Dancing Nature's Rhythms
Taurus season from April 20 to May 20 “Invites us to slow down and feel the ground beneath our feet.” Mmmmm… Taurus season begins today It’s a WOW month! Here is life again exploding in every direction, after the long winter abundance is everywhere. At this moment, the increasing light is beginning to be felt in Read more about Taurus Season[…]
New year vision board If you’ve been working towards a big project—perhaps you’re trying to start your own business or want to join a program or study group—this is the perfect time to do so. The Aries new moon will give you a moment to breathe deeply before plunging into an important new change. Ride Read more about Aries New Moon – New Astrological Year[…]
Start April Sunrise (Twilight (6.16am) 6.50am, Sunset (Twilight) 7.49pm (8.24pm) By the end of the month (5.48am) 8.38am 8.38pm (9.16pm) Hailstones & Sunshine, blackbirds bicker, blackthorn blossom, Llygaid Ebril Aprils eye the celandine open 1st April fools day 5th Qing Ming Pure Brightness / Clear and bright – qīngmíng festivals 5th term Read more about April[…]
Here I am Plant your feet upon the earthKnow your value, know your worthTake a breath that’s long and deepYou’re carried by the ground beneath Feel the sunshine on your skinA lotus flower blossomingYour journey is your offeringYou are here for a reason Send your roots down through the dirtAnchoring you through the hurtWith every Read more about Aries Season[…]
Michael hetherington liver and gall bladder meridians connected with smooth flow of energy around the body and detoxifying. Yoga opening the side body and shoulders, pummelling and qigong. Spring is that time of year when new energy, new life and new dreams blossom. As we move out of the colder and more introverted months of Read more about Spring[…]
April takes its name from the Latin word aperire, meaning ‘to open’ New life bursts forth from translucent red pomegranate tips on the branches of the handkerchief tree and I stand surrounded by a choir of lilac leaves as they open soft, furry, almost-purple buds and unfurl into delicate new leaves with blushed red tips sounding their Read more about April[…]
The January Man The January man he goes around in woollen coat and boots of leatherThe February man still shakes the snow from of his clothes and blows his handsThe man of March he sees the Spring and wonders what the year will bringAnd hopes for better weather. Through April rain the man goes down Read more about The Wheel of the Agricultural Year[…]
Forget every idea of right and wrong any classroom ever taught youBecause an empty heart, a tormented mind, unkindness, jealousy and fearAre always the testimony you have been completely fooled!Turn your back on those who would imprison your wondrous spiritWith deceit and lies.Come, join the honest company of the King’s beggars –Those gamblers, scoundrels and Read more about A GOLDEN COMPASS[…]
Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn,a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter.If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things,this is the best season of your life. by Wu Men Hui-k’aiEnglish version by Stephen Mitchell Flowing in and out of all the cycles of the life. Our breath, the circadian daily rhythmn , Read more about The best season[…]
Joy Harjo Put down that bag of potato chips, that white bread, that bottle of pop. Turn off that cellphone, computer, and remote control. Open the door, then close it behind you. Take a breath offered by friendly winds. They travel the earth gathering essences of plants to clean. Give it back with gratitude. If Read more about For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet[…]
Watch the animation below to see how the phases of the Moon work during a complete lunar cycle. https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/explore/names-full-moons-throughout-year How many phases of the Moon are there? In between these, the Moon goes through multiple stages of partial illumination during its different phases. These are the banana-shaped crescent Moon, the D-shaped quarter Moon and the almost complete gibbous Moon. Read more about Moon phases[…]
In the Complete book of Oriental Yoga Hatha and Taoist Yoga for the Seasons By Michael Hetherington says,“ There is no doubt that energy moves through us differently according to the time of day, the climatic conditions, the attitudes we harbor and the cycles of the moon, just to name a few. With the natural Read more about The Natural Flow of Life[…]
The Earth’s seasons can be understood as “phases of the Sun”, similar to how the Moon goes through its cycle of phases. This graph shows the seasons in the Northern Hemisphere, with the x-axis being time and the y-axis being intensity of Sun energy (blue) and temperature (pink). (For the Southern Hemisphere, this cycle is Read more about Seasonal rhythms[…]
Humans have been fascinated and afraid of eclipses that affect the two principal celestial sources central to our lives, the Sun and the Moon. Most cultures have elaborate stories on the reasons for occurrence of eclipses and methods to help Sun and Moon during eclipses. Many ancient civilisations regarded and feared solar eclipses as supernatural Read more about Total solar eclipse[…]
‘Noli me tangere’ is the Latin for ‘touch me not’, the words spoken to Mary Magdalene by Christ after she discovers him risen from the tomb (‘Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father’ John 20: 17). Mary Magdalene – 1st Among followers Radio 4 In Our Time. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0717j1r
The insects awaken, the sap rises Libra air / kindness/balance/harmony/relationships – make space, the worms are aerating the soil. What this full moon is illuminating is recent wounds and long term scars that inhibit our capacity for long term relating. The repeating patterns that I need to heal & release, to weed out, to get Read more about Full Worm Moon in Libra[…]
March full moon Ides of March Roman festival of Anna Perenna Goddess of the wheel of the year Anna Perenna was an old Roman deity of the circle or “ring” of the year, as the name (annual perennial –per annum) clearly indicates. Her festival fell on the Ides of March (March 15), which would have marked the first full moon Read more about March Full worm moon in Virgo or Libra[…]
A Blessing for Beauty May the beauty of your life become more visible to you, that you may glimpse your wild divinity. May the wonders of the earth call you forth from all your small, secret prisons and set your feet free in the pastures of possibilities. May the light of dawn anoint your eyes Read more about A blessing for beauty[…]
Eastern sun, melt the cold from my bones Curtain rise, take the darkness from my eyes Breathing in, pulling life into my lungs As a child, I am born again…
春分 Chūn fēn, Spring Equinox (March 20th) 春分, the fourth solar terms of the year, is the day that position of Sun is exactly above Earth’s equator. To describe this phenomenon in Chinese, we would say that 太阳此刻刚好到达黄经零度 Tài yáng cǐ kè gang hǎo dào dá huáng jīng ling dù 太阳 Tài yáng means Sun 此刻 Cǐ kè means at Read more about 春分 Chūn fēn – Chinese spring divide[…]