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...]
Gemini New Moon Asana
Melting Heart pose is perfect for a New Moon in Gemini. New Moons are exquisite times to rest and surrender into a more yin-like space, to pause and look inward, and to plant good wishes/goals/intentions for your body, spirit, and behavior in the 28 days ahead. The power for healing at this New Moon comes from the concentration of the Sun and Moon in Gemini. Let this draw … [Read more...]
Gemini Meditation: Soul Talk
Mercury is our archetypal guide for the Gemini New Moon. This trickster god of small talk, idle speculation, and airy fantasies has another, deeper side. Known to the Greeks as Hermes, and to the Egyptians as Thoth, he is the god of wisdom, the inventor of writing and commerce, also the primary guide for travelers, including the dead who journey to the underworld. In the … [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...]
