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As many of you know, this Friday (Dec 12, 2008) was a full moon, and boy was it a doozy! There was A TON of energy shifted with this full moon, and with all the energy shifts we have had as of late, we wonder why they don’t seem to be getting any easier. The apple cart just keeps getting upset and we just keep putting things back in order. But, everytime we put the apples back, they take on a new shape in the cart, and thus the cart needs to make adjustments to carry the load in a different way. Our bodies are readjusting to the changes in the universe.

NO WONDER OUR BODIES FEEL ALL OUT OF WHACK IN PRACTICE LATELY!

I noticed this latest energy shift with Friday’s full moon has had deeper effects over the weekend. My own practice has been stiff, tight, heavy, shaky, sore, etc…and my students were finding child’s pose and other respites more often than usual. THIS IS NORMAL…EXPECTED…and VERY HEALTHY! The energy shift is testing us, are we able to take the change in the movement without getting too flustered? The answer is YES! But, it also means this is the BEST time to clean out the garbage, so to speak. We need to lighten our apple cart by letting go of the rotten apples and those crab apples we’ve been carrying for so long. Everytime the upset happens, and we have to restock the cart, it is a great time to sort through and let go of the crap.

So, all you yoga teachers out there, the next few days as your students may complain about deeper aches and pains, weaknesses, soreness, anxiety, sadness, etc. This is a good time to guide them softly to a place of release. Offer classes in “long slow deep”…longer holds are awesome here, perhaps hinting to them that “less is more” in terms of power and effort. Deep hip poses followed by cleansing twists will bring up the crap from the crevices and then rinse them out through the sweat of twists. Be prepared to hold the space for students as emotions run high. It is more important now than ever for those of us who have “been there - done that” to hold the space for practitioners who are new to feeling the energetic effects of physical shifts in our bodies. We came out of it better, now let’s help others get there!

Yes, the energy is changing, and in some way, so too, must the physicality. We will feel this in our deep connective tissues. So go deep, let go, and LOVE!