Welcome to your Underworld

Much like dear Persephone, there comes a time in every woman’s life when she must descend into her Underworld.

Whether we walk in willingly or must be dragged, kicking and screaming by Hades himself, this is an initiation we all must walk through at some point in our lives. (or many times, like myself.. ;) )

You will know when your time has come, it is not subtle.

This time is often marked by distress, fear, pain, discomfort, shame, insecurity, doubt, or hopelessness emerging and getting louder within us that simply won’t subside.. and typically the more we resist, the more challenging things in our life become.

Although it may feel like it at the time, you are not doomed to feel this forever.

These are simply parts of ourself that are clinging to a belief, a pattern, a way of life that are no longer in alignment with us, with our Divine Truth, that we have outgrown and are ready to be shed.

Despite pop-culture beliefs, this isn't something that can simply be washed away by “love and light” thinking.. That can act as a bandaid that can bring some relief for a time, but until we descend into our underworld and really face and feel whatever is at the root of these feelings, it will continue festering and spreading to more areas of our life.

What is the Underworld really?

The Underworld is a layer of our deep subconscious where all our greatest fears, shame, insecurities, and pains reside, festering away because we have refused to truly face them.

We push them aside, suppress them, deny them, reject them, thinking that if we simply pretend they aren’t there, then we can move on with our lives and everything can be “normal”.

But, you see.. they never truly go away.

They sit in our subconscious, waiting for the most inconvenient moments to spring on us, make us think the worst of someone, fill us with dread over something other humans seem to do easefully, and stop us from doing what we really want to do, what we are meant to do with our lives.

And the worst part.. If we continue ignoring these whispers from the deep, they will eventually create life circumstances in which we can no longer ignore them, because our worst nightmares have come true..

It doesn’t have to come to that.

When we choose to work with our Underworld consciously, not only can we prevent most big life challenges from coming to pass in the first place, but we can re-member and embody our greatest strengths and empowerment that was hiding under our fears all along. Then, even if our fears do come true, they no longer have any power over us because we have already faced and befriended our demons.

My own Underworld experience..

To be honest.. most of my life was spent with at least one foot in the Underworld. Not that anything horrendous has even happened to me, but I was always walking hand in hand with my demons.

But it always felt comfortable to me, familiar. You see, when I was born, the Sun was walking hand in hand with both Hecate and Hades (Pluto), right at the threshold from Libra into Scorpio. If you don’t speak astrology or Greek mythology, basically.. my brightest Soul embodiment is flavored by both the triple faced Goddess, Queen of the Witches who escorts souls to and from the Underworld, and Hades, Lord of the Underworld, right at the threshold into the astrological Underworld (Scorpio).

So to say the Underworld feels like home to me would be an understatement.. lol!

However, it wasn’t until I started working very intentionally with these energies that I began to learn and harness their true power.

There have been many gauntlets through my Underworld I have had to face, from getting divorced, loosing my home, job, and best friend all in one fell swoop, or seemingly simple things like learning to love and appreciate my lazy side or letting the world see my inner Hag Witch.

Yet each and every time I have had to face these demons and walk through my Underworld, I found a Truth, a gift, and a strength that I now can’t imagine living my life without.

My most recent Underworld voyage is a beautiful example..

For as long as I can remember, my greatest fear was of being judged and rejected, specifically by my family. It kept me locked in a very tight box of “acceptable” behavior, dress, appearance, and manners.

Though I had been chipping away at this box for years, trying to stretch into more of my witchy self, grow a business that reflected my spiritual beliefs, and push the boundaries of what was considered “beautiful”, there were still parts of me that were much too far outside of that box, and so I kept them hidden away.

In the past year, I was introduced to a part of myself called the Hag Witch, truly horrendous looking, really everything you would think of when you hear the name, and though I loved this part dearly from the start, I knew this piece would be deeply misunderstood, feared, judged and rejected by my family, so I kept her tucked away to myself and my most sacred circles.

But you see, one of the Hag Witch’s greatest gifts is that she doesn’t give a fuck about what anyone else thinks of her, she laughs in the face of judgement and ridicule.

After many months of working personally with her, she asked me to walk through this next layer of my Underworld to free myself of the constraints my family’s judgements had held me under.. she asked me to face my greatest fear and let the Hag Witch out for all to see.

Surprisingly, or not so surprisingly, I had done so much work with her at this point that it was a fairly easy yes. I found my courage that I had tended to so lovingly for so long, and I introduced the Hag Witch to the world on my social media.

Definitely not surprisingly, right away one of my family members reached out to me, fearfully judging and practically demanding me to take the video down..

And though, in the past, this would have destroyed me.. this was exactly what I had always feared, my most sacred parts being rejected by my loved ones.. I was able to face her with an open heart, in my power, and see her fear and pain for what it really was. I was able to hold my ground, thank her for her concern, and move on with my life. Shortly afterwards, she deeply apologized.

This is the true magic of walking through our Underworld intentionally..

Being able to move from paralyzing fear into open hearted strength and empowerment.

Coming to know without doubt, without hesitation, that you can face your deepest fears, because you have found your Truth beneath them.

Walking through your greatest fears into your greatest freedom.

Whether your whole life has already been turned upside down by an Underworld initiation or you feel like you are just on the precipice, it would be my deepest honor to walk you along this journey.

This will look very different for everyone, there is no one size fits all package for this sort of thing, so I can’t really give you a set structure for our work together until we have a chance to talk so I can get a feel for where you’re at and what is coming up for you.

Because of this, we will start with an initiatory Shamanic Reiki session so I can get a good feel for what is going on for you energetically and tune in with your Spirit team to determine what would be most helpful. From here, we can then enter into either a 5 or 11 session coaching package where I will support and guide you through your Underworld with a mix of Shamanic journeying, Gestalt work, and intuitive coaching. After the 5 session mark, if deeper work is needed, there is an option for in depth, personalized ceremonies to dig deeper and really work through whatever is needing to shift. This can be anything from a personal funeral for a part of yourself that needs to be laid to rest, dream theater, trauma resolution, or psilocybin ceremonies.

If you are ready to begin your journey, fill out the form below and I’ll reach out to you to set up a connection call to explore if this would be a good fit.

Testimony <3

“Lyarra is the person to partner with when you're going through your own personal hell, no matter what form it takes. In all hell, what we truly have to face is ourselves. Our own fears, patterns, and beliefs. Add to that the 3D manifestations we have to face and things get really scary, really fast. The underworld is no joke. Lyarra walked with me through my own underworld. It wasn't just me facing the scariest things I'd ever faced alone. It was us facing them, together. I was able to borrow her confidence and her strength while I made decisions, acted, and recovered from total hell. In the same way you'd want someone who absolutely loves jungles, finds great joy in jungle experiences, and knows how jungles work, to lead you through the Amazon rainforest, you' want someone who knows and loves the underworld to walk you through your own. I felt that nothing dark and horrible in my journey could scare Lyarra away. She held me tenderly while I faced each obstacle without ever faltering. I'm better off today than I was before my underworld journey began. Lyarra helped me see my strength so I could do whatever I needed to do to come out better on the other side.”