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Create an Embodiment Totem


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I wanted to offer a way for everyone to build their own activations without necessarily booking with me, so this idea came to me.


The best way to connect with a new version of self, or to build new habits, or to call something in, is to boil the idea down to a sensation and choose to step into that sensation as often as you can in the present moment.


If you are calling in abundance, what is the sensation of abundance for you? Is it safety? Then what are actions you can do right now, that make you feel the sensation of safety? Is it confidence? How can you embody that sensation of confidence right now?


When we focus on the sensation of what we are desiring, it takes that thing off the pedestal and into our current state. We can choose to step into that sensation at any time. And since we can choose to be in that sensation, then we are already sitting in the very thing that we desire. It is moving our vessel into a space where that sensation is familiar, so it is easier to hold when the opportunity opens up to receive it.


The best way I move into those sensations is through visuals. That's why I create activation paintings. That's why I want to create ways to activate these sensations within us, so we can step into those desires, right now.


Fuck divine timing, you can have what you desire in this moment. Because everything is just a sensation and you can choose to feel it at any point.



So this guide is just a three-step guide on how to build your own totem. There is a link to a template in Canva as well. Or you can download the template here:


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I use Canva, and use an IG story size so that I can put them on my phone as a wallpaper. But, you can also make these using magazine photos or your own. You can make a collage if you want to hang it up in your room.


The key to building this is your intention and your belief. As long as you hold your intention and trust as you build this, you will feel the shift in your experience.


Have fun building your embodiment totem and be sure to tag me @_talularose when you make it :D


*P.S. focus on one embodiment totem for at least 30 days before you make a bunch*


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What is an Activation Painting?

I believe art is a bridge to a deeper version of self. All art is a mirror of our soul; that's why what the creator experiences in making the piece will feel differently than how every viewer interprets it.


So when I started exploring creation, I had this weird sensation that everything I created wasn't mine. I had no connection to what I just spent 15+ hours making. It felt foreign to me, like I wasn't the one who actually made it and it had nothing to do with me, as an artist. I had heard artists have a hard time getting rid of their work because of the deep connection to the pieces, but I had the opposite experience. I wanted it out as soon as I finished. It didn't feel right keeping it.


Then a couple of years into making these pieces that felt so distant to me, someone reached out and wanted to buy one. They told me it felt like they had never been so seen; that everything they were experiencing in their current reality was reflected back to them within the painting. In that moment I realized that this painting was completely theirs and not mine.


It continued happening. Close friends would tell me that the landscape I made was a place very dear to them. It got to the point that I thought "well if I'm making all of these sacred places on accident, what would happen if I made it consciously?"


So I went into a meditation and then tried to paint a self-portrait with the landscape that I saw while in that state. Every time I would meditate I would go to this valley with tall grass, large beautiful clouds, and always a ladder in the center, leading up to them.


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This was the first piece that I felt fully connected to my work. I realized it was Mine. It was such a clear vision of this "safe space," for me and I wanted to know if I could tap into those spaces for others.


Through this experimentation I developed a method for channeling these pieces for others, to reflect their current energy and "activate" this energy to deepen their healing, embodiment, or abundance depending on what their soul was desiring.


To be honest, I thought I was kind of insane when I started this. But, I kept having the same dream of creating these activations for others, and ever since starting this, the responses have been pretty insane.


One person I created a piece for and gave a reading to, I had told to look into herbalism, and they had JUST made the decision to get into that. Another I told to focus on pleasure and they were creating a course to help others find their pleasure and joy.


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Okay so what actually is an activation painting?

When you book, I meditate and tap into your energy and spend the next 10-15 minutes just writing everything that comes up for me. These are usually pieces of the image like lotuses, or roses, or tall grass etc. And then with all of those pieces come messages about your energy. Lotuses for example might represent opening up to a new version of self, or mountains might show up to remind you to stand in trust with yourself or tap into the feeling of safety.


From these messages, I start painting and set an intention while I'm in the process; similar to creating a prayer.


Before we meet, I pull 3 cards to represent your current energy, the lesson you are learning, and what energy will come if you embody that lesson.


Each reading includes:

-an 8x 10 Giclee print of your digital activation painting

-a 30-45 minute call explaining the messages within your painting and an energy reading

-rituals and prompts to help fully embody the energy within the painting



My goal is to connect you to parts of yourself that you might not be in full trust with. My paintings are representations of your beauty and the feelings you desire to experience. Through this work I hope to activate this trust in my clients and help them move into a new phase of their being.



 
 
 

Human Design Centers Guide


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After writing about how I use HD for self-reflection I thought it would be a good idea to make a cheat sheet for anyone that is exploring Human Design to learn more about their energy and how to utilize it.


You can grab your HD Centers Guide here:


This guide comes with a cheat sheet for defined vs open centers as well as journal prompts that you can refer to when reflecting on your unique energy expressions.


I'll be making more guides in the future for your profile, energy type, and incarnation cross. So be sure to join my newsletter to stay up to date.


If you'd like a deeper look into your Human Design chart, you can click the link below to book with me.


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with love,

Talula



 
 
 
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