Madi Murphy, the co-founder of CosmicRx, is a professional astrologer, intuitive healer, shamanic medicine practitioner, and wellness entrepreneur who has studied with world-renowned spiritual teachers and leaders. She offers a weekly Monday Meditations, breath work, energy healing at Hero Beach Club in Montauk as well as a series every Wednesday night at The 8th Drifter called “Crystals and Cocktails.” Guests gather over drinks and Murphy offers a casual but informative workshop offering guidance on how to work with cosmic wellness in day-to-day life. Murphy also hosts the podcast CosmicRx Radio, which breaks down spiritual teachings and includes a dash of pop culture and high-vibe humor. We caught up with Murphy to learn more.
You’re a professional astrologer, intuitive healer, shamanic medicine practitioner, and wellness entrepreneur who studied with world-renowned spiritual teachers and leaders. Tell us a little about your background and how you got started in this field:
I was always drawn to the mystical side of life as a child but, like so many of us, I cast aside those parts of me as I grew up and wanted to “fit in” in the professional world or be taken “seriously” (whatever that means!). It was only after I found myself juggling two start-up businesses and felt completely stressed, blocked, and utterly lost that I began to return to what we now call “cosmic wellness.” Cosmic wellness involves anything that is helping you remember your spiritual power: taking care of your energy, listening to your intuition, doing mindset work, creatively manifesting and honoring my natural cycles and phases by working with the moon. Once I started to tune back into these things, it was like certain inauthentic things fell away and I started to remember parts of myself and, perhaps most important, began to trust myself more. These practices saved my life and also brought me back to my true self, versus who I thought the world thought I should be. I quickly realized my purpose was helping others do the same.
Of course, I had absolutely no idea where to start or how to do this, but I just kept asking the Universe for the next step to show up and it did. There’s a famous saying that says “when the student is ready, the teacher appears.” And in my case that was true times ten! I met all of my teachers through what some would call “coincidence” (even though I obvi don’t believe in things being random!) For instance, one of my teachers, Colleen McCann, literally came into the coffee shop in Brooklyn I owned at the time, marched right up to me, gave me her business card and told me I needed to get to Shaman School stat! I was flabbergasted but it was so meant to be. I am blessed to have found some of the most amazing, respected teachers in the world… in the most synchronistic of ways. Even the journey to find my teachers taught me something: to trust where you are being led even when you don’t know the path.
Talk a little about CosmixRx and what inspired you to start this business:
Well, from there, I wanted to share these “cosmic wellness” tools and practices with everyone I knew, so I started gathering with a small group of women in Montauk. I didn’t really know what I was doing at all at first but everyone was so incredible, open and willing to come to these “goddess circles” that it boosted my confidence. And, once, we got going something truly amazing happened: we just sort of *knew* what to do. It was as if we all intuitively understood the magic that happened when we gathered — especially with the new or full moon — and we let that lead us. We also felt so connected to the generations of women who have been doing this since the beginning of time. It was truly humbling — and our circles were always equal parts sacred and silly. We not only had fun and had a space to witness each other and be seen — but, pretty quickly, we started seeing results. Relationships being healed, businesses being launched, babies being conceived, and the list goes on. Most importantly though, we tapped into that cosmic thing that happens when you combine community support, self-care and, of course, a little lunar love.
My now business partner (and CosmicRx co-founder), Audrey Rudolf, was one of the women who started attending these circles and, after seeing how powerful it was, observed we needed to get this out to the world and to as many people as possible. We wanted to teach these practices that had helped us access such deep levels of self love, intuition, pleasure, and purpose. But we quickly found that a lot of people were intimidated, skeptical, or just straight up confused by things like astrology, meditation, manifestation, energy work, or crystal medicine. So, we set out on a mission to make spirituality accessible, digestible, and, most importantly, fun!
You’ll be at Hero Beach Club every week for Monday Meditations. Tell us a little about what guests can expect?
Montauk is — quite literally — such a magical place. Surrounded by so many different bodies of water and with beaches that are made up of crushed up crystals, it’s no wonder that anyone who has ever been to Montauk can acknowledge there is “good energy” there. The indigenous Montaukett people have always viewed the land as a living, sacred entity. However, most people are so busy working, partying, or bopping around that they don’t get to understand all of the medicine Montauk offers.
So, Monday Meditations are one of our solutions to that. They are a great way to tune into yourself, tap into the healing powers of nature, recharge after the weekend and reset your vibe for the week ahead. I open with a short and simple breakdown of what’s happening in the astrology forecast (aka your “emotional weather” report) and then we set an intention, as a way to remember that you are always the co-creator of your life. Then, laying on that crystal sand, with the warmth of the sun kissing your face and the salty air of the ocean gently massaging your skin, I take you on a relaxing journey using a combination of guided visualization, breathwork and sound healing. And it’s like magic happens. To be honest, the setting does most of the work! But truly, it’s a mystical experience. It always makes me smile because so many recorded meditations start off with “imagine yourself somewhere beautiful, like at the ocean…” and, in this rare case, you are already there! We are partnering with NEOM Organics for this series to bring a deeper level to the connection of scent and meditation. I’m so excited to work with them because they make gorgeous, luxury products to boost your well-being. We will be using their hand balms and essential oils with our meditation to further help reduce stress and help drop you into the moment. The more tools in the anti-anxiety toolkit the better!
Also, if someone is looking to take a deeper dive into cosmic wellness (i.e., how to work with the moon, tips to manifest or what’s up with tarot cards) we also have a series every Wednesday night at The 8th Drifter called “Crystals and Cocktails.” As the name suggests, we gather over drinks (including non-alcoholic options) and host a casual but informative workshop where everyone leaves with a real time tool or guidance on how to work with cosmic wellness in their day-to-day lives.
Tell us a little about your podcast:
Cosmic Rx Radio is a podcast diving deep into topics like astrology, self care, modern mysticism, mindset magic, and conscious entrepreneurship. I like to break down spiritual teachings with practical, actionable steps — and usually with a dash of pop culture and high-vibe humor thrown in to keep it real.
What’s next for you and CosmicRx?
So many things! It’s so fun because we feel like the world is really ready for this — we have so many messages from people waking up to astrology, spirituality, and, ultimately, their magic. 2020 was a huge year for us — people had more time on their hands and so many of them decided to transform their lives or themselves in some way so it gave us so many ideas. In the immediate future, I can say we have some amazing merch dropping. And our oracle deck, Notes From Your Higher Self, comes out this summer. I am so proud of it because anyone can use it, no matter if they are familiar with tarot/oracle, and it is full of valuable wisdom that has helped me so much. And there’s some spiritual sass thrown in there too to keep it interesting. It’s basically a hotline to your highest (and hottest) self to use anytime you need a little pep talk.
Visit www.thecosmicrx.com.
