"Jacqueline, are you still into New Age?"

I was asked that question recently. It made me smile because I knew exactly why she was asking.

From the outside, it probably looks as though my head is permanently floating somewhere in the spiritual clouds. Breathwork. Reiki. Ecstatic Dance. Tantra. Oracle cards. Family constellations. Egyptian goddesses. Astrology. Human Design. Gene Keys. Numerology.

I get it.

A few years ago, I probably would have thought exactly the same.

In fact... I probably would have laughed at myself too.

But honestly?

I've never felt more grounded than I do now. Ironically, all of these practices haven't taken me further away from myself. They've brought me much closer to my body.

And that's where it all began. Not with belief. But with curiosity.

I have a very simple compass: Does something light me up? Do I feel a huge YESSSSSS in my body?

If I do, I want to know why. That's how every journey started.

Reiki didn't begin because I thought I was a healer. It began because, during a tantra training, my hands suddenly started burning. 

Tantra, by the way, started with a misunderstanding too. A friend kept saying, "I'm going dancing this weekend." So naturally, I thought I had signed up for a dance class. 😂 Turns out... it was something entirely different.

Ecstatic Dance came next and eventually became one of the safest places for me to feel at home in my body again.

Oracle cards were a gift.

I discovered Human Design through Instagram.

Gene Keys through Happinez magazine.

A friend introduced me to The Pattern.

And the Egyptian goddesses? That started with a single book... and somehow ended with me sitting on the lap of a statue of Sekhmet in Egypt, crying.

Ten years ago... I wouldn't have believed that either.

And perhaps that's exactly the point.

I don't believe everything I read.

In fact... I would encourage you not to. Always keep thinking for yourself. After all... this is Earth School. 😉

For me, these systems aren't absolute truths. They're mirrors.

The first time someone interpreted my birth chart, I was stunned. Not because I believed the stars determined my life, but because, for the first time, I found words for something I had felt my entire life.

Each system offered me another piece of the puzzle.

Therapy gave me language.

Family constellations gave me images.

Breathwork helped me feel.

Astrology gave me meaning.

Human Design offered me gentleness.

The Gene Keys helped me look at my shadow in a completely different way.

And perhaps most importantly... they all helped me take my past less personally.

These days, my life feels like one long conversation with the universe.

Or perhaps, more accurately... with my own heart.

Passion. Longing. Desire. Curiosity.

Those are my compasses now.

And here's the beautiful irony...

Most of these systems aren't new at all. Astrology is thousands of years old.

The ancient Egyptians worked with archetypes.

In India, spiritual and energetic traditions have been passed down for centuries.

So no...

I'm not into New Age.

I'm into Ancient Age. 😉

❤️

Reflection

What are you doing today that your younger self would have thought was completely ridiculous?