Nurturing the body to feed the mind
The power of connecting to your feelings when intentionally creating the life you want.
Hello beautiful soul!
How have you been?
If you’d like to jump right into today’s episode, go ahead and click the link below to directly access it! But remember that this article contains a little more information than what’s shared in the first part of the audio.
And today, I have a surprise for you! An additional material to help you navigate the guided inner journey with more ease. Here is the link to the worksheet!
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If you prefer to read, instead of listening, here in this post, I share the intuitive message for the week - right at the beginning - and also some extra guidance and further discussion to help us expand our thinking. But the guided inner journey you can only find in the audio. This is something to be fully experienced, not read.
Enjoy!
Here we are, in the last week of May!!!
OMG, another month has gone by, and this was a very interesting one, don’t you think?
Let’s just pause for a second and try to think back, remembering what this month asked of you and invited you to expand your mind on - the situations you had to handle and how you showed up for them.
Can you think about how you chose to approach life and all that came in?
Did you find yourself dealing with the circumstances from a more practical place, even if you were emotionally charged at first?
Was there a consistent pattern or way that you chose to handle your affairs, helping you to get things going and move through your days?
From what I sensed and experienced through the oracle cards, the message around consistency was very clear.
This month, every single time I connected to the message I would bring to the ALMA VIA Podcast, besides the exact same sequence that brought the main theme for each week, I was called to pull additional cards to help me expand even further. And every single week, I would be directed to use the same oracle, and 2 cards would jump out of the deck — the exact same oracle, always 2 cards.
We basically worked with the same spread throughout the whole month! That’s very unique.
So when I invited you today to think back and reflect on this month, it’s not a random exercise.
Something about what May brought to us really asked for our attention and presence in a solid, rhythmic, present, and consistent way. Spreads like these don’t happen by chance. There’s a clear message being passed through.
This steady approach, if you will, is something we’re being asked to develop, not simply tap into. I believe that, given everything that is happening in the world, and knowing we are in the year of the Fire Horse, where the energy present is moving us forward at a fast pace without looking back, we will need more than ever to learn how to handle whatever comes under this lens of practicality and steady rhythm.
I invite you to take some time this week to truly reflect on the lessons and learnings the month of May brought into your life. I believe they are here to stay.
Message for the week of May 26th to April 1st.
Ok… So, how was last week for you? Was it really as intense as initially presumed?
Of course this is very subjective, because intensity can be felt in different ways and layers. But the invitation is always for us to observe and notice what life is bringing, to help us learn and grow more and more.
In my own world, I had an unexpected situation that kept happening day after day, impacting my plans directly and asking a lot of patience and resilience from me. It was interesting to notice how I would first react each time I was notified that what I had initially planned was not going to happen. Because, in general, I would give in to the feeling of frustration — at least initially. But I’ve been trying to exercise the guidance we are receiving through the messages more and more.
At times it works well; at others, I just give myself grace with the understanding that I’m a human being, and I will always stumble on my own feet. Hopefully less and less, but still — I will. That’s for sure.
But this time, something felt different. It was as if I could see my own reality from a different place — observing what was happening around me and making space for things to unfold without me jumping in, trying to fix things, resolve them, or have an opinion about them.
That was new. And I was surprised by the number of times I noticed how my reactions tend to heat things up and not really help as much.
That was a big moment for me.
Dealing with situations in a more practical way, like it was proposed in the episode — Moving Through Clarity When Life Throws You a Curveball — really allowed me to make space for new ideas to come up, focusing on the solution, not from an emotional place, but simply taking what life was bringing.
I could either fight it or go with it — and move on.
This was big for me. I did not expect it to happen. Honestly. And the guided inner journey… hmmm, that really helped. Music moves me in a way I can’t explain.
Did you enjoy the guided inner journey too? I also had so much fun recording it! The music really spoke to me, helping me ground and be more in my body. I hope it helped you move your energy more, and move through your days in a more present way as well.
This is now a resource you can access anytime you find yourself being too much in your mind, needing to connect with your body, allowing energy to flow through you and help you find clarity.
How do the cards translate the events?
All right, my friend.
Today’s message is coming in with different layers as well. As I pieced it all together, again, feeling it deeply in my body, what is coming for us today isn’t about what’s externally around us, but what’s happening inside.
From the Goddesses, Gods & Guardians oracle, by Sophie Bashford, Kane, a Hawaiian God of fresh water — the creative energy source of life — is here to bring us back on our feet and invite us to be very mindful and responsible about how we take care of our physical body and overall health.
The card says: “Bursting with vitality, Kane comes with a simple message: your body would benefit from drinking more fresh water and eating nutrient-rich foods.”
That’s it, a clear and direct message about how we are handling our physical health. This message doesn’t come from a place of judgment about your choices and habits.
“Your spirit needed a reminder about cultivating true health and life-force energy”, Kane says.
After a month like this, when more masculine energy was used to navigate life, it is easy to leave aside the nurturing and feminine energy of taking good care of our health and our body. We processed a lot of information in the mind, and when we deposit too much energy into one cup, we often neglect others, bringing in more tasks and having less time to decompress.
But the body keeps the score. And today’s message is here to remind us that when our bodies get depleted, so does our creativity, which has a direct impact on how we show up in life and in all we can consciously create.
How can you be present for your family, look for a job that is in more alignment with your values, start a new community project, go on an adventurous trip, fix some things around your house, start a new course, or whatever it is you want to have more energy for, if you don’t give your body what it needs to support you?
And here is the real deal. This week we also have 2 tarot cards, from the Wild Unknown Tarot, by Kim Krans: the Daughter of Pentacles and the Father of Cups, both court cards, with each suit pointing us in a different direction.
There’s always a reason why different tarots are chosen for these messages, and for this particular one, the court family is represented as family roles — father, mother, daughter, and son — not as royals — king, queen, knight, and page.
In this tarot, Pentacles is a suit represented by deers, and this is a family that thrives when in nature.
With a feminine energy, sweet, kind, and responsible, the daughter of pentacles is a card that reflects someone who is hardworking, handling logistics and details well. Down to earth, knowing her responsibilities, she is trusted, and others depend on her. Her inner strength is one of her biggest assets.
This card is being accompanied by the father of cups, who is very diplomatic and open-minded, bringing in a unique and dynamic personality, yet one of the most feminine of all the fathers within the tarot.
A patron of the arts, he is a dignified man who supports his family and community. The only thing holding him back is his insecurity, which affects his personality in unpredictable ways.
When you put all 3 cards together, you can see how the feminine energy of nurturing and care is really present. This is a moment to embrace a more caring and fostering approach towards life, ourselves, and those around us.
Cups are about emotions, and Pentacles relate to our family, our finances, and our home. When we nurture our life physically and emotionally, with energy that feeds our body, our mind, and our soul, we thrive, and so do those around us.
When we treat ourselves well, we are able to give back to our family, friends, and community. Our senses become heightened because we feel recharged, replenished, and truly nurtured.
But one important element to consider here is not only the positive and healthy habits we cultivate, but also to clear our space — mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically speaking — from what depletes us.
The Hawaiian God, Kane, says:
“If your physical or creative energy needs boosting, consider your dietary habits. The way to optimum health now is to open your heart. Feed your body with loving awareness, rather than with criticism or self-loathing.”
Creativity and intuition come from the same sacred place. They happen when energy can flow through different areas of our lives. They can’t manifest when it is stagnant.
Can you see yourself as the artist of your own life?
What would you like to create and materialize into your reality?
Creativity is part of your true nature. The larger your repertoire, the more creative you get. Through navigating different realities, visiting different spaces, and talking to different people about topics not necessarily within your knowledge, you expand your mind.
When your feelings say more than a word
This concept of expanding your resources is particularly important, because this week it seems that an idea will be permeating your mind.
Something you’ve been pondering, but haven’t given much thought or credit to. Be it a project you’d like to take a risk on — like creating a workshop, starting a new business, writing a book, giving your house a fresh look. There’s some kind of creative energy popping up in your mind, quietly asking for some space. Start noticing and see what will come up.
Do you feel like you could give it a chance?
Would you be open to exploring some possible ways to make it happen?
You don’t have to take action yet. Remember, we are under a feminine energy, in the first stage of creation, so it’s all about planning, playing with the possibilities, and having fun with the ideas that come.
One thing that tends to stop us in our tracks is the realization of the idea really coming to life.
And what if it indeed happened? What if this project came to be?
How does this idea make you feel? Think of all that came for you today through this message:
Can you nurture your body, clearing stagnant energy, bringing in what makes you feel truly present, to make space for a new idea, handling all that is related to it in a responsible and grounded way, while understanding how it makes you feel?
I know, this was a long question. But this final part carries the key element for all that this idea represents — how it makes you feel.
The feeling is what will guide you, showing you what this idea really means to you.
Is it really out of this world, impossible, unimaginable?
Or could you give it a try?
One thing is certain, it’s not here by chance. It has something important to show you. So, just make space for it to enter your mind and present itself to you.
Nobody is saying you should start bringing it to life right away. Quite the contrary.
Because, in order to be able and capable of handling this project, you need to take good care of yourself first. And the main element present in today’s message is balance. Did you notice?
We have masculine and feminine energies present in each one of the tarot cards. The daughter, a feminine being, in a suit that is grounded and focused — acting on her responsibilities, tapping into her masculine side to move through her duties. And we have the father, a masculine figure but who is the most feminine representation among all others.
These cards are asking you:
How can you find balance in your life, taking good care of yourself and those around you, from a mind-body-soul perspective, to feel empowered and strong enough to act on your ideas and live your dreams?
Another big question. Sorry...
But this in itself is another reflection on equilibrium, because creativity happens in the mind, but in order for an idea to exist, it requires the body to actively make it happen and bring it to life.
How can you find greater balance between both worlds — emotions and action, mind and body, masculine and feminine?
How can you live wandering and dreaming among the stars, while also having your roots deeply planted, sustaining your growth and bringing beauty to life as a whole?
There.. I think this is better, right?!
But don’t worry! Today I’m putting on my coaching hat to guide you through an inner journey that will help you clarify your core desired feelings.
Because, like I said earlier today, the most important part of all you wish to create is about how it makes you feel. That’s what will guide you through life.
That feeling becomes your inner compass, helping you instantly identify what feels right and what doesn’t. Before you take action on your idea, you need to first be certain that it feels right to you.
Let’s have some fun, shall we?
I have something special for you today.
To make things easier for you, and help you better navigate this journey, I created a Google Doc for you to download and follow along, with the main questions and descriptive parts from today’s activity. I believe this is one of those moments where extra support can really come in handy.
Besides that, you will also need a pen and paper - preferably a notebook, not your computer. Somewhere you can write down the reflections I will propose today and can go back to later on.
We will use our creativity, so bring in your colourful pens, post-its, stickers, all your stationery supplies. And why not a cup of tea, coffee, or wine?
I don’t know at what time of the day you’re reading this post, so trust that your body knows what will help bring a cool and relaxing vibe to this moment.
I’m telling you, this will be fun!
If you’d like to jump straight to the guided inner journey, find it at 15’31”. But before you hit play. I have something else to share.
An extra dose of inspiration and guidance
As usual, I end every post with an additional message to see what we really need to be mindful of and notice in our own reality, each of us in a very individual way.
The main purpose of the Podcast is to help us connect intuitively, observe what is coming up for us under the light of each week’s theme that speaks to our human experience. By doing that, we are strengthening our mind-body-spiritconnection and becoming more present in our lives in a realistic way. Something that I see as a common difficulty among those I have the pleasure to work with and support, through my professional and personal life.
Ok, so let’s take a look at what this card has to say.
When you’re sick it’s important to seek healing options to clear away the toxicity or infection that has caused the illness. You could let it run its course, but that could also lead to long-term effects or worse.
You can also have an infection of the heart or soul, and it comes in the form of toxic relationships, self-sabotaging behaviours, and spiritual bypassing. The peppermint card comes to your reading to warn you that the person or situation you have inquired about is harmful to you in some way and you should take steps to remove them from your life or, at the very least, reduce their influence on you.
Seasons of the Witch - Imbolc - Oracle - by Lorriane Anderson and Juliet Diaz
I mean, I know the messages sometimes can sound a little harsh, but when we read between the lines, or literally, what we’re being called to do is really clear our life - mind, body and soul - from everything that is intoxicating. It’s not only about what we ingest, but about the people we surround ourselves with, the places we go, the energy we connect with through negative self talk, consuming too much news, or putting ourselves in situations we know will not benefit us, but will deplete our energy.
There’s a clear message this week around healthy habits, in general!
So take this opportunity to reflect on what you want to bring into your life. Today’s guided inner journey will help you do exactly that.
All right, now it is time to hit play.
Remember to download the worksheet and gather your supplies first. It will really help you move through this activity.
Our vibes speak louder than our words.
See you on the other side!
Hi there! My name is Livia Almeida.
I’m a Psychologist, Hypnotist and Coach, but I like to identify myself as a Soul Healing Facilitator.
I’m an explorer, navigating the subterranean world of the human psyche, looking for the gates that will lead to inner clarity and freedom from mindsets, behaviours and emotions that limit our creative being.
I want to help people understand the whys, whats and hows about life - but in an individual and personal way. When it comes to our evolution path as humans, we need to embrace our uniqueness and how we experience life individually.
My goal is to help people be more free from what is making them small, restricted, limited, sick and deregulated.
If you would like to know more about my work, here are some ways to connect:
My introductory post on Substack - Hello Beautiful Soul
My practice as a Soul Healing Facilitator - About page
1:1 Hypnosis sessions - message me at livia@almaviahealing.com
Expand your mind and connect deeper to your intuition - ALMA VIA Podcast (an optional way to access by connecting it to the provider of your choice)
Instagram - @almaviahealing
More to come!! Soon I will be sharing another tool to help you find more clarity around a topic you’re looking to explore deeper and help you take the next step and get unstuck. Stay close!