Today is the spring equinox and it symbolizes a time of a new beginning.
It is the time of rebirth.
This vernal or the spring marks the freshness that is entering into the world,
Both inside and out.
And on this day of the equinox we experience a balance of the day and night,
Equal amounts of light and day.
And even as the days have been growing since the winter solstice in December,
Even after three months of lengthening of the days,
We still see less light than darkness over the course of the day.
And so this vernal equinox marks the turning point.
When daylight begins to overtake the darkness,
As we here in the Northern Hemisphere tend to lean towards the sun again,
This is the time of the year when we begin to experience more life force,
More creative energy,
Both with our minds and our bodies.
So what does that mean?
As the darkness diminishes and the light increases,
You may feel a building of creative energy,
Imaginative energy,
Like a lifting fog,
Like pulling out a sleepy blanket that you've been curled up under for the past few months.
This could be metaphoric blanket or a literal one.
In the darkest months of the year,
We were encouraged by energies to go within,
To be in silence,
Be in that inner darkness.
It's so soft of a death.
Now where you can go wrong is in fearing that our inner world has also gone dark and the light may never return.
Now just like the world turns around on its axis and it brings the return of the light,
We also have to realize that there's a returning of our own light,
Our own energy,
And bringing richness to our internal garden.
Now sometimes this is difficult to trust,
Difficult to trust that your life has a purpose and a meaning when you're not being very productive in the course of the day.
But it is the rhythms and the cycles of the earth that show us and encourage us to rest in darkness and our love for the light to unfold us and help us blossom without forcing or making things happen.
Imagine that you have an internal tide just like the sea.
Now remember we do live on the earth after all and we're made up of 75% water.
So imagine that you are being influenced by all of these amazing forces at work in our universe.
Even the ones we have yet to understand and the ones that we will never see and may never be aware of.
You experience cycles just like the earth and the sun and the moon,
Though most of us do not realize how our internal states of being are influenced by these energies at hand.
Often we feel confused,
Restless,
Stuck or even powerless to change our mindset and state of being.
The return of the light presents us with an opportunity to take the time to release our fears and to surrender into new intentions for ourselves.
Most of us live our lives so disconnected from our internal guidance that when we feel the pull of our hearts become so strong and the voice inside has been muffled for so long,
The feeling that arises within us feels more like a life crisis than an emergence into something more beautiful.
Now is a time for celebrating the freshness of life and taking the time to raise our energy to regenerate abundance and manifest our dreams.
Physically we are experiencing more light right now and since the beginning of time our ancestors have marked this period with ritual and celebration.
As you probably know there are thousands of ancient sites created all over the world around this idea of the solstices and the equinoxes and they were built in honor of our connection to these celestial bodies,
To the sun which is our source of light and life force.
Now I invite you to do something to honor this auspicious new beginning in your life.
Say a blessing for your life and the life force living in your body.
Let every fiber in your body feel this blessing as you say this to yourself.
I love and accept myself.
I love and accept this body.
I will nourish it through loving thoughts in my daily meditations.
I am worthy of love,
Relaxation and joy.
My good intentions will become a reality.
I am not defined by my mistakes of the past.
I deserve a good life.
I am worthy of happiness.
I am learning.
I am growing and I'm excited for this new beginning.
I believe in myself.
I believe in myself.
And make a commitment to go within and be silent each day.
And I love your internal guidance and let us know that you are listening and intend to have open lines of communication from here on out.
Let your inner voice know that she's in fact very important in your life.
And you're going to listen a lot more.
And you have an intention to be in joy.
And when we shift into this wonder and curiosity,
You will find there is an opening to a deeper wisdom.
Your power is a shift from the perspective where not knowing could be seen as weakness or being powerless to a new way of being where wonder and curiosity are the ultimate source of power and strength.
Connecting with your deeper desires does not involve knowing the answers to all your questions.
Because it's only not knowing that you can truly be receptive.
And it's only in being receptive that you can truly discover,
Learn and evolve.
In becoming truly honest with yourself and learning the practice of unknowing and non-attachment to the outcome,
You are inviting new possibility and natural flow in your life.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
You might find yourself asking,
But where do I start?
How do I begin?
Begin with answering the call within,
Listening to the voice of your inner guidance.
And fear is normal.
This fear of change is normal.
But there are ways to learn to overcome your fears and start acting on the guidance within that will lead you to your happiest life,
Lead you to your natural way of being in the world.
So in this next few days,
I invite you to do something fun.
Be playful.
Invite your own divine spirit to come out and play for a while.
It's springtime after all.
And in the words of Olav Haug,
It's your way.
No one has marked out the road you are to take.
Out into the unknown.
Out into the blue.
This is your road and only you will take it.
And there's no turning back.
And you haven't marked your road either.
And the wind smooths out your tracks on desolate hills.
As I bring this practice to a close,
I invite you to play with a few ideas in these first few days of spring.
Number one,
Bring each day to begin it with an open heart.
Allow yourself to open your heart to all the possibilities that are yours if you choose to take them.
Open your heart to loving kindness,
Gentleness and joy.
Allow your heart to wander and the dream of those possibilities.
And begin each day with a meditation.
Number two,
Plant your seeds of intention.
This is a time of creation.
So become a collaborator of creation by asking yourself,
What does the universe want to accomplish through me this year?
What talents are waiting to be surfaced?
How do I want to shine?
You can access all of this wisdom by reminding yourself,
I am light.
Number three,
Be kind to your body.
We hold so much tension in our bodies.
You take time at least one hour every day to treat yourself as a retreat.
And that could be a walk,
A hike,
A swim,
A workout,
A massage,
Mindfully eating your favorite dish or whatever.
Whatever it is,
Do it for yourself.
Number four,
Remove anything that does not serve you.
The Aries warrior energy that we are in right now says you have a choice.
So what areas in your life are you holding back?
What are you holding onto that no longer serves you?
Let go and let love flow.
Number five,
Actively seek and find gratitude.
In every moment,
Find something for which you can be grateful for,
However big or small.
It could be as simple as a hot cup of tea or as magnanimous as a promotion at work.
Use this mantra,
Let me be happy to bring more gratitude and you will become a conduit of energy that you wish to embody.
Number six,
Acceptance is the key.
Whatever walls you may feel limit you at this point in time,
Acceptance is the doorway to their transformation.
We can allow these walls to fall as we fully embrace what is here.
Dream big,
That's number seven.
You are your deepest driving desire.
Soon there will be a powerful conjunction of Jupiter and Neptune which supports making your biggest dreams possible.
Keep a dream journal,
Set daily intentions and meditate regularly to stay clear and deliberate in the direction that you wish to grow in.
Ask that you please bring your palms together at your heart center in prayer position.
And acknowledge for yourself how do you feel right now.
Ask that you please go and rub your palms against each other,
Invigorating,
Cultivating,
Generating chi.
The palms are an energy vortex and as you use abrasion to kindle this energy,
This life force,
You may notice a warm ball of energy rising,
Being created between your palms.
When you feel that ball of energy,
When you feel that chi,
I want you to cup both your eyes,
One with each palm and I love this light,
This energy,
This chi to percolate like a light wave through your body from your head all the way down,
Healing,
Rejuvenating and protecting you.
And I ask that you please bring your palms back together in prayer position at your heart center and let's find a moment of gratitude.
And grateful for someone or something that made this moment possible right now.
At your own pace,
I want you to drop your palms to a position of rest and open your eyes ever so gently.
And then whenever you feel ready,
I invite you to share the one word of how you feel right now in the chat.
Thank you for joining me in this practice.
