Full Moon + Flower Moon

Leaf Week 

It’s happening! 

The leaves are finally showing themselves! Every time I pause and take a look out the windows, I am gobsmacked by the green!  

Our irises are getting taller everyday, the dandelions are living their best lives throughout our yard, and I’m eager for the fragrances of lilac and lily of the valley. What I’m noticing most today? When I look up . . . there’s color, and texture, in those trees. 

The shifts are incredible, and this has me thinking about the moon.

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“As you live deeper in the heart,
the mirror gets clearer and clearer.”

~ Rumi

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Hello friends!

This time of year in West Michigan, maybe especially in Saugatuck/Douglas? It’s impossible to miss the shifts happening all around. Everyday it seems something new is bursting into bloom. Today it’s warm and bright. Tomorrow it’s cold and blustery. Adaptability, and lots of wardrobe options, are required. 😉

One by one our neighbors are returning to town. Local businesses are gearing up for “the season.” New events, new merchandise, new menus are popping up everywhere. Those of us in the service industry? We’re getting excited and may want to fit in one more getaway and/or a little more respite before swinging into high gear. 

These shifts, these phases are all representative of life. 
It’s a continual flow state. 
And just like the weather, life requires a lot of adaptability from each one of us. 

As I prepare for our upcoming Full Moon Yoga Circle, I was reflecting upon our Winter Solstice Yoga Celebration. 
That night, it was dark. 
We took time to sink into the darkness, rather than try and avoid it. 
We meditated on the power of hibernation. 
We breathed into the time of rest and gathering of nutrients (strength, ideas, energy, creativity) that winter provides. 
Nature does not apologize for its season of rest. 
I’m trying to learn the same.  

And now, we are witnessing the results of that hibernation. Our surroundings are literally (and, yes, this is the correct moment for the overused word 🤣) bursting into bloom everywhere!

Gathering to celebrate the upcoming Full Moon / Flower Moon will be powerful. I love that this is the beginning of our Full Moon Yoga Circle Series at Satya. It’s extra special that at the end of May? We will have another Full Moon, making it a Blue Moon. (Yep, once in a Blue Moon there are 2 full moons in one month) 😀

It’s a special opportunity to think about what within is ready to blossom? 
What truth of us wants to be brought into the light? 

Our thoughts, our ideas, our inspirations don’t have to be fully formed to emerge. 
Just a week or two ago my irises were barely a glimmer. Now, they’re a foot tall!

I’ve been resting into these two sentences: 

I am enough. 
I am evolving. 

That’s it. 

Allow that to settle into your belly. 
Your heart. 
Your throat. 

If you are nearby and considering joining us for the Flower Moon, please do! 
Only a few spaces remain. Teresa and I would love to see you. 

Love, light, and longing for peace,

m

P.S. Thank you Rhoda Thurston-Lewis for capturing, and sharing, the gorgeous moon photo featured at the top of the page. 

P.P.S. It’s our last LATE START Yacht Club Yoga this Saturday. See you @ 9:00