New Moon Journaling for Sacred Self Study, Solar Eclipse in Cancer: Teaching Yoga Workshop: 808 Wellness: July 2, 2019: Kihei, Maui, HI

Listen! Are you breathing just a little and calling it a life? —Mary Oliver

This is the second New Moon Journaling workshop I taught. Its edgy for me because it's new territory. I'm drawn to the material, though, partially because my life on the road is so mobile and uncertain. Tethering myself to the moon and stars feels supportive.

This new moon in Cancer is the beginning of eclipse season. A total sun eclipse kicks off this two week time period of intense astrology, including 4 (and on the 8th it will be 5) planets in retrograde. Its dark and heavy and shadowy, pointing out our loneliness, shame, and fear drive insecurity. It's not as big of a bummer as it sounds, though because these are the greatest places for growth and power reclamation.

Here's our sequence:

Sit
Slow nadi shodhana

Experiment with affection breath

Experiment with worry breath
Journal and Discussion of Sutra 1.33, proverbs 17:22

Experiment with worry breath and deep belly breathing
Discussion of Sutra 1.34

Standing shaking
New Moon Self Soothing discussion

Journal current "weather"

New Moon Astrology

New Moon Wishes Journaling
Holding Each Other's Hearts exercise
Share

Closing circle
Mary Oliver's Have You Ever Tried To Enter The Long Black Branches
Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu chanting

Namaste

After class I went home and burned, unopened, each of the new moon wishes. Each one burned so differently and as I sat and watched I reflected on our session together and how it true that the Teachings really do show up when we're all together.

I'm fascinated with this path and one of my New Moon wishes is to keep doing these types of workshops.

Health, Love and Rock N Roll
Happy New Moon and Eclipse Season
Winifred

Burning New Moon Wishes with sage and a lot of love and aloha.