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Intentional living, slow mornings, easy rituals, flowing rhythms – this is what your ‘soft spirituality’ era will bring you. Instead of feeling the pressure to perform in your spiritual practice in order to “be good enough” I want you to take a deeeeeep breath. Ok. Now do it again and really release everything that’s stuck inside. Good. We are going to rewire how you think about spirituality. It does not have to be a set of rules or rigid routines you HAVE to do during a certain time or you’ll miss out. We’re going to toss that out and focus on creating gentle practices and rhythms within our days that create expansiveness and softness. If this sounds like something that you want in your practice, peep below.
What is Soft Spirituality?
Soft spirituality is a form of spiritual practice of being gentle with yourself, connecting with the universe around us, and living slower. Your spiritual practice does not have to be rigid and strict, it gets to be easy and gentle. If you don’t want to have a practice every day, don’t. If the idea of missing a ritual at the full moon gives you major FOMO, let’s reevaluate why, give yourself grace, and create a rhythm that feels aligned to you and not something that’s full of pressure to perform. Let’s get you tapped into your soft spirituality era and out of your ‘do it all’ spiritual practice era.
Characteristics of Soft Spirituality
- Mundane Magic: Finding the magic that’s available to us always
- Intention Setting: Calling in your desires and casting a spell of “I am”
- Aligning with Natural Rhythms: Being a part of the flow of the universe
- Connection: Being a part of the universe
Finding Magic in the Mundane
We might think magic can only be found while we’re in the middle of a ritual or when our manifestations manifest – but the truth is that there’s so much more magic available every moment. Soft spirituality is about finding those moments when you can be present and feel the magic of just being. Mundane Magic can be found:
- From an unexpected funny comment from a co-worker
- During a daydream while you’re cooking supper
- Noticing how the light comes through your windows in the morning
- Realizing the turning of the seasons
If we start leaning into just being we can find so much magic already around us.How to Practice Soft SpiritualityHow you decide to tap into your soft spirituality is 100% up to you. But! Here are some of the frameworks that will help you get started:
Set An Intention
Setting an intention is always a good idea – it helps you put into words what you desire and from that named desire you can take action.
Here are my favorite times to set an intention:
- Daily: What do you want to feel today?
- New Moon: The new moon naturally starts a new cycle and is a time to refresh and begin again, this is a perfect time to create an intention you can follow for about a month.
- Seasonally: Seasonal intentions are my favorite to work with – there is nothing better than wrapping up a season and feeling like you really experienced it. What do you want to do/feel/manifest over 3 months?
- Yearly: Do you have a word of the year? Setting a word or a vibe has been something that brings me back to center and helps me remember the purpose I want to align with during the year.
Align with Natural Rhythms
There are natural rhythms all around us and what I love so much about using rhythms to practice soft spirituality is that they’re doing most of the work, I’m just choosing to align with them and go with their flow.
- Daily Rituals: Establish daily rituals, whether it’s lighting a candle, saying a mantra, or engaging in a brief meditation. Consistency can deepen your connection to your spiritual practice.
- Lunar Cycle: New Moon (intention set and rest), Waxing Moon (take action), Full Moon (celebrate and connect), Waning Moon (reflect and release). Within just one lunar cycle we hit all of the major themes we need in order to create forward movement and change in our lives.
- Menstrual Cycle: The menstrual cycle is exactly the same as the lunar, except it’s unique to your body. New Moon = mensuration; waxing = follicular; Full Moon = ovulation; Waning Moon = luteal.
- Zodiac Season: Each zodiac season provides us different archetypes to connect with. Have you ever realized that you might be more into organizing and taking your health seriously during Virgo season, but you might be into all things spooky and mysterious during Scorpio season? Tapping into each zodiac season gives you a place to express all archetypes and create a flow (it’s also super helpful for HUGE projects)
- Wheel of the Year Sabbats OR Seasons: Ahhh, I love following the seasons of the year. The wheel of the year provides us with 8 seasons (Yule, Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Litha, Lammas, Mabon, and Samhain), but whether you follow the wheel of the year or the typical seasons the seasonal changes remind us to follow nature’s lead and create space for growth, celebration, harvest, and rest.
Connection:
You don’t have to be in your soft spirituality era alone. Life would be hard without connection – connection, I think, is one of the most magical places. And if you’re an introvert, fear not – connection isn’t only found in crowded space.
- With nature: Go outside, feel the grass, listen to the life around you, notice the changing seasons
- With your loved ones: Creating simple moments and memories with them will give you so much magic
- With spirit: Connect with your spirit guides, passed ancestors, guardians
- With other humans: And if you’re feeling up to it, magic is waiting to be created with people you haven’t even met yet. If it weren’t for me stepping out of my comfort zone a little bit, I would have never met the people I was meant to in order to open my mind to spirituality and change my life.
I hope this post helped you and inspired you to start a new way of thinking about your spiritual practices. If you have any questions or want to chat, come find me on instagram or email me and I’d love to chat with you!
