I want to try something fun in today’s email: a forecasting of what I see in the collective body for the next month.

I’ve been sitting on this idea for a while; a somatic forecast, a kind of body weather report for each Realm of Embodiment going into the month ahead. But I was stuck in indecision. Do I write them for the calendar month? For the turning of the zodiacal seasons? The longer I sat with it the more I realized it didn’t matter, I just needed to pick one and work with the period of time set in front of me. So, calendar months it is.

A brief introduction to the Realms

The Realms of Embodiment is the framework I read and understand the energy of the body through. While there are areas of overlap, they are roughly as follows:

The Realm of Bone + Foundation holds the energies you’ve inherited and built your life on and around. This is both armature and what’s alive in your marrow. Lineage work in terms of foundational and structural trauma and blessings; your ancestors’ wildest dreams and deepest wounds live here, and so do yours.

The Realm of Muscle, Connection + Relationship is where you resolve and evolve your relationship with resources and community. Muscle is made to rupture and repair, over and over, but it also holds tension. This is where you creative construct the shape of your life through the daily practice of showing up.

Your spirit engages with your physical body through the Realm of Fluid and Spirit Movement, moving with your unique internal rhythm, the beat of your heart, through miles of arteries, veins, and capillaries. This flow of spirit is the movement of your life through the relationships of your Muscle Realm and the ecosystem of your Organs.

The Realm of Organ, Ecosystem + Emotion is where you embody and trust that, in its own way, everything has a place and a role. It has multiple overlapping and interdependent ecosystems made up of autonomous organs that each have their own responsibility, and a collective they’re beholden to.

Your soul weaves through your nervous system, wending along the outside and moving through neurons. The Realm of Nervous System + Soul Frequency is your physical and energetic communication conduit within your body. It’s your connection to both soul-inspired and instinctual guidance; this is where your soul meets your survival programming and orients towards safety.

The Realm of DNA + Quantum reminds you that you exist at the micro and macro, from the coding within your cell’s nuclei to your fingerprint within the quantum matrix of everything. The DNA Realm is where the smallest parts of yourself meet the largest, most expansive version of your incarnation. This is your past, present, future, your connection to all things, and how your transformation contributes to the evolution of everything.

How to read your body weather

The readings below are what I see and translate from the collective body for the upcoming month. These are meant to be read as entertainment and for informational purposes. Depending on your relationship with each of these Realms, the forecasts may feel varying degrees of relatable or unattainable; just because they’re here doesn’t mean they’ll be the same amount of true for each of you.

I recommend grounding and connecting to your body before you read them. Notice the ones that make you lean forward, that feel like an opening, that encourage you to move towards them. Those are the Realms that are invitational this month.

The forecasts that feel discouraging to you, unattainable, difficult, or you turn away from or can’t remember reading even when you just finished: those may not be for you, or there may be deep resistance to them. That’s ok, no need to force them.

Move towards the invitation.

Somatic Forecasts for May

The Bone Realm

The Bones feel like an ancient god pulling themselves together in May. A reanimated corpse that’s discovering it has life force and free will. It feels like the bones are shaking off a spell of deep slumber or a hypnosis that had you staring at a projection and believing this is as deep as it gets. The energy of that spell is wearing off, the fog is drifting away and the bones are recognizing each other in partnership again. The spine realizes it needs the stability of the ribs and pelvis. The feet recognize there’s something above the ankles. The hands can feel the shoulder blades through the conduit of the arm bones. There’s a deep recognition in your bones that there’s more than meets the eye. What you’ve thought was true was only the surface, and while the armature may feel shaky, it’s fully awakening to the depths of its power this month. Work with your Bone Realm in May.

The Muscle Realm

The muscles feel a bit spun-out this month. If any Realm is having a crash out, it’s this one. I see them spiraling in different directions, searching for something more…but maybe not knowing what that is. It feels like the muscles desire intention, but your intension is confused, therefore the muscles don’t have direction. What do you want from your resources and relationships? How do you need these connections to feel? Get specific, and then let your muscles get creative. You’ll know its coming together when you feel the tension of possibility instead of loose ends spiraling towards anything and everything. Support your Realm of Connection and Relationship this month.​

The Fluid Realm

The inner ocean feels active, like it’s being pumped through a bellows. This isn’t a month of placid self-reflection, but one that’s going to shake things up. What has laid dormant within the cells and along the interstitium is being brought into circulation. The good news is, it’s just as easy for it to come to the surface as it is for you to release it. I see a skimmer net like you would use in a pool to collect leaves from the surface easily dipping in and tossing things back to the universe. There may be some moments of visceral repulsion or nausea when you recognize what has been stagnant in your body, but I’m reminding you to breathe through it. Disgust is an emotion that shows you what likely isn't healthy for you, let it guide your process of releasing. Dive into your inner ocean.​

The Organ Realm

The Organ Realm feels full of excitement for May; like a chatterbox. These beings can sense the shakeups in the other Realms, and tbh, they may have instigated them! The organs feel like they’re connected and working like a well-oiled machine, or an incredibly robust ecosystem and this Realm is here to reap the rewards this month. Let the emotions flow, let them guide you, welcome the messages you receive from each part as an indicator that it’s working; your body trusts you enough not to repress what you feel. Let your natural expression take the form it wants this month. You may start singing, playing an instrument, writing poetry, keeping a journal, moving your body differently, eating new foods, or trust-falling into your feelings. Support your Organs in their emotional freedom.​

The Nervous System Realm

The Nervous System Realm is sending out consistent pulses this month looking for safety. This feels important to notice because often the nervous system is searching or scanning for danger. This month feels like a turning of the tide. Instead of hypervigilance towards danger; what’s going to come around the corner? when’s the other shoe going to drop? It’s looking for what’s going right. Where do I feel safe? What part of me feels accepted in this moment? It’s pinging for softness and belonging. You can help it along by consciously recognizing these moments when they happen, even if they’re micro-moments. Orient your outlook to where you feel belonging, peace, comfort and reinforce to your nervous system that yes, it is sensing these moments and they’re safe. Work with Ash to embody this orientation.

The DNA Realm

The DNA Realm is focusing on the macro-scale for May. It’s noticing where there are snags or rips in the quantum fabric of you, but instead of gently pulling the threads loose or mending them back together in a way that will make-do for now, it’s excavating the snag and pulling out what was causing the issue by the root. It’s looking at the weak spot that keeps tearing and cutting away the frayed edges. In many ways it looks like taking a seam-ripper to your quantum make-up; seems radical and maybe abrupt, but this Realm is tired of waiting for you to get to it. It feels like it’s relegated to last place quite often, when so many of the things you struggle with could be solved by entering this Realm and looking at things from a very different perspective. See yourself from a new point-of-view.​

Wishing you well for the upcoming month!

Ash