There is a quiet kind of beauty in the journey of growth. Not the kind you can always see on the surface, but the kind that lives deep in the bones—the kind you feel when you’ve sat with your own soul long enough to really hear it.

Growth isn’t always loud.
Sometimes it’s the quietest thing in the room.
It’s the moment you choose to sit with your truth instead of running.
It’s the morning you show up for yourself when no one is watching.
It’s the breath you take before responding, the boundary you finally honor, the softness you give yourself after years of surviving.

Choosing yourself is a daily dedication.
It’s not just self-care—it’s self-remembrance.
It’s sitting with your own definition of love, pulling it apart thread by thread until you remember it was never meant to be earned—it was meant to be lived, from within.

We are conditioned to believe that love starts outside of us, that we must prove ourselves worthy of it, but true love—the kind that heals, the kind that holds, the kind that doesn’t leave—starts within.

When you begin to see yourself clearly—flaws, shadows, brilliance and all—you begin to understand what it means to truly honor yourself. Not in ego, not in perfection, but in presence.

Growth asks you to be honest.
To listen.
To pause long enough to feel what’s rising.
And then to keep going anyway—with love, with grace, and with the unshakable knowing that you are your own beginning.

So here’s to the ones choosing the path that’s not always easy, but always worth it. The ones showing up for themselves in small and sacred ways. The ones doing the inner work no one sees.

This post is for you.
Keep going.
You are not alone on the path.

All the love,
Ciearra Johnson
Lets funk it up and garden it down baby!

It’s been a little while since I last shared here. Life has its way of slowing us down—not always gently—but with purpose.

After Sedona, I thought the lesson had landed. But lately, I’ve realized I was only just beginning to embody it.

The deeper teaching.
To stay with myself.
To not abandon my own needs in the name of showing up for everyone else.
To draw boundaries with love—not just for others, but for me.

There’s a quiet strength in realizing you don’t have to choose between compassion and self-honoring. I’ve been learning how to hold space for others and still hold space for myself. Not from depletion, not from self-erasure, but from presence.

This past chapter wasn’t about isolation or escape. It was about integration. About noticing the old patterns before they fully took hold. About stepping out of cycles that left me drained and stepping into ones that sustain me.

I’m still building. Still creating. Still healing. But now, I’m doing it with me at the center of it all—not as an afterthought, but as the foundation.

Thank you for being here.
More to come soon.

Reflection Invitation
Take a moment with yourself today.
Where have you been showing up for others but slipping away from yourself?
What would it look like to honor your own needs without guilt?

Can you pause, even briefly, to ask:

• What do I need right now?

• Where do I feel overextended?

• Where is my “yes” not coming from truth?

You are not selfish for honoring your energy. You are sacred, too. Let this be your reminder to come home to yourself

With ALL the LOVE
Ciearra Johnson
Lets funk it up, and garden it down baby!

I’ve been away from the Grove—not in absence, but in sacred listening.

Sedona isn’t just a place. It’s a portal.
And it opened something in me I cannot unsee, unfeel, or unhear.

I didn’t pull a rune today because I was the reading.
Every breath of wind carried medicine.
Every rock whispered ancient truths.
Every step felt like a return to the parts of me I had tucked away in survival.

I danced with the land. I cried beside it. I prayed into it.
And in return, it gave me the most humbling gift: remembrance.

Not the kind you force. But the kind that breaks you open gently and says, “Come home now.”

I held space for strangers.
I grieved for those I love.
I gave gratitude for the path behind me and the unknown ahead.
I sat with the Buddha beneath prayer flags, and silence wrapped around me like a truth too big for words.

And this is what I heard:
We are the change. But only if we’re willing to go in.

There is no healing the world if we abandon our own soul’s cry.
There is no revolution without inner evolution.
And there is no true offering to give others unless we’ve first returned to our own sacred fire.

So today, instead of giving you guidance, I offer you a pause.

🌬️ Sit with yourself.
🌾 Ask what within you is ready to be seen—not fixed, just witnessed.
🔥 Where have you abandoned yourself trying to hold up the world?
🌑 What if your stillness is the activism?

Let this be your reflection:
Go in, so when you rise again, it’s from a place rooted in truth—not reaction.
Go in, so that when you love again, it’s from overflow—not depletion.
Go in, so that when you offer your medicine to the world, it’s whole—not hurried.

Sedona reminded me:
There is no path forward without returning inward.

Over the next few days, I’ll be sharing the medicine Sedona offered me to bring forth—pieces of wisdom, reflection, and guidance that are still unfolding in me.
May they meet you where you are.

📿
All the love,
Ciearra Johnson
The creator and heart and soul behind Creatrix Garden

Rune: Laguz – Flow, Intuition, Emotional Truth, Soul Alignment

Oracle Card: Medicine Mother – Honor Your Inner Knowing

This isn’t a day for questioning your path—it’s a day for trusting what you already know and moving forward with intention.

Laguz calls us into the deep—into the sacred waters of emotion, intuition, and alignment. But water is not stagnant—it moves. It shapes. It carves new paths through even the hardest stone. Today, that water within you is rising—and it’s asking you to trust where it’s guiding you, even if it feels uncertain or uncomfortable.

The Medicine Mother reinforces this with love and fire: You’ve had the knowing inside you for a while now. The next step is not about figuring it all out—it’s about honoring that inner truth with action. Whether it’s shifting a habit, committing to a goal, or finally choosing yourself—it’s time.

This energy combination says: Stop holding back. You are ready. Stay focused. Let your intuition lead you forward, and let the flow carry you—not away from your path, but into it more fully than ever before.

🌿 Affirmation:
I trust my inner knowing.
I act with courage and flow with purpose.
The next step is clear, and I am ready to take it.

🌀 Journal Prompt: What inner truth have I been sitting with that is ready to become action?

Take what resonates and leave the rest in the river. Your knowing is sacred. Your path is blessed.

With love in every step,
Ciearra Johnson
Lets funk it up and garden it down!

🌿Welcome to the Grove—where spirit meets soil, and the medicine grows wild. It’s your girl, Ciearra Johnson, and this is your Daily Grove.🌿

Today,  the rune Othala rises from the roots—carrying the voices of your ancestors, calling you home to your power. This is your spiritual inheritance—not just the stories of the past, but the sacred codes planted in your DNA. You are not walking alone. You are the living altar they dreamed of.

Pulled beside it is the High Priest – Intend and Create.
The Universe is asking: What will you do with this sacred fire?

This is no time to hesitate. It’s time to create from clarity. Stand tall in your divine masculine energy—rooted, focused, devoted. This is a day for action with soul. Not hustle. Sacred movement.

Above it all, the Merkabah glows in the background—a reminder that you are a being of light, encoded with geometry and grace. The Merkabah is your vehicle of ascension. You are the bridge between realms. Earth below. Sky above. Your breath is the key that connects it all.

🧘‍♀️ Reflect + Receive:
Ask yourself today:

🌿 What am I here to create with purpose?

🌿 How can I honor my ancestors through my daily acts?

🌿 What light do I carry that the world needs right now?

Let your answers guide the way like sacred roots finding water.

🌻 Affirmation:
I am the living prayer of my ancestors.
I intend with purpose.
I create with love.
I move with light.
And I walk in sacred rhythm with all that came before me.

🪻With ALL the LOVE,
Ciearra Johnson.🪻
🌿Let’s funk it up and garden it down.🌿

Today, we stand at a sacred threshold.

The Snake – Shed Old Skin emerges from the Shaman Oracle as a powerful invitation: it’s time to release the outdated layers of self. The identities, stories, habits, and expectations that once protected or defined you are now ready to fall away. There is no shame in outgrowing parts of yourself. This shedding is sacred. It is rebirth.

Perthro, the rune of mystery, fate, and hidden truth, speaks.
Asking us to surrender to the unknown. To trust the unfolding path even when we can’t see all the pieces. Perthro is the womb of possibility, reminding us that not all things are meant to be revealed before they blossom. What feels uncertain now is not a void—it’s a sacred container where something destined is forming.

Together, these two symbols call us to trust the transformation, even if we don’t yet understand where it’s leading.
You are not becoming something new—you are remembering something ancient.

Affirmations for Today:

• I release what no longer serves my evolution.

• I trust the mystery unfolding within and around me.

• I am safe to transform. I am safe to begin again.

• Even in the unknown, I am rooted in divine timing.

• My soul remembers the way forward.

So take a deep breath. Let the old skin fall.
Trust the hush before the bloom.
The sacred mystery is not here to confuse you—it’s here to call you home to yourself.

With ALL the LOVE,
Ciearra Johnson
Let’s funk it up and garden it down.

Rune Pulled: Dagaz – The Break of Day

Oracle Offering Its Guidance: Guardian Angel – “You are not alone. You are protected, watched, and guided through the unseen.”

Today, the garden opens at dawn. Dagaz is that powerful breath between shadow and light—the sacred hinge of transformation. This isn’t just change. It’s illumination. What once felt cloudy or uncertain is now kissed by clarity. Your Guardian Angel shows up not as some faraway figure with wings, but as the whisper in your gut, the warmth in your chest, the unseen hands clearing your path. You are wrapped in Spirit’s cloak—held, guided, and never walking alone.

This moment is a portal. Step through. Let the version of you that doubted, feared, or hesitated dissolve in the sunrise of your becoming. Let the garden of your spirit bloom wide and wild with truth.

Invited Reflection:

• What truth is dawning in me today?

• How is Spirit reminding me I’m never walking this path alone?

• Where am I still resisting the very transformation I prayed for?

Write it down. Breathe it out. Water it with gratitude.

My Personal Reflection:
As I sat with Dagaz and the Guardian Angel, I felt this deep exhale in my spirit—like I’d been holding something in for too long. For me, this pull isn’t just about clarity—it’s about permission.

Permission to trust the support around me, even if I can’t always see it.
Permission to move forward without the fear of messing it all up.
Permission to bloom even if I don’t feel fully ready.

Today, I’m walking through this doorway with the intention to remember who I’ve always been—a soul capable of dancing in the dark and still rising with the sun.

Spirit, thank you for the light, for the patience, and for never leaving our side—especially when we thought we were alone. May we walk through this day knowing we are protected, guided, and being grown into exactly who we are meant to be.

With ALL the LOVE,
Ciearra Johnson
Let’s funk it up and garden it down.

Today isn’t just about feeling—it’s about letting the emotions flood in, break the dam, and wash away what’s been weighing us down. There’s healing in the storm, clarity in the chaos, and rebirth in the rain

Rune of the Day: Hagalaz (ᚺ)
Hagalaz brings sudden shifts—but they’re sacred. This is the rune of cosmic disruption that clears the path, like hail pounding away the old so something fertile can grow. It’s uncomfortable, but wildly necessary.

We may not control the storm, but we can choose how we move through it: with presence, trust, and emotional truth.

Oracle Offering Its Guidance: Water Guardian – Connect with Your Emotions
She flows in to remind us: our emotions aren’t problems to fix—they’re portals to understand. Don’t harden under the storm; soften into it. Let the waves carry the old out of our system. Be gentle with ourselves and brave enough to feel it all.

Storms are sacred. They shake loose the stagnant and make way for our next blooming. We are being called to stop suppressing, stop bypassing, and just feel. The tears, the sighs, the aching in our chest—it’s all sacred alchemy. our emotional depth is our power.

Invited Reflection:
• Where am I resisting emotional truth?

• What am I afraid to feel?

• What would happen if I trusted my emotions instead of judging them?

So today, let ourselves feel messy, feel big, feel beautiful. Let it storm. Let it rain. Then let the wildflowers bloom where the lightning struck.

With ALL the LOVE,
Ciearra Johnson
Let’s funk it up and garden it down.

Today I pulled Wunjo, the rune of joy and harmony, alongside the Mirror Guardian – Take Time to Reflect from the Shaman Oracle deck. This energy invites us to slow down, breathe into the present, and ask ourselves: Where is joy already living within me—and where might I be dimming its light?

Wunjo brings the frequency of alignment, where inner peace meets outer expression. It’s a reminder that true joy isn’t something we chase—it’s something we uncover by returning to our essence. The Mirror Guardian calls us to gently witness ourselves, free from judgment, and allow insight to rise from within.

My Personal Reflection:
As I sit with this message today, I’m realizing how often I hold joy at arm’s length, waiting for the “right moment” or external permission. But joy, for me, lives in the tiny moments—the softness of morning light, the quiet presence of spirit, the laughter shared with my daughter. Reflecting today, I see how much beauty surrounds me when I pause long enough to feel it. I’m also being shown the spaces where I’ve outgrown old ways of seeking validation or trying to be “productive enough” to feel worthy of peace. Wunjo reminds me that joy is not earned—it’s remembered. And the Mirror Guardian encourages me to lovingly hold myself in this remembering.

Reflective Prompts:
• What moments have brought me quiet joy lately, even if small?

• What parts of myself need my love and attention right now?

• Am I creating space for reflection, or am I filling it with distraction?

• What would alignment look and feel like in my everyday life?

So today, give yourself permission to pause. To reflect. To soften into joy without condition. Let your soul speak, and listen with open ears. This is your invitation to come home to yourself.

With ALL the LOVE
Ciearra Johnson
Let’s funk it up… and garden it down.

There’s a rumble beneath the surface—a stirring of truth trying to break through. Today invites a sacred hunt: to pause, turn inward, and ask,
“Am I chasing what I truly desire—or what I’ve been taught to want?”
The energy is ripe with potential—but only if we’re willing to trace the thread of our longing back to its root.

Rune Offering Its Medicine: Fehu
Fehu brings fire and flow—the ancient symbol of wealth, nourishment, and creative force. This rune teaches us that abundance isn’t something to chase; it’s something to tend.

Its medicine today asks:
• What are you feeding with your energy?
• Is it your soul’s vision—or a fear disguised as ambition?
Fehu reminds us that true prosperity starts with where we place our attention and care.

Oracle Working With Us Today: Hunter – Track Down Your Fears and Desires
The Hunter doesn’t wait for clarity—he seeks it out. He moves with awareness, with intention.

This card is a mirror, asking:
• What am I afraid of calling in?
• What if I’ve mistaken a fear-driven desire for a soul call?
• What do I truly want beneath all the noise?
The Hunter walks beside you today, inviting you to hunt for truth—not approval. Desire—not distraction.

Abundance isn’t just about having—it’s about honoring what’s meant for you.
To walk in soul-aligned abundance, you must:
• Discern fear from desire
• Listen for soul-deep longings
• Let go of what’s been rooted in survival or old stories
• Choose what you feed with your energy

Reflect with these questions today:
Is this desire born from wounding or wisdom?

What do I feel when I imagine having what I say I want—freedom or pressure?

What energy am I hunting with—scarcity, or sacred trust?

My Personal Reflection
Lately, I’ve been standing more firmly in what I’m growing. The fog has lifted, and I see my soul’s desires clearly now. I know what I’m building, and it’s not rooted in fear or lack—it’s rooted in deep, sacred truth.

But I won’t lie—some past energies have been creeping back in. Old desires, old attachments… not because they’re meant to stay, but because they’re releasing their final grip.

Today reminded me: just because something tugs at me doesn’t mean it belongs in my garden. Some things aren’t mine to chase anymore—they’re for the universe to hold. My job is to keep tending the soil of what’s real. What’s aligned. What’s mine. And I trust that what’s meant will root itself in the timing of truth—not attachment.

Let this be the day you stop chasing shadows and start feeding the seeds of your truth. You’re not lost—you’re just learning to walk by soul-light.

With ALL the LOVE,
Ciearra Johnson
Let’s funk it up and garden it down.