Cultivating Faith In Being

How can we cultivate faith from a place of being? When we are still and sitting in the unknown? In today's episode, Joanna shares her thoughts on the times that we're moving through and how to cultivate more faith when faith may be lost. Weaving in practices and wisdom from her own life experiences. Remembering that less is more. Enjoy.

Transcript

Hello and welcome to the Wisdom Well.

I am your host,

Joanna,

And I will be sharing and talking about subjects that I feel really passionate about.

I love to talk about how we can take a more holistic approach to our own health and wellbeing.

I love to talk about conscious relating,

Plant medicines,

Travel,

Community,

Shamanism,

Love,

And so much more.

And no doubt more topics will rise as we move through these huge times we're going through.

I really hope you enjoy the show and I look forward to hearing your feedback.

Enjoy.

Hello,

You beautiful beings,

Adventure seekers,

And welcome to episode three of the Wisdom Well.

Firstly,

Thank you so much for all the feedback from the first two episodes that I released.

So nice to hear your thoughts and to hear how they resonate for you and to see how you are now sharing your vulnerabilities and really feeling into what feels alive and true for you.

So at the moment I am actually in London for two weeks.

It's so interesting.

Let's say interesting to be back after being in Ibiza for nearly two and a half years with little time back in England and especially in the city.

It's been a real shift to land back into this city life,

Into this mode.

And yeah,

It's been really interesting because I was in Ibiza really missing culture and art and the vibe.

And actually now I'm back here,

I'm feeling like maybe I'm not missing it so much actually.

It's definitely not the London that I used to know,

That's for sure.

And so I'm only here for a couple of weeks anyway doing some teaching,

Doing some one-to-one sessions,

Catching up with some friends.

And for the first week I was back,

I actually just didn't have any desire to do much or I didn't really have any inspiration or creative juices or energy flowing through me.

So I just allowed myself to be and to land into this vibration and just to feel it because it's very different to where I've been.

And I'm not so much in nature here and I'm boxed into four walls and it's totally different.

And so as subjects have been landing in for what to record for episode three,

Nothing was really like a full body yes.

So I thought,

Okay,

Well I'm just going to wait until it's a full yes to this.

And I was chatting to a friend and a previous student yesterday and we were talking about big subjects around what we're in right now.

And so the subject just landed,

Which was cultivating faith in being.

So how do we cultivate faith when everything feels so unknown and uncertain?

And how do we soften into a place of being when a lot of us are used to being in a state of doing?

And I'm sure this is something that we've all kind of considered and been in for the last 18 months at least.

I know I have.

And this subject has been coming up for me because since I've been back in the UK,

Which has been about four weeks now,

I've been doing little bits of work,

Catching up with friends,

Catching up with family.

And I've also been sinking into a softer place of receiving and being and slowing down and moving away from the kind of intense energy that Ibiza has.

So anyone that has been to Ibiza or has been there for an extended length of time will know what I mean.

It's quite a magnetic energy.

Things happen very quickly and intensely and everything's magnified.

And so whatever you're kind of thinking or experiencing,

You feel it,

Like really feel it.

And I already have a Scorpio moon.

So it's not like I need to feel things even more intensely than I already do.

It's interesting that I've chosen these intense islands to live on like Bali and Ibiza.

And now I'm kind of moving into this space where I'm like,

I think I just need to be more grounded and not so much in island energy.

But anyway,

That's why I'm back in the UK,

Just like feeling the energy of this place and coming back to my roots grounding in the earth.

And it's been very,

Very nourishing for me.

Anywho,

It really got me to thinking about this huge time that we're in because a lot of people that I'm speaking to are in a place of kind of,

Let's call it sitting in the void,

Neither here or there,

Just sitting in the in-between.

And no one really knows what's coming next.

But did we ever really know what was coming next?

I mean,

No one really knows.

We can plan and plan and think we've got a hold of our lives and be controlling things,

But ultimately we aren't in control of anything.

So this time has shown us that more than ever.

And I can see that for me personally,

This year,

I've been creating new projects and coming up with new ideas and all sorts of new content.

And my work has been expanding in some ways and then falling away in others.

And I realize now I'm in a place of being guided to just do nothing.

And that is quite an uncomfortable place for me to be in because I'm a generator.

I'm like a doer.

I love creating and spending time just doing things.

And now I feel like the guidance that I'm receiving is just to stop.

Just be.

Allow things to come to you.

Allow things to land,

To integrate.

It's been a huge 18 months.

Let's just let that land a little bit.

Let's embody the learnings,

The teachings.

And the only way to really do that is to be still.

And being still can be quite an uncomfortable place for many,

Certainly for me.

But I'm definitely getting better at it.

And it's a beautiful place to soften more into the feminine energy.

And this time that we're in is very much about that.

And this double Aquarius full moon that we just had at the weekend definitely bought more of that energy in.

It was like,

What are you really ready to let go of?

Now is the time.

So for me,

It was like getting rid of the people pleaser,

Getting rid of the need to be doing all the time and just letting that go and moving into a place of stillness and undoing the conditioning and the programming of success only means how is shown by how busy I am or how much work I'm doing,

For example.

And I also realized that it's been for me as an empath and a sensitive being,

Which has taken up until now to actually say that out loud because it was something that I tried to dim and shy away from and suppress and deny.

And I realized that that's actually something that is a good thing because when you're empathic and you're sensitive,

You feel and you sense and you know more about yourself and the world around you.

And so knowing that about myself,

I found that I was getting very overloaded in my system from all of the information that's available on social media and around me and the news and all the things,

So many different platforms and so many different things going on.

And some are focusing on the light,

Some are focusing on the dark.

And for me,

It was just observing the spectrum of all of this information that is out there going from one end to the other.

And my whole system was just overloaded.

And I was like,

You know what?

I just need a break from all of this.

I need to just be neutral.

I need to be in my center because there's all that information over there and all that information over there.

And at this point,

I don't even know what's true.

Do any of us actually know what's true?

No one really knows.

And so the best place I feel we can be is just to be in our centers,

In the middle,

Neither here or there,

Just in our hearts and in the center of our being and in our true essence.

And so I actually came off Facebook and I'm keeping Instagram to a minimum.

And I'm just starting to simplify and strip back and just start to clear some space for me to just be with me and connected to spirit.

Because all this external noise and everyone else's stories and opinions and all these things is just too much.

It's too much.

And we weren't designed to take on so much information and to be stimulated in such a way that it gets into our psyche and into our physical bodies.

And I was certainly feeling it in my physical body if I'd overloaded my system with information.

It was just too much.

And so now I'm in this place of just taking some of those things out and getting on the mat every day,

Doing my practice,

Connecting to spirit,

Asking for guidance,

Trusting that I'm being guided for the highest and greatest good of myself and therefore for all so that I can be in the best service and be who I came here to be ultimately.

And that doesn't mean that I need to jump on the bandwagon of the next thing that's being shown on social media and that I need to have a voice for a particular way of thought.

I just need to be me and doing what feels true to me,

What serves me in this moment,

In every moment.

And that probably is not scrolling through social media and not overloading myself with the many,

Many opinions that are out there,

But going in and listening to the wisdom that is in my heart and in my being.

So for me,

That is connecting to spirit and trusting my life's journey and the guidance that I receive in moments of stillness and quiet time.

And so that's meditation,

Walking in nature,

Taking time to just be with myself,

Taking time off technology and trusting,

Sinking into trust.

That's a huge one that's been coming up again for me recently.

How can we fully trust and have faith when so many things are being shook up and things are crumbling and life as we know it has and is changing and is going to continue to change.

And we really are in a time that we've never experienced in our lifetime before.

And of course,

This is going to be unsettling and we might feel like,

Which way do we go?

Which way to turn?

What now?

And when I find myself asking those questions,

It really is to simplify and to do less and to almost just allow these things to unfold because they are out of my control as an individual.

I can observe and I can witness,

But ultimately all I can do is me and cultivate that faith within myself,

Cultivate that trust and that love and that compassion,

Because that is a vibration and a frequency that will be felt by others.

Because if I'm feeding into the fear and into the old ways and feeding that through my vibration,

Then I'm just feeding that into the collective consciousness and we definitely don't need more of that.

There's enough of that already.

I can feel it in London.

There's a lot.

There really is a lot.

So actually being in this space,

Being in London is showing me even more how to cultivate that inner peace within.

Because when I'm in Ibiza and I'm surrounded by like-minded beings and I have access to the sea every day and the forests,

It's almost easier there to keep that state of faith when you're in that vibration.

And when you come into a place like the city where there's a lot of different energies flying around,

It's like how do I sink more into me?

And so I'm going to share how I cultivate faith in my life because I've definitely had moments this year where I've lost faith,

But somehow I have found even when I've lost faith actually,

There's a deep undercurrent within me and a deep knowing that there's this undeniable faith that I have that I've always had in my life and in my path and this human experience that I'm living.

And I think that when we have that deep in ourselves,

It's ingrained in this trust,

Then we can't really falter.

Every choice and every decision that we make is divinely guided and I have to trust that.

So how do I cultivate faith within myself?

For me,

It's doing my practice.

Like I love Kundalini,

It's been something I've been doing for about seven or eight years now.

I feel my practice is just getting stronger every day.

Connecting to my breath,

Connecting to that prayer and that devotion is everything for me.

It's my meditation,

It's my practice.

It's not something that I feel to teach or share,

It's just for me and it keeps me grounded.

It keeps me centered.

It keeps me clear.

And so I cultivate faith through that practice.

I take walks in nature and I connect to the earth.

I connect to the sacred waters.

And in mother nature,

I remember my connection to her and you probably find that when you're in nature,

Everything just kind of disappears.

It's like everything's okay now actually.

I'm good,

I'm grounded,

I'm clear,

I'm being slower,

This is good.

And I ask for guidance,

I ask for support.

I go into the dream space asking for messages and to also receive healing in my sleep because there's so much that can happen in the unseen realms and we are so supported.

We are very much in our physical realm,

In our physical bodies,

Living this 3D human life,

But we do have access to this spirit world,

Which is a whole other unseen realm that we don't necessarily see,

But we have access to.

So cultivating faith through your connection to your guides that are walking beside you always.

They're the ones that send those little whispers and messages through in the dreams and just in your waking day,

The ones that guide you because they are always there and they are just waiting for you to ask.

And once you open up that connection with them and start to communicate with them,

Then they can assist.

And another thing that I do as a general practice is to almost offer myself over to the divine and say,

Whatever is meant for my highest and greatest good,

Allow that.

I am open to receiving,

I am open to being guided,

So show me the way to go.

Show me.

If I'm not clear on something or something seems a little uncertain,

Then I can ask to be shown and the universe will always show what needs to be seen.

And that faith that is cultivated within allows me and one to then be in a place of being,

In a place of trust,

In a place of receiving and allowing.

And I really believe that this is where we want to be in this time.

There's really nothing else to do.

If this resonates,

Let me know.

I'm so curious to see where you're at with this topic.

I have certainly taken times over this year to just be,

But I also realized that in those moments I was also still doing.

I was also still doing something or trying to control the outcome of something or directing my work in a particular way.

And the universe was just like,

No,

No,

No,

No.

And I was having to take my own medicine in a way.

So everything that I teach,

I was having to bring into my own life,

Walk my talk as they say.

And my body has been speaking to me.

My physical being tells me when something is up and something's not quite in alignment.

And I've been really having to listen to that.

When does my body feel alive and awake and good and full of joy?

When does it feel heavy and stagnant and tense?

What am I doing in those moments?

Who are the people that I'm with?

Where am I in the world?

My body knows.

And so it is guiding me when to be in a place of doing,

When to be in a place of being.

And so I'm learning to trust that more,

Trust what my body is saying,

Trust the messages that I'm receiving,

To slow down and to listen and to cultivate faith in that place.

So let me know if that rings true for you.

I really do believe that now is the time for us to be within and to gather the inner strength within our own beings before we then go outside of ourselves,

If that makes sense.

And I'm sure there are many ways that we can cultivate that faith within.

I've just shared what feels true and what works for me.

And yeah,

I'm curious to see how you feel.

So let me know how you go.

How do you cultivate faith in being?

How do you allow yourself to simply be?

More of that.

No,

I think we need some more of that.

As for the next episode,

Who knows what's going to come through,

But I'm sure it will be timely and will resonate with some of you at the right moment.

And also another thing that I just wanted to share before I sign out for today is I've been working with this Oracle Shaman deck for anyone that works with cards or tarot.

And the reminders have been coming through for this topic in a way,

How do we surrender into this state of being?

And they've been confirming that it's safe to sit in the void,

To sit in the place of neither here or there,

And to keep just sitting and trusting and be like the eagle.

Take the higher perspective,

Trust that your journey is unfolding and there's nothing much more for you to do,

But just to spread your wings and fly and be who you came here to be in your truest essence,

Just as you are.

Because that's what we all came here to do.

I hope you have found some resonance with today's topic.

I'm looking forward to hearing your feedback and to hearing how you are getting on.

Have a gorgeous week and I will see you next time.

And that's it for today.

Thank you so much for listening.

We really hope you enjoyed the show.

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And also a big thank you to my beautiful sister,

Rachel,

Who creates the music to accompany the show,

Also known as Veda Ray.

You can check her out on SoundCloud.

Listen to her music.

She is amazing.

Thank you so much and see you next time.

Reviews

Thank you! Your insights definitely resonated. 🙏🏼

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