Greetings, Friends –
An exciting announcement… The Inner Garden book and card deck are published and available for your use!
While the journey of creating these resources in collaboration with Brianna Lee is a story in and of itself, the phenomenon of bringing forth the very tools and support that I myself need – and doing so in a manner that others can also benefit from – is a big takeaway for me… one that underscores a primary message of this book: One of the most important things we can do with our time here on Earth is to learn about our unique gifts and how to best care for our selves. The attuned care we offer ourselves enables us to share our gifts with the world in ways that supports the thriving of others.
I am challenged to provide concise overviews of what The Inner Garden book and card deck offer… because while there is tangible guidance to support wellness on all levels of your person, these resources ultimately invite you to participate in your own journey and experiments with self love, understanding, compassion, and care. It provides many doors to open for your own self exploration… so, The Inner Garden is an expansive adventure if you choose…’the universe in an atom’, a transformative experience in a book 🙂 And yes, here are some ‘concise’ aims of The Inner Garden book and card deck:
- to support you in learning about your unique physical, emotional, and spiritual constitution so you can tend your wellness from the roots of your gut microbiome;
- to support you in exploring practices that enable you to quiet your mind and listen to your heart; and
- to support you in reclaiming your power, expressing your authentic self, and symbiotically partnering with Mother Earth.
Ilarion (Kuuyux) Merculieff, who has been a source of inspiration and support for me over these years [check out his video, “It’s All About Relationship“] wrote the foreward of the book. He writes:
“The (book) contains wisdom that I rarely see except from Indigenous Elders, who I work with around the world…
The ways of being that this book speaks of, and that we Indigenous peoples know, are difficult for non-Indigenous peoples to understand and to apply because the vibrational field we are all in collectively, now, is vibrating opposite to life and Mother Earth. By taking in what this book lays out as choices, you are reversing the reversal to our Original Instructions. Your consciousness will shift out of the destructive path humanity is now on, and into being in harmony with All That Is.”
What This Book and Card Deck Contain
The Inner Garden has 12 chapters (January-December) in addition to 12 chakra card overviews, each beginning with a vividly-illustrated original painting by Brianna Lee (24 paintings!). The Inner Garden is a full-color, 228 page softcover book [think of it like a reference guide, a detailed map with checkpoints]. The month’s chapters:
- present and build on the The Inner Garden framework throughout the calendar year, helping to reinforce connection with Mother Earth’s seasons;
- offer journal prompts, meditations, and practices to support self-awareness, compassion, and love… heart-listening! Some of these exercises utilize The Inner Garden Card Deck;
- provide an overview of how to navigate different aspects of self-actualization (how to live in alignment with your Higher Self)… be it through eating foods that support your body in being in balance, navigating how to use plant medicines, discovering & using your intuitive gifts, speaking up for heart-aligned issues, and more. Many resources are shared at the end of each chapter to support further learning;
- contain a month’s blessing (connected with the card deck as well); For a sneak peek at what the book has to offer, Amazon offers an opportunity to view the foreward, my preface, the intro, and a few pages of the first chapter.
The card deck contains 72 vividly-illustrated cards (composed of 6 distinct sets of 12 cards). Each set of 12 cards can be used in conjunction with The Inner Garden guidebook in addition to the entire deck being used as an oracle. Bri’s artwork is used for each card. The deck contains:
- 12 month cards
- 12 monthly blessing cards
- 12 chakra alignment cards
- 12 highest purpose cards
- 12 ascension guidepost cards
- 12 plant medicine card
How to Obtain The Inner Garden BookÂ
The Inner Garden book (both softcover and e-book versions) can be purchased from most major online retailers (such as Barnes & Noble or Amazon), however if you’d like to support this project in the biggest way, please consider:
- Purchasing directly from Backyard Beauty’s online shop *
- Purchasing directly from Balboa’s online bookstore *
- Encouraging your local bookstore and/or library to order/carry it (The Inner Garden book’s info is stored within the Ingram Book Company’s “iPage” to which most independent bookstores, libraries, and online booksellers subscribe).
* Backyard Beauty’s online shop and Balboa’s online bookstore offer the highest print quality of The Inner Garden
How to Obtain The Inner Garden Card Deck
The Inner Garden Card Deck is presently printed by a separate business and distributed by me. My vision is for Hay House to publish and offer the book and card deck together in the near future (Balboa is the self-publishing arm of Hay House and offers an opportunity for Balboa authors to be picked up by Hay House)… for now you can order from:
I will be sharing a couple more posts in the near future…one that highlights our recent trip to Homer, AK to host an in-person book celebration alongside Brianna and Ilarion during Bri’s May Art Exhibit at the Bunnell Street Art Center… and another that shares more about the journey of creating The Inner Garden resources with Bri. For now, we celebrate these resources being in tangible form and available to support you if you so choose!
Cheers to Cultivating Your Inner Garden!!!
Best, Megan
P.S. This blog post accompanied by Ms. Etta James’, “At Last” [Spotify or Youtube]