2024.04.18 full moon in libra
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[00:00:00] I have a question for you. Have you ever seen a blade of grass growing all by its little self? 'cause I haven't. And as it turns out, that's actually impossible because grass, I didn't know this before researching for this episode at grass grows. The blades are not like one seed to one blade of grass.
[00:00:19] For most varieties. It turns out there's also lots of different varieties of things that we might consider. Uh, grass. I'm not up on that. I don't have a suburban lawn. I have a very pollinator friendly yard with lots of Clover and things. So anyway, these little blades of grass usually grow multiple blades to one. Seed.
[00:00:38] And I didn't know that before researching for this episode, because I was thinking about it. Have you ever seen a blade of grass growing by itself? It turns out it's impossible. It doesn't happen. Because more than one blade of grass grows to one. Seed. And so the reason I'm asking you that. It's because this full moon happening on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024 has connections archetypally to a single plant.
[00:01:04] And so it doesn't necessarily have to be grass. There are other plants that grow in like a single sprout from one seed. We'll talk about it. We'll talk about the archetypes. That go into this full moon, but it has a lot to do with independence and relationships and where we fall on those. Spectrum's we're going to talk about it as always with yoga practices and journal prompts to help you feel into how these archetypes are showing up in your life so that you can work with these full moon. Energies.
[00:01:34] And can I just say I am so, so excited to be back welcoming you to the Yogi scopes podcast? So if you're new around here, welcome. If you're not new, I missed you so very much. It has been now two full lunar cycles. Since I put out a podcast episode. And that wasn't intentional. It started out non-intentional it started out. Because I was very sick. And then had some. Things in my life, I just needed to press the pause button and I press the pause button so hard that I wasn't sure I was going to press play again and turns out.
[00:02:08] Um, I guess I was trying to imagine my life without this podcast and I couldn't. So, um, Yeah, I was going through the motions of life and stuff. I'm back. I don't want to just waste your time talking too much about me and where I've been. I just want to say thank you for your patience and. I hope that you give yourself permission to push the pause button.
[00:02:28] Sometimes if you feel like you need it, I was still showing up for all of my yoga therapy clients. The many, many of you that have had one-on-one sessions with me. Um, I was still showing up for the astrology for Yogi students. And I have an exciting development related to that that you'll want to hear about.
[00:02:46] I'll tell you about momentarily, but. Otherwise, let me just finish, welcoming you to the podcast. This is the Yogi skips podcast. I'm your host, Rosemary Holbrook. I am a Vedic sidereal astrologer, which means I use this idea of Zodiac, which is what Vedic astrology uses Vedic astrology also called Jyotish.
[00:03:05] That's what Jyotish actually translates to. Is, um, it's kind of like Ayurveda, it's a sister science to yoga. It comes from the same ancient philosophy as yoga does. So it just really makes a lot of sense to me that if you're a lover of yoga, a yoga practitioner or especially a yoga teacher, and you resonate with astrology, you resonate with living seasonally. With incorporating. This, um, sort of as above, so below type wisdom into your spiritual practice and into your life, then. I don't know why you wouldn't use Vedic, astrology.
[00:03:38] Um, That's something. We kind of talk about a lot, a lot of folks. There's just this like sunk cost fallacy thing going on. They're like, well, wait, Western astrology is all I've ever heard of. So that's what I'm going to stick with because I feel like I already know it, but a lot of this stuff transfers, like we use the same signs. Um, And. Like a lot of your knowledge, if you are familiar with Western astrology or if you're in a Western country. More simply, usually just call it astrology.
[00:04:04] There's usually not a delineation between kines. Um, Vedic astrology. Is a little bit different in terms of its tools. It's a little bit more holistic in my opinion. And it uses importantly this idea, aerials Zodiac. So that's where I'm getting this full moon is happening. In the sign of Libra, that is the sign of Libra.
[00:04:23] So if you're out there on the worldwide web, Um, You might be hearing people say that it's in some other sign, I always get confused of which. Direction. It goes, I guess they would be thankful moon in Scorpio now. Anyway. It doesn't matter. We're going to talk primarily about the knock shot, tra, which is also purely a Vedic astrology concept.
[00:04:46] The lunar mansion. Where this full noon is happening. On this episode, this episode is all about the full moon. And so it just felt really serendipitous to me personally, that my last podcast episode was for a full moon. And this one is also for a full moon. It just kind of happened to be like I've been working on a lot of stuff behind the scenes.
[00:05:07] I'm actually moving Yogi scopes to a different platform. To be more integrated. Interestingly with this form that kind of goes along with this full moons archetypes. To be more integrated with my in-person offerings. I just was at a point where I was like, I cannot run these as separate things. Anymore. And, um, so I'm having to move the whole system over, which is also very mercury retrograde.
[00:05:32] So FYI mercury is retrograde right now. We'll be going direct. Around the time of the full moon. I didn't actually look that up. Um, but it's next week when this full moon is happening. And so there's so much, I feel like I want to talk to you about there's so much that episodes that I had planned, things that I normally would cover very in depth that I just didn't because I was taking a break in a big way.
[00:05:56] And. Um, do you ever like clean off your altar? Or something or clean out a drawer and you like. Take everything out and then it's like a big mess. And then you have to decide what you want to put back so that it can be neater. And tinier. And that's kind of what I did with my life, with my, um, work life over the past couple of months.
[00:06:15] So that's also a very good mercury retrograde practice. And it turns out this podcast was something that I wanted to put back on the alter back in the drawer of my life. So. Here we go. This full moon. Mark's the official end of eclipse season. So that's another one. Like it's a little bit serendipitous that. It did kind of just work out this way that I was trying to get back to the podcast for about three weeks now.
[00:06:39] And it just. Didn't happen for various reasons. And so here I am today, I kind of had to like prioritize it. I was like, I got plenty of other shit I can do. Today's the first. Um, class in the Mars hill yoga barn, which is my in-person location. I was. Talking about not the first class, but the first. Class under this, um, first like weekly class, we've had some full moon circles in there before.
[00:07:03] And so, um, Yeah, this full moon marks the official end of eclipse season because it is the first. Full moon after our eclipses. So eclipses always happen on new and or full moons, right. FYI, because. They have to do with what, where the sun and the moon are in relation to earth. Like a lunar eclipse is when the moon is on the opposite side of earth and earth shadow blocks.
[00:07:32] Some of the sun's light onto the moon. So you can still kind of see the full moon, but it's, it's a little darker it's shadowy. Um, and that's at a full moon has to be at a full moon. Solar eclipse has to be at a new moon because it's when the moon and sun are on the same side as earth. So the side side of earth as each other. So the light. Shining on the moon is shining on the side of the moon that we can't see from earth.
[00:07:57] And that's how the moon is able to block the sun because they're on the same side. As us together. So here we are at the next full moon. The first one that is not an eclipse. In the past six weeks has been six weeks since our last. We had a new moon. Right before the eclipse. In. Virgo. The new moon before that. Was R marked the beginning of eclipse season, that new moon in Aquarius, in. March.
[00:08:27] Okay. So it's been a six long weeks of maybe some major downloads, some major shifting some lack of clarity, especially with mercury retrograde, some confusion maybe going on in these past six weeks or just. Um, shifting a lot of shifting, maybe downloads happening like spiritual downloads. Over the past six weeks and this full moon. I don't know if I said this already, explicitly happening on Tuesday, April 23rd. At 7:48 PM Eastern time.
[00:08:57] So what's important about that is if you're not in Eastern time. It doesn't really matter. It's the peak is happening on Tuesday, April 23rd. And so if you do your full moon practice, like the night before, Monday night, Tuesday night, even Wednesday night, those are all the moon will be in its full phase.
[00:09:15] It's just at that time. And you can convert it into your own time zone. If you want to, whatever. 7:48 PM Eastern time, like New York time, I live on the east coast of the us. Um, same time zone as New York city. That's an easy one. Um, so. What are, you can convert that into your time zone. That is the moment that the moon and sun come to the exact same degree. Of the respective signs that they're in.
[00:09:40] So the sun. Is in Aires right now. The moon will then be opposite Aries in Libra. And so that's where we're getting this full moon is happening in Libra because the moon will be in Libra, receiving all its light from the sun in Aries. So we're going to talk about what the. Moon in Libra means archetypally.
[00:10:02] And we're going to talk about this Knox Shasha. SRE of Swati where the. Full moon is happening. And that's why I brought up the blade of grass thing. So I'll get more into what that archetype. Means and how it relates. And just a second. Um, let's talk about Libra first. So.
[00:10:21] Just let me back up and get a little bit of context.
[00:10:24] Cause it's been a while. So I usually say this stuff kind of, I feel like a broken record. And if there's one thing I've learned from teaching yoga, it's that at the precisely the moment that I feel like. A broken record is the moment that maybe one or two students like actually heard what I've been saying on what I feel like on repeat.
[00:10:40] So, um, if this feels repetitive to you, Then you know, more about astrology than you think if not it'll sink in eventually. Okay. So. Um, The the reason. The way I look at it spiritually for following full and new moons is because. Because of the way they work that I've just been describing with. They have to do with where the sun and the moon are at any time.
[00:11:05] And they're the moment of a full moon is when the sun and the moon are completely opposing each other in the sky. The moment of a new moon is when they are connected in the sky, they're in the same sign. They come to the same degree point. And so, as we know what the clips is, is that they're usually not like. Um, Like the degrees.
[00:11:24] If you think, if you're looking at the sky from horizon to horizon, the degrees we're talking about are going that direction. Right, but then you have.
[00:11:34] It's it's like a 3d world, right? So you have another direction. That we can talk about. And so when they're at the same degree, Makes any full moon in that one direction when they're at the same degree in both directions is what makes an eclipse. And so we're just finishing up that eclipse season. And so that changes. From year to year when the eclipses are, but every year there will be a new and full moon. In each one of the signs. In fact, there are 13 moon cycles in a 12 month calendar year.
[00:12:07] So there'll be a little bit more than that. Um, but every year, every calendar year, We will have a new moon and a full moon in each sign. Okay. Each of the 12 signs of the Zodiac. And so the reason we pay attention to them, the reason they're so special to pay attention to is because out of full moon, we're considering what are we releasing related to whatever that archetype is of that sign.
[00:12:31] So Libra, and I'll talk about it in a second. What the archetype is. And at a new moon, we think about. Setting intentions. And you could S you could stop there. Plenty of people do. They're just like, it's the new moon I'm going to set intentions. It's the full moon I'm going to release. And you could certainly just stop there, but when you're factoring in the. Signs.
[00:12:51] And then therefore, when you start to learn your chart, the houses you learn, which house that sign is populating in your specific birth chart. Then you can consider. Even deeper, like instead of just I'm setting in T. Well, let's say at a full minute, instead of just I'm releasing, it's like, well, what are you releasing?
[00:13:12] You could consider the archetypes of Libra, which I'll tell you in just a second. You could consider the archetypes of the Knox Yatra it's happening in, which is kind of like a subset of the sign usually. Um, it's usually. Some of the archetypes of the narc cha-cha. Or are included in the archetypes of the sign. In most cases. Um, or especially when they're. Knock shatters that bridge over to Zodiac signs.
[00:13:37] It will include archetypes of both. That's a really interesting one. Turns out this lunar mansion is completely within Libra, so it's kind of just. Sub set of qualities of Libra. We'll get there in a second and then you can look into. Where Libra the sign is what house it's populating in your birth chart.
[00:13:56] Um, and I'll give you some resources on how to figure that out in a second. When we, um, after I talk about. What LIBOR means what Swati means. And what that kind of re overall energies relates to. And so. Let's just say. You know, in a word Libra represents. Relationships. Okay. And we'll get more detailed in that, but you might consider what you're releasing because the full moon in terms of relationships.
[00:14:22] And so. Between all 12 signs and all 12 houses, you'd be hard pressed to find an, an archetype or an area of life that is not represented somewhere within. Those really 24 things, 12 signs and 12 houses. And so. When you pay attention to the new and full moons, you're just zooming into one archetype and one area of your life at a time over time.
[00:14:47] And it makes a really good. Self study practice. So that's why, that's why we're doing it. That's why it matters. And so this time we're zooming into potentially what you're releasing in terms of maybe relationship patterns. Um, ways of doing business because Libra also governs business. And I'll tell you why for a while, that didn't really. Make sense to me, um, because maybe because I don't like. Like, yes, I run a business.
[00:15:16] This is a bit Yogi scopes as a business. FYI, I have an LLC. Any podcast is. Uh, business because it takes a lot of time and energy to do so people are doing it as. Uh, business. I. The ones that only make it to like three episodes or the ones that didn't have like a business model of how they were going to make it sustainable. But I digress. So Libra. Seventh house seven sign or so I'm not saying Libra is in your seventh house, unless you're an Aries. Rising, but the seventh being the seventh sign of the Zodiac, it also has connections to the seventh house.
[00:15:54] So seventh house, we know as like. Marriage business partnerships because FYI. Um, my husband had a business partner. And we ended up having to go separate ways and it felt like a divorce because it is because there are, it's a contractual relationship with like assets involved and things. Right. So more so than like a. A dating type relationship. What I always tell people because we live in the west where, um, We have a lot of people that might co-habit without being legally married, whereas in India, especially ancient India, that was just like, not a thing.
[00:16:33] If you will, in India also has common law marriage to my knowledge, which means if you co-habit. Even if you haven't had a legal marriage ceremony. Or marriage ceremony in the eyes of God or whatever. Um, It's still activating the seventh house where a seventh house Libra. Are these like contractual relationships, relationships, where there is some sort of. Like, if you share a bill together, If there, there would ha like you can't just go separate ways because you would have to figure out how you're going to get your name off the bill that you share or whatever. That kind of thing.
[00:17:10] That's the relationships we're talking about. With Libra. And so that also governs, you know, how you relate to people, but I don't just mean romantic relationships. In fact, that's seen somewhere else in Zodiac somewhere else. Um, In the chart, because if you think about it, you can have romantic relationships without having any of that contractual stuff.
[00:17:36] You can also have contractual relationships that don't have any Romans involved. So they're separate things governed by separate areas of the chart, separate areas of the Zodiac. And so what we're talking about with Libra is. This sort of interdependence that becomes required when you have some kind of contractual relationships that could be. Living in an entered intergenerational family unit.
[00:18:01] Right. Whether that's just parents and children. Um, or even grandparents and children. You know, more than one generation living with family because you're, you're sharing resources. Right. Um, It could also be business partnerships. It could also be marriage or just co-habiting even co-habiting with a roommate because especially if you have.
[00:18:24] Both of your names on the lease, right?
[00:18:26] They're not just subleasing and paying you a portion of the rent. Like you can't just kick them out. Even if you did kick him out, they'd have to move their stuff. Right. So that's the kind of relationship we're talking about. It's a little bit nuanced, but you can also consider, um, You know, just how you relate to people is what this full moon. Is bringing up. Okay, so, and it's the official end of eclipse season. Which just means that, like I was saying, it's the first. Newer full moon. Cycle that has not been an eclipse in the past six weeks.
[00:18:59] And so that just means going forward from this full moon, you might experience more clarity. You might experience more ability to put things into motion and to act on things that you may, may have been working with. Or trying to figure out or struggling with over the past. Six weeks. So that's nice. Um, and then you might just consider what you want to release because it's a full moon. Um, or bring to fruition another way. To think of a release is bringing something to fruition, right?
[00:19:33] Because it's a, it's like an emotional release. When something is like done and finished and out in the world. Um, and another way to think of a full moon is full circle because you can see the full circle of the moon. So maybe it's something you've been working with. For many cycles, right? And you're bringing that lesson or that. Um, Thing that you're working with full circle. If that makes sense.
[00:19:59] And so. It's related because of the moon being in Libra to relationships as I've been describing, but also, um,
[00:20:10] Emotions in the sense that the moon is emotions and Libra is an air sign ruled by Venus. So if there's some element of just like luxuriating in your emotions at this full moon, that could be good too.
[00:20:26] And so then I also mentioned the business. Part. Because I'll just like my experience with this is my husband is a Libra and he runs a business. And he's a LIBOR rising. And he has never met a stranger. Um, I come from like a family, my mom's a lawyer. And so I'm very, like, you should have a contract, you should like, you know, have everything just so like with people.
[00:20:54] And he's like, he's a handshake guy. Like. Uh, handshake is the utmost. Um, authority over. Uh, contract he's like, I don't want to have a contract. I just want to have good relationships with people. I know that they wouldn't do me like that. Um, because we've shook hands and, and whatever, you know, so that's Libra.
[00:21:12] Right. And, um, Yeah. So that's, that's very. Li. And so like another way to think of it is like it's possible to do business. It's pretty like devoid of relationships. But I just, I personally don't think it worked like that old saying that it's not what, you know, it's, who, you know, is like infinitely true and will never not be true. Because. It's human nature, right?
[00:21:38] Like, so that's unfortunate if you. Don't come from some kind of privilege in that way where you maybe have like some nepotism going on. Some like family. Helping you get your start in life. You have to work a little harder at it. If you don't have. Established relationships. From a family perspective, like, right.
[00:22:01] Like, is it easier to get into an Ivy league school if you're like a legacy, right. That, that kind of thing. Um, and it's really unfortunate that that's the case because there are plenty of people that deserve opportunities, um, that maybe don't have that leg up in that way. Uh, is one way to look at it, but another way to look at it is that, um, If you just care more about people than you do about money, right?
[00:22:25] You'll, you'll probably be kind of successful and that's a very Libra. Quality. Okay. And so that's on the bright side is like that developing relationships that connecting emotionally with people and considering. That, how that shows up in your life, whether you're very good at it. Whether you could maybe. Um, Stan to focus on it a little bit more.
[00:22:50] It's a good thing to consider. At this full moon, but on the other side, It's like, do you have a tendency to be too? People please eat. Do you have a tendency to be a chameleon or be indecisive, or just go along to get along when you really actually do have an opinion about something and it's a hard balance, but that's what we're considering at this full moon is where you fall in that balance.
[00:23:17] Do you tend to be co-dependent right where you're just going along to get along. You're indecisive. You're going to see what the crowd does first, before you make your decision. Even if you do have an opinion about something. Um, and be too lenient and maybe lack boundaries or be spineless. Or. Are you going to be very diplomatic, smooth and persuasive. Um, trying to think of the greater good of the collective and trying intentionally not to. Run all over people or hurt people's feelings, but being more gracious and diplomatic and persuasive than just indecisive and spineless or the opposite end of the spectrum would, we could think of like Aries qualities. Or the sun is an Aries right now.
[00:24:06] Aries is a little bit more. Uh, independent and. I don't want to say selfish, but that could be like the shadow side of that. Whereas Libra is very concerned about the collective and relationships, and that's a great thing. That's a quality that I love about Libras. It's like my husband, who's a Libra.
[00:24:23] That's a quality. I love about him. Um, but not on the shadow side. It can make you, um, put other people above yourself in a way that like is unhelpful or unproductive or like maybe nobody would've cared if you had an opinion, right? Like you can speak up for yourself. Or you should speak up for yourself.
[00:24:42] Right. And so. That's Libra. That's moon and LIBOR. That's the archetypes we're considering at this full moon because of the sign. So let's zoom in a little bit to the. which is Swati. So Swati is symbolized by sometime. I've heard it say symbolized by a single blade of grass. And that's why I was. Bringing up that question at the beginning of like, have you ever seen a single blade of grass?
[00:25:08] Because I haven't. And it turns out I had to Google it. Cause I was thinking about that. I was like, I've never seen. A blade of grass by itself. Like you always see like a whole field of grass. Right. If that makes sense. Um, and it turns out most grass grows. I mean, it all grows from any plant grows from a seed.
[00:25:28] That's how it works. But, um,
[00:25:32] Most varieties of grasses. There's not just one plant that's grass. Right? Um, most varieties of grasses grow. Up to like 10 blades. Or I should, I think it's at least 10 blades per seed. Some are more than that per one seed. And so. We could also think of it as like it's spring time. I don't know if any of you are planting stuff.
[00:25:57] Like I planted some blueberries and some strawberries. Um, and some asparagus this year, asparagus also is one that the Spears don't grow on per plant. They grow. Um, many Spears of asparagus per plant, but the idea is if you've ever seen a little Sproutling of a plant, so a blade of grass is a good way to think of it because there. They sway in the wind.
[00:26:18] Right. Libra is an air sign, the ruling deity of this knocks Yatra. Tra is by you, which is the God of wind. Um, But if you think of a young sprout, so there are other plants, if you plant, like, I don't know some peppers or, um, peas or whatever, things like that. Or oftentimes, well, a lot of flowers grow multiple to a seed to, or to a tuber. Anyway. Um, a plant that only grows one sprout or one stock proceed.
[00:26:46] And they're very, very vulnerable when they're young, when they're buying themselves. Um, in fact, one year I planted some sunflowers and as soon as I put them into the ground, a little rabbit came and ate them. And I was like, you're welcome, I guess, you know, but anyway, This, um, idea of these little sprouts when they're. Small and by themselves, they're very vulnerable. But in fact, I like, I was waiting in my garden and it's like, you're trying to pull up like dandelions or crab grass or whatever.
[00:27:17] They're like hard to pull up because they're very rooted even though a blade of grass. Um, Can sway in the wind. They're very well-rooted right. And so that is the archetype of this knock shot. Tra. And when you factor in the fact that it's in Libra, too, this idea of relationships. Of like, Um, even when you're independent, you're still far functioning as part of a whole. So the translation of Swati is independent.
[00:27:48] One. And so. Um,
[00:27:54] I just like. I want to contrast. The idea of Swati as being independent and the fact that an independent blade of grass is not even a thing. Like it's physically not a thing. Multiple blades of grass grow to. One seed, um, with Libra being all about relationships and all about diplomacy and, and handshakes and that kind of stuff.
[00:28:17] Right. And looking out for people because you have a relationship with them. And that's kind of how that nepotism thing in business works is like, you're, you're more likely to go with somebody who's familiar to you for some reason. That's why, in fact, my mother-in-law's in sales. And she just like, you know, there's a whole thing to it.
[00:28:36] Like, I don't really understand sales, but. It's like, she just keeps relationships open with people so that when they need something, they think of her. Right. And that is Libra. That is. How it works. Right. Um, and so I don't know that we necessarily need to change. That is what I'm getting at. Um, So that's the whole vibe of this. Full moon is releasing what I would say.
[00:29:03] Hyper independence that releasing this idea that we need to be a single blade of grass. Right. Um, because if you think about. A blade of grass. It's very rooted or just think about the single sprout. The symbol for Swati for the nacho. Ultra, it could be a young sprout quivering in the wind they say, or blowing in the wind because the deities by you. Uh, which is the God of wind. And, um, or also interestingly, another symbol for this is a sword.
[00:29:31] So you think a blade, right? A single blade. Or think about a single blade of grass. And they just kind of blow in the wind. They can go whatever direction you might call them spineless because they are right. That they're not vertebrates. Um, but there, they might be easily swayed, which is what I was kind of talking about with Libra is like, Are you a little bit to go along, to get along for your own?
[00:29:54] Good. Are you, is your opinion easily swayed or can you. Uh, and you might be called directionless or spineless, or could you lean further to the other side of that archetype where you're firmly rooted in your truth? Whereas we think about a blade of grass. It's like, It's several blades of grass form one organism. So even though one blade of grass is independent. It is rooted in its connection to the whole. To something greater than itself. That's made up of several self-contained little things like itself, if that makes sense.
[00:30:30] So if you apply that to people, hood is like, Every one person, it can function. We can function by ourselves. Does that mean we should? We, we, I assert that you will be much healthier and happier if you can. Orient yourself in relation to something greater than yourself in relation to an organism or a community, right. That is that you can be part of a whole and independent. Part of a whole, and that is. What we call interdependence, and it is the healthy middle ground between co-dependence, which is what I've been describing as being too easily swayed too much of a con chameleon indecisive go along to get along or AK like spineless direction lists. Or hyper independent, where you may be, have been hurt by people before.
[00:31:22] So you just don't rely on people as a way of being, um, and you try to go your own way and not be a part of a whole. So it's really hard. It's really hard to balance those two extremes. But that's what we're going for. And I have some journal prompts hopefully to help you reflect on where you fall. With that, but first let's talk about yoga practices. First. The best way I can think of two. Um, Consider this to feel it, what it feels like it start in us to dossena. Ana a mountain pose. With both feet firmly rooted, rooted, and this is something that's fun.
[00:31:57] I like to do in classes or in a workshop. I'll guide people into a really good to dossena right. And, um, so it's both feet firmly planted. You're activating your legs. You're activating your core. Your whole body is active, even though you're standing there still, you're not just like slumping or slouching and you're standing easily.
[00:32:15] You're standing kind of like what you might think of as an intact. Uh, attention like in the military. Um, But, but both feet are firmly rooted and it's mountain poses to dossena and I'll come and I'll like, just nudge somebody on the shoulder and they don't move into dossena when they've been guided into a really good to Dawson.
[00:32:34] And so you think about that with a mountain mountains are really sturdy and firm, no matter what happens, like weather-wise. But then we might, after that move into a tree pose or any other standing. One leg balance tree pose is kind of the easiest one. To conceptualize with this and to come into. So then you cut or you could just lift one leg off the ground and you're standing on one foot now. And then I come and nudge your shoulder. And you you'll sway.
[00:33:01] Right? Because. Grass and trees and plants can sway in the wind a lot easier mountains. Don't sway in the wind. That's not a thing, but it doesn't doesn't happen. Um, so that's a good way to embody and to conceptualize that difference of. Being easily swayed, even though you're still might be firmly rooted.
[00:33:24] And so there's, it's a good thing to, to be swayed. Like we don't want to be too rigid that doesn't help relationships either. Um, but we don't want to be spineless if that makes sense. And so another. Way you might work with this as hard chocolate practices. So just heart opening. It could be fun in your tree pose to bind your hands and release your fingers behind your back and lift your chest and open your heart.
[00:33:48] That way that changes the balance and interesting ways. Um, and just other heart opening practices. Throughout. If you want to join us. In fact, I'm bringing back Yogi scopes flow and it will be next Wednesday morning, 5:30 AM. Eastern time. You will get the. Link afterward. You'll get the recording afterwards.
[00:34:08] So I'm bringing that back. That was sort of the big. Thing was I used to do that. I wanted to move everything inside of Kajabi, which is the platform I've been using for everything. And it just Kajabi does not lend itself well to teaching yoga. It's so hard to do recurring events, which is what I want to do.
[00:34:25] And I want to invite you. I'm sliding scale five to $20. Sliding scale to show up for class. It is included in membership. If you're in the membership, be looking out for an email from me. Um, about how you sign up for that, because it's going to be different because it's not within Kajabi, but where you'll go. Is Mars hill yoga.com.
[00:34:48] And that just has the classes. That you can book there's in-person classes, don't book one of those, unless you can come, unless you're like in Nashville area and you can come in person. Um, but Wednesday morning, we're bringing back yogis ghost flow Monday morning, back to moon day. Both next week will be related to this full moon.
[00:35:06] If you'd like to join me for a practice and see these things in action. And so with that, if you are in person, Mars hill, yoga.com is the new website. And so that's where I'm going to integrate everything into Mars hill yoga.com because I live in Mars hill. And, um, and so that's where you can find me now and in the future, and it's not quite finished, but it is. Done enough to put it out there.
[00:35:32] So here are your journal prompts for this full moon in Libra in Swati, narcs, Yatra. Tra happening on Tuesday, April 23rd, around 8:00 PM, 7:48 PM. Eastern time. So joining us on Monday and or Wednesday for practices online. You'll get the recording sent to you immediately afterwards. Even if you can't make it live. You can still join for a practice. You'll get the recording.
[00:35:56] It'll be good for minimum 48 hours sometimes. Like the, the Monday ones I usually take down at, on Wednesday for the practice and then, um, store in the membership. But if you just signed up for a drop-in, you'll have access to it until until Wednesday morning, Wednesday morning. I don't usually go and take it down until the following Monday.
[00:36:15] So you'll have access to that long. Anyway. Journal prompts. I want you to consider. Where do you fall on being hyper independent? Versus co-dependent or do you fall in the middle at being interdependent? And here's some questions to help you consider that one, describe a recent situation where you felt the need to excessively rely on someone else.
[00:36:38] Like as in rely on them, when you maybe could have done it yourself. Or look out for their opinion. Um, when you really had an opinion and yourself, and what were the underlying emotions driving that behavior? Was it like a fear of abandonment? Um, Something like that. Number two. Conversely recall a time when you purposely distanced yourself from others, perhaps out of feeling vulnerable or dependent. And what triggered that response. And then number three. Consider your current support system.
[00:37:14] So like I was talking about, do you live with a family, with an intergenerational family? Do you live with roommates? Do you live with. I'm a partner or do you live alone and regardless of your living situation, but that's an important part of your support system or lack thereof. Who was your support system?
[00:37:31] Like your friends, who you go to when you have good news or bad news, who do you call, who do you want to tell about, um, who are the people you turn to in times of need and how do you feel about relying on them? Do you feel like you can trust them? Do you feel like they'll show up for you in your darkest hour and importantly in your best hour to. Um, And is there something you need to change about that? And then number four, explore your beliefs around autonomy and dependence.
[00:37:57] Are there any societal or familial influences that have shaped these beliefs? And so that's it. That's the journal prompts I have for you, and I'm really excited to be back. So thanks so much for your patience in this time that I was, I'll say cleaning my altar and I really hope to see you in class soon beyond the lookout for an email from me through the Yogi scopes platform, I am moving everything. Over to the Mars hill yoga platform. But I will be sending out an email shortly.
[00:38:27] Now that I'm getting back. At it too, through the Yogi scope platform. So if you're on my email list through there, like if you've gotten the birth chart decoder, I will be sending out an email and letting you know when and how to find me going forward. I'm so grateful that you're here. Please remember to keep your feet on the ground.
[00:38:43] You're heading the stars. And stay in the light until next time friends take care.
