Hey Reader,
This week we moved through the first quarter phase of the moon🌓.
This energy is like Spring, movement, growing energy, and getting started taking aligned action on essential tasks. In Fall it’s the energy you sense or feel when you experience that lit fire under you to get things done, finish projects or discern what needs to be kept and what needs to be thrown into the metaphorical fire.
But it also means you might feel more distracted, unfocused, unable to sleep, and like you’re jumping from one great idea to the next because ideas are plentiful and you have the energy to do them all… 🤸♀️
This was me last night.
I was even crafting a social media post or email calling out all the thoughts we have at any one time going through our heads and how distracting it can be to getting things done – like going to sleep.
My mind was consumed with worries, ideas and distractions. I felt the urge to get out of bed and literally shake the excess energy and thoughts out of me by shaking my arms and legs or by doing something I call the floppy arm twist that I teach students and clients regularly to ground their nervous systems back into the present.
But I didn’t (I saved those practices for my mat this morning🧘♀️).
Instead, I focused on 4:6 breathing, then pulled all the worries and thoughts out of my mind and put them in my open hands. Then I lifted them up to God and tried to remember that Bible verse about thinking only on things that are true, pure, lovely, excellent and praiseworthy. I couldn’t remember it all, but I shifted my thoughts to truths and gratitudes I did know.
And then this happened…
One of the first things I do in the morning when I’m brushing my teeth is open up the Bible app and read the verse of the day and sometimes listen to the guided scripture. The verse of the day today?
I can’t even make this up.
Yep, it was that one I was trying to think of last night (friends, this isn’t the first time this has happened to me).
“Finally brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.” Philippians 4:8
And the man speaking in the guided scripture? The first words out of his mouth were literally talking about the specific number of thoughts that science has shown we think in a day. 🤯🤯
If you don’t call that Divine alignment, I don’t know what is.
You can check it out for yourself here.
I drifted off to sleep without having to get out of bed, but some serious journaling is in order to organize and bring balance to the chaos of thoughts that was going through my mind.
The first quarter moon is also about balance.
The action and rest
Giving and receiving
Yin and yang.
When our thoughts are ruling our minds and pulling us all over the place, it can be super overwhelming. You’re not alone if this you.
It’s calling all the parts of our whole self back to center that can become the challenge.
So my invitation to you today is to reflect on where you feel out of balance in life. What can you do to restore harmony?
Feel free to send me what you come up with – I’m here to listen or give ideas on what you can do.
Cheers,
Cathy
P.S. The Winter Solstice Candlelight Yoga Rhythms Retreat is FULL! 🎉 But if you didn’t get in, the good news is I’ve started a waitlist. I’m anticipating opening up a limited number of spots at the end of the week after I meet with Dan-D farms to see how we can configure the space to fit more of you lovely souls into the event so that you can be nourished and fulfilled rather than drained and exhausted leading into the holidays.
To join the waitlist, click here (plus this helps us plan for future years even if you don’t end up getting into the event😉)
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I give thanks for both the letting go & the keeping that Autumn reveals.
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