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Resource Sheet for LGBTQ+ youth, allies, and others!

Linked to this post is a compiled list of resources available to LGBTQ+ youth, allies, educators, families, and others in the United States. It may be most helpful for people in Texas as that was the target audience when written but has resources available nationally. This sheet is separated into categories such as:

Community/Support - National

Youth and Crisis Hotlines

Advocacy and Legal

Health

Education

Academic and Informational

Religious and Spiritual

And more.

Please share this document with people that may need it. There's a lot of good support and information out there that many aren't aware of, so it would be great to spread it further!

Note: My co-writter and I plan to add more to the document so watch for new updates.

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Ahh I love James Somerton's channel. For me it's up there with Philosophy Tube and Contrapoints. If you want similar videos, Lindsay Ellis, Sideways, The Sin Squad, Rowan Ellis, Yhara zayd, and eliquorice are great! They all make videos on lgbt+ film theory either once in while or constantly. Check them out!

u all are always talking about video essays when are u going to show some respect for deep cuts: society and queer horror and it's predecessor monsters in the closet - a history of lgbt representation in horror cinema

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"Had she really thought I would not know him? I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world."

Y'all didn't tell me Song of Achilles was this raw !!!

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I normally don't post about stuff like this but I really appreciated Unus Annus. I found the channel late, in September, but I enjoyed what I was able to see. I don't necessarily feel bad, I knew the clock was going to go down eventually. It just didn't feel real till now. I'm glad though, this channel reminded me that I can do whatever I want with the time I have left. I've taken advantage of opportunities that a few months ago, I probably would've avoided. Thank you Unus Annus, memento mori :)

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Apple Pie Recipe

I made this pie recipe for my neighbors recently and they loved it! If you like making pie you should definitely try this :)

Pie Crust (9-inch single crust pie)

1¼ cup all-purpose flour

½ teaspoon kosher salt

½ tablespoon sugar, optional

½ cup cold, unsalted butter, cut into cubes

1-4 tablespoons ice water

Directions

Add 1¼ cup flour, salt, and butter to a food processor. Pulse 2 to 3 times until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Scrape sides if necessary. 

Add a tablespoon of ice water, one at a time, into the mixture. Stop adding water when the dough comes together. 

Remove dough from the food processor and place in a mound on a clean surface. Work the dough just enough to form a ball. Form the ball into a disk, wrap it in plastic wrap, and refrigerate it for at least an hour. 

Pie Filling 

6-8 Granny Smith Apples

½ cup of sugar

1 tablespoon of flour

A squeeze of lemon juice

Allspice, to taste

Cinnamon, to taste

Oatmeal Crumble Topping

¾ cup old-fashioned oats

1 cup brown sugar

¾ cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

½ cup cold butter

Directions

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Take your pie crust out of the fridge until it is slightly softened. 

Once your pie crust is ready to be rolled, lay it out on a clean counter. Sprinkle flour on your rolling pin and counter to prevent it from sticking. Roll the crust out until it is big enough for your pan. Place the crust into the pan and use your fingers to press out any pockets of air. 

Fill your crust with apples, mounded slightly. 

Mix brown sugar, oats, flour, and cinnamon in a bowl. Grate the cold butter into the bowl and use two forks or a pastry cutter to mash the butter into the oat mixture. Mix until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Spread over the apples to the edges of the baking dish.

Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Continue Baking for 35-45 minutes, until the apples are soft. 

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Things to Research Before Working with the Fae

Research is the most important thing to do before heading into Faery work and witchcraft. You want to have a lot of in depth and versatile knowledge covering many areas of the topic so you’ll be able to understand and interact with the Fair Folk! If you don’t want to work with the Fair Folk you can use this list to help yourself understand them and take the proper measure if you ever stumble upon them. I know the list could go on forever but I’m compiling the topics I find build a good foundation of understanding. I have compiled this list to give those interested guidance and a push in the right direction, it is best you do your own research before asking other’s personal knowledge and opinions!!

The Basics

Terminology ( Fae, faery, fairy, changeling, seelie, unseelie, sidhe, etc)

The Origins of the Fae (Tuatha de Dannan, Aos Sí, Tylwyth Teg)

Faeries in Different Cultures: Celtic (Irish, Scottish, Gaulish, French), Norse, Influences from Greek and Roman culture.

Folklore & Myths!! ex. Oisin and Tír na nÓg , Fenian Cycle, Arthurian Legend. 

Celtic Gods, Goddesses & Heroes- strong influences and connections to the Fae

Types of Faeries (study diverse types from pixies,brownies, pooka to Kelpies, Bwbach and Red caps) *Make sure you can at least answer who, what and where about them.

The Otherworlds (Tir na Nog, Caer Arianrhod, Annwn, Alfheim, Svartalfheim, etc.)

Faery Landmarks (fairy tree, fairy ring, fairy hill)

Signs of the Fae

Sacred Trees and Plants (Hawthorn) 

Protection!! very important

*Bonus if you learn Celtic Culture

Getting into Working with Them

Connecting to Nature and the Land

How to Banish Faeries & Protect yourself, house, family, etc.

Faery Behaviour and Proper Etiquette

Proper Offerings, How to give an Offering

Animals associated with the Fair Folk and Why? (raven, deer, etc)

Faery Festivals and Holidays (Samhain, Midsummer, Beltane)

Why certain things offend them- iron, saying “thank you”,etc.

The Courts (Seelie, Unseelie, trooping fairies, solitary)

Setting up a Faery Altar

How to work with them in Rituals 

Faery Flowers, herbs and crystals

A proper and personal way to communicate with them!!this means developing psychic ability, tarot, meditation, signs, etc.

Hagstones, heptagram/faery star

Some Good Books :) 

The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries, by W. Y. Evans Wentz  

Encyclopedia of Spirits by Judika Illes 

Enchantment of the Faerie Realm by Ted Andrews 

Faery Craft by Morgan Daimler 

Celtic Mythology: Tales of Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes by Phillip Freeman

**if you have more topics, books or anything else feel free to add some!

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lil tarot tip 🔮

contrary to most beliefs, you can pull for yes or no questions! here’s a short cheat sheet for when you have a question on whether you should do something ✨

wands

yes, but you’ll have to work for it!

cups

yes, it’ll come to you naturally!

pentacles

this one means it will come with a price...

swords

absolutely not!

major arcana

“good luck” and be careful

side note

get the details on your answer! pull more cards to see where you could go wrong or how you can improve the situation :) follow your intuition! remember, not everything is set in stone ✨

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I've redone my palmistry page to include more information on the major & minor lines as well as hand shape.

Again please don't re-upload this to other sites like pinterest

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Simple Bread Recipe

This is a pretty simple bread recipe. You can really use it for anything. I made herbed bread with it (thus the inclusion of herbs) but the basic recipe is pretty versatile. This recipe can also be used to make dinner rolls or even pizza dough. With some additions you could use this to make cinnamon rolls. I hope y'all enjoy!

Ingredients:

2 cups water

1 tablespoon sugar

1 tablespoon yeast

4 cups of flour

About 1/2 teaspoon salt (you can definitely add more)

1 Tablespoon oregano (optional)

1 Tablespoon garlic powder (optional)

1 Tablespoon parsley (optional)

Some olive oil (optional)

1 egg for top (optional)

Steps:

Combine the water, yeast, and sugar then let it sit for 5-10 minutes. Add in two cups of flour to begin with and your herbs and salt. When well combined (it should look sorta chunky) add in the rest of your flour. Knead that dough for 5-7 minutes or until it's smooth and it bounces back when you gently press it. If it's a bit sticky feel free to add some more flour. If it's too dry, add some water. Put that dough back into your mixing bowl with a little bit of olive oil (just enough to cover it) then let it rise for a few hours.

When the dough has doubled in size, "punch it" down and knead gently. You don't have to knead a lot, this is just so the bread doesn't get massive airholes. Let the dough rise in the container you are going to bake it in (or pan). I used a cake container.

After another hour or so, you can preheat your oven to 375°F. Score your bread and eggwash it if you wish. Then you can put it into the preheated oven for about 35 minutes! You can tell the bread is done if it sounds hollow when you lightly knock on the bottom. You're all done now! You can eat it while it's hot or wait till it cools so it doesn't tear.

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fucked up how cooking and baking from scratch is viewed as a luxury…..like baking a loaf of bread or whatever is seen as something that only people with money/time can do. I’m not sure why capitalism decided to sell us the idea that we can’t make our own damn food bc it’s a special expensive thing that’s exclusive to wealthy retirees but it’s stupid as hell and it makes me angry

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Warming Autumn Soup

My all time favorite season is just around the corner, so I figured with all these soup recipes floating around that I’d post my own! I make this all the time when it’s cold, and the leftovers are amazing too. Feel free to adjust the ingredients to your liking.

Ingredients:

2 cups of water

2 cups of chicken stock

2 cans of cream of chicken

¾ Cup of milk 

3 Bay leaves

1 tablespoon of pepper

1 tablespoon salt

1 Tablespoon Rosemary

1 Tablespoon Basil

1 Tablespoon Oregano

1 Tablespoon Sage

You can substitute the above ingredients with dried herbs/seasonings or just use 2 tablespoons of italian seasoning

1 Cup of carrots cut into circles

2 cups of yellow or red (or both) potatoes

½ Cup of green beans

½ Cup of corn

4 cloves of diced garlic

½ cup of diced onions

2 large chicken breasts cut up into bite size pieces

Steps:

First cook the chicken pieces until they’re white both inside and out! You do this by boiling it, cooking it in a pan, baking, however you want! Feel free to season it a bit if you want to add more flavor to the meat, but it’s not required at this step!

While the chicken is cooking (I usually boil or Pan cook my chicken) go ahead and prepare your vegetables. Since this is a witchy stew, I like to ground myself and think happy thoughts while I’m doing this step. I always wish for whoever I’m making this soup for enjoys it and feels great afterwards. If you have those little bento veggie cutter shapes this would be a great time to use them!

Once this is done, get a large pot ready and put it on the stove at high heat. Go ahead and add in your water, herbs, chicken stock, veggies, seasonings, and cooked chicken, then cover with a lid. You could cook the chicken at this part, but I just like to cook if beforehand because you can never be too careful when cooking chicken. Beef is okay rare and stuff, but poultry HAS to be cooked all the way through or you could easily get sick. Stir occasionally.

Now you can just sit here and chill, maybe say a chant if you’d like while you wait for the veggies to cook. This should take about 20-25 minutes for them all to be cooked through. Honestly this is my favorite part because the house just smells amazing while it’s all cooking. 

Once it’s done turn the heat down to low-medium and wait for it to stop boiling before you add in your cream of chicken and milk. I do this part last because any other time I add it these two ingredients in it always turns out with the milk curdling or getting weird. 

I add in the cream of chicken to give it a little extra thickness. 1 can for semi-thickness and 2 for super good thickness. Add in however much you like. Now just sit there and put it on low completely with the lid on, stirring occasionally, until it’s all mixed in and nice and thick.

And tada! It’s done and now you have some delicious soup for the chilly days and nights. when Autumn rolls around this year I’m gonna try and make some homemade bread to go with it. If I do I’ll post or link the recipe on this blog.

I hope you enjoyed this recipe.

(Updated and changed a few things cuz it’s been up for about 2 years now)

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Basic ideas for kitchen witchery

These are not recipes, but ideas - what meal could serve what purpose. They are simple, so you either should have your own recipes for them, or find them on the internet easy enough. 

Happy cooking!

BANISHING

chili (cayenne pepper, black pepper, chili - generally spicy things)

lemon-infused water (lemon is a repellant, and water is uncrossable for some entities)

sugarfree coffee with cinnamon (coffee and cinnamon are both banishing ingredients)

curry (cayenne pepper, black pepper, chili - generally spicy things)

PROTECTION

caprese salad (basil, tomatoes)

margarita pizza (basil, tomatoes)

apple pie (apples)

corn-on-a-cob (corn)

mint tea (mint)

herb soup (rosemary, basil, mint, thyme, bay leaf…)

HEALING

apple pie (apples)

golden milk (milk and turmeric)

elderflower tea (elderflower)

mint tea (mint)

onion syrup (onion and honey)

chamomile tea (chamomile)

lemon-infused water (lemon)

ginger tea (ginger)

nettle soup (nettle)

pumpkin soup (pumpkin)

pumpkin cookies or bread (pumpkin)

curry (turmeric, garlic, onion)

LUCK

cinnamon rolls (cinnamon)

orange juice (orange)

chamomile tea (chamomile)

corn-on-a-cob (corn)

pineapple juice (pineapple)

poppyseed buns or bread (poppy)

HAPPINESS

orange juice (orange)

honeyed tea (honey)

mint tea (mint)

lemon-infused water (lemon)

vanilla-flavoured ice cream (vanilla)

sunflower seed buns or bread (sunflower)

sugar cookies (sugar)

PEACE

lemon balm tea (lemon balm)

lavender-infused water (lavender)

cucumber-infused water (cucumber)

vanilla-flavoured ice cream (vanilla)

PROSPERITY

milk with honey (milk and honey)

apple pie (apple)

pumpkin soup (pumpkin)

pumpkin cookies or bread (pumpkin)

chocolate chip cookies (chocolate) 

sandwich - any (bread)

fried rice (rice)

curry (rice)

fries (potatoes)

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Best kitchen tip my Grandma ever taught me

I keep veggie peelings, cuttings, herb clippings and all other veggie compost in a freezer bag in your freezer for up to a month. At the end of every month I dump this bag into my crockpot, add 6-8 cups of water and cook on low for 6 hours. I drain out the veggies and herbs, and viola! You have like 8 cups of veggie broth.

I save things from veggies like: celery, garlic, onion, carrots, kale, squash, parsnips, peppers, etc. Basically any vegetable that would go into a soup, I save.

I also save bits of herbs that don’t make it into other recipes, or veggies about to go bad I have no other intention for. It’s an amazing way to cut back on costs and food waste. This stock can make enough soup to feed a whole family, or you can freeze it if you are only feeding yourself and thaw as needed.

You can customize with herbs and spices now, or when you go to make your soups. I like to at least toss in garlic, onions, a bay leaf, pepper and rosemary to the broth itself.

I havent bought soup broth in years, and I can make sure my broth is salt free or at least low salt!

It’s such a simple thing to do, and its noticable in your food budget.

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I can't find your bread recipe :( with the tag bread queen there are only three posts and none of them is your wonderful recipe where it how can I find it? Ly

Oh! I had to switch accounts at some point last year, that’d probably do it. Hold on I got you! The reblog it’s posted on is here, and since it’s about time I copied it into its own post anyway… With a few minor edits: 

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Two adulting (kitchen-related) tips from me!

1. Buy a roll of parchment paper from the cooking shit aisle. A big roll will last you for-fucking-ever. Pretty much any time you’re using a baking pan you can line it with that stuff and save yourself A: food sticking to the pan and B: it’s a quick rinse and it’s clean.

2. Bread can get fucking expensive, so make your own. A bigass bag of flour and a bag of active dry yeast (store it in the friiiiidge!!!) works out a FUCK of a lot cheaper than buying bread at the store, and you can do so much more with it. Bread, pizza, rolls, cinnibuns, homemade pizza pockets. It seems intimidating but it’s stupid easy.

Seriously. It’s stupid simple to make, and most of the “3 hours” to make it is sitting around surfing the internet or doing whatever the fuck you want while the dough rises. If you have an afternoon free once a week to sit and play video games or surf the net, you have the time to make your own bread on the cheap. Here’s my simple-as-fuck recipe:

2 ¼ teaspoons active dry yeast (You can buy a bag of this stuff CHEAP in bulk stores, the little single-serve packets are hella stupid priced)1 cup warm water (think a hot bath)1 ½ teaspoons sugar2 tablespoons oil (any kind works for the most part)2 ¼ cups flour1 teaspoon salt

1. Stir the yeast, water, sugar, and oil up in a bowl. Let it sit for about 10 minutes. It will foam up VERY high, this is the yeast getting happy! If it doesn’t get all foamy, the water may have been too hot or not hot enough. Remember, Yeast is alive! Treat it like a nice girlfriend!

2. Mix your flour, salt, and the yeast concoction up in a bowl.

3. Knead that shit for about 5 minutes. It will start sticky as heck, but will come together into a nice dough. If it’s still super sticky, toss in a bit more flour. The dough should feel silky to touch if you’ve done it long enough. Here’s how to knead it:

4. Put your dough in a covered, lightly oiled bowl and leave it someplace warmish for an hour. At that point it will have roughly doubled in size, give it a gentle punch to release the gasses that have built up inside. Cover it again and let it sit for a bit longer.

Boom. You have bread dough. Here are some baking times and uses for ya:

Optional egg-wash: Just crack an egg into a bowl, add a pinch of salt or some water if you’re game, and mix the bejeebus out of it with a fork. Brush (or if you’re like me, goop it on with said fork) that shit thinly on bread before baking for a nice crust.

Pizza: Stretch it on a pan, stab the fucker all over with a fork, add toppings, bake 425*F 15-20 minutes. Roughly the same process for pizza pockets, just with more filling and pinching it shut before baking.

Bread Sticks: Make snake-shapes, let rest on pan 10-ish minutes, bake 400*F 10-20 minutes.

Dinner rolls/Pullaparts: Make ball-sized (yes those balls) balls. Place on greased pan, let rest 10-20 minutes to rise. Egg-wash and bake 375*F 25 minutes.

Bread: Lightly score (cut) the top, let sit for 20-ish minutes on/in whatever you’re using to bake it, egg-wash, bake at 375*F for 20-ish minutes. It’s done when it sounds hollow if you knock on the bottom. If it sounds solid, it’s still doughy.

You bet your ass you can deep-fry this shit for cheapie yeast doughnuts. Roll that shit in sugar or dip it in whatever, it’s fucking tasty.

Bagels: YES. YOU. CAN. Form bagel-shapes out of the dough and boil them in salty water for about 2 minutes. Egg-wash them and bake them at 400*F for 10 minutes.

Cinnamon Rolls: Roll that shit out into a rectangle. Brush it with a mix of butter, cinnamon, sugar, and a pinch of salt (no exact amounts here, do it to your taste). Roll it up into a log, and cut it into discs. Let them sit 20 minutes in a pan and then bake at 375*F 15-17 minutes. I can personally vouch for these coming out amazing! If you bake them long enough, the filling will caramelize on the bottom of the pan into pseudo-crunchy-sweet-buttery candy, and if you’re using parchment paper it’ll pop right off for indulgent consumption. 

You can add whatever you want to the dough for some variety, just if it’s dried spices remember you really only need 1-ish tablespoons. I personally like making bread with about 1 tablespoon of dill in the dough. Roll it out flat, sprinkle it with cheddar, roll it into a log, squeeze the ends shut, and bake it like a regular loaf of bread. Cheesy dill bread OMNOMNOM.

That got a bit long. But yeah. Bread’s expensive, yo. Save your wallet.

(Also it’s ridiculous amounts of therapeutic to bake, for me anyway.)

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An important note about fae magick

Some fae love humans and would love to help you with witchcraft! But it’s important to know, they’re not the “standard” fae. Most fae are either disinterested in or actively opposed to helping humans.

If you ask for (or worse, try to pressure) help from fae, be prepared to be fucked with. They’re chaotic and likely irritated by the request. Make sure you have offerings and be ready for a lot of trial and error, unless you happen to know very well who you might be “summoning.”

This is just a basic warning! If you need any more help on fae magick, I know quite a bit and I’d love to help however I can (and anything I don’t know, I can ask my mother, who’s been a fae witch for around 40 years)!

Be safe, witches. Fae can be real tricky!

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🌼Faery Milk Bath🌹

This bath is perfect for anyone trying to communicate with fae folk or trying to feel like one. It’s smells floral and fresh and will leave your skin feeling soft and smelling like a garden. It will also attract faery folk and help you communicate with them. Scoop a few tablespoons into a warm bath, or use ¼ cup for a stronger one.

Ingredients:

🌸Powdered milk

🌿Lavender buds

🍃Thyme

🌹Rose buds and petals

🌼White tea

🌸An essential oil blend of lavender, ylang-ylang, bergamot, geranium, and lemon

*This bath pairs nicely with rose quartz, amethyst, or tigers eye.

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Energy Work: Introduction to Fields Exercise

I want to start sharing more of my energy practice, here, and felt the best way to start doing that was to post an “introductory primer”. This meditation is designed to familiarize you with energy and its tactile properties. You can get some use out of this exercise regardless of your experience level (I still practice it, today), and it’s a great entry point for someone who’s never even dabbled before. All you’ll need to enjoy it is a comfortable, quiet place where you’re unlikely to be disturbed for roughly 30 minutes.

Tip: Don’t try to follow along with this text as you perform the exercise. Instead, read it in its entirety before you begin. This way, you can avoid the distraction of scrolling or flipping pages during your meditation. That will kill your focus dead.

Step 1:

To begin, sit or stand in a comfortable position. Shake yourself out, paying particular attention to your shoulders and wrists. Do this until you feel loose and relaxed. Now, take a deep breath in, filling your lungs to the largest capacity possible. Hold the breath for a count to three, then exhale slowly, through your mouth. Concentrate on your breathing for as long as necessary to make it deep, slow and even. As you inhale, focus on the weight in the middle of your chest. Feel all the tension leave your body as you exhale. Draw your focus inwards, and feel your pulse as it travels through your body. Be still, quiet, and whole. Remain here until you are grounded and focused.

Step 2:

When you feel relaxed and grounded, raise your arms so that your elbows are up and away from your body. With your hands open, turn them so that your palms are facing each other in front of you. The palms of your hands should be roughly one foot apart, and one foot away from the core of your body.Feel your focus slowly travel from your chest, to your shoulders, and down through your arms. Sweep it down past your elbows and wrists until you are focusing on the palms of your hands. You may notice a tingling sensation, or a hyper awareness, in your fingers. Push this feeling out until you are focused on the space between your palms.  The keyword is ‘push’. Feel a pressure building up between your hands; focus until that pressure is a dense weight.

Step 3:

With your attention still on the space between your palms, physically push them together. You should feel a slight resistance, or “bounce”. Bring your hands together and back apart rhythmically, getting a feel for that resistance. Play with the energy you have gathered there, growing it, condensing it, passing it back and forth between your hands. Get a feel for its properties. This is “you” energy. Get to know it. Take as long as you need.

Step 4:

When you are finished, draw your hands back towards the trunk of your body. Press the tension you have built up against your chest and “breathe” it back in until nothing is left externally.

Repeat the earlier breathing exercise — inhale deeply, hold for three seconds, and slowly exhale through your mouth. Focus on your breathing until it is deep and regular. Bring your focus from your hands, back to your chest. Feel the weight there.

Slowly, begin rolling your shoulders. Roll your head on your neck, and shake out your arms, dispersing any tension. Shake your wrists and hands until they are loose and free. Feel yourself slowly wake from the deep relaxation you enjoyed earlier.

When you’re finished, engage in some mundane grounding activity, such as washing up, eating, or drinking. You might enjoy journaling your experiences so that you can reference them later on.