Hey Manifest House friends! I saw this image on Pinterest today. I think it's super helpful when it comes to considering ways to rest. It's a good reminder that there are different ways to rest and all of them are wonderful options depending on current needs. One of the ways I'm resting this afternoon is pulling some cornbread out of the oven. It smells amazing and I can't wait to snack on it over the next few days. What is one or more of the ways you're resting today? 🩷

Hi Manifest House! What's one or more things that brought you joy this week?

Have you written a letter to yourself recently? I personally love writing letters to other people. But I rarely write to myself. And that's ok! I recently found a letter I wrote to my child self YEARS ago. It was really sweet and tender. I believe we have multiple, infinite selves. And so to take that idea and talk to or write a letter to a past or future self? Or a self not bound by time? 🤯 If you wrote a letter to one of your selves today, what is one thing you would say?

Hi Manifest House folks! 💫 When you think of community care, what comes to mind? What are your go-to resources when exploring what this can look like? 💗

Ok, this might be a little controversial but I feel like maybe not in this space. First, I want to acknowledge that all of us in this space are truly beautiful in how we show up here and outside of Manifest House. And the events that Angelee and her team organize are such a cool way to connect, heal, and learn together. 🙌 I've been really exploring how US-centric culture has really consumerized self-care. And that's complicated because by doing that, it has allowed a lot of people to access self-care tools and resources that may not have otherwise been able to access them. AND also, there is this underlying narrative that we gotta do x, y, & s to heal ourselves and that implies that something is broken or needs to be healed within us. And also to do that, we gotta buy or consume x, y, and x. And that is a very colonialist idea. I really like how Angelee reframed self-care in a way with the soul-care groups. Being able to have intimate spaces with each other is collective care and collective liberation. Also the ways that we can commune together to do this work that we are not only offered but we choose to invest in. And I wanna say that I'm not knocking self-care. But I am gently pushing back on narratives that have purposely been woven into that concept as a way to keep us focused on the "self." Like how are we gonna heal ourselves from whatever right but specifically trauma when societal institutions create power dynamics that keep that trauma cycle in place for so many of us (in vastly different ways too, right?!) So collective liberation for me looks like noticing ourselves and practicing radical acceptance with who we are at any given moment. It looks like mirroring that acceptance for others - meeting people where they are. It looks like centering kind fierce care for our individual selves AND each other. It looks like centering service outside of the self and inside the collective (which includes the one and also all). Like how expansive could our love and liberation be the deeper we dive into that? deep sigh I don't know if any of this made sense. BUT! tl;dr I am so grateful that all of you chose to be here. That Angelee created this space. This is what it's all about. Manifest House is an incredible opportunity to show up for ourselves and each other. Like damn, that is awe-inspiring. 🙌🙌🙌

Hey everyone! I wanted to invite you to a virtual community talk I'm hosting this weekend. The topic is spiritual ascenscion (spiritual awakening, leveling up, etc) from a decolonized perspective. Just to be clear, this isn't an info session in the sense that I will be educating you. This is an opportunity to share your thoughts and experiences on this topic. More info: https://www.abejarise.com/event-details/community-talk-spiritual-ascension-from-a-decolonized-perspective-2 FREE Virtual Community Talk: Spiritual Ascension from a Decolonized Perspective March 5, 2023 2:00-3:00pm PT Via Google Meet We will be talking about the concept of “spiritual ascension” or “spiritual awakening” from a decolonized perspective. If you’d like to RSVP for it, you can RSVP via the link in my bio. Otherwise, just click on the Google Meet link on the event page a few minutes before the event starts. Everyone is welcome (Google Meet capacity limited). You do not need to have knowledge of this concept AND this is not an information workshop. You are not required to participate outside of listening to others speak. Please read the other community guidelines on the event page. If you have any ideas for future Community Talks topics, please let me know! I want to make this a monthly thing. Also if any of you are interested in guiding a community talk, let me know. I can’t wait to commune with you! Please share with anyone you think might be interested! 💗

My FAVORITE oracle decks are the Seasons of the Witch series by Juliet Diaz and Lorraine Anderson. They are coming out with a new one in March or April I believe. My current favorite tarot deck is Mystic Mondays. It's created by Grace Duong. All of these decks are created by women of color. 🙌 Share your favs?