As the ultimate few days of Summer time simmer away, we discover ourselves within the midst of Late Summer time, which in keeping with many historic wellbeing techniques, is a season all of its personal. From late August to mid-September, late Summer time is the time to re-centre and re-set ourselves, and return to a way of routine and stability earlier than Autumn arrives in earnest. That is additionally the ‘harvest moon’, because it coincides with the annual crop harvest within the Northern Hemisphere, when greens like late leeks, tomatoes and courgettes are ripe, and Autumn pears, apples, squash and root veg will quickly be prepared to reap. Simply because the cooler days start to reach, we’ll expertise a full moon on September 10th, within the astrological signal of Pisces.
Simply earlier than the total moon on the tenth September nevertheless, the inevitable Mercury In Retrograde surfaces once more on the ninth, bringing with it the everyday disruptive shift in vitality right here on earth. Mercury In Retrograde is usually regarded as a time when communication, planning, negotiating and making vital selections needs to be averted because of the energetic change, (for extra on this learn my weblog on navigating Mercury In Retrograde mindfully HERE.) This doesn’t essentially imply we should always put life on maintain till Mercury In Retrograde finishes on October 1st, somewhat that we’d profit from utilizing this time to replicate, deal with issues nearer to house, prioritise self-care and undertake our personal ‘harvest’ by practising gratitude and contentment, somewhat than leaping head-first into the brand new ‘faculty yr’.
As this full moon is within the signal of Pisces, you could really feel a bit extra emotional than common too. Pisces is a water signal, holding the traits of emotional sensitivity, sympathy, and a want to make everybody round them glad. A full moon in Pisces can even assist enhance our instinct and compassion, making it the right time to spend time with family members.
To assist make the transition from Summer time-mode to ‘again to highschool’ season clean, take inspiration from our particular practices for the total moon in Pisces this September.
Reflection & Gratitude
As harvest season arrives and we pay thanks for the abundance of vegatables and fruits the land has supplied, that is additionally the time to replicate upon the previous yr thus far, and all the things we now have to be glad about. Trendy life makes all of it too straightforward for us to really feel as if we want greater than we have already got; whether or not it’s a unique job, extra money, a unique place to stay, extra profession success, or perhaps a totally different physique form. Even 1000’s of years in the past, the Buddha taught that ‘struggling arises from want’ – once we need, it indicators that we’re not fully glad and content material inside ourselves, and this may create emotions of unhappiness and restlessness. The sensation of gratitude nevertheless, instantly counteracts this, and can assist us really feel grounded, glad, and extra current in each day life. To observe gratitude, use the Gratitude One Line A Day Three 12 months Journal to file one factor you’re grateful for every day, encouraging you to hunt out what you already have and what you’re keen on, somewhat than what you don’t. For extra constructive physique love, use Being In Your Physique: A Journal For Self-Love & Physique Positivity. One other highly effective approach of practising gratitude is to specific it and really feel it by telling somebody you’re grateful for them, and remembering occasions others expressed gratitude in direction of you too. Make recollections by selecting out a card from the College of Life On a regular basis Adventures deck, that you could look again on with a way of gratitude later in life.
Take heed to your instinct
Pisces is an indication linked to heightened instinct, and across the full moon, we may obtain extra steering from our interior voice. Once more, with a lot ‘noise’ round us from social media, we are able to typically discover ourselves merely following traits, unsuitable weight-reduction plan recommendation or regularly trying exterior of ourselves on the subject of making selections, when the true solutions all the time lie inside. To start out honing your instinct extra and constructing a way of self-trust, use the steering in Paul Greenberg’s Goodbye Cellphone, Howdy World with 65 bite-size device-free actions scientifically confirmed to advertise true happiness, in order that as an alternative of turning to social media to seek out pleasure, you possibly can take heed to your physique or ask a beloved one or skilled for assist. Spending extra quiet time with ourselves can be a strong solution to enhance our intuitive consciousness and improve the connection we now have with ourselves. Use Morning Meditations by Danielle North for each day meditations and practices, and the Yogamatters Natural Cotton Meditation Cushion to create a devoted area for meditation, which analysis exhibits makes us more likely to observe constantly.
Personal Your Feelings
‘Well being’ is encompassed not simply by bodily wellbeing, however psychological and emotional well being too. Particularly inside holistic well being techniques like Conventional Chinese language Drugs and Ayurveda, illness is alleged to come up from ‘dis-ease’ inside ourselves, or ‘caught’ feelings. As an emotionally delicate signal, this Pisces full moon invitations us to embrace all of the feelings, even ones we’ve been conditioned to consider are ‘dangerous’. Feelings corresponding to anger and disappointment could also be difficult to cope with, and so they may be those we had been taught to push down or cover as kids, however once we suppress feelings, this may result in elevated stress on the physique, doubtlessly even resulting in sickness. Use the Field Of Feelings card deck to get to know your emotions by selecting from one of many 80 totally different mini essays on an emotion, and begin a daily journaling observe with the Moleskine Wellness Journal so you possibly can write down something you might have in your thoughts as an alternative of retaining it inside, which actually could be massively cathartic. If you happen to’re discovering it particularly tough to work together with your feelings, think about chatting with a therapist or somebody you belief – there’s all the time somebody who can assist, irrespective of how you are feeling.
Go Sluggish
Regardless of the frantic busy-ness of ‘again to highschool season’, there’s no have to pressure ourselves to over-schedule and burn out. Autumn and Winter maintain extra ‘yin’ vitality versus the ‘yang’ of Spring and Summer time, and we can assist ourselves connect with the vitality of this time of yr by slowing down a bit too. With Mercury in Retrograde occurring from the 9th September till 1st October, that is an acceptable time to pause, take inventory and re-centre ourselves as an alternative of dashing into a brand new month. As an alternative of taking up a mountain of latest commitments and tasks, attend to the issues you have already got in your plate – do you might have a ‘to-do’ listing you by no means fairly appear to resolve? Do you might have areas of your house you’ve been wanting to repair up for months? That is the time to attract your vitality inward and put issues so as, so use the As soon as Upon A Tuesday Every day Planner Pad to create an inventory of duties to deal with, and hold monitor of simply how a lot you’re taking up by recording your commitments on the wall calendar – because it’s straightforward to get overwhelmed if we don’t have someplace we are able to visually see how busy we’re.
Have a good time The Harvest Moon With A Seasonal Feast
With an abundance of festivities arising, this time of yr is ripe for feasting and celebrating, particularly on the full moon. A full moon has all the time historically been the time to carry out rituals, dances and gatherings, and by assembly to make seasonal meals and luxuriate in one another’s firm, we’re participating in time-honoured traditions that our ancestors would have taken half in too. Use recipe books like One Pot, Pan, Planet by Anna Jones and My New Roots by Sarah Britton and discover recipes with substances like apples, pears, root veg, and even late-Summer time tomatoes and courgette for a seasonal meal. Particularly after being so disconnected over the past couple of years, there’s by no means been a greater time to make the total moon a daily time to return collectively to take pleasure in one another’s firm.
Give one among these full moon practices a go, and do not forget that simply because we’re in ‘again to highschool season’, it doesn’t imply we now have to hurry again into full-on busy-ness. Take your time to ease into the extra ‘yin’ vitality of the latter half of the yr, and pause sufficient to understand what you have already got round you.
