Lucid Willow

April Workshops will be aflame with magick! 💫

Thursday 4/2 7pm Elemental Magick Series: Fire Magick $35

Join us in the first workshop of our new series Elemental Magick! Each workshop in the series will correspond with the element of the current Zodiac season. We will kick off our series with Fire Magick while we are in Aries Season.

In this series we will learn about elemental magick: history, correspondences & ritual work.

Our craft for this series will be mini altar tins for each element to utilize what we learn about each element in your magickal practice.

Thursday 4/9 7pm Aura Magick $30

Join us for a beginners Aura Magick workshop! In this hands-on workshop we will not only learn about auras but will also practice seeing auras and receive an aura picture to take home✨
We will dive into auras to learn:
What is an aura?
How to see auras
Aura Colors and what they mean
The 7 layers of the aura
How to cleanse & protect your aura and more!

Thursday 4/16 7pm Beltane Wreath &Broom Making: Celebrating the Wheel of the Year $40/$45

Join us for a vibrant and enchanting Beltane Wreath/Broom Making Workshop! This is the fifth in our series honoring the Wheel of the Year by crafting a unique wreath for each Sabbat. In this workshop, we’ll embrace the fiery, fertile energy of Beltane, a time of passion, creativity, and the full bloom of life’s abundance.
🌸 Learn About the Wheel of the Year:
🌿 Create Your Wreath or Broom

Thursday 4/30 7pm Sacred Pages: A Grimoire Workshop $25

Bring your Grimoire and join us for the 7th gathering in our Grimoire Workshop series as we craft new pages and expand our witchy wisdom. With each workshop we gather in community and craft in our grimoires. No experience or previous workshops required!

In this session, we’ll explore and craft 2 topics for our Grimoires:

Beltane: The beginning of Summer. Handouts provided to learn about Beltane, history & correspondences.

Magickal Timing: Learn how to use Planetary hours & days for your magick practice.

We learn ways to record and honor these themes in your personal grimoire or Book of Shadows

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Often times we limit ourselves because we cannot dream big enough or consider that big things can happen for us. I've been looking at a white board on my desk for weeks that I wrote "Why Not you?" Such a simple question, but yet I still question it every time I read it. I cheer on my family, my friends, and encourage them that great things are on the horizon for them, but I cannot be that same cheerleader for myself. Why? Why do we sell ourselves short?

When I came across this picture, I was reminded that even the smallest things have powerful contribution to the environment around them. Believe in yourself! Find the small ways you contribute and celebrate them; I bet you find there are way more small things you do that make a big impact than you realized. 🫶

As we finish out 2025, I encourge you to reflect on the positive things, big and small, that you accomplished this year. Each time we shine, our light gets a little brighter.

Keep walking towards the life that calls your name.
Every step forward strenghens your light! ✨

Today I was reminded that perceptions can vary between people. That sometimes the things we hold dear aren’t exactly how others perceive them to be. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t cherish what it means to us. The value we put into something is just that, value assigned by us. If someone else sees the value of a connection differently, that’s okay, it doesn’t change the gratitude you have for it. Be your authentic self’s, live today as if yesterday doesn’t matter and tomorrow is yet to come. Only then will you appreciate the wonder of today 💕

Today I woke and found myself
With less than yesterday
My life was missing things
I had assumed were here to stay

Things that had seemed little
‘Til they left a giant space,
Left an empty silence
And a longing in their place

And I began to understand
That when push came to shove
I longed for what I’d had
When I’d thought that was not enough

I’d always looked ahead
Was always chasing more and more
Growing so complacent
Of the things I once wished for

Running to tomorrow,
To the weekend, to next year
Forgetting I was lucky
For the things already here

And all this made me realise
That my life can’t buy more time
So maybe I should spend my time
Loving this life of mine

And maybe I’ll be grateful
For the little things I’ve got
That seem inconsequential
But which mean an awful lot

So, tonight I’ll thank the stars
Instead of asking them for more
And I will hope to wake with all
The things I’ve thanked them for

‘Cause now I see that my todays
Are filled with time I’ve borrowed
And I shouldn’t sit around and waste them
Chasing my tomorrows.

~ 'Chasing Tomorrow' by Becky Helmsley from 'Letters from Life'
Becky Hemsley Poetry

~ Art by Manka Kasha

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You are more bold and empowered than you’ve ever been before. 🍂♥️

Oof, felt this one today! Here is your reminder that feeling without absorbing is practiced. If you don’t open yourself to “feeling” you cannot practice. 🥰

Live, Learn, Release ✨✨

“I am open and prepared for the magic and energy the world is offering me…” 🍂♥️

💜💜💜 Make this your Superpower 💜💜💜

Nothing is stronger than the heart that feels all the harshness of this world and still chooses to be gentle. In a world that often seems unforgiving, it takes extraordinary strength to remain kind and compassionate. Every day, we are faced with challenges that test our patience, our trust, and our ability to love. Yet, those who choose to respond with empathy, even after experiencing pain or disappointment, embody a quiet, unshakable power. Their hearts are not hardened by life’s trials but softened, deepened, and made more resilient. This gentleness is not a sign of weakness; it is, in fact, a courageous act of defiance against the bitterness that can so easily take root in our souls.

Choosing to be gentle, despite the cruelty or indifference of the world, is a radical act of self-love and self-restraint. It’s about not allowing the darkness to dictate how you treat others or yourself. When we respond with kindness, even when it’s difficult, we break the cycle of negativity and create spaces of healing and understanding. The strength of a gentle heart lies in its ability to remain open, to continue loving, and to offer grace when it would be easier to close off. In a world that often values power and dominance, the true strength is in those who carry their vulnerability with courage and choose love over fear, kindness over anger, and peace over conflict.

~ Balt Rodriguez ~ Choose Yourself

~ Art by Nikol Wikman