We do this work together | Dragon 🐉 Letter #48

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Hola Beloved Wildlings!

This Dragon Letter is going to be dedicated to helping you resource during these chaotic times.

I want to welcome the 100+ folks that have joined Dragon Letters from the Cosmic Business Salon. I was so thrilled to learn we raised over $5000 for Black Farmers from that event.

I’d love to know what lights you up from this letter.

Witnessing the continuing backwards fascist movements in the US and Nicaragua are designed to instill fear. Now is the time to draw from your practices that help you move through the collective trauma so it doesn’t take root in your body.

When you bump into the collective threats, whether they are directed at your identity or those of your loved ones, remember collective movements and actions will help keep that trauma from embedding in you.

To that end, my colleague Shohreh Davoodi put together a comprehensive list of recent anti-LGBTQIA+ bills and some posts of links for fighting back against anti-LGBTQIA+ and transphobic legislation. Pick one to move against (thaw the freeze that may be happening in your nervous system by re-establishing collective boundaries) and lend a hand.

I’ve been following L.M. Sacasas Convivial Society, a newsletter about technology and culture. And this recent edition “Whose Time? Which Temporality?” was pure delight.

I love his thoughts on transitional light, being in dawn and dusk rather than the harsh changes we typically go from in artificial environments.

As well he’s exploring around the edge of what some are calling monchromatic time (colonial time) and polychromatic time (relating with Time) calling it industrial time.

And he’s nibbling at the commodification and politics of colonial time while weaving in quotes from others that are seeking to rediscover our rhythms. Really beautiful (and long) piece.

Side note: I’ve been seeing people post about mono and poly time and have found it another colonizing way of labeling that continues to separate us from the real meaning of relating with Time that is inherent in Indigenous experiences of Time.

This is another way of relabeling and “discovering” something that already has meaning by Indigenous peoples. Please don’t use these colonizing terms. 🙏🏼

Stay wild, love fiercely. Your presence is golden.

xo Ixchel

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In these Times of Uncertainty, Resilience comes from Focus

My Flow mentor Steven Kotler recently wrote about how to sustain focus and flow during times of chaos and uncertainty. He explains that our ability to navigate uncertainty effectively depends on our ability to focus.

External activators (from the list of 22 activators in the 23 Rituals for Dreaming in the Wild), the things evolution shaped our brains to pay the most attention to:

Risk/high consequences—physical, social, or reputational risk
Novelty—information, people, tasks, hobbies, interests, locations
Complexity—environment, intellectual, professional, interpersonal
Unpredictability—environmental, professional, relational

These hallmark traits of high VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, chaos, and ambiguity) environments, increase our state of arousal.

Kotler writes, “But the right dose of VUCA ––aka the challenge-skill sweet spot––can amplify flow, focus, and creativity. Our goal is to create the conditions where VUCA is just high enough to elicit flow, but not so high that it exceeds our capabilities.”

Too much arousal can lead to stress, burnout, and overwhelm, while too little leads to boredom and apathy. The right dose of VUCA can amplify flow, focus, and creativity.

Kotler suggests reducing the VUCA in other areas of our lives by

Minimizing daily decisions: What to eat, what to wear, when to wake up, etc
Eliminating unnecessary disruption: Travel, moving, big purchases
Creating pockets of autonomy and agency: Morning routine, evening routine, and workouts
Reducing novel stimuli: The news, social media, TV
Simplifying your strategies: Prune the deadweight and focus on proven result drivers
Flushing fear neurochemistry out of your system with acute stress: Sauna, breath work, ice baths, cardio

Additionally, we can to minimize internal VUCA by shifting the conversations in our head and remembering that we have been through difficult times before and have come out successful.

Leaning in with nervous system regulation tools are so helpful. If you are looking for new ones, check out my Flow Playlist on Youtube.

And, please, please remember to gather with your people, or find a movement and lend a hand. If you’re seeking a supportive container, check out Wild Presence Collective.

Star Powered™ Circle is Opening Again

I wanted to tell you about an astrology learning community hosted by my dear friend and colleague, Leslie Tagorda.

Star Powered™ Circle – A Space for Luminary Leaders

Star Powered™ Circle is a gathering space for changemakers to heal, commune, co-create and radiate with astrology. (A little like what we do in Wild Presence, but solely astrology-focused.)

An inner sanctuary, and a multitude of souls, all contributing, creating, collaborating, all creating the future we want to see, a future that is socially, economically, environmentally just.

In Star Powered™ Circle, collaborate and co-create together with other luminaries. Your People need you and you need your people ($222/mo):

✨ Astrology Library (value $1312+)✨ Monthly Meetups – New Moon, Star Hours, and more ($2970+)✨ Quarterly Astrology Intensives ($2788)

If you desire 1:1 Mentorships with Leslie ($444-$666/mo):

✨ Monthly New Moon Mini Readings✨ Quarterly 1:1; AstroBrand™ Readings✨ SOS Voxer Access✨ Bonuses 1:1: Readings for annual payment& so much more!

(If you are seeking 1:1 astrology mentoring you can also get my Stellar Astro/HD Readings with two weeks of VIP integration from me in your pocket.)

Star Powered™ Circle enrollment is opening next week (get on the waitlist), and you can sign up for 3 months or commit to the entire year.

Doors won’t open again until late summer.

Here’s my affiliate link for Star Powered™ Circle. I am in the circle too because I’m looking forward to taking the courses offered as I study towards becoming AstroBrand™ certified.

This [Stellar Astro/HD] session was my first introduction to Human Design, and it was extremely eye-opening (and even consciousness-opening, I would say).

It’s a new, complex world that enriches what I already knew about astrology. I can’t wait to delve in more!

I felt that this session opened me up to new possibilities for this chapter of my life and brought together so many different threads in a way I wouldn’t have seen on my own. It’s the start of a new journey for me!

— Allegra Cramb, Language Consultant

“Ixchel is a gift for our time. Our work together transitioned me from a path of should-ing and burn out to tuning into my deepest call and making space for it.

The principles of flow Ixchel teaches are magical, rebellious and life changing. Their presence alone had a way of bringing me into deeper alignment with myself every time we met.

For anyone called to unhook from old systems and bring forth work from a deeper place within, Ixchel is a pioneer, an inspiration and incredible guide.

Ixchel’s work is world changing, one human being reoriented towards time…at a time. They are a powerhouse of wisdom, depth and knowledge and I felt so seen, informed and cared for in our session.

The way we’re doing things is not working and Ixchel is showing us a new way. I left our sessions feeling inspired, resourced and ready to be part of the change.”

— CARA JONES, UNTETHER YOUR VOICE

“Every session with Ixchel left my nervous system calm and peaceful in a full, embodied way. No matter what topic we were discussing, their ability to co-regulate without (apparent) effort, but just by being, filled me with ease and freedom.

Just being in a container with Ixchel is enough, THEN receiving their wisdom about Time, healing, breath, Flow, human design, and all things down-regulating is simply magic.

We completed by celebrating some shifts in my path since we’d begun, and we got to talking about integrity and purpose-as-essence in a really wholing and exciting way; even up to the last few minutes, we were making mind-expanding connections!

Thank you, Ixchel, for your energy and your beingness. So empowering (in such a parasympathetic way) to work with you.

— ANNE MARIE CORLEY, WRITER

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I was raised and bore children on the traditional, unceded, and stolen lands of the Coast and Central Valley Miwok (colonized as Petaluma, CA) and Nisenan (colonized as Sacramento and Fair Oaks, CA), past, present, and future. I also write, work, and live in the highland forest of the traditional, unceded and stolen lands of the Totonac, Nahua, and Mexicah, past, present, and future, in what is known as Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico.

P.P.S. I do not live or consent to the colonial impositions regarding the construct of Time. I also practice honoring rhythms of work, play, and rest so that I can serve you with embodied presence and with loving care. This means I may take several days to respond to your requests and questions. (h/t Eva Glamaris)

P.P.S. A mention is not necessarily an endorsement of someone. It’s an acknowledgment, a citation, of the origin of information in my process of understanding. (h/t Kelly Diels)

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