How does pleasure nourish your spirit, and how can you invite more of it into your daily life as a source of guidance and joy?
As the lush heart of May unfurls, the earth is abundant, sensual, and alive with potential. This is a time to slow down, sink in, and reconnect with the sacredness of delight, not as indulgence, but as soul-fuel.
This journal prompt invites you to explore your relationship with pleasure: what lights you up, what holds you back from fully receiving joy, and how pleasure might become a guiding force in your life: a compass that points not only to happiness, but to truth.
Through reflection, you can uncover what it truly means to be nourished — body, heart, and spirit — and how to honour the magickal wisdom that pleasure offers when we listen.
Enchanting Your Words: Awakening the Path of Pleasure Through Journaling
Sacred Scribbling Space
Choose a cosy, inviting spot that feels soft and indulgent.
Wrap yourself in something that feels delicious on your skin.
Light a candle with a scent that makes you sigh in contentment.
Create an atmosphere that feels like a love letter to your senses — this is your sacred space to receive pleasure, even in the act of reflection.
Magickal Mindfulness
Before you put pen to paper, place your hand over your heart or belly. Take a few deep, grounding breaths.
Feel into your body.
Ask yourself gently: What feels good?
Where is there tension?
What have I denied myself lately in the name of productivity or control?
Let these sensations guide you as you write, freely and honestly, about what pleasure means to you — and how it can become a more central, guiding force in your life.
Creative Conjuring
Reflect on specific moments when pleasure has nourished your spirit — a meal, a touch, a creative act, a moment of awe in nature.
What made those moments magical?
What messages did they carry?
Now ask yourself:
How can I invite more of this into my daily rituals and routines?
List 3–5 simple practices that bring you delight and ask yourself how you can integrate them not as rewards, but as sacred nourishment.
Reflection Ritual
Once you’ve written, take a few quiet moments to read over your words. Notice any patterns: longings, resistance, surprises.
Circle or highlight the insights that feel most alive. Let them become seeds you’ll tend gently through the rest of the season.
Perhaps whisper the affirmation:
"Pleasure nourishes my spirit and guides my path."
Let it soak into your cells, your skin, your soul.
By embracing this journal prompt, you begin to reclaim pleasure not as an escape, but as a teacher. A wayfinder. A wellspring of embodied magick.
May the spirit of mid-May awaken your senses, soften your heart, and guide you toward a life rich with sweetness, connection, and delight.