Natures Cycles and You

Moon Phases:

Full Moon: Fruition of goals set during the new moon. Elation, joy, and celebration of life. The time after the new moon is for planning, action, and movement.

New Moon: Endings and new beginnings. After the full moon, activity slows. This is for finishing what you started and moving on to formulating the next objective. Reflection, integration, and letting go are the themes.

The moon has a relationship with our emotions. Whatever lies beneath the surface will be prone to surfacing on the full and new moon. Use these natural markers to connect and understand yourself better.

Seasons

Spring: A time for beginning your years journey with new ideas and goals. Strategizing and energizing thoughts. Formulating a plan of action and begin sewing the seeds of inspiration.

Summer: Cultivating and caring for the seeds you have planted. Keeping the momentum and managing the growth of what you have started. Much work has to be done weeding. Intention must stay clear so that effort is not scattered.

Fall: Harvesting your hard work. Celebrate your bounty. Activities slow and you begin to finalize the loose ends. Cleaning up and preparing for next year to start fresh.

Winter: Letting go of the old to make room for the new. Contemplation of the previous year connects you to what worked, what didn't, and fuels the ideas for the year to come. Enjoy the quiet to refresh your body, mind, and soul.

Days

Morning: energy, motion, beginnings

Afternoon: equalizing, maintaining, steady

Evening: stillness, endings, release

Looking at how the time of day effects your movement, breakfast should be the largest most complete meal of the day. Intense exercise should be done in the morning or after work before you settle for the evening. Doing heavy exercise before bed goes against the body's natural rhythms and can disrupt sleep.