The Extraordinary Way Magic Can Free Up Your Life

The latest episode of the Breathe Love & Magic Podcast explores Liberation Magic. We talk about magic and manifestation, and how it can genuinely shift your life. It’s time to move beyond rules and “doing it right” to reconnect with your spiritual core.

This conversation with Maritza Schafer, founder of Bruja School, is one of those grounding and warm reminders that magic isn’t something you learn, but something you remember.

Manifesting Myth Trips People Up

Have you ever been told that you’re “not manifesting correctly,” and that’s why what you want hasn’t shown up yet?

What a horrible and discouraging message which could make you  want to give up entirely. I remember when someone said it to me!

That’s why Maritza offers Liberation Magic — a way of working with magic that frees you from the metaphysical industry’s criticism, rules, and the idea that you’re somehow doing it wrong. Liberation magic invites you to return to your intuition, your energy, and your deeper spiritual truth.

When things aren’t moving in your life, it’s rarely because you’re broken or incapable. More often, it’s because we’ve been trying to create from the surface instead of from connection. Liberation magic asks you to slow down, drop beneath the noise, and listen for the wisdom that’s already guiding you.

Magic – Technology for Transformation

So what is magic, really? Maritza describes it beautifully as “a technology for transformation.” It’s a collection of tools, practices, and spiritual intentions that help shift what feels stuck and invites something new to emerge.

Magic is far more than passive wishing. It’s intentional, soulful participation with life’s energy!

When you merge a spiritual component with your intentions, something softens and opens. The process doesn’t feel heavy or forced. Your desires have a way of coming into being because they’re rooted in alignment, not effort alone.

Think of it as learning to see your life through a spiritual lens where intention matters, energy matters, and presence itself becomes powerful.

Mystical Garlic Planting

I told a story about using magic when I planted my garlic this fall. Right from the start,

When I planted the garlic, I didn’t just push cloves into the soil, fertilize, water, and walk away. I planted at twilight — that quiet, liminal space between day and night, when the veil feels thinner.

Then, I connected with the land and greeted the spirits and elemental forces. Next, I offered gratitude and asked to collaborate with them as the garden begins it’s cycle of growth again.

The reason is not because someone told me that’s how it’s done or good to do. This is how I live when I’m tuned into nature. As I listen to spirit and connect with my own inner knowing, everything comes alive.

And that’s the heart of liberation magic – where magic and manifestation meet. It’s not dones as a technique, but as a connection to spirit and life itself.

Magic as a Way of Life

Magic isn’t only something you use when you want something to change. It can be how you move through the world.

Maritza encourages her students to deepen their awareness of the moment they’re in — the energy, the land, the subtle signals that are always communicating with us.

That might look like ritual or meditation. You might simply notice your breath while you’re standing at the sink or looking out a window.

When spirituality becomes woven into daily life, you begin to move with the rhythms of the earth instead of against them. Challenges don’t disappear, but your relationship to them changes. You meet life with more grace, more steadiness, and more trust.

Remember the Magic

Many people are drawn to magic because something feels missing. Maritza about this clearly —longing is often a call back to spiritual connection that’s been overshadowed by responsibility, expectation, and noise.

As you reconnect, you remember something essential. You are not separate from spirit, but part of it. Remembering brings a deep sense of belonging and the awareness that you are a magical being with access to far more wisdom than you might imagine.

Let Go of “Should” and Find What’s True

One of the most liberating aspects of Maritza’s work is releasing the burden of expectation. There is no single right way to practice magic. No gold star for doing it perfectly. No spiritual hierarchy. Your path is sacred because it’s your own.

When students let go of comparison and external judgment, they often feel an enormous sense of relief. Magic becomes about self-discovery instead of performance. Confidence grows naturally when you stop trying to meet someone else’s definition of spiritual correctness.

Walking Your Own Spiritual Path

Liberation magic doesn’t require elaborate rituals or rigid structures. It asks for awareness. By understanding your energy and setting intention with presence, magic can move through your everyday life — in conversations, decisions, and quiet moments of choice.

One of the greatest gifts of a spiritual path is realizing that the power you’ve been seeking has been with you all along. Each step taken with awareness makes the next one clearer, lighter, and more enchanted.

Energy Awareness as a Path to Freedom

At the heart of liberation magic is energetic awareness. When you learn to notice energy, both yours and the space around you, you gain the power to choose. Simple practices like pausing, breathing, and checking in with yourself can shift everything.

Imagine a stressful moment. Now, instead of reacting, you can simply stop, breathe, and notice what’s present. That awareness alone can move you from chaos into calm, from contraction into clarity.

Living an Empowered, Magical Life

Ultimately, liberation magic is about feeling empowered. It strengthens your spiritual connection and reminds you of your place within the larger web of life. From that place, change becomes possible through alignment.

Magic isn’t something you do once in a while. As Maritza so beautifully teaches, it’s a way of living. You trust your gut, cut through the noise, and allow life to work with you instead of against you.

Honestly, that’s the kind of magic I want for everyone.

BIO – Maritza Schafer

Maritza Schafer is the founder of the Bruja School where she teaches the Liberation Magic Method. Her teaching centers around a simple premise. The secret to life and everything you truly want is spiritual connection, free from religious trauma and new age bs.

Grounded in her indigenous Chilean and Mediterranean lineage. Maritza blends ancestral wisdom with practical coaching. She equips people with powerful spiritual tools and real magic to create meaningful lives and bring transformation in their communities.

 

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Website: https://BrujaSchool.com

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