Thank you Jenna and Hunter, this was amazing! The Intentional Elements brought to mind something I teach. If people are struggling to find what is most important to them, and what may be a guide, I encourage them to do two things. First look at your environment, what is surrounding you? Is your home littered with sporting equipment, books or musical instruments? Do you own the highest tech for gaming? Next, examine where you spend your money? Your money is your energy.
This may be a way of looking at Intentional Elements backwards.
As you said Hunter, once we are aware of our Elements it can be a guide for every decision. This frees up our mental energy, allowing us to stop wasting it on unimportant things or struggling so much to figure something out.
Jenna, thank you for honoring us with your morning ritual that is filled with grace and power. I could feel it and it is beautiful. I appreciate the sensory aspect to the entire process and it makes me realize I have no sensory rituals. I am going to work on this!
Thank you so much, Donna! ❤️ Your methods for looking at energy leaks and expenditures have been life savers for me. Looking at my environment is something I'm going to focus on now though. When I look around my immediate space here right now, it would appear that books and sacred altars are what's important to me. Lol.
Yay! Your physical life is in line with your values, that's awesome. When I look around my place there are a ton of books and other reading material on every surface and a lot of sporting equipment! Oh, and a dusty piano that speaks for itself (sadly), asking to be played!
Jenna -- I really enjoyed this guest post with Hunter. What a nice collaboration!
Hunter -- your example of how you consider your 'Intentional Elements,' encouraged me to think about how I live with intention and, what 'intention' means to me. The more I thought about how I've mothered, homeschooled and engaged in the art of housewifery (smile), the elements I consider are always based on 'value' and 'purpose.'
Whether I'm deciding to purchase something/engage in an activity/take on a responsibility, I ask myself, "Does it have value? Does it have purpose?" My husband and I were taught this process by an older man -- a craftsman -- when our son was only six-years-old. We were young parents, young homeowners and I had just survived breast cancer -- and his simple advice to always consider value and purpose provided us with a framework to keep moving forward and create the life we desire! I suppose my intentional elements are somewhat abstract, contextual concepts, but they've served us well.
Thank you ladies...for encouraging me to think about these things! ♡
I love this, Jessica! Does it have purpose and value? What a simple, but profoundly helpful, framework for making decisions. I could see using this for everything. Thank you! 🤗
I love this collaboration so much Jenna and Hunter. It is so beautiful to see how these rituals and elements work together and I am inspired to weave them into my own practice. A magical duo that have the most amazing gifts to share with us all. 🙏
Wow! I love this, so simple and beautiful. I’d love to dive into find my own intentional elements 💚 I’m pretty sure creativity, freedom & simplicity will be in there… what else?!!
Mmm they do sound good, coming back to them fresh! And yeah it’s so fascinating to see where depth words are bubbling up from! Sounds like you know a little HD, what’s your profile? 4:6 sacral generator here ✨
I love these, Sarah! Creativity, Freedom, Simplicity and...maybe something about seeking or discovery (which is one of mine, so maybe I'm just stuck on that)? I'm thinking about your knowledge of Human Design and how, for me, that feels like a sort of detective work or uncovering layers of mystery. I'm just brainstorming here! Let me know if you come up with a fourth one. Although I think having 3 is just fine too! 🤗
Ooh I love that, great observation yes, when I’m looking at a client chart it really is like detective work, and I often use the word untangling for this kind of thing… when I knitted more I loved having a tangle of wool to figure out. Actually, finding order in chaos is another big theme in my chart… the first three are too in case you can’t guess 😂 and i always wondered why they showed up every time I revisited my values… it’d be so interesting to che k everyone’s chart against their values… 🤔
Thanks Jenna and Hunter for this collaboration! This is fantastic! Intentional elements! I also use the elements of air, fire, water and earth. Have them on my altar as well. I am going to take some time and come up with my own words for them, but I sense they will not be much different from yours, Jenna. I also related to your ritual. I am so intrigued by what others say and do. I too honor the elements and the directions, just not every morning. What I consistently do before dawn is burn dried sage that comes from the garden. Create a circle with it and welcome in the goddess and my ancestors. There is more to this, but for another time. Again really appreciate this today!
Side note, you had mentioned something about an email a bit ago? Just want to check in because I have not seen anything. I did not want you to think I had not responded.
Hi Julie! Thank you so much for sharing a bit of your morning ritual! I love that you grow your own sage. That's wonderful! Sitting with the Goddess and the ancestors reminds me of one of Camilla Sanderson's recent posts where she said her mom would "incubate with God" every morning. I just loved the feeling that conjured in me. Waking up and incubating with the divine. I'm guess that's what you do with the goddess and the ancestors. ❤️ And yes! Still planning to send you an email. I have a document I want to share with you, but I haven't finished reading it yet. I think it's something you'd be interested in (and then we could have much delightful discussion about 🤗) but I want to make sure it's not a waste of time first.
Yes that is what I am practicing. Being and communing with the goddess and my ancestors. With my ancestors it is like settling in, like sitting around a big fire. With the goddess it is kind of like incubating, it feels very in the womb, but it is also full body as well. More letting the aliveness of HER do and be me. It is quiet humbling and very powerful.
And I am looking forward to what you plan to share...
SO glad we got to do this collaboration, Jenna! Thank you for including me in your beautiful process, and I'm so grateful we've been able to connect so deeply over our intentional elements. The way you weaved yours in with the classical elements is profound! You are truly such a gem and I can't wait to see what others take away from this!
Bless you, Hunter! And thank you so much for doing this with me! It's been such a joy to get to know you and do this work together. I really love the weaving of the elements!
WOW! WOW! WOW! This is so fantastic!!! I loved the idea of Intentional Elements and how they link in with the Classical Elements. This is such a powerful post of Inspiration, Coming Home and Clarity. Those words came to me after reading your post...maybe they are, in and of themselves, a form of Intentional Elements for me to explore.
Mmm these words are SO powerful, Sam! Coming Home is an amazing one! And Inspiration and Clarity are great too. I would love to know more about what they feel like for you in your life!
Thank you, Sam! 💕 I LOVE Inspiration, Coming Home and Clarity. (And I especially love that Coming Home is something that came to you, knowing your experience of your travels and then return home.) That feels SO good!
Thank you and Hunter so much for sharing these beautiful practices, I love Lacy’s manifestation programmes and bringing in the elements (with intentions) resonates deeply with me. It’s a brilliant way of staying aligned and drawing back into centre, love it Hunter! I work with a system for applying the elements to our homes and spaces to bring a greater degree of balance which I would love to tell you more about one day! xx ps your morning ritual is absolutely beautiful and deeply inspiring Jenna, thank you for sharing it xx
Thank you so much for your kind words, Lyndsay! 🤗💕 I would love to know more about how you apply the elements to your beautiful home. Send me an email anytime! I am always deeply enchanted by your words and photographs about your home and its spaces. It does feel like a very magical place!
This is fabulous. I love this idea of intentional elements, and I am definitely going to check out sacred and slow! My main way of incorporating the elements into my practice is when they show up in my art journal or collage. I can’t wait to play with these ideas!
I love your art, Rikki! That's such a beautiful way to incorporate the elements. If you do take Hunter's class and discover your Intentional Elements, please do let me know what they are. I think it's so fun!
I really enjoyed reading about Intentional Elements. This practice would be great to keep a person aligned and focused on what's most important to them.
It reminds me a lot of the Iron Pentacle and the Pearl Pentacle. You might like the book, "Walking in Beauty" by Phoenix LeFae. She teaches creating a personal pentacle based on our own values.
Working with the Elements is an important part of my practice. Thank you both for sharing!
Thank you Jenna and Hunter, this was amazing! The Intentional Elements brought to mind something I teach. If people are struggling to find what is most important to them, and what may be a guide, I encourage them to do two things. First look at your environment, what is surrounding you? Is your home littered with sporting equipment, books or musical instruments? Do you own the highest tech for gaming? Next, examine where you spend your money? Your money is your energy.
This may be a way of looking at Intentional Elements backwards.
As you said Hunter, once we are aware of our Elements it can be a guide for every decision. This frees up our mental energy, allowing us to stop wasting it on unimportant things or struggling so much to figure something out.
Jenna, thank you for honoring us with your morning ritual that is filled with grace and power. I could feel it and it is beautiful. I appreciate the sensory aspect to the entire process and it makes me realize I have no sensory rituals. I am going to work on this!
Thank you so much, Donna! ❤️ Your methods for looking at energy leaks and expenditures have been life savers for me. Looking at my environment is something I'm going to focus on now though. When I look around my immediate space here right now, it would appear that books and sacred altars are what's important to me. Lol.
Yay! Your physical life is in line with your values, that's awesome. When I look around my place there are a ton of books and other reading material on every surface and a lot of sporting equipment! Oh, and a dusty piano that speaks for itself (sadly), asking to be played!
Jenna -- I really enjoyed this guest post with Hunter. What a nice collaboration!
Hunter -- your example of how you consider your 'Intentional Elements,' encouraged me to think about how I live with intention and, what 'intention' means to me. The more I thought about how I've mothered, homeschooled and engaged in the art of housewifery (smile), the elements I consider are always based on 'value' and 'purpose.'
Whether I'm deciding to purchase something/engage in an activity/take on a responsibility, I ask myself, "Does it have value? Does it have purpose?" My husband and I were taught this process by an older man -- a craftsman -- when our son was only six-years-old. We were young parents, young homeowners and I had just survived breast cancer -- and his simple advice to always consider value and purpose provided us with a framework to keep moving forward and create the life we desire! I suppose my intentional elements are somewhat abstract, contextual concepts, but they've served us well.
Thank you ladies...for encouraging me to think about these things! ♡
I love this, Jessica! Does it have purpose and value? What a simple, but profoundly helpful, framework for making decisions. I could see using this for everything. Thank you! 🤗
I love this collaboration so much Jenna and Hunter. It is so beautiful to see how these rituals and elements work together and I am inspired to weave them into my own practice. A magical duo that have the most amazing gifts to share with us all. 🙏
Thank you, Louise!
So glad you enjoyed it, Louise! Thank you so much!! I can't wait to hear how you put it into practice yourself!
Wow! I love this, so simple and beautiful. I’d love to dive into find my own intentional elements 💚 I’m pretty sure creativity, freedom & simplicity will be in there… what else?!!
Oooh Creativity, Freedom and Simplicity sound like an amazing starting point! And love that you have the added knowledge of human design on your side!
Mmm they do sound good, coming back to them fresh! And yeah it’s so fascinating to see where depth words are bubbling up from! Sounds like you know a little HD, what’s your profile? 4:6 sacral generator here ✨
I love these, Sarah! Creativity, Freedom, Simplicity and...maybe something about seeking or discovery (which is one of mine, so maybe I'm just stuck on that)? I'm thinking about your knowledge of Human Design and how, for me, that feels like a sort of detective work or uncovering layers of mystery. I'm just brainstorming here! Let me know if you come up with a fourth one. Although I think having 3 is just fine too! 🤗
Ooh I love that, great observation yes, when I’m looking at a client chart it really is like detective work, and I often use the word untangling for this kind of thing… when I knitted more I loved having a tangle of wool to figure out. Actually, finding order in chaos is another big theme in my chart… the first three are too in case you can’t guess 😂 and i always wondered why they showed up every time I revisited my values… it’d be so interesting to che k everyone’s chart against their values… 🤔
Thanks Jenna and Hunter for this collaboration! This is fantastic! Intentional elements! I also use the elements of air, fire, water and earth. Have them on my altar as well. I am going to take some time and come up with my own words for them, but I sense they will not be much different from yours, Jenna. I also related to your ritual. I am so intrigued by what others say and do. I too honor the elements and the directions, just not every morning. What I consistently do before dawn is burn dried sage that comes from the garden. Create a circle with it and welcome in the goddess and my ancestors. There is more to this, but for another time. Again really appreciate this today!
Side note, you had mentioned something about an email a bit ago? Just want to check in because I have not seen anything. I did not want you to think I had not responded.
Jenna's ritual is so beautiful, isn't it? I love that you utilize the elements in your practice as well!
Hi Julie! Thank you so much for sharing a bit of your morning ritual! I love that you grow your own sage. That's wonderful! Sitting with the Goddess and the ancestors reminds me of one of Camilla Sanderson's recent posts where she said her mom would "incubate with God" every morning. I just loved the feeling that conjured in me. Waking up and incubating with the divine. I'm guess that's what you do with the goddess and the ancestors. ❤️ And yes! Still planning to send you an email. I have a document I want to share with you, but I haven't finished reading it yet. I think it's something you'd be interested in (and then we could have much delightful discussion about 🤗) but I want to make sure it's not a waste of time first.
Yes that is what I am practicing. Being and communing with the goddess and my ancestors. With my ancestors it is like settling in, like sitting around a big fire. With the goddess it is kind of like incubating, it feels very in the womb, but it is also full body as well. More letting the aliveness of HER do and be me. It is quiet humbling and very powerful.
And I am looking forward to what you plan to share...
SO glad we got to do this collaboration, Jenna! Thank you for including me in your beautiful process, and I'm so grateful we've been able to connect so deeply over our intentional elements. The way you weaved yours in with the classical elements is profound! You are truly such a gem and I can't wait to see what others take away from this!
Bless you, Hunter! And thank you so much for doing this with me! It's been such a joy to get to know you and do this work together. I really love the weaving of the elements!
WOW! WOW! WOW! This is so fantastic!!! I loved the idea of Intentional Elements and how they link in with the Classical Elements. This is such a powerful post of Inspiration, Coming Home and Clarity. Those words came to me after reading your post...maybe they are, in and of themselves, a form of Intentional Elements for me to explore.
Jenna and Hunter, thank you.
Mmm these words are SO powerful, Sam! Coming Home is an amazing one! And Inspiration and Clarity are great too. I would love to know more about what they feel like for you in your life!
Thank you, Sam! 💕 I LOVE Inspiration, Coming Home and Clarity. (And I especially love that Coming Home is something that came to you, knowing your experience of your travels and then return home.) That feels SO good!
Oh Jenna! I'm giving you such a big hug xxx
Thank you and Hunter so much for sharing these beautiful practices, I love Lacy’s manifestation programmes and bringing in the elements (with intentions) resonates deeply with me. It’s a brilliant way of staying aligned and drawing back into centre, love it Hunter! I work with a system for applying the elements to our homes and spaces to bring a greater degree of balance which I would love to tell you more about one day! xx ps your morning ritual is absolutely beautiful and deeply inspiring Jenna, thank you for sharing it xx
Lacy's work has been so pivotal for me! I love that you've done her programs too.
Oooh yes I would LOVE to hear about bringing the elements into our homes, what an interesting concept! Definitely shoot me an email too :)
Thank you so much for your kind words, Lyndsay! 🤗💕 I would love to know more about how you apply the elements to your beautiful home. Send me an email anytime! I am always deeply enchanted by your words and photographs about your home and its spaces. It does feel like a very magical place!
This is fabulous. I love this idea of intentional elements, and I am definitely going to check out sacred and slow! My main way of incorporating the elements into my practice is when they show up in my art journal or collage. I can’t wait to play with these ideas!
I love your art, Rikki! That's such a beautiful way to incorporate the elements. If you do take Hunter's class and discover your Intentional Elements, please do let me know what they are. I think it's so fun!
Thank you!!! I did subscribe last night so I will definitely be sharing about it
I saw that you subscribed, Rikki! Thanks so much!! I am SO excited to hear about your Intentional Elements!
I really enjoyed reading about Intentional Elements. This practice would be great to keep a person aligned and focused on what's most important to them.
It reminds me a lot of the Iron Pentacle and the Pearl Pentacle. You might like the book, "Walking in Beauty" by Phoenix LeFae. She teaches creating a personal pentacle based on our own values.
Working with the Elements is an important part of my practice. Thank you both for sharing!
Love that you work with the Elements, Melissa! And that book rec sounds amazing, definitely checking it out!!
Ooooh, thank you for the book recommendation, Melissa! I just grabbed a copy. It looks amazing.