may we be open and receptive...
We are one week into October, and I still find myself shaking my head in disbelief at how time works—a trickster if you ask me. Wasn't it just July???
Anyway, October is here, and here we are in it, and I’ve been receiving some very clear and concise messages and themes that feel important to share.
One of the most prominent themes that has surfaced is the practice of being open and receptive to support. I’ve noticed this not just in my own life—where I’ve encountered my conditioned response to resist the very support at my feet—but also in conversations with others, who share the same internal struggle. It feels like October is asking all of us a question: to receive or not to receive?
To be open is one thing, and a beautiful thing at that. But pairing openness with receptivity feels like a superpower, one that exists entirely to support us. It is here for our benefit—supporting our needs and wants, fueling us not just for the present but for everything that lies ahead.
I find it fascinating that the very medicine we need is often right there, so readily available. The real question is, are we available to it? Are we remembering how worthy we are, how essential it is to receive support and to be resourced—mind, body, and soul? Can we allow ourselves to receive on a deep, cellular, and situational level what we truly need?
This has made me reflect on generosity, and how it's woven into the philosophy of yoga. The yamas and niyamas offer us an ethical guide on how to live with liberation, joy, justice, and truth. Asteya, in particular, teaches us how to take only what we need—no more, no less. To me, this is the embodiment of gratitude. It’s about connecting with the abundance that exists both within us and around us, even when we forget it’s there.
We live in a culture deeply saturated with capitalism, supremacy, and the ego’s need to cling and control. But when we reclaim the birthright of abundance within us, we crack the codes that keep us from receiving the richness available in simple things—the slowing down of our day, taking time to restore ourselves, or hitting pause on plans to flow with grace. We often live in a loop of busyness, forgetting our being. In this forgetting, we fail to see the abundance of support around us, ready to help us open our eyes, ears, hearts, and minds, ready to be received.
So, October is asking: Are you open and receptive to support?
And if not, can you be?
And if so, how does that feel?
This theme has shown up in unexpected places for me—like the use of a block in yoga or the way coincidence and synchronicity put people in my path who believe in my work. There's something here, something to be held. There’s a balance and support that I alone cannot achieve. The real work lies in trusting enough to let someone else into my dreams and dismantling the idea that using a block—or receiving help—could ever be a weakness. Where do these ideas come from, the ones that tell us we must go without and do it alone?
This is an eternal shadow for me—the craving for community, yet the tendency to hermit away into my own independent hole. But I know if I stay there, I lose the essence, joy, and power that comes from interconnectedness. We cannot do this alone. We need each other. We need support.
October has also brought another realization: the need to open our voices, to let our stories be heard. We need to learn how to listen—not to respond, but simply to be present with another as they share their truths. Our stories matter. And yet so much of what we experience remains untold, swallowed into our bellies, hoping it will disappear. But it doesn’t. It lives within us, waiting to be expressed.
I wonder when we began silencing ourselves and each other. When did we stop speaking about what truly matters—our wholeness, our experiences, our humanity? There’s so much talking, but very little true speaking.
In my work, sharing stories is central. Every single time I share a part of my story or listen to another’s, there’s a power there—a connection. Our words lift the veils of separation, and in communicating, we find the gravity that unites us. We need to practice sharing our truths, telling our tales, and allowing the transformation that comes with that.
Just this past week, a family member visited, and where our conversation might usually be filled with small talk, my husband and I chose to ask deeper questions. Those questions opened the door to a real, genuine conversation. Afterward, that family member sent a message thanking us for the space to speak and how much better they felt because of it.
What if we allowed for more of that?
What if, instead of fearing not knowing what to say, we simply listened? Letting our hearts and spirits guide the conversation?
October’s energy feels like it’s time to not only open our voices but also our arms—to be receptive to the gifts that are here for us. I’m curious: where do we push away and neglect the offerings of support? Where do we find excuses not to receive? And can we begin to restore our own stories by remembering that they matter—all of it: the dark days and the bright, the sorrow and the light, the pain and the salve. It has all made us who we are.
Together, we can practice being a little more open this month.
Open to our truths.
Open to our voices.
Open to the blessings.
Open to the support.
It may be uncomfortable, but discomfort isn’t dangerous. It’s evolutionary. It’s expansive. It’s growth. We all have growing to do—as Divine individuals and as part of the Divine Collective, here to remember who we really are and who we really are to one another.
For me, receptivity is about allowing those who can be a catalyst to my dreams and hopes in, not out. Be it a kind message validating my words, a donation supporting my work, or the networking that reminds me this work is not just mine. I will only grow as far as my receptivity allows. The more I remind myself that I’m worthy to receive, the more expansive my reach becomes. And it all starts with sharing my truths, telling my tales of trauma and transformation, and trusting what I feel and hold.
What about you?
How can we keep the lights on, our hearts open, and our patience present as we work on knowing our wholeness—together?
I also shared a live oracle card shuffle for October on Instagram—the messages are still very much alive. Let me know what resonates with you…
