ahhtherapy ~newsletter ~September 2026

Living Better. Living well. It begins with the exhale ~"Ahh"

Hello Again!

I’ve missed this. I’ve missed you.

Summer can be fast and wild. It’s a season that burns bright and asks for everything all at once, while leaving so little room to rest and reflect. Schedules go out the window, and everyone’s chasing their own version of a good time. I hope that someone was you. But sometimes, it’s not.

This summer was a lot for me: so much work, so little pause. It truly had me in its grip. Yet, We managed six days of real rest; which were all deeply healing, deeply needed.

And, I hope you found some rest in it too, even if it was only a few stolen days or a few stolen hours….

Now, the light is finally shifting, and I can feel myself turning with it.

So I’m back:) And it feels so good to be here with you again….

Ripen • Shed • Receive
3 Card Pull for the Collective from the Deck: 'Seasons of the Witch: Mabon Oracle'

See the cards above ✨ I pulled these for you, for this coming Equinox.

These aren't individual readings, but I put real intention into them : into you, the reader who feels things… knows things… who's living heartfully and soulfully in tune with their rhythm, and nature's rhythm… Into whoever is meant to be reading this right now. And it just so happens that, time and time again, I hear back from people telling me it was exactly what they needed to hear, right when they needed to hear it.

So sit with the cards for a moment, and if something resonates, please let me know! I'd truly love to hear what you found.

Card One: What is still ripening within me? ~ Elderberries
​Wisdom • Crone Energy • Learning Through Experience

You already know more than you think you do. There is wisdom in your bones now- earned through everything you've lived, tried, learned, and survived. Elderberries nudge you out of planning and into doing; you may stumble or change course at first, and that's simply part of becoming good at anything. This is also a reminder to stop seeking validation outside yourself. There is room for your way, your voice, your pace; and the wisdom you're growing into now may someday become the guidance someone else needs.

Card Two :What is ready to fall away? ~ Scarecrow Guardian
​Release • Trust • Support Unseen

The belief that you have to carry everything alone is ready to go. You are supported, even when you cannot yet see how that support will arrive. Scarecrow Guardian asks you to move forward with confidence and trust that help, opportunity, or the right connection can appear at exactly the right moment. You don't have to force what is already finding its way toward you; some things arrive more easily once you stop gripping them so tightly.

Card Three :What wisdom does this season want me to receive? ~ Apple of My Eye
​Presence • Awareness • Small Choices

Be present enough to see clearly. Apple of My Eye reminds you that transformation rarely happens all at once. It's built through the small choices we make again and again. Notice where your energy, power, time, and attention are going. Awareness gives you the opportunity to choose differently, and those tiny shifts, repeated with intention, can eventually change everything.

Let these cards be your companion for the coming weeks. Take what resonates, leave the rest, and trust that this season is unfolding exactly as it should be.

The Threshold We're Standing On

The Sun will be slipping into Libra in a few short weeks, and with it, the Wheel turns. Day and night meet as equals. The autumn equinox is a breath of perfect balance before the dark begins to win.

This is Mabon: the Witches' Thanksgiving, the second harvest, the moment the Earth asks us to receive what we've grown.

Everything you planted, tended, and fought for this year is ripe now. Not just in your garden, but in your nervous system, your relationships, your becoming. Mabon asks you to actually receive it. Abundance isn't only fruit on the vine; it's the wisdom you've earned, the love you've deepened, the healing you've done in the dark.

Even the trees are showing us now how to transform into the you you’ve been creating throughout the year, and how to do it beautifully. Gold, crimson, amber... and then, release. Nothing is dying; it’s composting into the next cycle. Whatever you’ve outgrown:an old belief, a pattern, a version of you that served its season—this is your invitation to let it fall like a leaf, not like a failure.

Right now, you're standing in the in-between; that quiet threshold where one season hasn't quite let go and the next hasn't quite arrived. What was and what's becoming, gratitude and grief, holding on and letting go - all at once, all allowed, none of them canceling the other out. The equinox doesn't ask you to choose. It asks you to hold both, to sit with the opposites, and to let them settle gently, for as long as you need them to.

The Eclipse Undercurrent

This particular Mabon lands at the tail end of eclipse season, which makes it even more charged (this energy typically lingers two to four weeks afterward the last eclipse). We're closing out the Virgo-Pisces cycle that's shaped the last two years and stepping into a new Leo-Aquarius series. It's not an instant change, so expect a bit of static, some residual pulls, and other lingering influences before things settle.

Eclipse season tends to hit the turbo button on life : sudden job changes, unexpected moves, new love out of nowhere, sometimes losses we didn't see coming. Things speed up and rearrange quickly, and in the middle of that, reflection matters.

Eclipses arrive in pairs about six months apart, so it's worth looking back to February and March - what surfaced then? And further back to September of 2024, when this Virgo-Pisces series began — what was alive for you then? Often a theme resurfaces or a cycle completes. This is a potent moment to notice what's coming full circle.

And I'd love to hold that space with you at Mabon.

Gathering for Mabon — Tuesday, September 22nd, 6–8pm

We gather again. A Mabon circle: card readings, meditation, ritual, laughter, creation, intuition let loose! I can never tell you exactly what will unfold, because it never unfolds the same way twice. That’s the magic of it: impromptu, alive, and shaped by whoever shows up.

This will be my twelfth year holding an Autumn Equinox circle.

Twelve years. W.O.W…

I have to pause and let that in. Of course, there were some interruptions. Not every single year was possible; one year I was pregnant, another I was recovering from illness- but the thread was never fully broken.

This year, I’m arriving stronger, clearer, and more centered, and I would love to share that space with anyone seeking their own clarity and balance.

If this calls to you, it’s Tuesday, 9/22, from 6–8pm. You can find more details here!​

A Little Labor Day Love

I’m also offering a two-for-one Labor Day special, valid through Friday, September 11th.

Here’s what it includes: two 50-minute tarot sessions. You can choose a specific spread, come with open questions and let the cards respond, or simply let me read intuitively for you. I’ll also weave in some spirit coaching and intuitive guidance as we sink into the reading together. Afterward, you’ll receive a short recap email (though I always recommend recording the session too, since that’s often the best way to hold onto everything that comes through).

These two sessions are bookable through December 1st, giving you about two and a half months to use them. Many people space their readings about a month apart, while others prefer them back-to-back. And if you really want to go deep, we can combine them into one two-hour Book of Life Spread, a beautiful way to explore questions more deeply, uncover the layers beneath them, and see how the different pieces of your story connect.

Remember: tarot cards describe a moment : they don't dictate your story. They show you a path that’s possible, not one that’s fixed- and the choices you make can always shift that path. And because of that my readings have evolved, too. Now, we don’t just look at the cards. We work together to help manifest what you do or don’t want from what comes through. If the cards point toward love arriving, we might talk about creating a talisman to call it in. If they hint at a move you’re resisting, we can ground and protect where you are now.. This way, the reading becomes a tool. You stay the author of your own path, able to call in what serves you and release what doesn’t.

If this speaks to you ~don't miss this great opportunity!

We're not quite in autumn yet, but the veil is growing thinner, even if it hasn't fallen. So for now, let’s linger a little longer in this last honeyed stretch of summer: with the warmth of the sun still on our skin, the long golden evenings, the fruit heavy and ripe on the branches, and flowers still holding on to their color…

Drink it all in fully, with both hands. One season of growth is closing its eyes, and another is stirring... about to wake, just beneath the surface.

With so much love,
​Shana

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