Winter Solstice and Last New Moon of 2014

The lead up to today’s Winter Solstice and the last New Moon of 2014 I’ve been folding inwards to unfurl, just as the last cycle of 2014 and contemplating my intention for YogaRelax and also my personal intentions as my Sankalpa came to fruition.

I think about the word Parinama which in sanskrit means “folding within to offer out”; to truly begin transform to see the change, the light or the metamorphosis, the invitation is to take it all in, sit with it, reflect upon life and then turn it all into an offering from the inside out…. this seems so nurturing to me at this time of darkness of the Winter Solstice the darkest shortest day of the year and the last New Moon of 2014.

My Reflection

Being in Barbados at this time with the glorious sunshine, the tropical heat this sadhana, this last juncture of cycles doesn’t feel so dark as when I’m in the UK, however I do feel the darker nights here and the immense contrast of the dark and light, and this is truly something to turn into and offer out. My own journey here is a celebration of the emergence of light

on the eve of Winter solstice and New Moon i’ve been receiving messages from life from events or situations in my life. I had a deeply releasing massage that reconnected all the parts of me that felt contracted, separated, even held still that yearned to move, pulse and throb. The massage was the process for me to turn within and unfurl from the soil and ground of my being.
In my new home i’ve been making changes that are symbolically profound. I’m tending to the garden of my soul as well as my literal garden. I’m having a new lawn laid. As I returned home from a yoga class I looked at the earth that had been laid on the ground. I looked at the simplicity and beauty of Mother Earth open and ready to receive the sweetness of my intentions.

Since moving to Barbados it’s be a joy to be a student of Yoga and receive the teachings. In the yoga class, courses I’ve been reflecting upon,  the teachers have been  talking about slowing down, invoking patience… I smile as this for me is where I am at! I am planting seeds in the ground of my being to slow down, and tend to the garden of my soul with patience.

This last few days of 2014, is when Mother Earth is slowing down, from one cycle of the year to the next and so I contemplate and dive deep into the fertile darkness of the Winter Solstice and Amavasya, the New Moon, what do I yearn for? as I look within I rekindle and celebrate the year, my move, my marriage with immense gratitude. Infused with gratitude I slow down to breathe a new cycle of breath and allow the sweetness of the nurturing breath to hold me open to the pregnant potentiality of life….and I offer this to you ~ what do you truly yearn to create?

Gratitude for Huxley

 

I’d like to mention a little man Huxley, the son of my dear friend Margherita and Huxley was born on Winter Solstice and celebrates his 1st birthday! Huxley truly is a celebration of light, if ever I was feeling low or in a dark place, the light of Huxley elevated any mood. I look forward to seeing him grow and illuminate the world with his infectious luminous personality! Birthday Blessings Huxley ~ I miss you!!

Realisation

Today as I enjoyed the Winter Solstice with my husband swimming in the ocean, feeling the sand beneath our bodies, the breeze caressing our skin I thought “wow” ~ why? because it was at the Summer Solstice that I first had sown seeds of my intention to move… I knew that I had wanted to be with my then boyfriend and I wrote this in my blog Love or Fear, when i sowed the seed I hadn’t thought this year, nor had I thought I would be married! this is how powerful intention is, when you declare wit hyour body mind and heart to the universe and use your body as an embodied prayer infused with your heart intention… Boom! this is why i use and teach sankalpas. and why in my next event in January entitled “Heart Intention Workshop” will blow open the doors to the queen of your heart! Today the shortest and darkest day has bee truly deLIGHTful…. hope yours has too; I invite you to plant your own seeds and let them come to light with the emergence of light for the next cycle, the new year…

see you in the next blog on my intention for 2015, for the YOgaRelax cOMmUNITY

with love

Michelle x