Spiritually Rooted

09/03/2023

We have been the best of friends since the first day we walked into middle school. I had not been to my hometown since my grandmother died and my sons graduated from Hampton University. My mother died nearly 15 years ago and it felt like the memories once shared were fading and fleeting. My mother taught me how to love and my grandmothers taught me the value of service and I miss their presence daily. Their faces amid the struggles reminded me to stay grounded and grateful.

🫚While many memories were made on these grounds of the Kecoughtan & Chesepian people, whom I give honor to as they cultivated gardens along the riverbanks, were spiritually connected and stellar fishermen. I thought that since my mother and grandmothers were gone, my roots in this place were disappearing.

🫚This year has been humbling for me. I left my career, started a business where I had to close the storefront and take a virtual approach to providing healing supported services, and the days have been full of shifts, pivots and intentional breaths.

🫚This weekend began with spending time with my sister whom I hadn't seen in over a year (but we talk daily) and . We drove to the varied spaces that brought back childhood memories, the humble beginnings, and we cathartically digested all of the emotions attached to those experiences.

🫚 I needed to release the emotions that stemmed from experiences that no longer served me in order to open the path of continuous purpose, serenity, abundance, love and mercy.

May this Labor Day weekend birth yet another spiritual awakening. May it surround me with tribes of people who want for me what I want for myself, and may we celebrate and embrace what each day has to offer us. May the integration process continue .charlotte .curandeira , until the next ceremonial pilgrimage. Integration still loading!

08/30/2023

Read this and it reminded me of a poem I wrote a several months ago, as armoring up was my response. However, this message was a reminder to open your heart, despite the hurts yet create healthy boundaries when necessary.

To NI (Nickel)

To narcissistically
Ignore

To need
Individuals

To navigate
Ignorance

To note
Improvements

To narrow
Intellect

To neglectfully
Ice

To notice
Illusions

To not
improve

To naturally
Impose

To negate
Ideas

To nefariously
Impact

To nest
Impartially

To nonchalantly
Influence

To next
Interlude

To
NI (element of nickel)

To nickel,
the victim with the spiritual bypassing of light and love

Not knowing the nickeled armor
Is recharging her batteries
To steel and steal your soul

Never to trust another human being again who says, "I got you, sis. "

Got me surrounded in this element that only sees people as coins but claims community
For the colored.

But truly, is the cancer of the culture.

Especially when you only like the people who actually turn colors.

To noticed
Intensely.

Armored amour

The name says it all backwards

"I" no "T" as in team.

When you see her nickel up!

08/07/2023

Sacred Space I want to be your sacred space sometimes.
That space you retreat to when you are scared.
That escape I offer when you are backed in a a corner.
That garden where you watch the seeds we have planted together grow. That room where your spiritual tools are housed.
That dwelling that keeps out the wild, untamed animals.
That land where the horses roam.
That heart that you lay on to hear the rhythmic sounds that lull you to sleep.
Those lips that kiss your worries away.
Those arms that wrap around you which produce a love hormone which takes all of your stresses away. Those eyes you look into to see the light when all you see is darkness.
Those words that comfort and encourage you.
Those sounds you sigh or hum when your favorite songs are playing.
Those smells and aromas you find familiar
that positively change your mood.
Those flavors you savor which make you want to indulge in lavishly and sinfully.
I want to be that and those for you so when you enter my fertile, saturated, sacred space, you will forever remember why you came to love me. For demonstratives (that, those) show our relationship to each other. By: Patrice

07/31/2023

After the surrender, cup your hands slightly to receive the multitude of blessings promised to you and bask in the grace and gratitude.

07/05/2023

As many of you know a year ago, I took a purposeful pause and walked away from my position as an elementary school principal to open a business where women could be held in community. Spiritually Rooted was born! The women who walked into that door took steps toward finding their purpose, serenity, abundance, love, and learned to extend mercy through sacred circles, human connections, cathartic conversations. Additionally, the were exposed to a plethora of healing modalities that always ended in divine action and movement. I am grateful for the authentic sisterly support and thank you entrusting me in your own healing process. In early spring, I had to have a surgery, which I am still physically healing from and need to take yet another pause to pour into my own healing process. Consequently, I will be closing the physical space the same time it all began last year, at the end of July. However, my circle is full. To be Spiritually Rooted is a way of life. You will still see me doing this work in and for the community. Naturally, I will still extend my services virtually and come to you, as needed. Either way, I remain grounded and connected to my roots. Stay tuned because the fruits of my unrealistic faith will be plentiful. Thank you to all of the women who supported me in my quest to make this world a better place. With an abundance of gratitude, Patrice

06/23/2023

Heal alongside with me. While I am still amid my recovery period, I want to begin my regular exercise routine again. Healing in community hits differently. Want to join me? Beginning Sunday, June 25-July 15. Post a pic yourself exercising and . Your routine will create accountability and sacred synergy.

06/19/2023

Creating the mental space to reconnect, improve communication, and deal with the pain of our communities issues. Clear your throat, speak authentically and with empathic courage. Breathe Again on this Juneteenth.

06/18/2023

Nature & Women
Sitting amid nature makes you calm your mind with the same automaticity it takes to push send on an email.

Add a little guitar and musical vibrations, some wine and you are able to taste the musical notes.

Mix in a wave of air, the breeze hits your hair, yet you remain in stillness.

A universal message sent...
that even when chaos is all around, you can find peace.

When you carve time to be mindful, you know how full your life really is as your mind continues to collect the evidence of how you have overcome so many situations that you thought would have been your detriment.

You thank God for His therapeutic guidance.
For each lesson reminded you of your strengths
And to leverage them.

Bringing up your strengths and the awareness of how powerful you really are
How supported you truly are
How loved you simply are
How genuinely gifted you are
How unquestionably strong you are

Nature, How undoubtedly perfect you really are!

Yes my dear, you are a reflection of nature.
So stand on the Earth, Natural Woman!

She knows who you are and whenever in doubt, go sit amongst her and she will remind you who and whose you are 💚🌱🪴🌳🍷-Patrice

06/10/2023

Lean into your blessings.

06/07/2023

For all of those folks who have been characterized as hypersensitive, which is a superpower, pour on the super glue for those who do not appreciate you. By Patrice

06/03/2023

06/01/2023

Pride
Be black, Gay, Muslim, Jew, Overweight, Poor, Uneducated,
But grow up hearing that you need to take pride in your
Heritage, Self, Religious views,
Body image, Circumstance,
Education,
With the hopes of having a inner emotion that is satisfies the choices one makes, And overwhelming sense of belonging,
Being full of praise-
Even after you look in the mirror,
You love yourself and accept your own and
BE.
However society has a different mirror, That looks back at you and
Judges,
Points fingers,
Laughs,
Dismisses,
And is bewildered that you were taught such a thing,
For only the
White,
Straight,
Christian, Protestant,
Skinny,
Rich,
And Educated can have pride.
Feeling lied to,
The blacks become aggressive,
The g**s march, fully colored to be seen,
The Muslims and the Jews fight over righteousness and become indignant, The overweight turn in to alpha males and mean girls,
The poor steal,
The uneducated drop out of school,
All in search of the Pride!
Pride promised by
Their parents.
Just when you thought the emotional heartache of finding out there was really no Santa Claus,
Easter Bunny,
Tooth fairy,
Was disappointing,
You are faced with a loss of Pride? And left with
SHAME.
How do they restore and mend their promised pride?
Reverse the mirror and let them BE!

By; Patrice

05/21/2023

We call upon the warriors of the sea.
The brave fighters
Who are willing to dance with the currents
And balance the tides
Who are open to
Hearing the melody flow
To the rhythm of their sacred souls
Where their secrets lie.

We call upon the sea warriors.
Who want to cleanse their wounds
And hearts
Knowing the water understands
The mystical depths of theirs desires.
Let the tranquil waters
Reconnect you to who you are.
For it has freeing properties.

We upon the sea warriors.
To unlock their Divine femininity
By removing the restraints of the social constructs taught to us by those who are foreign to our Source given talents.
Embrace the elemental
Power that water offers
By kayaking, snorkeling, and swimming as a offering to our ancestors.

Come commune with us
In Jamaica and unlock your
Sea Warrior spirit
so you can breath again.

Booking information in the bio. Limited spaces. Payment plans available.

05/16/2023

What though the radiance which was once so bright
Be now for we take@ from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
OF splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower?
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what reminds behind
In primal sympathy
Which, having been, must ever be.
In soothing thoughts that spring
Out of human suffering,
In the faith that looks through death,
In years that being the philosophic mind.
-Splendour in the Grass
William Wordsworth

This is an excerpt of Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood

I offer it to you .valencia during your time of grief. Remember the radiant moments. Reconcile with the light and the heavy feelings. Rejoice in the Source to which you garner your strength. Radiant the brightness. Recall the human suffering and darkness so that you may Reach the masses, modeling Resiliency, Recovery, and Reflection.
For you have that Righteous Regality to be the remedy of those who have experienced the same suffering. Let your voice serve as a resounding ring. With sympathy, Patrice

05/08/2023

The Tree of Self-Trust

As a seed, I cried out to my caregiver to water me with an innate spirit of value and worth. And to help me shade the sun when it shined the self-rejecting messages that cause my branches to become brittle. (a sense of belonging)

And when the winter weather comes, help me to continue to stand tall, despite the heavy snow of burdens that make my leaves fall and expose my nakedness. (vulnerability)

Then, when the season changes and I begin to bloom, let me not compare myself to the next tree but simply find value in my own beauty. (uniqueness)

And when the wind is not rustling my leaves, let me bask in silence through mediation and prayer. For the silence will connect me to my roots, my inner voice that will seal my personal healing. (honoring the hearts inner thoughts)

Giving me the confidence and courage to enhance my heart’s desires by standing tall with my elongated trunk, my supportive branches, and colorful leaves. (self-worth)

And merely be what God intended for me to be, a tree. (authentic self) -Patrice

04/30/2023

Relaxing, Reflecting, Reaffirming
Manifesting:
In tranquil repose, my mind finds elation,
As I surrender to the bliss of relaxation.

Request:
I contemplate my thoughts with introspection,
In silent reflection, seeking direction.

Limits
Unwind and release, let go of hesitation,
Remove limits from rest and find pure relaxation.

Reaffirming
In stillness, I find clarity and direction,
Reaffirming the power of relaxation and reflection.

04/24/2023

God brings good news to the patient.

04/23/2023

I ask God daily to heal the wounds so we can see, hear, touch, smell, and taste each other's goodness again. To see the person we think we are and how we show up to the world. To be able to hear and speak our truth regardless of the circumstances and in the right spirit. To seek to understand and then be understood. To touch each other with the softness that is in alignment of love. To smell the aromas of gratitude and whatever we are cooking in the pot these days, feel the warmth that provides. To taste whatever is being served, with love, compassion, and sensuality.

May water cleanse the wounds.
May air blow away the negativity from our minds.
May fire purify us spiritually, that we can see the Spirit and Goddess in each other.
May the abundance of that the earth provides, remind us of the abundance we can provide for and to each other.
May our ancestors be rooting for us. -Patrice

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