A soul awakening moment is one where you are connecting to, embodying, or ‘sparking’ a different layer of your spiritual self. Sometimes, this experience is like a shot of lightning, emotion, and realization. Others, and more often, it comes in nuance. You recognize it through the spark to do something different. As a psychopomp, I walk people through the soul awakening process. This article contains a list of signs that you may be having a spiritual awakening experience.
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Common signs you are experiencing Soul Awakening
- You are making choices that consciously end a cycle or behaviour. You are letting parts of what you ‘used to be’ or ‘used to do’ go.
- You are feeling more inspired to take care of yourself. You see more of your inherent value as a human now.
- Alternatively – you may feel deep sorrow and sadness about the state of things around you
- You feel more inspired by nature. You recognize the language of Earth and the flow of stars and planets.
- You feel more connected to yourself and confident of who you are.
- Your interests are changing.
- You were excited by the Eclipse and these alignments and that is not normally ‘you’.
- You know that you have changed, though you are not sure how.
- You are sleeping a LOT (and not in a depressed way, more like a sleeping, waking up having deep insights, falling into rest again).
- Feeling ready to commit to yourself and your life in new and different ways.
- You had a moment where it felt like you were ‘plugged in’ to something different. Perhaps you had an afternoon of wave after wave of tears and happiness and relief.
- If you are an extrovert, you may be entering a ‘hermit’, study and personal development phase.
- If you have been an introvert, you may be ready to ‘birth’ yourself and come into the world, once again..
- You are spacey. (This is a sign that grounding will help.)
- You are experiencing what feels like a ‘healing crisis’ aka, you have a load of energy you do not feel like you know what to do with.
Less Common signs you are having a soul awakening
- You discover skills like artistry or music that you did not know you had.
- You feel the indescribable urge to relocate to a new place that you feel is ‘calling’ you.
- You switch jobs.
- You feel called to go on pilgrimage to a spiritual site or place that is of high meaning to you.
- You are awake with rushing realizations early in the am (say around 2-3 am)
When Soul Awakening Feels difficult
When you have a soul awakening, there are ‘high’ and ‘low’ moments. There are the joys of getting to know who you are. There are also growing pains that may come with it. There are sometimes also other, harder moments where you realize that you have to change your life because something in it is no longer ‘working’ the way it once did. A pattern or a behavior, perhaps even a relationship or friendship no longer match who you are or what you would like to be in this world.
Know that in these moments, you are not alone.
Though there is difficulty on the path – and sometimes this can stretch out for years – it does not have to be that way for long phases. Yes, there are sad and hard moments. Having said that – when you follow a program and grounded protocol to care for yourself designed by someone who knows the process – things tend to flow much more smoothly.
Learn how to care for your soul during soul awakening phases
Becoming a part of yourself is an active process. It has a physical layer, an emotional one, and an energetic one. This is something that I know well as psychopomp with 20+ years of experience under my belt. From my perspective, the best way to take care of your soul is to learn to: a) hear your spiritual self; b) care for the 3 layers (energy body care, taking care of your physical body, and learning to hear the message in your emotions); and c) to learn to do so because it is fun and you enjoy it. Skills built in positive moments are there to rely upon during the more difficult ones.
Be Ready to Dive Deep – Move Beyond Quick Reads and ChatGPT
In the days of ‘chatgpt’ spirituality – I cannot underscore enough how important it is to give yourself grounded guidance from a person or teacher who knows this process. While it can be useful to type in a question and get a quick answer – reading amalgamated information put together in point form by a robot is only going to take you so far.
The best way to make soul growth sustainable and pleasant is to engage in thoughtful, grounded guidance that is put together for you by a real person with real experience in the field.
Work with me
I designed several protocols for soul connection, awakening, and healing that range from absolute beginner to expert.
Soul Compass: Pathways to Conscious Self-Connection: https://indicrowacademy.learnworlds.com/course/hear-your-soul
Plug into the Planet: Earth Connected Soul Growth: https://indicrowacademy.learnworlds.com/course/spiritual-grounding
Private Session: you may also email me to request a private consultation. My baseline is $175 for a 60 minute assessment and basic check-in. You may contact me at katieindicrow@gmail.com to request a meeting.
Remember. This is a process.
One of the most important things to remember is that this is meant to be a fun, enjoyable process. If it is not – do not feel guilt or shame. Know that you are able to empower yourself and build the skills to manage the ups and downs that may come with it. Doing this requires a mix of being firm yet gentle with yourself. The more you set up routines for yourself that help you feel strong, safe, and powerful, the more you will enjoy this.
All the best,
Katie Harris
Katie is a psychopomp who is also a formally trained social anthropologist. Having worked in the academic field for 15 years, Katie eventually retired to open up Crow Medicine and her school, IndiCrow Academy. Katie developed a research based approach to soul care + self connection that she teaches others. Highly respected, she has worked in medicine circles as a trusted guide to other practitioners for much of her career.
Further Reading
https://crow-medicine.com/making-soul-growth-more-comfortable-how-to-receive-yourself/
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