Spring Equinox - Blossoms & Blooms

This past week, on March 20th, we celebrated the Spring Equinox, the beginning of Spring, when we honour the first greening of the land, witnessing the appearance of little buds & blooms as the Earth begins to come to life after a long Winter’s rest. It is a celebration of balance, when light & dark are briefly of equal length. This is as true for the balance of day & night as it is for the areas of ‘light’ & ‘darkness’ within our psyches. The inner darkness of the subconscious holds our potential for the year ahead, gestating plans & ideas. Just like the seeds & bulbs beneath the soil, all this new growth is now ready to burst forth into the light & warmth of Spring, within & without. 

At this time, when the Earth is cloaking herself in greenery & Spring flowers once again, it’s worth spending time in reflection, considering what is budding in our lives, what is waiting underneath the surface to be reborn & what skills & talents are ready to bloom. The Spring Equinox asks us to let go of habits that supported us during the Winter & awaken to the potential & vitality of Spring. This season encourages us to wake up, shake off what we no longer need & make space for something new.

With the transition from Winter to Spring, I have felt a definitive shift in my own state of being. I have been feeling so sluggish from my Winter hibernation. I keep waiting for the cosmic cup of coffee to be served. Nature says, “Look lady, it’s springtime outside! Wake up already!” So I rub my sleepy eyes, pour my own coffee & sleepily begin this blog post.

I’m using the theme of the Spring Equinox to take a look at my business & see where I can shift my focus & energy to keep Lilly’s Luxuries connected to the core values I hold so dear - care, intention & sustainability. My vision for this business remains sound - to be known throughout our communities as a trusted source of natural, eco-friendly products, grounded in strong values, expressed through artistic, ever-evolving creations - bringing luxury & simple living together. But what do I need to shift within my current efforts to continue working towards this vision as I grow & evolve with Lilly? What no longer serves? What can I release? And what do I need to bring more focused attention to? What seeds do I need to tend to ensure their fertility & growth?

Looking at my product line I have made some changes, specifically to my Natural Soaps. I will discontinue the production of my Body Wash. Despite how nourishing, hydrating, cleansing & pleasant smelling this wonderful Body Wash is, the sales have been poor within the community markets. I will continue to make this wonderful product for myself, and I may continue to have it available online, as a special order, but once the current inventory within the markets sells out, I will not replenish their stock. I’m also changing my Face Wash & Hand Soap. I previously made these foaming soaps available in two sizes, 8 & 16 ounces. But after inspecting the company where I purchased these foaming containers, I decided to go another route. I found a more sustainable supplier for these foaming pumps, the one hiccup was that they are only available in a 10 ounce size. This is actually perfect & is in greater alignment with my values! I am gradually making the transition to the 10 ounce containers as the previous sizes sell out. Look for them online soon!

I had set some pretty hefty goals for myself during the Imbolc season, a few of which needed to be altered. Marketing is not my strong suit! Since I deleted all of my social media accounts in 2020, I have not been inclined to return to these platforms for any reason. My wonderful friend, Minuet was helping with my marketing efforts last year & did such a fantastic job, assisting in Lilly’s presence & growth throughout 2025. Since her departure, I have been struggling with the best approach & I keep going back to the same question: Is it really necessary that I have a presence on social media? A large part of me says yes, it most certainly is! How else will I reach everyone? But the part of me that despises social media feels like a traitor using it for my business. In a weird way, it feels like I am pimping Lilly. I am not aligned with capitalism or commercialism. I don’t create these products because I am looking to make some big bucks from this venture! I create because I feel it is important to provide all-natural products to everyone I can. We all deserve to have access to Mother Nature’s great bounty, all of her wonderfully healing gifts. My carefully crafted mission statement still holds true in my heart - My intention is to bridge the gap between luxury & simplicity, providing our communities handcrafted items made with care, intention & sustainability that are both responsibly sourced & reasonably priced, making luxury accessible to everyone! Nothing in this statement points towards commercialism & I don’t want to start now. I will still post on social media, I do see its value & importance. But what I am letting go of is the schedule that I had created for myself, certain days marked on my calendar to make these posts. Instead, I will be making posts only when it feels good to me, when I have news to share, or events to let you know about. I see the importance of social media, but I will not allow my involvement with it to become perverted by the capitalist machine I have never been aligned with.

Another goal I had set for myself was creating new products at certain points throughout the year. I have fallen behind a bit, time has been escaping me so rapidly! Before I knew it, Spring was here! Despite my missed deadline, I am still ready to release my new product, a beautifully healing blend of dried flowers & salts that are unbelievably nourishing to the body! Dried flowers in bath salts offer aromatic, therapeutic, and aesthetic benefits, enhancing relaxation & skin health while creating a luxurious, spa-like experience. Dried lavender enhances relaxation, promotes better sleep & relieves muscle tension. Calendula offers potent skin-soothing & anti-inflammatory benefits, ideal for treating sensitive, dry, or irritated skin. As a natural remedy, calendula flowers help reduce itching & minor irritations, while their antioxidants promote skin repair. Chamomile provides natural anti-inflammatory & antioxidant properties, soothing skin irritations, reducing acne & easing muscle aches while providing a calming, stress-relieving aroma. When paired with Epsom salts, chamomile promotes relaxation for better sleep, softens skin & adds a gentle, botanical aesthetic to the bath experience. In addition, a blend of Epsom salt, Dead Sea salt & Himalayan salt offers a powerful, multi-mineral bath soak that relaxes sore muscles, detoxifies the body & nourishes skin. Magnesium-rich Epsom eases tension, Dead Sea salt hydrates & repairs the skin barrier & Himalayan salt provides trace minerals for energy balancing. I am so excited to make this product available to the community. I hope you will give it a try & feel the stress & tension just melt away!

Areas of growth for Lilly’s Luxuries have been on my mind as well. I had set lofty goals for this as well. Have you noticed the over-achiever nature that’s so prevalent here? My inner critic has some big expectations! LOL! But I digress… In connection with the social media piece, I have also decided to have a more relaxed approach with connecting to more markets & hosting events. I have a certain blend of physical & mental health challenges that simply won’t allow me to have such a heavy workload in this way. So I’m letting go of more. I am still approaching more markets, after all I want to reach as many people as I can. But I am also not going to pound the pavement as harshly as I did last year - 2025 was a huge year of growth for Lilly, I am so grateful! But the reality is I am not physically able to put that much energy into things this year. I need to refocus my healing efforts on this body & mind so I can find recovery & walk into this second half of my life strong & steady! I was able to secure a part time job to sustain the business & allow me the freedom to let Lilly grow as she will. This will allow me to remain focused on & in alignment with my truest intentions. It feels good to let go of another piece. 

Personally, I am growing my spiritual practice, finding peace & serenity in ways I never knew were possible before. I am very closely tied to Nature & all of Her magic. I honour the turning of the Wheel of the Year & celebrate each season as it arises & falls. I look to Mother Nature for guidance & wisdom, witnessing Her glory through Her many beautiful creations. As much apprehension as I have had about fully embracing my spiritual nature, I have to say, it feels pretty fucking incredible! I don’t consider myself a “hippy” or “woo-woo”, although I’m sure many people have labeled me as such. I don’t consider myself anything really. I am just as everyone else is, as every creature & creation is - a product of Source energy, an expression of the Universe in a form that could be no other than my own. I have spent a lifetime spinning my wheels trying to conform to the mindset & spiritual practices of others, but nothing ever seemed to fit. This fits! Earth magic, you might call it, New Age? I honestly don’t know, all I do know is what I practice & how I feel when I am connected to my Godd is powerful & immensely healing. Making posts at the turning of the seasons is one way that I am able to link my business to my spiritual life. After all, these shifts take place out in the world just as much as they do within us. And at this point in my journey I don’t want there to be any division between my spiritual life & any other aspect of my being. I want to walk in the light & feel the presence of this amazing life force energy in all that I do, personally & professionally. As I continue to grow my practices & rituals in my personal life it only further amplifies what I am able to accomplish with Lilly. 

Another area of focus, something else I am cultivating is my artist-self. Once upon a time I used to create for creation’s sake. I created all the time! I found such peace & serenity in the flow & process of my art. When I am in the flow of my art my mindset shifts & I become deeply meditative, allowing the nonsense of this world to fall away, leaving only raw expression to come through. But somewhere along the way I became deeply disconnected from this version of me. I shunned her & abandoned her. I disposed of a lifetime of art I had created & turned my back on the one aspect of myself that was always so deeply healing & beautiful. No more! I am reacquainting myself with this side of me. I am approaching my artist self with love & compassion, seeking forgiveness for my wretched actions against her. She hesitates, but seems to greet me with open arms. I have missed her…. I’m currently working through the book The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. The subtitle reads, “A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, what could be more suitable for me right now?! It has been a challenge for me to commit fully to this process. If I’m being honest, I’m frightened. I worry that I won’t be able to create with the same skill & precision that I once possessed. But there’s something else there, something lying deeply beneath the surface that I can’t quite point to yet. This unknown is what feeds my fear. But I will not be deterred. I will open my heart to a new version of my inner artist & allow her to create what she feels drawn to (pun intended 😉), once again creating for the sake of creation, nothing more! I’m stepping into every outlet made available to me to feed my artist well with inspiration. 

The Spring Equinox is a time of balance & new beginnings, marked by increasing light. I encourage you to ask yourself… What seeds of intention would you like to plant for the coming season? What do you need to release from the Winter, what no longer serves you? How can you embrace newfound energy? What areas of life require a better balance between action & rest? 

I wish you all the best on your journey & trust what will bloom for you this Spring & I thank you for receiving me. 

Namaste & blessings my friends

-Kimberly

Photo Credit: Verdant Wild