Full Moon
Monday, August 19th in Aquarius
Aquarius Themes: Air element, creativity, innovation, communication, community, seeking ways to bring independence, water bearer
A Full Moon is the apex of the Moon Cycle and is the perfect time to release stagnant energies. The Full Moon represents the exhalation as the moon will now shift into its waning stage. Take time to focus on your growth from the New Moon in the same zodiac sign six months prior. Give yourself space to identify what is no longer serving you in a positive way so you can actively release it. Use the light of the Full Moon to illuminate your dreams and desires. Think about what you are doing to work towards them?
Full Moon Rituals:
Bathe in the moonlight by going outside and allowing it to soak into your skin
Take a hot bath with Epsom Salt using moon water from the last Moon phase with some essential oils like Lavender, Frankincense, Rose or Geranium.
Charge water or crystals under the moonlight and use them in your meditations, Oracle readings, or carry them with you.
The Full Moon is a time to release. Try a fire ceremony writing down things you'd like to release and burn them.
Sing, dance, or do a Moon Yoga Flow outside under the moonlight to release stagnant energy in the body.
Likewise, clear out stagnant energy in your home, by lighting sage or palo santo and allow the smoke to clear out old energy. Open windows after to allow new energy in.
Focus on what has shown up for you in support of your dreams through journaling or meditation.
Breathwork
Different Styles:
Pause Style:
Bliss Breath - nose only in and out
Blow Breath - through the mouth only in and out
Pulse Breath - pulse through nose and out through mouth
Halo-Active Breath - in through nose/out through mouth
Tri-Active Breath - 2 pulse in and strong exhale through mouth
Rebirthing - nose breath, deep unconscious releases
Holotropic - mouth breath, active breath, catharsis release, screaming, dramatic release, designed to induce altered states of consciousness
Transformational - uninterrupted full and relaxed breath, circular breathing, no pause between inhale and exhale, in and out through the mouth
Wim Hof - activating, 30-40 breathing through mouth, out through mouth, emphasis on hold and how long you can hold at the end of a cycle
Anatomy of breathing
Breath retention techniques:
Top Hold - provides a burst of energy
Bottom Hold - grounds the energy into the Earth
Trauma Informed:
Safety - facilitator feels safe and creates a safe space for others
Grounding & Orienting - physically grounding and feeling our weight, using props to amplify, orienting to a sense of time and space to connect to here and now
Empowerment - encourage people to listen to themselves, self-consent, autonomy, and agency
Titration and Agency - pushing past resistance can cause re-traumatization, empower practitioners to set their own boundaries
To expand our window of tolerance/capacity we have to meet our edge while anchored in safety, here and now, and then see that we can meet our edge a little further out, helps build capacity over time.
Informed Consent - give breathers enough information to make a choice for themselves about how far to go
Invitational language - “I invite you to, you are welcome to…”
Pacing - breathers choose the right pace for them
Connection - attuning to the needs of body
Kali Mantra:
Ong Namo Kali Kali
Ong Namo
Ong Namo Kali Kali
Ong Namo
(x2)
Oh Great Mother I invoke you in this space
Take away my pain and heal me with your grace
Oh Great Mother I invoke you in this space
Take away my pain and heal me with your grace
Burn it all away Kali
Burn it all away
If it doesn't serve me
Then burn it all away
(x2 or as many times as you like visualizing or saying aloud that which you are burning away and asking for support around)
*When that is complete for you, switch to filling the space with:
Bring it all in Kali
Bring it all in
If it's going to serve me
Then bring it all in
(x2 or as many times as you like visualizing or saying aloud that which you are calling in to being)
Ong Namo Kali Kali
Ong Namo
Ong Namo Kali Kali
Ong Namo
(x2)
Oh Great Mother I release you from this space
Thank you for your love and healing me with grace
Oh Great Mother I release you from this space
Thank you for your love and healing me with grace
Recording:
Initiation Invitation
During the upcoming Full Moon, drop into the Exhale that it presents.
What are you releasing and letting go of?
Create a ritual for yourself for the Full Moon.
Take time to journal about your experience and notice how creating ritual and practices around the cycle of the Moon connect you more deeply to it’s transformation month after month.