Who am I? Who are you?
I'm an ancient soul dressed in a clumsy human suit. I'm a master of falling down and getting back up. I'm a lifelong seeker of seeing the holiness in the human-ness.
I started out in a loving, but abusive household. My Dad and StepDad were Vietnam vets, and held such unprocessed grief and rage within them that often boiled over onto us. Alcohol was their means of numbing out. Rage was the only way of giving voice to their pain.
Theater saved me, providing a safe place to process my own emotions, to be loud, to get messy. I followed the theater trail all the way to NYC, where I actually experienced solid success... until a deep, dark depression overtook me.
I couldn't understand my state. I had all the ingredients that life tells you creates happiness: success, love, an awesome community, & vibrant health. And yet, I was anything but. Why wasn't I happy?!
Something within told me to meditate. I had always been fascinated by spiritual study and practice, and I was out of answers on my own. I decided to meditate for 40 days straight. I didn't have a reason why, it just felt right to me at the time. Two weeks in, I had my very first mystical experience. Time fell away, my personality fell away. All there was, was a complete merging with peace and love. It was the most transformative experience of my life. WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!?? I was hooked. I was rabid. I wanted to get back there and know everything about that state!
I meditated in this way for a year straight. Within that year, I moved to LA, CA where I unknowingly stumbled into an internationally renowned spiritual center, Agape. All my questions found answers there. I became a faithful student and community servant for 9 years. I became a licensed practitioner, a meditation coach, and a prayer warrior.
I got to study with bonafide modern mystics, I spent hundreds of hours in prayer and meditation and visioning… all expanding my absolute knowingness of my Divine nature, for myself and all.
But I found a blindspot in my spiritual travels, an area that was aching to be seen and held; my precious & frail human-ness.
I got bum-rushed by a human that had been aching to be seen/heard/felt. Consciousness could only take me so far. I was meant to learn the holiness of the human-ness. A lifetime of core wounds surfaced for me to look at, feel, and dismantle. An Authentic Self was seeking to emerge that was scary and brilliant, epic and flawed, and was bigger than the me I was at the time. I could not by-pass this process or meta my way out of it, I had to drop down into it and live it.
Life brought me teachers galore: ecstatic dance, the art of seeking intimacy within challenging relationships, and being out in nature became my great embodiment teachers… as did Matt Khan, and Brene Brown, and wine and cheese ;)
I watched myself stumble and rise and transmute and fall (repeat Xs 1000). I began to see, with crystal clarity, the absolute wonderment of the journey of awakening, and how loving our human-ness was the holy grail. It was the portal to everything. Transcending it only brings a type of spiritual numbness. To drop in deeply, to love yourself right where you are... in your filth and frailty. THAT'S when it all becomes holy and ALIVE in a way that can bring JOY even in your sorrows, peace, even in your desperation.
how it works, and how to support this in others.
And right around the time I began to organize all these teachings, life dropped a Marco in my lap, a modern-day wizard who I got to love and be loved by. And his own awakened and embodied being-ness helped me fill out the picture, amplify it, and anchor it in.
My mission is to help you awaken into your highest, most expanded expression, while also celebrating and learning from the human journey.
All my offerings are here to help you LOVE YOUR HUMAN & TRUST THE PROCESS.
I started out in a loving, but abusive household. My Dad and StepDad were Vietnam vets, and held such unprocessed grief and rage within them that often boiled over onto us. Alcohol was their means of numbing out. Rage was the only way of giving voice to their pain.
Theater saved me, providing a safe place to process my own emotions, to be loud, to get messy. I followed the theater trail all the way to NYC, where I actually experienced solid success... until a deep, dark depression overtook me.
I couldn't understand my state. I had all the ingredients that life tells you creates happiness: success, love, an awesome community, & vibrant health. And yet, I was anything but. Why wasn't I happy?!
Something within told me to meditate. I had always been fascinated by spiritual study and practice, and I was out of answers on my own. I decided to meditate for 40 days straight. I didn't have a reason why, it just felt right to me at the time. Two weeks in, I had my very first mystical experience. Time fell away, my personality fell away. All there was, was a complete merging with peace and love. It was the most transformative experience of my life. WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!?? I was hooked. I was rabid. I wanted to get back there and know everything about that state!
I meditated in this way for a year straight. Within that year, I moved to LA, CA where I unknowingly stumbled into an internationally renowned spiritual center, Agape. All my questions found answers there. I became a faithful student and community servant for 9 years. I became a licensed practitioner, a meditation coach, and a prayer warrior.
I got to study with bonafide modern mystics, I spent hundreds of hours in prayer and meditation and visioning… all expanding my absolute knowingness of my Divine nature, for myself and all.
But I found a blindspot in my spiritual travels, an area that was aching to be seen and held; my precious & frail human-ness.
I got bum-rushed by a human that had been aching to be seen/heard/felt. Consciousness could only take me so far. I was meant to learn the holiness of the human-ness. A lifetime of core wounds surfaced for me to look at, feel, and dismantle. An Authentic Self was seeking to emerge that was scary and brilliant, epic and flawed, and was bigger than the me I was at the time. I could not by-pass this process or meta my way out of it, I had to drop down into it and live it.
Life brought me teachers galore: ecstatic dance, the art of seeking intimacy within challenging relationships, and being out in nature became my great embodiment teachers… as did Matt Khan, and Brene Brown, and wine and cheese ;)
I watched myself stumble and rise and transmute and fall (repeat Xs 1000). I began to see, with crystal clarity, the absolute wonderment of the journey of awakening, and how loving our human-ness was the holy grail. It was the portal to everything. Transcending it only brings a type of spiritual numbness. To drop in deeply, to love yourself right where you are... in your filth and frailty. THAT'S when it all becomes holy and ALIVE in a way that can bring JOY even in your sorrows, peace, even in your desperation.
how it works, and how to support this in others.
And right around the time I began to organize all these teachings, life dropped a Marco in my lap, a modern-day wizard who I got to love and be loved by. And his own awakened and embodied being-ness helped me fill out the picture, amplify it, and anchor it in.
My mission is to help you awaken into your highest, most expanded expression, while also celebrating and learning from the human journey.
All my offerings are here to help you LOVE YOUR HUMAN & TRUST THE PROCESS.
Julie Elizabeth Day is the founder and Headmistress of Practical Mystics. She is the creator of numerous virtual classes, guided journeys and a sacred mentorship system called Practical Mysticism Coaching, all developed to support those on the journey of awakening and embodiment.
Licensed as a Spiritual Practitioner through the Agape International Spiritual Center in 2010, Julie has devoted her life to the path of consciousness, self-awareness, while also being inclusive of the holiness of the humanness.
She's always had a deep love for the human journey, and has sought to create sacred and playful containers that allow for growth in both consciousness and humanness. She lives in Greenville, SC, with her wizardly partner Marco, and his wolf-pack of 3 rascally, next-level kids. She's also a bit of a tarot freak, an astro nerd, and in diligent pursuit of the best taco in the world.
More on her private sessions here.
Licensed as a Spiritual Practitioner through the Agape International Spiritual Center in 2010, Julie has devoted her life to the path of consciousness, self-awareness, while also being inclusive of the holiness of the humanness.
She's always had a deep love for the human journey, and has sought to create sacred and playful containers that allow for growth in both consciousness and humanness. She lives in Greenville, SC, with her wizardly partner Marco, and his wolf-pack of 3 rascally, next-level kids. She's also a bit of a tarot freak, an astro nerd, and in diligent pursuit of the best taco in the world.
More on her private sessions here.
Marco Nunez is a Practical Mystics' teacher and counselor, and supporter and cheerleader of his partner, Julie Elizabeth Day.
Marco grew up deeply immersed in Fundamentalist Christianity and even studied to be a pastor. As he learned to trust his Higher Voice, it became clear that he was being guided onto a different path. He set off in search of a spiritual superstructure that is free from unnecessary dogma and allows the Truth to be expressed and experienced in an infinite number of ways.
Marco is passionate about learning how to master the art of the human experience. He loves Truth wherever he finds it and enjoys weaving Christian Mysticism, Ancient Egyptian philosophy, psychology, and Practical Magic to reveal the true realities of existence. He constantly strives to balance the big Truth with optimal use of the human mechanism. He’s also a Dad, raising three beautiful beings in the most cosmic, grounded way possible. More on his private sessions here.
Marco grew up deeply immersed in Fundamentalist Christianity and even studied to be a pastor. As he learned to trust his Higher Voice, it became clear that he was being guided onto a different path. He set off in search of a spiritual superstructure that is free from unnecessary dogma and allows the Truth to be expressed and experienced in an infinite number of ways.
Marco is passionate about learning how to master the art of the human experience. He loves Truth wherever he finds it and enjoys weaving Christian Mysticism, Ancient Egyptian philosophy, psychology, and Practical Magic to reveal the true realities of existence. He constantly strives to balance the big Truth with optimal use of the human mechanism. He’s also a Dad, raising three beautiful beings in the most cosmic, grounded way possible. More on his private sessions here.