Hello friends,
I'm writing today to invite you to my monthly newsletter series, Subrosa, launching in September.
My intention with this newsletter series is to connect with you here in this intimate space so that I can share free writing prompts and practices, as well as my own writing on insights, challenges, or lessons I'm working through in my personal life, in the event that sharing of my own experience is helpful to your journey in any way. My belief is that it's through the honest sharing of our individual experiences and vulnerabilities that we are given the opportunity to heal ourselves and others on a deeper level. By understanding that we are not alone on this journey, we all have something to glean from one another.
Each month I will offer up a free mini version of the theme I’ll be honing in on in my workshops so that you can be supported from wherever you are if you’re unable to attend in person. These will be any combination of guided writing exercises you can do at home (or anywhere!), guided meditations, and yin yoga poses to help you come into the body and calm the nervous system.
Lastly, my intention is also to share what workshops and offerings I have planned around the city so that if you're interested in attending in person, or you know someone who is, you will find them all listed here as well as linked to my website.
A note on the name of this series: Subrosa means literally "under the rose" and refers to the secrets and mysteries of life and the divine feminine energy that had to go underground in order to survive. I have been working deeply with the divine feminine energy and the symbolism of the rose over the last year and believe we are in a pivotal time where reconnecting with the energy of the feminine and bringing that back into the world and into balance with the masculine is crucial for us all to heal on an individual and collective level. These energies have nothing to do with gender of course, but more with the qualities of the feminine and masculine that exist within all of us. I hope in sharing what I have learned by working with the empowered feminine to do my part in helping others in connecting with this part of themselves so we can all return to our sovereignty and heart centred wisdom—the rose—within us.
If you're receiving this newsletter it's because we have connected in some way, either through my work, through friendship, or both. However, if these newsletters are not for you please don't worry. Either way, it's all good.
I will be sending out my inaugural newsletter the first Sunday in September, so please stay tuned for that to come shortly, and until then, you can check out what I have going on over on my website: allisonmcdonaldace.com.
Sending you all the good vibes!
Namaste,
Allison