Hey Reader,
It’s a full moon today, so get out there and be social, celebrate and put your whole big heart and self out there for the world! The full moon reminds you to do all of that and to release what is no longer serving you.
Speaking of the moon, you know how it reflects light? And is most often associated with feminine energy?
Well, maybe you didn’t know that, but now you do.
The moon is actually thought to represent your inner self…the emotional, softer side of who you are (man or woman). And for a long time, it’s been thought that as a woman, in order to align with your feminine energy, you especially needed to cultivate the qualities of receptivity, compassion, nurturing, reflection and allowing.
This is true…to an extent. These are your lunar feminine qualities.
AND you also have the complexity within you to own characteristics like confidence, assertiveness, discipline and setting boundaries. These are you solar feminine qualities.
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Yep, just as much as you have the ability to align with the moon, you also have the ability to embody what have been thought of as only the masculine qualities (which are considered to be represented by the sun).
You have FULL permission to stop trying to mimic what men do and how they use their masculinity and instead, embrace and fully live within your own powers of having both lunar and solar qualities.
I talk in much more detail about this in a recent live I did in the Energetic Rhythms community. Check it out here to learn why this is important to you as a woman.
So as this full moon is upon us, draw upon your bold self and see what power you can step into or what you can let go of over the next few days to fully embody the balance between strength and compassion that you indeed have whether you identify as a man or a woman.
Oh yeah, and men also have lunar qualities, so all those characteristics I listed above, men, you go ahead and start owning them as you support the action-taking, over-achieving women in your lives.😉
So, it’s a little more complex than just masculine and feminine energy.
And you, indeed, need to honor each element so that you can shift out of distraction, chaos, and burnout and into optimal productivity, balance, and focus, without giving up your action-oriented nature.
And this is some of what I’ll be talking about in Health Harmony and Happines with Cathy when I re-launch it in 1 month. Yep, that’s right, in case you haven’t heard, the podcast will be back next month, and I’m super excited to get back to it. Stay tuned for more details!
Cheers,
Cathy
P.S. Yoga on the Lawn is back this Saturday, July 16th, at 9 AM if you are in the Knoxville area. Join us at 112 E. Robinson (next to Sundance Realty)!