Category Archives: Moon

anticipating a super full moon

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I am feeling the building of the full moon, and it feels like a rowdy big escalation of energies, on so many levels.

While I have not always felt connected or aligned with my relationship with the moon cycle, and even, for a time, thought that such a thing was a hilarious, meandering path to silly-town, I now notice that my energy, mood, and manifestations have a relationship with the moon.

Now, when I feel a full moon approaching I make a point of sharing extra gentle self-care and attention with myself.  I am opening to new ways to deepen, my breath, and my commitment to living in alignment with the truth that Love for everyone, including me.

It is generally the very last part of that commitment that I trip on, from time to time. Unconditional love is for everyone, easy. Unconditional love is for me; oh right… yes, that.

I have noticed that when I share extra gentle self care, and attention, with simple, consistent acts of Loving care for my self, in anticipation of the full moon, I feel so much more awesome. I am able to enjoy the ebb and flow of energies of the moon cycle, with more gentleness, and less effort.  This particular super, full moon, I am enjoying deep, slow, easy breaths, at least 11 in a row, about every hour. I am helping myself process by walking each day, at a gentle pace, and feeling gratitude for the beauty I witness. I am also remembering to stretch out my chest, neck, and back, for even a few minutes each day. I have noticed that sharing even 2 minutes of focused body-loving stretches helps to open my breath, and ease bodily tension.

I wish everyone a very happy, gentle full moon!

 

new moon: August 14, 2015

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Happy new moon to everyone!

This is a Leo new moon, and a great time for new beginnings and to start new self-Love practices.

I Like to make ‘new moon wishes’ each new moon, to help me focus my self-Love practices.

This is one of my Leo new moon’s wishes:

May each being be blessed to feel Loved,

and breathe deeply, easily, and with great freedom.

happy healing, and happy Friday to all.

escalating anticipation

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Many of the people I serve in my practice have patterned relationships with the moon, with varying degrees of awareness.

I have noticed that when we do not have an understanding of why our needs, and abilities, may vary from day-to-day, it can be easy to blame ourselves, if we perceive that we are not ‘performing’ at ‘full capacity’, all of the time. While there are lots of possible reasons why motivation, energy, and performance vary from day-to-day, mindful noticing, and generous gentleness, can go a long way towards easing the humanity of our process.

Many people have no conscious awareness how their energies are implicated by greater systems, such as the lunar cycle, and so, do not schedule their time and expectations more gently in alignment with the natural ebb and flow of their energies, and end up oscillating between feeling under-stimulated, and feeling like their time, and energy, are spread way too thin.

In anticipation of this Saturday’s full moon I am remembering to breathe deeply, often, think gentle thoughts, and engage in gentle, restorative self-care practices, like walks, stretching, and making time to write my busy thoughts down in a  journal.

If this week you find yourself feeling agitated, or ‘wound a bit more tightly’, or feeling less patient with yourself, or others, please remember gentleness, and deep breaths, and share them liberally.

If there are self-care strategies that you are practicing that are serving you, please feel free to share them in the comment section. I welcome your observations, and I would Love to learn about what is working for you.

happy healing.