August Altar - Cleansing an open heart
- Aug 10
- 2 min read
It’s been beautiful to make time to sit & create this months altar, I’ve felt a beautiful, quiet shift in the collective hum. July felt like a full expansion, a cracking open & I feel the energy of August is asking us not to force or push, but to realign, to stop searching & start remembering.
My crystal grid for the month is built for energetic clearing & deep heart activation. For me I feel this pull as I personally slow down in August, that I want to cleanse & honour my self care practice. The central column of Selenite acts as a pure light-bar that cleanses all other stones in its field. It sets a boundary of purity that nothing can obscure.
Anchoring this column are our beautiful Rose Quartz pebbles from our love Lottie Crystal Guide radiating unconditional love & heart-centered safety. This softens the intense, sharp clarity that the generous Clear Quartz clusters intensify & amplify. Scattered throughout are rose petals & fresh lavender from the garden, offerings of sweetness & calm to support the nervous system as we integrate change. It’s a powerful combination of strength & softness, my favourite intentions for so many of my classes & offerings.
As a whole, this month’s cards ask us to stop pushing & start receiving. They remind us that the entire blueprint for our evolution & our highest desires are already coded within our DNA. We don’t need to strive or push, we simply need to remember. August is an invitation to shift from exhausted striving into magnetic receptivity, to trust the ancient, healing whispers from caverns deep & to welcome the radical clarity & fresh start that is already on its way. The message of the cards is simple: Trust. Open. Be held.
I was gifted the beautiful Reiki card at my last Self Care workshop & have had it on my shelf every day since. may these words help you float through this month & ve something that inspires your heart thereafter.
Just for today: let go of worry, let go of anger, practice gratitude, do your work honestly & be kind to every living thing.
Thank you for being here, thank you for moving through August with me, thank you for allowing me to grow with you. 🌸🌸🌸
V x
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Beautiful. Just the words I needed right now, feeling like I’m coming out of a period of energy and growth and not sure where to go from here. How to intergrate it all, settle and what energy I need to focus on moving forwards. Especially when feeling a bit depleted from all the growing! Remembering, resting and letting some clarity emerge without rushing seems like a good intention for me.