Secret Mystics

Practical Magic for Secret Mystics

This is for women who are grounded. Smart. Intelligent. Savvy. Maybe even skeptics. But who also know, deep in their bones, that there is magic in the world.

Who suspect that magic is dormant in them, just waiting to be awakened.

This is for women who are ready to declare dominion over their energy.

Have you ever wished that you could...

Cast a spell to dissipate fogginess, muddiness, and confusion?
Wave a magic wand and reveal the truth of a situation?
Cloak yourself so that you weren't picking up other people's negativity, malice, or passive-aggressive barbs?
Have a connection with the spiritual realm that felt real, tangible, safe, and deep?
Learn mystical techniques without having to wade through so much crap?

Me too.

(Even though I thought I was way too intelligent and sane for all that woo-woo frou-frou stuff.)

Isn't it interesting that our culture is fascinated with magical arts, vampires, heroes, & things it doesn't believe in?

I used to yearn for something that I hardly had words for. I sensed that there was something I was supposed to do, something I was meant to connect with. It seemed like there was more to this world than facts, statistics, and rules. I actually felt jealous of the characters in the Harry Potter books who got called to Hogwarts, where they were taught how to use their magic. I felt silly because I half-expected to enter Narnia through a wardrobe or find myself traversing a wrinkle in time some day. I had beautiful experiences I couldn't explain that left me with such a sweetness that I yearned for more, but I also had encounters that were creepy and opened a door to something I didn't want to mess with. I was pretty sure that what I was yearning for had to do with spirit, with mystery, with a truth that was as deep and as loving as a heartbeat. So I studied religions, but they felt like cages. I learned to meditate, but I didn't want to move into an ashram, monastery, or la-la-land. I read new age philosophies, but they were shallow and preyed on peoples' naivete in a cynical way. I tried to study physics, but it was like wading through a swamp of cement.

I tried to be logical, practical, purely intellectual. I developed a wicked cynicism about all things that smacked of wishful thinking. But a part of me was starving. My soul was parched for beauty and mystery and something even deeper than that. And I was picking up a lot of static. I didn't know what to call it exactly; I just knew that I was picking up 'stuff' on 'antennae' that I wasn't even sure I really had. I was sure people would think I was totally nutso if I told anyone. It was exhausting.

Learning to tune my antennae on purpose...

Finally I simply asked for teachers I could trust. I was SICK of trying to figure out this stuff on my own. (This was not a beautiful moment. I was PISSED. So I made this request out into the ether with belligerence, with exhaustion, without any real hope that they existed.)
And then-- you guessed it-- they found me. As I started putting my life in order, a series of synchronicities unfolded that led me to some great teachers: I studied with the visionary Martha Beck. I worked with healers who had street smarts and lived in the real world. I met energy workers who actually had senses of humor. I met master coaches with razor intellects who didn't think I was crazy even though I had these rather strange experiences. Soul friends appeared. Dreams, books, and coincidences started dropping into my lap. Like much of what I'm calling 'magic,' I can't explain these synchronicities or much of what I've learned. I believe that there actually are explanations that would satisfy even the most hard-nosed skeptic, but our scientific systems don't have ways to demonstrate them yet. I also know first-hand that there is an incredible amount of hogwash (and worse) out there that gets labeled 'spirituality,' 'mysticism,' and 'magic.'

So let me be up front. I can't tell you how to sit in your house and magically have a check for $2 million arrive in the mailbox. Or how to use crystals to repel malevolent forces. Or how to effortlessly glide through this world in a constant state of detached enlightenment. Heck, I wouldn't want to! This is so much more fun.

I want to show you the most practical, down-to-earth, pragmatic bits of magic I've learned.

You can use these tools and techniques to:

Navigate great change and upheaval with a steady inner momentum
Bring more peace to cantankerous relationships
Radically savor the beauty and richness of your daily life
Embrace your intuition AND your powerful intellect
Use your empathic gifts without taking on the pain of those around you
Integrate painful memories and claim the power they give you as an adult
Smooth out the sensory overwhelm of a chaotic, noisy world even if you're highly sensitive
Create a strong energetic field that filters out the static that can be so overwhelming
Understand why certain images haunt you, why they're there, and what to do with them
Enter into the rowdy physicality of life but keep an inner sanctum of quiet
Swirl your deep spiritual yearning into a full, busy life in the real world
Maintain a connection to Spirit without being flaky, breathy, or out of touch

Why is all this important?

Just as a beating heart transmits electromagnetic signals that can be measured even ten feet away, I believe that we all 'broadcast' on an energetic frequency all the time. Certainly there are subtle physiological processes involved, but there's much more to it than that. Like it or not, the world around you will sense your frequency. If you have kids, dogs, or horses, you know just how clearly they will reflect back to you what's truly going on inside you-- no matter how calm, collected, and peaceful you may appear to the rest of the world. The same is true with your coworkers, your lover, your money, your physical environment, and your spiritual experiences. Declaring dominion over your energy is declaring dominion over everything: your relationships, your finances, your success, your health. That's why I created Practical Magic For Secret Mystics. This isn't a course where you learn theoretical ideas and principles. It's an interactive training series where you practice techniques and habits until they become YOURS. Over seven weeks, you will work with me and a group of like-minded women so that you can make magic in the real world.

Each week, we work with a new magical tool.

Week 1: Creating a sense of safety

A sense of safety is-- forgive the pun-- key. This kind of work simply must begin from a place of grounded safety. Wisdom traditions as well as basic biology tell us that when we are afraid, we shut down our higher reasoning centers, our creativity, and even our logic. The fight-or-flight state was meant to keep us safe, but low-grade anxiety, worry, and a sense of disconnection keep us off kilter, distracted, and more vulnerable. You'll claim your power as the powerful grown-up you are as you learn to soothe any scared, worried parts of yourself with compassion and kindness.

Week 2: Grounding into your innate power

You already have a magic wand: your body. Just as trees stitch together the earth and sky, your body is the meeting of your physicality and your spirit. To reach way up into the ether, you need to be oh so firmly rooted in the ground. Telling the truth makes your body stronger; lies weaken it. We'll explore how many of us hold allegiances to old family and tribal beliefs that create internal conflicts and drain our energy. You'll experiment with how much strength you can gain when you step fully into the present moment that your senses have to offer you.

Week 3: Claiming your own space

I'm going to teach you a method of cloaking your energy that Martha Beck herself taught me. (She also told me she'd deny it if I told that she'd ever talked about such wacky esoteric stuff. Of course, she was kidding. Maybe.) You really can learn to create a strong energy around yourself that repels negativity and sets the tone for your interactions with others. Even neurological research comes dangerously close to sounding like magic when it talks about 'mirror neurons,' which is basically a way of saying that whoever holds the strongest vibration will influence those around them.

Week 4: Working with larger rhythms

The moon pulls on the ocean and on all of us. There is a cycle to growth, and to all life, that we sometimes try to circumvent: what Clarissa Pinkola Estes calls the life-death-rebirth cycle. All transformation requires letting go of the old in order that something new may be born. As women, we can't ignore the cycylical nature of things even when we'd sometimes like to. It can't always be leaping through golden fields of sunshine and bliss: rest, tears, release, and metamorphosis are an essential part of life. But when we embrace them instead of resisting, these elements can bring us great gifts. I'll show you how to work WITH the rhythms of the moon and your own body's cycles instead of fighting them.

Week 5: Integrating your lost fragments

This is the heart of alchemy: a cauldron to turn fragmented elements into a new and beautiful whole. We go through different phases and play different roles throughout our lives, and we have all disowned parts of ourselves that we find embarrassing or not good enough. For some of us, going into our bodies and our emotions will be intense, even uncomfortable. Here we embrace the wholeness of ourselves, deliberately creating room for the lost elements of ourselves to come back to the party. This is a gentle week but a transformative one. You'll watch the dross begin to turn to gold.

Week 6: Expanding your bliss

Time to practice flying. We'll deliberately work on changing your set point for joy so that you can welcome more laughter, bliss, and pleasure into your life. This is where you will find the practice of strengthening your energetic frequency to be utterly delicious. Whether you think of it as becoming more magnetic, changing your lens, or setting your mind to a particular filter, you may find that somehow you are beginning to draw new opportunities, people, and experiences to yourself.

Week 7: Advanced magic

Dreams. Animal essences. Hunches. This is where we practice interpreting the messages that come to us as images, dreams, intuitions, and hints. As we begin using the language of metaphor, our lives begin to speak to us more and more clearly. This is a conversation that you will want to keep having the rest of your life.

Here's what a few of my clients say about working with me:

You can see the real you

During a recent conversation my husband stated that he thinks people don't change their basic nature. I happen to disagree and said as much. Actually, I got a little pouty and asked, "Then what's the point of me doing all this life coaching?!"

His answer surprised me. He said that it has helped to change some of my behaviors but that essentially I'm still me. I haven't changed my basic personality or traits. He went on to say that it's given me the chance to see how wonderful I am. (I admit, I kind of rolled my eyes at him when he said that.) But he explained further. He thinks that what I've learned through my life coaching has cleared away the fog.

Here's what he said: "It's as if you've been looking in a foggy mirror for a really long time but now you've wiped away the fog. All the bullshit you used to believe has been cleared away, and you can see the real you—the amazing person you are."

I love him; he's a keeper!

A universe of love to you for all that you've done for me and helped me do for myself. ~ Elisia Brodeur, Boston

A major driving force for me

I adored being supported to change, the extra tips, links, activities, readings, ideas and suggestions.

Hearing other people's stories was also warming and motivating. Anna's openness and vibrancy as a wonderful source of inspiration has been a major driving force for me.

I truly recommend [working with Anna] to any one who is looking to clean up, sort out, inspire movement, create new flow and prepare to launch into new space. Thank you Anna. ~ Deanne Love, Sydney. www.hooplovers.com

Wade through the mess with laughter and tears

Anna helped me through some of the stickiest areas of my life. She's helped me face the big things I wanted to avoid. I have spilled my guts to her on that which causes the most pain in my life, the things I can't mention to almost anyone else. When I bare my soul, she bears witness. There is no judgment. There is only compassion, understanding, and love.

Anna knows what to do with my deepest fears. She helps me wade through the mess with laughter and tears and find a new way to approach life. It never feels like a formula. It never feels forced. It feels honest and true. Always.
~ Jenny Shih, Coaching and Consulting for Creative Entrepreneurs, jennyshih.com

Focused actions that made a real difference

Anna's course was very rich, intuitive, gentle, supportive - and REALLY effective! Anna's amazing - she managed to make diving into my dark and hidden places and spaces kind of fun! We jumped right in to our "stuff," made friends with the process, and actually had fun while making space for our essential selves, passions and expression to shine through. Anna expertly guided us in an amazing process of clearing and clarifying, supporting us with her huge compassion, intuition and high-level coaching skills. The materials (which were worth the cost of the course alone) and the course itself were very well organized, covering a lot of ground clearly and effectively. I liked the balance between the inner work and jumping into focused actions that made a real difference in my space and quality of life. ~ Beth Bolwerk, San Diego. www.lanochedulce.com

My life no longer feels so overwhelming

Her humor and honesty on the calls and the support of a dynamic group of "real" women were an inspiration to me also.

Today I find that my life no longer feels so overwhelming, but instead is more often serene. Calm, peaceful, tranquil, unruffled (and organized!)...that was my vision all along. Thank you Anna! ~Stacy Snow, Northern California

Dig deep, avoid bullshit and use the body and mind

Always encouraging, Anna is not a cheerleader.  She is a genuine champion of her clients.  But also a great coach – pointing out the good and the bad in an intuitive way that is focused on helping her clients reach their goals.  I decided not to take the route I assumed I wanted.  She will steer you away from being driven by fear and toward more positive motivators.  She is kind and gentle but strong and will call you out on your own lies.

I chose to take on a big role as a volunteer, stay in my current job and make decisions about career change after finding out what this new version of me would mean.  If it weren’t for Anna I’d probably be still thinking about it now!

I recommend Anna to anyone who wants to dig deep, avoid bullshit and use the body and mind as your compass to guide you to real rich results in life.   ~ Sarah Everitt Furuya, President of FEW (For Empowering Women) Japan, www.fewjapan.com

What this course isn't:

This is not the place to learn the twelve ancient secrets of anything or the four interlocking dimensions of matter or the 12 principles of spiritual concepts. I'm not a guru. I'm not a scholar. I don't know anything about crystals, angels, or astral travel. (And just to be clear, I'm not mocking those avenues of study. I'm just very interested in what will WORK right away for women who have full, rich lives and want to go deep, but in a very focused way.) I promise not to give vague instructions like, "Just imagine yourself in a circle of light." We will practice this stuff and I will walk you step by step through exactly what to do, what it feels like in your body, and how to tweak it until you know it's working. I will only teach you what I have seen work for me and my clients.

What it is:

This is an intensive seven-week journey of practicing magic in your life right now. I will ask you to practice every day what you're learning each week, but it won't require hours and hours. In fact, this practical magic will only require TEN MINUTES of your time each day. (And you're going to LOVE doing your assignments because they will feel so DELICIOUS.) Like anything worth doing, this magic does ask something of you. What it requires is your attention, a playful approach, and a willingness to experiment. It will also require that you have an answer when people ask you, "Wow. You're all badass and glowing. Did you get some work done? What's going on?" I know, you think I'm kidding.

What you can expect:
I have found that this work helps me and my clients:

Feel more safe
Laugh more often
Be more bad-ass
Trust our instincts
Make clear choices
Draw strong boundaries
Practice ick-free generosity
Stay calm even amidst chaos
Carry a more powerful presence
Return to center after a shake-up

What's included:
Let's take a look at exactly what you get when you join Practical Magic For Secret Mystics:

* SEVEN Mystery to Mastery Sessions.

Each week, we will all gather live on the phone. This is where I will teach the principles and concepts that have shifted my own life so dramatically. I'll walk you through exercises that will ignite things and turn mysticism into something you can begin integrating into your life right away. There will be time for questions, sharing, and real-time coaching on these calls, and every single call will be recorded. If you can't attend the calls live, you can still follow along with the group.

* SEVEN Daily Practice Checklists.

Each week after our call, you will receive a new PDF to guide you through your practice during that week. These printable pages will keep you on track and remind you of exactly what you need to do to deepen your mastery.

* Two private, high-level Alchemy Sessions with me.

In addition to the group learning and your personal practice, you and I will meet privately on the phone not once, but TWICE. These sessions are where I bring all my intuition, attention, and focus to YOU, so that you can transform what isn't working or hasn't worked in the past into pure gold. This is one of the few ways to work privately with me next year!

* An ongoing conversation with your fellow mystics.

It's so hard to do this on your own. We get burnt out, distracted, discouraged. That's why I do group work-- there is an incredible momentum that is unleashed when a group of smart, soulful women embark on a journey like this together. Throughout the seven weeks, you will have a private email forum to keep in touch with your fellow mystics. This forum is ridiculously simple to use, even if you're a bit intimidated by technology.

* Access to interviews with my favorite energy teachers.

I'm doing a series of recorded interviews with some of the teachers who have taught me the most. In these candid, informal interviews, I grill them for their most potent techniques, juiciest secrets, and deepest wisdom. Some of them are big-name teachers who you'll recognize; others are totally unknown but have something incredible to bring to the table. I deliberately chose a wide spectrum of people to show the myriad ways you can work your beliefs into your life, from the intuitive energetic healer to the sassy entrepreneur who works her mysticism into her life as she picks up Starbucks and her kids.

BONUS: Holiday Alignment Call on December 15th!

Everyone who is registered by December 14th can join me for a live Alignment all on December 15th. Although the course starts in January, this is an extra session I'm doing to set you up for the holidays. During this call you'll have a chance to set clear boundaries and learn some powerful cloaking techniques so that you can go through the holiday season feeling clear, strong, and un-frazzled... no matter how much crazy gets thrown at you. This call will be recorded, so you can listen to it again as you need it throughout your family visits and frolicking.

Logistical Details:

Class begins January 10th.
All Mystery To Mastery Sessions, which are our live groups calls, will be on the following days:
January 10, 17, 24, 31, February 7, 14, 21
Tuesdays at 9am USA Pacific time (that's noon USA Eastern, 5pm in London, and 2am Wed in Tokyo)
All sessions will be recorded and sent to all class participants.
Bonus holiday call is December 15th at 11am USA Pacific.
This group is limited in size and is only open to women.
Private alchemy sessions with Anna are booked first-come, first-served. You will be able to book your private sessions as soon as you register for the class.

My guarantee:

I am confident that if you listen to the Mystery To Mastery sessions, spend just ten minutes a day practicing magic, and are willing to be open and authentic during your alchemy sessions with me and with the other mystics on the forum, that you will see serious magic over the course of these seven weeks. I'm SO sure that this class is solid that I put my money where my mouth is. If for any reason, and I mean ANY reason, you don't feel that this is the right course for you, you can send me an email before the fourth Session (which is January 31st) and I will refund your money, NO QUESTIONS ASKED. The women who are drawn to this material are of such substance and integrity that if you truly feel that you made a mistake in signing up, I will honor that. I don't need a reason; your full tuition will be refunded promptly and without any ickiness.

It's almost 2012. Isn't it time to let your magic bloom?

This is one heck of a new year; it's a great time to set your course. I don't know anything about the Mayan calendar. But I do know that there is a lot of buzz around it, and many people have some very frantic energy about all the changes they are afraid of. What the world needs, now more than ever, is courageous energy leaders who can step out with strong, loving momentum and show the way. If you're reading this page, my hunch is that you know that you can be one of those leaders. Don't wait for someone with a long white beard to point a finger at you and say, "You! YOU are destined to lead!" In my experience, callings come to us through our yearnings. If you feel longing, curiosity, a tug, then that IS the calling. That's how magic works. It's more subtle than a finger coming out of the sky, and it requires us to step up and do our own choosing.

The Big Deal.

You guys know that I love the energy of commitment. There really IS magic in action. So for those of you who are ready, who want to set up 2012 to be the year you claim your magic, declare it. There are limited spots in this group and I don't know when I'll offer it again. (Update: Only one spot left!)

Your investment: $997

SOLD OUT.
Email info@annakunnecke.com if you'd like to be on the waiting list.

What happens after your purchase...

After your purchase, you will immediately receive an email with a confirmation link. You MUST click that link so that I can send you the class materials. As soon as you do that, you will get a welcome email confirming your registration in the class and giving you all class information. You'll also receive instructions on how to book your private Alchemy Sessions. Please note: When you make a purchase, you'll always hear from me! So if you signed up but there's nothing in your inbox, it means something went wonky! No worries, we can easily fix it-- so don't wait, just email us so that we can take care of you. In fact, feel free to email us with any questions at all.

One last word.

Sweetheart, it's time.
I know it.
You know it.
I know you know.
This is yours. Claim it. Use it for good.
Now is not the time for shrinking.
Now is the time for expanding.
Now is the time to let your true gold fill you up
and spill out into the world.

love,
Anna