Magic and Shadow Work in Political Activism with Serita Fontanesi

In today’s episode, we talk to Serita Fontanesi (@seritafonta) about her mystical practices, which include reading tarot and the akashic records among others, in addition to her 9-5 work as the Executive Director of Emerge Texas -- an organization that recruits, trains, and empowers democratic women to run for office and win! With her delightful humor, Serita tells us about the darker moments in her past that led to her healing through a craniosacral session and akashic records reading and initiated her mystical practice. She also shares how the feelings that these mystical practices bring is the same as those brought by her activist work. Serita then blesses us with her understanding of shadow work as an exploration of the subconscious. She validates and affirms us and shares her personal shadow work practices. How did you start working on the mystical practice? I notice this trend of “this really helped me and so now I’m going to learn how to do it so hopefully it helps others.” Do you notice that trend in other aspects of your life? How do you integrate magic into your activism? You say The same feeling you get reading tarot is the feeling I get when you get to help someone get elected to school board. What is that feeling? What does shadow work mean to you? How does it relate to everything you’re talking about? What does your shadow work practice look like? Is craniosacral work shadow work? Do you need to do it first? Resources mentioned in this episode: Twitter & Instagram: @seritafonta Serita’s site: https://seritaf.com Email to book: [email protected] Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dS05jBW3YflcidrNLfNHteymloni-7ihO1NGmEJ98Zg/edit?usp=sharing