turningtowards centerturning towards you--Thinking of you as I am about to have morning cafe with kitties,Shiloh Sophia Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

Good morning ☀️I know how hard it is to make change. We all do. Make a change today ~ yes today! This will be worth it!The goal is to arrive at action steps that are served from your subconscious.Overview* Choose one thing to change* Activate imagination and create sacred space* Connect with stars and sun and the mountains where you live* Create a field condition for change* Make a cognitive leap from the imaginal to the real honoring Neuroplasticity* Illustrate the change/s* Receive insight about your very next steps to take in this 24 hoursPlus ranch updates! A new feature I’m trying out to let you know what’s happening here. The photo is the sunrise at the Ranch @ Musea.Intentional Creativity Process for making a change today through receiving heightened insights that result in action.* Change: The first piece of paper is for the thing you want to change that you were shown or created - just a few strokes to indicate and honor.* Changed: The second piece of paper is the change already happening and how that would look and feel* Action: The third pierce of paper is for the prayer and action steps that are revealed to take. Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

Greetings everyone! In order to achieve attunement when you are creating your world with your word to yourself, there needs to be reciprocity. There is an often missed piece about the energy exchange of gathering and giving. For manifestation to be attuned and good for you and for all - the energy of giving and receiving in a sacred exchange is actually essential or there is mis-alignment. How do we condition our bodies to create in the fullness of our being-ness?To get into the optimal condition, we need to work with a collaborative idea - Nervous System Reciprocity* In today’s episode, I’m going to relate giving and receiving to the nervous system function* The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system aren’t a division but a collaboration * You can consciously choose a different trauma response if you knew there was one available, there is * Invitation to understand how these systems are influencing your capacity to create what you wantI hope you find it useful, I am no expert but am stretching to understand how to make things come to life in my life and support you in yours.Warmly,Shiloh Sophia Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

my prayer… “little bit of grief move though me now”* Ideas for navigating grief that may be different than what you’ve tried before* Why I think it’s time for a new metaphor* Alchemy and titration and teaspoons of water * Heading to this canvas for Fire and Water 💦 * My relationship with traffic at the ranch and overcoming the shame“Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go” Jamie Anderson And in our case, that grief goes onto the canvas… Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

“The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell youDon't go back to sleep!You must ask for what you really want.Don't go back to sleep!People are going back and forthacross the doorsill where the two worlds touch,The door is round and openDon't go back to sleep!”―RumiDear Ones,Good Morning on September 1! This is a message for the women who have gathered for Abracadabra, our yearlong course. Yet as I made it for them (you) this morning, I wondered if there was something in here for you too, here at Tea with the Muse. So I am sharing it with you even though that is a bit of a rogue move, I am here to be a disruptor and a weaver, both! If you haven’t join us yet, you are still welcome to join us (with $1000 savings through midnight). Overview* Exchanging peaches for songs and beads* This isn’t a class, it is an exchange of energy* We are not replacing other voices for mine, we are seeking yours* Speaking words of power is what called us together into this portal* Acknowledging that we called each other changes how it feels* I won’t be at your dinner table but I am at the cafe with you, right now* Our amazing guides have gathered* Let us prepare our spaces and our schedules for a yearlong experience in community. Whatever you are navigating, whatever you are feeling blessed by, I send a message of love to you this day. Blessings on your day,Curate Shiloh Sophia Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe