Golden Milk anyone? (use coconut, almond or soy milk & sweeten with honey if not vegan and with dates or Agave if vegan:) Here’s a nice blog with the recipe – not too different from mine… you can improvise a little but of course the key ingredient is the … turmeric.
Tonight … such beautiful full moon hanging so low, hinged to hover right above the skyline. Glowing like a big ball of a lamp lit to cast a shadow …In North America, the eclipse will begin at 3:16am tomorrow. Per NASA, it will only last for a little less than 5 minutes … happening before sunrise the morning of April 4th…(Per earthsky.org) Not sure if I could stay awake or rise that early…speculating the full eclipse would be more like 4-5am?
A full moon represents wholeness and empowers us with positive energy to overcome fears. It is said that the full moon is the time where we gather strength and courage in finding truth and fining life in its fullest expression. The divine truth becomes clearer as the moon’s light illuminates the darkest spaces and even brings into full view, what’s hidden in the dark crevices … the light brings into full view what had remained lurking, hidden, suppressed …and sometimes, that illumination can be disconcerting. Physically, mentally and spiritually, one is literally shown the “light” through the divine guidance. Full moon is said to represent the power of abundance, an offering of the universe … in all its glory.
When we feel the arrival of the full moon, it is said that our psyche undergoes a shift – often times, our emotions become volatile and one may experience mood swings; energetically, there may be a surge and bursts of stamina or feeling of wakefulness, to the point of feeling overwhelmed by such shift in your own intrinsic energy.
For the vigorous yoga style of Ashtanga, practioners traditionally refrain from practicing on the full moon day, calling it a day of rest. Yet for other styles, such as kundalini yoga practitioners, the practice is seen even more important and more needed on a full moon day. This kind of yoga helps us stay clear from the negative unstable effects and allows us to replenish ourselves with positive energy while staying grounded and calm. There’s a tradition of yogis who opt to cleanse the body and mind on the day the moon is full; detox practice, such as refraining from eating solids, helps sharpen our senses so that we can more deeply tune in to the sacred light of a full moon’s night – where all is illuminated, even what we do not want to see.
Turning to our yogic tools of meditation and lifestyle reassessment, we can use the full moon’s power to our benefit. Instead of relating on an emotional and chaotic level, we can devote ourselves to practice yoga more deeply through meditation… Some may also engage in making a dietary change… It can be simple as choosing one thing to cleanse yourself of; perhaps it is sugar, or salt, caffeine or nicotine …or maybe it is an emotion like anger and judgement. Whatever it maybe, taking the time to consciously eliminate what no longer serves you, you lighten your burden … empty … then allowing the universal abundance, the goodness to fill you up. Are you more grounded without the sugar? Less bloated without salt? Are you feeling more centered and breathing with more awareness and clarity? Does meditation help you uncover what’s toxic in your life?
Experience the gifts that a full moon brings; instead of dwelling in the negative or the past, dwell in our happiness found in the “now”, with a sense of gratitude we have for this life we were given. Realize, where your attention is directed towards, your prana (life force) flows. So let’s take a leap of faith and envision the darkness become the light and the light become the darkness, where the divide is no longer … where duality disappears and there’s just ONE … abundance … wholeness…we call truth or … love.
An herbalist shares this moon “medicine”:
Ingredients:
1TBS Edible Rose petals (fresh or dried)
1TBS Chamomile Flowers
1TBS Nettle leaf
Filtered water
Directions:
Fill the 32oz jar with filtered water about half way. Place all ingredients in the jar and if needed add more water until the jar id full. Close the lid. Place it under the full moon for the whole night. In the Morning strain and refrigerate up to 5 days. Drink either like hot cup of tea or cooled like lemonade:)
Or for those with compressed time, find a drink like this and place it under the full moon over night …(EASY:)
Reading about Ayurvedic healing (ironically in Japanese so the interpretation might be a bit different)… very interesting … a lot of commonality with what I grew up with …My mother was always doing herbs because she always suffered from a headache or a stomachache or … you name it, she had that ailment …acupuncture for this and that – that is Chinese medicine, however… every healing modalities seem to be adapted to the the culture and the people of that land… all good:) We are all earthlings:)
detox time…cleansing.
