Dancing Nature's Rhythms
Aquarius lunation – Water bearer – purifying & nourishing the earth 11th feb – 12th march. Equivalent to 3.30 – 5.30am. Stirrings. Birds singing & nesting Dreams turning into plans. Roots pushing down establish foundations Prepare the ground. First week. Friday 12th – Friday 19th. New moon – waxing crescent Equiv to midnight to 6am Read more about February/March Moon gardening[…]
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
Love is in the air. February comes from the word februum (purification) and februa, the rites or instruments used for purification. Waking up, Coming out of hibernation, Dreamtime. Break seed shell Imbolc in the belly. St Brigid’s day. CandlemasLove valentines. Pancake day Lent Spring clean Seed Roots – believe The poet Teba on a horse Read more about February[…]
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 Winter to Spring[…]
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[…]
Full Snow Moon – February The Farmer’s Almanac tells us that February’s full moon is known as the Snow Moonamongst the Native Americans – Since the heaviest snow usually falls during this month, native tribes of the north and east most often called February’s full Moon the Full Snow Moon. Some tribes also referred to this Moon as Read more about February Full Moon[…]
It is only a tiny rosebud,A flower of God’s design;But I cannot unfold the petalsWith these clumsy hands of mine. The secret of unfolding flowersIs not known to such as I.GOD opens this flower so sweetly.Then in my hands they die. If I cannot unfold a rosebud,This flower of God’s design,Then how can I have Read more about Flower unfolding[…]
Coming out of hibernation and walking the garden dreaming and scheming digging up carrots, hands in fine compost
Pancakes and Carnival season
Bare Shivering stems in pale wintry shadows
Discipline, Duty, De-clutter Eyes on the prize! Get organized