Self care is spiritual

Stepping into my personal new year, Capricorn season and the social New Year, I felt a push to pick up habits I'd been procrastinating. 

This was not an overhaul of my entire life; we’ve already established that the big work starts in Aries Szn. Instead, I wanted to soft-launch small changes to my every day routine that would support my Q2 goals. 

I’d been beating myself up over my fitness, practice and health in general. It seemed like no matter what I did, I was still underrested, fat, grumpy, unmotivated and had no creative drive. 

As a spiritual entreprenuer, I felt like a fucking fraud. 

If I wasn’t practicing, how the hell could I service a client? How could I manifest anything when I couldn’t get off the damn couch? I had nothing to write about because I did nothing all evening. 

Wake up, rush to work, sit at my desk, come home exhausted (from what?!), watch TV and eat, then go to bed. Girl. 

So after my birthday in December, I sat myself down and in true earth- sign fashion, broke down my goals for 2026 into quarters, and then into categories. The moneypiece though? My Q1 goals were so deliciously simple. 

10 minutes of a guided meditation daily. Easy. 

Journal once a day. Easy. 

30 minutes of movement, any movement, daily. Eaaaaasssyyyyy. 

My Q2 goals? Bigger. Harder. More complex. They build on the simple habits I’m building now. Because that’s the driving season. But the start of the year is still peak Winter, and it doesn’t make any sense to try to motivate myself when my body is designed to rest, recuperate, and reflect. 

And what do you know! All of a sudden my head is clearer. I’m sleeping better, meaning I dont need to overeat and over-caffeinate to function. I’m taking care of my body so that my mind and soul can fall into alignment. The journaling is helping me clear negative thought patterns and dissect my dreams (a pinnacle communication channel from my guides). Meditation is aiding in my connection to self and spirit, opening me up to Source and giving me an easier bridge when connecting to clients and their magic. 

In short, taking care of myself is taking care of my business. Taking care of my body is taking care of my spirit. 

Self- care is inherently spiritual because you can’t cater to the tier above until you cater to the one at the base. It’s as simple as the hierarchy of needs. Your spirit resides inside your body, therefore the body must be cared after for the spirit to flourish. 

If you are struggling with your practice or business, consider where you might be neglecting the body. Hustle culture is not hot anymore, and rest is productive. When work slips, the answer is not to try harder. It’s to pull back and evaluate where care is needed. Maybe you need to sleep, to stretch. Maybe you need to pick your daily card pull habit back up. Maybe you need connection, so go sit by the creek or phone a friend. 

I urge you to continue working inwards, babe. That’s where the magic is. 

<3 Ryan