This Week's Intention: Find greater stability and support through new resources and possibilities. Ground and come back to your center. Monday starts with gale force winds as Moon transits Swati Nakshatra. How are you being stirred and moved by these winds? Do you feel them on the inside, through your prana? Or the outside, as life moves around and through you? Or perhaps both? Channel your winds intentionally, consciously. Use your life force, your prana, as a means for creating shifts- inner and outer. Move things. Venus moves out of Aries and into its own sign, Taurus, early Monday morning where it receives drishti from Rahu here until May 2nd. Here Venus also receives drishti (aspect) from Saturn. There is a certain intensity to be expected with our creative energy, but if this can be channeled effectively, we have a chance to find more stability and support during this cycle. Use the pelvis as the portal for this stability. Find ways to incorporate breath and sound into this intention for deeper support and nourishment. Get embodied and use this awareness to translate into new endeavors. Work directly with desire and manifestation and use this time to clarify what you need and want. Tuesday, Moon shifts into Vishaka nakshatra moving from Libra into its debilitation sign, Scorpio midday. Here Moon conjuncts Saturn and receives drishti from Venus who is now in Taurus. Mars also gives his gaze from Aries and Jupiter from Cancer. Normally the conjunction of Moon and Saturn brings challenges, grief and emotional body constriction, however the gaze of Venus, Mars and Jupiter- each in signs that are their preference- adds an interesting stabilizing factor. Find gentle motivation today and use breath and body as resources for seeking balance for the emotional body. As Moon shifts to Anuradha later in the evening, we may notice a deeper softness emerge, though emotions may be on the surface and easily accessible. Tend to your emotional body needs and allow a space for what emerges. The Moon continues through its sign of debilitation, Scorpio, today. A close conjunction between Moon and Saturn effects our day and brings is a feeling of contraction and constriction. Drishti from Mars, Venus and Jupiter offer force, support and nourishment. Make sure your emotional body is getting some extra nourishment right now. Use healthy boundaries for navigating difficult situations. Get embodied and use the physical body as a resource to help you land with greater balance. Later in the day, stay out of mental body ruts. Wednesday offers us a wonderful stabilizing force as Jupiter goes direct after four months of retrograde motion. Now that he is moving in a forward direction, he resumes his exalted status in Cancer, which gives a neutralizing effect to Saturn in Scorpio and also to Ketu in Pisces. Many will feel a surge of possibility, hope and wisdom emerge in the coming days and weeks. Much of the challenges we have felt over the past few weeks will start to reveal themselves with more clarity. Support is on the way! Read more about Jupiter's effect on your sign during his transit through Cancer. The majority of Thursday, Moon continues to transit Scorpio, its sign of debilitation. As it transits Jyeshtha nakshatra, our mental bodies will be strong and piercing. Expect new ideas, resources, and agendas to enter your awareness. Stay out of mental body overwhelm and story making. Get into the body and out of the mind as a means to find balance and stability. Once Moon jumps into Sagittarius and Mula nakshatra early evening, a sudden change occurs. For some this means a new layer of awakening is on its way, if not through initial challenges. Seek support and resources. Did you catch my *free* class Ultimate Self Care for Sensitive Types? You can still listen to it until April 4th. I've also just re-launched my Be Your Gift class series for those seeking deeper support for their sensitivity. Sign up to hear the replay. The theme of awakening carries us through the majority of Friday until Moon shifts into PurvaAshada nakshatra early in the evening. Nourishment is available through rejuvenation and opening the channels of our creativity. Overindulgence and recklessness is tempting so be mindful of self care and stick to healthy, nourishing actions. Extra resources and support are beginning to flow. Are you making yourself available to receive the effects? Mercury moves to the edge of its debilitation sign, Pisces, making the mind extra fragile. Stay out of the mind and get into the body. Use Saturday for self care and fill your cup of resiliency. Take time for joy and creativity but stay away from overindulgence and activities that will deplete your resources- financially, physically and spiritually. As Moon shifts into the latter half of the Ashada constellation early evening, it's time to rise up and shine. Get your needs met and find new resources for yourself. Share your abilities and creativity with others in new ways. Mercury moves to the edge of Pisces and the gandanta (gap) between Pisces and Aries opens yet again as our mental body makes the challenging jump from the end of the zodiac to the beginning, from water into fire. Mercury jumps into Aries at 19:59 PDT, joining its enemy, Mars here. This new transit provides our mental body with a chance to get clear on our needs and wants. However, the challenges presented by the relationship between Mars and Mercury will require that we work diligently with clear action steps, guidelines and resources. The mind may keep us from taking effective action steps, but luckily Mars is in its own sign and can keep us moving in powerful directions. Pay close attention in the next few weeks to over-thinking and don't let the mind derail you. Sunday, Moon transits Capricorn and receives Saturn's gaze. Find clarity today with your efforts and actions and move in a life supportive direction. Use your actions to get orderly and focused. Ask for support with overwhelm and seek new resources. As Moon shifts into Sravana nakshatra early evening, a new wave of expansion and possibility arrives. We can't get what we need if we don't know what our needs are. Use this time wisely and seek answers. Sun moves to the edge of Pisces and the portal between the end of the zodiac and the beginning of the zodiac widens. Sun's conjunction with Ketu is coming to an end, as are the extreme challenges of the past few weeks. Monday brings a bit more light. Are you opening or closing yourself to it? *Timing and calculations are using Pacific Daylight Time.
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Aries: It's time to take charge of your life in bold and powerful ways. Do not take no for an answer. In other words, don't take fear as an answer. It isn't one. Though it will still be present, take action steps anyway. You are more powerful than the dark clouds and doubts. There are some very important moments coming as you embrace your power more fully. Nourishment and support are yours. Play big or go home! Taurus: A new sense of stability and support arrives for you in the coming cycle- from the inside out. Notice what changes and releases have to happen in order for this new, inner structure to take form. Continue to courageously and creatively face your feelings and emotions as this is the territory that impedes the nourishment you desperately need and want. Your emotions will give you the clues. Dive in! Gemini: The coming cycle helps you finally release and let go of some career pieces that are holding you back. Trust this letting go cycle as it affords you space to step forward in some very momentous and powerful ways. The endings are so vital for the gains to come. A new sense of balance arrives in your body. Speak from your heart, find stability from your pelvis and feet, and let your stomach be the source of your power. Cancer: Gains arrive as you submit to inner egoic change. As you do so, life opens up and reminds you how important it is to allow change and transformation into your life. Use your challenges and awakenings as a gift to share with others. Let the world into your process of enlightenment and upliftment. Show us a bit of your inner realms and vulnerability. Expect gains and improvements as a reward. Leo: With all the deep transformations you've been undergoing, the coming cycle will bring some much needed relief. More nourishment, support and wisdom are on the way. Give yourself some rest time as this will be how you digest and assimilate the past weeks and months of change. Use the influences of joy and seriousness, fun and commitment, in order to find a new sense of balance in your life. A very strong time of dharmic change is coming. Get ready to move! Virgo: I'd like to tell you that the pain of all the letting go is coming to a close, but in fact the full release has yet to begin. You've actually been in the preparatory phases. But this part of your process has been vital so that you can embrace the new cycle of power that is arriving. Get ready to purify, cleanse and transform inside out. A tiger is gently purring within you, but soon it will be roaring and shredding your inner darkness. Gather your support and your fire offerings. Libra: The power is coming to you in your hips and pelvis and from head to tail. Roar like a lion and get comfortable with prowling. You are working through some old hurts and haunts right now. The support and stability can be found in your body, so don't neglect this source of power and strength. As Sun moves to Aries, your hips will be unstoppable. Let the passion of life into your life and share it consciously with others. With so much heat moving through you, use this time as an opportunity to learn how to be more mindful with how you use your power. Scorpio: Suddenly you can hear the messages coming to you in a new way, a more nourishing way. Stability and support are finding a recalibration point in you from head, through spine, into pelvis. Use these body parts to help you align from the inside, out. Trust your pelvis to guide you and support you. Recommit to your power and dynamism. Channel it to into your clients and through your gifts and services. There's nothing you can't accomplish. Don't let the shadows keep you from moving forward. See and be seen. Sagittarius: Home and heart have been getting shredded, restructured. This has prepared you for the coming cycle of passionate and powerful stirrings within you. How will you channel this fire? Where would you like to put your strengths and efforts? A new sense of balance is coming with your losses which offers some healing and support, a mending to your broken heart. Use your passion constructively. Now is a great time to start anew. Listen to you gut and watch over-indulgences. Capricorn: The only way out is through. The only way through is with courage and creativity. As your ego and sense of self get restructured, take notes. What gives you your ability, your will and desire to move forward? Passion continues to build in your heart, but watch out for heart burn. Channel this heat effectively as romance and shakti flare. Keep moving towards the nourishment, the support, the vital stability you seek. Watch for mixed messages and smoke signals. Aquarius: Do what you say and say what you do. Do what you feel and feel what you do. Share what you feel and offer what moves through you. Be courageous enough to be authentic and you can't go wrong. Your courage and passion to do so increases in the coming weeks, but it's important to watch the doubts that appear. Work consciously on these old themes as they have stopped you from achieving your greatness in the past. Now is your opportunity to move beyond the old haunts. Pisces: You are the case study for us all right now Pisces. You've been getting cracked open raw and getting cut into a variety of pieces. With all this restructuring inside, finding your footing, a way to land, has been challenging. There's more change on the way- but the kind that will support some integration and greater stability. Using your voice will be vital in order for you to get your needs met. You are learning how to express yourself more powerfully. Getting what you need requires that you know what you need, then you can ask for it. Horoscopes for the Waning Moon Cycle {April 4th to 18th} Themes of deep transformation continue thanks to Saturn’s retrograde motion through Scorpio with the re-structuring effects of Ketu‘s transit through Pisces as well. Expect awareness and changes that connect to endings, release and letting go. Sun continues to touch Ketu as he moves through Pisces (endings) and then into Aries (beginnings), on April 14th. We may feel our egos and sense of self getting reformatted as immense changes from inside out continue. Look for themes surfacing that have to do with power, personal empowerment and authority in the coming cycle. The delicate gap between Pisces and Aries opens up once again as Mercury moves out of its debilitation in Pisces and into Aries on the 11th. This gap opens yet again when Sun moves out of Pisces and into its sign of exaltation, Aries, on the 14th. This gandanta (gap) is particularly challenging, signifying deep inner change, while ushering in insights and support from higher realms. Multiple parts of ourselves are going through upheaval and release right now. Be willing to let old parts of yourself get burned, purified and released as this is a time of alchemical changes. As the eclipse portal closes with the April 4th full Moon and lunar eclipse, a softening arrives with some relief from the intensity of the past weeks. We are still in a period of deep inner change, though our shadows will have more chances to see the light now. The delicate two week period between solar and lunar eclipses will ends much of the intensity, yet we still have some remnants to work with on the level of ego and SelThe eclipse portal closes with the April 4th full Moon and lunar eclipse. The delicate two week period between solar and lunar eclipses will ends much of the intensity, yet we still have some remnants to work with on the level of ego and Self.The eclipse portal closes with the April 4th full Moon and lunar eclipse. The delicate two week period between solar and lunar eclipses will ends much of the intensity, yet we still have some remnants to work with on the level of ego and Jupiter goes direct on April 8th after four months of retrograde motion, offering greater support with our expansion now. Wisdom will begin to feel more supportive and helpful once his exalted status returns. Read more about his transit through Cancer and his effect on your sign. Venus moves to his own sign of Taurus on April sixth, helping us find more stability with relationships, creativity, manifestation and abundance. Use the pelvis very intentionally to gain deeper insights with your needs. Timing is everything. Make a fresh start and take powerful action steps aligned with Nature. Are you working with her cycles or against them? Use my 2015 Moon Wisdom Calendar to help you align your actions, intentions and goals with the cosmos. *Horoscopes are based on your Vedic rising sign. You can also check your Moon and Sun signs for further insight. Do the same with your Navamsa signs for further clarity. Do not use these horoscopes with your “Western Sign” as there is likely no correlation. These horoscopes are meant to be used as a broad overview of the current transits and obviously do not address the specifics of an individual’s unique chart. Did you catch my *free* class Ultimate Self Care for Sensitive Types? You can still listen to it until April 8th. I've also just re-launched my Be Your Gift class series for those seeking deeper support for their sensitivity. If you're ready to turn your sensitivity into your greatest gift, read this.
Need some extra guidance and clarity? Schedule a session with me. Plan your week in tune with nature. Never miss a planetary update. Sign up for my weekly newsletter. Was this post helpful? Please share it with a friend! Thank you. Boundaries are an important part of the Self Care dialogue and deserve a lot of attention and intention. Having safe and healthy boundaries in our relationships is essential for balance and well being. They are also an important part of getting our needs met and even receiving the support we need. The topic of boundaries is vast. How we navigate boundaries, how aware we are of them and how we use them, are all topics that need to be sifted and sorted constantly- especially if we are sensitive individuals. It is important that we continue to question the role of boundaries (or lack thereof) in our lives since they impact almost every part of life. It's also important to realize that there is no "one-size fits all" approach when it comes to maintaining clarity with our personal space. Boundaries shift and change- and they should- with time, experience and personal transformation. We are in constant flux and our boundaries will need to flex along with the changes we make personally and inter-personally. That said, there are a few key elements to keep in mind when it comes to maintaining healthy boundaries. Most importantly, building a practice of self tracking is crucial for strengthening your inner dialogue and being clear on your needs. The three level check-in is your first step. Here are three clues that you need to adjust your boundaries: 1) You have a strong emotional reaction. Emotions remind us that we need to listen to ourselves and our needs in a more intimate way. Anger is a key reminder that a boundary has been crossed and one of your needs has not been met. 2) You feel drained of energy and fatigued after a connection, an event or experience. Ask yourself what needs to shift and how can you get extra support in the future. 3) Your body is physically over-stimulated or over-aroused. Less is more. Find a way to get a smaller dose next time or maybe skip it all together. Boundary work is a practice like so many other awareness building resources. We must constantly navigate, adjust and make changes when necessary. Use this simple technique to build boundary awareness, inside and out: 1) Using a 50/50 awareness. Bring presence to your internal focus by closing your eyes. Then bring presence to your external focus by opening your eyes. Practice being fully present with each and identify "this is my internal focus" when eyes are closed and "this is my external focus" with your eyes open. Keep going back and forth between the two, inner and outer as you identify where your focus is. 2) Transitioning focus. Continue to bring presence to your inner and outer focus by opening and closing the eyes, but start to notice the transition between the inner and outer awareness. As you slowly open your eyes, bring your awareness to this slow, intentional transition towards external focus. Then, as you close your eyes slowly, note your transition towards internal focus. Let your gaze soften and note how long you are able to stay connected with your inner awareness before you totally merge with your external focus. How long can you stay connected to your external awareness before you totally merge with your internal focus? Notice your dance between these two and what happens as you slide in and out. The transition to inner and outer awareness is a constant dance that we are working with- whether consciously or unconsciously. We are constantly transitioning between an inner focus and outer focus. Make it a practice to note the shift in your awareness, but see if you can maintain some awareness within your self as you move in and out, internal to external. Keeping a fifty percent awareness on your self- even when you are externally focused- is the purpose of this exercise. This soft internal awareness, even when we are externally focused, builds more and more self tracking skills, no matter the circumstances we find ourselves in. Remember, greater self tracking skills means that you will be able to identify your needs more clearly. Knowing what you need means you can make choices that support your needs! Did you catch my *free* class Ultimate Self Care for Sensitive Types? You can still listen to it until April 8th. I've also just re-launched my Be Your Gift class series for those seeking deeper support for their sensitivity. If you're ready to turn your sensitivity into your greatest gift, read this.
Need some extra guidance and clarity? Schedule a session with me. Plan your week in tune with nature. Never miss a planetary update. Sign up for my weekly newsletter. Was this post helpful? Please share it with a friend! Thank you. Four Simple Steps Back to Neutral When Overwhelm Strikes Have you ever noticed that overwhelm can arrive suddenly after a seemingly insignificant experience (say, coffee spills in the car)? In a moment, life feels completely chaotic and out of control! Sometimes more stressful experiences are happening in your life, but it may not take much to push you over your edge. Small or large, you know you have hit overwhelm when emotions are released and they feel uncontrollable. This "flooding" of emotion may come with anger, tears or even deep sadness. Maybe you yell, sob or even feel stunned and frozen. It's important to realize that those of us who are sensitive have special traits that require awareness. In fact sensitivity can be used as a self development resource if we use it wisely. One of the unique attributes of being sensitive is that we get overstimulated and over-aroused more easily than our non-sensitive family members, friends and co-workers. This over-arousal puts our nervous system into "high alert" swiftly, resulting in a series of responses. Over-arousal and over-stimulation may be felt on any of the four levels of our being- mental, emotional, physical or spiritual. It's important to remember that the response systems in the body are a normal function. We need them to alert us to our needs, but balance is vital. Overwhelm actually builds upon past experiences. It may seem as though it hits suddenly, but in fact our sudden response is not an isolated experience at all. Overwhelming experiences layer upon each other until suddenly we are at our maximum capacity! Taking these many layers into consideration is very important for unraveling our personal mythology, our many "stories". Layers of over-stimulation in the nervous system can trigger a sudden response in a sensitive person very quickly. Becoming conscious of our stories and their layers is an important part of transformation and change, healing and growth. I personally love using EFT (the Emotional Freedom Technique) for this purpose. I also find it highly effective for calming chaos and overwhelm since it effectively in reduces fight, flight and freeze responses in the body. As a sensitive person you must arm your self with a large tool kit and multiple resources. Having a personal practice that helps you self-track is one of those essential tools. This resource is especially important because our ability to become over-aroused and over-stimulated easily means that chaos and overwhelm can also occur more easily for us as well. If we can track ourselves and note the physical, mental and emotional responses happening within us, we will have a better chance of getting the right resources for ourselves. The three level check-in is a very basic tracking resource in order to build inner awareness. Helping ourselves come back into balance, or a neutral place, is an important part of caring four ourselves properly, and is in fact an essential for health and well being. Balance requires a certain resiliency, an ability to bounce back from any extreme. There are many ways to help your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies build resiliency and balance, but often when we are in a state of chaos or overwhelm, our tools and resources get lost or forgotten. Remember, when chaos and overwhelm set in, we will need extra reminders, support and assistance with the process of coming back to neutral. The physical body is our primary home, therefor resourcing from the body directly is very important for creating a stronger relationship with it and with its needs. Using the wisdom of the physical body is the fastest way to get back to a place of neutral when overwhelm hits us. Tracking sensations builds awareness, resiliency, and provides ample resources. Here are four simple steps to help you come back to a neutral place within. Use these steps as a daily practice for building more inner awareness, for self tracking, and for cultivating more resiliency even before chaos and overwhelm strike. Listen to my podcast below for a guided practice. 1) Ground. The breath is a powerful way to come back to the present moment. All your power resides in the present- not in the past and not in the future, but in the now. Become aware of your breath and its quality. Wherever you are and whatever you are doing, notice your connection to the ground beneath you. Notice the sensation of your body connecting to the surface underneath you whether it be your feet connecting to the floor or your sitz bones and spine connected to your chair. Keep returning to breath awareness and the connection your physical body has with the surface under you- even when the story of overwhelm is strong. It will keep pulling you out of the ability to sense your physical body's connection to the ground, but keep coming back to breath and grounding points anyway. 2) Tracking. Self tracking is an essential resource for building inner awareness (interoception) but when overwhelm and chaos hit, we can easily lose our ability to track what is happening in the body. (This is where having a coach or therapist can be helpful in order to help you strengthen your self tracking abilities). In fact, self tracking is a skill that can be strengthened with practice. I invite you to notice where the chaos and overwhelm lands in the body. Where do you feel this sensation of overwhelm in the physical body? Is there a certain body part or point of tension where you notice this landing within you? Notice how it feels. What are the sensations? Is it tense, tight or hard? Does it have a color or a shape? Maybe a sound? Be curious and open to what arrives. 3) Resource. Resources bring us stability, support and connection. We need these for balance in our lives. Resources can arrive within us and outside of ourselves, but in order for lasting resiliency, building a strong ability to resource from within is imperative. Find a place in the body that feels opposite or most unlike the challenging sensation in your physical body. Notice it and be curious about it. Does it have a sense of softness, lightness, ease or gentleness? What sensations are you aware of? Do any feelings, images, shapes or colors arrive? Maybe a sound? What does it tell you? Get curious. 4) Shift. Shifting our focus can be a very helpful way of finding our way back to neutral. This doesn't mean we are by-passing or avoiding our chaos experience, but in fact using it to inform our choices, actions and responses. Shifting focus, or de-centering, can come from a variety of options. Allow yourself to make a shift. Whether it be a change in your environment, your activities, or even who you are with. Maybe you take a break and go to the bathroom, walk outside, make a cup of tea. Do something that shifts your attention somehow. You may need to return to steps one, two and three. Notice if your body part resource has a sound. Let this sound emerge and let it express itself. Use this sound as a means of shifting your focus. How can this sound become a resource for you when overwhelm and chaos return? My favorite resources for shifting focus (or de-centering) are the arts. This body part resource you discovered can be taken into a drawing or even a movement exploration. It could inform a song or a movement gesture. Creativity is an important part of our transformation and release process. I highly encourage you to use the creative arts as a way to build inner awareness and growth in conjunction with self tracking. I specifically use the Expressive Arts in my work for this reason. Read why I use art as a healing resource. Did you catch my *free* class Ultimate Self Care for Sensitive Types? You can still listen to it until April 4th. I've also just re-launched my Be Your Gift class series for those seeking deeper support for their sensitivity. Sign up to hear the replay. Need some extra guidance and clarity? Schedule a session with me. Plan your week in tune with nature. Never miss a planetary update. Sign up for my weekly newsletter. Four steps to get you back to neutral when chaos and overwhelm strike.
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