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somatic journaling as ritual, refuge, & reimagining

a 5-week journal witch initiation with the soft animal coven

starts thursday, june 4th

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You know the feeling—that this new journal, notebook, or planner is the one that will change your whole life.

What if that could actually be TRUE?

Not because you finally found the right one.

Not because you’re determined to be consistent this time.

And not because you bought yet another course teaching you how to journal.

But because, for the first time, you are actually cultivating a SENSORY RELATIONSHIP with your journal, your pages, and your supplies.

Because you’re taking into account your nervous system needs and your current capacity.

And because you’re working within a framework that works with your neurology (not against it), and that understands how change actually happens in the traumatized, unruly, noncompliant bodies & lives of queer, trans, disabled, chronically ill, and/or neurodivergent folks.

THIS ISN’T SOME MORNING PAGES TYPE SHIT.

This isn’t about rote repetition. It’s not about consistency or 90-day challenges. It’s not about journaling the way someone told you to and that you work really hard to stick to even though it doesn’t work for you.

This isn’t about being a good girl (whether you’re a girl or not.) This isn’t about finishing your homework, completing a project, or getting good grades.

It’s also not about making pretty pages for Insta. It’s not about perfecting your penmanship or doing fancy lettering.

Listen—it’s not even about making ART.

Somatic journaling is magic because, with our pages, we get to create the conditions in which change can feel both approachable & pleasurable, even with our soft animal bodies at their current capacity.

From there, with our journals, we develop a relationship of safety & permission that supports us as we quite literally REWRITE OUR NERVOUS SYSTEM STORY.

IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU WRITE.

IT MATTERS THAT YOU WRITE.

Knowing this completely changes how we approach the blocks, challenges, and restrictions we have around journaling.

It’s no longer a question of “How can I be good at it?” but rather of “How can I make it accessible?”

(Remember when Mary Oliver told you that you don’t need to be good?)

And when you get curious about how to make it accessible, and you connect to the wisdom of the sensory joy in your pages, a whole new world of possibilities opens up.

In this way, new worlds become possible on our pages and in our hands.

I'M SO THERE

WTF IS SOMATIC JOURNALING?

Part grimoire, part planner, part art journal, and part field notes, your journal can become a familiar that helps you rewrite the story of your nervous system by offering a dedicated ritual space where you can practice attunement & agency.

JOURNAL AS RITUAL

Cultivate a RELIABLE, PREDICTABLE & PLEASURABLE RELATIONSHIP with your journal that feels safe & accessible to RETURN to.

JOURNAL AS REFUGE

Your pages become a SANCTUARY that can hold all the GLORIOUS, MESSY COMPLEXITY of your experience, and where ALL THE PARTS OF YOU can finally feel SEEN & HELD.

JOURNAL AS REIMAGINING

Let your SOFT ANIMAL BODY lead as you practice CURIOSITY, learn to EXPERIMENT & REFINE new ways of being & doing, and build a space where you can SOFTEN into the discomfort of the UNKNOWN.

a 5-week journal witch initiation with the Soft Animal Coven

starts Thursday, June 4th

sliding scale $66-$108

OPEN TO RECEIVE

somatic journaling as ritual, refuge, & reimagining

I WANT IT

WHAT THIS IS

A 5-week container of live ritual workshops, live Q&As, community, and resources to help you develop a sensory relationship with journaling that creates the conditions in which nervous change becomes not only possible, but accessible, pleasurable, and—most importantly—magical.

WHO IT’S FOR

Artists, activists, healers, lovers & shit disturbers in rebel bodies* who want to expand their capacity to feel & receive so they can reclaim their energy & sovereignty from the jaws of the empire.

*If you’re queer, trans, neurodivergent, chronically ill, and/or disabled, you’ll feel right at home!

WHAT YOU GET

  • 5 live ritual workshops (2hrs)

  • 2 Q&A calls (2hrs)

  • An epic workbook including:

    • The Principles of Somatic Journaling

    • The Four Elements of Somatic Journaling

    • The Three Core Practices of Somatic Journaling

    • Journal prompts & tarot spreads

    • Rituals & Prayers for your journaling practice

  • 4 elemental ritual guides

  • Recorded somatic practices to deepen your practice

The Four Elements of Somatic Journaling

  • CREATING THE CONDITIONS: The EARTH element grounds us in the senses, in our physical and tactile experience here on Earth.

  • CROSSING THE THRESHOLD: The FIRE element moves us from the grounded energy of earth into action and transformation.

  • FLOW WITH THE MYSTERY: The WATER element teaches us to surrender to the unknown, dive into intuition, spirituality, and creativity.

  • RELEASE, REFLECT, RETURN: Writing itself becomes the AIR element — the act of giving language to experience, integrating it into our being.

The Principles of Somatic Journaling:

  • REPETITION > CONSISTENCY

  • RELIABLE RHYTHMS + REPEATABLE STRUCTURES > ROUTINE

  • DOCUMENTING > PLANNING

  • VALIDATION > GRATITUDE

  • CREATING CONDITIONS > MANIFESTING

  • PERMISSION > PERFECTION

  • CURIOSITY > SHAME

They don’t call it a fucking SPELL for nothing, babe.

You can LITERALLY rewrite your nervous system story from the bottom up.

With pen & paper & your own two hands.

RITUAL WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

All calls start at 11am PT/1pm CT/2pm ET.

THURSDAY, JUNE 4th

Intro to Somatic Journaling & Journal Enchantment Ritual (2hrs)

THURSDAY, JUNE 11th

Creating The Conditions: Somatic Journaling & the EARTH element. (2hrs)

THURSDAY, JUNE 18th

Crossing The Threshold: Somatic Journaling & the FIRE element. (2hrs)

THURSDAY, JUNE 25th

Flowing With The Mystery: Somatic Journaling & the WATER element. (2hrs)

THURSDAY, JULY 2nd

Release, Reflect, Return: Somatic Journaling & the AIR element. (2hrs)

Q&A CALL SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, JUNE 12th & FRIDAY, JULY 3rd at 11am PT/1pm CT/2pm ET. (2hrs)

SO READY FOR THIS

Somatic Journaling Spell:

START BADLY. GO SLOWLY. STAY CURIOUS.

WHAT A RELIEF

Meet the witch behind the magic

Fenn Priest (she/her) is an Autistic witch, nervous system psychic, and somatic practitioner. She helps witches & weirdos in rebel bodies expand their nervous system capacity to feel and receive so they can find the embodiment, belonging, freedom, and joy the soft animal of their bodies long for. A loudmouth Gen X stoner hailing from the north woods of Canada, she currently lives in Austin TX with her weird, neurocomplex, polyamorous family, and one bossy black cat named Juniper. She can usually be found putting stickers in her journals and listening to Taylor Swift with noise-cancelling headphones.

TWO OPTIONS TO JOIN:

JOIN AS COVEN MEMBER

When you join as a COVEN MEMBER, you get access to all of OPEN TO RECEIVE content, including:

  • 5 live ritual workshops

  • 2 live Q&As

  • Workbook

  • Exclusive practice videos

  • Lifetime access

  • Course community

PLUS get IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO all COVEN offerings, including:

  • Weekly Oracle Hour, Quiet Club & Somatic Journaling calls

  • Monthly Somatic Spellwork Lab workshops

  • Seasonal Wheel of The Year Coven Rituals

  • The Trauma Witch Teaching Library

  • Soft Animal Magic Teaching Library

  • Coven Community

Monthly payment of $33-$44-$55.

Two months minimum, then cancel anytime.

MONTHLY PAYMENT OF $33
MONTHLY PAYMENT OF $44
MONTHLY PAYMENT OF $55

JOIN COURSE ONLY

When you join the COURSE ONLY option, you get access to all of OPEN TO RECEIVE content, including:

  • 5 live ritual workshops

  • 2 live Q&As

  • Workbook

  • Exclusive practice videos

  • Lifetime access

  • Course community

DOESN’T include COVEN offerings:

  • Weekly Oracle Hour, Quiet Club & Somatic Journaling calls

  • Monthly Somatic Spellwork Lab workshops

  • Seasonal Wheel of The Year Coven Rituals

  • The Trauma Witch Teaching Library

  • Soft Animal Magic Teaching Library

  • Coven Community

Single payment of $108

Or two monthly payments of $54, or four payments of $27.

SINGLE PAYMENT OF $108
TWO PAYMENTS OF $54
FOUR PAYMENTS OF $27

✺ Frequently asked questions ✺

  • Absolutely. You’ll get access to the replay within 24-48 hours after the end of each live call, and have lifetime access to the workshop materials.

    • Your journal & supplies.

    • Your favorite tarot or oracle deck

    • A small selection of your favorite sacred objects, potions, candles, and/or incense to create your ritual space

    • Snacks and/or beverages for nourishment and hydration

  • We host a very come-as-you-are space: you are free to arrive late, to leave early, to have your camera on or off. You get to choose exactly how much or how little you want to participate in.

    We’ll provide closed captions and a transcript of the replay. Please email us at hello@thetraumawitch.com if you have additional accessibility needs.

  • YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE AUTISTIC OR DISABLED TO PARTICIPATE.

    Neurodivergent traits are human traits presenting in different combinations of varying intensity. The accommodations that make life safe & pleasurable for Autistic & disabled folks benefit absolutely everyone. No one escapes the spell of shame cast by an ableist & capitalist society. If the descriptions of these offerings speak to your soul, then you belong here.

  • You betcha.

  • I think about this a lot, and here are the current standings:

    1. Folklore

    2. TTPD

    3. Evermore

    4. The Life of A Showgirl

    5. Reputation

Somatic Journaling is right-sized magic you get to hold in your hands, that meets your body & capacity exactly where they are, and moves at the pace of your nervous system.

OMG YES