I hope you have had the opportunity to connect with those you love and care about today. If today has had some difficulty, I hope you are able to offer yourself compassion and hold yourself gently.

It has been an interesting week with many people sharing the effects the energy of Monday’s New Moon and the shifting planets have had in their lives. I ended up with a migraine on Tuesday, which I took as the universe telling me to sit down and rest, so I did. :)

This time change has left me more exhausted than I could have predicted. It has been a good opportunity to practice what I teach through “wintering,” giving myself plenty of extra rest and TLC. I hope you are listening to your bodies and offering them what they need as well. Please join me for Saturday Morning Yoga this weekend as we care for our bodies with lovingkindness.

Today my heart has been heavy for many reasons near and far. Days like this remind me of my vulnerability as a human being and how quickly things can change in unexpected ways. It can be hard to allow ourselves to slow down on these heavy heart days as we are conditioned to keep pushing through. I am grateful for the support of my friends, family, and colleagues today who have held me and encouraged me to take the time I need. Building a community of care for ourselves and each other is an essential part of healing and thriving.

We are having a glorious fall day in Colorado with bluebird skies and color bursting from the trees. In my garden the roses are also giving us a rare October bloom. Taking a moment to connect with nature can bring us into the present moment, decrease stress, and increase feelings of gratitude.

This week finally really feels like fall as the temperatures drop and the leaves begin to turn. I have found myself turning to warm foods and beverages and cozy blankets to soothe the vata energy the dry and windy days are bringing with them. This Saturday brings a New Moon in Libra and a partial solar eclipse. Lena from The Power Path cautions that this may bring some intense and unbalanced energy, but is also a great opportunity for creativity and clearing out what isn’t working. Please join me for Saturday Morning Yoga as we explore this energy and offer ourselves lovingkindness.

I hope you were able to tap into the energy of last week’s full moon and clear some space for the changes of the season. Saturday’s retreat was so restful and rejuvenating. We all left with new clarity and inspiration. The next Full Moon Sound Bath will be October 28.

We are in the window of strong Aries Full Moon energy, which can be fiery and headstrong as well as spark our creativity. Tanaaz at Forever Conscious shares that Aries energy can help us “take our ideas from our minds and into physical form.” It can boost our confidence and support our stepping into new opportunities and adventures. It’s important to be aware, however, that this energy can also be triggering if we are feeling disillusioned or unhappy. Lena from The Power Path encourages movement and nurturing our creative sides to weather any irritability that arises.

Happy Autumnal Equinox! The bridge from summer to fall begins Friday and crosses into Saturday. Autumn reminds us of the importance of letting go of that which no longer serves us and turning inward to nurture and nourish ourselves as we prepare for winter. As we let go it can be helpful to practice gratitude for what has passed, what we are letting go of, as well as what is to come. I believe finding the balance between letting go and holding on is a key lesson of autumn.

The coming week carries a lot of shifting energy. Today’s New Moon in Virgo is a turning point toward the changes to come in our lives and provides us the opportunity to reflect and set intentions about our next steps going forward. Looking at the weather forecast, summer will be offering a last hurrah early in the week and letting go of its hold as we approach the autumnal equinox on Saturday the 23rd. Pausing to turn towards the sun and soak in the last vestiges of its summer energy can be a moving practice of gratitude to explore this week. Find more astrological insights at Forever Conscious or The Power Path.

This week the cool mornings have begun to feel more like autumn, while the warm afternoons keep the energy of summer alive. Transitions in our lives can also feel like this. We receive peeks into the future and experience the reality of the present at the same time. This can sometimes feel disconcerting and lead us to wishing the present away in order to get where we are going. Striving towards the future can lead to anxiety and cause us to miss the gifts and lessons the present moment has to offer.

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Last night’s Full Blue Super Moon was so beautiful and powerful. I hope you were able to spend some time soaking up its energy. I was able to sit outside chanting the moon mantra, Om Chandraya Namaha, with my moonstone mala, which was just the grounding connection I needed after a week of feeling a bit out of sorts.

Mercury entered retrograde yesterday offering us the opportunity to turn inward and explore the messages our inner voice and intuition are sending us. The Power Path offered the advice today of giving ourselves more space and time to allow for the hiccups this retrograde shift creates. This can support us by decreasing the frustrations with communication and other things that often accompany Mercury’s retrograde shift.

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I hope you soaked up this week’s supportive new moon energy and traversed the erratic effects of Uranus with ease. New moons are an opportunity to deepen our understandings of ourselves and begin again with the new lunar cycle. Simplicity has been a big focus of this Leo New Moon and following that energy has been very helpful for me.

I am excited about several endeavors coming to fruition in the next few weeks and I hope you will join me for the ones that speak to you.

It’s Leo season!!☀️ This is my favorite time of year because everything is bursting with life, the sun’s energy fills my spirit, and it’s my birthday season, yay!! I know not everyone loves these long, hot summer days, but as a summer baby they are exactly what I need.

This summer we have netting around our vegetable garden to keep the neighborhood cats out, which has offered the added bonus of protecting the garden from all the crazy hail. Unfortunately, a butterfly found its way into the netting this evening and is struggling to find its way out. We’ve opened the entrances in hopes it will figure it out, but it keeps trying to go through the netting instead of through the opening.

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As we step into July I am reminded of long summer days as a child, exploring, playing, swimming, and most of all reading. Reading was a wonderful escape that took me on adventures to new places with new perspectives and sparked my imagination. I remember bringing home stacks of books from the library and tallying the number of books I read each summer on a paper taped to my wall…yes, I was that kid, lol!

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It is hard to believe that June is almost over. As we reach the end of the month it can be helpful to look back and savor some of the things we experienced, offering gratitude and appreciation for them. This practice can help to slow down the sense of the summer passing by too quickly and fill our emotional cups.

Happy Summer Solstice! The beginning of summer and the abundance it brings is a wonderful time to let go of things that no longer serve us and set intentions for stepping forward into our true nature.