Find Your Ki

03/13/2026

Welp, the time has come. I shall be leaving this wonderful office space, which I have had the blessing to have since 2015/16. 🌙 This is not me leaving the work I adore, just finding a new place to call “home”. My last day in this office shall be March 31 😲 I am currently looking for a new space and encourage anyone who may have a lead to reach out! What I’m looking for: a quiet space 🤫, within the city (easy access for clients), a private office (I prefer not to share with others), and a space that also has a larger room for teaching with an office for 1:1. Thank for all the love and support!!! It’s definitely been a big year of change for me! 🙏🏼

01/05/2026

It’s a simple journal prompt for me, two entries at the start and the end of the day. I pull a rune as part of my daily practice because this is how I build a solid relationship with my tools. Today was ᛗ (manaz). After I’ve pulled the rune, I sit in reflection and think about its meaning related to how I feel in that moment. At the end of the day, I revisit that reflection and journal how the rune showed up in my life. Simple and incredibly impactful for building relationship with my runes. This can also be a good practice for oracle, tarot, etc.

01/04/2026

In January 2025 I had a coffee and a walk with intention. I connected with a long time friend. Someone I call brother because to me, that is what he is. At the start of 2026, I had a very intentional “ski” with another long time friend who is fondly referred to as “Aunty Kimmy”. The relationships that we focus on and curate create the foundation for us to grow. I think of these people like a friendship garden. They provide beauty in my life and in turn I hope to give them sun and feed their roots. When was the last time you asked your friends what scares them and heard their response?

In 2025 my brother created a list of 25 things in 2025. In December we reviewed our lists and vowed to continue in 2026. Perhaps it will inspire you. 💕

1-Solo trip
2-identify one big event to work towards (race?)
3-Master the Japanese Omelet
4-Create & launch new class
5-Read 50 books or 24,000 pages
6-Get a tattoo + include a name
7-Sing with a full band at least once this year
8-Submit 3 vocal/voice auditions
9-Record 20 new meditations
10-Get an elder pen pal
11-Make a plan to strengthen my top 5 friend relationships
12-Say “Yes” to an adventures I am afraid to fail.
13-Make group travel plans
14-Create a staff for Seider
15-travel for a FESTIVAL
16-Swim in the ocean
17-Go skinny dipping
18-Go to a book signing
19- Schedule and plan 6 mini-adventures
20-Voice what I need AND SET BOUNDARIES
21-Write an outline for a book
22-Create a new journal habit
23-Capture a sunset with my favorite people
24-Start learning a new language
25- Sing in a foreign country
26- Cry with a stranger

01/03/2026

Book 10 is here! I’m down to two remaining books in the annual book exchange with my pal in Pennsylvania. Sad to see it coming to an end! In this book, the MFC is a fire wielder. I like her style already! 🔥

01/02/2026

I get told a lot, “journey work is hard for me” or “I cannot meditate”. Sometimes it’s the way we approach the doing. It’s not that you can’t. Understanding what works for you is the first step. I have two recordings for guided journey work. I’ll link the most common below and the other in the comments. Happy travels!

https://open.spotify.com/show/2auPQLHnWnId8lLcOHK33q

Shamanic Journey- Lower World

Podcast · Jill Pape Lemke · These meditations are derived from my years of practice in Shamanic journey and are uniquely different. I work as an Intuitive healer, meditation coach, past life regression therapist, and psychic medium. My meditations are meant to allow you to turn the mirror on yours...

01/02/2026

Time for a sit.

I wouldn’t say that “writing is my favorite”. Finding the words to express what is in my heart doesn’t come easily in a public format. Much like Buddy the Elf, smiling is my favorite and spreading cheer for all to hear. ☺️

During the longest night of the year, I started a fire as the sun retreated, and sat in the quiet. I called in the directions, the gods of the north, and my ancestors. I reflected on how we measure everything: time, growth, money, knowledge, etc. In that measured space, we are always reaching for the next biggest thing/opportunity, or perhaps looking back on a time that was, or forward to what will be. When we are forever searching, looking, achieving… we’re not really sitting.

The sacred waits for us in the sitting. It waits for us in the quiet where we can listen and deepen our awareness. The sitting provides answers to our questions without having to reach. Most importantly, we’re provided with the answers as we need them.

I worked with a client yesterday morning and they had the most beautiful Bear energy come in, fierce and strong. I asked, “have you worked with Bear much? They are coming in to assist you, most particularly with boundaries but also to help with the straddle of light/dark, discernment”. (I’m paraphrasing here, for my budding healers out there… I always ASK if my client wants more information on anything I may see in a session).The tears, beautiful tears began to flow. They began to tell me about a recent story of a walk and coming face to face with a black bear. An exceptionally rare sighting with deep meaning. I told her, what I tell many clients and students, time to sit and when you’re ready, call them in.

The power of sitting cannot be measured but is deeply felt. Maybe this is your sign to start the year with a long sit, perhaps by a fire… maybe while you sit, burn away the chains to things that enslave you, call to your guides, ancestors, god or gods you feel called to, sit and listen.

Blessings 🙏🏼🐻

12/26/2025

Not my usual content but something too fun not to share! My annual 12 days of Yule Book Exchange can finally begin! My big package arrived from today and I cannot wait to kick off the next 12 days with BOOKS! This is our 2nd annual exchange and honestly, something I look forward too all year!!! I’ll round the year out with around 30 books read so far and I know Lori is above 50. Here is a sneak preview. HAPPY YULE!

12/22/2025

Today, the Winter Solstice begins — the sacred celebration of Yule.
The longest night of the year unfolds, inviting stillness, reflection, and deep connection with the unseen.

All preparations have been made.
Candles are ready, herbs are gathered, intentions are set.
We stand at the threshold between darkness and light, honoring the cycle of death and rebirth.

From this moment on, the light slowly returns.
The Sun is reborn, carrying hope, renewal, and quiet strength.
Yule reminds us that even in the deepest darkness, light is never lost — it is simply waiting to rise again.

May this sacred turning of the wheel bring warmth to the heart, clarity to the mind, and gentle light to every home.

Blessed Yule. 🕯️🌿photo by Pinterest credit to the artist it’s so beautiful picture✨✨

12/20/2025

A client of mine told me “Nobody is seeing my posts any more”. She is an incredibly kind soul and champion for others. She earns this money to help those in need. I’m happy to share and of course, I will be ordering my own cakes!

Happy 1st birthday to precious little girl 👧
Cake,smiles, and endless love 👨‍👩‍👧 🎉 🎂

12/16/2025

Mother’s Night Fire Ceremony | Yule, Dec 21st 6pm-?

I am a very private person when it comes to my outward spiritual practice. This year, I feel called to extend myself and offer a place at my home to gather in ceremony on the darkest night of the year. It will be simple and intentional. We will sit by the fire together and create space for quiet reflection and personal offering. You are welcome to join me stay for as short or as long of a time as your like.

Mother’s Night is one of the oldest nights of Yule—traditionally held on the longest, darkest night of the year. It is a time to honor the Mothers: our ancestors, the women who came before us, the lineages we carry, and our own mothers—by birth, by choice, or by influence. This night holds space for gratitude, remembrance, grief, and love in all their complexity.

Historically, Mother’s Night marks the turning of the year. At the winter solstice, the darkness reaches its fullest depth—and then begins to recede. This darkness is not something to fear; it is the womb. A place of gestation, protection, and becoming. The return of the light is not a sudden escape, but a birth—slow, inevitable, and life-giving.

We honor this passage because it mirrors our own. From the darkness of the womb, we are carried into the light, changed and breathing anew. In the same way, this night invites us to sit with what has been forming in us—what has been held quietly, what has reached its time, and what is ready to emerge.

Mother’s Night also calls us to honor the maternal lines that brought us here. We acknowledge the care, resilience, sacrifices, and lessons passed down through our mothers and ancestors, while also allowing ourselves to release what no longer needs to be carried forward.

You are invited to bring something to offer to the flames:
a written word, name, or intention, something symbolic of what you are releasing, a prayer, hope, or gratitude you wish to carry into the returning light. The fire is a witness, not a demand. You may speak, sing, chant, or you may sit in silence. All are welcome. This is not about performance or belief—it is about presence.

Mother’s Night reminds us that darkness is not an ending—it is a beginning. And the light returns because something within us is ready to be born.

Come as you are. Bring only what feels true.

As I am inviting you to my home, I ask that you personally reach out to me for my address if you are plan to attend.

Blessings. Jill