Beloved,
The last few days I’ve been sharing some of my secrets of daily practices that have changed my life. It’s my hope that you’re finding inspiration in the small daily shifts that can lead to transformation. Committed daily practices and aligning with the sacred in the mundane are my greatest strengths, and it's what I love helping others strengthen and expand in their own lives.
In fact, this email list was first started over 7 years ago for supporting the practice of juice fasting. Perhaps some of you remember Cycle of the Moon Cleanse, a community practice of juice cleansing in accordance with the Moon cycles. I helped to guide hundreds of people with cleansing during those early years. My offerings have evolved since then, but my personal practice and encouragement of cleansing has continued.
In my upcoming group immersion Descent Into Truth: A 40-Day Journey of Transformation Guided By Venus, we commit to a 40+ day practice as a structure for welcoming transformation. Over the ages, there are many references of 40-day fasting periods as being significant in the evolution of spiritual teachers. This timing reflects the length of Venus’ Retrograde cycle and is no coincidence- the descending Evening Star and later rebirthed Morning Star on the horizon were visible markers in the sky to denote the beginning and ending of the 40-day initiation.
Cleansing with the upcoming Venus Retrograde is a divine opportunity of utmost cosmic support for powerful transformation.
Personally, I have experienced incredible healing and spiritual expansion through fasting/cleansing practices. I have extensive experience with juice fasting, water fasting, and even dry fasting. In this work I have shed so much old programming, emotional pain, and physical imbalance. My fasting practices have spanned 3 days to 120 days over the years, and each time something more is cleared, strengthened, and awakened within me. I’ve always listened to my guidance and my body in these experiences treading into the unknown. Fasting is a potent dive into confronting fears and all that hides in the shadows within that has worked for me- but it's not for everyone.
While I have thrived and greatly benefited from lengthy fasting, 40 days of full-on juice cleansing might not work for most people. If it appeals to you but you’ve never done a cleanse before, maybe there’s a smaller timeframe that suits you. It might make more sense to gently ease into a cleanse by taking the first week or two for preparatory clean eating, transitioning into the cleanse for 3-14 days, and then coming off of it wisely and slowly for the remaining time. Integration is paramount in cleansing, so allowing ample time for this process ensures you reap the benefits of a cleanse and emerge from it transformed.
Other approaches to a 40-day cleanse might simply be plant-based eating, or eating just raw foods, or intermittent fasting (refraining from eating for a length of time daily). I have extensive experience in all of these areas and can help determine what’s aligned and safe for you. Any of these approaches will help you clear physically, mentally, and emotionally in transformative ways.
Perhaps a cleanse is the right template for your own transformation during Venus Retrograde. Or, perhaps there’s another path all together that best serves your expansion.
40 days of cleansing is just one of several approaches I offer for inviting change in your life. Join me in my upcoming group journey Descent Into Truth starting May 13th to dive into the depths of your shadows through committed daily practice in a supported ceremonial container, and re-emerge with newfound strength, clarity, and power. I hope you’ll join me! We meet for 7 Wednesdays 11am-12:30pm Pacific on Zoom (or you can watch later). Registration closes May 8th.
* If you are experiencing financial challenges during this time and are called to participate, please reach out to me and express your interest in joining and we can find a way to make it work for you.
Descent Into Truth is an offering birthed from my heart, a true expression of my authentic path and a journey I was prepared to do privately on my own with the coming Venus Retrograde. My guidance strongly showed me the great opportunity available to many people with this transit, and that it was my service to create the container to help others make the most of this extraordinary, important cosmic cycle to support our individual transformation that is greatly needed on the planet now.
Please share this invitation with anyone who may resonate with it. After reading through the full info on my website, please reach out with any questions that arise.
I hope you will join me in exploring this rich journey where we come together to Descend into Truth, so that we may powerfully Ascend with Divine Light. I can't wait. :)
I love you,
Angela