DAILY 
“Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way.” Florence S. Shinn
When one door closes another opens. This is the week’s feeling tone as Venus resumes forward motion and Mercury gets ready to reverse. These two personal planets work with our daily prana/energy. Many of you have felt or noted in some way a new Venus-decision from these past weeks of her retrograde/review. Do you appreciate your talents, and value, more, and view yourself differently? Have you decided that a relationship no longer serves the way you’ve been in it? Did you make less money, which lead to re-assessing finances? Good. That’s what retrograde periods are for; re-engaging, renewing, re-vamping old habits so we can move forward differently.
With Mercury entering its ‘shadow period’ of slow down before it retrogrades on the 13th, prepare back up of all communicative devices. Mercury is in Libra, ruled by Venus, so we are again ‘reviewing’ relationships, of every make and mark. Consider it a mental continuation of Venus-retro. While Mercury remains ‘backward,’ through Oct. 9, allow more time to be prepared, knowing delays likely. The three weeks of Mercury retrograde is always supportive in using energy to re-consider old projects, re-vamp mental and home closets, re-invent your approach and daily habits, and re-connect with old friends. Be extra careful with important papers, especially contracts; No buying of electronics or cars~ if at all possible.
All this review material is good preparation for fall eclipses, the first one upon us with the Virgo New Moon of 12th-13th. Eclipses are harbingers of change. They are often emotional, unpredictable, and/or expansive, working with what and who we need to let go of. Have you noticed how many Astrological energies are asking this of us? Eclipses affect our electromagnetic field, no matter if they are visible, or not. It is this ‘disruption’ that facilitates opening to greater consciousness. Eclipses also happen in families, or Saros Cycles of 19 years. If you remember what was going on with you in Sept of 1997, you will have some idea of what may open now.
Our Practice: Move into interior subtle body layers through Yin poses, mudra, and breath work. Begin seated, palms open, empty in surrender on your thighs. This classic position is the Pushpaputa Mudra. Use the law of attraction to visualize a heart’s desire. Before inhaling, call prana to enter the inhale, listen to the cosmos, hold breath lightly, feel it expand body/mind, then exhale, releasing what is toxic. As you engage physically, bring that same expansive awareness to each move so at the end of your practice you feel open, connected to Universal source, and ready for fall changes…of which there are many.
I look forward to seeing you all on the mat tonight, and Saturday at 8:30 am, under transformational Eclipse magic.
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