LA FAMILIA SPELLBOUND SKY
Lately more than a few people have asked how I got the plum crystal meditation gig that I’ve been rocking for the last 7+ years. And as I’ve told and re-told the history of these events, one thing has become crystal (get it?) clear.
Mark and Martin from Spellbound Sky have had a profoundly beneficial effect on my professional life. On the surface it seems like it all happened “by chance”, but really it’s because they are so strongly magical that it is literally contagious.
In 2011 I started leading very elaborate (too elaborate?) full and new moon ceremonies in my backyard. It started with just my friends, then they started to bring their friends and then it was friends of friends of friends and it started to be too much for the backyard.
So I took the show on the road.
In 2012 I realized I needed a place to guide a weekly meditation class. I got a gig at a yoga studio, which is the best idea my logical mind could come up with.
Shortly after, I went to a friend’s wedding in the desert. After the party, a bunch of guests were sitting outside under the stars. Martin (who I had only meet once before) turned to me and said, “we should do a weekly meditation at the shop.”; referring to Spellbound Sky which he and Mark had just opened.
Of course I agreed and it only took us about three or four weeks until Mark said, “we should feature a different crystal each week” and from there it started to become a thing.
And you know, I was very fortunate to get to watch Mark and Martin in action once a week. I saw person after person walk in and basically un-zip themselves and reveal what was going on in their life. And then I saw Mark and Martin help each and every one of them. To an outside observer it looked like they were selling crystals, but what they were really doing was letting people be seen and then they cared for those same people and taught them magic.
I saw them change people’s moods and lives so many times it started to seem routine. But that kind of generosity and ability to see and then reflect back the highest version of a person is not routine at all. What a wonderful world it would be if it was routine though, right?
And the very same thing they did for everyone else they did for me ten-fold. When I started guiding meditations, I was in a whole new territory. I NEEDED Mark and Martin to help me grow my magic. And they did. And I will be grateful to them for that for the rest of my life.
For the next few years, every Wednesday, we did one and sometimes two meditations a night in their first shop on Myra. It was one of the most healing experiences of my life. Up until then I always made money doing something I wasn’t suited for. Mark and Martin gave me a chance to make a little money doing something I was uniquely good at. And boy, did it stoke the fires of my imagination and creativity.
After a while, they decided to move the shop upstairs (in the same building) to the current shop on Santa Monica. Even when we didn’t do the meditations in the shop, they helped me find new locations and even worked those events with me. This level of loyalty and their belief that what we were doing was important was also very healing for me.
And of course every crystal you’ve ever received at any crystal meditation I’ve ever done (over 400 events deep at this point) has come from Spellbound Sky. The care that Mark puts into selecting the perfect stone to match up with the astrological weather is extraordinary. He does not phone a single crystal decision in. We both pore over what crystal will be best for the energetic zeitgeist. And the fact that Spellbound Sky keeps the price down for our crystals, means I can keep the price down for each and every participant.
In 2017 Mark introduced me to Jenn from Roam and we found a new, wonderful home for the crystal meditations. Mark still sources the crystals for us, Martin still provides a reflection of modern magic and everyone who works at Spellbound Sky is a gem in human form.
Obviously the mystical creativity that Mark and Martin stoked way back when has now evolved. I’ve written books, recorded over 100 meditations, created a streaming service, made a podcast, started offering private sessions, and I can’t wait to show you what I am dreaming into being next.
I mainly do crystal meditations at this point because it keeps me on my game and I absolutely love the community. However, every once in a while I remember how much this particular thing has changed my life and I know I have Mark and Martin and La Familia Spellbound to thank.
So anyway, if you are in L.A., and you are need of a magical boost, get thee to Spellbound Sky and drink in the magic they are serving up daily.
And tell them Jessica sent you. : )