Hi Queens! I want to add to the conversation about leveling up. I want to talk about adding spiritual practices that we can partake in as an avenue for both spiritual and personal growth.

These conversations are important because they allow women to invest in themselves and divest from this patriarchal socialization that keeps us unconscious for male company/love/validation etc.

I’ve seen great discussions adding to our repertoire of personal growth and leveling up like going back to school, taking on a hobby, exercise/sports, finding a better job, etc. But I think another good step to take is taking on or participating in spiritual practices that can add to our lives and our personal fulfillment.

The practices that I’ve been involved with are meditation, affirmations, hypnosis/self-hypnosis meditation with crystals, reiki, and akashic records.

I think different spiritual practices can offer different things for you depending on what you’re looking for. Perhaps your just looking to calm your nerves after a long day of work – there are so many YouTube meditation videos that help with that. Or perhaps you want to cultivate a serious practice to calm the mind and hear your inner voice – again YouTube meditation video exist for that too.

Many years ago - I had a reiki treatment and felt a tremendous amount of energy. And when the opportunity came up to get trained and learn reiki for myself I jumped on it. Basically, reiki is considered “universal energy” and used on the body for energy healing. A current practioner (or a youtube video) can attune you so you can be able to have the energy flow through you as well. People use reiki on their bodies, for meditation, and even with food.

I learned about affirmations a couple years ago and basically affirmations help us to dislodge negative or self-limiting beliefs about ourselves. They key is to create your own affirmation and speak them in a tone of authority, repetitively, until you start to feel them. Popular ones are “I am confident. I am lovable. I am a successful and brilliant person”.

So, if you ladies have other meditative/spiritual practices that have helped you level up, love yourself more, or allowed more calmness into your life, please share the practice, how you got involved, and how other queens can get started. By no means is this an exhaustive list and if what I said doesn’t resonate with you, ignore it, find something else that makes sense to you and beginning your own journey of spiritual growth.