Avery’sStory
One day I stood in front of my office building and thought;” I can never go in here again”. I’m barely 25 and I felt burnt out. How could I have spent my entire childhood working towards this? I have been working 8 hour school/work days since I was five years old all with some subtle promise that it’s going to get me where I want to go in life.
But what if where I wanted to go didn’t exist. I mean, honestly, I was waiting for Hogwarts to accept me or to fall into a rabbit hole in to a new world, or at the very least be kidnapped by fairies only to return 200 years later. But I came back to rational, “maybe I will go to graduate school” I thought as I slowly walked to the door of my office or “maybe another job at a non profit, it will have more meaning” I was considering as I smiled at my coworkers that good morning I’m only secretly miserable here smile. Not exactly fairies but isn’t that what we do? We live in the real world.
Instead of the real world I risked it all on the impossible and the unknown. I “retired” because I was actually… really tired. I had a very small not really livable (by any comfortable standard) savings and I just left. My only tools at my side, my journal and my maddening discontent.
From there my life took many twists and turns but the highlights are:
o Moved to a community homestead, milked goats, made bread, wore vintage goodwill overalls and dresses with aprons over them
o Obviously got a yoga teacher training, because what millennial doesn’t
o Learned to meditate, sort of…
o Taught yoga in studios
o Remembered that I actually liked learning despite my years of schooling that said otherwise
o Bought a tiny house and became the most maximized minimalist (think, where can i put this set of obviously practical vintage china set for eating bread and excess butter on)
o Learned traditional food healing, the smell of rotting cabbage in a jar still delights me
o Realized homesteading was hard and that I loved and respected it but maybe it wasn’t for me
o Taught children’s martial arts and yoga… yelling “hi ya” and cat cowing with “moos” and “meows” was how I paid my bills
o Continued to wonder how to actually be magical and happy but loved the free time and exploration
o Tried my hand at hand formed ceramics “ I will make sacred vessels” I said (more like sacred messes)
o Learned to sew… well I took lessons at least “ I will make magical intentional clothing” I said ( more like… I can never wear this in public)
o Did a 10 day silent meditation retreat with the fun addition of poison ivy rash all over my leg and developed the mantra “Don’t scratch”
o Got married and learned so many things about my self in the reflection of someone else
o Began to learn about modern shamanism and plant medicine and finally started stirring the magical world within
o I honed and developed my intuition and did a major study of dream work
o Trained in reiki energy healing and became more aware of the nature of reality
o Did an intensive with a shamanic practitioner
o Found a mentor for dream work, indigenous wisdom and honing intuition
o Discovered and honed my intuitive gifts and began to tap in to them for readings
o Did tarot and oracle card readings professionally
o Became deeply immersed in the spirit world and the messages it holds
o Steeped myself in intentional manifestation
o Got divorced and learned the grace in humility and to love through releasing and supporting no matter what ( a greater love story then the one I was originally creating)
o Realized I was one foot in two worlds but was leaning far in to spirit world
o Stepped firmly in to the “physical” as well as the spiritual so I could maximize my presence in this life and find the most joy and magic on this earth
o Dove in to my masculine side through Wim Hof cold exposure and breath work as well as sweat lodge and strength training
o Studied deeper forms of energetic mastery, with Jeffery Allen
o Studied and practiced the work of Joe Dispenza
o Allowed myself to understand “coaching” and finally use the word without giving up my intuitive side
o Married the two aspects of myself with a mission to serve the spiritual becoming of all the beings I work with
o Became so aligned that I finally really found the magical world I was looking for, within me and all around me
Everyone of these could be a story in and of it self but that is for another time…
There is so much depth and wisdom in all the different journeys I have taken but I am truly at home in the work I do now.
My years of training was my magic school, my personal growth and relationship challenges was my rabbit hole underworld journey, and the enchantment I feel now with getting to access the deep states of mediumship, channeling and coaching people in to their magical alignment is my fairy world.
Everything I teach, I experience, but the wisdom comes from the channels that run through me.
Join me dear seeker, to discover a life that is vibrant with enchantment, meaning, depth and fun. Learn more about me through my blog