Spiritual Grit

The tectonic shifts we have been experiencing cannot be ignored. Systems are burning to the ground. Empires are crumbling. How do we stay grounded in all of this when what we used to do is no longer effective? How do we not lose ourselves? There's so much we've forgotten. We need to get back to our magic. We need to remember. Listen in to this week's episode to find out how! And we need each other. Tune in!  =============== Today’s poems/ Books mentioned: Oracle card: Five of Cups (Reversed) “We Might Have To Medicate You” by Hafiz ===============  Courses / Exclusive Content / Book Mentioned: Subscribe to mailing list + community: ⁠suryagian.com/subscribe⁠ and get the 7-day meditation challenge, “Spark Joy in Chaos” Subscribe to “Adventures in Midlife” newsletter: ⁠leslieann.substack.com⁠ Instagram: @leslieannhobayan  Email: ⁠leslieann@suryagian.com⁠ Creative Writing Camp: ⁠https://www.suryagian.com/creative-writing-camp⁠ 

There is so much upheaval it’s hard to get our footing. The degree of change and the pace at which it’s happening is overwhelming. We easily get swept up in contentious arguments, get consumed by grief and rage. It’s hard not to fall apart. How can we stay steady on our feet? How can we not lose our balance during these times of extreme change? In this week’s episode, I’m offering you five ways to stay grounded during this collective evolution. It all comes down to the body. Are you listening to it? Tune in!  =============== Today’s poems/ Books mentioned: Oracle card: King of Cups “Passionate Lips” by Hafiz ===============  Courses / Exclusive Content / Book Mentioned: Subscribe to mailing list + community: suryagian.com/subscribe and get the 7-day meditation challenge, “Spark Joy in Chaos” Subscribe to “Adventures in Midlife” newsletter: leslieann.substack.com Instagram: @leslieannhobayan  Email: leslieann@suryagian.com Creative Writing Camp: https://www.suryagian.com/creative-writing-camp

The title of this episode is basically this: will you choose capitalism? Or humanity? Which is to say: you can choose to be a full human being with all of your facets and complexities, living life exploring this existence in all ways (art making! communities of care! food growing!). OR you can give your power away and allow capitalism to dictate your fated path by constantly running on the treadmill of productivity. (Reminder: you’re not a cog in a machine.) And before you get all “well, how am I supposed to live in a capitalist society if I don’t make money?”, listen to this episode. It’s about remembering your soul path and learning self-trust again. With the lunar full moon eclipse in Pisces, there’s a whole lotta unconscious releasing (which, if you ask me, includes the conditioned thinking we got from capitalism). And with that release is a remembering and an invitation to create. Tune in! Today’s poems/ Books mentioned: Oracle card: I Remember and I trust myself more than capitalism “The Heart is Right” by Hafiz ===============  Courses / Exclusive Content / Book Mentioned: Subscribe to mailing list + community: suryagian.com/subscribe and get the 7-day meditation challenge, “Spark Joy in Chaos” Subscribe to “Adventures in Midlife” newsletter: leslieann.substack.com Instagram: @leslieannhobayan  Email: leslieann@suryagian.com Creative Writing Camp: https://www.suryagian.com/creative-writing-camp

How many of us give our power away? How many of us look to other people for the solution? How many of us let other people decide our fate? In this week’s episode, I invite you to reclaim your power and remember that words matter. What we say, how we say it, the language we use – it all matters, even when we feel it doesn’t. (See: “ceasefire”)  When we speak, when we possess the power to tell our stories and write our narrative. The challenge here is: are you writing it in integrity? Are you writing it with the truth of the heart? Too many lies are being manufactured by mainstream media and if we allow for that to pass as truth, then we’re in bigger trouble than I thought. Listen in to understand the power of words and the frequency they carry and how that affects us all.  =============== Today’s poems/ Books mentioned: Oracle card: Eight of Swords “Scratching my Back” by Hafiz Articles mentioned: “Klamath River Dam Removal Allows Salmon to Run Free for First Time in More Than a Century” https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/klamath-river-dam-removal-allows-salmon-to-run-free-for-first-time-in-more-than-a-century/ “The Shapes of Grief: Witnessing the Unbearable” by Cristina Sharpe https://yalereview.org/article/christina-sharpe-shapes-of-grief ===============  Courses / Exclusive Content / Book Mentioned: Subscribe to mailing list + community: suryagian.com/subscribe and get the 7-day meditation challenge, “Spark Joy in Chaos” Subscribe to “Adventures in Midlife” newsletter: leslieann.substack.com Instagram: @leslieannhobayan  Email: leslieann@suryagian.comCreative Writing Camp: https://www.suryagian.com/creative-writing-camp

How are spirituality and activism connected? What do they have in common? Short answer: it's about the journey. (Cliche, I know.) But sometimes the journey is long and frustrating. If we don't see tangible results, we get discouraged and might feel like giving. How can we use spiritual practices to keep us devoted and grounded in our work for liberation? How can we keep the momentum going? Tune in to learn more!  =============== Today’s poems/ Books mentioned: Oracle card: Night of Pentacles “All The Talents of God” by Hafiz ===============  Courses / Exclusive Content / Book Mentioned: Subscribe to mailing list + community: suryagian.com/subscribe and get the 7-day meditation challenge, “Spark Joy in Chaos” Subscribe to “Adventures in Midlife” newsletter: leslieann.substack.com Instagram: @leslieannhobayan  Email: leslieann@suryagian.com Creative Writing Camp: https://www.suryagian.com/creative-writing-camp 

The tectonic shifts we have been experiencing cannot be ignored. Systems are burning to the ground. Empires are crumbling. How do we stay grounded in all of this when what we used to do is no longer effective? How do we not lose ourselves? There's so much we've forgotten. We need to get back to our magic. We need to remember. Listen in to this week's episode to find out how! And we need each other. Tune in!  =============== Today’s poems/ Books mentioned: Oracle card: Five of Cups (Reversed) “We Might Have To Medicate You” by Hafiz ===============  Courses / Exclusive Content / Book Mentioned: Subscribe to mailing list + community: suryagian.com/subscribe and get the 7-day meditation challenge, “Spark Joy in Chaos” Subscribe to “Adventures in Midlife” newsletter: leslieann.substack.com Instagram: @leslieannhobayan  Email: leslieann@suryagian.com Creative Writing Camp: https://www.suryagian.com/creative-writing-camp 

Since the quarantine years, many of us have been hungry for community. We've been longing for real connection. But how badly do we want it? At what cost? Not all communities are created equal. Not all communities are built with your best interest in mind. Are we willing to compromise who we are in order to feel like we belong somewhere? During this time of jen-0cide of Pali-stin-ians, it's becoming harder to find communities of care and support. It's on us to create them and communicate that it's a safe place. Tune in to hear my experience of a community that suddenly became unsafe for me and how we might build the safe community that we need.    =============== Today’s poems/ Books mentioned: Oracle card: Ten of Cups “Too Beautiful” by Hafiz ===============  Courses / Exclusive Content / Book Mentioned: Subscribe to mailing list + community: ⁠suryagian.com/subscribe⁠ and get the 7-day meditation challenge, “Spark Joy in Chaos” Subscribe to “Adventures in Midlife” newsletter: ⁠leslieann.substack.com⁠ Instagram: @leslieannhobayan  Email: ⁠leslieann@suryagian.com

In a world that feels like it's crumbling, where all that's familiar is falling away, and everything around us is changing faster than the speed of light, how do we stay true to ourselves? How do we remember who we are? What do we do when immense grief overcomes us and we lose our way, when we lose sight of who we are?  In this week's episode, I'm inviting you to lean into patience and devotion. To ask yourself: what practices can help us stay the course? These hold the key to finding your way back to yourself. Tune in to learn more!  =============== Today’s poems/ Books mentioned: Oracle card: Eight of Pentacles (Reversed) “The Mountain” by EJ Koh ===============  Courses / Exclusive Content / Book Mentioned: Subscribe to mailing list + community: suryagian.com/subscribe and get the 7-day meditation challenge, “Spark Joy in Chaos” Subscribe to “Adventures in Midlife” newsletter: leslieann.substack.com Instagram: @leslieannhobayan  Email: leslieann@suryagian.com Creative Writing Camp: https://www.suryagian.com/creative-writing-camp 

This week we've got the energy of a fiery new moon in Leo, which is inviting us to be bold and audacious! With this boost of confidence, what truth will you embody? How can you be more of your true self? What's holding you back? Fear? (Let's face it: we live in fraught times.) Friends? Who is truly around you for support? And how can Mercury retrograde help us with this? (Yes, Mercury Rx can be helpful!) Listen in to learn how to step into living more boldly. And now I invite you to my Creative Writing Camp! This is no ordinary summer camp. This is lïberation work. Somatic healing practices. Creative expression. Writing as release ritual. Nervous system resilience. Register because you want to be part of the résistânce. Because you want to make a difference. Because you are done playing small. Sign up here: https://suryagian.com/creative-writing-camp August 12-16, 2024 10am-12pm ET Online community $200  =============== Today’s poems/ Books mentioned: Oracle card: Night of Pentacles (Reversed) “Practice this New Bird Call” by Hafiz ===============  Courses / Exclusive Content / Book Mentioned: Subscribe to mailing list + community: suryagian.com/subscribe and get the 7-day meditation challenge, “Spark Joy in Chaos” Subscribe to “Adventures in Midlife” newsletter: leslieann.substack.com Instagram: @leslieannhobayan  Email: leslieann@suryagian.com Creative Writing Camp: https://www.suryagian.com/creative-writing-camp

This week, the King of swords (reversed!) is reflecting back to us all of the hubris out there, with people being rigid in their thinking and trying to convince us of their beliefs, telling us what to do. We must remember that we know ourselves best. How do we get back to our inherent knowing, our deep resonance with our inner Truth? How can we discern what's our voice and what's not? In this week's episode I talk a little bit about voting, how to listen to your own heart, and how this election is not the silver bullet to solve all problems. That we will continue to work towards liberation no matter the results. Tune in to learn more!  =============== Today’s poems/ Books mentioned: Oracle card: King of Swords (reversed) “If you don’t stop that” by Hafiz ===============  Courses / Exclusive Content / Book Mentioned: Subscribe to mailing list + community: suryagian.com/subscribe and get the 7-day meditation challenge, “Spark Joy in Chaos” Subscribe to “Adventures in Midlife” newsletter: leslieann.substack.com Instagram: @leslieannhobayan  Email: leslieann@suryagian.com Creative Writing Camp: https://www.suryagian.com/creative-writing-camp