This is how I come back to myself when life sweeps me off my feet.

This is how I come back to myself when life sweeps me off my feet.

I come back to my womb and listen to the messages that come through. I let go of the frustration, the anger, the grief, the guilt, the shame.

I call upon my plant allies, for their medicine supports and carries me through.

“I do not fear death, for it is through this sacred portal that I am reborn.”

The parts of me that hold me back from living authentically heart-centered & present in every moment with my daughter, my family, my community. The parts of me that hold onto patterns & coping mechanisms I adopted in order to survive past traumas. The fear, the anger, the resentment, the grief, the shame, the guilt. I let it all go, over and over. Allowing these parts of me to be composted so that I may rise and be reborn.

I am calling in strength, devotion, compassion, awareness, forgiveness, empowerment, sovereignty, peace, unconditional love, presence, acceptance, financial abundance/literacy/freedom.

I call in these things because I know I am worthy of receiving these things.

My womb whispers wisdom from all of my healed and well ancestors.

Reminding me of who the fuck I am.

Reminding me of the lineage I come from. The lineage that holds a resilience so deep that the traumas that happened down the line stand no chance in repeating when I bring them to the surface to be witnessed & alchemized.

Sat Nam.

Aho!

Sister, if you feel called to connect with the wisdom of your womb send me an email. I would love to support your journey. ✨💚

My first pain-free period of my life🩸✨

She’s back!!! After almost 3 years of not having a period, I have finally called back my bleed, AND this was the first pain-free period of my entire life. You don’t hear too many mothers speak of their first post-partum period as pain-free. In fact, you don’t hear too many women in general speak of their period as pain-free.

Did you know that the blood flow and energy that becomes our monthly bleed actually flows into the breasts and creates milk for our babies? This has been the most heart opening, nourishing, bond-building experience I’ve ever had. I have deeply missed my flow and ability to connect with my blood, to release and offer it back to the Earth. So, I began calling back my bleed by sitting in ceremony with yoni steam herbs & yoni gem rituals to bring the energy and blood flow back down towards my womb and reproductive organs.

I know what some of you are thinking…Okay, Maria. But WHY would you want to bring your bleed back? Why would you want to experience cramps, sore breasts, mood swings, sugar cravings, back pain, acne, fatigue & the inconvenience of bleeding when there’s so much to do?

A lot of women are told by gynecologists “this is just what your cycle is, this is your “normal”. Well, those symptoms are actually ways in which your womb is speaking to you, telling you there’s imbalances.

What if I told you this time of the month can be a ceremonious celebration? That this time of the month you have the opportunity to listen to your womb and connect deeply to the wisdom within while the veil is thin and you’re shedding? That there is potent medicine that only you carry within your unique blood & DNA? That you can release more than just blood, that you can release the shame, the guilt, the fear, the betrayal, pain, the ‘insert limiting belief or generational womb story here’.

If you find yourself reading this and feel a pull from deep within, or perhaps a curiosity as to what I’m talking about, let’s connect.

If this is an experience you’d like to tap into, or you feel you’re ready to reveal the wisdom of your womb we can start by having a connection call to see how I can best support you.

Sister, we’re not meant to heal alone, and we’re definitely not meant to bleed alone! (;

Earth Day Bucket List 2023

Earth Day Bucket List:

🌱 Express Gratitude for the ways Gaia provides, supports & nourishes

🌱 Compost breakfast scraps (today is banana peel from banana pancakes)

🌱 Walk barefoot in the morning dew

🌱 Go on a nature walk

🌱 Pick up a free tree from the city and plant it in the Earth

🌱 Get soil under my fingernails

🌱 Honor the elements

🌱 Sit and have a conversation with a tree

🌱 Observe wildlife

🌱 Pick up trash

🌱 Allow the Earth to pressure point the soles of my feet and breathe into this space

🌱 Plant seeds I’ve been saving

🌱 Water my garden

🌱 Collect fallen leaves and pine needles (granted permission from Gaia)

🌱 Speak a prayer with my forehead or heart to the Earth

🍃 I hold the highest intention to incorporate these practices into my every day routine, as every day Earth deserves to be honored, respected, acknowledged, and celebrated.

May these practices inspire you to participate and create your own living ceremony.

I’d love to hear what everyone’s up to! Feel free to reply to this email or comment on the blog post.

Aho!

Sat Nam.

With Love,

Maria Heart

Space Clearing: What is it and Why should we do it?

What is space clearing?

A space clearing is a deep energetic and spiritual cleanse which typically consists of smudging, prayer, wiping specific areas with a vinegar & salt solution, and many more practices & tools depending on the person performing the clearing.

I typically like to acknowledge the Feng Shui of the space, use Reiki energy & sound healing as well.

Why should we do a space clearing?

Every single thing, animate or inanimate, holds a vibrational frequency and blueprint. On an energetic level, everything is recorded and imprinted. From the clothing you wear, to the floors you walk on, the walls that surround you and the little trinket dish that sits on a table. Repetitive actions and behaviors are deeply imprinted, and events accompanied by strong emotions or trauma are the most strongly impacted of all.

When we leave our home for the day and go around town, to work, the grocery store, wherever our journey takes us, we pick up on everything occurring around us. We then bring this energy back home with us and walk along our floors, hang our (energetically) heavy coat or bag by the door, waiting for the next round of baggage to carry. It is important to stop and cleanse these items or these spaces, and not to just continue with the rush of life.

Doing so helps create flow, clear thoughts, higher vibrational frequencies throughout our spaces and bodies, and assists in staying healthy on a mental, spiritual, physical, and emotional level.

Who would benefit from a space clearing?

• Everyone and Anyone

• Those who have just moved into a new home

• Those who are living in a space where someone has passed over in the past or even recently

• Those who have experienced trauma or heavy emotions in specific rooms

• Those who have experienced rough family dynamics or arguments

• Those who can just feel that something is off or uneasy

• Those who have a tough time letting go and tend to hold onto events, stories, items, or thought loops.

To book a space clearing with me please inquire below and I will reach out to you to schedule. Rates starting at $200.

Lucid Dreaming: What is it and how do I do it?

Lucid Dreaming is the ability to consciously observe and/or control your dreams. To become aware that you are dreaming while in a dream. Lucid dreaming usually occurs when we enter into rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.

Ways to Experience Lucid Dreaming

• Setting Your Environment for REM sleep - creating and maintaining a comfortable sleeping environment will help to encourage REM sleep

• Keeping a Dream Journal - Keeping a record of your dreams can not only help you remember your dreams but also to make connections between the dreams you’re having and the connections and messages that are being presented during your waking life. It’s best to journal as soon as you wake up, especially before checking any electronic devices. If you wake up multiple times throughout the night, even if just to use the restroom, I would suggest writing in your journal anything you remember as it can be very easy to forget by morning time.

  When diving deeper into the meaning of your dreams and the messages your subconscious is trying to relay to you, sometimes you will begin to connect the dots or notice a theme between dreams. This can reveal patterns and behaviors in your psyche, underlying psychological trauma, hidden talents, gifts, and desires, and perfect material to dive into shadow work.

• Use Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams (MILD) - In this technique, you tell yourself repeatedly that you will dream and that you will be aware that you are dreaming. The technique relies on a form of memory known as prospective memory, or the ability to remember future events, to activate a lucid dream state.

• Practice Reality Testing - This process involves doing checks while awake and asleep to determine if one is dreaming. For example, I began by pressing my thumb nail into the center of my index finger as a child (I began reality testing very early in life), and I could feel the sharpness of my nail during waking life, but in a dream state it was a bit fuzzy and that’s how I knew I was dreaming. This was also the technique I would use to wake me up from a nightmare. To read more about my personal reality testing techniques or experiences, click here.

• Working with Dream Herbs - Drinking, smoking, lighting, or even keeping under your pillow certain herbs can help increase the vividness of your dreams, dream recall, activate lucid dreaming, or help with relaxing you enough to get to a state of quality sleep. Drinking a lucid dreaming tea before bed is one of my go-to’s as I've found it to be one of the most effective ways to work with the herbs to invoke and enhance the lucid dreaming state.

  To purchase Lucid Dreaming Tea, click here.

• Working with Crystals - So this gets into more of the metaphysical side of things. Everything holds a frequency, even inanimate objects, like crystals. Different crystals hold different frequencies and provide different benefits. Some crystals to work with for lucid dreaming are: mystic merlinite, amethyst, purple fluorite, moonstone, clear quartz, selenite, labradorite, lepidolite, blue kyanite, and moldavite. To read more about these crystals and how they can assist, click here.

• Exercising Memory and Awareness - Practices like meditation and yoga can help increase your memory and awareness of not only your inner world, but the world around you as the two go hand in hand, making it easier to unpack what your subconscious may be trying to tell you in your dreams. It’s called “Dream Work” for a reason, Lucid Dreaming can be fun, but can also be material for doing inner work if you choose to approach it that way. Practice being the observer. Practicing being the observer in your waking life will not only enhance your awareness but also has been one of the key tools in what activates my lucid dreaming, from personal experience.

Crystals for Dream Work: Properties and Uses

Certain crystals are associated with lucid dreaming, dream recall, astral projection, protection, intuition, and clairvoyance. Here’s a list of my favorite crystals to work with, their properties, and uses.

Mystic Merlinite

“Also known as Indigo Gabbro, Mystic Merlinite helps to open the door to the dream world by allowing you to see and be conscious that you are dreaming and therefore develop the ability to manipulate your dreams as well as learn the lessons you need to from them.  Assists with overcoming any emotional hurt you might be holding at a subconscious level and allowing you to overcome any self-destructive patterns that you might be holding because of it.  Mystic Merlinite allows us to see the light and dark within ourselves and come to the realization that both are needed within our existence in order to live a full and balanced life.  By doing this it helps us to facilitate self-awareness and self-growth.

Mystic Merlinite Physical Healing – Help in cases of amnesia and in recovering lost memories, bring balance within oneself.”

Amethyst

“Amethyst is one of the best crystals for lucid dreaming. Amethyst assists in remembering and understanding dreams. It relieves insomnia. Encourages selflessness and spiritual wisdom. Amethyst activates spiritual awareness, opens intuition and enhances psychic abilities.

Amethyst is also a powerful and protective stone and can protect you during sleep from negative influences or energies. Amethyst is a natural tranquilizer, that will help you relax and overcome dispels fear and anxiety. It calms and stimulates the mind, helping you become more focused, enhancing memory and improving motivation.”

Purple Fluorite

“Purple Fluorite increases mystic visions and aids spiritual balance. It helps the intuition to connect to the rational mind. It is another great stone to use for lucid dreaming practice.

Fluorite cleanses and stabilizes the aura.  It absorbs and neutralizes negative energy and stress.  An excellent learning aid, Fluorite increases our powers of concentration, self-confidence and helps us in decision-making.  It encourages positivity, balances the energies, and improves balance and coordination, both physically and mentally.”

Moonstone

“A stone for “new beginnings”, Moonstone is a stone of inner growth, self acceptance and inner strength. Moonstone is a natural crystal choice for lucid dreaming work, as it enhances your intuition and promotes spiritual insights during dreams.

Crystal Healing Expert, Judy Hall, recommends Moonstone, which opens the heart to nurturing qualities as well as assisting in the acceptance of love.”

Clear Quartz

“Clear Quartz is known as the “master healer” and will amplify energy and thought, as well as the effect of other crystals. It absorbs, stores, releases and regulates energy. Clear Quartz enhances psychic abilities. It aids concentration and unlocks memory, so you can easily remember your dreams.

Clear Quartz balances and revitalizes the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual planes. Cleanses and enhances the organs and subtle bodies and acts as a deep soul cleanser, connecting the physical dimension with the mind.”

Selenite

“Selenite is another powerful crystal to use for lucid dreaming. It opens the crown and higher crown chakras and accesses angelic consciousness and higher guidance. It can even be used to access past lives as well as future lives.

Selenite provides for clarity of the mind, expanding ones awareness of the self and of ones surroundings.  Selenite is a calming stone that instills deep peace and is excellent for meditation or spiritual work.  It assists judgement and insight.  It clears confusion and aids in seeing the deeper picture.”

Labradorite

“Labradorite is a great crystal for lucid dream work as it balances and protects the aura while you sleep and raises your consciousness while grounding spiritual energies. Labradorite banishes fears, anxieties and insecurities that may cause insomnia, and strengthens faith in self and trust in the universe. It stimulates the imagination and calms an overactive mind, developing enthusiasm and new ideas.”

Lepidolite

“Lepidolite activates the throat, heart, third eye chakras. It also opens the crown chakra, clearing blockages and bringing cosmic awareness, and insightful dreams. Lepidolite facilitates astral travel, and can help one connect with angels, guides and spiritual helpers.

Lepidolite brings deep emotional healing and self forgiveness, soothing and reducing stress and depression.”

Blue Kyanite

“Kyanite induces dream recall and can promote healing dreams. Kyanite is an excellent stone for meditation and attunement. It encourages psychic abilities and communication on all levels. Kyanite aligns all chakras and subtle bodies instantly. It provides balance of yin-yang energy and dispels blockages, moving energy gently through the physical body.”

Moldavite

Moldavite is a very powerful stone that can be a bit intense for some. It is recommended to hold the stone for short periods of time as it can cause rapid change and body sensations.

“It is considered the stone of the new age because it carries the energy of the extraterrestrial world. This prominent crystal is very interesting being one of the oldest minerals on earth and believed to originate from outer space. Being extraterrestrial, this crystal has the ability to induce incredible lucid dreams.

It radiates energy and even upon your first touch, you can immediately feel the warmth by sending vibration throughout the body that will permeate a slight prickling sensation. This enables the blood run smoothly in the veins that reach up to the brain to clear the mind.

This crystal posses such strong energy to elevate your mind, take you beyond boundaries, and push you to the limit, thus supporting the desire of your subconscious mind to dream lucidly.”

Lapis Lazuli

“Lapis Lazuli is a semiprecious stone that has been used for centuries to induce lucid dreaming. The stone is said to have a strong connection to the subconscious mind, and is thought to help unlock the secrets of the subconscious. 

It is also said to help improve communication between the conscious and subconscious minds, making it easier for people to become aware of their dreams and achieve lucidity. In addition, Lapis Lazuli is believed to help connect people with their spiritual guides and angels, making it easier for them to access guidance and support during their journey through lucid dreaming.”

Celestite

“Celestite helps connect the physical and spiritual planes to promote lucid dreaming. It helps to open up the Third Eye chakra. This is the energy center located between the eyebrows that is associated with intuition and psychic ability. When this chakra is open, it’s easier to become aware in a dream state. Celestite also makes your dreams more vivid, allowing you to more easily enter into a lucid state.”

Sodalite

“Increases confidence, Intuition & relaxation. Assists in dream recall, lucid dreaming & truth seeking. Helps formulate new thought patterns & interpretation. Use in meditation, self reflection & shamanic journeys. Supports the regulation of blood pressure”

Yoni Steam Benefits & FAQ

Yoni Steaming is a practice that has been around for centuries, the knowledge being passed along through women with the intention to help heal and reawaken the womb.

Physical & Emotional Benefits

• Corrects imbalances within your menstrual cycle (irregular/missing cycles, menstrual cramps, etc.)

• Tightens and strengthens the vaginal walls

• Alleviates PMS symptoms

• Regulates hormones

• Clears energy from past sexual partners

• Brings awareness and healing to sexual trauma

• Decreases heavy menstrual flow

• Helps restore pH balance that aids in preventing bad bacteria, viruses, odors, & infections.

• Creates an opportunity for women to connect deeper with their womb and the wisdom from their ancestors.

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Yoni Steam Activation

1. Create a space in which you won’t be disturbed for the duration of your steam. Light some candles, incense, sage, or whatever makes you feel good. You can put on some music or sit in silence. Set intentions or say a prayer before steaming.

2. Mix 1 cup herbs with enough spring water to cover the herbs. Cover pot and simmer for 10 minutes.

3. Remove from heat and pour the mixture into a yoni steam seat or heat-safe bowl/pot.

4. Remove clothes from the waist down and sit over the steam. (you can sit on an open seated chair, steam stool, or there’s a seat you can purchase that fits into your toilet for convenience.)

5. Wrap a blanket or sheet that extends to the floor around your waist so the steam stays directed into your yoni. Test the heat BEFORE sitting over the steam so you don’t burn yourself.

6. Enjoy your steam for 30 minutes or longer if you wish, reheat steam as needed during this session but do not ever reuse the same steam for future steams. I enjoy pouring my steam back into the Earth with a prayer when I’m done, do whatever feels right to you.

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FAQ

When should I yoni steam?

Yoni steaming can be done whenever feels right for you. I personally enjoy steaming before my menstrual cycle and/or after my menstrual cycle for help with releasing.

Is there ever a time I shouldn’t steam?

Do not yoni steam while pregnant, while menstruating, with an IUD in, or with an active infection or UTI.

Is yoni steaming safe?

Yes. Yoni steaming is safe if you get your steams from a knowledgeable source. There’s many yoni steams made with herbs that should not be steamed into the vagina and may be too harsh. Also, the herbs should be 100% organic for proper benefits and uses.

Sacred Sound Baths

This workshop will cleanse & bathe your soul with high vibrational frequencies to encourage soul renewal & energetic re-alignment.

This workshop will be in-person in an intimate setting. Only six spots are available.

Be prepared for a journey through sound and wavelengths that bring you back to your center. Certain emotions may arise that are needing to be acknowledged, felt, and transmuted. Your emotions are valid, and this is a safe space to acknowledge, release, or embody, depending on what feels right to you.

Please secure your spot below by selecting the "pay for friends & family" option.

$11 Offering. 1 Hour Workshop.

Please arrive 5-10 minutes early to ensure we begin on time.

Thank you, and I look forward to sharing space with you!

XO,

Maria

Reclaiming Your Power

Hello, Beautiful Women!

Are you interested in connecting with a group of women who are on the path of self-discovery? Do you want to connect more with the different phases of the moon while understanding more of your own phases? Maybe you wish to reconnect with your heart space and tap into your power as a woman. Either way, you’ve come to the right place and you are very much welcome and supported here.

It seems that a lot of us women have become disconnected from our Divine Feminine over time or that we have forgotten all the gifts we hold & how the moon supports us along this journey of life. Each month we shed layers of ourselves only to rebirth again and again. This cycle repeats every single month, every single year. We have opportunities within each cycle to set intentions and to hold a ceremony for ourselves during these times. I’ve decided to create this group so we can learn, support, and celebrate each other. We will meet over zoom twice a month, sometimes on a new moon or sometimes on a full moon.

Together we will work with the moon and planetary alignments to either release or cultivate the energy needed to support our growth & path. We will have open discussions, whether it be what’s coming up for each individual, personal experiences, goals & dreams, or just conversations that bring warmth and connection while strengthening our relationships as women. Everything discussed will be held in a safe space in which we may honor one another’s vulnerability.

I have been doing deep inner work for the past 5-years and have learned many tools to be able to acknowledge the steps needed to take to reclaim myself and my power.

The more we meet and connect, the deeper we may go.

We are women. We are strong. We are powerful.

When we come together, magic happens.

You may register below and will receive a confirmation email along with the location and some preparation details. (please sign up under friends and family instead of goods and service via paypal)

The first meeting will be Friday, January 29th, 2021. One day after the Full Moon in Leo!

XO, Maria

• Shadow Work •

Do you have habits that bring you shame and guilt? That are a bit self destructive?

Where do those habits stem from?

When is the first time you felt shame?

Our shadow is the parts of ourselves we decide to put into a box in the corner of our subconscious never to be unleashed in public because “that’s not the way we’re supposed to act” or “that’s not the way we’re supposed to feel”. All at a young age when we’re being programmed. 

Then, as years pass, we get drunk one night, the walls are down, our suppressed beloved shadow comes out to play.

We awake the next morning in disgust, in shame or guilt.

(Just one of the ways our suppressed self can come out)

Tucking our shadow back where it came from. Thinking “I never act like that, that wasn’t me” 

Or when we are in an argument and rage takes over, our shadow, our inner child that was told to keep quiet finally speaks up and lashes out. 

Our shadow is a part of us. Asking it to leave or trying to rid ourselves from it would mean getting rid of a part of ourselves.

Instead of trying to rid yourself of your shadow side, why not dance a little? Become playful.

Sit with your shadow and acknowledge it for what it is.

Greet that part of you with tender love and care.

Find that sweet love language it cries out for, and honor it in ways that can free you instead of making you feel small.

Find the root of the feeling or experience you’re trying to recreate through your shadow cycles.

These patterns are what can free you if you look close enough. 

Balance, baby. Balance.

My experience meeting Mother Aya.

I'm sharing with you all the most sacred, crippling, beautiful experience of my life. My journey & meeting with Mother Aya. I decided to dive into the deepest, darkest parts of my soul....to walk through the fire and transmute my trauma & pain into love and light. The human language isn't evolved enough for me to truly express what I have experienced, but I've done my best to put together this video for you all. If you have any questions or are interested in partaking in ceremony please feel free to message me. I am here for you. Mother is waiting for you to come home.

I express eternal gratitude for Alex Baez, for without him, his support, his guidance, his unconditional love for me, this experience would not be what it is. For experiencing me in all forms, from the most broken & lost, to the most sacred & divine, to the most vulnerable, scared, angry & powerful. For standing by my side through it all and showing me the light I hold within.

Gratitude for Kristin Blackman, my sister, my love. We’re cut from the same cloth and split from the same soul. Your love, support and presence has meant more to me than I could ever express.

Kristin & Alex, it brings me joy to know we've been living many lives together, I am a servant to your love even when the Earth spins backwards.

Gratitude for all of Soul Quest staff & volunteers, for they show me what family is, what love is. Completely devoted to the medicine & the healing of all.