Seated Wide Leg Lateral Side Bend The light alters. There's a shift in the air. The Sun is in mutable Virgo. This sign helps us to remain-within-ourselves as we observe and adjust to the changing nature around us. We find Virgo in our feminine sensitivities, the ones that help us honor the connection between the ground beneath our feet and our being. Our bodies are … [Read more...]
Leo New Moon Asana
At the Leo New Moon, welcome the shining light of the Sun into your deep lion-hearted self. Heart, solar plexus, and spine are the Leo regions of the body. This is the New Moon to check in: Are you staying true to your heart? Are you aligned with your integrity? The spine is sometimes referred to as our backbone. If something is off-kilter along the spine, it will … [Read more...]
Cancer New Moon Asana
The New Moon in watery Cancer, sign of the crab, can bring a month of deep emotional shifts. It can also launch a period of deep reflection on what kind of nurture you want and need most at this time. Perhaps there is something tender to look at under the shell. Welcoming the light sneaking through the cracks of your shell can bring breakthroughs! I think of the beach now. … [Read more...]
Body Meets Solar Eclipse
Your body has already been inside the eclipse zone for a couple weeks. Eclipses arrive in two's (solar and lunar). Earlier this month, the lunar eclipse jittered the atmosphere; now it finishes with the solar. Given the one-to-three-week orb of each lunation, I find it hard to tell--energetically--which is which. Solar or lunar, we're more easily tipped off balance. It … [Read more...]
Taurus New Moon Asana
Moon practice is best when it's embodied practice. We'll bring our awareness to the Earth with a simple seated pose for the Taurus New Moon. On the day of the New Moon, or perhaps, if it's convenient, at the very moment of the New Moon, take precious time for yourself with a simple grounding posture that will also open space in your neck, the part of the body that Taurus … [Read more...]
