The Inner Peace Sanctuary

09/11/2025

Mercury begins its final retrograde of the year on 9th November, moonwalking its way through the skies until 29th November 🪞✨

When Mercury appears to move backwards (it’s an optical illusion), it’s said to stir up all things connected to communication, travel, technology, and our mental flow.
It’s like the universe saying: slow down, re-think, re-do, re-align.

If you’ve been feeling foggy, frazzled, or like you’re constantly sending “sorry, wrong message” texts — you’re not imagining it. 😉

Mercury Retrograde can tangle signals and plans… but it also gives us space to pause and repair what’s been left on autopilot.

Here’s how to navigate the weeks ahead gently:
✨ Double-check messages, bookings, and tech (back it all up).
✨ Reflect before reacting — especially in conversations.
✨ Rest when your mind feels overloaded.
✨ Revisit your intentions before December begins.

And if you’d like a little personal guidance through this retrograde, I’m opening a quiet space here again 💫
Below is a list of words — choose one that matches how you’re feeling right now, message it to me privately, and I’ll draw a card, affirmation, and essential oil to support you through this phase (shared anonymously in stories).

Numb
Purposeless
Sadness
Control
Energy
Insecurity
Constricted
Confusion
Joy
Burdened
Wounded
Anger
Clarity
Low Self-worth
Awareness
Overwhelmed
Safe
Empowerment
Enlightened
Fear
Anxiety
Peace
Unsafe
Comfort
Acceptance
Compassion
Courage
Love
Trust
Gratitude

Mercury Retrograde doesn’t have to be chaos — it can be a sacred reset, if we let it. 🌙
Namaste, Jo 🌿

01/11/2025

🍂 Welcome, November

Welcome, November 🍁
A month of turning inward, of holding space in the dark, and of preparing our hearts for what’s next.

November arrives under softer light, deeper shadow, and a quiet call to reflect.
This is the month where we honour endings — of cycles, of stories, of energies — and ready ourselves for new seeds in the silent soil.

🕯️ November 1st is All Hallows’ Day, a time to honour the saints, the ancestors, and the souls who walked before us.
In Mexico, it’s Día de los Inocentes, to remember and honour deceased children and treat death as a continuation of life, rather than something to be feared.

Astrologically, November brings us the Beaver Moon / Supermoon on November 5 — the brightest, boldest moon of the year. 
It reminds us that even in deep dark, there is a luminous presence waiting to be seen.

It also ushers in Mercury retrograde (in Sagittarius / back into Scorpio) from November 9 to 29 — a time to slow down, review, and speak your truth more gently.

This month invites you to hush the noise, to tend your inner landscape, and trust in what is quietly shifting beneath.

✨ Crystals to walk with you in November:
→ Smoky Quartz — release & grounding
→ Labradorite — mystery & inner vision
→ Black Tourmaline — protection & boundary
→ Citrine — light & gratitude

🌸 Essential oils for softer strength:
→ Frankincense — sacred space + connection
→ Clove — warmth & courage
→ Patchouli — earthiness + renewal
→ Sweet Orange — light in shadow

May November hold you.
May it gift you deep reflection, gentle release, and the courage to trust what’s unseen.

Which crystal draws you this month?
✨ Drop your pick in the comments or DM me — I might have a whisper of magic waiting for you. 💎

Namaste, Jo 🌿x

31/10/2025

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24/10/2025

You know that feeling when life feels noisy and you just want a clear sign — some kind of nudge from the universe that says this way? ✨

That’s why I’m drawn to divination.
Not because it’s about “predicting the future,” but because it’s how I listen when the universe whispers.

Sometimes it’s through tarot — imagery that speaks straight to the heart.

Sometimes it’s runes, pendulums, or the scatter of stones in a lithomancy reading.

Other times it’s the shapes in smoke or fire, the story left in a teacup, or the symbols that drift through dreams.

And often? It’s just nature — a feather, a cloud, a bird that arrives right when you need it.

All of it is language.
Different dialects of the same conversation between you and the universe.

That’s what my new Guide to Divination Practices is here to help you do — listen, interpret, and trust the guidance that’s already around you. 🌙

If you’d like a copy, make sure you follow this page, comment “SIGNS” below and I’ll be in touch to send it your way.

✨ Let’s help you recognise the messages that have been waiting for you to notice.

Namaste, Jo 🌿x



 
 
 
 





15/10/2025

I’m a reiki practitioner — and I’m about to tell you something most people in the reiki community never mention 👇

Reiki isn’t mysterious or “woo woo.”
It’s a way of helping your body do what it already knows how to do — heal, rebalance, soften.

You don’t have to “believe” in it for it to work.
You don’t have to lie still and pretend nothing’s happening.
You just have to give yourself permission to receive.

Sometimes Reiki feels like warmth.

Sometimes like tingles or emotion rising up.

And sometimes it’s just the deepest exhale you didn’t know you were holding.

I love weaving in crystals and essential oils to deepen the experience — Amethyst for calm
Selenite for clearing
Lavender for rest f
Frankincense for grounding.
Every layer works together to remind your system that it’s safe to let go.

Reiki doesn’t replace medicine. It complements it — helping your body handle stress, process emotions, and steady itself again.

🌿 Whether in-person or distance, Reiki works. Energy has no walls.

📩 DM me if you’d like to try a session and feel the shift for yourself.

Namaste, Jo 🌿x