Today’s meditation was eleven minutes long, and was one of the #DailyCalm sessions in the @Calm app.
Today’s session was called “Breath; in three acts” and took the listener through an activity where you observe the breath for a full minute, counting how many breaths you take within that 60 seconds in time. Then, for the “second act”, you take a full minute where you control your breathing to take full, deep breaths slowly in and out, filling your lungs all the way full with each inhale, then slowly easing the breath out on the exhale. Then, for the “third act” you do another minute where you breathe naturally and count your breaths again for the full 60 seconds.
The notation is that you take less breaths in the third act than you did in the first, demonstrating that in having taken time to do some deep breathing, it helps ease your central nervous system and thus your breath and your body as a whole. For me in this session, the difference was 10 breaths in the first act, and 6 breaths in the third act.
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The @GlitterbyInk #AprilFinds25 Challenge
Lost and Found Prompt for April 11 : Hope
Today’s draw is the Seven of Cups (Will o’ the Wisps), which is traditionally a representation of themes having to do with having a plethora of options to choose from, all of opportunity’s doors being open upon one’s path, and at times being overwhelmed by the sheer number of choices available in the moment.
The message in today’s card when combined with the prompt of “hope” is to remember not to let hope overshadow your good sense.
Hope is an integral part of being human, but its important to balance hope with practicality, especially when making important decisions. If we don’t stay in touch with practicality and common sense during these times, hope can lead us astray into the land of unrealistic expectations. This, in turn, can cause us to make bad choices when there are better ones on offer to us.
Don’t get me wrong. Hope is important. The key is in balancing it with unbiased practicality (not to be mistaken for negativity or pessimism, which are not unbiased), so that we don’t end up lead astray.
DECK USED: SOUL CREATURES TAROT
#DiscordTarotholicsApr2025 Challenge
Prompt for April 11 : What do you need to focus on for self-care for this month’s full moon?
Reading Summary: It’s time to take a look at your trapped (enfermement) shadows (ombre) in a new light (évolution).
Take Away: You (and to be fair, many) view shadow work as something that’s a trial, sometimes a trial through fire. Hard and painful, an uphill slog through difficult emotional and psychological terrain.
Shadow work does not always have to be difficult, though. Sometimes it just means setting free to let breathe a part of yourself that you have been hiding from the world.
Owning a part of yourself as you own your mistakes and flaws, instead of judging that part of yourself so harshly and trying to pretend it doesn’t exist. Looking inward with honesty doesn’t have to be torturous or painful. It just means being honest with yourself, no matter what.
Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Red Maple Leaves for Adaptability and Connection
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Cedar Heart with Feather Moss Sprout for Protection of Understanding
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy
DECK USED: ÉCLOSION L’ORACLE
I spoke with Gid about how I was feeling and what I was worrying about concerning new writing characters we were working on creating, rather than keeping it to myself as I wanted to do. It turns out I was misinterpreting his creative block as something it wasn’t.
Twisting the Leaf 