Hello sweet soul,
Today is 11 Iq’ in the Mayan Sacred Calendar.
Iq’ is the energy of voice—of air, of breath, of spirit moving through you to give sound to what has been waiting to be said. And 11 is a little unruly, purposeful without fully understanding its own purpose yet. It simply moves. It simply speaks.
We are two days from the close of this trecena. What has this cycle asked of you? What has moved through you—or tried to—that you haven’t yet given voice to?
Sometimes the most important thing you can say on your path is the thing you don't yet fully understand. You say it anyway. And the path reveals itself in the saying.
This is mine.
In the two weeks leading up to my Sacred Ancestor Reading in April, I fell and landed hard on my left ankle—the one where I’ve had surgery. It swelled. It slowed me down. Then I broke a toe on my right foot. And then my septic system failed.
Three things. Each one said the same thing: slow down.
I sat with it. And what I kept hearing from the ancestors was this: slow down to speed up.
Not as punishment. Not as bad luck. As medicine.
My body had been moving fast—too fast—and when my body moves fast, my cortisol spikes, my nervous system frays, and I disconnect temporarily from the thread back to my Soul.
The injuries and the broken pipe called me back onto the yoga mat, into restorative poses, into stillness with my emotions. And in that stillness, I heard clearly: you cannot hold space for others at anything less than full capacity. So I cancelled the April event. I said no. And that no was one of the most loving things I have done for myself—and for the people who would have come.
Because, if it’s not in highest and best for me, it’s not in highest and best for all.
This is the medicine of no.
Not the no of giving up.
The no of listening.
The no that arrives when your Soul and your ancestors are trying to redirect you toward something truer.
The no that, when you finally say it, feels like exhaling after holding your breath for too long.
And now I’m back.
On Saturday, May 16—10 Ix in the Mayan Sacred Calendar—I’m hosting a Sacred Cacao Circle in Santa Fe. Ix is the energy of Cacao itself, the Jaguar Mother, the aliveness of the Earth breathing into every living thing.
And 10 is the number of community—two hands coming together to heal something. This is not incidental timing. It is a Soul-level invitation.
In two sacred hours together, you’ll be held in a circle of souls, drinking Ceremonial Cacao prepared with intention, journeying inward through a guided Soul meditation, and witnessing live ancestral channeling. Your Soul and your ancestors will be present. What comes through is yours to receive.
There are 5 spots remaining. If you feel the pull, trust it.
Sending love that gives you voice today,
Maggie
