Beeswax candles · Energy mapping · Self-studies

Ethos.

Rinu is a soul space and candle studio devoted to the remembrance that we are light, wrapped in a story of being human. It is the expression of Alyssa Shanahan, a mystic and candlemaker whose psychospiritual lens invites you to remember the unseen intelligence moving through your life.  Offerings of Human Design readings, candlelight, and reflections on awakening serve to ground and guide the evolution of human consciousness.

Simplicity, elevated by ritual.*

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⊹ 100% ethically harvested beeswax from local Massachusetts apiaries that honor the bees.

⊹ Crafted by hand in small batches as gateways to your downtime.

⊹ Subscriptions available for 15% off your monthly candle delivery.

Light leaves little trace, and our packaging aims to do the same. We use simple materials like cotton string and uncoated paper meant to be here for a moment before returning to the earth.

Know your energy. Change your reality.

Aura Readings are soul-level energy mappings that restore energetic literacy, giving you language to understand how your unique nature moves, reacts, and remembers. These sessions help you see beneath the surface of your habits and stories, and reconnect with the gifts that are waiting to be empowered and trusted in this lifetime. Your reading entirely personal, guided by your auric blueprint and the themes you wish to bring higher guidance and understanding to.

“A REFLECTIVE, HOLISTIC EXPERIENCE OF SELF-DISCOVERY.”

Discover how your being functions at a core level—what environments and rhythms fuel you, drain you, and the way you are designed to interact with others.

Physical.

Replace mental uncertainty with your body’s inner authority to make trusted decisions that keep you on your aligned path.

Mental.

Understand the messages your emotional energy is communicating and how to work with your divine wisdom to alleviate resistance and live in flow.

Emotional.

Recognize the ancestral gifts you carry and the themes you are here to embody and encounter in this lifetime.

Spiritual.

 FAQs.

  • Human Design is a system for mapping human nature at the energetic level.It synthesizes Astrology, the I’Ching, the Chakra System, the Tree of Life, quantum mechanics, and astronomy to reveal how you are uniquely designed to move, decide, relate, and express in this lifetime. You can think of it as an operating manual for your energy.

    I use it as one tool among many to support a kind of secular awakening, rooted in recognition and resonance. When you start to see yourself through the lens of energy, you stop outsourcing your truth and begin to live it.

  • That’s okay. Nothing here depends on belief. Energy is something you feel.

    If you’ve ever said “I don’t have the energy for this,” or walked into a room and felt the mood without anyone saying a word, then you’ve already experienced it. Most of us just don’t always realize that’s what it is. This work isn’t about convincing you. It’s for helping you recognize what’s already been true for you. Human Design puts words to the patterns your body and mind already respond to. Once you see yourself clearly, you can start living in a way that empowers it and attract a life in alignment from that place.

  • Often it’s those who are highly aware, but exhausted. People who’ve tried to optimize themselves into alignment and are ready to remember their nature instead. Many also find their way here when they’re looking to bring individual embodiment back into the spiritual path, or to reconnect with something meaningful without needing a belief system to hold it.

  • Self-help offers more generally applicable strategies for our improvement. Energy literacy teaches you how your unique system actually works. For example, self-help might tell you to “set better boundaries.” But if you have an open Solar Plexus in Human Design, you may feel other people’s emotions so intensely that you sidestep saying no to avoid the emotional intensity of their reaction. Once you recognize that pattern, boundaries stop feeling like conflict and start feeling like self-respect.

  • You can think of your foundations (Type, Strategy, Authority, and Profile) like a blood type. Many people share one, but everyone is uniquely different. A personal reading offers reflection on the intricacies of your design, showing how your lived experience mirrors the deeper mechanics of your chart. You're also invited to bring in questions or life themes you want to understand more clearly.

    There are great free resources online, but a personal reading offers the kind of insight that can be difficult to piece together on your own.

  • Absolutely. I found Human Design nearly a decade into my own spiritual awakening and self-study, and I’ve never encountered another system that so clearly illuminates both why we are the way we are and what we’re here to experience. But beyond insight, it’s a tool. It helps you recognize in real time when you’re operating from distortion or conditioning, and how to return to alignment.

  • Language for what you’ve always sensed but couldn’t quite name. A sense of relief from the pressure to be anything other than what you are. And a practical awareness you can begin applying right away to move in more alignment and ease. You’ll receive a personalized energetic education via video recording along with an optional PDF guidebook that includes your chart and written reflections to support integration.

  • You’ll receive a personal email within 24hrs confirming your booking and sharing a estimated delivery window (typically 7–10 days if the listing is available). Readings are designed to be received at a distance so you can take in the depth of insights in your own space and timing. If you prefer a live session, please be in touch to request availability.

  • Definitely. Many people come into a reading curious about a recurring pattern or life theme, and we explore it through the lens of their design. The intake form at checkout lets you personalize your session and share as much or as little as feels right for you.

  • A deeper connection to self can feel confusing when clouded by modern myths. Here are common misconceptions that often misguide the journey:

    (01.) Spirituality is a belief system.
    Spirituality isn’t about subscribing to a belief. In practice, it’s the process of unraveling belief to return to what’s already true. Words like energy, nature, spirit, or consciousness are just different ways of trying to name the same thing; something you already experience, regardless of belief.

    (02.) You have to follow a specific practice or tradition.
    There’s no one right way to be spiritual. Practices like meditation, mantra, or breath work are just tools to help create space from your mind. The truth is, spirituality is more of a “choose your own adventure” experience. The path unfolds as you walk it. One moment of remembering opens the next.

    (03.) Enlightenment is the goal.
    The deeper truth is that awakening isn’t always comfortable, and it’s rarely a finish line. Real remembrance often brings a paradox of feeling deeply connected to everything while also more aware of what no longer aligns. The work isn’t to escape the self, but to live from your truth. Integration is the goal.

    (04.) The ego is the problem.
    Mainstream spirituality speaks a lot about dissolving the ego, but the intention is not to erase your individuality. It’s to see that the ego is not the whole of who you are. Letting those layers fall away helps you remember the unity beneath the illusion of separation. From there, you can actually express yourself more clearly and authentically — not from comparison or fear, but from wholeness.

    (05.) Spiritual growth is about becoming better.
    Spiritual growth is about becoming aware of what’s always been true underneath the noise of modernity. When you’re aware of a pattern, you have the power to shift it. Much of this path is simply remembering what’s been forgotten, or seeing yourself clearly for the first time.

    (06.) It’s all love and light.
    In its essence, it holds some truth. Awareness is the light— the ability to see clearly. And love, in practice, is coherence— choosing to respond in alignment with truth, whether that’s compassion for yourself or boundaries with someone else.

    (07.) Energy work is too abstract to be useful.
    What’s strange is that we accept laws like energy cannot be created or destroyed in physics, but treat energy as imaginary when it comes to ourselves. At a fundamental level, you are made of energy. The deeper you zoom in, from body, to system, to cell, to atom, the more obvious that becomes. Energy work simply helps you read that reality in your own experience.

    (08.) You need a guide to access truth.
    The entire point of this work is to remember that your clearest guidance comes from within. Whether it’s a Human Design reading or a spiritual mentor, the goal is never dependency. It’s to help you build fluency in your own truth so you’re not outsourcing decisions or worth to anything outside of yourself.

  • "Total perspective shift. Highly recommend if you’re curious about your deeper self and want something that feels both mystical and real world useful. The reading helped me understand some of the patterns I’ve been stuck in. I’ve been reflecting on it for days!

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  • "Love, love, love. I was looking for beeswax votives to use in my personal altar and that would fit in an old scented votive candle holder that was used. These exceeded expectations. I was initially attracted by the location, and then charmed by the magical crafting. The candles are wonderful - well made, beautiful flame, subtle natural honey scent."

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  • "I used to think energy work sounded abstract but this was so specific it caught me off guard. It made me feel more compassion toward myself and see what I previously thought of as my challenges in a new light."

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