Ep 102 - How to Hold Yourself In the Moment with Aaron Banes

Happy New Year! In this episode of Spiritual Grit, we have a special guest, Aaron Banes aka misterwitchboy! He is a gay Filipino-American actor, singer, writer and tarot reader born and raised on the Kingdom of Hawaii. Whether on a stage or in a tarot reading, he sees himself as a storyteller first and foremost. He believes stories help us remember ourselves.

We jumped right into talking about astrology (hello, Mercury & Venus retrograde!) and how that relates to how we are experiencing the world right now in pandemic times. How do we hold ourselves during such uncertainty and volatile change? How can certain practices support us and keep us grounded? We also talked about his upbringing as Christian, how he struggled to be accepted by the people around him, people who believed that being gay was a sin, and about his path to where he is now – fully embracing and remembering who he is at his essence. Also? We dove into the wondrous support of tarot cards!

Listen along to Aaron's story, how he explored deep inner questions, how he broke out towards his freedom, and how tarot supported his evolution.

To find our more about Aaron and book a tarot reading(!), head over to misterwitchboy.com or find him on Instagram @misterwitchboy

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Today’s poems/ Books / Oracle mentioned:

• “Elephant Wondering” by Hafiz
• The Wisdom of Your Body (book) by Hillary McBride
• “Acts of Helplessness” by Rumi